The house is ancient, and was taken home by a rough man and spoiled

Chapter 330 Lin Wenyue's family issues have been resolved

This time the village had more tools and was also the first village to complete farming.

Despite this, it had been more than ten days since everyone had finished their housework. Seeing that Shen Yuan's family had not yet finished their work, everyone came to help regardless of their fatigue from days of work.

And he also threatened not to ask for wages.

Each of them took their own farm tools and went to farm on the hilltops.

Su Wanwan would naturally not fail to pay the wages, knowing that the villagers were grateful to them. However, gratitude is one thing, and consuming the neighborhood relationship for the sake of this kindness is another.

As I said, even brothers should settle accounts clearly.

What's more, Su Wanwan felt that letting them grow sweet potatoes and corn was not a favor, as she was the one who sold the corn seeds to them.

When Shen Yuan's family had finished cultivating all their land, it was already September 10th.

Everyone in the village was exhausted, but the tiredness was worth it. Looking at the dried corn cobs, they couldn't stop smiling.

The corn cobs were completely dry, and Su Wanwan took out the threshing tool that she had prepared long ago.

It is a traditional hand-cranked thresher, which can be considered semi-automatic.

Hand-cranked thresher (Picture from Baidu, deleted if infringed)

Other households came to watch the fun. They had also tried to husk the corn, but they had to peel it by hand, and their hands started to hurt after a while.

Although I already knew the technique from Su Wanwan, that is, I could use a thick awl needle to poke open a row and then peel them out one row at a time with the palm of my hand, but my hands still hurt after doing it for a long time.

The thresher made by Su Wanwan seems to be very easy to use. Just a few shakes of the hand can thresh the entire corn cob without any effort at all.

So for the following time, every household was threshing corn.

Ye Jingxue and Lin Wenyue came to Daliushu Village again at this time.

Bai Shao also accompanied them.

Bai Shao came to buy sweet potatoes and potatoes, but Su Wanwan couldn't sell him too much because she had to make sweet potato flour and potato flour herself.

Only some potatoes were planted in the vegetable garden and space, and the quantity was not large.

As for peanuts, most of them were bought up by the government, so she didn't have many left.

But as agreed before, she still sold some to Bai Shao.

Now the news that the sweet potato yield can reach ten shi has spread throughout the Great Xia Dynasty. Although the imperial court has stipulated that it will be promoted in Tongxu County first next year, many people want to taste this high-yield crop.

Scarcity makes things valuable. As for corn, we can go back and grind it into flour to make various foods. Even though the quantity is small, we can grab the first business and satisfy the public's curiosity. This time, the Bai family is bound to become the richest businessman in the north.

Bai Shao went around the village doing some shopping. Although most of the sweet potatoes were sold to the government, each household kept some small or poorly grown ones, and even more corn.

Bai Shao's price for these crooked melons and cracked dates was slightly higher than that of the government. Some people could not help but sell them all. This was another sum of money coming into their accounts. With this money, they could buy a lot of coarse grains.

After all, they have already tasted these rare things, and they won’t feel bad about planting them again next year.

What's more, if you miss it this year, it will be worthless next year.

Su Wanwan taught the shopkeeper brought by Bai Shao how to make big plate chicken, and also explained how to make steamed bread with cornmeal, the key points of frying peanuts, and various ways to eat peanuts.

Bai Shao did not treat her unfairly and directly gave her two hundred taels of silver as a reward.

Su Wanwan accepted it without hesitation.

Bai Shao came in a hurry and left in a hurry. After acquiring these, he had to rush back to formulate a sales plan, and of course he also had to ask people to study various ways of eating them.

Ye Jingxue and Lin Wenyue stayed behind. Su Wanwan had asked Shen Yuan to take some rapeseed and peanuts to her second uncle's house to refine oil, so Shen Yuan was not at home. The three sisters chatted at Su Wanwan's house.

Su Wanwan saw that Ye Jingxue was much happier this time, and the gloom in her eyes was less.

"It seems like he had a very happy time back this time."

Su Wanwan joked.

Lin Wenyue was fiddling with corn cobs. Although there was a thresher, she found it fun to peel corn by hand.

"This time, it's all thanks to Sister Ye. Sister Ye is really smart. She actually knew about my father's mistress. Well, it's not really a mistress. It's just that person who hooked up with the housekeeper in the mansion."

Lin Wenyue said in a low voice, but still looked at Ye Jingxue with gratitude.

Su Wanwan didn't know about these things in Lin Wenyue's family. When she heard that Magistrate Lin didn't have any concubines, she wasn't surprised. Her impression of the magistrate improved a bit.

In ancient times, it was rare for a prefect to be able to do this.

What's more, Lin Wenyue's mother came from a merchant family and was injured and unable to bear children. It was really great that Magistrate Lin did not abandon her.

It’s just a pity that Lin Wenyue’s mother couldn’t get over it, was suspicious, and afraid that her husband would dislike her, so she took her resentment out on her daughter.

No wonder Lin Wenyue was not in such a good mood when she came last time.

Magistrate Lin had a one-night stand with another woman because he was drunk. Unexpectedly, the woman gave birth to a son and came to him.

Magistrate Lin had no choice but to keep the mother and son outside, and he never went to visit them.

In Su Wanwan's eyes, if a man was drunk or had sex outside, or even had a child, it was unforgivable no matter what the reason.

But in the minds of ancient women, this seemed very normal. Even Lin Wenyue, the daughter, thought it was normal and even hoped that there would be someone to carry on her father's legacy.

She didn't comment, but she understood.

Since it involved the secrets of the prefect's family, the three men moved into the house and did not allow anyone to serve them.

"Thanks to Sister Ye's reminder, I finally found out that my father's drunkenness was actually planned by the housekeeper in the mansion, and that woman was also arranged by the housekeeper. But fortunately, the child is really my father's."

Lin Wenyue felt that this result was really great. Now that she had a child, the woman could no longer use the child to pester her father for status.

Su Wanwan:......

How do you know for sure that the child is your father's and not the housekeeper's?

Before Su Wanwan could ask, Lin Wenyue continued: "When my father was with her, it was her first time, so the timing was right."

My goodness, is this something she can listen to?

Su Wanwan grinned. Although she felt that this reason was a bit far-fetched, the current situation in Magistrate Lin's family was that Magistrate Lin seemed to have no intention of taking a concubine and he truly liked Lin Wenyue's mother.

But the Lin family does lack a son. This is damn son preference. Okay, Su Wanwan reminded herself that this is ancient times and sons are very important.

So, regardless of whether this child is Magistrate Lin’s or not, let’s just assume that he is.

"So how did your father deal with them?"

Su Wanwan was more interested in this.

"He was beaten with a stick and driven out of the house. The woman was also driven out. They left together. Their life or death has nothing to do with our Lin family from now on."

Lin Wenyue was in a good mood. Daddy had a child, and he held the child in his arms and raised him in front of his mother. His mother knew that Daddy had not betrayed her on purpose, and her madness improved a lot.

There was a hint of worry in Su Wanwan's eyes. Lin Wenyue was a simple-minded person.

No matter who the child belongs to, Magistrate Lin must want to treat the child as his own. How could he possibly keep that pair of troublemakers?