The weather was hot in mid-June, and the bluestone road in the alley was filled with heat. However, this still could not stop the children's enthusiasm for playing.

Since Niuniu could walk, she began to run outside, but she would not run far, she would just play with other children in the alley.

But this time, Niu Niu quarreled with the little boy from Wu Long's family. The boy hit Niu Niu with a tree branch. Niu Niu showed no sign of weakness and pulled his hair to hit him.

Su Hang was driving a carriage and was wearing a round-collared white shirt. He came back slowly from the alley. When he saw his daughter fighting with others, Su Hang immediately speeded up the carriage.

"Dad, you're back, Dad~" Niuniu hugged her father's leg. Suhang was helpless and glanced at the little boy coldly. The little boy was so frightened that he ran home.

Su Hang hugged Niu Niu and said, "Did he hit you?"

"No, I will run."

"Why are you running away?" Su Hang stretched out his hand and scratched his daughter's nose, then took his daughter home with a smile on his face.

"Ms. sir, you're back." Aqiao greeted Su Hang with a belly that was more than five months old.

Feng Siniang was still cooking tofu sauce in the side room. In order to prevent the tofu sauce from sticking to the pot, Feng Siniang stood beside the hot pot and kept stirring the tofu sauce.

"Is it hot for you? Look at the sweat on your head. Put Niuniu down quickly." Aqiao took out a small handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from Suhang's forehead.

"I'm fine, okay. Is fourth sister still in the miscellaneous room? You don't have to work hard all the time, you have to take a break." Su Hang took Aqiao's hand and entered the main hall.

"The fourth sister wanted to make the tofu as soon as possible. I asked her to take a break, but she was not willing to take a break." A Qiao said while going to make tea for Su Hang.

"Sir, drink this quickly, it's very refreshing, honeysuckle tea."

Su Hang took the tea cup and drank it down happily. Seeing that his husband liked it, Aqiao immediately went to pour him another cup happily.

Suhang drank tea while enjoying his wife's shoulder squeeze.

"Ms. sir, you lie here and I'll rub it for you. The scholar lady said that every time you rub it, it can relieve fatigue." Aqiao asked Suhang to lie down, and she rubbed Suhang's temples.

"It's so comfortable, Aqiao..." Su Hang sighed with satisfaction.

After a while, he fell asleep. Aqiao saw that he was really tired, so he covered him with a thin blanket.

"Shh, my husband is asleep." Aqiao raised his finger to silence, signaling the nanny to keep her voice down.

"Hey, ma'am, I've washed the clothes." The wet nurse walked over quietly.

Mrs. Su came back to cook at this moment. Seeing that the sun was getting higher, Feng Siniang stopped what she was doing and went to help Mrs. Su light the fire. Aqiao combed Niu Niu's hair.

Today, Su Hang came back for lunch. The women at home were very happy. Old Man Su is cooking in the restaurant now. Previously, Su Hang said that he would hire two chefs to teach them how to make spicy fish, and they got the proposal from Mrs. Su and Old Man Su.

unanimously disagree.

Because people tend to hide their skills, now only Suzhou and Hangzhou can do this spicy fish. What if it can be easily taught to others? So in order to share the pressure with his son, Mr. Su volunteered to learn from him.

After he learned how to make spicy fish, he stayed in the restaurant and rarely went home.

"Hang'er, are you going back to the village this afternoon? Are your peppers ripe?" Mrs. Su gave her son a piece of chicken drumstick and asked with concern on her face.

"How can peppers mature so quickly? I'll go over in the afternoon and pay some wages to the villagers."

"Sir, try this tofu, we just poured it out of the mold today." Aqiao took a spoon and scooped a big spoonful of tofu for Suhang and put it in the bowl.

Su Hang looked at the glutinous tofu pieces in front of him, picked up the chopsticks and gently put a piece into his mouth. As soon as it entered his stomach, he felt smooth and refreshing, and there was also a faint frankincense lingering on the tip of his tongue. Su Hang's eyes flashed.

Liang, giving a thumbs up to Aqiao: "My wife is really amazing!"

Hearing this, Aqiao rolled his eyes with a smile and gave his fourth sister a few pieces of tofu, "Thanks to the fourth sister's help."

Feng Siniang shook her head, "Fifth sister, please stop praising me. I think you have more ideas. If you hadn't improved the refiner, how could we have made such delicate tofu!"

"You two sisters are both powerful, so you don't have to be humble to each other." Su Hang said with a smile.

Aqiao and Siniang then pursed their lips and smiled, no longer condescending to each other.

In the afternoon, Suhang took Aqiao and Niuniu to Sujia Village as a family of three.

"Hang'er, are you back? Are you here to see the peppers? It's a pity. I don't know if it's because we planted them wrong. The peppers that come out are not red at all, but green." Su Qiye looked worried.

said.

Other villagers also looked at Suhang with anxiety, thinking that they had planted the fork themselves, and were afraid that Suhang would not pay them for their work.

"It's okay. The weather is hot now and the sun is scorching. As long as these green peppers are exposed to the sun for a long time, they will naturally turn red." Su Hang comforted the frustrated mood of the villagers.

When Aqiao took out a bag of copper coins from the carriage, the eyes of the villagers suddenly lit up.

Su Hang took the package of copper coins from the lady's hand and called Li Zheng over, "Third uncle, where is your record sheet? We will distribute money to the villagers according to your record sheet."

With a smile on his face, Li Zheng and his son showed Su Hang a record sheet.

This record sheet clearly states the situation of each household's pepper planting, including but not limited to the frequency of watering the peppers, the frequency of pest removal, the growth status of the peppers, etc. Based on these conditions, the villagers' wages can be divided

The basic salary is 60 yuan plus a commission calculated based on the growth and density of the peppers.

Suhang opened the record sheet and read out the name of each household head, and at the same time read out the salary that household should receive this month. The head of the household stepped forward to collect the money, and Aqiao recorded it, and then asked the head of the household to press his fingerprint, which was considered confirmation.

and received wages.

Everyone was holding the heavy copper coins and laughing so hard that they couldn't see their eyes. Moreover, the copper coins were very heavy. It was not like the copper coins mixed with iron that the landlord gave them when they usually worked part-time for the landlord. The money was nominally...

One penny, but in fact the real value is less than one penny.

Moreover, at the end of the year, Suhang will also pay them a year's rent. I heard that if any company grows peppers well, they can get a lot of rewards at the end of the year.

Thinking of this, everyone suddenly felt as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year, and they all wished they had to work hard and sleeplessly without eating or drinking to grow peppers for Suzhou and Hangzhou.

"Have you all gotten the money? Doesn't it smell good? Of course, the money you get is definitely different. After all, everyone's planting situation is different. But no matter what, Suhang gave

This money is quite generous. Everyone, you should follow Suhang and follow Suhang well, and you will have meat to eat with Suhang. Hahahaha." Li Zheng did not forget to encourage everyone, and also gave Suhang a thumbs up.

"Third uncle, I'm sorry, I'm just making ends meet, and I'm still far from being able to eat meat."

Master Su Qi also came over to praise Su Hang, "Hang'er, don't be humble. Your seventh wife and Jiao Jiao have cooked. You can take Aqiao's children to Master Qi's house to eat."

"I just happened to cut some meat. Third uncle, let's go to Master Qi's house for a drink together." Su Hang hugged Niu Niu and said with a smile.

So the group of people went to Su Qiye's house chatting and laughing.

The villagers also stood behind Su Hang happily. One of the villagers, Lai Da, held a meager bunch of copper coins in his hand and looked at Su Hang and the others with cold eyes.

Lai Da is an old bachelor in the village. Both his parents are dead. He is still lazy, cheats and cheats, and the fields he cultivates are also in a state where "grass is more abundant than beans and seedlings are sparse".

Therefore, it is conceivable what Lai Dazhong's pepper field will grow into. Suhang gave him a few dozen yuan symbolically this time, and decided not to let Lai Dazhong plant it in the future, so as not to waste his money.

Chili seeds.

Although Lai Da is fond of food and lazy to cook, he is quite lively and thinks that Suzhou and Hangzhou are willing to spend so much money on this thing called "pepper", which shows that this "chili" will definitely bring great benefits to Suzhou and Hangzhou.
Chapter completed!