Xue Yao had to go to class during the day, but as soon as he got out of school, he immediately ran back and plunged into the vegetable garden to pick peppers.

Picking chili peppers is not a difficult job, but it is easy to get chili juice on your hands after a long time, and there will be a hot feeling.

Also be careful not to splash pepper seeds in your eyes.

To this end, Xue Mu made a special protective suit for the family, somewhat similar to a cloak, which can cover the entire upper body.

In this way, you will never have to worry about the damage of chili peppers again.

During the days when Xue Wu was in the county, Xue's mother and her family came to pick chili peppers every day, and after picking them, they poured the chili peppers on the spread oil cloth and dried them.

Anyway, the whole vegetable garden is very large, there are many open spaces, and the peppers occupy only a small area.

It's the height of summer, the sun is very warm, and the sun is abundant all day long, so it's a good time to dry chili peppers.

Xue Wu took out the key to open the courtyard door, and the donkey herself obediently dragged a cart of things into the yard, she untied the cart, fed the donkey a handful of beans, and dripped a drop of spiritual spring in the tank where it drank.

The donkey drank happily.

She found that the donkeys that had drunk the spiritual spring for a long time had not only become smoother and more agile and robust, but also a little more spiritual and humane.

Moved all kinds of things into the house, did not tidy up, changed into a coarse cloth dress suitable for working in the field, put on a hat to shade the sun, Xue Wu carried a basket on her back and went to the vegetable garden.

There wasn't really anything in the back basket, just props that made it easier for her to take things out of the space.

When she arrived at the vegetable garden, Xue Wu shouted at a few people who were picking peppers in the pepper field: "Come and eat watermelon!" ”

She went into the hut and took out a wooden basin, took the water, put in a few saltpeters, lowered the temperature, and then took out a large watermelon from the bamboo basket and put it in the basin.

Watermelons were grown in her space, and now the land in her space has basically been used by her, planting all kinds of things, and watermelons are one of them.

Now there are watermelons in the county that have begun to sell, but there are very few, and now watermelons are generally not ripe, so the price is relatively expensive.

So she found watermelon seeds and planted them in the space, and used spiritual spring water to ripen them, but she got a large watermelon field in a few days.

Pei Lin was tall and long-legged, and ran over as soon as possible, hugged Xue Wu from behind, rubbed her chin at her neck socket, and was aggrieved: "Sister-in-law, why have you been there for so long, I miss you so much." ”

On this hot day, he has a lot of fire on his body, and he hugs him like this, it's really like a stove, Xue Wu hurriedly patted his hand and motioned him to let go, "I'm not here to support my family, have you eaten well at home these days?" ”

The situation of her and Pei Lin can be said to really verify the sentence "I am responsible for making money to support my family, and you are responsible for being beautiful like a flower".

Pei Lin let go of him, turned to her front, and replied obediently: "Yes." ”

Xue Wu poured him a cup of mint herbal tea, and Pei Lin sat on the pony in the shade of the tree, gulping down.

At this time, Xue Mu and Xue Jun also came over.

Xue Wu hurriedly said: "Mother, Jun'er, are you tired?" Sit down and rest for a while. ”

On the other hand, he poured mint herbal tea and handed it over.

"It's just picking a chili, tired of something." Xue Mu said.

Compared with those in the village who get up early and go to the fields to farm in the dark, picking chili peppers can be said to be very light.

Xue Jun asked, "Sister, did you go into the city this time and find a buyer?" ”

Xue Wu rolled the watermelon in the basin to let it cool fully, and said: "I found it, the buyer is the owner of Yingxian Building in the county, how much do you guess I sold for a catty?" ”

Xue Jun blinked his eyes and quoted a price that he thought was very high: "Shiwen? ”

Pork is 12 pounds, and the price of chili pepper as a vegetable can't be more expensive than pork, right?

Xue Wu smiled and shook her head: "Guess higher, how can it be this price." ”

Xue Mu: "Fifty Wen? ”

Xue Wu shook her head.

Pei Lian: "Five taels? ”

In the end, it is the prince who has lived in the palace, and the guess price is more bold, but it is far from enough.

However, Xue Mu and Xue Jun were already shocked by this price, and seeing that Xue Wu still shook her head, the mother and daughter looked at each other in horror.

"Son-in-law, what is the price of chili peppers?" Xue Mu's voice trembled a little.

"It's three times the price of Akon's offer."

Three times, that's fifteen taels!

God, that chili pepper is not golden, and it was sold for such a high price?

Rao is mother Xue used to be the daughter of a rich and noble family, and she has definitely eaten a lot of good things she has seen, but now she is also shocked by the price of fifteen taels.

It's just a small chili, fifteen taels and one catty, and the sister-in-law used chili peppers to stir-fry them every day, so how much did they have to eat?

Xue Wu: "You know pepper, right?" When it first came from the Western Regions, wasn't it more expensive than gold? Our chili pepper is the first time to appear, and it is rare and expensive, and now only we have this thing, and no one else has it. And the spicy taste of chili pepper is far more positive than that of pepper, so the price of fifteen taels is not high. ”

Although, Xue Mu and Xue Jun still felt a little dizzy.

Look at the large field of chili peppers, the red peppers hanging from the branches have turned into gold in their eyes.

Naturally, Mother Xue began to worry, "Sister-in-law, with so many chili peppers in our family, will it cause any trouble?" ”

Xue Wu shook her head, "Mother, as long as we don't say it, and don't let others enter our vegetable garden, and see the peppers here, then others won't know." And I didn't use my own identity when I sold it, but used another identity, even if the owner of Yingxian Building wanted to find out the source of the pepper, he wouldn't find out from our family, so you can rest assured. ”

Xue Mu's heart was still a little up and down, "In the future, we have to stay here all the time, otherwise once the chili pepper is exposed, our family will suffer." ”

"You don't have to be so careful, the more nervous you are, the more curious others are, just look at it with a normal heart, how it was before, and what will happen in the future, so that the people in the village will not pay too much attention. Okay, the watermelon is iced, let's eat the melon. ”

As soon as Xue Wu went down, the watermelon was cut in half, and a sweet fruity aroma escaped, and the red flesh was embedded with plump watermelon seeds, and the crystal juice flowed down the cross-section, making the mouth flood.

She gave Pei Lin the whole of the small half and told him to dig and eat it with a spoon.

The other half was quickly peeled and cut into pieces, put on a plate, inserted a toothpick, and ate with Xue Mu.

The watermelon entrance is cool, crisp, sweet, and juicy, and it is so refreshing that it will rise to heaven on this hot day.

After eating several pieces in a row, Xue Mu asked, "Sister-in-law, it's only early May, are there watermelons for sale in the city?" ”

Generally, watermelons will not ripen until mid to late May.