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Chapter 710: Great Harvest

Upon hearing this, Princess Li became energetic again and said, "Okay, I will live a good life and stay with you and the children."

"Come here this time. His Majesty asked me to stay with you all the time. Wait until Gu Shao finishes the work here, and then we can go back together."

Of course the Ninth Princess was very happy, "Brother, you are so kind. It's a bit dry here, but with the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, it should be very comfortable. I am in confinement and cannot honor my grandmother. Concubine, please spend more time with your grandmother."

Just in case she gets tired."

Concubine Li smiled and nodded, "Okay, don't worry, I'm at home and I'll take care of it for you."

Mrs. Gu was in high spirits during happy events. She was a little acclimatized at first, but now she is happy and all of it is gone.

She greeted the ninth princess and asked the cook at home to do their best to prepare delicious food for the princess.

Gu Jin personally came to see Mrs. Gu off this time. After settling in, he sent a message to Dadu Tongfu, hoping to visit her at home.

First, please say hello to Liu Pan'er and Li Yuanqing.

Secondly, I also want to meet my fiancée Li Li.

When Liu Pan'er learned that Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Li were coming, she paid a visit the next day and brought the child with her.

Gu Jin was so happy when he saw Li Li.

Following Mrs. Derry, Li Li became more and more knowledgeable and radiant.

Mrs. Gu smiled and said, "Young men, let's go for a walk in the garden together, and I'll talk to Mrs. Derry."

"Yes, great-aunt." Gu Jin agreed and led everyone to the garden behind.

Now only Mrs. Gu, Concubine Li and Liu Pan'er are left.

Mrs. Gu held Liu Pan'er's hand and expressed her sincere thanks, "Pan'er, thanks to you this time. You are lucky and kind-hearted."

Liu Pan'er modestly said, "That's because the princess sister is so nice that I can't help but want to get close to her."

Concubine Li smiled, "Anyway, both of you are good, so it's better to have two good people together."

A few people chatted for a while, and Liu Pan'er said again: "The autumn harvest is about to begin. I won't come every day later. The old lady and the concubine have to worry about it. I'll tell the princess sister later."

Concubine Li praised, "Your Majesty has been praising Mrs. De Rui in the palace. Wherever the granary can be full, the granary will be full. Of course we should pay attention to such an important matter as the autumn harvest. Mrs. De Rui is busy, even if she is busy."

Mrs. Gu also agreed, "We are at home. If you are worried about your children, you can leave them here."

Liu Pan'er smiled and said, "No need, I still have a master at home who has classes, and the older one also wants to work with me."

At this time, Mrs. Gu thought of Gu Jin, "That boy Gu Jin is very knowledgeable, but he has become a bookworm after studying all day long. I asked him to follow you to the fields to see. Farmers working hard are more valuable than him reading thousands of books."

Experience.”

Liu Pan'er did not refuse, "If Gu Jin is willing, let him come. Learn more, and you won't have a black eye when you become an official in the future."

"Thank you." Mrs. Gu said with a smile. It would be great to have a great-grandson together.

September is the harvest season.

Wu Sanzhuang also came back from the army to help his family with the autumn harvest.

The ten acres of sugar beets grown at home are all mature.

"Dad, hurry up and collect the beets. I came back from the city and I heard that beets cost two cents per catty." Wu Sanzhuang came home and urged while eating.

When Old Man Wu heard this, he immediately beamed and said, "I saw our beets. They are big and good when they grow up. They are estimated to weigh several thousand kilograms. You can earn ten taels of silver from one acre of land. Our family has ten acres of land.

This is one hundred taels of silver."

Mrs. Wu also laughed and said, "That's right, if I had known that beets were so profitable, I would have planted more varieties this year."

Wu Sanzhuang smiled and said, "We would like to plant them, but we don't have any seeds. If we want to plant more species, we have to save our own seeds."

Mrs. Wu nodded repeatedly, "Keep them. I'm going to select those big and good seeds and put them in the ground. When they are completely mature, I can collect the beet seeds."

Wu Sanzhuang reminded, "Mom and dad, once the beet leaves are dried, they can be used to feed rabbits, cows and sheep. Don't waste them."

Old man Wu can no longer be satisfied with his current life.

"I've known it for a long time. Every time I come to town to promote farming, your mother, me, and your brother and sister-in-law all listen and remember it all."

"We caught three pigs, six sheep, two cows, and dozens of rabbits. Our beet leaves are enough to feed them."

Early the next morning, the whole family, except for the pregnant second sister-in-law and two children under six years old, went to work in the fields.

There are many young men in the Wu family. They bend over and pull out the beets hard, one in each hand, very fast.

The stepmother's sister-in-law Wu, Mrs. Wu, old man Wu, and three children cut off the leaves from the beets.

These leaves are also spread flat on the ground and collected after drying.

In one morning, seven brothers pulled beets from four acres of land.

At this time, you can see that the man works faster.

Sister-in-law Wu came over to deliver the meal, and the whole family was eating with their heads down. After eating, they took a short break and continued working.

Wu Sanzhuang put the beets into sacks and filled ten sacks. "Mom and Dad, we don't have room to put these beets at home. Let's collect them and sell them at the same time."

Old Man Wu nodded, "Okay, then you go and sell it, and we will continue to collect it in the fields."

Wu Sanzhuang tied the oxcart tightly with hemp rope and hurried to sell beets at the Sangcheng market.

The Wu family's beets were collected cleanly, and after a brief inspection, they were weighed. Two cents a pound, ten sacks, a total of nine hundred and twenty pounds.

A total of one thousand eight hundred and forty coins were received, and one, two eight, and forty coins were given.

Wu Sanzhuang was very happy that it was sold so quickly. He went to cut five kilograms of meat and asked his second sister-in-law to have more delicious food at noon.

After all, the autumn harvest is tiring, so it’s impossible not to eat good food.

When Sister-in-law Wu got the meat, she immediately promised to stew the meat for everyone and let everyone eat and drink well at noon.

When Wu Sanzhuang left home, he took a jar of boiling water with him to give to his family.

Wu Sanzhuang kept selling, and he sold ten carts in a whole day, worth nearly twenty taels of silver.

There were still plucked beets in the field. Old man Wu was worried and arranged for his two sons to watch in the field with bedding.

Wu Sanzhuang handed the money to his father, "Dad, this is the money I got from selling beets today. I spent seventy-five cents on meat."

Old man Wu took the money and couldn't put it down, "I've been working hard for a year and finally saw the money."

Others are also very happy. Tiredness is nothing. Only in this way can life be prosperous.

Mrs. Wu was also very happy, but also very melancholy, "Now that I have money, I can build a house and buy things, but there are too few girls in the north. Our family has not even mentioned a daughter-in-law since we had three young men!"

Old man Wu thought for a while and then said: "I heard from the old patriarch that after the work is done, let the second son go back and bring back the eldest son."
Chapter completed!
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