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The lady thought for a moment and felt that the price was fair, so she decided to try selling it this year. If the profit was good, then when she found a way to seal the jar next year, she would be able to sign an agreement with the family of the apricot forest and try to make it as round as possible.

"Then let's set this price first. If the apricot prices go up in the market in the future, we can also raise the price as much as possible. We won't let you suffer any losses." The cute girl pondered, "Therefore, if Xingzi is going to be popular in the future, you should consider me first."

Hongmei was grinning from ear to ear as she repeatedly promised. Her family's apricots could not be sold out year after year and were all rotten everywhere, but she didn't consider the day when they would rise in price.

"Don't worry. Even if someone comes to buy my apricot, I will definitely think of you first."

There were about a dozen apricot trees planted in front of the Hong Mei's house. This year, the rain and sunshine was good, but the apricots were more sweet than usual.

Hongmei's father carried the ladder, picked up a basket of apricots, and handed it down after picking all the apricots. Hongmei's mother supported the ladder and chatted with her daughter.

"Don't look at so many apricots, there actually weren't that many back then." "It was all thanks to the apricot tree that our ancestors were able to save our lives. This year, apricot trees are planted everywhere in the mountains and forests." Hong Mei sighed with emotion.

"Of the young masters on the mountain, only apricots can be planted and sold. However, these few years, every family has one, so it's not that rare. Every year, when the apricots are ripe, a person would be worried to death." Hong Mei's father followed suit.

"Then who is in charge of the apricot trees on the mountain?" The little girl picked up a perfect apricot from the ground and took a bite.

"It's something that's common in the village. Anyone can take it off and eat it, or sell it. But how could it be sold?"

The little girl thoughtfully nodded her head. If she wanted to buy more apricots, she would have to make an agreement with the Village Head of the Apricot Forest.

Hong Mei's dad was quick, he quickly finished picking apricots from a tree, but no matter how high they were, he couldn't reach them. He just picked most of them, and there was a small pile of apricots on the ground.

The group changed trees again, and Hongmei felt that this was too slow. She said that she would borrow a ladder from her neighbor's house, which had been prepared for her to pick apricots.

After a while, Hongmei came back with a ladder, followed by a woman. She walked over from afar and shouted, "Uncle, where are you selling all these apricots?"

Hong Mei was familiar with her, so she smiled as she introduced Hong Mei, "This is Hong Mei Fu's village's daughter. She said that she wanted to buy some apricots to return home, and I'm picking them for her right now."

"Yo, buying so many to return home with?" The woman walked over, smiled at the girl, and helped Hongmei up the ladder. Hongmei climbed up to pick the apricot.

"We can't return with so many burdens. Don't we still have an oxcart?" Hong Mei laughed at her.

Chen Cui's eyes widened, she thought that the cute girl only bought them to eat or give to others, but from the looks of it, she bought quite a lot!

She also had apricots planted in her family, so she didn't know what Hong Mei was selling them for. If her mistress still wanted more, perhaps her family would be able to accept them? Thinking of this, she became even more enthusiastic.

"Then what do we do if we can't finish all the ox-carts?"

"Ai, let's pick some first. The lady just said she would come back tomorrow." If you can't finish it later, tell your uncle to pick some to send. "

Hong Mei was very familiar with her, so how could she not have some thoughts of her own? But they were all neighbors. If she still needed apricots, it would be fine to stick close to Chen Cui's family.

As these people said this, the work they were doing became much faster. After picking the apricots from the eight trees, Hong Mei's father stopped and went back to his room to look for sacks of apricots. He had packed an entire six bags of apricots.

The next step was to weigh them all. Six sacks of apricots weighed more than five hundred jin. One Jin of apricot money was one tael of silver!

Chen Cui's eyes turned red when she found out the price. No one wanted the apricot trees in the mountains. Wasn't the Hongmei's house just picking up money from the apricots and earning money so easily?

Five hundred kilograms of apricots! Hong Mei's father happily wiped away the last drop of apricot. The delicate lady immediately took out a tael of silver and passed it to him.

Putting straw on top of the oxcart, he placed the six sacks of apricots onto the cart. The buffalo was not used to the weight of the apricots, so it kicked its hooves and snorted. The lady fed the apricots to its mouth before it quieted down.

There was no one in the car and Hongmei was not a spoiled child either. She packed up her things and followed the lady's oxcart all the way back.

The little girl was also walking. The water buffalo's burden was heavy enough, so she didn't dare to add any more burdens to it.

When they returned to the village, they saw that the village was eating dinner. The lady rubbed her sore legs, thinking to herself, I still have to buy a mount, otherwise my legs would break from walking around every day.

Qiu Ju took good care of the family at home according to her daughter's instructions. She heated up some seaweed soup for Jinling's father at noon and sent some leftover jam to Auntie Lin's house.

By the time the lady returned home, dinner was already ready. The lady was so tired that she wanted to lie in bed and rest. She went back to her room to sleep before dinner.

When she went out to wash up, she discovered that the matters at home were all ready. She directly boasted about giving her a raise in wages, so she had to do everything she could in the past few days. She was extremely tired.

"Yesterday morning, I saw you dig out the apricot core. I thought that if you were to get up, you would definitely make some jam, so I decided to dig out the apricot core first."

"I'm digging too!" Iron Egg raised the wooden spoon in his hand. The apricot meat he dug up was full of holes, and it looked very ugly.

Orchid also raised his spoon and said, "We've also dug out the orchids!"

The little girl felt very relieved. She felt that her work was not in vain. At least, when she was tired, there would still be people who felt sorry for her, no?

"The call hasn't come back yet. Recently, Little Pig has been eating more and more, and I am completely exhausted from cooking the pig food. Luckily, Little Brother Ye helped feed the pig, otherwise, I would not know when I would be busy."

Thinking about the silent man who always supported her by her side, the little girl felt sweetness in her heart. When she raised her head, she saw Ye Xuan carrying a bundle of firewood into the courtyard. The firewood in the shed was neatly stacked according to his style.

"Have you eaten?" The little girl called out to Ye Xuan. She regretted it the moment she finished. Sigh, she just missed him a little, and wanted to find a topic to talk about.

Ye Xuan, this man, didn't appreciate the gesture. He only nodded, turned around, and was about to leave when the man's voice became heavy. "Rest at home today. I'll go pick up the apricots."

The little girl knew that he was using his own special method to protect her, so she smiled in response.

The pot at home was also used for cooking, and the marmalade process was very long. Fortunately, the pot of tofu beside the mill was now useless and could be used to cook the marmalade.

The pot had originally been bought for the tofu. It was big and heavy, and the nun and Qiujie carried it out of the warehouse and set it on the stove.

Initially, in order to keep it a secret, there were walls on three sides of the stove.

The little girl lit up the fire and carried a pile of firewood to the side. Then, she began to boil the second batch of jam.

It was the same procedure as yesterday, but this time, the little girl cooked a lot of apricots. She filled a big pot with apricot seeds, added water that had just covered the apricot seeds, and then covered the pot with the lid.

Aunt Lin was at home, feeding her well-behaved grandson's Jam. From afar, she could see that there was thick smoke coming from the direction of Jiao Niang's house. She was a bit puzzled. Did Jiao Niang open fire again to make tofu?

"Grandma, I want more." The little boy was childish and was tugging on his grandma's sleeve to eat the jam. Aunt Lin quickly gave him a bite and put it behind her.

At any time, he had to pay attention to whether or not the jam was glued to the bottom of the wok. He also had to stir, add sugar, until the pulp turned into a gelatinous texture, scoop up by the little girl with a big spoon. The jam was viscous and fell into the wok.

When the nanny was cooking the jam in her house, the villagers saw the smoke and thought that her house was starting to open fire to make tofu, so they didn't pay much attention to it. However, at noon, a strange fruit fragrance filled the village and many people felt that their saliva was about to drip.

"What is the lady doing now? I don't know what I have to do by fiddling around all day. " The woman was trying to calm her son who was clamoring to eat the jam. She took him to Auntie Lin's house in the morning and had a go at the jam. When the baby came home, she even wanted to eat the jam.