novelraw Chapter 393: Amu
Chapter 393: Amu
Luckily, the allure of the game is stronger for the little one.
The little one just marveled for a moment, then walked away on their own.
Sitting on the sofa, Candy skillfully opened big brother’s WeChat and found Yaling’s contact.
With a little finger holding the voice button, she said in a cute, childish voice:
"Sister, get online quickly, Guoguo will carry you."
With a whoosh, the voice message was sent.
In less than three seconds, Zhou Yaling replied to the WeChat message with just one word.
"Coming."
If you carefully scroll through the chat history, you’ll find an interesting scene.
The entire conversation is almost repetitive.
"Coming."
"On."
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A few minutes later, Mo Jingchun, sitting at his office desk, heard Zhou Yaling’s scream coming from his phone.
"Guoguo, there’s an ambush, come save me."
"On my way~ on my way~"
"Watch me go wild!"
With Sima Yi in hand, Candy unleashed a powerful move, instantly taking out the enemy’s shooter and mage.
With low health, Zhou Yaling managed to escape.
Sitting on the sofa, Candy frowned and said:
"Sister, try not to leave the tower. They’re so mean, targeting you just because you have the lowest funds."
"Let me take a dragon, then I’ll crush them."
Luckily, the teammates weren’t a drag, Candy effortlessly carried Zhou Yaling, the little newbie.
On Saturday, before dawn, when there was just a hint of white in the east, Amu and Sha Hong got up.
Each carrying a large bamboo basket disproportionate to their size, they headed towards the vegetable garden.
"Sister, let’s harvest the vegetables quickly, so we can carry them to sell later."
Morning vegetables are the freshest and surely will sell for a good price.
Although Amu is still young, she is quite skilled in farming.
The field was filled with baby bok choy, and with a single slash, a huge bunch was harvested. Amu and Sha Hong swiftly cut the bok choy and neatly placed them into the bamboo baskets.
Uncle said that neatly arranged vegetables could sell for an extra fifty cents per pound.
The dewdrops on the bok choy dampened Amu and Sha Hong’s clothes, but the two little ones didn’t mind at all, their faces full of smiles.
This is all money right here.
The sun rose from the east, gazing at the full bamboo baskets of bok choy.
Amu wiped the sweat from her forehead and said with a smile:
"Sister, wait here for me, I’ll take my basket of bok choy to sell first and come back for yours."
Sha Hong nodded sensibly and obediently.
She also wanted to help her sister carry the load, but she was too short and could only handle an empty basket.
When filled with bok choy, even standing upright, the basket wouldn’t lift off the ground.
"Sister, I’ll wait here for you to come back."
"Okay!" Gritting her teeth, Amu picked up the basket, and the tightened shoulder straps painfully pressed onto her shoulders.
Only by placing both hands on the straps did it feel slightly better.
After about ten minutes, Amu, drenched in sweat, carried the bok choy to the square in front of a row of beautiful houses.
Several large trucks were parked on the square.
Wang Fengmei, who was counting money, saw the little one coming, hurriedly patted Liu Zhongquan.
"Go give a hand quickly, so the child’s body doesn’t strain."
"Got it." Liu Zhongquan nodded and ran over.
Unlike Wang Fengmei, Liu Zhongquan, who already has children, couldn’t bear to see kids suffer.
After queuing for a while, it was finally Amu’s turn, holding tightly onto the basket.
Amu politely bowed and said, "Sister, I’m here to sell bok choy."
"It’s forty pounds and six ounces in total, but I’ll count it as forty-one pounds for you. Take a look."
Peeking out, Amu glanced at the red numbers, happily nodding her head.
"A total of 225.5 yuan, little girl, keep it safe."
Amu counted the money, happily tucked it into a red plastic bag, then stuffed it into the innermost pocket of her clothing.
After confirming several times that it wouldn’t fall out, Amu carried the large bamboo basket and ran back.
One basket was over two hundred yuan, and her sister had another basket.
That’s over four hundred yuan in total!
In the past, Amu wouldn’t have dared to even imagine it.
Given how the vegetables are growing in the field, if it rains in the next couple of days, the bok choy that was harvested today should regrow soon.
On the way back, Amu thought about what vegetables to plant after the bok choy season ended.
Suddenly, Amu’s eyes lit up.
Got it, when selling the vegetables later, she planned to ask the pretty big sister.
Surely, the big sister would know what vegetables are popular with city folks.
No, no, it’s about which vegetables sell for more.
In the vegetable garden, Amu leaned close to her sister’s ear and whispered:
"Sister, I just earned over two hundred yuan."
"Just keep it to yourself, don’t tell others, got it."
Sha Hong nodded, somewhat understanding. Since her sister said so, there must be a reason.
Sighing as she again set off with a basket of bok choy, Amu pondered the woes of having money.
When penniless, there was no need to worry about anyone eyeing the household money.
But now, every household was making money selling vegetables, there was always the fear of someone coveting it.
On her way back after selling vegetables again, Amu was even happier.
The pretty big sister said the colleagues at her company liked eating cucumbers, and cucumbers sold for a higher price too.
Unfortunately, the small store didn’t have seeds for sale; otherwise, she could have bought some cucumber seeds directly.
However, Amu thought the big sister’s suggestion was also good—to plant cucumber seeds kept at home.
Though they didn’t look very good, they were quite profitable.
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In the evening, everyone gathered to eat dinner in the company canteen.
Upon eating a bite of baby bok choy, Candy’s eyes lit up. This pak choi is delicious!
"Brother, try this bok choy, it’s so tasty."
Candy scratched her head, thought for a moment, and said, "It’s like it has MSG in it."
"So tasty."
After taking a bite, Mo Jingchun also noticed the evening meal tasted completely different from lunch.
Thinking of the blue truck parked in the lot, Mo Jingchun glanced at Xia Xiaomin and said:
"These are the vegetables bought from the mountains, right? The taste is completely different."
Xia Xiaomin smiled sweetly, "I knew I couldn’t hide it from the boss."
"Not bad, not bad, eating pollution-free vegetables daily, every meal you can have an extra bowl of rice."
Though Mo Jingchun exaggerated slightly, it also indicated that the taste of these vegetables was indeed excellent.
Eating like this every day? Candy’s eyes sparkled hearing this.
"Brother, does this mean we’ll get to eat dark preserved pork every day in the future?"
Mo Jingchun rolled his eyes. It’s only a few months into the year, even if every household raised pigs, they’d all be piglets now.
Eating preserved pork daily seems unlikely.
Moreover, Mo Jingchun could foresee that people wouldn’t raise too many pigs.
Raising pigs takes a long time and they consume a lot of feed.
Would villagers use vegetables to feed pigs? They might have before, but not anymore.
That’s cold hard cash—wouldn’t it be better to exchange vegetables for money?
PS: A big thank you to Yuanqi Bird and Hongmeng Zilian for their rewards and support.