The Whole Village Thrives After Adopting a Lucky Girl

Chapter 60: Brother is Missing_1

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Jiang Sanlang and his brothers invited someone to make a cart for their mule the day after they returned home.

From then on, the Jiang family also had a mule cart.

However, not long after, Sun Licheng heard about it and came to collect the cart and horse tax. He also told them that from now on they would have to pay taxes every year, combined with the summer and autumn taxes.

At the same time, Yingbao received the thirty-four silver ingots his father brought back. He was so happy that he put most of the silver ingots in his treasure cave whenever he had the chance.

After that, she planted one hundred premium golden ears and one hundred snow ears, and then gave some of the remaining premium spore strains to her father, eldest uncle and second uncle, and her grandfather also got some.

For the premium strains she gave away, without the mixed liquid for cultivation, they probably wouldn’t equal those she cultivated herself, but they should be pretty good as subpremium products.

“Third brother, are these really premium?”

Jiang Da’lang was still a bit confused, “When did you cultivate these?”

Jiang Sanlang scratched his nose: “Last time, bring it back to try planting, whether it can be planted or not depends on the situation.”

He didn’t dare to guarantee that he could cultivate premium products, because that was what his little girl told him.

Jiang Lao Han glared at his eldest son, “Just plant it if you’re told to. Why so much nonsense?”

Jiang Da’lang took the spores with a smile, carefully separating them onto the mulberry wood.

This stuff was worth a lot of money, one could compete with three ordinary ones, and there were not many, so they had to be carefully taken care of.

Jiang Lao Han also received fifty premiums, happily taking care of them without asking his grandchildren for help.

Now his eldest grandson, Jiang Cheng, also planted dozens of them, but they weren’t premium.

The eldest grandson was fifteen this year and was about to marry, but he couldn’t do it without money.

A few days later, after planting the golden ears ended, Jiang Sanlang took advantage of this time when the wheat was not collected, and invited the villagers to dig a water pool on South Slope.

The water pool is too small and shallow to store much water, and Jiang Sanlang has planted a lot of fruit trees and cotton on South Slope, which requires a lot of water for irrigation.

So they must take this opportunity to enlarge and deepen the water pool to store more rainwater.

“I say, Third Brother, why is your family building a house on South Slope?” a villager asked.

This question has been asked by many people, and Jiang Sanlang always gives the same answer.

“Chuanhe River floods every year. What if a big flood one day washes the house away? Then we’ll have worked so hard for nothing.”

A villager didn’t believe it and laughed, “There hasn’t been a big flood for so many years. Only someone timid like you would be scared about such things.”

“Believe it or not, it’s up to you.” Jiang Sanlang didn’t want to waste his breath arguing.

At the side, Li Eryong heard this and turned his head to his big brother and said:

“Brother, some of our permanent fields are on the hillside. We might as well build a house here too. We can’t build a brick house, but we should be able to build a grass house.”

Li Eryong deeply trusts Jiang Sanlang, because Sanlang made a lot of money last year, and now he is leading his two brothers to plant golden ears. Sanlang has such good luck, so whatever he says surely makes sense.

Li Dayong shook his head, “Let’s wait and see.”

Building a house is a big matter, not only does the family’s money not come together, but there’s also the attached sentiment of the old place.

Who could bear to leave the place where they have lived for so many years and run to another place to build a house?

And this place was too remote, which was simply unacceptable.

Li Eryong was a bit frustrated.

He hadn’t separated from his elder brother. For such a big matter as building a house, both brothers had to agree.

Otherwise, when he makes some money by planting golden ears, he’ll build a thatched house on his permanent field first, in case a big flood really happens one day, he can take his wife and children to get away.

Li Eryong’s suggestion didn’t get his eldest brother’s approval, but caught the attention of Wang Ke who was also digging together.

He also agreed with Jiang Sanlang’s words.

Chuanhe River may flood every two or three years, although not severely, it’s a trouble.

What if there was a massive flood one day; would his family not be completely doomed then?

Wang Ke’s house was not far from the Chuanhe River. Every summer when a heavy rain occurred, his house would flood.

If he had the money, he would have wanted to move long ago.

Wang Ke looked at the large tile house of the Jiang brothers, gritted his teeth, and ran to Jiang Sanlang to ask, “Sanlang, can I learn to grow Jin Ear mushrooms with you?”

Jiang Sanlang wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded, “Sure, but I’ve given away all the mushroom spawns. If you want some, I can share some with you in a month.”

Upon hearing this, Wang Ke jumped up excitedly and quickly said, “Okay! I’m relieved knowing you’re considering me. Sanlang, what if I help you with your work in the future? It’s also a good opportunity for me to learn how to grow and maintain the plants, so I’ll know how to do it when I get the spawn.”

Jiang Sanlang laughed, “Sure!”

Why not take advantage of available free labor? They were indeed too busy at home, and he had been considering hiring some help.

Wang Ke laughed happily and dug with more enthusiasm.

The pond was dug for over ten days and was starting to take shape.

During this period, there happened to be a heavy rain, which filled the pond halfway.

The pond could no longer be called a pond; it should be referred to as a reservoir.

Jiang Sanlang planted some lotus in the reservoir, guessing that they could have fresh lotus roots next year.

Yingbao also took the opportunity to plant a large area of water chestnuts by the reservoir and instructed her second cousin to care for them properly. When the water chestnuts grew, they could sell them in town.

Jiang Quan was not unhappy about this and took time every day to check on the water chestnut sprouts.

Then the wheat harvest began.

The school closed for holiday, and Madam Wen also gave Yingbao and her friends time off for the harvest.

Afterward, Yingbao stayed home to look after her younger brothers while making lunch, which she would then bring to the fields for her working parents.

One day, Yingbao cut a couple of handfuls of Chinese chives and chopped down a big Chinese cabbage.

A tofu seller passed by in the morning, so she traded some soybeans for a large piece of tofu.

After washing and chopping the vegetables, Yingbao rinsed the rice and started boiling it, arranging firewood in the stove and letting it burn slowly.

She placed a stool next to the cooking platform, stood on it and first wok-fried Chinese chive with eggs, then stewed tofu with Chinese cabbage, and boiled a big pot of water chestnuts. She decanted the water chestnut water into a water jar to later take to the field to quench her parents’ thirst.

Once the rice was cooked, she filled half of it into a clay pot, left the rest in a rice basket to cool, turned up the heat to make crispy rice at the bottom of the pot nice and golden, scooped it out, and put it on the table.

Her hungry little brothers were eagerly waiting at the table. Yingbao handed them a few peeled boiled water chestnuts and some crispy rice for them to nibble on.

Xiaojie and Xiaowu were eating the crispy rice, taking bites of water chestnuts, laughing and playing, chasing each other in the yard.

Yingbao put out the stove fire, packed up the food, and prepared to take her two younger brothers to bring lunch to their parents.

Youyou was already saddled up and standing in the yard, waiting for her young master to arrive.

“Xiaojie! Dawu! Come over here quickly, we’re going to deliver the lunch!”

Yingbao stood in the yard, holding two large clay pots, and shouted, “Hurry up, c’mon let’s ride the deer.”

After waiting for a moment, Xiaojie and Dawu still hadn’t come over.

Yingbao had no choice but to lock the house door first and led Youyou out of the yard.

However, there were still no signs of her two younger brothers outside. Yingbao immediately became alert, put the clay pots by the door, stepped on the stone steps by the door, and climbed onto the deer’s back.

The young deer swiftly began to run.

Yingbao looked in two directions but didn’t see them, so she immediately had Youyou change direction.

On the road, she met Wen Hengyin and immediately asked him, “Have you seen my two younger brothers?”

Wen Hengyin nodded, “I think I saw them a while ago, a woman was holding them.”

Yingbao’s heart pounded as she urged Youyou to hurry in the direction Wen

Hengyin pointed..