"Yes! I asked Uncle Pei to lend me this piece of land to try the waters! Uncle Pei is a good man. It's ok that he doesn't charge for this piece of land, but he will definitely charge for harvesting other rice fields!"
"Dad?" Jiang Xiubai had an incredulous look on his face. "You don't want to use Uncle Pei's harvester for nothing, do you? You are such a person! Uncle Pei spent a lot of money to transport it all the way back from the capital! Although we are from the same village, we are related by blood, and we are close relatives within the fifth degree of mourning, but it's not right for us to do this! Uncle Pei's family can still work for you for free!"
That look gave Jiang Yida a heart attack.
Jiang Yida: "…"
How dare he let Jiang Yipei work for him for free! How shameless! Just scare him to death!
This brat, has all these years of studying gone to waste?
"What do you mean by working for nothing? If you can't speak, shut up!" Jiang Yida glared at Jiang Xiubai, but then turned to Jiang Yipei and said with a smile, "Brother, I certainly can't take advantage of you! But your harvester is really good, saving time and effort. I was thinking of hiring your harvester for the remaining rice, so I can just let Xiaobai harvest it. Look, what's the price for harvesting one acre of land?"
"We are all from the Jiang family, how can we really charge you money?" Jiang Yipei waved his hand and said generously: "After I finish harvesting my rice, I will help everyone else to harvest it together!"
"That won't do!" Jiang Xiubai said righteously, "How can I let you suffer a loss? You tell me how much per acre you want? My family can afford it!"
Liu: "…"
Her son's words gave her the illusion that her family was already very wealthy.
"Mom! We only have 80 acres of land, and most of it is connected. We can harvest it for you in half an hour at most! You don't have to cut, thresh, or dry it. You can go straight into the barn! What a great thing! What's wrong with spending some money! Why are you still hesitating!"
"I didn't hesitate!" Liu said helplessly, "Isn't your father negotiating the price with your uncle Pei? You are the one making such a fuss!"
Jiang Yida's parents have passed away, and he is the only son. However, he has a lot of land, including more than 80 acres of permanent land and 20 acres of mountain land. He also has only one child, Xiaobai, who is a lazy one.
It is definitely not possible for a family of three to farm so many fields, so other people in the village were asked to do odd jobs on the fields.
But now the incident happened suddenly and I can't hire a temporary worker, so I have to do it myself.
So they are definitely willing to hire this harvester.
However, this harvester looks very expensive, and it must cost a lot of money.
Jiang Xiubai said, "Dad, were we talking? Uncle Pei was just being polite to him, and he kept silent. I think he wanted to take it seriously! How can this be! Mom! Our family can't take advantage of others! A gentleman loves money, but he gets it in a proper way. I'm a scholar!"
Scholars!
People!
People!
People!
Liu and Jiang Yida: "..."
Jiang Yipei: "…"
Every word Jiang Xiubai says can really make a person silent.
Even Jiang Xiaomi used a joke.
Jiang Xiubai naturally followed a new script, and every word he said to Jiang Yida and Liu was naturally a line.
But as he was speaking, he started to change the lines.
Originally, Jiang Yipei wanted to create an image of a helpful man, but with the help of Jiang Xiubai, he couldn't resist the villagers and just accepted some money as a token of his appreciation.
After all, they wanted to help their people, but it was not a good deal to rush in.