Chapter 265 - 264: Don’t Want to Know Too Much
Chen Ming held the silver and laughed, "Who would have dreamed that working for just over two months on these several acres of land would yield so much? However, I also know that we took advantage of Afu again."
Chen Afu chuckled, "The extra silver is just my way of showing filial piety to my parents."
With the family making more money, rewards were also given to the servants and long-term workers. Zeng Shuang and Mr. Lin received the most, with 20 taels of silver each, followed by Wang Laowu with ten taels, and so on down to two taels and one tael. Everyone in Fu Garden was overjoyed.
Thanks to an excellent doctor’s treatment and especially the Yan Chenxiang Wood residues, Dabao’s leg recovered exceptionally well.
By the first half of July, Dabao started to go back to Tang Garden for studying under Mr. Liao. He was carried there and back by Xue Dagui and Chu Xiaoniu taking turns.
The watermelons grown in Tang Garden, along with those of Chen Ye and Chen Ming’s families, yielded a bountiful harvest. Because of the high summer temperatures, the watermelons grew faster than they did in spring.
Only half of the five acres of watermelons grown in Tang Garden were sold, with the rest reserved for family consumption and gifting. The relatives and friends, both in the Capital City and Shizhou Mansion, were gifted melons.
By this time, this type of watermelon had been given a special name: Dingzhou big melon. They were named so because most of these watermelons were shipped from Dingzhou or bought by merchants from there.