Chapter 71: Chapter 72 They Succeeded
Translator: 549690339
If the coriander can bring in money, he’s going to buy a bicycle, then take Xinxin to learn piano. He believes his little Xinxin is just like the young ladies from the ancient nobility. No matter what, he can’t let his child suffer.
Time passed another half month. During these two weeks, the brothers woke up nearly every midnight wondering if it had snowed. Initially, they had agreed that one would wake up one day, the other the next day. But ended up both waking up together. Of course, Tang Yuxin knew about their repeated rising. Biting her little finger, she turned to look back at their shabby house with bare walls.
Their family’s turnaround depended on this year. Originally, the Tang brothers were not lazy, they were very diligent. As long as you worked hard, you wouldn’t starve this year.
However, their family’s poverty was actually her fault. If it wasn’t because she had a mother like a vampire sucking the Tang Family’s blood. The Tang Family wouldn’t have become so poor, with a pile of debt on top of that. She even thought of buying a radio for them to listen to weather forecasts. But they already owed a lot of money to people, and there was no surplus money in the house. Any excess money was reserved for buying seeds.
Although she knew that they could sell the coriander for money, her father and uncle didn’t know. So all she could do was wait. Two more hard months, and their coriander will be ready to sell. By then, the family’s circumstances would be better. Not only could they pay off their debt all at once, but they could also build a house.
The houses in their village were all old-fashioned rammed-earth houses, and those were built when her grandparents were alive. The roof was still tiled. But as time went by, even the tiles started to leak rain.
Whenever it rained, the house would be filled with pots and pans collecting water. The drip-drop sound was pleasant to the ear, but it was also cold. Sometimes when they weren’t careful, they wouldn’t even have a quilt to cover themselves.
Tang Yuxin thought if they build a new house, she could have a small room to herself. She could do whatever she wanted without her parents treating her like a freak.
Two months later, Tang Zhinian excitedly lifted the canopy and saw the coriander inside, green and lush. Almost none of them were yellow leaves. Each stalk was growing extraordinarily well.
This is so good! Tang Zhijun squatted down, carefully touching the field of coriander with his fingers. “I’ve never seen coriander growing so well before. Brother, we did it.
As he said these words, his eyes welled up with tears, barely holding back from crying. They’d been farming their entire lives. They started as kids farming with their grandparents, then their parents, and then by themselves. But they’d never seen such good crops. They were so green, and there weren’t even any yellow leaves.
“Yes, we did it,” Tang Zhinian also wiped his face. Eight large greenhouses! That should yield several thousand jin. And this year the vegetables grew so well, they should all reach their expected mass.
And this year, there wasn’t any snow. Yes, it didn’t snow at all. They were worried for three months, fearing a snowfall. They were prepared for snow removal, but not a single snowflake fell.
“Brother, I’ll go to the market in a bit to check the vegetable prices. Our coriander can be sold now. And we have so much. If we can find a regular customer, that would be best.”