The first person to enter the courtyard was the old man who questioned him that day.

He looked to be in his sixties, with a stiff back and a large basket hanging behind him. It was full of honey locusts, and there were water droplets on it, and it was at least eighty catties by visual inspection.

Because of the excessive weight of the back basket, his already thin body was bent even more, and if he didn't take the initiative to speak, Qi Shu would have found it difficult to notice him.

"Qi Xiucai, I brought the honey locust, I'll collect it today, right?"

The old man gasped for breath as he spoke, but his voice was not high, and he was a little muddy and hoarse.

Qi Shu was pulled back to his senses by these words, and saw that the other party's whole body seemed to be about to fall into the dirt, so he hurriedly put away the book and walked over, and helped take the other party's back basket.

"Collect it today." Qi Shu took down the big basket for him, and responded good-naturedly, "It rained heavily last night, and this honey locust looks still wet, you have been going up the mountain so early?" ”

The old man wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and smiled honestly: "I'm old, I can't sleep, so I get up in the morning and go to the mountains." ”

After speaking, he rubbed his strangled shoulder again, and looked at Ling Yehan carefully.

Ling Yehan also put away the book and looked here, but he was born with no expression, and his momentum was extraordinary, so he looked very embarrassed.

The old man just glanced at it, then quickly withdrew his gaze, and spoke to Qi Shu, who looked kind in front of him: "Where is your lady?" ”

"In the house, I called her out."

Qi Shu said, and told Xiaohua: "Huahua, move a small bench for grandpa." ”

Xiaohua looked up at the old man and nodded very cutely: "Okay daddy." ”

She staggered to the kitchen, took out a small wooden stool, and handed it to the old man.

The old man looked at this little girl so cute, and wanted to reach out and touch it, but he felt that his hand was dirty, so he took it back halfway through.

Qi Shu went to call Zhao Ling and poured a bowl of water for the old man, but the other party was not in a hurry to drink, but looked at Zhao Ling expectantly.

Zhao Ling just tidied up the study, covered in dust, and patted two handfuls after going out, then he looked at the old man and asked with a smile: "Old man, come so early?" ”

The old man seldom exchanged pleasantries with such young women, and smiled crampedly when he saw this, but he didn't know what to say.

Zhao Ling walked over, glanced at the honey locust in the back basket, flicked it a few times with his hand, and said with a smile: "The one picked early in the morning is fresh, but it rained heavily last night, this thing is too wet, can I dry it and then weigh it for you?" ”

When the old man was on the road before, he was still thinking about today's honey locust stained with a lot of water, that day the Qi family lady said that the receipt was also conditional, and I don't know if today's this, will this Qi family lady accept it?

Now that I heard Zhao Ling say that he would just dry the scales, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded again and again: "Okay, good." ”

Zhao Ling smiled again and said, "Then you always sit here and drink saliva, and I will pour out the honey locust." ”

After saying that, she walked over and picked up the big basket and carried it to the place where she had laid out the drying things.

Only then did the old man find out that the piece in the yard had been prepared to dry the honey locusts a long time ago, and it seemed that the Qi family lady had already considered this situation today.

He looked intently and found that this lady of the Qi family was not as lazy as the legend in the village, but she was not only very diligent, but also very powerful.

Although he looks petite, he looks more powerful than that Qi Xiucai!

Zhao Ling poured out all the honey locusts in the back basket, and Qi Shu helped to open them to dry. At this time, the sun is big, and in about a quarter of an hour, the water vapor on it is basically gone.

Not long after the old man sat down, someone came behind him.

Zhao Ling turned around and was surprised to find that the people who came in with the basket on their backs turned out to be Mrs. Zhao and Old Man Zhao.

"Daddy? Mother? Why did you send honey locusts too? ”

Mrs. Zhao doesn't look vulgar and unreasonable, but she is also quite ruthless when she does her work.

She carried a basket about the size of Old Man Zhao, and it was full of honey locusts. It's probably too heavy, and I'm so tired that my face is flushed.

Hearing Zhao Ling ask her, she didn't care about answering, and took off the back basket with a wave of her hand.

As soon as the things behind her landed, she breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhao Ling: "Didn't you ask Xiao He's girl to say it?" You have to collect the honey locusts here, a penny and a pound. I asked your father to go to the patriarch's house, but the patriarch didn't allow it, so I said that our family would send it to you, and I didn't look at his face. ”

Old man Zhao also put the back basket on the ground, and after he let out a sigh, he let out a muffled "um" and nodded in agreement.

Zhao Ling couldn't cry or laugh, and was about to say something, but saw that the two stepbrothers, Zhao Lao Da and Zhao Lao Er, also walked in from outside the door with a basket on their backs.

The two of them were young and strong, and the basket was bigger than the two old men in front of them, and it contained more things. was also so tired that his face was flushed, and he didn't know how to say hello when he saw Zhao Ling, so he just nodded and put down the back basket without saying a word.

Whether it is demeanor or appearance, it is really the same as Old Man Zhao.

Zhao Ling: "......"

The warmth of her family, she can be regarded as feeling it for Zhao Ningning.

"Hurry up and rest, the eldest brother and the second brother are also tired." Zhao Ling said, turning his head to look at Qi Shu.

Qi Shu instantly understood what she meant, scooped several bowls of boiled water, and deliberately put some sugar, and then served it to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Xiaohua farts followed behind, and she also held a bowl and served it to Boss Zhao.

Boss Zhao didn't smile, and tried to make a smile at her, but scared Xiaohua away.

Zhao Lao Er was kind, stretched out his hand, and touched Xiaohua's head.

Both of his children are boys, and when they see this kind of soft and glutinous girl, they feel cute.

It's just that Xiaohua is very wary of strangers, she and Zhao Lao Er are not familiar with each other, and they only run away after shaking in front of each other.

Zhao Ling put down the work he was doing, walked over and chatted with Mrs. Zhao: "Are there many people going up the mountain today?" ”

Mrs. Zhao nodded again and again: "Many, they are all from Hedong Village here, and there are almost no people in our Hexi Village." ”

"That's something that most people don't know." After Zhao Ling finished speaking, he looked back at a few back baskets in the yard.

Not counting the eighty pounds of the old man before, just the four baskets brought by the Zhao family basically add up to more than three hundred pounds.

Zhao Ling had previously told the people in the village that she would only charge 2,000 catties, and she also gave a one-month deadline. But now I feel that I can reach this amount in three to five days.

Zhao Ling also wanted to collect more, after all, there were many materials and many things to make.

But she has limited manpower, and the surfactants she buys from the mall are also limited, so she may not be able to make more second-generation shampoos.

But today, seeing Qi Shu brushing the pot, she suddenly had a new idea at that time.

Perhaps, the next business direction does not have to be limited to shampoo and hair care, and the daily cleaning part of the home can also be used.

For example, dish soap.

But Zhao Ling feels that the most important thing is to discuss with the system how to earn points in the mall.

Without surfactants, everything she had would be difficult to move on to.