Li Qingzhi went to check on the peppers a few times when they were first planted, but he rarely did so later on. After all, he knew nothing about planting them.
He even worried that if he made any inappropriate suggestions, the peppers would not grow well.
He didn't go to see it, and Zhao Laosan didn't come to see him... Li Qingzhi would occasionally think of this matter, but because he had too many things to do, he would quickly put it aside.
He was even prepared for the possibility that he wouldn't be able to grow peppers.
After all, it's been a bit too hot these days.
The result... the peppers were grown
Li Damao and his friends went to school, Jin Xiaoye also had her own work to do, and Li Qingzhi planned to visit the place where the peppers were grown.
"I'm going too! I'm going too!" Li Laogen said hurriedly, and then looked at Li Qingzhi: "Ah Qing, you call a boat."
Li Qingzhi didn't mind walking more, but he didn't want to walk in such a hot day... He waited for a while in his backyard and called a passing boat.
After getting on the boat, Li Laogen said to Zhao Laosan: "Laosan, you haven't come to see me for a long time."
"Brother, I've been growing peppers recently and don't have much time." Zhao Laosan smiled naively.
"Is this thing difficult to grow? How do you grow it?" Li Qingzhi asked.
Zhao Laosan said: "It's too hot in the summer, and many things can't grow. I was afraid that they would be killed by the sun, so I made a curtain with straw..."
Zhao Laosan built a simple frame with bamboo strips on the land where peppers were planted, and covered it with straw curtains to provide shade. In order to keep the temperature down, he watered the straw curtains several times a day.
In this way, the peppers really sprouted. After that, Zhao Laosan opened the straw curtain every morning to let the pepper seedlings bask in the sun for a while. When it got hot, he covered the straw curtain again. In the evening, he opened the straw curtain again...
Then, the pepper seedlings grew up little by little.
Zhao Laosan didn't say much, but after listening to him, Li Qingzhi knew that he must have put a lot of thought into growing these peppers.
"Uncle San, thank you so much." Li Qingzhi said.
"I didn't do anything... In fact, I could have done it by myself, and you found two more... We had nothing to do, so we built a fence and set up a straw hut..." Zhao Laosan kept mumbling.
Li Qingzhi hired people to grow peppers, and agreed to pay them 500 coins a month as long as they helped to look after the plants. He didn't expect these people to be so attentive and even built a fence and a thatched hut for him.
But this is probably because Zhao Laosan is too responsible.
Li Qingzhi was very grateful and thought about how to treat Zhao Xiaodou better.
He didn't know that Zhao Laosan was also thinking about taking better care of the pepper seedlings.
Zhao Laosan always thought that it would be great if his son could become a servant or a waiter when he grew up.
As a result, Li Qingzhi asked Zhao Xiaodou to go to school...
Given the current situation, Zhao Xiaodou might be able to become a manager in Li Qingzhi's shop in the future!
What a great favor this is!
He just helped to grow some vegetables, but Li Qingzhi insisted on giving him 500 coins a month... No matter how much effort he put in, it was all he deserved.
Li Qingzhi and Zhao Laosan had been chatting, and Li Laogen finally couldn't help it: "Are you guys done chatting?"
"We're done talking," Li Qingzhi looked at Li Laogen in confusion, "Dad, is there something wrong?"