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“Homestead? What’s Homestead?” Jiang Shi was puzzled for a moment, looking at the village chief with a furrowed brow.
“She bought an estate, seventy acres of land. Now she’s a solid small landowner. You all can only envy her. If you dare to have ideas about this thresher, see if the county magistrate and the governor agree afterward.” Xie Kui looked at Jiang Shi with a half-smile, thinking that with Xiao He and the others gone, they could seize the thresher? To seize it and not return it would be pure wishful thinking.
The people nearby gasped when they heard the village chief’s words. That Wang Jinhe family had actually developed such an industry so quickly.
“This is impossible.” Jiang Shi shook her head in disbelief. How did the Wang family suddenly turn things around?
Seventy acres of land, and with grain on top of that, it would cost at least a couple of thousand taels. Where did they get so much money?
“Do they really have so much money?” After saying this, Jiang Shi thought of Wang Jinhe’s fiancé, Su Yu: “Having a wealthy fiancé is really good. You can ask for anything, and they can buy it for you.”
Seeing Jiang Shi’s resentful expression, Xie Kui snorted, “You’re really mistaken. They earned it themselves. The proceeds from their melons were enough for them to buy these things. Jiang Shi, don’t assume others are like you.”
“The future looks bright for the Wang family.” People who had a good relationship with Wang Dagui were happy for them.
“Yes, the hardships of these past few years are finally over.”
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Hearing the sarcastic congratulations for the Wang Dagui family, Jiang Shi’s eyes were filled with irony: “They’re doing well now, what does it have to do with you? Ren’ai doesn’t see fit to give you any money either.”
“They didn’t give us money; they just promised us. It’ll be easy for us to grow melons with them next year. Think about Hululu Village this year. It’s only been half a year. We can wait, but some people may not have such an opportunity.” Liang Shi retorted without reservation.
“Some people are just so malicious, can’t stand seeing others doing better than themselves.”
“Let’s all disperse. If you want to use the thresher, come to me in advance to register the time and area. If you don’t use it, don’t blame others for not providing it.” Xie Kui felt that fifty wen per mu of land was already quite cheap.
Time-saving and labor-saving.
However, he didn’t know what others were thinking.
“Alright.”
After returning home, Wang Jinhe looked at Wang Dagui and couldn’t help but laugh, “Dad, what are you thinking?”
“Our family doesn’t lack this money now, but I just want to annoy them a bit. I don’t want to do it myself. It’s time-consuming and labor-intensive. If they want to use it, they have to pay us. Will that get on their nerves?” Clearly, he couldn’t stand Xiao He, but they still had to use the things she produced.
Wang Jinhe suppressed a smile, feeling for the first time that Wang Dagui was really amusing.
“Dad, if people find out about this, they might get furious,” Wang Jinhe couldn’t help but laugh.
“If they don’t get mad, I wouldn’t have done it like this,” Wang Dagui replied without hesitation.
Wang Jinhe chuckled and looked at Wang Dagui with a smile in his eyes, “Dad, as long as you’re happy.”
Gu Shi looked at Wang Dagui with gentle eyes. She knew that Wang Dagui had been holding back his anger for years. Now, he could openly let it out. How could he not be happy?
“Your dad is happy; you don’t need to worry about it,” Gu Shi shook her head.
“It’s only right for my dad to be happy. How can we not care? I have to admit, what my dad did today is really satisfying,” especially seeing the green faces of those people.
Gu Shi looked at her daughter’s joyful expression, with a hint of amusement in her eyes, “You, clearly unhappy, insisted on being so generous.”
Wang Jinhe raised an eyebrow and looked at Gu Shi, “Although I’m not happy, it doesn’t stop me from doing things like this.”
“Alright, you’re right.”
With all the rice harvested and safely stored at home, the family felt much relieved. As long as the weather remained good, the rice could dry in four or five days, ready to be stored in the cellar. Just thinking about it brought joy.
Early the next morning, Wang Jingyu returned from outside, “Mom, Dad, when are we going to harvest our rice? We’re on break, and I can help.”
Wang Jinhe came out of the house and couldn’t help but laugh when he heard this. Xiao Bao looked at Wang Jingyu with a puzzled expression, “Uncle, you came back late. We harvested it yesterday.”
Wang Jingyu turned to look at his parents, his eyes filled with surprise, “Mom, Dad, our rice is already harvested? How did that happen so quickly?”
In previous years, it would take at least two or three days, and there were still many things to do afterward. Yet this year, it was all done in a day?
How did Mom and Dad manage to do that?
“Su Yu, did you get someone to help?” That was the only possibility Wang Jingyu could think of.
“No, it’s Xiao He’s thresher. It’s fast. We finished harvesting our seventy acres in three days. Isn’t it normal to finish six acres in a day?” Su Yu shrugged.
“Wait, seventy acres? Where did we get so much land?”
“We just bought it not long ago. You’ve been busy with college and didn’t have time to come back, so you didn’t know. We bought the land and the grain together, and there’s also a homestead with a lot of fruit trees.” Wang Dagui said with satisfaction, “Our family now has almost a hundred acres of land.”
Wang Jingyu looked at his parents in confusion. He had only been away for twenty days, and it felt like everything at home had turned upside down. How did he not know anything?
“I came back during the break to help with the autumn harvest, and you’ve already finished everything. Why did I come back?” Wang Jingyu said with a wry smile.
“Coming back to have fun is also fine. You’re on a break, so why not enjoy it? The fruits on our estate are ripe too. Brother, you can invite your classmates to come and play. Taking a break is also beneficial for your studies.” Wang Jinhe thought of Wang Jingyu’s classmates.
“How’s your classmate’s grandfather’s birthday celebration?”
“He invited me that day and introduced me to many people of the same age. But there were really a lot of people,” Wang Jingyu couldn’t help but sigh.
“Oh, really? Well, that’s good.”
“I just feel like I got a bit of an advantage,” Wang Jingyu said somewhat embarrassedly.
“What’s wrong with that? Your connections are mutual, and that’s a good thing.”
Wang Jingyu thought about it and agreed, “If I don’t need to help with the harvest at home, I’ll go to the homestead with them. But where is our homestead?”
“Yuan Lin, take my big brother there, and then let him get to know Liang, the manager. After that, it’ll be more convenient for my big brother to bring people over to play, to avoid unnecessary trouble,” Wang Jinhe instructed Su Yu’s people without any hesitation.
Su Yu and his people were all used to this.
“Yes, Young Madam.”
When Wang Jingyu arrived at the estate, he had only one thought: Does my sister still have money?