Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 207: Chapter 207 He Really Wants to Give Him Gold and Silver_1

Then, the two of them didn’t even wipe the mud from the tips of their noses; instead, they continued to catch fish in the fields, a dot of mud adorning each of their noses.

Of course, while catching fish, they still remembered to exchange glances from time to time, each time they did, both would smile, just like before—one with a wide grin, the other with a barely visible one.

What made their hearts feel so sweet was the deep affection for each other that they saw in each other’s eyes—every time they looked at each other, it was crystal clear how sweet, truly sweet it was.

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After catching forty pounds of fish, Xiao Changyi carried them back home. The fish were placed in two buckets with water, and although they were being carried, they still swam freely in the buckets.

An Jing walked beside Xiao Changyi empty-handed, chatting from time to time. Even if Xiao Changyi didn’t respond to her, their atmosphere remained warm and natural.

In the afternoon, Xiao Changyi took ten pounds of fish and headed to town; actually, he didn’t really go all the way to town as Meng Zhuqing respectfully intercepted him halfway through. Of course, Xiao Changyi still asked Meng Zhuqing for five hundred coins.

Fifty coins a pound, ten pounds, exactly five hundred coins.

Meng Zhuqing really wanted to offer him gold and silver, but he dared not, so, trembling in fear, he gave just as much money as the elder asked for, just like last time.

When Xiao Changyi returned, he handed the five hundred coins to An Jing. An Jing, seeing that Xiao Changyi had come back so quickly, asked no further questions and cheerfully took the money, placing it in her purse.

”Husband, let’s give two fish to Xiao Lan to eat,” An Jing suggested.

Originally, An Jing had also planned to give two fish to Uncle An Quangui, but considering that she wasn’t that close with An Quangui, she decided it’d be better not to. If she did, the uncle would definitely feel obliged to return the favor with a gift of his own.

”Mm.”

After that, An Jing and Xiao Changyi carried two fish to An Village to find Shi Xiaolan. Shi Xiaolan was not at home; she was harvesting rice in the fields, and only Cloud Auntie and Yu Yu were home.

Cloud Auntie actually wanted to help with the rice harvesting in the fields—to harvest as much as possible—but with a one-year-old Yu Yu at home, she had to stay and look after her.

When Cloud Auntie saw An Jing and Xiao Changyi bringing fish, she initially refused to accept them. After several insistent offers from An Jing, Cloud Auntie finally agreed to take them.

Afterward, An Jing chatted idly with Cloud Auntie for a while and found out that Cloud Auntie’s family had little more than an acre of fields, all planted with rice. At the moment, An Fu, An Hegui, and Shi Xiaolan were hurriedly harvesting the rice.

Knowing that An Fu had trouble with his legs and that An Hegui was getting on in years, An Jing thought that it would definitely take several days to finish harvesting the slightly more than an acre of fields. Therefore, she told Cloud Auntie that she would lend them her family’s rice threshing machine.

Since the two villages were so close, Cloud Auntie had already heard that An Jing’s family had a rice threshing tool that was much faster than the traditional methods, but it seemed so rare that she felt embarrassed to borrow it. Now that An Jing had offered to lend it herself, Cloud Auntie immediately thanked her profusely.

With the threshing machine, An Fu and the others were able to work much faster. It normally took six days to finish threshing the rice on a little more than an acre, but this year it only took four days.

If An Fu’s legs were in better condition, it wouldn’t have even taken four days.

Once they had finished threshing their own rice, An Fu and the others cleaned the rice threshing machine thoroughly and brought it back to An Jing.

Only after the threshing machine had completely dried in the courtyard did An Jing and Xiao Changyi carry it inside the house to put it away.

By this time, Liu Sanya and the others had already been released.