Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 630 - Chapter 630 630. Really not minding the crowd_1

Chapter 630: 630. Really not minding the crowd_1 Chapter 630: 630. Really not minding the crowd_1 Aunt Chen has always been keen on matchmaking and pulling strings, or else Li Lanhua wouldn’t have entrusted her with the matter before.

But now, hearing what Song Tan says, she’s suddenly unable to discern the truth and turns to look at Wu Lan, only to see her, as a mother, also nodding:

“That’s fine by me.”

Little did she know, Wu Lan was secretly glaring at Song Tan–talking nonsense again, just nonsense!

But the others didn’t know!

For instance, right now, Aunt Chen started to get a bit anxious, hastily advising, “Tantan, you’re still young, no rush in finding someone. We should look for someone whose family background, way of speaking, and level of knowledge are not too different from yours, right?”

“Your auntie grew up in the village; where would I meet such people who can throw around millions with a wave of their hand? When the houses don’t match and the families don’t align… it won’t do, it won’t do.”

The difference is too great, really too great. A few million might still be conceivable, but a few tens of millions–you’d need courage even to dream about that, the difference is really way too much.

Song Tan couldn’t help but laugh, thinking to herself that her investment of tens of millions had indeed become a well-established fact in the village.

But she was also very earnest, “No worries, auntie, go ahead and introduce them. I’m not someone who looks at money; I just look at the labor force.”

First the introductions, then getting to know each other, and after that, some interaction… once we’ve interacted enough, we can talk about wages!

What a waste for young lads to be idle, wasting their youth!

In the following period, we really need more hands for work, but unfortunately, the village and the surrounding few villages can’t muster many people–how can we let that be?

In autumn, our family has a really heavy workload!

If we really can’t agree on terms, at least their circle of friends are all of the same age; once the word gets out, hiring workers should also become easier, right?

Sigh, Song Tan thought wearily: For these two acres at home, I’ve sacrificed far too much.

…

Aunt Chen couldn’t find someone at a moment’s notice, but Tian Tian arrived punctually the next morning. She didn’t just arrive; when she stopped her motorbike, the boy with her got off as well, smiling shyly at everyone.

Song Tan: …goodness, two came along!

If that’s so, maybe we can even harvest the green beans today.

She was extremely hospitable, offering water and urging them to sit down and rest, which made Tian Tian feel a bit embarrassed:

“My brother is on vacation and had nothing to do at home, so I called him over to help out–Song Tan, where’s your sesame field? Let’s hurry and get to work while the sun isn’t out yet.”

The truth was there was no money; they couldn’t afford tutoring classes. Rather than having him sulk at home, it was better to get out and do some work.

Following behind was Tian Ye, who hadn’t expected Song Tan’s house to be so nice, and she was also so pretty and fair, as if she never worked in the fields.

Then sneaking a glance at the slightly sun-darkened neck of Tian Tian, he felt a pang of upset.

He too wished he could make a lot of money!

Song Tan didn’t care what they were thinking. Were they short on people now? With Professor Song and three students around, they weren’t exactly short-handed.

The main point was to let everyone experience the work atmosphere here.

Besides, with them working in the fields, Professor Song and the others could go up the mountain to help Zhang Wang prepare more manure; once the fields were turned over, it would be time to lay the base fertilizer, which was also quite important.

So now she said cheerfully, “The sesame field is in the back mountains. Since it’s hot today, we can come back after working until around nine, and start again after four in the afternoon until it gets dark.”

“We’ve got lots of people at home, so we won’t need to provide meals; hence, the daily wage is 200, is that alright with you?”

What?

Now it was Tian Tian’s turn to be stunned.

But she soon smiled again, saying earnestly, “Song Tan, don’t be like that. Didn’t we agree yesterday that I’d come to help with the work and you’d just give me some branches afterwards, so why talk about wages now?”

She wasn’t questioning whether Song Tan was going back on her word and didn’t want to give away the branches; rather, she felt incredibly embarrassed to be given such profitable plant varieties for free and also be paid to work…

Song Tan waved his hand dismissively.

Looking at the brother and sister wearing long sleeves and pants, with straw hats and kerchiefs on–it was clear they were seriously ready to work.

So, he reached out and selected two sickles and a roll of plastic string for them.

“Don’t think too much. The work is just there, who else to hire if not you? If you do a good job, feel free to come over for temp work during holidays. I’m actually short of hands,” he said.

As he spoke, he mounted the trike that he had specifically asked Zhang Wang’s family to leave at the gate.

“Come, I’ll take you.”

The siblings hesitated, but eventually sat down in the trike’s cargo bed.

The hot summer wind wobbled as it passed by their ears.

…

The sesame fields in August were a lush green.

Green stems, green leaves, green pods… it seemed as if they could stay in the ground a little longer.

But anyone who has grown sesame knows that it must be harvested right then–

Once the leaves yellow or the pods ripen, if you let them bask in the sun for just one more day, the sesame seeds will burst open from inside, scattering across the ground and becoming nearly impossible to find, wasting so much.

Therefore, harvesting and drying them at this time couldn’t be more appropriate.

Tian Tian, with wide eyes, exclaimed, “Your family’s sesame grows so well!”

Indeed, not only were the sesame stalks tall and slender, but the pods were also densely packed, causing the stalks to lean somewhat askew.

Although the entire sesame area was not large, only two or three parts of an acre, the yield was almost on par with that of other people’s full acre!

Seeing this, Tian Tian couldn’t help feeling even more elated, thinking to herself that she really made the right choice!

No matter what you grow, having this yield must mean there’s a secret, right? She wondered if they could save some of these seeds for planting…

It was Tian Ye, with his experience working in the fields, who quietly looked around and asked in a low voice, “After cutting, should we tie them into bundles and stack them up here?”

In their locality, the custom for drying sesame was to chop down the stems, tie them into small bundles, and then stack them in a conical shape in the field.

It was convenient for airing and drying, plus it saved the trouble and labor of transporting them back, taking up less space.

However, Song Tan shook her head, “After harvesting, tie them into bundles and put them directly into the nearby trike. Once it’s full, give me a call, and I’ll come over riding the bike.”

Although she had used some tricks to ward off insects, and Big White usually led the ducks to patrol and keep watch, she knew that once the sesame ripened and burst open from drying, it was hard to say if there wouldn’t be field mice coming to steal.

Eating the fallen seeds was one thing, but what if they developed a taste for it?

It was Tian Ye who was taken aback and said without thinking, “I can ride the trike.”

Oh?

Song Tan was surprised, “You really can ride it? How’s your skill? Don’t damage it.”

Tian Ye looked seriously at the trike and nodded with certainty, “I can ride!

“When I have a holiday, I ride this kind of bike to take my dad to town for medical treatment.”

“Alright!” Song Tan was delighted and relieved. She handed him the keys, “Then this job is yours.”

“By the way,” she added a reminder, “With this weather, you can’t dry them the whole time. If you don’t come back by nine or ten, I’ll have to come looking for you.”

And right now, it was only just past five in the morning.

Tian Tian looked at the small but densely packed area of sesame and then at the small trike parked in front, now nodding firmly:

“Don’t worry. We will definitely finish cutting it by noon.”

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