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Chu Xueqin thought of Chu Xing’s admiration for Chu Heng. He replied,” Alright. I’ll buy some for Third Brother later.”
The three of them had just exchanged a few words when Madam Qian came over with a money bag.
She stuffed the purse into Chu Xueqin’s hands. “There’s one tael of silver and a hundred copper coins in here. If it’s not enough, you can come back and get more from me. Go now.”
“Alright.” Chu Xueqin did not waste any time. He went back to his room and took some money before leaving.
He wore a straw hat on his head and walked straight to the mountain.
There was a small river in front of the mountain. The river was not deep in summer. He did not take off his shoes and wade across the river like those young men. Instead, he went around the mountain.
From afar, he could see that at the location of Chu Heng’s mountain, many men were distributing hoes and working at the construction site.
The saplings were all taken down from the mule cart and placed at the foot of the firewood mountain.
Chu Xueqin was shocked when he saw the men digging the ground and planting the trees.
He originally thought that these people were invited by Chu Heng to deliver the saplings. Who knew that they would actually help dig the ground? Could it be that all the part-time workers in the town were doing their best?
Chu Xueqin walked closer to Lu Chuan, who had just finished instructing everyone to get to work.
When he saw Chu Xueqin coming over, he recognized him at a glance. After all, Chu Xueqin had helped Chu Xing build his house for more than a month, so he was next door to Chu Heng’s house every day.
In addition, he deliberately remembered everyone in the village.
Lu Chuan went up to him. “Ninth Master, are you here to buy mountain pepper trees?”
Lu Chuan was happy to give face to him because he had a good relationship with Chu Heng and Ye Muyu. He spoke more politely, which made Wu San
could not help but take a few more glances at Chu Xueqin.
Chu Xueqin was only twenty-five years old and ranked ninth in the clan. He was not used to being called Master by anyone.
“You can just call me Brother Xueqin. I’m indeed here to buy mountain pepper saplings.” Chu Xueqin glanced at the pepper saplings beside him, as well as Wu San and the others who were quickly digging holes and planting trees. He hesitated for a moment and did not ask about the details.
“How many mountain pepper saplings are left?”
He had just finished asking, and before Lu Chuan could answer, people approached one after another.
“Xueqin, you came so quickly.” The one who spoke was Madam Kong from the fourth branch.
Chu Xueqin turned around and called out to Fourth Aunt.
Madam Kong did not come alone. Beside her was the daughter-in-law of the second branch, Madam Wang and Madam Sun.
Chu An from the first branch and Chu Lin from the third branch came one after another.
Each branch had sent one person over. This was better than Chu Xueqin had imagined. He called for people one after another.
“How do I plant this mountain pepper tree?” Madam Kong asked Lu Chuan directly. “Will it bear fruit this year?”
“These mountain pepper saplings have been growing for two to three years,” Lu Chuan answered patiently. “They will bear fruit this time next year. They won’t bear fruit this year.”
He did not hide anything and even said it very clearly. Sure enough, Madam Sun frowned slightly.
Chu Xueqin took it and said, “Speaking of which, my family also planted some. It was planted by Ah Xing when he was young. Every summer, he can also sell it in the county’s medicine shop. The price is not bad. Sister-in-law is very thoughtful. These mountain pepper seedlings are not newly grown seedlings.
Otherwise, it would take three to four years to bear fruit.”
He was also reminding Madam Sun that it was very precious to be able to buy a sapling that would bear fruit next year. It was not something that could be bought at will.
Madam Sun understood..