Zhang Li can't say that she wants to take Qiao Qixin to the Liang family.
"You said you want to borrow a piece of land?" Zhang Li said, "Why do you want land?"
"I have some rapeseed in my hand, and I want to try growing it. If it's good, I'll sell it on the market." Qiao Qixin said obediently.
Zhang Li understood that this child wanted to make money.
"Okay, then you can follow your elder brother to the fields later. If you see a suitable place, you can ask your elder brother to come over." Zhang Li said happily.
"Ah?" Qiao Qixin was shocked, "No, we won't discuss it anymore?"
She originally planned to use money to borrow land from Zhang Li!
"It's just land, what's there to discuss?" Zhang Li looked at Qiao Qixin and said dissatisfied, "Are you trying to give me money again? I'm telling you, I won't accept it. If you go out again, be careful and I'll throw it out for you."
When Qiao Qixin saw this, she didn't force herself and nodded obediently.
Zhang Li patted Qiao Qixin's head with satisfaction, "I'm going to wake up your eldest brother, and tell him by the way, you should have breakfast quickly, don't wait for us."
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After everyone finished breakfast, Qiao Qixin enthusiastically helped Brother Zhang carry the hoe.
"Tieniu, take good care of Qixin!" Zhang Li shouted at the door.
"Got it!" Brother Zhang waved his hand.
Qiao Qixin followed Brother Zhang to a field near water.
"Wow, Brother Zhang, did you grow all this?" Qiao Qixin sighed as she looked at the lush vegetable patch in front of her.
Brother Zhang shook his head and pointed at the crooked patch of land in Anxiety, "That's what I planted."
"Ah? Then this area is..." Qiao Qixin said.
Brother Zhang sat under the shade of a tree and looked at the sky, "The land we rented out."
Seeing Qiao Qixin's dull look, Brother Zhang stood up and roughly sketched the area, "From there to there, it's all the fields left by the family. I'm weak, so I rented them to others to farm."
"So many?" Qiao Qixin was shocked.
Brother Zhang put his hands behind his back and nodded with a troubled face.
"You can't tell, Brother Zhang, you are actually a landlord!" Qiao Qixin was even more shocked.
"Hey, what's the use of having a lot of fields?" Brother Zhang sighed. "We agreed to pay a rent of ten taels of silver a year, but it's always in arrears."
"Are they unwilling to pay the rent?" Qiao Qixin asked.
Brother Zhang became even more melancholy, "Yes, they all bully me for being weak and don't dare to do anything."
"Well, how about asking Sister Zhang to go with us?" Qiao Qixin asked tentatively.
Brother Zhang shook his head, "Your eldest sister only talks about being unforgiving, but she is actually very soft-hearted. Once others soften their attitude, she will not be able to ask for money anymore."
"One more thing, despite your eldest sister's aggressive appearance, she is actually not in good health, otherwise she wouldn't have been sick for so long due to a fall into the water." Brother Zhang looked into the distance and sighed, with a sad look on his face.
Qiao Qixin lowered her eyes, "Brother, I've always wanted to ask a question."
"you say."
"Why don't you and eldest sister have children?"
Brother Zhang shook his head, "Don't tell me, I won't tell you this."
Qiao Qixin knew enough not to ask further questions.
"Come on, brother will take you to dig the ground. Have you brought any rapeseed?" Brother Zhang stood up and said.
"No, I'm going to finish plowing the land and move the vegetable seedlings here." Qiao Qixin said, holding a hoe.
Brother Zhang nodded, "Alright."
Then, he came to an empty field, took the hoe from Qiao Qixin's hand, and said, "Watch it."
The hoe was raised and lowered, digging out a clod of soil and a hole in the ground.
Brother Zhang smashed the clods of soil with the back of his hoe, and then repeated the same action again.
"Do you understand?" Brother Zhang asked.
"I understand." Qiao Qixin nodded.
"Okay, you can do it yourself." Brother Zhang threw the hoe to Qiao Qixin and sat under the shade of the tree.
He took a sip of water and didn't forget to urge Qiao Qixin, "Hurry up, big brother Tian hasn't done it yet."
"Okay." Qiao Qixin responded.
She imitated Brother Zhang's movements and hoeed the ground step by step.
Fortunately, the original owner was strong enough. If Qiao Qixin had the original strength, he probably wouldn't be able to hoe out the clods of soil.
Hoeing the ground was exhausting, the sun had just risen, and Qiao Qixin was already exhausted and covered in sweat.
So tired.
Qiao Qixin gasped, leaning on the hoe to make small messages for a while, and then continued to hoe the ground.
It wasn't because of how diligent she was, but because Brother Zhang glanced at the hoe from time to time, which made Qiao Qixin think that Brother Zhang was in a hurry, so she hurriedly wanted to finish hoeing the ground quickly.
Brother Zhang under the shade of the tree: This girl is so strong. Don’t break my hoe. It’s very troublesome to repair it.
With Qiao Qixin's tireless efforts, the land was finally hoeed.
She held up the hoe and ran to Brother Zhang, who was resting in the shade of a tree with his eyes closed, "Here, brother, I've finished it."
Brother Zhang, who was about to fall asleep, was suddenly woken up by her. He said "Yes" in confusion, "Okay, let's leave it there."
Qiao Qixin just put down the hoe and turned around to see that Brother Zhang had fallen asleep.
Qiao Qixin:?
"Brother, don't you want to farm?" Qiao Qixin said.
"Ah? Oh." Brother Zhang's sleepiness was completely dissipated by Qiao Qixin. He rubbed his eyes and stood up from the ground, then picked up the kettle and prepared to water the vegetables he planted.
"Brother, don't you want to use a hoe?" Qiao Qixin looked at Brother Zhang with doubtful eyes. This chapter has been completed!