To be honest, she never thought that these two couples would come to her house and help with farm work.

Although their family is poor and has no land, they are both young and can go out to work and earn some money.

During the busy farming season, there are many opportunities like this, and many people do it.

But they came to Lao Xu's house and were willing to help for free.

This couple can be considered conscientious people.

"Do you really have this idea?"

Lu Yougen immediately patted his chest and assured, "Auntie, my little benefactor saved Xiao Jing's life. I, Lu Yougen, swore in front of my little benefactor. There is nothing else. I have only a handful of strength. As long as my little benefactor says a word, I, Lu Yougen, can do anything.

Do it for your little benefactor..."

An idea came to Xu Zhang's mind.

The more I think about it, the more feasible it becomes.

She lowered her voice and said, "My daughter is not at home right now, but she has fifteen acres of private property. No one has harvested the grain in the field. Can you two help me collect it?"

Lu Yougen and his wife agreed without hesitation, "No problem, we can. It just might take a few more days."

Fifteen acres of land is quite a lot, and if two people do the work, it will take several days to finish it.

"There's no rush for a few days, as long as the millet doesn't rot in the fields. Also, it needs to be kept secret. This is my daughter's private property. She bought the fields with the money she earned from her own business. Even her father, brother and family don't know.

, you two husband and wife cannot reveal it!"

Mrs. Xu Zhang had no choice.

It happened that these two people came to my door. It seemed that these two couples were honest people.

So I plan to give it a try, and if I think this couple can’t do it, I’ll talk about it later.

Anyway, it's a gamble.

Lu Yougen and his wife were from a nearby village. They were only ten or twenty miles away from Lao Xu's house, so it wasn't that far away.

The pace is fast and can be reached in less than an hour.

Mrs. Xu Zhang had already found out their address last time.

Lu Yougen and his wife looked at each other and nodded cautiously, "Aunt Xu, we understand. We are not talkative people. We promise to only do our work and not talk nonsense."

Mrs. Xu Zhang said again, "Okay, I will trust you. You are responsible for taking back the millet in the fields. Once it is taken back, it will be released in your home. After we, Jiaojiao, come back and take a look at it, we can then make plans."

At this moment, Lu Yougen and his wife were stunned.

What?

Put all the food from fifteen acres of land in their house?

How precious food is!

And it’s food for fifteen acres of land!

Food can feed people and save lives...

This is equivalent to handing over your wealth and life to the couple!

The two of them thought they were just helping with farm work and taking back the millet in the fields, but they didn't expect that it would be taken back to their own homes?

You know, these days, when there is a shortage of food and clothing, food is the lifeblood. Even brothers and parents have to put food in their own hands so that they can sleep peacefully...

As a result, Xu Zhang was handed over to the couple, a couple they had only met once.

How much trust and respect is this?

Lu Yougen and his wife have never been so valued by anyone in their lives.

They have always been poor, their ancestors have been poor for generations, and their parents did not even leave them an acre of decent land. They have been living by doing odd jobs and hunting, and they have nothing to eat. No one looks down on them at all, and they have never enjoyed it.

The feeling of being valued...

Lu Yougen's eyes were filled with tears.

A big man with red eyes.

"Okay, ma'am, you trust us as a couple so much, we will definitely live up to your high expectations!"

Ms. Lu also had mixed feelings and was so excited that she didn't know what to say.

Mrs. Xu Zhang also gave the couple several hundred cash, "This is your salary, take it. Others earn 20 to 30 cash a day for odd jobs, and they have to take care of food, so I will take this."

Let me count, I will count ten days for you, don’t refuse. I know that your family is poor and you don’t have much work to do. Polishing farm tools, renting tools, eating and drinking, etc. all cost money. If I ask others to pay for it, it’s not as good as doing the work.

You two are reliable, you can hold it with peace of mind."

Lu Yougen refused, "Auntie, we can't accept the money. Our little benefactor saved our lives, so we can't accept the money."

"I know that's what happened, but you don't have any money. You probably don't even have any decent farm tools at home, so you have to rent them. I gave you money to get the food back better and faster. The autumn harvest season is approaching.

It’s passed…”

This brings us to Lu Yougen's difficulties.

It’s true that I didn’t have much money on hand, and since my family didn’t have any land, I didn’t have many decent farm tools.

Fifteen acres of land requires a lot of various farm tools, which cannot be afforded, and renting also costs money.

No more pretentiousness.

The autumn harvest season is almost halfway over. If the weather is not good and it rains again, the loss of food in the fields will be even greater.

The couple worked hard to collect all the grain, and they were able to earn back a few hundred pennies.

In this way, Lu Yougen stopped refusing and accepted the money with great embarrassment.

Mrs. Xu Zhang gave a few more instructions and took them out to Xu Jiaojiao's fields.

Show them the location and direction.

After everything was agreed upon, Lu Yougen and his wife went home energetically and prepared farm tools for work.

***

Xu Jiaojiao and Liao Qing were on the sled, and within half an hour they reached the halfway point of Bingyang Snow Mountain.

If you go up again, you won't be allowed to go up.

A few boys were guarding there, saying that there had been an accident on the top of the mountain and the mountain was closed to no longer allow tourists to go up.

She also despised the way Xu Jiaojiao and Liao Qing dressed.

"Wearing such a shabby look, and having the leisure time to go hiking and have fun, if it were me, I would have gone to work as a coolie to earn money..."

Xu Jiaojiao...

have to!

Then go somewhere else.

After paying for the sled, she and Liao Qing stopped walking on the serious mountain road and headed into the snow forest.

Originally, they didn't come here to enjoy the scenery, but to try their luck.

Perhaps in the snow forest, there is a greater chance of Snow Stone Lotus appearing.

Liao Qing was used to walking around in the mountains. He followed Xu Jiaojiao wherever Xu Jiaojiao went.

A pair of vigilant eyes like a hawk patrolled the forest.

I want to find the small, lotus-shaped bugs that Xu Jiaojiao described.

The most important thing is not to get bitten yet.

Wearing such thick clothes in this kind of weather, the chances of bugs getting into the body and biting are not high. The only possibility is that they will be mixed in the blowing wind and snow...

Liao Qing thought of this and asked Xu Jiaojiao to fasten her thick cotton hat, leaving only a pair of dark eyes exposed for both of them.

Looking from a distance, Liao Qing is a ball of black.
Chapter completed!