Lijia'ao, Lanxia City
Logically speaking, the watermelon should be ripe before the Dragon Boat Festival.
However, this time the watermelon was not ripe until half a month after the Dragon Boat Festival.
All this is because they missed the planting time before, and the watermelon seeds have not been soaked in the spiritual spring water.
On the day when the watermelons were almost ripe, Chen Yang personally brought people to harvest them.
Yes, the people of Lijiaao grow watermelons in cooperation with the government.
Led by Chen Yang, a co-president of Luyang Prefecture, and Mr. Wen, the county magistrate of Lanxi City.
After seeing the watermelons, they ordered people to come with a long carriage convoy according to the price they had negotiated before.
People in Lijia'ao, no matter what their surnames were, felt particularly hot in their hearts after seeing the watermelons being transported and the boxes of silver ingots being moved off the carriage.
It's just that this money cannot be in their hands yet.
The head of the village said that the watermelon seeds were given by Yuan Niang and his wife. They made money from it, so they had to think about future generations.
Part of the money was used to build roads, part to erect monuments, and part to banquets. The rest was divided among each family according to how much they planted this year.
The people in Lijia'ao have no objections to this at all!
They already know that Xie Yanzhong is the number one scholar, and a monument should be erected outside the village called the Number One Scholar Village.
Then there will be a banquet, this time it must be a grand one, because Yuan Niang wrote back before, saying that they would come here before taking office.
Also, since they are the number one village, the road to the city should be repaired as long as they are not short of money.
Otherwise, there would be dust everywhere on a sunny day, and there would be mud everywhere when it rains. How would that make sense?
Didn’t you see that since their Lijia’ao son-in-law won the first prize, the number of visits between Mr. Wen and the Yamen’s messengers has increased?
When some members of the clan went to the Yamen to do business, they were treated politely by the people in the Yamen.
What is the reason for this? They are clear in their minds.
Therefore, the monument must be erected, and the bigger and more conspicuous the better.
The road must be repaired, so as not to embarrass their Lijia'ao son-in-law.
If there is a banquet, it will be necessary. It is estimated that many people will come after hearing the news, and a hundred and eighty tables will have to be set up first.
This table must not be bad, it must be purchased well, and the price of their number one son-in-law cannot be reduced.
Therefore, it doesn't matter even if their family only has one or two taels of silver left in the end.
They also have sweet potatoes!
They planted this early. Mr. Wen said that it would be sold as seeds when the time comes. The climate here allows for planting twice a year.
When June is collected, their pockets will be bulging again.
Yuan Niang is right. After leaving Lijia'ao in Liuyun County, everyone's life will only get better and better.
Even if Mr. Chen and Mr. Wen both say that the prices of watermelons and sweet potatoes will be lower next year, it doesn't matter.
They just need to earn enough money for this year. Anyway, they still open tea gardens every month, and they still have monthly silver collars.
When their tea garden opens, the tea trees are planted, and they learn the skills in the future, it will be theirs.
What's more, Yuan Niang also said that she would buy a small tea garden for the clan later...
Time flew by while the people of Lijiaao were busy opening tea gardens, building roads, and finding people to erect monuments.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of May, and in Lanxia City, Yan Jiao, who was supposed to get married in February, was lying on the bed with a haggard look on her face, as angry as a thread.
Seeing her aunt sitting there weeping silently with her back on her back, she wanted to raise her hands, but she couldn't find any strength in her body.
"Aunt——"
Hearing her tiny voice, Mrs. Lin wiped her tears with the corner of her sleeves, quickly came to her senses, and asked hoarsely: "Jiaojiao, are you awake? Are you hungry? Auntie made some chicken soup, can you drink some?"
Yan Jiao couldn't feel hungry, so she was afraid that she would be worried, so she gasped and replied, "Okay!"
When Mrs. Lin went out to bring the chicken soup, she turned her head and looked around the room, with a nostalgic look in her eyes.
She wished she could see Yuan Niang, Can Niang, and Mr. Ying before she died.
I don’t know how many months it is now. Can Niang should have given birth, right?
Also, her brother-in-law Xie must also have won the Jinshi, right?
Then, where is Mr. Ying?
He is so smart, he must have a bright future, right?
Mrs. Lin stood at the door with chicken soup, looking at the skinny man on the bed, her heart was in a knot.
Jiaojiao's illness came quickly, and she was about to get married, but she went out for a trip and fell ill in the evening after returning.
No matter how many doctors they called, no matter where they looked, it was of no use.
Seeing that her appetite was getting worse and worse, and she was getting thinner and thinner, they were anxious, but there was nothing they could do.
They wanted to take her to the capital or back to Xinyang Mansion, but the journey was too far and her body couldn't withstand such a journey.
It had only been more than three months before and after, and now she only had one breath left.
As for the husband she originally planned to marry, seeing her condition, they broke off the engagement.
However, I am not that kind of heartless person. After breaking off the engagement, I didn’t ask for anything back, and even took the initiative to send a hundred taels of apology.
This makes them unable to say anything to others.
After all, Jiaojiao is seriously ill, and the problem lies within her own family!
She vaguely felt that Jiaojiao's time was running out, and she was thinking about her friends.
Perhaps, he might also be thinking about Young Master Ying.
If she had known that her life span would be so short, she should not have stopped her in the first place...
Lin felt extremely uncomfortable. After feeding Yan Jiao half a bowl of chicken soup, she finally gritted her teeth and made up her mind when she saw that she didn't want to drink any more.
Jiaojiao didn't want her to go to the Li clan, that was before.
Now that this is the case, what else does she have to worry about?
This child could drink some porridge every day before, but now he can only drink soup.
How many days can you survive like this?
Yan Jiao couldn't hold on due to illness, so she fell asleep again not long after drinking the soup.
Mrs. Lin called the man from home and asked him to look at Jiaojiao, while she went out to hire a car and headed towards Lijia'ao.
Before she arrived at Lijia'ao, she saw the surroundings were filled with joy.
She was not in the mood to care about this. When she saw someone, she asked where Li Yuan's grandma lived and went straight there.
Mrs. Wang and Mr. Li lived a very comfortable life because of the few servants sent by Xie Yanzhi.
There are people doing all the laundry, cooking and firewood at home. It can be said that among the elderly people in Lijia'ao, they are the most comfortable.
Mrs. Wang, who had not had any worries for a long time, was shocked when she suddenly saw that Mrs. Lin had lost a lot of weight and had a sad look on her face.
Does she know that the person in front of her is Yan Jiao's aunt?
"Aunt Jiaojiao, what's wrong with you?"
Mrs. Lin didn't talk nonsense. Her eyes filled with tears when she heard this, and she said pleadingly: "Auntie, when will your Yuan Niang come back? Jiaojiao is seriously ill and is about to die. It feels like it will only happen in the next few days."
Mrs. Wang was startled and couldn't sit still anymore.
When she was in Xinyang Mansion, she had a good relationship with Yan Jiao.
Because of Chen Wu's incident, she even tried to enlighten the child.
It took a lot of effort to get through it, but why did it suddenly stop?
