After being abandoned by the educated youth, I became rich in the 80s

Chapter 153: The Rice is About to Be Harvested

Originally, Lan Xin thought that Lan Yingjie, like Lan Xi before, would only pack fifty tea eggs to see the effect. If they sold well, he would come back at noon to pack a second pot.

But now that Lan Yingjie had to walk on his own, Lan Xin couldn't bear to let him run so many trips a day, so she simply packed a hundred tea eggs for him and asked him to sell them for a day to see how things went.

"Are these one hundred tea eggs heavy? Have they burned your back?" Lan Xin asked worriedly. Lan Yingjie shook his dark head.

"It's just right, not heavy at all, and my back is not burned."

"Don't worry, Sister Lanxin. I will definitely sell all these tea eggs." Lan Yingjie promised Lanxin, and in his heart he kept encouraging himself, determined to sell all these tea eggs!

"Okay, I believe you. If you follow my instructions, they will definitely sell out quickly. Lanxi was able to sell fifty tea eggs in one morning before."

Lan Xin patted him on the back, indicating that he had finished installing.

The tea eggs were cooked, so there was no need to worry about breaking them by bumping into them. So Lan Yingjie ran as fast as he could, thinking about getting to the city quickly and catching up with the people working in the factory. He started running as soon as he walked out of the yard and disappeared in a moment.

"Lanxin, don't worry. Yingjie is a mature child and much more sensible than Lanxi." Lan Ze on the side comforted Lanxin, which aroused Lanxi's dissatisfaction.

"Brother, if you want to praise Yingjie, just praise Yingjie. Why are you trying to put me down?"

"Then I say that Lanxi is more sensible and capable than Lan Yingjie?" Lan Ze looked at Lanxi sideways, and immediately made him lower his head and turn his gaze away, muttering softly.

"That's not necessary."

Lanxi was so embarrassed that he couldn't even say this. How could he compare to Yingjie? Yingjie was much more capable than him.

"That's it." Lan Ze laughed.

It was Lan Qing who stepped forward and said, "Okay, hurry up and pack the tea eggs to sell. Try to sell as many as possible. I guess we can only sell them for another two or three days."

He took a walk around the fields early this morning and found that the rice had grown ripe and the ears of wheat were heavy. They could be harvested in a day or two. By then, he would have no time to continue selling tea eggs.

They have to take advantage of these two days of free time to earn more money. As for the preparations for the harvest, they will go back to prepare after selling the tea eggs in the afternoon. Everything is ready.

After hearing Lan Qing's words, Lan Ze and the others fell silent. They no longer felt the joy they had in previous years when the rice matured. Instead, they felt irritated.

However, the ripening of rice in the fields is a big deal. Even though the money they earn every day is enough to buy food for the family for a month, they will not give up the income from the fields because of this.

They are farmers, and making a living from crops is the most important thing!

But Lan Xin was not like that. She looked at Lan Qing and the others who were silent but full of energy, and didn't know how to start the conversation.

After Yuan Lanxin got married, she lived on her own. When the land was distributed, she was allocated some land. Yuan Lanxin also worked very diligently to take care of the land, and she made it very fertile and healthy. The annual income from the land was enough to support her family of three or four.

But Lan Xin doesn’t like it and doesn’t want to farm!

Can she outsource the rice harvesting work and hire someone else to do it?

Lan Xin really didn't want to experience the scene in her original memory of bending over and working hard to harvest rice under the scorching sun. If this situation continued for more than a day or two, she would really die.

This matter cannot be delayed. Lan Xinxin thought that she had to talk to Lan Qing and the others this afternoon to see where to recruit help.

Fortunately, the rice in the fields has matured over the past month. There are many mountains and sufficient water resources here, so no other villages have to compete for water for irrigation. In addition, the hot weather prevents weeds from growing, so Lan Xin does not need to take care of her too much. The Lan family will help with these things.

Otherwise, considering Lan Xin's current lazy condition, it would be a miracle if rice could grow in the field.

Lan Xin was thinking about the things in the fields, but fortunately with the help of Ma Cuihua, she cooked the tea eggs quickly and well.

Even for the seasoning, Lan Xin only had to put the seasoning that had been divided and wrapped in gauze last night into the pot. The work was easier than ever before.

When the second pot of tea eggs was washed and started to be cooked, Lan Xin asked Ma Cuihua to go back first and come back at noon to cook the third pot. Ma Cuihua was very unbelievable.

"Just this little bit of work?"

She came at six in the morning to cook the first pot of tea eggs, and then immediately cooked the second pot. It is only nine o'clock now, and she has been busy for three hours in the morning. Now she is allowed to go home?

Ma Cuihua thought she had heard wrongly. How could such a good man come from? He only did such a small job for one dollar a day.

"Yes, now that you are done, you can go back and take care of the house first, and then come back to cook the third pot at noon." Lan Xin nodded.

Wasn't this agreed upon with Ma Cuihua at the beginning? Why does he look so incredulous now?

Ma Cuihua really couldn't believe it, it was just such a small job. At the same time, she looked at Lan Xin with tears in her eyes, knowing in her heart that it was Lan Xin who was helping her, and she asked someone to come and help with such a small job.

Lan Xin: "..."

Not really. She was really too busy cooking so many tea eggs these days, and she didn't want to waste her days washing eggs and cooking tea eggs, so she thought of hiring someone to help. It's not because Ma Cuihua is the only one who has this position.

But Ma Cuihua didn't listen. Seeing that there was no work, she started looking for work on her own.

Seeing that Lan Xin's vegetable garden was dry and not well-kept, she quickly got up and helped Lan Xin to clean up the vegetable garden. No matter how Lan Xin tried to stop her, it was useless. She had only one idea in her mind: she had to do the work worth the dollar.

However, Ma Cuihua had done a lot of farm work and was very skilled at it. The vegetable garden in Lan Xin's small yard was not good enough and she could easily take it over!

Seeing Ma Cuihua's skilled appearance, Lan Xin's eyes lit up, as if she had thought of something, and asked tentatively: "Sister Cuihua, how many days will it take for your rice to be harvested?"

Ma Cuihua thought Lan Xin was worried about her family harvesting rice and didn't ask her to work. Thinking of the one dollar a day job, Ma Cuihua hurriedly said.

"Lan Xin, don't worry. My family has a small field and not much rice. I can finish it in two days. Don't you want to leave me?"

Ma Cuihua quickly made a promise, thinking that she would go to cut rice at dawn and cut from morning until dark at night when there was no light.

Even now the weather is good and the moon is round and bright, so they can continue to harvest rice under the moonlight at night. This way, they can finish the work in two days, and Lan Xin will not think that she is a burden and will not ask others to do it.

As for drying the rice, she might be able to trust her husband. Even if he is not very smart, he can listen to her and do some small chores.

As long as she hung out the rice in the morning, Zhang Changshan would stay at the ancestral hall and turn it over from time to time. Moreover, Lan Xin gave her plenty of working time. After she finished her work at nine o'clock, she could continue to dry the rice. When she came to work at noon, she could just let her husband stay.

Moreover, since they are in the same village, if the weather changes and it is about to rain, she can react in time and harvest the rice.