Chapter 85: Harvesting Wheat, Set Meals

The couple left and returned home.

Qiao Heshui and the others were already harvesting wheat; the couple were diligent, and the wheat they had been allotted was already more than half harvested.

Hu Cuicui looked at Qiao Heshui and said: "Dear, your mother dotes on you so much; she certainly wouldn't want you to suffer. Go home and tell your mother to have Third Brother and them help us harvest the wheat."

Okay!

Qiao Heshui had no objections at all, because he didn't want to go harvest any wheat.

Qiao Hushui's wheat was finished harvesting the next day; as soon as it was done, Gao Shi came to them: "Old Three, Old Three's wife, tomorrow you help Second Brother and them harvest the wheat."

"Mother, we…"

Qiao Hushui was about to agree.

Lan Yue Niang interrupted his words.

"Mother, this probably won't work; after we finish harvesting the wheat we still have other things to do, so we probably can't help Second Brother and them. Besides, there's Elder Brother and them—if we help Second Brother and them but not Elder Brother and them, how could we justify that?"

Gao Shi's face instantly darkened.

She glared at Lan Yue Niang and shouted: "Lan Yue Niang, you troublemaker, you want to sow discord among my sons and destroy their brotherly bond, don't you?"

"Mother, how could Moon Mother be such a person?"

Qiao Hushui spoke defensively.

Gao Shi shouted angrily.

"How could she not be such a person? I see her exactly as such; if it weren't for our family being able to split, you and your elder brother and them would not be like this today."

She was still unreasonable!

Lan Yue Niang also didn't hold back, saying everything she wanted to say.

"Mother, are you saying all this is my fault? Who sold Xiao Shitou? Who married off the orchid? You've never treated us well, so why should we treat you well?"

"You ask us to help Second Brother and them harvest wheat; when we're harvesting, why don't you have them help us?"

"You, you've rebelled against heaven!"

Gao Shi lunged at Lan Yue Niang to strike her.

Lan Yue Niang dodged; she is, after all, her mother-in-law, otherwise she would have fought back.

She stepped aside and said: "Qiao Heshui, if you dare help them, I'll divorce you and take our daughters far away. From now on I'll have nothing to do with you!"

"You're outrageous! Threatening you, a man. Old Three, hit her for me!"

Gao Shi shouted.

"All right, Mother, don't make a scene."

Qiao Heshui was caught in the middle, in a difficult position.

Lan Yue Niang didn't care about anything else; she went back to her room and began packing her things. Seeing her own wife about to leave, Qiao Heshui ran over and grabbed her: "Wife, don't be angry, I won't help them, I won't."

It was to no avail.

Hu Cuicui and the others could only harvest the wheat themselves; even Gao Shi went out to the field, but their fighting strength was simply insufficient, and after a whole day they had harvested hardly anything.

As a result, when it rained their wheat was still not fully harvested.

The wheat they had brought home was not yet dried.

The next several days were all rainy.

Hu Cuicui and the others looked at the wheat in the field—it was neither to be harvested nor left unharvested; for a moment they didn't know what to do.

Compared to them.

Qiao Heshui and Lan Yue Niang, one stayed home to look after Qiao Lihua, the other went to town to work for Qiao Sheng.

Because it had been raining recently.

Qiao Sheng took charge of delivering meals; each student paid an extra two wen, two wen wasn't much, and nobody objected. This meal-delivering job, she had Qiao Heshui do.

Because their restaurant could deliver meals.

Quite a few students had ordered fried rice from them.

Qiao Sheng thought fried rice wasn't very nutritious, so she introduced set meals: one meat, two vegetables, plus soup, fifteen wen per portion. The amount was naturally less than a single dish of stir-fried vegetables, but it was still good.

As soon as it was introduced, it was very popular with everyone.

Other academies heard about this and also came to them to order; even though few people came to the shop to eat, they still made a good profit each day.

(End of chapter)