Xiao Ying and Xiao Jun were Dark Guard Jia and Dark Guard Yi.
Ever since these two talented individuals had their experience on Tuofeng Mountain, they had been eating like starving ghosts, finding everything delicious. In a short period, they had almost become round as balls...
Madam Gu smiled and said, "We'll have to trouble Young Master Xiao to help again. Tonight, we're boiling corn, sweet potatoes, and regular potatoes at home. Come over early for dinner!~"
Upon hearing about so much good food, Xiao Ying and Xiao Jun worked with even more vigor.
The two rushed to the fields and, like a whirlwind sweeping away fallen leaves, quickly harvested a sack of peanuts and several sacks of regular potatoes...
There were still many regular potatoes left in the ground, which would require time and effort to pick out.
The meticulous work was left to the Yun family, while the main tasks were handled by the two dark guards and Kong Xingzhuo.
The village chief, holding his pipe, passed by and saw Sweet Baby diligently working in the field. He stood at the edge of the furrow and looked, "Oh my, is this what Sweet Baby planted? The harvest is quite substantial..."
Sack after sack was piled in front of the field, as high as a small mountain.
Xiao Xi Tian smiled sweetly, "Uncle Village Chief, I'm giving you a basket of peanuts and half a sack of potatoes. Ask Aunt Yue Shui to stir-fry potato slices for you when you get back!~"
The village chief was taken aback, "This thing has never been planted in our Dashui Village, nor is it sold in the county town. Can it even be eaten?"
Xiao Xi Tian: "..."
Asking if it could be eaten again! Her ears were about to grow calluses.
"Don't worry, it's edible. But if the potatoes sprout eyes, they can't be eaten!~" Xiao Xi Tian reminded him.
There would be trace amounts of toxins.
The village chief said "Oh." Since Sweet Baby said it was edible, it definitely wouldn't harm anyone...
So, he carried a basket of peanuts and a half-sack of potatoes home.
"Little village girl, have a snack!~" Xiao Jin Heng broke off half a mooncake and offered it to her.
Granny Jin's culinary skills were excellent; she could make all sorts of pastries.
Like osmanthus cakes, rose crisps, and five-nut mooncakes, as long as she had the ingredients, she could make them, and they tasted even better than those sold in county town shops...
Xiao Xi Tian took a bite, her bright, shining eyes twinkling like little stars, "Mmm, delicious!~"
"Eat slowly, don't choke!" Xiao Jin Heng wiped away the pastry crumbs from the corner of her mouth.
He noticed that the little village girl seemed to have changed quite a bit since spring...
Her big eyes were moist, her little nose was even more delicate, her chubby cheeks were rosy, and her dimples were becoming more pronounced.
"You stinky boy, what are you staring at?" Xiao Xi Tian turned her face and glared at him.
Xiao Jin Heng stared at her without blinking, "Little village girl, what kind of person do you want to marry when you grow up?"
Xiao Xi Tian: "..."
Don't be so sentimental!
Besides, she was a single young woman in her past life. Those sour loves and affections had almost nothing to do with her.
Xiao Xi Tian pondered for a moment, finished the half mooncake in her hand, and then looked at Xiao Jin Heng, "I don't want to get married!~"
Xiao Jin Heng: "..."
How could she not get married?
Such a good little spirit, did she want to spend her life with her parents in the countryside?
"No!~" Xiao Jin Heng put on a stern little face.
Having lived in Dashui Village for a long time, he had also picked up the colloquialisms of "zhong" and "bu zhong."
Xiao Xi Tian scratched her face, "Why not?"
"Little village girl, you must get married. After you come of age, you must marry!~" Xiao Jin Heng said with a firm attitude.
Xiao Xi Tian: "..."
This guy, hearing him say that made her even more hesitant to get married.
It felt like he was forcing her.
Madam Gu had been working for a while and looked back at the two little buns. Seeing them sitting side by side, with the sunlight shining down on them like chubby babies in a New Year's painting, Madam Gu smiled...
Although she didn't know Young Master Xiao's true identity, she could see that he treated her daughter very well.
This was like childhood sweethearts, innocent and pure!~
However, men were fickle. She wondered what Young Master Xiao would be like when he grew up.
At the same time, Old Man Yun was harvesting wheat in the field with his three sons...
There was a knack to harvesting wheat. One hand would gather a handful of wheat, tilt it slightly, and then the sickle would sweep along the stalks from behind, cutting a handful of wheat.
First-time wheat harvesters often cut their fingers because they hadn't grasped the knack.
Bundles of wheat were tied up and piled on the ground, a golden expanse.
The air was also filled with the unique fragrance of licorice and crops...
The father and sons worked hard all day and were exhausted.
Old Man Yun looked up at the sky, "Hoo, the days are getting shorter. The sun is already setting. Let's rest for a bit and have some water!~"
He threw down his sickle, sat on a wheat bundle, and lit his pipe...
"Yes, Father. In the summer, it's still bright at this time. It doesn't get dark until eight or nine at night!" Yun Da Man wiped his sweat, picked up his water flask, and took two big gulps.
Old Man Yun glanced at Yun San Man and sighed, "San Man, are you really divorcing Feng Juan?"
Actually, he found it difficult to comment on this matter. After all, the third son had married into the other family, becoming a son of the Gao family...
Whether San Man was willing to manage the shop for them, have children, or had marital conflicts, or filial piety, it didn't concern him much.
But then he thought, regardless of whether he became a live-in son-in-law, San Man was still his son.
When his son was constantly upset outside, the father also worried.
"Father!~" Yun San Man sat cross-legged on the ground, picking mud off his cloth shoes with his hand. "I really want to divorce Feng Juan this time, Father, please don't try to persuade me..."
Then he could bring Jing De over to live with Father and Mother, which would be much livelier.
He had saved quite a bit of money over the years. Building a house in Dashui Village or opening another shop in the county town would be more than enough.
Why should he continue to suffer in that fiery pit?
"Old Third, do you have someone else outside?" Yun Er Man suddenly asked.
In such situations, it was usually because he had taken a fancy to another woman, which was why he was so disdainful of his own wife.
Yun San Man: "..."
Someone else?
Over the years, he had worked diligently for the silk shop, getting up early and working late. Besides stocking goods and entertaining customers, who else could he be involved with?
"Second, don't talk nonsense!~" Old Man Yun picked up a clod of mud and threw it at him. "Your mother and I have discussed it. Next month, you and Shan Shan will have your wedding. She's living in our house now without a proper title, and people will gossip..."
Yun Er Man grinned foolishly, "Father, this time, I want to keep the wedding low-key. After all, it's a second marriage, so let's not make it too grand!"
"What's wrong with a second marriage?" Old Man Yun glared at him. "Is a person not human after a second marriage?"
He hated it the most when people brought up second marriages, as some painful memories still haunted him.