Li Yungui felt that saying this was very embarrassing, but the situation was right in front of him.
"You go ahead and use your money to buy it. When I go back, I’ll call a eting with everyone. Whether the brigade repays gradually or when soone uses the tractor, and pays per acre, you can rest assured, we definitely won’t take advantage of it for free."
"Sure. No problem, my brother’s family is in your village, everyone gets along pretty well, these are small matters, Village Chief Li can just arrange it."
"I’ll go prepare an introduction letter for Xiao Wei and bring it over shortly."
After Li Yungui finished speaking, he turned and left, while Wei Kaiyun and Old Yang escorted him to the door.
Jiang Xinyu looked at the blueprints drawn by Wei Kaiyun, "Old Wei, look at the seeder, it sows the seeds, but it also needs sothing to cover the soil, doesn’t it?"
"Yes, I hadn’t thought of that. I’ll contact the engineer over there again tomorrow."
"Wife, we two are leaving tonight, wait for , I promise I’ll be back within half a month." Wei Kaiyun held his wife’s hand; leaving even for one night made him reluctant, let alone the thought of being unable to see her for half a month, which was simply torturous.
"Alright, co back soon. Tomorrow we’ll try spraying so herbicides. I have so chemical-configured herbicides here, I’ll let Master Yang have a look later; this should be more effective than the herbal ones."
"Xiao Jiang, how co you always have good stuff?" Old Yang asked in surprise.
Jiang Xinyu unnaturally pulled a corner of her mouth, but it was not good to leave it unexplained: "I discovered it unintentionally."
Old Yang was surprised, but he knew the rules and would never ask more.
This formula was the simplest made by Jiang Feifei, yet it still contained five or six substances. Jiang Xinyu handed the formula to Old Yang: "Master Yang, do it as soon as possible. Even if one or two ingredients are missing, it’s fine, just get them to , and I’ll mix them myself on my side."
"Sure, I recognize all the words you’ve written, but I’ve never heard of them before. I’ll call Old Han and ask him to inquire from the capital. We’ll also ask around here."
"Okay, thank you, Master Yang."
Jiang Xinyu looked at Wei Kaiyun, "I’ll prepare so money for you, is eight thousand enough?"
Wei Kaiyun nodded, "That’s enough."
Jiang Xinyu returned to her room, took out a piece of cloth, and found eight thousand yuan. After wrapping it up, she put it in a leather bag, where Wei Kaiyun’s change of clothes was also kept.
When she brought the bag out, Li Yungui was already panting from running over.
Wei Kaiyun smiled and accepted the introduction letter. Li Yungui was indeed an understanding person; soone like him currently facing problems shouldn’t be going out at all, and Li Yungui must have known this, yet he pushed through the pressure to get it done for him.
This kind of person was definitely worth befriending; they could distinguish the important from the trivial and were brave and wise, handling a good deed cleanly and efficiently.
"Village Chief Li, I should be back in about half a month. It will take a day or two to learn how to repair the tractor at the factory. After all, it’s a machine and can break down."
"Alright, here’s a blank letter as well, stamped with the village’s official seal. You can arrange it as you see fit."
"Great, thank you, Village Chief Li. I’ll be relying on you to look after the house for a while."
"It’s no problem, I’ll have soone help with the spraying tomorrow." Li Yungui assured, patting his chest.
Old Yang laughed on the side, "Village Chief Li, there’s no rush tomorrow. I’ll bring over a few more sprayers tomorrow evening, that way we can speed things up a lot."
"Great, we’ll start tomorrow. No harm done now."
He was still feeling excited, full of energy.
Jiang Xinyu smiled on the side, "Alright, I’ll prepare the herbicides today, tomorrow let’s take it slow at first. Village Chief Li, my situation is plainly here, could you let Sister-in-law co over to help with the cooking tomorrow? I can’t bend over now, and Sister-in-law Liu can’t handle it alone. Since everyone is helping my family, I must ensure everyone eats well."
"Sure, I’ll let your sister-in-law co over tomorrow. We won’t have many people tomorrow, just two to fetch water, with four it’s enough."
"Alright, then Sister-in-law Liu will be enough on her own. When there are more sprayers, we’ll need to trouble your sister-in-law."
"That’s no problem at all."
Old Yang looked at the ti and figured it was about right, then left together with Wei Kaiyun.
In the evening, the large pot in the yard boiled herbal dicine, ready to be diluted with water and sprayed tomorrow.
"Feifei, there’s no issue mixing these herbs with chemicals, right?"
"Mom, don’t worry, there’s no problem."
Only then did Jiang Xinyu feel at ease. She hoped the year six and seven would go smoothly.
Year six was truly a year filled with anxiety and worry; she hoped such situations would never happen again.
The next morning, Shang Zhenkun was practicing with the children, his family hadn’t even eaten breakfast before Village Chief Li arrived pushing two carts with three others.
Jiang Xinyu hurriedly invited the four to eat sothing, but they all refused.
"Xiao Jiang, I’ll go along."
"Master Shang, is your health okay? Please don’t overwork yourself."
"Don’t worry about that."
Master Shang placed the already prepared dicine bucket with a lid on the cart, and the five of them set off.
Spraying pesticides was indeed exhausting work, going back and forth until all twenty-five acres were covered.
Those helping supply water were also quite tired; they had to draw water from the river, but Jiang Xinyu saw that Li Yungui had prepared everything quite thoroughly.
After sending off the five people heading to the fields, the three children went on to complete the tasks Master Shang required of them, then the assignnts given by their mom. Only after finishing all of these could they hope to visit the fields, as they were very curious.
Jiang Xinyu and Sister-in-law Liu discussed what to make for lunch.
"Xiao Jiang, we still have so dried shredded radish and oil cakes at ho, chop them up and mix them in with the dough, steam them directly, this way it’ll be filling and delicious.
For the soup, just prepare millet porridge."
"Alright, you can add so shrimp skin in it, just half and half like that, in case so aren’t used to it."
"Hmm, I’ll go and start fernting the dough, it won’t delay things for lunch."
"Sister-in-law Liu, after fernting the dough, cut up so pickles, let’s also fry so eggs and red pickle, that counts as a dish too."
"Alright, I know." Sister-in-law Liu knew Xiao Jiang wasn’t a stingy person; since living with their family, she felt she had gained quite a bit of weight, having tasted als she’d never had before.
Jiang Xinyu supported her back and went to the children’s study room next door. When building the house, it’s essential to set aside a study for the children; throughout the year they can skip it just in winter, but there are still three seasons left.
The calligraphy of the three children was taught hand-in-hand by Shang Zhenkun, so even though it looked childish, it already had its own style and flair. At least, Jiang Xinyu thought it looked quite good.
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