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Although everyone feels a pang in their hearts when harvesting watermelons, considering it’s all money, for the sake of better growth, they reluctantly pluck off the excess melons.
However, each melon can grow to at least ten kilograms, and with ten melons totaling over a hundred kilograms, it will turn to quite a sum of silver.
Those who didn’t buy melon seedlings, upon realizing their losses, were filled with heartache.
Trading two taels of silver for several dozen taels, they unexpectedly passed up on this opportunity.
The few individuals who neither stole melon seedlings nor purchased them gathered to discuss and decided to visit Xie Kui’s home.
Seeing these people, Xie Kui furrowed his brows slightly, “What are you here for?”
Do these people have nothing better to do? Why are they coming to his house?
“Village chief, it was our mistake before. Could you please tell Wang Jinhe that if she sells melon seedlings in the future, she should also sell us some.” One of them said with a forced tone.
The village chief sneered and muttered, “Weren’t you guys the ones complaining that Xiao He’s melon seedlings were too expensive, thinking she was robbing you? Now, suddenly, you don’t think she’s robbing you?”
Back when Xiao He was willing to sell, these people believed she was stealing their money and demanded she give the seedlings for free. Now, they regret it seeing everyone’s watermelons thriving?
Unfortunately, regrets are useless once the opportunity is missed.
“Village Chief, we know we were wrong, and we also want to make money.” Even if they earn much less than the village head, they still want to earn something.
Seeing them happily inspecting the watermelons every day, they felt a sense of discomfort.
They insisted on pressuring Wang Jinhe, and what did they gain in the end? Nothing. Instead, they incurred losses.
“I can’t make the final decision on this matter; I can only inquire.” The village head Chief seeing them like this, felt a bit sympathetic and said without much enthusiasm.
“Thank you, village Chief.”
After asking everyone to leave, Rong Shi expressed some displeasure, saying, “Now they think about making money, and they turn to Xiao He? Why didn’t they think of it earlier?”
“It’s not a big deal to inquire,” Xie Kui shook his head.
“No pleading on their behalf,” Rong Shi sternly told the village Chief.
The village Chief smiled and nodded, “I won’t.”
Satisfied, Rong Shi nodded and allowed Xie Kui to leave.
Xie Kui arrived at Wang Jinhe’s home. After the expansion, Wang Jinhe’s house became larger, and the layout looked impressive.
“Xiao He, are you busy?” Xie Kui walked in, watching Wang Jinhe working with some soil, and asked curiously.
Wang Jinhe turned to look at Xie Kui, “Uncle, why are you here?”
“Today, those few families that didn’t buy melon seedlings from you came to see me. They asked me to inquire if next year you could sell them some seedlings,” Xie Kui explained his purpose.
Wang Jinhe nodded, “Sure.”
It’s just a matter of a few hundred melon seedlings, not too many.
“Xiao He, you…”
“I can earn more money than you all, and besides, if I don’t agree, Uncle, it wouldn’t be good for you either,” Wang Jinhe interjected.
The village chief looked at Wang Jinhe and sighed lightly, “You don’t have to plan everything for me.”
As for whether Wang Jinhe would earn more, the village head wasn’t concerned. How much she could earn was her own ability.
Twenty cents per kilogram of watermelon was already a sky-high price for them.
“It’s just a small favor, Uncle, you’ve helped me a lot. It’s good that I can help you now,” Wang Jinhe was the kind of person who believed in repaying kindness.
“Thank you. By the way, Xiao He, what are you doing with this soil? What’s the use of it?” Xie Kui looked for a long time but couldn’t figure out the purpose of this thing.
“This can be used to grow mushrooms, and I’ll send them to the capital to sell,” Wang Jinhe explained. It was the soil she had dug up when she found the place where the Shiitake mushroom was in the mountains.
She planned to grow Shiitake mushrooms to sell.
It was a highly profitable venture.
Moreover, Shiitake had a great taste, whether stir-fried with meat, lightly sautéed, or used to make chicken soup.
“Is this thing easy to grow?” Xie Kui asked curiously.
“I don’t know yet. I’ll try planting it first. If it works, Uncle, I can teach you if you want to try it later,” Wang Jinhe said nonchalantly.
Xie Kui’s eyes lit up, “Alright, I’ll follow you from now on. Whatever you want to plant, we’ll plant.”
“Okay.”
After preparing the soil, Wang Jinhe placed it under the eaves. Before going to bed that night, she sprinkled it with diluted spiritual spring water.
The next day, Wang Jinhe woke up to see tiny Shiitake mushrooms.
Xiao Bao, upon waking up and seeing Wang Jinhe squatting under the eaves looking at the soil, walked over and crouched beside her, curiously asking, “Mommy, what are you looking at?”
“Looking at Shiitake mushrooms.”
Shiitake?
Xiao Bao examined it carefully for a while before spotting the tiny Shiitake, “Mother, when can we eat such small Shiitake?”
It’s too small; you have to look for a long time to see it.
I really don’t know why Mommy is so happy.
“We can eat them soon. This kind of mushroom grows very quickly. Mommy is just trying to plant them. After success, I’ll plant more, and we can sell them then,” Wang Jinhe explained briefly to Xiao Bao.
Xiao Bao seemed to understand vaguely but still asked, “Isn’t this something we can find on the mountain? Will anyone buy what we grow?”
“As long as it’s from our family, people will buy it,” Wang Jinhe said confidently.
“Mommy is the most amazing!” Xiao Bao nodded repeatedly.
From that day on, in addition to the place near the big turtle, Xiao Bao had another place to spend time.
During rest times, he liked to squat and watch, even dragging Zhang Zhilin to watch the Shiitake Mushroom every day.
Seeing the Shiitake Mushroom growing day by day, Xiao Bao was ecstatic, “Mommy, it’s growing so fast!”
“It does grow quite fast. In a few days, it should be ready to eat.” Normally, it wouldn’t grow so quickly, but it was because she watered it with spiritual spring water. However, it should be delicious.
After the Shiitake Mushroom grew, Xiao Bao couldn’t wait to eat, “Mommy, since it’s grown up, can we eat it now?”
“Go get a basket, pick some, and I’ll cook something delicious for you at lunch.”
Xiao Bao cheered and went to get a basket. When he brought it back, he didn’t let Wang Jinhe do it alone. He pulled Zhang Zhilin to pick the Shiitake Mushroom together.
“Pick the big ones, don’t pick the small ones, understand?” Wang Jinhe couldn’t help but remind the two children as she watched them.
Xiao Bao nodded incessantly, “Mommy, we understand. We definitely won’t pick the small ones.”
Seeing the two of them happily picking, Wang Jinhe returned to the study to prepare for the cultivation of Shiitake mushrooms.
As Wang Jinhe wrote, her hand paused, “Today seems to be the day the exam results are announced, right?”
Ten days ago, Wang Jingyu had participated in the examination for the position of student and the examination for the position of a scholar.
Today should be the day for the announcement of the student examination results. She wondered how her older brother did.
With things on her mind, Wang Jinhe couldn’t focus on her work. Instead, she decided not to work and went outside to find Gu Jiuning and the others.
“Mother, how do you think Brother did in the exam?” Wang Jingyu is so talented; there shouldn’t be any problems.
“Xiao He, you should trust your brother.”