"Coming, coming, sisters, the village chief is here with someone!"

Aunt Cha took the lead and went to look for a while, and when she saw the black pressed person coming this way, she hurriedly ran over to report the news. If you want to say that there are all women here, and now they are outsiders, so they have to maintain some images.

It's just that when she was excited, she was commensurate with everyone as sisters, and there were some nondescript ones, which made people have bad associations.

When the mothers-in-law who were guarding the ground heard this, they didn't care about the title, they immediately stood up, and they didn't take the soles of their shoes or speak anymore, but they just straightened their appearance, and then they began to look. From afar, I saw a group of well-dressed people under the leadership of the village chief, and I immediately decided that these people were here to buy the longevity fruit.

Therefore, the eyes that look at these people are a little eager.

No matter how precious the longevity fruit is, if these people are unwilling to pay for the silver, it can only be ordinary food. It's just that such expensive food should be so distressing to eat. One bite down, it's all silver.

Looking at the eager eyes of the women, Chen Jifa only felt full of pride. He immediately gave a brief speech and asked everyone to go home and bring bamboo baskets to help.

When Aunt Zha heard this, she smiled proudly, she had long expected that these shopkeepers would not bring bamboo baskets, so she brought four bamboo baskets when she set off.

I saw her walking towards the ground with the bamboo basket, and said to the shopkeeper nearby: "Shopkeeper, my bamboo basket is strong, even if you have 200 yuan a piece, do you think it's okay?" Let me tell you, the village counts my bamboo baskets as strong, if you use the ones that are not strong, what should you do if the long-lived fruit leaks halfway? Besides, I'm the first, so you can start collecting it now. ”

The shopkeeper listened to what Aunt Cha said was true, and there were so many little daughters-in-law here who were alone with bamboo baskets, so she said without thinking about it: "No problem, I want all four of your bamboo baskets." ”

When Fan heard this, he was so angry that his teeth itched, and he was very envious. But who said that he didn't have the cleverness of Aunt Cha. These bamboo baskets were all made by the men when they were slack, and they were sold at most twenty or thirty wen in the town, but she was good, and the price increased tenfold.

The shopkeeper is stupid too!

However, the sooner this work is done, the better, and they don't want to work today and divide the money tomorrow. Something uncertain may happen overnight. As the saying goes, two birds in the forest are better than one bird in hand.

It's better to get the silver today than anything else.

And they all dispersed quickly, and went home to take their bamboo baskets.

While everyone was still in the future, Chen Jifa said to the shopkeepers: "Everyone, this immortal fruit is the most easy to pull, you see, it's okay to mention it like this." ”

As he spoke, he took the lead in pulling out one of them.

Recently, it has been a beautiful day, and there has been no heavy rain, but it was a light rain the night before. In addition, it is sandy soil, which comes out as soon as it is pulled out, and it is still clean.

Chen Jifa's actions completely stimulated the curiosity of the shopkeepers, and everyone lowered their heads, holding the peanut seedlings and gently lifting them up, and sure enough, they were the immortal fruits in their eyes.

Now, without Chen Jifa's demonstration, everyone began to peel off the shells of the flowers, throw them into their mouths and eat them. If you don't eat it, you don't know it, and you can't forget it when you eat it.

To say that among these people, except for Boss Wang, only a few have tasted peanuts. Moreover, it is also the taste of dried peanuts.

These are fresh, naturally different, and more sweet.

Especially the big shopkeeper of Lingyun Building, he couldn't stop eating, and sighed in his heart while eating, just this taste, no wonder it can be sold for eleven taels and one pounds. Even if it sells for twelve taels and one pounds today, he will be the master to buy it.

For a moment, all you could hear was the sound of peeling peanut shells and peanut shells all over the ground. Aunt Cha Wu was honestly squatting and pulling peanuts, but when she saw that no one was observing her, she quietly picked up the peanuts on the ground while pulling them and threw them into her mouth.

It's so delicious! After so long, she finally tasted it again.

After a while, everyone came one after another with bamboo baskets and began to squat and pluck peanuts. Ye Feng saw that everyone was only concerned about plucking, but no one picked it, so he said: "In this way, everyone listen to me, your platoon is responsible for pulling, your platoon is responsible for picking, and your platoon is responsible for picking up the ones that fell to the ground." Also, when you pick it, pick out the tender ones and put them separately. ”

After a simple division of labor, the speed is really a lot faster.

This one is the morning, and until lunchtime, there is still some left. However, no one said they were hungry, and no one was willing to leave. Seeing this, the village chief said: "Everyone will work hard for a while, let's go home to cook and eat after we finish harvesting." ”

In fact, there is no need to be reminded at all, and no one will leave. No one will have an opinion when the farm is much more tiring than this, let alone such a situation. When the harvest is finished, it will be sold for nothing.

After waiting for so many months, isn't it just waiting for today!

At about half past one in the afternoon, all the peanuts on the ten acres of land were plucked and picked. The field is now full of peanut seedlings, and there are neatly arranged peanuts in bamboo baskets.

Boss Wang's peanuts were put separately, so when the village chief saw that everyone had finished harvesting, he took the pre-prepared scales and said, "Come and help with two great strengths." ”

Two muscular men walked over, one of them lifted the bamboo basket, and after weighing them one by one, Boss Wang's acre of peanuts totaled 420 catties.

Boss Wang smiled and took out four thousand two hundred taels of silver tickets from his arms and stuffed them into the hands of the village chief, and complimented him a few more words, then asked someone to help carry the bamboo basket onto the carriage and left first.

He knew in his heart that although the remaining shopkeepers had peanuts, they didn't know what to do with them. He's going to rush back and wash all the peanuts, dry them, and open them before everyone is ready.

This opportunity was given to him by Ye Feng. So before leaving, he whispered a few words in Ye Feng's ear, and then hurriedly drove the carriage away.

The remaining seven acres of land produced a total of 3,000 catties of peanuts, which was 33,000 taels of silver at the price of 11 taels. The shopkeepers cooperated very well to get together the silver tickets, and then began to divide the peanuts again.

Aunt Cha Wu took her man to appear in front of the shopkeepers again, promising to help carry peanuts and help weigh them. All the shopkeepers are quite good at being people, and with a wave of their hands, they gave one or two pieces of silver to Aunt Cha Wu as a hardship fee, and the two of them were so happy that they couldn't see their teeth.

When everything was cleaned up, the village chief said to everyone: "Everyone go home for dinner first, and after an hour, everyone will gather in the ancestral hall to divide the silver." By the way, everyone just saw that we got a total of 37,200 taels of silver, but don't forget, I didn't ask for a penny. Also, everyone will dig the longevity fruit in this field after dividing the silver, and when the time comes, they will bring their own tools, and what they dig will be their own, and they don't need to hand it in. After waiting for so long, everyone can also try it. ”

After thinking about it, he said, "You, you, and you, yes, the ten of you follow me and carry these large baskets of immortal fruits to the ancestral hall." This is next year's seed, so be careful. ”

Chen Jixing's family had already stated that their family would not participate in the distribution of the silver this time, so Ye Feng's family had already gone home when they saw that the village chief had arranged the matter. However, they went to the peanut field and pulled more than 50 peanuts home, ready to make a boiled peanut meal.

Ye Shi has long learned how to make boiled peanuts flavorful, this time she chose those peanuts that were ripe but not too old, washed and poured directly into the pot, added some spices, put salt, and then boiled over high heat.

After lunch, the boiled peanuts also dripped out of water, Ye Shi took one and threw it into his mouth, there was salt and taste, quite satisfied, so he said loudly: "Mother, you go to the warm house and sit down, I will cook the longevity fruit." ”

Everyone sat together and ate the longevity fruit, admiring the deliciousness as they ate. Qianyu is a typical money fan, and said while eating: "Ten taels of silver a catty, then wouldn't we eat dozens of taels of silver today!" ”

An unbelievable look.

Hearing this, Ye said funny: "Let's just try it, except for the ones that are reserved for seeding, the rest will be sold for silver." ”

The Ye family's acre of land is naturally all to be sold to Boss Wang.

After eating for a while, Mrs. Liu said, "I won't eat, I'm going to the ancestral hall to share the silver." ”

Ye Shi saw that everyone had almost eaten, so he said, "Then let's go, let's go with you." ”

Actually, the Ye family didn't really want to accompany Mrs. Liu, the key is that Chen Wumei has slowly become more cheerful because of planting fruit trees recently, and this time the silver is a good opportunity, even if the village doesn't give her the silver, but the villagers have to get used to her existence, so that they don't make a fuss.

Ye Feng and Chen Jixing also followed, Ye Feng was worried that there would be so much silver in the village for the first time, and he was afraid that something would go wrong. And he vaguely felt that the practice of dividing the money according to the household was not appropriate.

But what was wrong with him, he couldn't say for a while.

By the time they arrived at the ancestral hall, there were already a large number of people in the open space, and everyone was talking enthusiastically, with smiles in their eyes and faces. This one said that he took the money and began to build a new house, the other said that he would immediately marry his son and a daughter-in-law, and that he would immediately send his children to study in the city, all of which were useful anyway, and so on.

Seeing that Ye Feng's family was coming, they all greeted them warmly. In any case, these are the benefits that the Ye family has brought to the village.

Feeling the enthusiasm of the villagers, Ye is no longer as shy as he was at the beginning. responded one by one, and then found an open space to stand and wait for the village chief to come.

After a while, the village chief came, his face full of red, as if he had drunk wine. Seeing that everyone had come, Chen Jifa said: "Now we are going to divide the silver, there are a total of 150 households in our village, or we will take out 30,000 taels of silver to divide, 200 taels per household." All the remaining silver was put in the ancestral hall and used as silver for various expenses. ”

As soon as the village chief's words were finished, some people immediately took the lead in saying that they agreed, and some people objected. If you look closely, you can see that those who take the lead in agreeing are those who have been separated, and those who do not agree are those who have not yet separated.

Ye Feng thought about it, and instantly understood that it was indeed a bit inappropriate to divide the silver like this.

Chen Jifa didn't expect anyone to object, and after a little thought, he also reacted. To say that it is convenient to divide the silver in this way, but it is actually unfair, and those who do not divide the family will suffer a big loss.

In the same way, those who have long since separated have taken advantage of it.

For example, if a family has three sons, if they do not divide the family, they will receive only two hundred taels of silver. But if the family is divided, then it will be three families, and they will receive six hundred taels.

In this way, the difference is huge.

Seeing this, Chen Jifa hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, everyone, and wait for us to discuss how to divide the silver." As he spoke, he called Ye Feng and a few men who were more familiar with things on weekdays into the ancestral hall.

"I was negligent, I didn't expect this layer. Let's talk about it and see how it is better to divide it. Chen Jifa was modest, and first "buttoned" a hat for himself, so that everyone would not be able to say anything more.

For a while, everyone said that they had any ideas. But it is clear that these proposals are similar to the ones just now, taking into account this and forgetting that, and there will definitely be people who will oppose it.

After discussing for a while, seeing that everyone was still discussing, Ye Feng said, "Village Chief, do you know how many people there are in our village?" I mean, from the elderly down to the babies. Women should also be counted. ”

"Our village, there are many famous people, I remember this clearly, now there are seven hundred and sixty-five people." Chen Jifa immediately reported the data that Ye Feng needed, which made Ye Feng feel that this village chief was not bad.

Immediately, before Ye Feng could speak, Chen Jifa said as if he was inspired: "Do you want to say that the silver is divided according to the head?" Well, this method is good, why didn't I think of it. It's just that those who are still in the stomach can't be counted. ”

Hearing this, Ye Feng said funny: "This is natural. Everyone laughed, and they all thought it was good.

Seeing that everyone was happy, Ye Feng said: "Everyone, village chief, I have a reluctant request, and I hope you will think about it." Chen Wumei has just reconciled with her husband's family and bought land in the village, and she will definitely settle down in the future. This immortal fruit was planted before she left the pavilion, and she was still from our Chenjia Village at that time. So, I mean, can she be counted in this money? Actually, it's not easy for her to live now. ”

In fact, everyone here is reluctant to include Chen Wumei, after all, one more person means that everyone has to share a little less silver. However, the seeds of this peanut were given by Ye Feng, and there is some truth in what he said.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, the village chief clapped his hand and said: "What you said is reasonable, and it is all surnamed Chen, so we should help and help." ”

The village chief has expressed his position, and the others naturally have no opinion, anyway, they will not do this kind of offending thing.

At this point, the matter was settled.

The crowd was still discussing fiercely, but when they saw the village chief coming out with everyone, they immediately quieted down and waited for Chen Jifa to speak.

Seeing that he had caused such an effect, Chen Jifa was very satisfied, and after a moment of pride, he said: "After discussion, we decided to divide the silver this time according to the head, that is, from the old man to the baby, regardless of gender, everyone will divide it equally. Of course, those who are still in the stomach can't be counted, and this time they won't participate in the silver split. But don't worry, it's naturally your turn next year. ”

When everyone heard that it was divided according to the head, after a little thought, they felt that this method was indeed the fairest method, and they did not object. However, when Chen Jifa said the following words, the crowd began to buzz again: "This time, Chen Wumei will also be counted." ”

However, although some people were dissatisfied, they did not object to it because of Ye's face. And Ye Feng also participated in the discussion just now, presumably he also knew. In this case, there is no need to offend people.

In this way, according to the number of heads, according to the number of forty taels of silver per person, Chenjia Village held a vigorous silver distribution meeting. Although it was a silver ticket, not a silver ticket with white flowers, the people who got the silver were very excited, and held it tightly in their hands, as if they were afraid of losing it.

Seeing that everyone was basically dispersed, Ye Feng hurriedly pulled Chen Jifa and said, "Village Chief, I still have something to discuss with you." But this is a big deal, and I ask the village chief to invite all the knowledgeable people in the village, and let's have a meeting. ”

Seeing that Ye Feng was so serious and formal, Chen Jifa knew that there must be something important, so he didn't question it, and immediately sent people around to inform people.

On the other side, all the people who had obtained the money went home and hid the money, and then they all walked towards the peanut field with small hoes and baskets. Although the field is now full of peanut seedlings, there are still a lot of peanuts in the soil.

If you turn over the soil, you can still find a lot of peanuts, at least enough for the family to eat at night.

Aunt Cha was the first to rush to the ground, her home was close, and she still had some secrets that she didn't want to be discovered, that is, when she picked peanuts in the morning, she took advantage of the unpreparedness, left at least five or six catties of peanuts in the ground, and covered them thickly with peanut seedlings. Anyway, it's all over the place, and no one will find out at all.

Therefore, when everyone came to the field and did not start ploughing the ground, they found that Aunt Cha's family had already filled a lot of peanuts in their back baskets. Afraid that everyone would misunderstand, Aunt Cha said: "Hurry up and pick it up, let me tell you, there are a lot of these seedlings." ”

The others just thought that they had come early, and hurriedly joined the ranks of ploughing the ground.

Some of these people who plough the ground are men who can farm the land, so except for children running around, everyone is turning in an orderly manner. That's fine, when the peanuts are picked, the ten acres of land will also be turned over, which is simply a double win.

Zhu's mother, Luo, and Zhu's second sister-in-law, Qi, also came, carrying a small basket on their backs, and turning over with a hoe. As a member of the mother's family, they were embarrassed to show up in the morning, but they are not afraid at the moment, anyway, this is who wants it, and there is no rule that only people from Chenjia Village can turn it.

And as Chen Jida's relative, he can also be regarded as a person from Chenjia Village.

For this reason, the others watched it and regretted that they couldn't call their mother's family earlier. These peanuts are so expensive, it is impossible for them to pay for some filial piety to their mother's family. But it would be great if they could call their mother's family to turn over the ground together like the Zhu family.

Roche is a good farmer at home, so she turned the ground quickly and well, and after a while, she picked up several catties of peanuts, which made her happy. She knew in her heart that those restaurants in the city would definitely be collected, and at her rate, it would be no problem to earn a few dozen taels of silver today.

At noon, Ye asked Qianyan to bring a big bowl of boiled peanuts, she ate very well, and she was worried that her husband and son at home could not come with her, and she couldn't eat such a delicacy. Now it's good, if you dig a lot, in addition to selling it, you will take out a pound or two to cook it when the time comes, and give them a tooth sacrifice.

In this way, before it was dark, ten acres of land were carefully turned, and not a single corner was fallen. This combat power made Mrs. Liu couldn't help but sigh: "The temptation of silver is too great." ”

Indeed, if there is nothing to do, if the villagers are to come to help turn the ground spontaneously, it is estimated that it may not be able to turn it well in ten days and half a month. It's good, everyone is willing, and it's like being beaten with chicken blood, and it's done in half a day.

In the evening, every family boiled peanuts to eat as if they were celebrating a festival.

There was someone who listened to Ye's suggestion, and Shengsheng resisted all kinds of impulses, washed the peanuts and dried them. Ye said that these peanuts are better when they are dried, and they can also be used directly as seeds.

However, in the end, he couldn't stand the child's entanglement, so he took out the silver and bought the meat proudly. In this way, the children who have not eaten the longevity fruit will not make trouble, and they will just have something to eat anyway.

Luo was so worried about his family that he wanted to rush home overnight, but just for her and the two women of the Qi family, it was impossible to walk at night. Her son-in-law Chen Jida could send them home, but Zhu struggled to keep them, only saying that there were not many opportunities to meet on weekdays, and he just said that he was considerate.

In addition, the two children kept calling her grandmother, and seeing this, Roche agreed to stay overnight.

Eating fried pork dishes, adding a white flour cake, and Zhu's freshly boiled peanuts at night, Roche felt that Zhu's had survived this day, and he was happy for her in his heart.

At night, the mother and daughter slept in the same bed and began to chat, and after chatting, Roche fell asleep contentedly.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Luo took Qi and left, and she had to rush to the city to sell peanuts. Before leaving, he naturally praised Chen Jida greatly, which made Chen Jida die of beauty in his heart.

He and Zhu have been married for many years, and this is the first time that his mother-in-law has praised him.

As a result, many people in the village had to go to the city to sell peanuts, and Luo and Qi rubbed another free ox cart, which made Qi, who thought he was going to walk for a while, suddenly happy.

When they arrived in the city, as soon as everyone discussed, they all went to Liuyunxuan, this Boss Wang is also an acquaintance in a sense, and he wants to talk better. And in the afternoon, he whispered to Ye Feng, and they all saw it.

Sure enough, Boss Wang bought all the peanuts at a price of ten taels and one catty, and said that as long as he had them, he would take them, and he would accept them. When it was Roche's turn, she hesitated, and then took advantage of the fact that there were still people lining up in front of her to pull Qi Shi and leave.

In this regard, Qi Shi asked puzzledly: "Mother, what are you doing here?" Why don't you sell it? ”

Although he didn't weigh it, Qi Shi understood very well that there were as many as seven or eight catties of peanuts in Luo's hand. That's seventy or eighty taels of silver, obediently, this is enough for the family's expenses for several years.

When he was far away, Luo said, "Speaking of which, we are not in a hurry to use silver. So I thought, it's better to take these longevity fruits home and wash them and dry them, and keep them for seeding, so that we can also grow longevity fruits next year. ”

Hearing this, Qi's face was full of displeasure.

After thinking about it, Luo had no choice but to take Qi to buy a few meat buns and three catties of pork, and then went home.

Last night, Zhu gave her ten taels of silver, saying that it was his own private money. Seeing that the Zhu family is now not worried about clothing or food, and the two of them are members of the Duck Duck Township Kitchen, they have made entries from time to time, so they accept it.

Eating meat buns, thinking that there would be meat to eat at noon, the Qi family didn't make any trouble.

On the other side, Chen Jifa asked a few women to help wash all the peanuts in the ancestral hall, and then took out the bamboo mat to dry. Fortunately, the open space in front of the ancestral hall is large enough to dry these seeds.

This washing peanuts and drying peanuts is really a very tiring thing, for this reason, when the peanuts are washed and dried, Chen Jifa is the master and sends half a tael of silver, which makes several little daughters-in-law feel happy in their hearts, and bluntly said that they will be called if there is such a thing in the future.

Chen Jifa naturally agreed, and handed over the errand of drying peanuts in the next few days to them.