Only then did Lu Ao satisfactorily withdraw his hand and continue eating the Hami melon.
Song Zhou asked, "Shouldn't you be taking your Certificate of Competency exam soon?"
"I registered yesterday. Starting tomorrow, after I finish catching fish each day, I'll go to the county for training. I should be able to pass it within a month."
"That's pretty fast."
"Yeah, I should just make it in time for the boat to be launched."
After finishing their food, the two went back to the fields.
Thanks to ample fertilizer and water, the vegetables in Lu Ao's fields grew exceptionally well. Every crop had yielded a bumper harvest, especially the pepper plants, which were like flowers in full bloom, their branches covered in red.
Lu Ao had picked them several times already, drying whatever he could not finish on the rooftop into dried chilies.
There were simply too many vegetables this year. Besides dried chilies, he had also dried long beans, winter melon, eggplant, and the like. He had made pickles from long beans, cucumbers, and chilies, and fermented pickled greens as well.
As a result, more than twenty jars had been added beneath the stairs in Lu Ao's house, every one packed full.
There were too many pumpkins, winter melons, tomatoes, and other produce in the fields to finish. Lu Ao gave quite a lot to the neighbors and to Qi Yan and the others, then used the rest to feed the geese.
Qi Yan was envious when he saw it and specifically asked Lu Ao to sell him some so he could use them as giveaway prizes for his viewers.
Lu Ao did not take his money, only asking him to help feed the geese.
These days, Qi Yan had often driven Lu Ao's geese out to graze.
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