The next day, Ying Bao arranged for Chu Chu to help her clear up wasteland and expand her vegetable garden.
The original vegetable patch was too small, my parents were too busy, and I couldn't even turn it over, so I had to hire a helper.
Facts have proved that she was right. This Chu Chu is very capable. Not only does she work quickly, but she is also very careful.
She first chopped down the weeds, then began to dig the ground, digging out grass roots and shrub roots, shaking off the soil and throwing it into a pile.
Chu Chu broke up the soil while digging, and also picked up all the pebbles, making the ground soft and smooth.
Yingbao was very satisfied and immediately gave her a boiled egg.
Chu Chu's eyes were red as she took the egg, and she thanked her in a low voice: "Thank you."
"You're welcome, eat quickly. Oh, by the way, you can pick some vegetables and eat them when you cook later. I'll get you some salt later."
It's not that Ying Bao didn't keep her at home for food and lodging, but because of Chu Chu's special status, he couldn't take her home and let her eat at the same table as her parents.
"Yeah." Chu Chu carefully peeled off the eggshell, not losing any of the egg white stuck to the eggshell, and plucked it all out and ate it.
Yingbao ran home and picked up a dark kohlrabi, then filled some salt in a small earthenware bowl and sent it to the hut.
Now the hut has been tidied up by Chu Chu, and the bedding has been folded neatly.
On the ground outside the hut, Chu Chu also used stones to prop up a simple small stove, picked up a lot of dry firewood and piled roots next to it, and used pots to cook on the small stove on weekdays.
Of course, the fire folds and everything else were given by Ying Bao.
On this day, Er Ni ran over, grabbed Ying Bao and walked back. As she walked, she said, "Sister Dani is here to ask you a question."
Of course Yingbao knew what Dani wanted to ask, and she had already thought about how to say it.
When she arrived at her uncle's house, she saw Danni staring angrily at her, "Yingbao, why did you keep that Chu girl here?"
Ying Bao said with a smile: "I hired her to help me work."
Dani was speechless. "Why hire her? You didn't know she was a replacement from the Chu family."
Ying Bao blinked, "What a replacement, Brother Dacheng and her don't have a marriage contract. She has an employment relationship with our Jiang family now, nothing else."
Dani:……
Indeed, my eldest brother and this woman did not have a marriage certificate, and this woman worked for my third uncle's family, Yingbao, and not for my family.
Dani's face softened slightly and she muttered: "Then you can't keep her either."
Ying Bao: "If I don't keep her, and she refuses to go home, she sleeps in the haystack at night. What should I do if something happens?"
Dani was stunned and silent.
Mrs. Zhou and her husband in the room looked at each other and sighed. "We are not as thorough as Yingbao, alas."
Jiang Dalang: "You and I were also angry for a moment, and now we think about it, the child of the Chu family is a girl after all. We can't let her stay outside alone. Our southern slope is deserted. If something happens, it will be really troublesome."
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"It's not a bad idea that came from the Chu family. Alas, just let Ying Bao do whatever he wants, as long as it doesn't involve Dacheng Xing." Mrs. Zhou felt exhausted mentally and physically.
Jiang Dalang reassured: "With Ying Bao watching, Dacheng will not be implicated no matter what, don't worry."
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In the next few days, Chu Chu worked hard and soon opened a large vegetable field.
After the vegetable field was leveled, Yingbao took her to the wild bamboo forest to cut bamboo and drag it back. She cut off the branches and left only bamboo poles to insert around the vegetable field.
When putting up the bamboo fence, Yingbao asked that the hut be included.
By the time the bamboo fences were installed and vegetable seeds were sown on the vegetable fields, it was already May and the Jiang family began to harvest golden ears.
Yingbao's golden ears mature earlier than Dad's, and most of them have been harvested by now.
After Chu Chu watched carefully for half a day, she became familiar with it and could do it faster than Ying Bao.
So Yingbao let her do it, and started to grow bacteria by herself.
This was busy for several days.
The golden fungus and snow fungus were dried out after being exposed to the scorching sun for a few days. Yingbao put them in buckets and moved them into the warehouse at home for storage.
By this time, the work assigned by Ying Bao to Chu Chu had come to an end, and it was time to pay the reward.
"Sister Chuchu, here are three strings of coins, you count them." Yingbao pushed the three large strings of copper coins over.
Chu Chu suppressed her excitement and wiped her hands on her old clothes again and again before going to get the copper coins. "Really, really give them all to me?"
"Yes, this is your monthly salary, we agreed." Ying Bao said with a smile.
Sister Chu had done her a great favor. She originally wanted to give her more rewards, but after thinking about it, she decided not to.
Chu Chu counted the copper coins one by one, her heart jumping with joy.
In all her life, she had never been exposed to so many copper coins. She felt like she was in a dream.
The counting got messy. Chu Chu didn't count any more, but started to cry while holding the copper coins.
This is what she earned, a large sum of money she earned through her own efforts.
"Ying Bao, can I really take all this money away?" Chu Chu still couldn't believe it: "Will your parents scold you?"
"This is the reward you deserve. Why do my parents scold me?"
Ying Bao patted Chu Chu on the shoulder and said earnestly: "If you continue to work with me in the future, I will pay you."
Chu Chu nodded vigorously: "I will follow you!"
After hesitating for a moment, Qi Qi Ai Ai asked: "Ying Bao, I...can I go home first?"
"Of course." Yingbao nodded: "The summer harvest is about to begin, and I will give you a month's farm leave."
Chu Chu jumped up happily, hugged Ying Bao hard, and choked with sobs: "Thank you Ying Bao."
Early the next morning, Chu Chu walked out of the hut with her small package on her back, closed the door, and walked out of the bamboo fence with brisk steps.
When he looked up, he saw a mule cart parked in front of him. Xiao Yingbao, her two little brothers and her mother were sitting on the shaft of the cart and smiling at him.
"Hurry up and get in the car, we'll take you back." Chun Niang said with a smile.
Over the past few days, she has also noticed that this girl is really good.
He is honest and willing to work, and he is not afraid of suffering. He is a good boy.
Chu Chu pursed her lips, hummed lowly, and climbed onto the mule cart.
Secretly wiping away her tears, Chu Chu raised a smile and spoke to Chun Niang: "Auntie, thank you."
Chun Niang said angrily: "Silly boy, what are you thanking for? We are going to the town and will take you home by the way."
"Yeah." Chu Chu nodded.
She knew Aunt Xu said this on purpose, because Chushan Village was not in the same direction as the town.
This trip was driven by Yingbao.
The mule listened to her words, and ran very fast without cracking his whip, without being lazy at all.
The mule cart soon arrived at Chushan Village and stopped in front of Chu Laoshi's house.
As soon as Chu Chu jumped out of the car, she saw her younger brother Chu Qing running towards her. "Sister! Sister!"
Chu Qing threw herself into her sister's arms and burst into tears.
Chu Chu also cried, hugging her brother and asking this and that.
Ying Bao only took one look, then whipped his whip and drove the mule cart away.
When passing by a young man, I couldn't help but stare at him for a moment.
Chu Yan?
It’s really Chu Yan!
I saw him with a slender figure and stern eyebrows. Although he still looked childish, his expression and aura were unmistakable.
The young man turned his head to look at her. In just a moment, he turned back and ran towards Chu Chu quickly.
The mule cart passed him, going further and further away, and gradually disappeared into the distance.
