Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 996 Chang’an County Master Better a Painful Ending than Endless Pain (1)

Chapter 996: Chapter 996 Chang’an County Master Better a Painful Ending than Endless Pain (1)

The Mo Family’s August was especially busy. Although Mo Yan didn’t need to personally do the work in the orchard, rice fields, dry fields, and on the construction site, nor did she have to watch over it at every moment, there were some matters that required her decision, and if several things happened to coincide, it would be enough to keep her occupied.

She had originally planned to visit the villa to the south of the city on the tenth, stay for a couple days to change her mood. But she’d been too busy to go, leaving Xin Er, who had been looking forward to it, quite disappointed. Mo Yan could only spread her hands helplessly and promise that she would definitely visit after she was less busy.

That day, Mo Yan held a pen and account book in the yard, tallying basket after basket of freshly picked fruit. Watching the bamboo baskets full of fruit piling up in the majority of the yard, her smile never faded from her face.

Bright red apples, shiny purple grapes, green and yellow oranges... The air was thick with the fragrance of fruit. Taking a deep breath, it was as if her mind also became clearer. Stand there for a while, and one would get a pleasant scent of fruit all over them.

"Yan girl, the fruits picked today must weigh over twenty thousand pounds. We were worried that the fruit trees wouldn’t grow well, so we only kept fifty fruits on each tree. Next year, as these fruits get bigger, I’m afraid the quantity will double or even quadruple," Aunt Tong said uncontrollably with joy, feeling that the months of effort she put into the trees were not in vain.

"Mhm, this year’s yield exceeded my expectations, all thanks to Aunt Tong’s good care. Otherwise, the fruit trees wouldn’t have grown so well, and the fruits wouldn’t be so big." Mo Yan sincerely thanked Aunt Tong, also feeling relieved that she hadn’t chosen the wrong person for the job.

The appearance of the fruit this year was obviously better than last year’s, not only bigger but also richer in flavor. Of course, Spirit Spring Water played a role in this, but if it hadn’t been for Aunt Tong’s meticulous care to protect the trees from pests and disease, the quality of the fruit would have been in vain.

"This is what I should do. It’s embarrassing for Yan girl to thank me for that," Aunt Tong said, repeatedly waving her hands, not daring to take all the credit for herself.

However, words aside, Aunt Tong’s smile never stopped. Who wouldn’t want their hard work to be acknowledged?

While they were talking, a few women and older children carrying bamboo baskets came in. Seeing it was getting late and the orchard still had fruits to be picked, Mo Yan settled their day’s wages based on the number of baskets they picked, and also gave each of them five pieces of fruit as a token of thanks, asking them to come back and pick more the next day.

Before long, Big Sister Dani also came in carrying a full basket of fruit. She was purely helping the Mo Family, not for the wages. Mo Yan knew this and couldn’t stop her.

With Mo Yan’s help, Big Sister Dani put down the bamboo basket and rubbed her slightly sore shoulders, saying, "Yan girl, have these fruits been weighed? There’s so much, can they all be sold at once?"

"They’ve been weighed, over twenty-three thousand pounds!" Mo Yan checked the final tally on the account book and smiled, "I’m actually worried that this amount of fruit isn’t even enough to fill the teeth gaps of the rich folks. Big Sister Dani, don’t worry, they won’t sit unsold!"

After hearing this, Big Sister Dani breathed a sigh of relief, "That’s good, that’s good. Picking so much at once, I was afraid it might go bad if not sold."

"Yes, Young Master Yan has already found buyers, and they’ll come to transport these fruits away shortly," Mo Yan said as she picked up a large apple and handed it to Dani who was sweating quite a bit, "Have an apple to rehydrate. Stay and have dinner at my place later."

Hearing that title once again, Dani was momentarily lost in thought before quickly snapping back to reality. Silently, she took the apple from Mo Yan, hesitated a moment, and then gathered the courage to ask, "Yan girl, will Young Master Yan come personally?"