Su Tai couldn't laugh or cry when she heard Su Chang's compliments, "Uncle, please stop making fun of me! Come in and have a sip of hot tea."
Su Changxi walked in and sat down before asking: "Xiao Tai, uncle wants to ask you something, do you still need strawberries?"
Su Tai nodded, "Of course it is necessary."
Su Changxi breathed a long sigh of relief, her tense expression softened a little, and she pointed happily to the old man aside, "This is Gao Zhi, the village chief of Ximen Village. You can call him Uncle Gao. Do you recognize him?"
Su Tai really had no impression of the head of Ximen Village, but she would not disgrace Su Changxi, "I should have seen him before."
"It's good to have seen it! It's like this. In Ximen Village these years, the villagers have no extra income except farming and planting some ringworms. Your uncle, who has grown rich, also has a headache. I want to ask if you can let him They also grow strawberries together?”
Gao Zhixin on the side also raised his eyebrows, his smile was a bit flattering, but also a bit timid and humble.
She couldn't stop thinking wildly in her mind. Back then, Su Tai was a fool that everyone talked about, but now she is the wife of a town official, with a marquis as her backer. Now that her sister-in-law's maiden sister has married into the royal family, let alone the county magistrate, she is afraid that the prefect will come. You have to be polite to her.
Sure enough, everyone has his own destiny, if Mo Chunxiang from their village does not break off the engagement.
Gao Zhi hurriedly shook his head. With Mo Chunxiang's temper, don't make Shen Yi's life worse. He thought it was funny to expect her to share the same hardships with Shen Yi.
Su Tai thought for a moment and then agreed.
"The supply of strawberry jam now exceeds demand. It will definitely be needed in at least the next two to three years. People in Ximen Village can go to my house to buy fruit seedlings if they want to grow them, but the strawberries they grow must be sold to us first. Of course, we also give a fair price. Of course, we won’t buy them all, we will keep some for you to sell. If you want to sell them all to us, you can.”
Gao Zhi was so happy that he nodded without thinking, "It should be true."
In front of Su Tai, he didn't even dare to ask the price of the fruit seedlings. Once he got her permission, he couldn't wait to go back and tell the villagers the good news.
Su Changxi sent him out and talked for a while before coming in.
He sighed: "I think back when there was a severe drought, people in Ximen Village were as arrogant as they wanted. Now people in their village can't even raise their heads when they go out. Even when they go to the market, they force our village and Zhongmen Village to .”
"Grandpa, why is this?" Shen Yuezhang entered the room carrying a snack, tilted his head, and looked at Su Changxi curiously.
Su Changxi liked her intelligence and cleverness, and analyzed her carefully, "Because she is poor! The family living the best life in the whole village has the same conditions as the poorest family in our village, or even worse. Take a look, Dongmen Village is now Does anyone still wear patched clothes?”
Shen Yuezhang shook his head thoughtfully, "I haven't seen them before, but more recently."
"That's because everyone has to work in the fields and doesn't feel bad about wearing shabby clothes. It's not the same thing! They don't even have decent clothes. When they meet on the way to the market, everyone feels ashamed and inferior, right?"
Shen Yuezhang nodded thoughtfully.
Su Changxi sighed again and looked at Su Tai, "Everyone is counting on your family to get rich, but it is your family that is offended by Ximen Village. Your rich uncle really doesn't have the nerve to come to you, so he can only think of his own way. Even when their village grows Ringo, they reluctantly planted some because of your uncle's talk.
Now that Ringo's results are coming, they regret that they have so little, alas! I really don’t know what to say, but they are poor, and it is unrealistic for them to spend so much money to plant Ringo. After all, strawberry seedlings are cheaper, and they can still afford it. ”
Su Changxi is willing to explain so much, Su Tai can naturally understand.
In the evening, Su Chunlin and Han came back from their farm work and learned that Su Tai had agreed to let Ximen Village grow strawberries. They had to talk a few words and settle old scores.
Su Tai drank chicken soup and listened silently.
I stayed one night at my parents' house and went back with my four children after breakfast the next day.
The twins were obviously acting wild at their grandfather's house. They kept making noises and refused to leave. Shen Yuezhang forced them into the carriage with a sharp look.
The two little guys on the carriage were crying, one holding Su Tai's arms on the left and the other on the right.
"Mom, when will we come to my grandfather's house again?" Shen Congyu looked at Su Tai pitifully. Su Tai pinched his nose in a funny way, "So reluctant to leave?"
Shen Congrong said: "Mom, my brother did it on purpose. At my grandfather's house, he either climbed trees to dig out bird eggs or went to the stream to catch small fish. He even stepped on cow dung and played with it. It smelled so bad that my grandmother didn't even want it. She scolded her when she saw it."
Shen Yuezhang almost fainted when he thought of Shen Congyu falling on the cow dung, "Stop talking, I won't be able to eat for a while!"
Su Tai looked at her youngest son in surprise, "Does your father know you are so naughty?"
Shen Congyu clenched his little fist and sniffed, "Dad is busy. If mother and brother and sister don't tell me, dad won't know!"
"I said!" Shen Yue'an smiled evilly, showing eight teeth.
Shen Congyu immediately glared at her, "Mom, my sister went to the field to eat strawberries secretly. She picked and ate each one. She didn't go home until she was full. She couldn't even eat."
"Huh?" Su Tai turned her head and looked at her little daughter.
Shen Yue'an was anxious, "You stayed up in the middle of the night and sneaked out to play!"
"You secretly cut your sister's hair."
"Put a loach under my grandfather's pillow."
"You"
The more Su Tai listened, the more shocked her expression became. She was wondering whether she should whip the child with a cane or beat her with a wooden stick when she went back. No, the wooden stick was too thick. If the child was broken and the gain was not worth the loss, it would be better to use the cane.
Shen Yuezhang and Shen Congrong looked at each other, and both mentally lit candles for their younger siblings.
After the carriage arrives home.
Without saying a word, Su Tai rushed into the house and took out the cane.
Children were heard crying and howling in the yard.
Mrs. Zhang led Shen Xi through the door in a panic. Without saying a word, she snatched the cane from Su Tai's hand and protected the child behind her. "I just came back, why is it slapped! The child is young and immature, so don't break it." ! ”
Under the ladder given by Madam You Zhang, Su Tai stopped her hand and glared at the two children fiercely, "I'll spare you for today. Go back and make you copy books. If you make trouble for me next time, I won't know how to beat you!"
The two children entered the main room while crying.
There were no secrets in the village. By evening, the whole village knew that Su Tai had beaten the twins.
Many people urged Shen Yi to go home and persuade Su Tai.
As soon as Shen Yi arrived home, he started to complain before asking Su Tai, detailing the twins' "great achievements" in Dongmen Village.
Shen Yi was also confused when he heard this, "It's time to beat them! Beat them hard! Don't be angry, wife. I'll punish them well later."
The twins who were writing in the main room glanced at the yard with resentful eyes and quickly continued writing.
Shen Yi walked in and took a look at the two children's big calligraphy, and was happy, "Not bad! Their writing has improved." (End of Chapter)