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Su Yu wrote a letter and give it to Yuan Bao: “Personally hand this letter to Big Brother.”
“Yes.” Having become familiar with delivering vegetables and fruits, Yuan Bao didn’t need to personally follow along anymore. However, when it came to delivering this important letter, Su Yu could only trust Yuan Bao to handle it.
Wang Jinhe stood beside Su Yu, curiously watching him hand the letter to Yuan Bao: “Why didn’t you let the Lightning deliver this letter?”
He actually made Yuan Bao run the errand personally.
“This letter is very important. Just in case, I only trust Yuan Bao,” Su Yu explained briefly.
Wang Jinhe nodded knowingly; she had always known that Su Yu had great trust in Yuan Bao and would inform him of anything.
After sending Yuan Bao off, Quiyi approached: “Miss, the people in the homestead has mentioned that the grapes are ripe. They’re asking if we still want to sell them today.”
“Don’t sell them; we’ll use them all to make wine,” Su Yu said directly.
Wang Jinhe shook her head helplessly: “Listen to my husband, and let’s use them all for brewing.”
“Yes.”
Speaking of grapes, Su Yu thought of the peaches in Hululu Village: “Have the peaches in Hululu Village been harvested today?”
“They were harvested long ago; the remaining fruits haven’t ripened yet.” At the end of last year, she also checked the account books for the village’s fruits, which earned them a considerable amount of money. Naturally, they wouldn’t miss the opportunity to make a profit.
“That’s good. They sold well last year. Today, let’s go check the village head’s melons. When they can be harvested, we should also send some to the surrounding shops,” Su Yu said.
“Okay.”
The two of them went to Xie Kui’s house together, and Xie Kui couldn’t help but be a little surprised when he saw Su Yu. “Xiao Yu, when did you come back?”
The child had been away for several months, and the fruits in Hululu Village were all harvested by Xiao He and his team.
“I just returned a few days ago, Uncle. We came today to visit your melon fields and see how much longer until they can be harvested,” Su Yu explained the purpose of their visit to Xie Kui.
“Sure, let me call the others.”
The village head went to gather everyone, and they went from house to house to inspect the fields.
After checking, Wang Jinhe found out that they would have to wait another half a month before they could harvest.
“It will take another half a month,” Wang Jinhe said after inspecting each household.
Half a month wasn’t a long time for Xie Kui and the others.
“Xiao He’s rice yield this year is definitely going to increase,” the village head said happily after checking the watermelons.
Now, he could eat white rice every day without worrying about a shortage of food.
They had followed Xiao He to cultivate ten acres of rice paddies, and with an increase of only 200 kilograms per acre, they could yield a total of 2,000 kilograms from ten acres. This was not a small amount.
“Yeah, looking at the rice crop this year, I feel hopeful about everything,” said a person who had planted rice alongside Wang Jinhe.
Those who had just come to observe regretted it long ago. With such large rice ears, they had produced so much grain with so little seed.
Next year, they must follow Xiao He to cultivate rice, so they wouldn’t have to worry about food.
Planting some watermelons with Xiao He would also bring in money and food.
Life couldn’t be better.
“Xiao He, we’ll follow you to plant next year.”
“Yeah, I regret not planting with Xiao He this year.” That was over a thousand kilograms of grain, pure white rice—just thinking about it was heartbreaking.
Watching them like this, Wang Jinhe smiled faintly and didn’t say much.
It was their lack of belief that was to blame, and she couldn’t be blamed for it.
Even if she wanted to earn money together with them, these people had to believe first.
After inspecting, Wang Jinhe and the others returned home. Those who had received watermelons were eagerly waiting for Wang Jinhe and the others to come and collect them in half a month.
Back at home, Qui Yi came to report: “Miss, we harvested 500 kilograms of grapes today, and they have all been used for making wine.”
“Good, from now on, go and harvest a batch every day.” When Wang Jinhe decided to use grapes for making wine, she had already set aside the Lingquan water for Qui Yi and the others. With them around, Wang Jinhe wasn’t worried at all.
“Yes.”
After giving instructions for everything, while Su Yu played with the three children, Wang Jinhe went to the study to examine the account books sent from the capital.
In half a year, she had opened ten stores selling seasonal fruits and vegetables. The fruits and vegetables she planted were used to supply these ten shops, and these were the accounts accumulated during this period.
As soon as the vegetables were harvested, new ones were immediately planted. In total, she earned over two million taels of silver by selling three crops.
After putting the three children to bed, Su Yu came to the study to find Wang Jinhe.
“Haven’t finished reading yet?”
“I’ve finished. So far, we’ve earned over two million taels, and that doesn’t even include other things.” Wang Jinhe closed the account book and looked at Su Yu with a smile.
Su Yu raised an eyebrow, looking at Wang Jinhe. “It seems like you haven’t been idle at all while I was away. What use do you have for the money I’m earning now?”
His wife was too good at making money, leaving him, the husband, with no sense of accomplishment.
Wang Jinhe thought seriously for a moment, then looked at Su Yu and said, “Warm my bed?”
“Okay, I’ll warm your bed right now.” Saying this, Su Yu picked her up and headed to the bedroom.
Before going to sleep, the biggest regret for Wang Jinhe was saying those words about warming the bed to Su Yu.
This is practically slapping oneself in the face.
After arriving in the capital, Yuan Bao took the baskets of watermelons selected by Xiao Bao and brought them along. The remaining ones were sent to Four Seasons.
Qian, the shopkeeper, looked at Yuan Bao approaching, his eyes turning green with envy. “Yuan Bao, you’re here. Did you bring me watermelons?”
People had been asking about this year’s watermelons for the past ten days.
“I brought some that are ripe on Madam’s side; it’s not much, but the next batch will be more.” Yuan Bao explained briefly.
“Even a little is fine.” Qian, the shopkeeper, smiled with curved eyebrows and eyes. As long as the watermelons from Madam’s side were available, they would be the best-sellers. The people in the capital already knew the benefits of the fruits and vegetables from Four Seasons. Regardless of the price, they would go crazy for them.
Now, with watermelons available, these people wouldn’t miss this opportunity.
“I’ll go and deliver the melons to Young Master.”
“I only have so little, and you took it all for Young Master.” Qian, the shopkeeper, complained.
“I didn’t take yours. The ones for Young Master were personally selected by Young Master himself.” Can the ones picked by workers be the same as those picked by Young Master?
“As long as it’s not mine, I’m happy. You go, and I’ll have my men notify the customers that watermelons are available.” Qian, the shopkeeper, was extremely excited about making money.
Yuan Bao ignored him and left with the goods.
Su Jiu saw Yuan Bao with a smile on his face. “You’re back.”
“Young Master, these are the melons Young Master Xiao picked for you. He said they’re for you and the Empress Dowager. This is the letter Master wrote for you.” Yuan Bao handed a letter to Su Jiu.
“It looks like Xiao Bao has a conscience.” Hearing that Xiao Bao had picked watermelons for them, Su Jiu’s eyes were filled with smiles.
It was indeed worth spoiling Xiao Bao.
“Young Master, I’ll go deliver melons to the Master’s residence.” In addition to Su Jiu’s group, Xiao Bao also picked some for Su Long and the others.
“Go ahead.”