Chapter 55 Chapter 55
In addition to Liu Jingyu, the Ye family, together with Xue Da, Huo Duan and Gu Fengyan, delivered the return gifts and helped to clean up the whole morning.
At noon, they had lunch at Ye's house, and then Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan took Ye Bao home.
Only Father Huo was at home. Several villagers who were willing to grow medicinal herbs with them were sitting and chatting with Father Huo.
"Dad, aunts, have you had lunch?" Gu Fengyan put down Ye Bao's spare clothes in his hand and asked.
Several villagers agreed with a smile.
Ye Bao suddenly threw himself into Huo's arms and called him uncle softly.
"I've eaten. I was just talking to you aunts... Why did you bring this little thing here? Is your aunt done with her work?" Father Huo pinched Ye Bao's face lovingly.
Gu Fengyan poured another cup of tea for the villagers and said, "My aunt and the others don't have time to look after Xiaobao these days, so they asked Huo Duan and I to help take care of him for a few days..."
Father Huo liked Ye Bao on weekdays, and he wanted to teach them how to take care of children in advance, so that he would be able to handle it when he had his own children in the future. So he nodded and said, "Right..."
He looked at the villagers and said, "You aunties said you want to join us in growing medicinal herbs, but I don't know anything. Please tell me more."
Gu Fengyan nodded and said, "Aunties, please sit down first. I'll put Xiaobao's clothes away and come back."
After pouring the water, he took some of Ye Bao's clothes and went into the house.
Ye Bao was sticking to his uncle, and several villagers were teasing him. Seeing this, Huo Duan found an excuse to go into the house and take out the medicinal seeds, and followed Gu Fengyan in.
Ye Bao was only staying for a day or two, so he brought a change of clothes with him. Gu Fengyan folded the clothes and put them away. He was about to go out when he saw Huo Duan walk in.
Huo Duan looked at him with a face full of grievance.
Gu Fengyan asked knowingly, "What's wrong, Mr. Huo? Who made you unhappy?"
He took the medicinal seeds and account books out. Huo Duan was angry and didn't come to help. He just watched without saying a word.
Gu Fengyan knew what he was doing since he had just had a tantrum last night, but he ignored him... There were several large bags of medicinal seeds, and he couldn't even lift one, so he just dragged them out.
Huo Duan watched for a long while, trying to hold back, but finally couldn't help it anymore, and snatched the medicinal seeds away, saying viciously, "You did it on purpose!"
He easily picked up such a big bag with one hand, walked a few steps to the door, turned back and said to Gu Fengyan: "I'll deal with you tonight."
Just like a little kid, Gu Fengyan smiled and followed with the account book.
A few more villagers came into the yard and were talking to Huo's father and the others. When they saw him and Huo Duan coming out with things, they hurriedly helped put the things away and surrounded them.
"Oh, are these all medicinal seeds?" A villager asked in surprise when he saw what was in the pocket while helping to pick up things.
Gu Fengyan put the account book on the table and smiled, "This is just one of them. There are a few more bags in the room. I'd like to trouble you uncles to help Huo Duan take them out."
Naturally, the few people did not refuse, and followed Huo Duan into the house and carried out several large bags.
An auntie from the same village who was familiar with him couldn't hold back her anger and immediately asked Gu Fengyan, "Are these all to be distributed to us for planting? Auntie wants to ask if the few acres of land on the riverbank of my house can be planted?"
Gu Fengyan had seen this villager before. She had come when he hired people to collect medicinal herbs last time, but unfortunately he had already hired enough people by then.
This person had seen that the people who collected herbs were making a lot of money, and had always wanted to join them, but she had never gotten the chance. Yesterday, when she heard that the Huo family was looking for someone to grow herbs, she came without thinking.
The few remaining villagers who arrived early also started asking questions.
Seeing this, Huo Duan smiled and said, "Aunts, don't be in a hurry to agree. Let's explain the matter to everyone first, and then the uncles and aunts will decide whether to plant it. This will avoid unpleasantness later and you won't suffer any loss."
Hearing that he spoke with sincerity, the villagers calmed down and asked the two of them to explain.
Gu Fengyan took out several kinds of medicinal herb seeds and showed them to them, saying, "The ones Huo Duan and I picked are all medicinal herbs that can be grown in the village. They are also easy to plant. We can just spread them on the ground, so uncles and aunts don't have to worry about the planting problem..."
The villagers felt relieved when they heard that it was not difficult to grow the herbs. Then someone asked, "But we have planted the herbs. What if you don't want the harvest?"
When everyone heard this, they thought it made sense and began to agree with him.
"Don't worry about this," Huo Duan smiled, holding the document prepared in advance and showing it to the villagers, "This is the document that Yan Ge'er and I prepared in advance. It clearly states that we will collect all the medicinal herbs after they are grown. Uncles and aunts don't have to worry... Besides, medicinal herbs are needed everywhere, so there is no need to worry about it being difficult to sell them."
The villagers discussed it for a while, and then carefully found a literate young man to help check the documents. Seeing that there was nothing wrong, they came to Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan to receive the medicinal seeds.
Before he could finish his words, Gu Fengyan felt a headache.
Huo Duan patted the table twice and said, "Don't worry, uncles and aunts, there is one more thing we need to tell you in advance... The price of these medicinal seeds is expensive, so we have to charge a few cents to avoid losses later. If you can accept it, then come and line up to receive it."
Sure enough, when the villagers heard that they had to pay for the medicinal seeds, they all fell silent for a moment.
"I thought it was free. If they charge money, I'm afraid we don't have the spare land to grow this..." Some villagers have already backed out and complained.
Some villagers were still hesitant.
Huo Duan and Gu Fengyan were not surprised, nor did they suddenly change their minds and say they didn't want the money... After all, these medicinal seeds did cost a lot of money, and if they gave them away for free, these villagers would definitely not put much effort into planting them. By then, if the quality of the medicinal herbs is not good and they can't make back their investment, they will have no place to cry.
It would be better to just charge them some money so that they would pay more attention to it.
"Uncles and aunts, please give it more thought. It's okay if you don't accept it." Gu Fengyan said.
The villagers said that originally to see if they would hear that if they didn't want to grow the herbs anymore, they would give them the seeds for free. However, they didn't expect that Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan didn't say anything.
For a moment, they didn't know what to do.
After a while, a brave villager was the first to come up with money, received the corresponding medicinal seeds and documents, and paid a few cents as a token of his appreciation. Some people were unwilling to pay and left unhappily.
With the first person, the hesitant villagers became bolder and each of them took a lot of medicinal herb seeds... Gu Fengyan explained to them in detail the details that needed to be paid attention to when planting medicinal herbs. The two of them were busy until the afternoon. Most of the medicinal herb seeds were distributed. They kept some that were suitable for growing in the back mountain and waited to plant them tomorrow.
When it was almost dark, Ye Shan came after finishing his work. Gu Fengyan and the others gave him a general explanation of what happened. Ye Shan took Liu Jingyu to chat with them for a while and returned to the Ye family early... He would bring Liu Jingyu back home tomorrow.
Don't dare to rest too late.
Little Ye Bao is like a winter melon on the back of a house, rolling in the wind, with no stability... When Liu Jingyu called him when he was leaving, he actually wanted to go back with him.
Fortunately, Ye Shan picked him up and put him in Gu Fengyan's arms, and said that Brother Jing was not in good health and he would take him out to play in a few days. After much persuasion, Ye Bao reluctantly agreed to stay.
Ye Shan pulled Liu Jingyu and ran back, fearing that Ye Bao would change his mind and follow them back... In a flash, they disappeared.
When Ye Bao saw his handsome brother leave, he pouted and looked unhappy.
"Can you ask your brother Erdan to take you to take a bath?" Gu Fengyan picked him up and coaxed him, then looked at Huo Duan.
Ye Bao glanced at Huo Duan, who had a gloomy face and gnashed his teeth, then hugged Gu Fengyan's neck and shrank back, "No, I want Brother Yan to wash it for me."
Ye Bao is a boy and Gu Fengyan is a boy, so how can he give Ye Bao a bath?
He was a little hesitant, and felt very distressed when he saw Ye Bao's aggrieved look.
Huo's father interjected at the right time, "It doesn't matter. You and Huo Duan can just wash him casually."
Gu Fengyan agreed... The water started to boil in the afternoon. He put Ye Bao down and took him to the house to get some clean clothes.
After waiting for Father Huo to go back to his room to rest, Huo Duan also hurried back to his room. Ye Bao was sitting on a stool playing, and Gu Fengyan was looking for clothes for him. When he saw Huo Duan come in, he asked, "Dad, are you resting?"
Huo Duan put his hands behind his back and squeezed to the side, rubbing Gu Fengyan's arm intentionally or unintentionally, "Well, I've prepared the water, you go take a bath first."
"Wash the little one first." Gu Fengyan seemed to not understand. He pulled his elbow back and called Ye Bao who was playing on the side, "Xiaobao, go take a bath with your brother."
Upon hearing this, Ye Bao happily ran over and hugged Gu Fengyan.
He actually forgot that there was such a big light bulb here.
Huo Duan coughed in disappointment. "It's been a tiring day. You take a rest. I'll take care of this little thing."
Then he said to Ye Bao, "Big brother, can I take you there?"
Ye Bao was drowsy. He looked at Huo Duan and then at Gu Fengyan with sleepy eyes. He pursed his lips and kicked his legs to get off the ground. "I don't want it! My brother always puts water in my ears."
Gu Fengyan burst into laughter and reached out to take Ye Bao, "Let me do it."
Huo Duan is good at other things, let alone taking care of children. Last time when he was giving Ye Bao a bath, he accidentally poured water on him and Ye Bao started crying immediately.
It actually cast a shadow on him.
Huo Duan sighed and lightly pinched Ye Bao's arm, "You are a man, why are you so delicate?"
"Ouch! Brother pinched me and it hurts..." Ye Bao screamed exaggeratedly, covering his arm and looking at Gu Fengyan eagerly.
Looking at the look in his eyes, I’m afraid he would cry if Huo Duan held him for any longer.
Huo Duan was almost out of breath, and pinched Ye Bao's chubby cheeks excitedly, "Why are you yelling? Brother didn't even use any strength..."
"Oh!" Ye Bao's eyes were filled with tears. He looked at Gu Fengyan aggrievedly, "Brother, he bullied me and pinched me. It hurts so much."
Gu Fengyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he immediately hugged Ye Bao and coaxed him, "Don't cry, brother will take you to take a bath..."
"Big brother is a bastard, let's ignore him." He glanced at Huo Duan with a smile, then went out carrying Ye Bao.
Although Ye Bao is not very old, he has learned the Green Tea trick 100%.
I don’t know who I learned this from.
"How did I become a bastard?" Huo Duan looked at Gu Fengyan's back and turned around in a wronged manner...