Ms. Liu also smiled and said, "Yes, yes, Xuehua and I have nothing to do. We have peeled this kind of fruit at home, and our hands and feet are both familiar. We can pay as little as we want. Our family is poor, and we can't do it for a few days."

I can't eat anymore. I'm living a day without a meal. Erya, Sanya, you two are kind-hearted. Tell our grandma, so that Xuehua and I can peel the fruit and earn some money to live.

From now on, if my aunt has a good family, she will never forget the kindness of you two..."

Sanya pursed her lips, wasn't this embarrassing them?

Anyway, given her a hundred courages, she would not dare to go to Mrs. Xu Zhang and make irresponsible remarks.

They both know Yuan's thoughts. Yuan and Xu Zhang have hit a wall. Who are they? Will Xu Zhang listen to them?

Erya finally figured out what they meant.

She is a little more stable than Sanya, and she neither refuses nor accepts.

"Aunts, I know what's going on with you. Let's go in and talk to Nai. We can't guarantee whether it will work or not, but what the aunts say will definitely be brought in."

Both Zhao and Liu were overjoyed, "Okay, Erya, Sanya, I know you are kind-hearted girls. Come in quickly."

When the other wives saw that the two families had finished their performances, they also wanted to beg Erya and Sanya. However, they didn't usually have much friendship. They waited until Xu Chengju and Xu Xuehua's families had finished their performances before they wanted to ask, but they were stopped by Zhao.

He and Mrs. Liu broke through the crowd and escorted Erya and Sanya away.

It wasn't until Erya and Sanya entered the yard that they let go of the figure they were blocking.

They had great opinions, but they had no choice but to have no friendship, and even if they wanted to ask for help, there was no point of entry.

Mrs. Zhao and Ms. Liu sent Erya and Sanya into the courtyard of the Xu family. They lay at the door, wanting to hear what was going on in the courtyard.

Lao Xu's family does not allow idlers to enter the yard. Those who can enter are those invited to work or members of Lao Xu's family.

Crane your neck and listen hard inside...

After a while, I heard Erya talking to Xu Zhang.

The sound was very loud, as if it was deliberately meant to be heard by people outside the door.

"Hey, just now Xu Chengju and her mother and Xu Xuehua and her mother came to apologize to us. The slap mark on Sanya's face last time was actually not from my mother, but from Xu Chengju. Xu Chengju made Sanya's face swollen.

, now they came to apologize, and then said that we should ask Nai Nai if there is any extra space for them to peel the fruits. Their families are poor and they are waiting for the wages of peeling the fruits to eat..."

Immediately afterwards, Xu Zhang's yelling and cursing came from inside.

"Tell them to get lost! Where did they get such big faces! After beating our granddaughter, she still wants to come to our house to work? She is still waiting for wages to eat. Get lost! Get lost! Get lost! She deserves to starve to death. The attack was so severe.

Why should they hit Sanya, a rotten-hearted thing? Sanya is my granddaughter. Although she is a bit naive, it is not their turn to hit her! Yuanshi, come here and explain clearly to me.

Didn’t I say you were the one who beat me? You are a free-for-all, useless loser. How dare you lie to me? Tell me clearly what’s going on? If I don’t come to the house, I’ll tear off their roof.

Go...I still want to go to work, it's a beautiful idea! What a shabby house, a shabby thing! It's embarrassing, isn't it..."

The faces of Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Liu turned from white to green, and they took their girls and left the courtyard of Lao Xu's house in despair.

The other wives who had been stopped from talking to Erya and Sanya listened with great interest.

These two girls are poisonous!

This is not just a favor to say something nice, this is clearly a provoking thing!

But it’s true and I’m not lying, it’s all the truth.

Moreover, Erya also fulfilled her promise to bring messages to Zhao and Liu...

If you don't say anything and hang around for a few more days, maybe Mr. Zhang can actually give her a chance to go into the yard and peel fruits for a day or two for the sake of her relatives.

It is said that the person who peeled the fruit yesterday is not the same as the person peeling the fruit today.

Whoever comes early and who catches Zhang's eye will be chosen.

With these two words, Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Liu probably wouldn't even dare to come near the old Xu family's yard.

They are relieved to have two less powerful competitors.

***

It had been going smoothly, but on the eighth day, the weather suddenly changed and it started raining heavily.

On a rainy day, it is dangerous to go into the mountains. The roads are slippery, and it is difficult to go up the trees to pick fruits. Fortunately, there are cellars to store a lot of fruits, and there are some fruits in stock. I have the extra loquat paste I made before, and I can barely make it through two days.

During heavy rains, those who peel the fruit are not affected, but there are not many people picking the fruit.

Only those who are in good physical condition and familiar with the mountain terrain dare to enter the mountain.

Xu Jiaojiao's original plan was to have a fruiting period of ten days and a half, but as a result, the thunderstorm weather continued non-stop for several days.

There is not enough fruit, and the business can only be semi-stopped.

The roof of Lao Xu's house was in disrepair for a long time. After this rain, many places leaked. Except for the newly built cellar which did not leak, and Xu Jiaojiao's roof which did not leak, there were some leaks everywhere else.

Especially the kang in the second room had too much rain and there was no place to sleep.

The thunderstorm lasted for four or five days. When the weather cleared and we went into the mountains again, all the good fruits were knocked to the ground by the heavy rain.

Most of the fruits that used to be endless on a large mountaintop withered like this.

Seeing that the fruiting period was about to pass, Xu Jiaojiao began to harvest unlimited amounts of fruit.

Every day the villagers come to sell and collect as much as they want. Not only people from Xujia Village come to sell fruits, but also people from several neighboring villages come to Lao Xu's house to sell fruits.

The quality of the fruit in the last period is not as good as that in the first period, and you are not picky anymore. The good fruit costs one penny and five catties, and the second fruit costs one penny and ten catties.

All were piled into the cellar.

The cellar is almost full.

Xu Jiaojiao made loquat ointment and loquat dew for a few more days and sold them, and then called it a day.

Loquat paste and loquat dew need to be made from high-quality fruit to taste good enough.

The remaining late-stage fruits cannot meet the standards for making loquat paste.

But the last fruits are still being harvested, and Koshiro and the others are collecting them at home. There are not many last fruits, so they can collect as much as they can. She has other uses.

After sending the loquat paste to the county for the last time, the old Xu family planned to hold a celebration banquet to celebrate the completion of the loquat paste.

On this day, after Xu Laoer and Xu Laosi delivered loquat paste to the county town, the family removed all the temporary stoves. Xu Jiaojiao, Xu Zhang's mother and daughter, and Erya and Shilang went to the town.

, made a big purchase.
Chapter completed!