Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 78 Kneeling Down to Beg for the First Slot (6)
Feng Xuxu also squinted her eyes as she enjoyed the sweet taste of the watermelon, reveling in its natural deliciousness. "Little sister, this watermelon is really tasty, much better than those apples."
"Mhm, big brother, how many watermelons like this one do we have in the field?"
Feng Xi thought for a moment about the situation in the field. "Watermelons this big, I estimate there are about thirty thousand catties. The rest are somewhat smaller."
Upon hearing this, Feng Xuxu nodded, contemplating what price to set for selling them.
"Big brother, tonight, in the latter part of the night, you go to the field and pick the watermelons. Take them directly to the town and see how they sell. How about, uh, currently, let’s set the price at three hundred wen per catty." Feng Xuxu thought it over and decided to set a higher price for the watermelons. After all, there weren’t many, and the town was not short of wealthy households. If it really came to it, she could go to the county seat overnight to sell them, where there were even more wealthy households than here.
The big brother nodded, seeing that it was feasible: "Alright, I’ll tell the butler later." He took the leftover half of the watermelon and left, sharing the rest with the people in his courtyard.
"Miss, the butler sent someone to tell you that the long green beans have dried," Feng Mammy entered the room and saw the young lady taking a break, softly approaching to speak.
Feng Xuxu opened her eyes, freshened up, and went with Baihe to the side courtyard.
"All of you be careful not to break the jars," the butler ordered the house servants who were moving the jars out of the house.
"Butler, how is everything going?" Feng Xuxu came up to the butler and watched the house servants busy working in front of her.
"Miss, all is ready," the butler turned around and said to Feng Xuxu.
"Miss, Xia Lian has boiled the water, and it’s already cooled down," Xia Lian, with her face all flushed, probably just coming from the kitchen, arrived at the side courtyard.
"Thank you for the hard work. Butler, have someone carry the water boiled in the kitchen here. Let them put the long green beans into it, not filling the jars. Then add the boiled water that has cooled, again, not filling the jars completely, a bit more than half will do. Finally, seal the jars and store them in a cool and ventilated place." Watching as everything proceeded in an orderly fashion, Feng Xuxu spoke a few words with the butler, nodded, and turned to leave.
The house servants, in shifts over two days, managed to pickle more than twenty thousand catties of green beans. Everything was moved to a cool place. The butler chose a dozen big watermelons from the field, as a reward, and shared them with the house servants, who would also receive an additional one hundred wen of silver at the end of the month. Upon hearing this, the house servants cheered.
"Big brother, when you go to town, you can just sell them across from the Zuiyun Pavilion Restaurant, that’ll be fine. The people who eat there are wealthy," Feng Xuxu instructed her big brother when he left for town. The main concern was the local ruffians possibly getting any bad ideas. With Uncle Ma looking after things, Feng Xuxu could feel a bit more at ease. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
"Little sister, don’t worry, I know what to do." The big brother understood his little sister’s intentions and felt very reassured.
With a wave of his hand, the big brother led several ox carts, one after another, towards the town.
"Miss, Miss, you should hurry back. Baihe and Yingsu have started fighting with a white cat in the room," Xia Lian panted as she ran over, only mentioning the urgent matter, not even waiting to catch her breath before Feng Xuxu, like the wind, had darted off, with Xia Lian resignedly following her back.
When Feng Xuxu arrived at the Lotus Garden, she saw her two maids and the pet staring each other down, neither willing to give way or show any sign of submission.
"Put away your swords. Let me introduce you to my pet, Xiaobai." She turned toward Xiaobai and beckoned, "Xiaobai, come here." No sooner had she spoken than Xiaobai leapt onto Feng Xuxu’s shoulder, still holding its majestic head high, disdainfully eyeing the two before it.
Feng Xuxu took Xiaobai off her shoulder and held it in her arms. "Xiaobai, these two are my maids. From now on, you can’t baring your claws at them anymore, understand?"
