“That’s a good idea.” Jiang Yue said. “But how much would that cost?”
“I heard that watermelon seedlings cost about one coin for three seeds,” Xue Yan said. “I don’t know how many should be planted in one acre of land. You can calculate that yourself.”
Jiang Yue said, “If it’s a large-fruit type watermelon, we should plant three to four hundred of them per acre. If it’s a medium-fruit type watermelon, it’s best to plant six to eight hundred per acre. If it’s a small-fruit type watermelon, it’s best to plant about one thousand of them per acre. The fruits are going to be small, so I won’t plant them. I want to plant some big and medium fruits, so I’ll just buy about six hundred seeds. One coin for three seeds, so it’ll cost about two hundred coins.”
What she cultivated the seeds in her space. There were large and medium-sized watermelon seedlings.
Xue Yan said, “I still have money I got from selling the ink slab. I only have a hundred coins right now. It’s not enough. I’ll ask for more from my mother later.”
“Okay.”
“Anyway, I’ll plant watermelons first.” As for the rest, they had to do it step by step.
“Okay.”
As soon as Jiang Yue’s voice fell, Xue Dagui’s cheeky voice rang out. “Dear brother, why are you cutting down trees again? What are you doing?”
Following the voice, Jiang Yue saw Xue Dagui holding a bowl of rice, eating as he strode out of his courtyard. He stopped Xue Dafu, who was walking in front with a load on his shoulders.
Xue Dafu still didn’t want to talk to his shameless brother so he turned the other way. “It’s none of your business. Move aside.”
Xue Dagui didn’t get angry, nor did he move aside. Instead, he smiled cheekily. “Hehe, it’s not easy to bump into you. Let’s talk for a bit. Why do you want me to move aside? Oh right, I heard that your family bought five acres of barren land today. That’s ten silver. That’s a lot of money. How does your family have so much money? Tell me honestly, did that blind bear get sold for more than a hundred silver?”
Seeing how Xue Dafu was about to explode in anger, he panicked. Without waiting for Xue Dafu to speak, he hurriedly explained, “Don’t misunderstand. I didn’t mean to ask you for money. You’re already getting mad, why would I ask for money? It’s not like I don’t want you as an older brother anymore. I’m just curious, really. The villagers are all curious. I’ve heard it from the villagers themselves.”
At the end of his sentence, he even smiled.
Xue Dafu’s expression looked a little better, and his tone got a lot better. However, Dagui didn’t tell the whole trust either. He only said, “It doesn’t matter to you anyway.”
With that, he walked around Xue Dagui.
Xue Dagui didn’t stop him anymore. He even laughed shamelessly as he ate his rice in big mouthfuls. He was extremely happy. His brother’s tone had finally softened. It shouldn’t be long before he would no longer be angry and make up with him. That was great progress.
Jiang Yue only calmly looked at Xue Dagui’s expression and didn’t say anything.
Xue Yan didn’t say anything either, but he still felt a bit uneasy.
If one were to say that Xue Dagui had done something unforgivable, it was true.
In the past, he didn’t care if his family was poor or not. He always got money from his father like a mosquito, as if he was sucking the blood of his father and his family. He didn’t seem like a brother at all.
In his past life, it was Xue Zhuzi and Zhang Meili who framed him for cheating and angered his grandfather to death. It had nothing to do with Xue Dagui.
If that happened, Xue Dagui would have died long ago.
However, he could always tell that Xue Dagui was not a bad person. He did have his father’s interest in his heart. He still remembered that his father was too tired and could not be woken up at all. Xue Dagui happened to be there at the time and thought that something had happened. Without a word, he carried his father on his back. He cried as he anxiously carried his father ten miles to a doctor.