Because they wanted to move the flowers, especially those peppers from Sun's house, they went to ask Old Lady Xia for land on the summer solstice. The vegetable garden in the backyard was very large, but it had already been filled with all kinds of vegetables by hardworking Old Man Xia and Old Lady Xia. Fortunately, there was still a vacant lot outside the west wall, which was also leveled by Old Man Xia, planning to plant green onions during the hottest days of summer.

  Old Lady Xia said to give Xia Zhi a small piece of land. But after Xia Zhi looked at the land, she told Old Lady Xia that she wanted the whole piece of land.

  "Sixteen, that flower was brought back by your father, it looks ordinary, not as good as these peonies. You want to plant them? Just plant two in front of the door and behind the house, why so many?" Old Lady Xia found it strange, and farm families cherished their land most, even if they spoiled their children, they wouldn't let them waste land. "Besides, even if you transplant all the peppers from Lanzi's family, you won't need such a big piece of land. Your grandfather also wants to plant scallions."

  "Nai, I and Lanzi sister still have some seeds of okra, we plan to plant them all, that piece of land may not be enough. Nai, just give me the land, I'm not playing." Xia Zhi negotiated with Old Lady Xia.

  Mrs. Xia actually thought that the vegetables in their house were enough, mainly because Mr. Xia was a restless person, as long as there was a little empty space, he would think of ways to plant something on it.

  "If you give out a small piece, Nai can take charge. If you want it all, you still need to get Grandpa's approval." Old Lady Xia said after some thought.

  "Milk, you tell Grandpa for me." Xia Zhi just smiled.

  "You child, why don't you go tell your grandfather yourself?" Old Lady Xia looked at Xia Zhi, because she didn't dare to directly find Old Master Xia, so she guessed that Xia Zhi was still afraid of being scolded for playing around and didn't dare to speak to Old Master Xia about it.

  "Milk, you go and tell him for me." Xia Zhi said again.

  "Oh dear, you child!" Old Lady Xia smiled with her eyes narrowed and couldn't help but go to discuss with Old Man Xia.

  Xia Zhi hid to one side, not daring to come forward, secretly listening to Old Lady Xia and Old Man Xia talking. At first, when Old Man Xia heard that Xia Zhi wanted to use that piece of land to grow flowers, he was quite unwilling. Old Lady Xia's face turned stern.

  "Sixteen is such an obedient child. She can't be reckless. The first time the child speaks to me, her nanny, you let me get scolded!"

  Lao Ye had some activity, but still wasn't very willing. "It's a big piece of land, planted with scallions and harvested, enough to eat for the whole winter."

  "Once the bean sprouts and cucumbers are harvested, we'll have more space. Let's give that land to Liu Shi for now. You're being too stingy as a master."

  "It's not being petty." Old Man Xia finally nodded his head after being persuaded by Old Lady Xia.

  Old Lady Xia came over with a smile and told Xia Zhi: "Your grandfather agreed. That piece of land, you can do whatever you want with it." Then she also reminded Xia Zhi, "The land is given to you, no matter what you plant, you must take care of it carefully and harvest it well, otherwise your grandfather will scold you if he sees it."

  "Got it." Xia Zhi happily agreed and thanked Old Lady Xia before running off to find Sun Lan'er.

  Old Lady Xia smiled behind her back and said to Old Man Xia who was walking over, "Sixteen is a clever kid." Summer must have known that asking directly from Old Man Xia wouldn't work, so she found her.

  Old Man Xia felt a little heartache about that piece of land, but his face still couldn't hide a smile.

  Xia Zhi brought Sun Lan'er, and also called Xia Qiao and Xiao Shu'er to help. La Yue, Xiao Hei Yu'er and Xiao Xia Lin heard the commotion and came over to lend a hand. The children used more than half a day's time to finish planting that piece of land.

  The main crop is peppers, and the remaining empty land has not been wasted. Peonies, roses, and carnations have been planted. There are not enough mature plants, so Sun Lan'er uses cuttings. A piece of land has been divided into several pieces, and everything is tidy.

  Old man Xia came out to take a look twice, saw several children busy and in good order, he didn't say anything. When the children finished planting the land, the old man brought out a bundle of cleaned-up straw and taught the children how to set up a canopy. Because it was outside the courtyard wall, without a canopy enclosure, they were afraid of being disturbed by the scattered chickens and ducks, and also to prevent those mischievous little kids.

  "Of course, I have no opinion: 'It's still my grandfather who thought of it carefully.' There was a bit of flattery in her words, and she knew that Old Man Xia could give her such a large piece of land to 'play with', which was really extremely rare."

  This land was opened up by Old Man Xia himself, and the soil has been nurtured to be very fertile. If it weren't good land, why would she go about trying every means to get her hands on it?

  They set up a shelf, and Old Lady Xia carried out a winnower with about a foot high of millet seedlings inside. Old Lady Xia personally planted more millet at the four corners.

  "When autumn comes, you'll have more snacks to eat." Old Lady Xia said with a smile. In some ways, Old Lady Xia and Old Man Xia are similar. However, Old Man Xia wants to grow things for the whole family to eat, such as scallions. Old Lady Xia is thinking of ways to find places for her youngest son and grandchildren to grow snacks.

  The kids in Xia's family love to eat this thing. Every year, Old Lady Xia would cultivate a lot of Mao Ge Er seedlings and plant them everywhere.

  After a busy day, I finally finished the task. Standing up straight and looking at my labor's fruit, I couldn't help but curve the corners of my mouth upwards.

  In the evening, Xia Zhi and Sun Lan'er were doing needlework in the courtyard, and they talked about going to the market and temple fair again. Xia Zhi asked Sun Lan'er: "Lan Zi sister, are you coming with us too?"

  Sun Lan'er certainly wanted to go, but she shook her head.

  "I'll go talk to Aunt Wu, she always agrees with me." Xia Zhi said.

  "Don't go." Sun Lan'er was somewhat anxious, "Sixteen, she can let me come to keep you company every day, this is already a great kindness. And yet you still want to owe her a favor as a family. If I follow you guys to the temple fair again, she'll hate me to death."

  Sun Wang saw that Sun Lan'er was not having a good time. Even if it was the summer solstice and there were rules to follow, she would still find ways to make Sun Lan'er pay for going to the temple fair, and in the end, Sun Lan'er would still be the one to suffer greatly.

  Xia Zhi understood this principle, so even though she had means, she didn't use them all against the Tian family at once.

  "Alright." So, on this matter of going to the temple fair, she didn't insist on bringing Sun Lan'er along either.

  Sun Lan'er understood Xia Zhi clearly, and she no longer concealed her longing for the temple fair.

  "...it's definitely crowded with people, and there are vendors selling all sorts of things. Sixteen, you know, the temple fair at Dafo Temple has another unique aspect..."

  "What's the big deal?"

  Sun Lan'er suddenly blushed and refused to speak.

  "Lanzi sister, there's no one else here, what's the big deal? Just tell me."

  Sun Lan'er looked around for a while and saw that Xia Qiao was weeding not far away, so she shut her mouth tightly and refused to say anything no matter how Xia Zhi asked.

  Xia Zhi was also helpless about her. As for what taboos there were at the temple fair of Dafo Temple, she would know once she went.

  It's dark now, little black fish is taking big green to sleep.

  "Selling anything is fine, but it's lively." Little Black Fish had big shining eyes, very much looking forward to it, "I'll have to ask your grandparents for some pocket money."

  Xiao Hei Yu said about pocket money, Xia Zhi couldn't help but feel a stir in her heart.

  Time to start making money, earning money, saving money ingn(*≧▽≦*)n