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Chapter 11

"Stop taking pictures."

Shen Lingyun put down the book in his hand helplessly again, "Learn how to look in the mirror all the time."

Qi Yuan was lying on the Kang table, with pen and paper and a mirror in front of her.

He took pictures from time to time, and was so beautiful that he had no intention of listening to Shen Lingyun's lecture.

"I'm just surprised how I can see so clearly." Qi Yuan said and smiled at the mirror, which reflected a young boy with a bright smile.

He blinked, pouted, and made various facial movements in the mirror.

All of them express his love for this mirror.

"Don't you want to learn mathematics so that you can settle the accounts yourself when selling things in the future?" Shen Lingyun said, "At your rate, you won't be able to settle accounts and collect money next time you sell cloth."

"Okay, okay." Qi Yuan immediately put the mirror on the kang, "I don't want to look at it unless it's on the table."

He smiled ingratiatingly at Shen Lingyun and did not forget to promise, "Hurry up and teach me. I will study hard."

"Yes." Shen Lingyun was very patient and did not scold him for being naughty.

Returning from the black market this morning, they caught up on their sleep until noon. When they got up and finished eating, Qi Yuan offered to study.

In case he still doesn't know money like he did in the morning, Shen Lingyun has to work alone to collect and find money.

As a result, after just studying for a while, his attention was always distracted, so Shen Lingyun had to tell him over and over again.

"It's actually quite simple." Qi Yuan studied quietly for a while, then couldn't help but speak, "I can learn to calculate accounts today."

"You really learn quickly." Shen Lingyun nodded and smiled: "If you study seriously, these simple additions and subtractions will be easy."

It had to be said that Qi Yuan was smart and more receptive than children, and Shen Lingyun was very satisfied.

He took out another piece of White Rabbit candy, handed it to Qi Yuan and said, "Take a rest for a while."

Shen Lingyun had already seen that he couldn't sit still and let him move freely.

"Well." Qi Yuan held the candy in his mouth and smiled with crooked eyebrows. "I know why you gave me the chicken cake and peach cake to keep, but you kept the candy yourself."

"Why?" Shen Lingyun didn't expect him to ask this question and wondered what he was thinking.

"Just let me study." Qi Yuan raised his eyebrows proudly, lying on the kang table with an animated expression on his face, "I'm afraid I don't want to learn."

"Why don't you say this is a reward?" Shen Lingyun laughed dumbly, shook his head and said, "If you learn to be well-behaved and obedient, wouldn't it be good to give you a reward?"

"Even if I don't follow my example, you will still give me candy." Qi Yuan suddenly sat up straight and said with serious eyes, "I know."

Shen Lingyun: "..."

He did buy it for him because Qi Yuan had never seen it or eaten it before. Qi Yuan was right about this.

But using it as a reward and controlling the amount of candy he eats is also Shen Lingyun's intention.

"Let's have a good talk." Shen Lingyun said.

"Ah?" Qi Yuan didn't expect that he would become serious, and his expression would become so cold that no emotion could be seen at all.

The gentleness and amiability were gone, and there was a faint majesty that made him a little panicked.

"You don't learn for others, you learn for yourself." Shen Lingyun said: "No matter what your original intention of learning is, the knowledge is in your mind, and there will always be times when you will benefit from it."

"So, whether you are serious or not has nothing to do with others. It is related to yourself. I hope you can seriously consider and treat it."

He paused for a moment, waiting for Qi Yuan to digest what he said, and then said: "Even if you said it for me, shouldn't you take it seriously?"

"Ah?" Qi Yuan understood a little, but was a little confused at the same time, but at the last sentence he nodded without hesitation, "Yes."

"Okay." Shen Lingyun regained his warmth, with a faint smile on his face, "If you are tired from studying and want to take a rest, you can tell me at any time."

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded and looked at Shen Lingyun blankly.

At this moment, he discovered that Shen Lingyun also had a side that was not easy to mess with, which made him a lot more honest.

"I was too playful just now." Qi Yuan reflected on himself and realized his mistake. "I will definitely concentrate on it in the future and stop learning and playing at the same time."

He didn't want to see Shen Lingyun's expressionless face anymore, and felt panicked.

"Make a habit." Shen Lingyun put on her shoes and went to the ground, "You won't be so casual in the future."

"Where to go?" Qi Yuan asked hurriedly after seeing him leave.

"I'll fetch water." Shen Lingyun thought about it, "If you're bored at home, you might as well go to Captain Wang's house."

"Why are you going to his house?" Qi Yuan was puzzled, "I'll go fetch water with you."

"It's his credit that we happened to be able to buy these cloths at the consignment point." Shen Lingyun said, "You can take some cloth and ask him if he wants it. It can be exchanged for grain, eggs, etc."

"Okay." Qi Yuan: "I'll get him some good cloth."

"Let him give you as much as you want in exchange." Shen Lingyun told him, "It's okay to suffer a little loss. It's like giving it to someone."

Qi Yuan lives here and cannot help but interact with people.

After waiting all winter, Banpo Village gradually became lively as the weather gradually warmed up and everyone went out of their homes.

Before reaching the village, I saw a lot of people.

Shen Lingyun did not go with Qi Yuan, "I don't know Captain Wang's family. Find someone to ask."

"Yes." Qi Yuan nodded in agreement.

"Uncle." Qi Yuan met a man wandering around, "Do you know where Captain Wang's home is?"

The middle-aged man was stunned and looked Qi Yuan up and down, "You look strange, you're not from our village, are you?"

Then he patted his head and said, "I understand, you are the child who was picked up and settled in our village."

"Yes, uncle." Qi Yuan smiled, "I want to go to Captain Wang's home. Can you tell me the place?"

"Just ahead." The middle-aged man pointed, "Turn east, and the fifth house on the second trip is his house. It's easy to find."

"Thank you, uncle." Qi Yuan ran along with the basket and soon found Wang Dali's house.

The door was ajar, Qi Yuan stood at the door and shouted: "Captain Wang, are you home?"

"Who is it?" A woman in her forties came out and was stunned when she saw Qi Yuan standing at the door. She frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm looking for Captain Wang." Qi Yuan said.

"Wait." The woman did not let Qi Yuan in. She turned around and shouted into a room: "His third uncle, someone is looking for you."

"Here we come." Wang Dali came out of his room and was stunned when he saw Qi Yuan, "Come on, come in quickly."

He greeted Qi Yuan, "Why are you standing at the door? Go sit inside."

"Captain Wang." Qi Yuan rolled his eyes and smiled cutely, "Come and identify the door."

Wang Dali: "Come in and talk."

Qi Yuan followed him in and saw several people sitting on the kang, including a woman and several children.

"Stone, go make some sugar water." Wang Dali arranged for his son.

This was a young man about the same age as Qi Yuan. He saw that his mother was not moving, and spread his hands to Wang Dali to express that he had no sugar.

"No, no, no." Qi Yuan waved his hand hurriedly, "I want to ask something and I'll leave right away. No need to bother."

Wang Dali frowned and looked at his wife sitting on the kang, holding the soles of her shoes, not even moving, with a somewhat ugly look on her face.

"Captain Wang, look." Qi Yuan saw Wang Dali's wife's attitude and showed Wang Dali her basket, "I bought some defective cloth a few days ago. Would you like some?"

He conveyed Shen Lingyun's intention to Wang Dali, "My brother said that every family is short of cloth to make clothes. He asked me to bring some to Captain Wang."

Wang Dali's eyes lit up when he saw Qi Yuan take out a piece of gray cloth, which was quite large.

"If you want it, why don't you want it?" Wang Dali took it and compared it with himself, and said happily: "I was trying to make clothes but couldn't buy any cloth."

"This piece of cloth is just enough for you to make a dress." Qi Yuan smiled and said, "I will also find you a piece of blue cloth."

"Show me." When Wang Dali's wife took out the cloth in Qi Garden, she put on her shoes and got off the kang. "This cloth is good, but there are a few bad things."

"It doesn't matter." Qi Yuan said, "As long as you pay attention to the cutting so as not to waste too much fabric, I specially selected the best ones with small flaws for Captain Wang."

"Thank you so much." Wang Dali said happily.

He had just become captain, but he didn't even have any unpatched clothes. Qi Yuan's gift was too timely.

Qi Yuan smiled and said, "I wanted to give it to Captain Wang when I bought it that day, but I didn't know how bad the cloth was."

He explained to Wang Dali that on the day he went to the consignment point, Wang Dali saw him carrying a large bag of cloth.

"Hi." Wang Dali didn't care, "If it's good, those salespersons can take advantage of others by not keeping them."

Qi Yuan just smiled and said nothing.

He was able to take advantage because the two salesmen were careless and looked down upon him.

"This cloth is just right for you to make a dress." Wang Dali's wife measured him up and said, "It's a pity that this piece of blue cloth can be used to make trousers. It's enough to make a dress."

She was a little distressed and reluctant to give up.

"Alas!" Wang Dali sighed, "Let's make some clothes first."

Without cloth tickets, it would be difficult to make clothes.

Unexpectedly, Qi Yuan took out a few more pieces of cloth, also gray, "If you are making pants, these small pieces of cloth can be used equally."

He came prepared. Based on what Shen Lingyun said, he gathered a set of fabrics of the same color for Wang Dali.

"Do you have any more?" Wang Dali's wife saw him taking out the basket again, and reached out to take the basket Qi Yuan carried on her arm.

Wang Dali stopped her, glared at her, turned around and smiled at Qi Yuan, "Thank you so much for being so thoughtful."

"How much does this cloth cost?" he asked again.

"Money?" Wang Dali's wife stared, "Isn't this for you?"

"It's none of your business." Wang Dali ignored her and asked, "How much, I'll give it to you now."

"The cloth for making trousers is given to Captain Wang." Qi Yuan said: "You can give these two pieces of defective cloth for making clothes. I don't know how much they will cost."

"Grain, eggs..." Qi Yuan said, "You can give them as you see fit."

"Hmm." Wang Dali thought for a moment, "Do you want to raise pigs or chickens?"

"Raise them all," Qi Yuan said without hesitation upon hearing this.

"Follow me."

Wang Dali's wife grabbed him and said, "We haven't separated yet, so you can't make the decision."

"It's none of your business." Wang Dali shook her off and pulled Qi Yuan out.

Chapter 12

"Look, Piggy."

Qi Yuan carried three piglets and ten chickens home and showed them to Shen Lingyun immediately.

"Captain Wang gave it to you?" Shen Lingyun looked calm and asked, "What did he say?"

"It is said that pigs can be raised this year. The brigade will have a meeting in a few days. It may be difficult to buy piglets." Qi Yuan said, "I know how to raise pigs, so I will raise them."

Shen Lingyun smiled, looked at the piglets and sighed: "Where did the food come from? Even if the higher ups allow it, there won't be many people raising it now."

Qi Yuan carried three little piglets back at once, which made Shen Lingyun feel a little worried.

He rubbed his brows and couldn't bear to blame Qi Yuan, "Captain Wang didn't tell you to raise less?"

Shen Lingyun didn't know where Captain Wang got so many piglets.

"He said he would give me two, but I asked for one more." Qi Yuan sneered, "I gave him all those pieces of cloth, and also gave me a bag of rice bran. I told him to come to him if I need rice bran in the future."

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun nodded and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, we can have something to feed them."

Seeing that he had no objection, Qi Yuan enthusiastically talked about the pig-raising policy. Individuals who submitted to the seventh level would get three levels. They could ask for meat or meat votes.

You can also give money.

He calculated that he would give two ends and leave one for himself, half for money and half for meat.

There is no shortage of money or meat all year round.

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun looked at him inexplicably and praised: "That's right, but..."

He changed the subject and stopped talking about Piggy, seeing Qi Yuan's anxiety.

"It is stipulated that each household cannot have more than three chickens." Shen Lingyun said, "If there are more than ten, you have to hide them and raise them."

"Captain Wang said that raising chickens will cause damage, and they may not survive much." Qi Yuan said, "I understand all this and will raise them carefully."

After he finished speaking, he felt that he had missed the point, and added: "The piglets will not have any problems, they will survive."

This is the most important thing.

"Okay, you can keep it if you like." Seeing that he didn't mention the quantity issue, Shen Lingyun said in compromise as he was distracted by other things.

He didn't want Qi Yuan to send back too many chickens.

"Okay." Seeing that Qi Yuan didn't understand what he meant, Shen Lingyun didn't want to talk nonsense anymore, "There happens to be a pig pen and a chicken pen on the last floor of the yard."

"I'm going to clean it now." Qi Yuan snickered inwardly and turned around to clean up the pig pen.

He was afraid that Shen Lingyun would ask him to send back a few chickens.

Qi Yuan was reluctant, but he paid a lot of money and gave all the small cloth heads he brought to Captain Wang.

Let him take advantage of it.

"That's right." Qi Yuan ran to the door, turned around and said, "I saw that Captain Wang didn't care about it at home, and he really liked these cloths, so I gave some more as a gift."

"I know." Shen Lingyun said: "There is no separation of families. He has no say in many things."

He also stood up, "I'll go clean up with you and get warmer."

"It's really profitable!" Qi Yuan kept nagging, that little cloth could be exchanged for three little piglets.

But he didn't know that Wang Dali's family was already quarreling over the piglet.

"What?" Wang Dali's sister-in-law, the middle-aged woman who called for Qi Yuan, "You actually gave away the piglets you just bought at home?"

She looked unhappy and said with a cold face: "How can you make the decision yourself without discussing it with your family?"

Sister-in-law Wang looked at the room full of people, "Everyone happens to be here, are you doing the right thing by judging the third child?"

Everyone in the Wang family: "..."

You would be a fool to express an opinion at this time.

Seeing that her men were not helping her, Sister-in-law Wang stamped her feet angrily, then looked at the old man who was in charge of the family, "Dad, we need to talk about this matter today."

Old man Wang was sitting on the kang, smoking with half-closed eyes, as if he didn't hear anything and didn't speak.

"If the piglets are gone, you can buy them again." Wang Dali glanced at her, "But if the cloth is gone, you can't buy any more."

"He dares not to sell you." Wang Dali's wife was not happy. She still thinks that Qi Yuan is stingy. "A foreigner can't curry favor with you."

She was dissatisfied, thinking that Qi Yuan was here to give gifts and was putting on airs to please others, but she didn't expect that he didn't even look at her.

She looked at Sister-in-law Wang and the other Wang family members with disdain. Who was the shameless person?

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Wang Dali was really angry, "Don't get involved in these things in the future."

It's okay for the sister-in-law to cause trouble, but her daughter-in-law is also involved in it.

Wang Dali's wife snorted coldly, "Take a good look at yourself and don't use force on me. It's not me who's causing trouble for you."

Wang Dali ignored her.

Looking at Old Mrs. Wang, "Mom, my dad is celebrating his 66th birthday this year. You can make my dad a new dress."

He brought a large piece of cloth and the small pieces of cloth Qi Yuan had given him.

They sent them to Mrs. Wang together: "There are some small pieces of cloth here, all of the same color. Take a look and make a pair of trousers for my brother."

Then he took out the money and handed it to Mrs. Wang, "Mom, this is the money to buy the piglets. These cloths are from me to honor you. You don't have to spend money at home."

Unexpectedly, Wang Dali's wife suddenly stood up.

"How can we pay for this by ourselves? We haven't separated our families yet." She said as she was about to snatch back the money Wang Dali gave her.

"Stop it." Wang Dali grabbed her, "My dad is celebrating his birthday this year, what happened to my filial piety as a son?"

He pushed his wife away and said angrily: "Have I treated you badly, or have I treated your family badly? You actually robbed money in front of my parents."

"I..." Wang Dali's wife shrank her neck, startled by his menacing look, and then she felt confident again, squeezing her neck and said: "You can't do it if you don't discuss it with me. You're not the only one who says this." It's up to you."

She stood in front of Wang Dali, but her eyes kept staring at the money given to Mrs. Wang, "Where did you get the money? Did you steal it from me?"

Wang Dali smiled vigorously. For so many years, he really didn't save any face for himself at home or outside.

"This is all what I saved little by little from starving myself." Wang Dali wiped his face feebly and said, "When did you have money? I didn't earn all that money."

When Wang Dali's wife heard this, she put her hands on her hips and sneered: "Marry a man, dress and eat with him, that's what you should do."

"If you don't give me money, will I divorce you?" She pointed at Wang Dali and said, "If you don't get the money back today, I will divorce you."

"Leave us." Wang Dali waved his hand helplessly, "If it doesn't go your way, then we'll get a divorce. Just leave, I agree."

Wang Dali's wife was stunned. She didn't expect that he would dare to agree to the divorce.

She looked around at the people around her, but no one came out to persuade her. She turned around and left angrily, muttering: "Okay, I can't cure you anymore. It's useless to kneel down and beg me this time."

The Wang brothers all winked at their wives and told them to persuade them to come back quickly. This was another time when they were going back to their parents' home to get divorced.

But no one came forward, and everyone was tired of having opinions about her!

"Leave." Wang Dali sat down dejectedly. "It will save me a lot of trouble if I leave. I don't have to carefully maintain this home all day long. It's so tiring!"

"Alas!" Old Man Wang sighed: "Who made our family poor and made your brothers suffer too?"

Sister-in-law Wang: "..."

Second Sister-in-law Wang: "..."

The Wang brothers: "..."

"Take it back." Old Man Wang pushed the money back to Wang Dali, "I originally planned to divide your family after the autumn harvest today. You brothers can discuss it. If you can't wait, I can divide it now."

"dad."

"dad."

The Wang brothers, their wives, and the grandchildren were all shocked.

Old Man Wang sneered: "If it weren't for the third child supporting this family these years, you would have been able to live so comfortably."

"If he didn't have connections in the county, how could he have found temporary workers and become the captain?"

He looked at Sister-in-law Wang and said, "You can speak up if you can, but you can't shut up if you can't. Don't be jealous of the captain. You can't be that good either."

Sister-in-law Wang was scared and a little aggrieved, "I'm just angry, not at the third child."

She was targeting Wang Dali's wife.

"You have to suffer if you take advantage." Old Man Wang said unceremoniously: "How come you are all happy when the third child comes back with money? Her wife doesn't work and doesn't take you seriously, so that's what she should do."

His daughter-in-law is soft-hearted and kind-hearted, so it is only him, the father-in-law, who can take care of the family and have a bowl of water.

"Dad." Wang Dashan said, "You are right. We cannot allow the third child to contribute outside and let her daughter-in-law do the work. We cannot take advantage of everything."

"What?" Wang Dali was stunned, "My wife doesn't want to work?"

He looked at Old Man Wang, then at his eldest brother, sister-in-law, and others.

Some couldn't believe that their daughter-in-law would do such a thing.

But when everyone was silent, Wang Dali suddenly covered his face, "I gave most of the money I earned back to my family. I was afraid that she would be unhappy, so I coaxed and supported her every day."

He always buys things secretly, hiding them from the people at home, and carefully presenting them in front of his wife to ask for credit.

It turns out that this is how she treats her family members.

No wonder, Zonghe said that his family members were not the same, they had always been putting on a show and taking a high profile.

He is a grown man in his thirties, taking care of his parents, middle-aged brothers and sisters-in-law, and nieces and nephews.

Crying profusely.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Wang Dali cried bitterly.

No one spoke.

He knew that his family felt sorry for him because he was the only one who could find connections and earn money.

He has a father who is suppressing him, but he feels that he is owed something, and he is embarrassed to have a problem with his wife.

"Okay." Old Man Wang couldn't help wiping away his tears, "It's all over. After the separation, you can live your own life. I won't care about it anymore. No one should feel wronged."

"Yes, it's all over." Wang Dali wiped his tears, "Such a thing will never happen again."

He was glad in his heart that he was back.

I also understand why my sister-in-law has been looking bad for more than half a year since I came back, and most of her family members are silent towards me.

"Dad, Dad." Shitou suddenly ran in, "Go and take a look, my mother is gone."

"Let her go." Wang Dali shook his head, "I won't beg her anymore."

"No, Dad." Shitou stamped his feet anxiously, "My mother is looking for someone to get the piglets, and I can't stop her."

"What?" Wang Dali jumped up suddenly, "How dare she...".

Chapter 13

Qi Yuan came out from He He to Jun's house and met many people along the way.

"Whose family does this child belong to?"

"I don't know, it looks strange."

"You're not from our village, right?"

Qi Yuan heard such whispers clearly.

He Qianqian and several other gentlemen gathered together to chat.

Seeing Qi Yuan approaching, he asked, "Where are you from and how did you come to our village?"

"I am also from Banpo Village." Qi Yuan stopped laughing.

"Are you from our village?" He Xiangxiang asked, "You are the child who just came to settle down."

"Yes, uncle." Qi Yuan smiled.

He looked at a few women standing against the door not far away, as well as villagers gathering in twos and threes elsewhere.

Qi Yuan: "Uncles, do any of you need cloth?"

The only thing these people have in common is that their clothes are shabby and patched everywhere.

"Cloth head?" He Xiangxiang became interested, "You have cloth, how do you change it?"

Qi Yuan said, "In exchange for food, you can give me as much as you want."

He explains where the cloth comes from.

Twisting the corner of his clothes with one hand, he said sheepishly: "I don't have food at home, and I want to exchange for food. It doesn't matter how much you give me."

His clear eyes were full of expectation, and he looked cautious and uneasy, which made several men feel sympathy.

"They are all short of food." He Xiangqian sighed: "It's not easy for you kid, but..."

He hesitated to speak, looked at a few other people, and said: "The beginning of spring is the time when there is no harvest, and there may not be many people to replace."

He Xiangqian: "What kind of cloth do you have?"

"Just some scraps of cloth." Qi Yuan said, "It can be used to make clothes or shoe uppers for children."

He thought about exchanging the small and large pieces of cloth he had cut with the villagers.

It can be regarded as getting to know the people in the village and having some contacts.

"I'll change." Before He Xiangqian could say anything, a man next to him said, "My daughter just gave birth to a baby. I need to change some cloth to make some clothes."

He was worried that he had nothing to offer, and Qi Yuan just came to his door.

"I'll call my wife, please wait a moment." He said and left.

"Call my wife here too." He Xiangqian said, "Let her come and have a look too."

"Uncle, I'm going back first." Qi Yuan said.

"Okay, go back." He waved his hand forward.

Qi Yuan had just taken a few steps when he was stopped by a loud shout from behind.

"Stop." Wang Dali's wife ran over in a hurry, "I've found you."

She grabbed Qi Yuan's collar and said, "Give my things back."

There was joy in her eyes, and she grabbed Qi Yuan's collar with all her strength, "Give me back the things quickly, or I will sue you and send you to squat on a fence."

"Let go." Qi Yuan angrily grabbed her hand and threw it away, then shouted: "You are acting like a gangster, you dare to act like a gangster in broad daylight."

"Ouch!" Wang Dali's daughter-in-law stumbled and almost fell down, and shouted anxiously: "Who is playing a gangster? Who do you think is playing a gangster?"

"It's you I'm talking about." Qi Yuan took a step back, his little face flushed with anger, "Men and women don't have sex, and you touched me in public."

He looked at Wang Dali's wife with disdain and said, "You are so shameless."

"You..." Wang Dali's wife blushed, "I was afraid you would run away."

"Stop sophistry." Qi Yuan: "It's not like you don't know where I live, so what nonsense are you talking about here."

Thanks to Shen Lingyun whispering in his ears every day, Qi Yuan knew that being a gangster was a taboo.

"It's just because I'm good-looking." Qi Yuan touched his face and blinked his beautiful big eyes, "And because I'm young, he wants to take advantage of me."

"You are still acting like a hooligan at such an old age, chasing after me. Does your family know?"

"Hahaha." He Xiangqian and the others laughed unkindly.

"You little bastard." Wang Dali's wife said angrily, "You don't even have all your hair, so what are you talking about?"

"Can you tell me whether you are tall or not?" Qi Yuan curled his lips, looked at her sideways and said, "You old gangster, you still want to know this?"

He Xiangqian cheered: "Yes, even if he is tall or not, he is still a man."

"That's right." Qi Yuan puffed up his chest and said proudly, "You will attack me when you see me, and you won't admit to being a hooligan."

There are no little brothers here, I am an upright man.

"Liu Xiujuan." Several women came over not far away, "What's wrong with you?"

They came over when Wang Dali's wife ran over, and they laughed so hard when they heard Qi Yuan's nonsense.

"You are still laughing." Liu Xiujuan's face gradually turned red as she laughed, and she pointed at Qi Yuan and said, "He is speculative and even cheated us into our house. I am here to settle accounts with him and take care of what he wants to cheat."

"What?"

Everyone was dumbfounded: "..."

Speculation? And lied to Liu Xiujuan?

This is incredible, this foreign kid is too brave.

Liu Xiujuan saw that they no longer laughed at her, her eyes were filled with pride, she pointed at Qi Yuan and said: "Hurry up and return my things, otherwise I will arrest you."

"Bah." Qi Yuan spat at her with disdain, "You're such a slanderous person, you're a gangster who didn't do anything to slander me."

"Who is speculating?" Qi Yuan asked her: "Where should I go to speculate? Is it your home?"

"Still lying to you?" Qi Yuan pointed at her, "Are you stupid or crazy, talking nonsense here?"

Liu Xiujuan stepped forward to grab Qi Yuan again, but he pushed her away, "Don't touch me, you are shameless and I want to keep you."

"Don't do it, don't do it." He Qianqian looked at Liu Xiujuan's aggressive attitude and hurriedly advised him: "If you have something to say, please tell me. What's going on?"

"That's right." Everyone said, "You kept shouting when you came up, and no one understood it. How could he, a child, deceive you?"

When Qi Yuan said he was being a hooligan, everyone didn't take it seriously. Knowing that he was just yelling nonsense, they all took it as a joke.

"Ask him." Liu Xiujuan pointed at Qi Yuan and said, "Did you go to my house and take a lot of things from my house?"

Qi Yuan faced everyone's gaze without any timidity and looked at He Xiangqian and the others calmly.

"I went to Captain Wang's house." Qi Yuan said, "I exchanged some cloth for some things. How can it be just speculation and fraud?"

"If Captain Wang regrets switching back, that's all." Qi Yuan looked at Liu Xiujuan, "You didn't ask Captain Wang to come and didn't return my things. Are you the one trying to deceive me?"

"I..." Liu Xiujuan was speechless, then stamped her foot and said, "I don't care, you give me back."

She came here carrying Wang Dali on her back. She wanted to bring the things back to her parents' home, but Wang Dali, the militia captain, was there to help her.

Qi Yuan, a young man from outside, didn't dare to do anything.

But I never thought that Qi Yuan could be so easy to bully.

He looked at Liu Xiujuan, curled his lips and said, "If you don't return the cloth to me, how can I give you anything? What will happen if you cheat on me?"

"You have two empty paws, you just ask me for something, and you call me a liar and accuse me of opportunism. Do you want to use all my cloth for nothing?"

"It's not like I took your cloth. You don't care if Wang Dali goes there." Liu Xiujuan said nonchalantly: "Hurry up and give me the stuff."

"It's so shameless." Qi Yuan was angry, "You have the nerve to say such things, how shameless you are."

When Liu Xiujuan said this, she was clearly bullying others.

He Xiangqian said disapprovingly: "If you don't want to change it, just bring the cloth. You can't do it like this."

"We are from the same village." Liu Xiujuan was a little unhappy, "Why are you talking to an outsider?"

"this......"

He Xiangqian and the others looked at each other. Liu Xiujuan was right, but they couldn't watch her bullying a child like this.

"Xiujuan." Several women advised her, "Don't be angry. If you don't want to change, ask Dali to bring the cloth and change your things back."

"I don't care." Liu Xiujuan roared and rushed towards Qi Yuan, "If you don't give it to me, I won't be done with you today."

He Xiangqian and the others wanted to stop him, but then they thought of Liu Xiujuan's words, so they hesitated and let her rush to Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan leaned to the side and dodged.

Liu Xiujuan didn't stop, and fell to the ground with a "plop". She fell face first and didn't move for a long time.

"Xiujuan."

"Xiujuan."

Several women rushed forward and pulled her up. Her face was covered with dust and her nose was bleeding.

"Ouch! It's bleeding."

"Oh my god! My nose seems to be flattened."

Several women hurriedly wiped the blood from her nose, which made Liu Xiujuan tremble all over in pain.

"Oh my God!" Liu Xiujuan was dizzy after the fall. It took her a long time to recover, "You fell to death!"

When she opened her mouth, everyone saw that her swollen lips looked like a pig's mouth.

At this time Wang Dali also rushed over.

As soon as Qi Yuan saw him, he immediately said: "Captain Wang, your wife's fall has nothing to do with me."

He pointed at everyone and said, "You are all watching. She beat me even if I didn't move."

He Xiangqian and the others: "..."

Then he said to Wang Dali: "If you regret it, bring the cloth, and I will return the things to you, and we will be clear."

"What a beautiful thought." Liu Xiujuan ignored the burning pain in her face and her bleeding nose, and endured the pain and shouted: "You hurt me like this just because you think it's okay, I will definitely sue you."

"Shut up." Wang Dali's hands trembled, "I didn't expect you to be so messy and arrogant, and you don't even make sense."

He could see clearly that Liu Xiujuan had used too much force to stop herself and had nothing to do with Qi Yuan.

"This matter has nothing to do with you." Wang Dali suppressed his anger and said to Qi Yuan, "What happened today is her fault. I apologize to you on her behalf."

"What do you mean?" Liu Xiujuan angrily beat Wang Dali, "I'm like this, and you still let him go?"

"You asked for it." Wang Dali waved her away mercilessly, "You deserve it."

"You dare to say that to me?" Liu Xiujuan was so embarrassed that she beat Wang Dali like crazy, "I'm not done with you, I want to divorce you."

"Li, go to Brigade Li now." Wang Dali grabbed Liu Xiujuan, "You are like this, even if you beg me, I will not fight with you."

Qi Yuan: "..."

Why are you still divorced?

"Uncle." Qi Yuan patted his chest, as if he was frightened, and said to He Xiangqian: "I won't change the cloth. Please tell that uncle."

After he said that, he ran away. He was already divorced, so what else could he do? .

Chapter 14

"What's wrong?"

Shen Lingyun saw Qi Yuan running back panting, "What happened?"

He was cooking and when he saw Qi Yuan's appearance, he thought something had happened to him.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Qi Yuanpao's cheeks were flushed, and his eyes were excited and a little guilty, "That's right, Wang Dali's wife is getting divorced."

"Divorce?" Shen Lingyun said in surprise: "Didn't Wang Dali just become the captain?"

Even if you are willing to divorce, the problem is not small.

"Yeah." Qi Yuan tried his best to suppress a smile at the corner of his mouth, but couldn't control his joy. "You know how arrogant she is, and she acts like a gangster in broad daylight."

"Playing like a hooligan?" Shen Lingyun felt a sudden thought and asked in disbelief: "What kind of hooligan is she playing?"

He couldn't accept these words, and he never expected this to be the reason.

"Don't talk nonsense." Shen Lingyun said hurriedly: "Seeing is believing, and sometimes what you see may not be true."

"It's true." Qi Yuan slapped his chest, looking like you don't believe it. "She is just a gangster who played tricks on me."

Shen Lingyun was stunned for a moment, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice, "Are you sure?"

"Sure." Qi Yuan said with certainty, "A lot of people are watching. She grabbed my collar when she came up. If I didn't resist, she wouldn't know what she would do."

His eyes were contemptuous, and he said with a face that he couldn't bear to look at: "You are so old, and you don't even understand such a simple truth as men and women are not close to each other."

Shen Lingyun was silent, with nothing to say.

"This person needs a lesson." Qi Yuan continued: "I hope Wang Dali can teach her a lesson this time, otherwise she will become a cuckold sooner or later."

"Ahem." Shen Lingyun put her fist to her lips, covering her smile, "Why did she grab your collar?"

"I'm even more angry when I talk about this." Qi Yuan said angrily: "If you say I'm speculating, you're a liar. Ask me to return the piglet to her."

"Did she say that?" Shen Lingyun's eyes darkened. He looked at the steamed bun in his hand and flattened it with all his strength.

The steam coming out of the pot lingered around him, making it difficult to see his expression clearly, but the strength of his hands revealed his inner unrest.

"Yes." Qi Yuan nodded.

He washed his hands and helped Shen Lingyun make steamed buns. While doing so, he quickly told what Liu Xiujuan had done.

With a click, Qi Yuan covered the pot lid and said angrily, "Who is this? This is the first time I've seen him."

"Tell me." Qi Yuan raised his head and looked at Shen Lingyun, "She doesn't want to change anymore. Just bring the cloth and I'll return the piglet to her. She's being careful."

"It's so easy to take advantage of me," Qi Yuan said, "She really thinks I'm a kid and don't know anything. If I'm frightened by her, I'll suffer the consequences."

"Everyone has eyes and ears." Shen Lingyun rubbed Qi Yuan's hair, "Everyone understands what's going on, let her go."

"That's right, let's go ahead and make a fuss." Qi Yuan suddenly became happy again and told Shen Lingyun enthusiastically, "You didn't see how badly she fell."

He threw Liu Xiujuan until her face was covered with gray, her nose was almost flat and she bled a lot, and her lips were swollen like a pig's mouth.

He said it vividly.

"Hahaha." Qi Yuan was overjoyed. "Let him act like a hooligan and let her take advantage. She will be punished."

His eyes were full of expectation, and he looked at Shen Lingyun and asked, "Do you really know how to get a divorce?"

Qi Yuan felt uncertain and hoped that Liu Xiujuan would be taught a lesson, but felt guilty.

He shook his head and sighed: "I would rather demolish ten temples than ruin one marriage! Do you think I will become a sinner through the ages?"

Shen Lingyun turned her back to him and took a deep breath. He now understood that Qi Yuan really thought Liu Xiujuan was playing a hooligan.

But he still said: "It has nothing to do with you. You didn't let them divorce. Everything was brought about by yourself."

Shen Lingyun didn't believe it, because this would lead to divorce.

"Yes, it has nothing to do with us." Qi Yuan completely let go of the matter, "If you have time to talk to them, you might as well look at the piglets and chickens."

...

In the middle of the night, Qi Yuan was getting dressed sleepily.

Shen Lingyun couldn't open his eyes when he looked at him, and said, "Why don't you stay at home and I'll go by myself."

"No." Qi Yuan's eyes widened immediately, "It's not safe for you to go by yourself. I'll go with you."

Shen Lingyun smiled and shook his head, he didn't miss it.

Qi Yuan dressed quickly, leaving only his eyes exposed, fearing that Shen Lingyun would leave him at home.

Qi Yuan took a flashlight to illuminate the road and discussed with Shen Lingyun: "Buy some food."

Seeing those pieces of cloth smashed into his hands, he couldn't exchange food with the villagers, so he had to get the rations first.

Otherwise what do they eat.

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun nodded, "Buy more this time."

They won't have time to come out until spring plowing, and food will become increasingly scarce.

He himself has more than 200 kilograms of grain, plus the relief grain received from Qi Yuan, it is only 300 kilograms.

It would take more than half a year for the two of them to share their food after autumn, and this was simply not enough.

When he arrived in town, Shen Lingyun took another route, not to the black market.

"Where are you going?" Qi Yuan asked, seeing that he was not on the right path.

"Go buy meat." Shen Lingyun said: "The black market is a place where random people buy and sell. Some things are not available there at all."

Even if there is, it's only a small amount, and you still have to try your luck.

He told Qi Yuan to follow him and walked around in silence all the way until he came to a remote and dilapidated courtyard.

The courtyard wall has collapsed in several places, and you can walk in just by lifting your feet.

If I had seen it during the day, I would have thought that there was no one inside at all, and that it was an uninhabited deserted courtyard.

But Shen Lingyun still walked to the door, raised his hand and knocked five times regularly, and then stood there waiting.

After about a few minutes, there were footsteps behind them.

Qi Yuan turned around and saw a dark figure entering the courtyard from the collapsed wall, and then opened the door for them inside.

Shen Lingyun: "I've been here before, shopping."

"Come in." A naive voice opened the door for them to enter.

The man then closed the door and whispered, "Go in yourselves."

Shen Lingyun nodded and did not let Qi Yuan turn on the flashlight again. He came to a room in the dark and raised his hand to knock on the door.

This time, he didn't wait long, and someone opened the door soon, making Qi Yuan breathe a sigh of relief.

This mystery made him nervous and inexplicably excited.

As soon as he entered, Qi Yuan subconsciously stopped and took Shen Lingyun's arm, "Why is it so bright?"

The room is bright, just as bright as during the day.

He looked up and looked around and saw a round, glowing thing hanging from the roof.

"This is an electric light." Shen Lingyun pointed to the light bulb above his head, "It can be found anywhere there is electricity."

"That's great." Qi Yuan exclaimed, his eyes full of curiosity.

He remembered what Shen Lingyun said, but this was the first time he saw it, and he didn't expect it to be so magical.

There were several people standing in the room, and they all laughed when they saw Qi Yuan like this.

Qi Yuan looked away embarrassedly and looked around.

The room is surrounded by shelves with various things on them, and there is a case in the middle of the floor.

Qi Yuan's eyes lit up and he immediately walked over to the case, which had a lot of pork on it.

"How to sell it?" Qi Yuan asked.

"The pork belly is two yuan and a half, the front trough meat is two yuan, and the back mound is one yuan and eighty," said He San, the meat seller.

Qi Yuan didn't understand and turned to look at Shen Lingyun.

"The price has gone up?" Shen Lingyun asked.

"It goes up every day." He San was playing with a knife in his hand, "We only have a lot of meat here, and you can't buy it no matter how expensive other places are."

"Hey." A young man not far away, Liu Qiang, pointed at Qi Yuan and the others, "If you can't afford it, don't look here. This is not just for you to hang out. You'd better check out the things you can afford."

"How are you talking?" Qi Yuan thought he was not nice to speak, so he glanced sideways at him and said, "Whether you can afford it or not is none of your business."

"Cut five kilograms of pork belly, and then two kilograms for the front trough." Shen Lingyun said, "Do you have any suet? Here are five kilograms."

Qi Yuan puffed up his chest, patted the chopping board, "Cut the meat."

At this time, even if you don't steam the steamed buns, you still have to fight for your breath.

"You're kidding." He San didn't move, frowned and looked at Shen Lingyun and said, "Since you've been here before, you should know our rules. One person can only buy two kilograms of Wuhua at a time."

"If you add me, there will be more." Qi Yuan said proudly: "I can still settle this account. You should cut the meat quickly to avoid saying that we can't afford it."

"Are you looking for trouble?" He San said angrily, "Don't even bother asking. This is where you make trouble."

Qi Yuan was about to speak when Shen Lingyun stopped him, "Brother, you have problems with your own words. How can you say that we are making trouble?"

"Yes." Qi Yuan nodded, "Each person buys two catties at a time. You can calculate how many catties the two of us will buy. Also, we can buy more times... You didn't say we can only buy it once today. ?"

"And this brother." Shen Lingyun pointed at Liu Qiang, "He said we can't afford it, but we can afford it, why aren't you happy?"

"This..." He San was dumbfounded. How could he have thought of this? Just as he was about to say something, he saw Liu Qiang walking over in a few steps and shouted loudly: "What happened to me when I said you couldn't afford it?"

"Then let's find your boss." Shen Lingyun blocked Qi Yuan behind him and said in a calm tone: "Let Chen Xudong comment."

"Sell it to them." A deep voice, with deep oppression, seemed to be suppressing something that made people shudder, "Hurry up."

"Oh, right away." He San nodded hurriedly and cut the meat neatly, "Boss, it will be ready soon."

Qi Yuan turned to look in the direction where the sound came from, and saw a man standing at the door of the east room, looking at this place with a dark face.

The young man is in his twenties, tall and burly, with sharp eyebrows and cold facial lines, and the aura around him seems to be offensive.

Completely opposite to Shen Lingyun, who is as gentle as jade, elegant and handsome, and exudes affinity, it is obvious at first glance that he is not easy to mess with.

"What a bad attitude." Qi Yuan looked up at Shen Lingyun and said in an undisguised tone, "We won't come here anymore."

"Apologise." Chen Xudong came over and pointed at Liu Qiang.

"I'm sorry." Liu Qiang's face turned ugly. "It's my fault. A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory."

In fact, he didn't have bad intentions, he just said it casually.

Qi Yuan: "It's your fault. Why are we running here in the middle of the night if we don't want to buy anything? Look at how unhappy you are."

Liu Qiang's lips moved, but in the end he turned and left without saying anything.

"You can buy whatever you want." Chen Xudong looked at Shen Lingyun, "There is no limit for you today."

"One hundred pounds of cornmeal." Shen Lingyun said without hesitation.

Chen Xudong paused, then raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Okay, I'll give you a hundred catties."

These items are in short supply and have always been limited in quantity to attract customers, but today people made a mistake.

Chen Xudong could only admit it.

"Can you give me suet?" He San's heart was pounding and he asked in fear, "Five, five pounds?"

"Here." Chen Xudong just said one word, turned around and left.

He talked too much and ended up taking out a hundred kilograms of cornmeal. Next, he had to think about where to go to get more goods.

Shen Lingyun patted Qi Yuan on the shoulder and said with a smile in his eyes: "Boss Chen has always been fair. We can feel free to buy anything here."

Qi Yuan: "..."

Then if you ask me to cause trouble, I must make a few noises. .

Chapter 15

"Knock knock knock."

"Who is it?"

Qi Yuan opened the door a crack and stuck his head out without forgetting to wipe the oil from his mouth.

He had just finished eating meat.

"Come here to find you." He Qianqian looked at his alert eyes and said with a smile, "Didn't we agree to change the cloth?"

"If you don't want to change, you won't change." Qi Yuan shook his head, "Uncle, didn't I just tell you yesterday that I wouldn't change?"

"Hi!" He Xiangqian said with a smile, "I see you're scared."

He pointed to his wife, Wu Sanlin and his wife and said, "Don't worry, we won't get divorced."

"Then I won't change either." Qi Yuan still shook his head.

After buying a hundred kilograms of cornmeal on the black market, Qi Yuan felt confident that he would at least be half full by the autumn harvest.

There's no need to cause any more trouble.

He looked at He Qianqian and said sincerely, "Uncle, I would rather go hungry than be chased and beaten."

Qi Yuan's eyes were filled with fear, and he got out from under the door, patting his chest with fear on his face.

"Uncle, just take pity on me and let me go." Qi Yuan's eyes turned red as he spoke, "It's hard for me to find a place to stay, but I'm also afraid of squatting on a fence."

While wiping his tears, he looked pitifully at He Xiangqian and the others, "Now I'm afraid of Captain Wang's wife, or someone who doesn't like me and reports me."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Qi Yuan cried more and more sadly, "Who did I provoke? I just want to exchange for some food, and they are willing to do so."

"Hey, you kid." He Qianqian frowned and saw Qi Yuan crying non-stop, "How can it be so serious?"

"How come it's not serious." Qi Yuan raised his head sharply, his eyes red from crying and said indignantly, "Yesterday you all heard that I am a liar when you say that I am a speculator. If you want to send me to squat on a fence, how can it be considered serious?"

"Stop crying." Wu Sanlin is an honest man, "That's because Liu Xiujuan has no good intentions and just wants to bully you, a helpless child. Even a fool can understand this."

He was not present at the time, but when he heard about it later, he knew what Liu Xiujuan meant. She just wanted to get her things back.

Swallowed Qi Yuan's cloth.

"Uncle is right." Qi Yuan glanced at him appreciatively, "Thank you for speaking truth to me."

"Thank you, it's obvious." Wu Sanlin said: "Dali's wife is not honest, she deserves to be taught a lesson by Dali."

"Okay, okay." He tried to smooth things over with Xiang's wife, "She's in quite a bad condition. She almost broke her nose. I don't know how long she'll have to take care of her."

"Huh?" Qi Yuan looked confused, "Aren't you divorced?"

"Divorce for what?" He Xiangqian said amusedly: "Divorce is such a big deal, why don't we make people laugh to death."

He reassured Qi Yuan that yesterday, when Liu Xiujuan saw that Wang Dali really wanted to drag her to the brigade to write a letter of introduction for divorce, she lay on the ground and pretended to be faint.

The guys persuaded Wang Dali to send him to the health center. The doctor said that if the fall was harder, the bridge of his nose would be broken and he should have a good rest.

This time, no one made any fuss anymore and everyone went home obediently.

This matter can be considered as the curtain has been lifted.

"Oh!" Qi Yuan rubbed his heart, "What a pity!"

He was in a complicated mood. He knew he was not relieved, but he was also a little stuck in his heart.

"What's a pity?" He Xiangqian was confused.

"She was in vain." Qi Yuan sighed with pity on his face: "It's so pitiful that she still suffers like this and suffers like this!"

"That's right." He Qianqian couldn't laugh or cry when he thought about it, "What do you think this is all about?"

"Stealing a chicken will end up losing a lot of rice." Wu Sanlin was upright. "He shot himself in the foot and his face was covered with tears."

"Yeah." Qi Yuan nodded in agreement. Wang Sanlin's words touched his heart. "It's really embarrassing for her. I feel sad for her."

He Xiangqian and the others: "..."

As soon as he finished speaking, He Xiangqian and the others looked at him strangely. Why were they still helping Liu Xiujuan to speak?

He is a child after all and does not hold grudges.

He Qianqian's daughter-in-law wanted to laugh a little, but seeing Qi Yuan still looking heartbroken, she said, "Let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about our affairs."

"We're fine." Qi Yuan waved his hands repeatedly, "Uncle and aunt, please go back. I'm really scared."

He remembered that after Liu Xiujuan finished talking about a village yesterday, she stretched out her hand to hit him without anyone to stop her.

"We won't change." Qi Yuan said this firmly. "If I change it to you, I won't be able to handle it if someone else comes. It's inevitable that something like yesterday will happen again. Beating me will be in vain."

He had made up his mind not to change with the villagers.

"You guys go back." Qi Yuan turned around and entered the door. He said to He Xiangqian and the others through the crack in the door: "Don't let anyone see me and think I changed the cloth for you."

He closed the door decisively, letting no one in.

"He's gone?" Shen Lingyun asked.

"Let's go." Qi Yuan smiled and said, "I explained it to them carefully, and they all understood my feelings."

He looked at Shen Lingyun's side face, with a bright smile and a hint of slyness in his eyes. He said there was no need to talk about divorce.

Lest he feel bad after hearing this.

"It's okay not to change it." Shen Lingyun said.

Yesterday, after hearing that Qi Yuan was being chased and beaten by Liu Xiujuan, Shen Lingyun decided not to have any financial dealings with people in the village.

Qi Yuan took off his shoes and got on the kang, sitting at the kang table, "Let's study."

He is very motivated now. After seeing the electric light, Qi Yuan decided to study harder.

I will also use electric lights in the future.

However, after a while of studying, he began to wander again, thinking about the stew he had eaten in the morning.

"It smells so good." Qi Yuan sighed.

"What?" Shen Lingyun stopped holding the book and looked at Qi Yuan inexplicably, "Are you still thinking about meat?"

"Well." Qi Yuan's eyes were full of longing, "It would be great if I could eat it every day!"

They came back from the black market and started boiling suet before dawn, and then stewed five pounds of pork belly.

Two people ate a plate.

"Where are the two kilograms of meat left?" Qi Yuan asked, "When will you eat it?"

Shen Lingyun: "..."

A grown-up boy is living in poverty, and even he, even if he is not an old man, has experienced that feeling.

"The remaining meat is reserved for spring plowing in a few days." Shen Lingyun said.

"I know, you didn't add salt to the jar." Qi Yuan gave him a confused look, "I was asking when will you eat the pork belly you bought?"

"If you make buns tomorrow, you can eat them for a few more days." Shen Lingyun said helplessly: "You are studying now, don't always think about eating."

"Aren't I afraid of something bad?" Qi Yuan said distressedly: "We spent most of our savings in one go, and now we only have seventy yuan left."

They sold cloth for more than 150 yuan, but ended up spending more than 80 or 10 yuan on the black market.

"The black market is so dark." Qi Yuan felt sad and held his forehead with his hand, "I have a headache just thinking about it."

Cornmeal costs 4.2 cents per catty, not to mention white flour and rice, which are only 70 or 80 cents per catty.

Shen Lingyun spent money lavishly. In addition to food and meat, he bought a lot of things. Almost all of the money was spent on the black market.

"If it hadn't been for Boss Chen's words, no matter how much money you had, you wouldn't be able to buy so many things." Shen Lingyun said.

Qi Yuan kept asking him why he wanted to quarrel with people in the black market, but Shen Lingyun didn't tell him.

Now he says: "Everything you eat is limited, even on the black market."

Shen Lingyun explained to him, "Boss Chen is a very good person. As long as you grasp the handle of his subordinates, he will be more accommodating."

"Are you buying food?" Qi Yuan suddenly realized, "You know the rules there and deliberately buy more meat?"

"That's right." Shen Lingyun said: "Buying more meat is also for spring plowing and eating more to replenish physical strength."

Qi Yuan choked for a moment. He was about to say: You are so generous, it turns out you are looking for trouble and want to buy food.

Shen Lingyun smiled and looked at Qi Yuan with gentle eyes, as if she knew what he was thinking.

"Let's continue studying." Qi Yuan squeezed out a sentence after a long time.

Maybe it was because of Liu Xiujuan's farce, maybe He Xiangqian said something to them when they returned to the village.

No one came to Qi Yuan to change the cloth, which made Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun calm for a long time.

It wasn't until two days before spring plowing that Wang Dali came to the door to inform about the meeting tomorrow.

"Tomorrow the brigade will have a meeting." Wang Dali said, "You guys should go over and attend together. Party Secretary He said that the private land in Qiyuan will be divided again."

"Thank you, Captain Wang and Secretary He." Qi Yuan nodded.

Wang Dali was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't help but say, "We had a meeting a few days ago to inform about pig raising."

He said, "Zhishu He and I told you about the piglets, but I didn't come over to inform you to participate."

"Oh." Qi Yuan then realized that a meeting had already been held, "I was still thinking about the meeting to announce the raising of pigs."

He turned to look at Shen Lingyun, blinked and said with a smile, "I'm still afraid something will happen. I've been worried about it these past few days."

The speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional.

Wang Dali carried the basket he brought over, took out a small cloth bag from it, and pushed it in front of Qi Yuan.

"There are ten kilograms of cornmeal here." Wang Dali said, "What happened that day was our fault."

His face felt a little hot, but fortunately his skin was relatively dark, so he couldn't see the blush. "Actually, we have already taken advantage of you, but we have made you suffer another unnecessary disaster."

Wang Dali knew that Qiyuan was short of food, and planned to discuss it with his family before supplying Qiyuan with some food.

Unexpectedly, his wife would do such a stupid thing before it was implemented, which made him feel even more guilty.

"That's not okay." Qi Yuan hurriedly pushed him back, "We have already finished the exchange, how can I ask for your things again."

He said resolutely: The decision cannot be made.

But how could Wang Dali take it back? Seeing that Qi Yuan was determined not to want it, he got up and left happily, not even wanting the basket.

"Hey." Qi Yuan wanted to chase, but was stopped by Shen Lingyun.

"Even if you catch up, he won't want it." He pointed to the rags in Qi Yuan, "Give him some rags to make shoe uppers for."

Shen Lingyun has been in Banpo Village for many years and knows the people here, especially people like Wang Dali, who are kind-hearted and down-to-earth.

"Okay." Qi Yuan put the cloths into the basket and ran out to chase Wang Dali.

Shen Lingyun looked at the door, thinking of the look Wang Dali gave him when he said he wanted to keep his own land, and murmured to himself: "It seems that we need to hurry up on something."

Chapter 16

In the early morning, Qi Yuan quietly opened his eyes.

He looked at the bright light outside the window, and then turned to look at Shen Lingyun lying on the edge of the kang.

Seeing that he was still asleep on his side and showed no sign of waking up, Qi Yuan's lips curled up into a silent smile.

He slowly lifted the quilt and put on his clothes lightly.

He made the dough last night, chopped the meat filling, and prepared to eat steamed buns early in the morning.

Qi Yuan didn't know that as soon as he went out, Shen Lingyun opened his eyes, looked in the direction of the door and smiled helplessly.

He lay there for a while with his eyes closed, and waited until Qi Yuan wouldn't wake him up before getting up and putting on his clothes.

"Why are you up?" As soon as Qi Yuan lit a fire to heat the water, Shen Lingyun pushed the door out of the room.

"You don't get up early to cook pig food." Shen Lingyun said, "I'll feed the pigs."

"Actually..." Qi Yuan looked at him, a little embarrassed, "You don't have to get up so early, I can be busy."

"Can't sleep." Shen Lingyun sat on the stove and lit the fire. "You two should hurry up. The team has a meeting today."

"Oh, right." Qi Yuan forgot about this, "Then let me hurry up."

Qi Yuan quickly started chopping cabbage, mixing stuffing, and kneading dough. Shen Lingyun didn't need to intervene at all, and all the preparations were completed quickly.

Shen Lingyun used another stove to cook the pig food, then blanched the millet and set it aside to dry, making it look good.

"Don't you know how to make buns?" Qi Yuan saw that he wanted to help her and refused: "You sit down, I will do it myself."

"Teach me." Shen Lingyun said, "Just because I don't know how to eat, it's hard to eat anything."

Qi Yuan: "..." Poor!

"It was hard in the past." Qi Yuan consoled him, "In the future, I will tell you what you want to eat."

He saw Shen Lingyun rolling up his sleeves and said, "I'll do it quickly. You'd better feed the pigs to avoid causing trouble for me."

Shen Lingyun: I'm disgusted!

He could only pick up the pig food and go to the backyard to feed the piglets.

Qi Yuan packed three large baskets in a row, with more than a hundred white and fat buns as big as fists.

"You can eat it soon." Qi Yuan's mouth watered just thinking about the big buns with cabbage and meat, "It must be very fragrant."

Shen Lingyun sat on the stove to light the fire. Seeing him swallowing saliva greedily, it was funny and a little sad at the same time.

His life must have been better before than now.

This is an era when even those who have money cannot eat meat at any time. Being able to have a full stomach is what most people desire.

"It's fragrant." Gradually, the aroma of the buns overflowed. Qi Yuan sniffed her little nose to smell the meat, showing a look of enjoyment, "You can eat it soon!"

"The meat we stewed." Shen Lingyun: "Put some in every time you cook. There is no need to keep any more."

"Isn't it reserved for spring plowing?" Qi Yuan's eyes moved away from the cage, fell on Shen Lingyun, and asked in confusion: "Why are you eating it now?"

"It's different when you eat it." Shen Lingyun smiled, looked at Qi Yuan and said, "I'm just teasing you, I'm afraid you'll have a stomachache if you eat too much meat at once."

"No, I'm in good health." Qi Yuan looked up at Shen Lingyun with confidence in his eyes, "I haven't been sick since I was a child. You can tell just by looking at how many buns I eat in a while."

Shen Lingyun's eyebrows twitched: Could it be that he never had enough to eat in the past?

As expected, Qi Yuan ate eight fist-sized buns in one go and drank a bowl of polenta.

"That's almost it." Qi Yuan wiped his mouth and said, "The buns are so delicious and the meat is so fragrant."

Shen Lingyun, who had also eaten eight buns, silently offered another one, "Eat one more, the newly baked buns are delicious."

Qi Yuan looked at Shen Lingyun and blinked, "How many do you eat?"

Shen Lingyun said against his will: "Ten."

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded and reluctantly said, "Then I'll have another one."

He picked up the bun and took a big bite, his beautiful eyes showing a satisfied smile, "It's just delicious."

In the blink of an eye, he ate half of the bun, and saw Shen Lingyun looking at him, reaching out and handing him another bun, "If you eat more, you won't eat as much as I did. No wonder you are weak."

Shen Lingyun, who was weak, silently took the buns and wanted to say that I could eat two more, but he just thought about it and kept his mouth shut.

In order to avoid letting Qi Yuan see that she is not willing to eat, she will not dare to eat enough in the future.

Wait until they finish eating and put everything away.

Shen Lingyun looked at the time, it was past seven o'clock, "Let's go to the brigade, the meeting is about to begin."

"Okay." Qi Yuan nodded, picked up the basket and walked out.

When he walked to the village, he saw many people heading towards the brigade. Qi Yuan pulled Shen Lingyun and ran away.

"Quick, let's take some space."

But he heard Shen Lingyun say that during meetings, he could find a place to sit in the front, but if there were many people in the back, he could only stand.

"You go first." Shen Lingyun was embarrassed to run with him and asked him to go to the brigade first. "It doesn't matter whether I sit down or not."

"How about that?" Qi Yuan didn't want to, but they brought a small stool. "Give me the stool, and you can go behind with the basket."

He ran away in a flash. Shen Lingyun fell behind and still maintained his original speed, taking steps that were neither too big nor too small.

Qi Yuan, however, moved forward at full speed, like a gust of wind, passing the people in front one by one, and quickly ran to the brigade headquarters.

When he arrived, dozens of people had just arrived in the courtyard of the brigade headquarters. People with better relationships gathered together in twos and threes to chat.

Branch Secretary He and other brigade cadres have also taken their seats and are waiting for everyone to gather for the meeting.

Qi Yuan found a place to put two small benches, and sat there with his back to everyone and his face toward the entrance of the brigade, waiting for Shen Lingyun.

People from the village came in one after another and saw Qi Yuan like this, with a small bench beside him.

Knowing that he was taking up space for others, she didn't move in front of him.

When Shen Lingyun came in, he saw Qi Yuan sitting on a small bench, with his face facing the door and his elbows on his knees, his hands on his chin and a pair of beautiful big eyes blinking, waiting for him.

The moment he saw himself, his eyes suddenly lit up, a big smile spread on his fair face, and he waved to himself.

"Why are you here?" Qi Yuan took the basket from Shen Lingyun's hand, "I'm so bored waiting."

Shen Lingyun smiled gently and said softly: "I knew you would take up space for me, so I wasn't too anxious."

"That's right." Qi Yuan liked hearing this. It felt good to be needed by Shen Lingyun. "You don't need to do these little things."

He took out the unfinished shoe soles and started working on them one by one.

During this period of time, he was busy studying. He and Shen Lingyun only made a pair of single shoes, and at least they had to make another pair each to wear.

Qi Yuan is very strong and can pick up soles very quickly.

He didn't understand and didn't care what meetings the brigade held. Anyway, with Shen Lingyun here, Qi Yuan focused on his own work.

Unexpectedly, he was sitting quietly picking up the soles of his shoes, but it would attract many people to look at him, and they were all surprised that a boy could do needlework.

Qi Yuan didn't know all this. He felt at ease when Shen Lingyun was around. Even when the brigade cadres spoke with loudspeakers, he didn't listen carefully.

You probably know that spring plowing is about to begin, so let everyone work hard.

Qi Yuan didn't react until she heard his name. Shen Lingyun pushed him and said, "I'll give you a private space."

"Oh." Qi Yuan suddenly stood up and raised his hand to gesture, "I'm here."

"Hahaha."

The people in the meeting burst into laughter. Qi Yuan didn't know why they were laughing. He looked around in confusion and saw everyone looking at him.

He immediately showed a cute smile, nodded to the person and said to He Xiangjun: "He Zhishu, I'm here."

"I saw it." He Xiangjun saw him smiling obediently at everyone, and his serious expression softened a little, "I will give you a private area in a while. Don't leave after the meeting is over."

"Oh." Qi Yuan nodded obediently, "I understand. Thank you, Party Secretary He and the brigade leaders."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt his foot being touched, and suddenly remembered what Shen Lingyun taught him.

"He Zhishu, I still have something to do." Qi Yuan said hurriedly.

"What's the matter?" He Xiangjun looked at him strangely, "Is there any difficulty? There happens to be a meeting today. Let's discuss it together and see if we can help you solve it."

"My homestead." Qi Yuan said, "When will you give it to me?"

"There is no need to discuss this matter." He Xiangjun said: "When you have enough money to build a house, come and apply and it will be approved for you."

"I can't afford to build a house." Qi Yuan said pitifully, "Can I exchange my homestead for a place for educated youth? This way I don't have to build a house, and there's no need to worry about kicking me out."

"This..." He Xiangjun didn't expect Qi Yuan to say this. It was really hard for him to answer such a request.

The venue, which had been a bit noisy with whispers just now, fell silent with Qi Yuan's words, and everyone listened to this matter with bated breath.

He Xiangjun turned his head and discussed in a low voice with several cadres of the brigade that this matter was not a big deal, but he could not decide on the collective property by himself.

"This matter can be easily solved." After discussion, He Xiangjun said: "Your homestead should be divided in the village, and the educated youth office is more than a mile away from the end of the village. No one will build a house there. The educated youth office is equal to If it is vacant, it will not necessarily collapse if no one lives in it."

He looked around at the villagers in the meeting and said, "The brigade should take care of your child. If no one in the village objects, the educated youth will be yours and the village will no longer give you a homestead."

"We object." As soon as He Xiangjun finished speaking, someone objected loudly, "Why should we give the educated youth to him? It is nearly two acres of land with two houses in front and back. Isn't this taking advantage of the collective?"

Then there were more than twenty voices, one after another, all of which were objections.

Others said with indignation: "Housing in the village is so tight. Many families can't even get a wife because they don't have a house. Why should the two houses of the Educated Youth Institute be given to outsiders?"

"That's right." Someone agreed: "If you want to give it, it's for our villagers. We don't agree to give it to a little beggar for nothing."

Shen Lingyun's eyes passed over each of the opponents, and he saw that they spoke of awe-inspiring justice, but in fact, everyone had naked malice in their eyes.

Looking at him and Qi Yuan, his eyes were filled with contempt and disdain.

Others showed sarcastic smiles and raised their heads high to deliberately act provocatively, as if to see what you could do to me. .

Chapter 17

Wu Jianjie folded his arms and looked at Qi Yuan and Shen Lingyun proudly.

Qi Yuan's eyes were blank and Shen Lingyun frowned and remained silent. He felt even more proud.

It was these two people who gave He Xiangjun the opportunity to seize the opportunity and remove his eldest brother, the militia captain, from his post.

Until now, they are too embarrassed to go out, which makes the Wu family very depressed.

Seize the opportunity today and teach these two people a lesson no matter what, and let them know the consequences of offending the Wu family.

Shen Lingyun sighed in his heart: He is just a fool. He has not noticed that his ugly face has attracted the attention of the entire brigade.

Wu Jianjie really didn't look at anyone else. He didn't know yet that the brigade cadres and villagers looked at him with understanding and explicit or implicit contempt.

Everyone understands that this is naked revenge.

Otherwise, the Wu family would not disregard their face and suddenly come out with so many people speaking out against it with the obvious consent of the brigade cadres.

"You?" Qi Yuan hesitated, turned around and looked around, then looked at Wu Jianjie blankly, "Are you alone and without any relatives? Or are you without a roof or roof or a roof over your head? Or are you a bachelor without a wife or children?"

Wu Jianjie: "..."

Everyone in the brigade: "..."

Qi Yuan's words made everyone confused, wondering what he meant?

Qi Yuan didn't wait for Wu Jianjie to answer, and continued: "Are you going to kill your relatives out of righteousness, become an orphan and have no relatives, and compete with me for an educated youth center?"

"Hahaha." Someone reacted quickly and immediately understood the meaning of Qi Yuan's words, bursting into laughter.

Someone else joked: "Yes, if you want to compete, you must have equal conditions. You people are obviously not enough."

He Xiangqian curled his lips in the crowd, knowing that they were deliberately making trouble because they were not giving face to his cousin He Xiangjun.

At that moment, he said loudly: "Qi Yuan's conditions are the only one in the Banpo Village brigade, how dare you argue with him?"

As soon as he showed up, the people of the He family started to speak one after another, with endless sarcasm coming out.

This led some people to nod their heads, saying that no matter how difficult the family was and lacked housing, they would not fight with a child.

Only then did Wu Jianjie react, blushing and glaring at Qi Yuan angrily, "You little brat, what did you say?"

"I mean..." Qi Yuan's eyes were clear, and he pointed at Wu Jianjie and said, "These people you are opposing, do you want to offend your ancestors, disregarding the love of parents, brothers, wives and children, and vowing to rob the educated youth center?"

"Just for the educated youth center, I don't think it's worth it." Qi Yuan spread his hands and said with a sad look on his face: "If I had a choice, I would rather be with my family, even if it means sleeping in the open air and begging for food together, than for a house Losing conscience and destroying all relatives."

His eyes were red and filled with tears, and he lowered his head sadly, as if he missed his relatives.

This pitiful little appearance made many people express sympathy and look at the Wu family with disapproval.

"You fart." Wu Jianjie was furious and took a few steps forward. "This has nothing to do with the educated youth. Don't mess around with me here."

He looked back at the Wu family. These were his relatives. He hoped that everyone would come together and encourage the villagers to oppose it.

Qi Yuan must not be allowed to get an educated youth center.

But he didn't expect that wherever he looked, whether it was his own family members or those relatives, everyone would either lower their heads or look away.

Which of them can achieve the competitive conditions Qi Yuan mentioned? It would be a fool to object at this time.

Embarrass yourself and make everyone laugh.

"Second brother." Wu Jianjie called angrily, wanting him to stand up and not being able to rush in front alone.

"Jianjie." Wu Jianheng looked away, "Our family does not meet the conditions. We should let those in the village who meet the conditions participate. After all, it is two houses."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the brigade cadres and said, "The brigade takes care of poor households, but it cannot just take care of one person. It must consider multiple aspects. Almost every family in Banpo Village is in short supply of housing. Jianjie is right about this."

"It's like you didn't say anything." Qi Yuan didn't buy his opinion, and rolled his eyes at him and said, "Can you find anyone in the whole village who is in urgent need of an educated youth center with my conditions?"

Wu Jianheng turned his head and looked at Qi Yuan with dark eyes, but his attitude was better and he did not retort loudly and be suspected of incitement like Wu Jianjie.

He spoke to Qi Yuan in a good voice, as if he were dealing with an unreasonable child, "You don't understand the situation in our village, and the Educated Youth Institute is collective property, and everyone has the right to fight for it."

"Why didn't you fight for it before?" Qi Yuan was confused and didn't understand what he meant. "As soon as I said yes, you guys came forward. Is this bullying me because I am young and have no relatives?"

"Also." He pointed at all the people from the brigade who came to the meeting, "No one said anything. It's just your family that is chattering about this and that. Don't you find it annoying?"

As Qi Yuan spoke, he turned around, looked at all the Banpo villagers in the brigade meeting, and asked, "You don't object to giving me the educated youth place, right? There's no one with the same conditions as me, right?"

"Look, there's no one." After Qi Yuan finished speaking, he shrugged at Wu Jianheng and said bluntly: "It's just you who want to kill your relatives out of justice, but unfortunately... you don't dare."

Villager of Banpo Village: "..."

What does this mean?

You didn't even give us a chance to say a word, so you just said that in front of all of us, okay?

Shen Lingyun lowered his head and smiled silently. He was just giving Qi Yuan a few words, this kid can do this.

It was so smart that he was unexpected.

"Ahem, cough, cough." Wu Jianheng was shocked by his operation. He accidentally choked on his own saliva and coughed. He didn't expect a little kid to be so difficult to deal with. "You can't say that."

"No matter how you say it, the conditions must be sufficient." Qi Yuan sighed, with a look of helplessness on his face, "I still need to pay for the soles. What do you want to say?"

Wu Jianheng: "..."

They originally wanted to incite the villagers, but no one came forward, and Qi Yuan only focused on his own home.

Wu Jianheng watched as the brigade cadres' expressions became increasingly ugly, Qi Yuan became aggressive, and most people in the village looked like they were watching a show.

I sighed in my heart: It seems I can't continue!

"Since no one in the village objects and no one wants an educated youth center, I have nothing to say." Wu Jianheng glanced at the hundreds of people around him. "I also looked at some people in the village. The family really needs it. The house just said a few words."

After he finished speaking, he looked in one direction and smiled mockingly.

It's just that they are not supported by others, so what if they make people laugh at them, at least the Wu family is not cowards if they dare to stand out.

"I can't give it to you as an educated youth." Wu Jianjie looked at his second brother, who was completely silenced by Qi Yuan, and said viciously: "I won't give it to anyone."

"Why?" Qi Yuan blinked his big eyes, his thirst for knowledge obvious, "What is the reason, please show it to me."

"I just won't give it." Wu Jianjie couldn't talk to Qi Yuan, so he could only threaten him, "With so many of us disagreeing, I'll see how you can get it to the educated youth center."

He said this not only to Qi Yuan, but also to the cadres of the brigade, the most obvious one being He Xiangjun.

The sovereign of this Banpo Village brigade.

He Xiangjun sneered: If the Wu family is threatened today and suppressed, they will have to come out and dance from time to time in the future.

He must not give this opportunity.

But before he could speak, an old man sitting in front stood up and coughed a few times.

As soon as he came out, even He Xiangjun became cautious, and the surrounding villagers even trembled in their hearts.

This is Wu Qiuying's husband. Wu Qiuying's women's director has been taken down. When he comes forward now, everyone is curious about what he is going to do?

After all, he is old and has seniority here, so no one dares to provoke him easily.

"Uncle, you'd better stop talking." Qi Yuan ran out from the crowd, walked to the front and looked at the old man, "You are over sixty, you don't look like you have no children."

He looked the old man up and down, pointed at his clothes and said, "There isn't even a patch on his body. He looks like he's pampered. Why are you standing up?"

"How can you, a stupid kid, have the right to speak?" Zhang Tiejun looked at Qi Yuan with his small eyes, "A foreigner should abide by the village rules and know his identity."

"I am a poor peasant." Qi Yuan patted his chest and looked at the old man with his head held high, "You look like a landlord and a capitalist at first glance, someone who exploits me. Why do you listen to me?"

As he spoke, he stretched his neck and looked at Shen Lingyun in the crowd. When he saw the look of approval on his face, he knew that he had said the right thing.

"You, you?" The old man's hands trembled because of his anger, "I am also a poor farmer, and my ancestors have been poor farmers for generations."

"Don't believe it?" Qi Yuan shook his head directly, "It turns out that you are not of good quality and your conditions are not good enough, so don't have any wishful thinking."

He deliberately called the old man uncle because he didn't want him to suppress him because of his seniority. Qi Yuan didn't care whether he looked ugly or not.

"Don't faint." Qi Yuan waved the awl held in the sole of his shoe in front of his eyes, "My ancestral magic needle, if you faint, I will prick you a few times, and I will keep it for you and you will be fine soon."

"You, you, you?" The old man was so angry that Qi Yuanzhi shivered all over.

"It's okay to tremble, but don't faint." Qi Yuan warned him again, "If you faint, you just want to blackmail me. I will really use the ancestral magic needle to wake you up."

He shook the awl in his hand again, with a serious look on his face, which made people see that Qi Yuan was not joking.

His family members came forward, supported the old man and glared at Qi Yuan. As soon as he opened his mouth, he started to curse, but Qi Yuan turned his head and looked at He Xiangjun.

"He Zhishu." Qi Yuan said, "I am the only one who meets the conditions."

He opened his hands and counted them, "The quality, condition and age are all sufficient, and they were exchanged for a good housing base in the village. I didn't take advantage of it at all."

"A house on the same base and two houses for access to the courtyard?" The old man finally calmed down under the care of his family, "Isn't this called taking advantage?"

"Don't take advantage." Shen Lingyun walked up behind Qi Yuan at some point, looked at He Xiangjun and said, "The housing base in the village was exchanged for the yard of the educated youth center. Two adobe houses were priced, and Qi Yuan bought them."

"Okay, let's do it like this." He Xiangjun made an immediate decision, not allowing anyone to disrupt the situation. "Accountant He went to check the accounts and see how much money was spent on educating the educated youth."

Qi Yuan looked at Shen Lingyun and said to He Xiangqian, "That house is very shabby, so you can't give it to me at the original price."

"This has to be depreciated." Liu Jianguo, the captain of the production team, chuckled, his eyes passing over the faces of Wu Qiuying's husband and the Wu family one by one, "How much can a house that is more than ten years old be worth?"

"Yeah." Wang Dali also had the opportunity to speak at this time, "It's not even half of the original price."

He looked at the Wu family and sneered. He had offended the Wu family by becoming the militia captain. If he didn't even say anything now.

Doesn't it make them think that they are afraid of them?

After a while, Accountant He hurried back with the account book, opened it and said, "A total of forty-two dollars, three cents and eight cents was spent."

"So much?" someone exclaimed, "Who can afford it?"

"Hmph." The old man snorted coldly, "You can't write an IOU. If you don't have money, don't buy it. And you can no longer live in the educated youth residence, and you can't continue to occupy collective property for nothing."

"Hey!" As soon as he said this, everyone knew what he meant by standing up. It turned out that he wanted Qi Yuan and the others to move.

Isn't this about killing everyone? Too cruel!

"Okay." Shen Lingyun looked at He Xiangjun, his expression unchanged and calm, "How much is the depreciation?"

"Do the math." He Xiangjun said to Accountant He, "Let's do the math in front of everyone, so that no one will dig up the old score in the future."

He Hui's abacus was clicking, and he was mumbling words such as depreciation and taking care of the poor. He finally calculated the price to be twenty-eight yuan and six cents.

Without saying a word, Shen Lingyun took out the money from his pocket and gave it to Accountant He, "It just so happened that the money allocated a year ago hasn't been spent much yet, so I lent it to Qi Yuan to buy a house."

Qi Yuan suddenly beamed, looking at the old man standing aside and then at the Wu family members, laughing "hahaha".

"The place of educated youth belongs to me, and no one can push me away." He held his head high, his eyes proud, "Some people are just wishful thinking."

"Uh." Wu Qiuying's old father-in-law rolled his eyes, and his body sank to the ground. He was so angry that he fainted.

Qi Yuan pulled Shen Lingyun out of the way, hid the awl behind his back, curled his lips and said, "Get away quickly, don't rely on us.

Chapter 18

"You're such a bastard."

The old man's son rushed up to hit Qi Yuan, but Shen Lingyun blocked him in front, and then he was held back by Wang Dali.

"What are you doing?" Wang Dali shouted, "Is this where you fight?"

Wang Dali was the captain of the militia. The old man's son did not dare to resist him. He pointed at Qi Yuan and kept scolding him, insisting that Qi Yuan see a doctor.

"What are you looking at?" Qi Yuan poked his head out from behind Shen Lingyun and said with disdain, "Your dad's eyes are running wildly and he can't even pretend to be dizzy."

The old man was old and couldn't pretend to be old for a while. Hearing these words, he opened his eyes to see if the people around him noticed him.

Unexpectedly, Qi Yuan happened to be watching him, "Hahaha, look at him secretly opening his eyes to see."

"Lululu, you never stop." Qi Yuan pointed at him and smiled, with excitement in his eyes, "You pretend, keep pretending, we all saw it."

He burst out laughing "hahaha", and the surrounding villagers were also amused by Qi Yuan and laughed out loud, looking at this lively and cute little boy.

They all felt that Qi Yuan was a little heartless.

"Okay." Wang Dali couldn't help laughing. He pushed the old man's son and said, "Hurry up and help your dad go home."

If he hadn't looked at his age, Wang Dali would have wanted to say: Don't embarrass yourself here.

"Go back." He Xiangjun frowned and looked ugly, waving his hands as if to shoo away flies, "You have to pay attention to the impact at such an old age."

The old man stopped pretending. He got up from the ground in anger, pushed away his family members who were supporting him, and shouted at Qi Yuan: "Don't forget that you promised not to participate in collective labor and not to divide our village's rations."

"Hmph." The old man snorted coldly, his thin face full of meanness, "The rations in our village are precious and cannot be divided by outsiders. If you want to share the rations, you have to leave Banpo Village."

He then looked at He Xiangjun and sneered: "He Zhishu, when I first mentioned this matter, you were there and didn't say you didn't know."

"What can you eat if you don't know the rations?"

"How could you do this and let this child starve to death?"

The people in the brigade were all talking about this. Although it was a good thing for them not to differentiate between rations, most people really couldn't say this.

Being able to agree to such a request shows how much Wu Qiuying pushed people to do at that time.

The old man's face froze. He didn't expect that the villagers would say this. He was angry and angry, "Who is my daughter-in-law for? It's not for you, but for our Banpo Village."

He clasped his hands behind his back, looked around with suppressed anger and said, "My daughter-in-law's women's director was dismissed because of this incident. How can you say that to her if you are not grateful and just let it go?"

"Nonsense." Qi Yuan walked out from behind Shen Lingyun and wanted to refute that he had never said this, but was stopped by Shen Lingyun, "I said it."

Shen Lingyun said: "Wu Qiuying doesn't agree with your settlement. I said you don't need to participate in collective labor and will not be divided into brigade rations."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the villagers of Banpo Village and said, "Why Wu Qiuying was dismissed from her post? Everyone knows that it has nothing to do with Qi Yuan."

"You really dare to tell lies in front of everyone." He Xiangjun was annoyed and looked at the old man with angry eyes, "I respect your age, but I didn't expect you to dare to tell nonsense in front of everyone."

He sneered and looked at the old man and his family with disdain, "Do you want me to tell you the reason in front of everyone? Many people know it anyway, so you don't have to worry about this face."

This incident has already spread throughout the Banpo Village brigade, and everyone knows that it was caused by Wu Qiuying's daughter falling in love with Shen Lingyun.

It's just that no one openly talked about it openly. They were caring about each other's face, and the old man wanted to cover it up with a fig leaf.

"Dad, go back." The old man's son couldn't bear it. He couldn't talk about embarrassing things openly.

"Hmph." The old man was unwilling to give in, but he was afraid that He Xiangjun would not give him face. He stomped his feet and turned away with a grunt, and said harshly: "Let me see who dares to share this ration with that little brat. "

"Okay." He Xiangjun was annoyed and immediately announced the end of the meeting. "Spring plowing will be done in three days. Arrange your family affairs in the past few days. No one is allowed to delay the spring plowing."

He looked at Qi Yuan again, not wanting to interfere with Qi Yuan's participation in labor. Since the trouble had reached this level, he could only do this first.

"Each person has three points of private land. I will send someone to mark the land for you in the afternoon." He Xiangjun said and left.

Qi Yuan blinked and looked at Shen Lingyun, "Are you angry at me?"

"It's okay." Shen Lingyun smiled, "Let's go home."

Along the way, Qi Yuan didn't say anything about rations, and Shen Lingyun was still wondering how he could resist asking.

After arriving home, Qi Yuan sat on the kang to collect the soles of his shoes, as if he had no food rations and had forgotten what happened during the meeting.

Shen Lingyun: "Why didn't you ask about the rations?"

"What are you asking?" Qi Yuan looked up at him strangely, "Didn't you say you won't be given rations?"

Thinking of the old man, Qi Yuan said angrily: "That dead old man is more hateful than the Wu family. It makes people sick just looking at him."

"Biting dogs don't bark." Shen Lingyun's eyes became cold and he said calmly: "That's good, it saves a lot of trouble."

Then he gave Qi Yuan a reassuring smile and said warmly: "I won't starve you, don't worry."

"I'm not worried." Qi Yuan winked at him playfully, "I can work, so I can dig more wild vegetables and go outside to find food."

"Alas!" Qi Yuan frowned, a little worried, "If I had known about this earlier, I wouldn't have had three little piglets."

"They eat chaff but not food, so what are you worried about?" Shen Lingyun shook his head, always worrying about these useless things, "Besides, we have money, so buying chaff to feed them is not a problem."

"Yes, I will shoot more pigweed and feed them every day." Qi Yuan's sadness drifted away in a blink of an eye, and he said with a smile, "I am strong, who am I afraid of?"

He raised his eyebrows, showing his youthful arrogance and vitality, "I can help you earn centimeters, and then there will be more food, which will make them mad."

"You don't need to help me earn centimeters." Shen Lingyun chuckled, "Just plant the land at home."

He had already planned that the educated youth center would be in the second courtyard, with three open spaces in front and behind, totaling more than an acre of land.

This is why he asked Qi Yuan to buy the educated youth center.

Unexpectedly, Shen Lingyun made a mistake, and Wu Qiuying's husband's plan to drive them out of the educated youth center failed.

"The three-thirds of your private land will be planted with corn." Shen Lingyun said, "In the yard, we will plant some more potatoes and melons, which can be used as staple foods."

"I knew it." Qi Yuan's eyes lit up and he said happily, "You must have a way."

Shen Lingyun was quite pleased with his words and understood why he never asked about his rations. It was a complete entrustment and trust.

Three days later, Shen Lingyun got up early to go to work.

Qi Yuan was eager to help him with the work. He looked at Shen Lingyun with a longing look on his face, "I'll go with you."

"No need." Shen Lingyun: "You study hard at home."

"I know." Qi Yuan followed him out, "It's just that I'm full of energy now and just want to do some work."

"Working?" Shen Lingyun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and patted his head comfortingly, "Go back to study, take a rest when you are tired, don't worry about me."

In the past few days, he and Qi Yuan have organized the land in the yard and Qi Yuan's private land, and have planted corn and potatoes.

Small green cabbage seeds were also sprinkled.

Now she just waits for the vegetable seedlings to be grown and transplanted. There won't be much to do at home. Shen Lingyun hopes Qi Yuan can focus more on studying.

"I will study hard." Qi Yuan looked up at Shen Lingyun and promised, "Don't worry, I will do other things after finishing the homework you assigned."

"Okay." Shen Lingyun nodded, "I'm leaving. You close the courtyard door. No one needs to open the door."

"I know." Qi Yuan sent him away and went back to study without any delay.

He had to finish his homework before doing other things, and he couldn't let Shen Lingyun worry about it.

"Chi chi chi." After Qi Yuan finished her homework, the first thing she did was to feed the chicks, "Grow up quickly and lay eggs for me."

He held a chicken as big as his fist and nodded with satisfaction. It took him half a month to reach this point.

Qi Yuan was very satisfied.

He walked around the pigsty again, looked at the three little piglets that had not changed much, and said: "Grow up quickly, they will be fat and waiting to eat your meat."

He was alone in the empty house, and the piglets and chickens couldn't talk to him.

Qi Yuan walked around a few times boredly, and when he caught a glimpse of the thermos bottle, he felt happy. He remembered that Shen Lingyun didn't bring water with him when he went out.

He ran out the door like a gust of wind and ran on the dirt road. When he met people, he asked: "Have you seen Shen Lingyun?"

Under the guidance of others, Qi Yuan saw Shen Lingyun working on a piece of land from a distance.

"Shen Lingyun, I'm here." Qi Yuan ran over happily and said with a bright smile: "I've brought you water."

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun straightened up, wiped the sweat from his face, and said with a smile, "I'm thirsty."

When he went out, Qi Yuan pestered him to follow him, so he forgot to bring water.

"Drink." Qi Yuan gave him the enamel jar, "Why are you the only one in this land?"

He looked around. There were several people everywhere else, but Shen Lingyun was alone.

"Everyone in the village has his or her own team." Shen Lingyun said, "Our team that decentralized personnel was disbanded, and I was the only one left."

Villagers never work together with decentralized personnel, and even the educated youth work in a separate team.

When Qi Yuan heard this, she felt uncomfortable and looked at Shen Lingyun with loving eyes, "I will accompany you."

He grabbed the shovel from Shen Lingyun's hand and said, "I'll help you work for a while. You go sit down and rest for a while."

He has great strength and moves quickly without being sneaky. He can work faster than a strong laborer.

Shen Lingyun didn't stop him, which was Qi Yuan's intention, but told him: "Don't use too much force, just keep the same speed as me."

As he spoke, he looked around. Many people looked at him frequently. Shen Lingyun's lips were slightly curved and his eyes were full of ridicule.

Everyone must see Qi Yuan, a thin and frail child who is only ten or fourteen years old.

No worse than those adults, even worse. .

Chapter 19

Qi Yuan held the shovel in both hands and effortlessly scooped up a large piece of soil.

It's easy to work.

Unlike others, when you dig in with a shovel, you have to step on it with your feet to dig deeper.

People not far away around him stopped what they were doing in surprise when they saw his strength.

"This kid looks so frail and young, but I didn't expect him to have such strength."

"Yes! It's much better than the strong laborers like us."

"I look at this kid, he's better than us big guys."

"If only my children were so capable!"

The strong laborers nearby first discussed Qi Yuan's strength and lamented their own inferiority.

Then they started to be envious again, and they attacked their own children one after another, looking like they wished they could change with Qi Yuan.

Shen Lingyun saw the envious eyes of those people and heard their words.

The corners of his mouth were slightly curved, just to let everyone see Qi Yuan's excellence and hard work.

"What are you doing?" Liu Jianguo, the captain of the production team, came over and shouted to the group of people: ""Why aren't you working anymore? "

He was followed by He Xiangjun, and he saw that people who should have been busy sweating in the fields were now gathering together to chat.

There were sighs and envy on his face, and he was mumbling something, which made him furious.

"You don't even want cents anymore, do you?" Liu Jianguo's face was solemn and he was full of displeasure. "You are lazy on the first day at work. Are you lazy at home?"

"Hi!" Someone who was brave and not afraid of being scolded said with a playful smile, "We just rested for a while and straightened up."

Others pointed to Qi Garden and said, "Look at that place, it's worth a visit."

Liu Jianguo followed his finger and saw Qi Yuan working. He was surprised and said, "Huh? Why is he here?"

When the land was divided in the morning, I didn't see Qi Yuan, and I didn't understand how he could do the work.

"I did it for someone else." Someone explained to him.

Others said with envy: "The strength of such a small child should not be underestimated. He is much stronger than us grown men."

Liu Jianguo had eyes and could see by himself. Of course he saw the ease with which Qi Yuan worked, as well as his speed and neatness.

"Look." Liu Jianguo pointed at Qiyuan and said to He Xiangjun: "What a good labor force, but we are not allowed to participate in labor."

He was straightforward and rude, "Their hearts are quite dark. They treat a child like this without any hatred or grudge. Do they want him to drink the northwest wind?"

"Alas!" He Xiangjun couldn't help it. Shen Lingyun said what he said and was caught by others, "It's true that trouble comes from the mouth."

He had nothing to do, and he was not willing to continue making trouble over this matter endlessly. He could only wait for the opportunity to talk about it in the future.

"Go back." Shen Lingyun saw the captain and the others coming. His goal had been achieved, so he took the shovel from Qi Yuan's hand and said.

"I'm not tired, I'll help you for a while." Qi Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, "You go and have a rest."

"Have a rest." Shen Lingyun said, "You go home and cook, I will be back in a while."

Qi Yuan looked up at the sky. The sun was almost in the middle. "Okay, I'll go back and cook."

"What a good boy." Liu Jianguo stood at the edge of the field and saw Qi Yuan approaching. He smiled and said, "He is a good worker."

"I'm young." Qi Yuan smiled shyly and said modestly, "I can't do much work now."

Liu Jianguo shook his head and praised, "Seeing how fair and clean you are, I thought you couldn't bear the hardship and couldn't do much work, but I was wrong."

He regretted in his heart that when he saw Qi Yuan's slender figure and fair face, he thought he was a child who had not contributed much.

At yesterday's meeting, when it was mentioned that he would not be allowed to participate in labor, Liu Jianguo did not take it seriously and did not speak to help.

When I saw his skilled posture today, it looked like he had been farming before.

He looked at He Xiangjun, frowned and said, "What a pity for such a good worker. Besides, what should he eat regardless of the rations?"

Liu Jianguo wanted to help, but Qi Yuan said, "Thank you, captain, but..." He turned back to look at Shen Lingyun, "We must do what we say, and we can't go back on our word."

He looked at He Xiangjun again and said, "I won't give He Zhishutian any trouble. If I don't give him rations, I won't."

Qi Yuan puffed up her chest and said seriously: "I can work. Even if I dig wild vegetables every day, no one will laugh at me."

He was truly grateful to Liu Jianguo and knew that He Xiangjun had no reason to help him any more, so he resolutely refused Liu Jianguo to intercede for him.

"Thank you, captain." Qi Yuan thanked him again, the gratitude in his eyes was beyond words, "Thank you for helping me to speak justice."

"You kid!" Liu Jianguo sighed.

He knew that if Qi Yuan came to work, it would be impossible for the Wu family not to cause trouble, as well as Wu Qiuying's old father-in-law, the old man Liu who relied on his old age.

He Xiangjun on the side is also helpless. He is really annoyed by those people in the village who can make trouble. Based on the principle of doing less, it is better to do more than to do less.

I plan to turn a blind eye to Qi Yuan's matter.

But he also felt worried when he thought about what the child would eat if there was no food rations.

"Um..." Qi Yuan glanced at Liu Jianguo, smiled sheepishly, and said to He Xiangjun: "He Zhishu, please ask Captain Wang to tell us that the vegetable growing land in Brother Lingyun's cowshed will be taken back."

He frowned slightly with a worried look on his face, and looked at He Xiangjun eagerly, "What do you want him to eat? Can't he not eat any food?"

"This..." He Xiangjun didn't expect him to say this, so he hesitated and said, "After spring plowing, the village will open up wasteland, which is in the direction of the cowshed."

"What should Brother Lingyun do?" Qi Yuan continued to ask: "If there is no private land, how can he grow vegetables?"

"He is not from our Banpo Village." He Xiangjun said: "He cannot have private land and cannot be treated the same as the villagers."

"But you gave me the land before." Qi Yuan didn't understand why you didn't give it to me now, so he asked, "Isn't it the land next to the cowshed?"

"That's the land used to grow vegetables for decentralized personnel." He Xiangjun said patiently, "Now that we need to open up wasteland nearby, it will naturally be taken back."

"You can take it back." Qi Yuan blinked, his eyes a little confused, "Can't we allocate another piece of land to grow vegetables for Brother Ling Yun?"

He Xiangjun: "..."

This child is a bit stubborn and can't explain why.

Qi Yuan saw that he was silent, and then said: "There is so much land in the village, it is not difficult to demarcate another one, why not?"

Why?

He Xiangjun: "The courtyard as big as the Educated Youth Institute and your private land are not enough for you to grow vegetables?"

"Oh." Qi Yuan understood, "It's because I own the land, so the team doesn't leave the land."

He had a stunned expression at first, and then looked at He Xiangjun speechlessly. He was making up his own mind.

When Qi Yuan figured it out, he became furious, his chest heaved violently and his face turned red with anger.

"They say He Zhishu is upright and kind, and he is principled and fair, but what about us?" Qi Yuan's eyes were angry, "Is he fair to us?"

"Shen Lingyun is not from your village, so you don't care whether he lives or lives, and you still want to throw him to me."

Qi Yuan pointed at herself, "I am a child with no food rations and no money, and yet you still want to exploit me."

He was really angry. He came to this strange place and was lucky enough to meet such a good person like Shen Lingyun. He didn't expect that he would be in such a difficult situation.

Being bullied by the villagers, everyone shunned him like a snake or a scorpion, and completely excluded him, which made Qi Yuan feel particularly uncomfortable.

He himself didn't care. He wasn't from here, so Qi Yuan didn't feel much about how they treated him.

But Shen Lingyun couldn't do it. How could a person who was so kind to him endure this? Qi Yuan was so angry and sad that he wanted to cry.

He Xiangjun saw Qi Yuan so excited, his eyes were red with tears, and his whole body was shaking like an angry beast.

He didn't react for a moment, and looked at Qi Yuan in a daze, wondering what was wrong with him?

"There is so much wasteland, I would rather leave it deserted." Qi Yuan's voice was filled with tears, "I would rather not give it to Shen Lingyun, why do you do this to him?"

"How much do you hope that we will have a bad life? You want to see us go hungry." Qi Yuan finally shouted this angrily, "Do we have any grudge against you?"

"You kid." Liu Jianguo stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "If you have something to say, please speak it carefully and don't get excited."

"I..." He Xiangjun finally understood why Qi Yuan said these words.

He was speechless, thinking that he had done nothing wrong in this matter, but Qi Yuan's expression seemed to be a heinous one.

"Qi Yuan." Shen Lingyun heard his angry question and ran over quickly, "What's wrong?"

People working nearby stopped and looked here when they heard Qi Yuan's angry shouting.

"They all bully you." Qi Yuan finally shed tears when she saw him coming over, "They won't even give you a vegetable plot."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" He cried and wiped his tears.

When Qi Yuan came, he saw a few people gathering together and working, talking and laughing, but Shen Lingyun was alone.

He felt bad in his heart.

Coupled with He Xiangjun's natural words, Qi Yuan felt even more uncomfortable. None of them took Shen Lingyun seriously.

"Don't cry, don't cry." Shen Lingyun felt sour in her heart. She didn't expect that he was aggrieved for himself, "I don't care, don't be sad."

"I just feel uncomfortable." Qi Yuan lay in his arms and stamped his feet angrily, "Why do I do this to you?"

Shen Lingyun frowned to hide the emotion in his eyes, and softly comforted Qi Yuan, "As long as you treat me well, that's enough."

He patted Qi Yuan's back gently, rubbed his little head, and carefully coaxed him not to cry.

When Liu Jianguo saw them like this, he felt a little uncomfortable. "There are so many open spaces. You can just block them out at will. Why make a child feel so uncomfortable?"

He Xiangjun: "..."

He didn't expect this to happen. He thought that the educated youth institute was so big and Qiyuan still had three-thirds of private land, so he could eat endless vegetables.

"Alas!" He Xiangjun sighed: "Forget it, next to your yard, the Qiyuan private land will be divided into two parts for Shen Lingyun."

Chapter 20

"Are you still angry?"

When Shen Lingyun came home, he saw that Qi Yuan was wilting and hadn't even eaten much, so he comforted her: "No one has the obligation to help you all the time."

"If you want to live a good life, you have to work hard." Shen Lingyun said, "He Zhishu is from Banpo Village after all."

Qi Yuan was young and didn't understand some things, so Shen Lingyun explained them to him bit by bit.

When he came here when he was young, he realized many truths by himself. Shen Lingyun wanted to teach Qi Yuan how to understand the world.

"I know." Qi Yuan listened carefully and finally nodded to admit his mistake, "I just feel uncomfortable."

Qi Yuan didn't understand why he treated Shen Lingyun like this, but it didn't stop him from protecting Shen Lingyun.

"Yeah." Shen Lingyun chuckled. He himself had thought this before, "I know, I know you are doing it for me."

He put his warm palm on Qi Yuan's head, rubbed it gently, and said with a smile: "I am very satisfied with my life now, you don't need to be too sad for me."

In the first few years when he came here, Shen Lingyun didn't dare to think about it. Contentment would make him feel better, so he wouldn't expect anything extravagantly.

Qi Yuan did not avoid his hand. When she looked up at Shen Lingyun, she did not miss the flash of pain in his eyes.

"We will live a good life in the future." Qi Yuan reached out and grabbed the corner of his clothes and gave him a big smile, "I am good to you."

He could tell that Shen Lingyun was not in a good mood.

Although he kept smiling and speaking softly to himself, Qi Yuan could sense his hidden mood.

"Okay." Shen Lingyun looked at his lively eyebrows and couldn't hide the young man's wild and wanton temper, so he couldn't help but smile: "You should be obedient."

"Well, I listen to you." Qi Yuan nodded in agreement.

He raised his little face with a bright smile, and his beautiful almond-shaped eyes blinked beautifully.

Qi Yuan's appearance was naturally cute and well-behaved, but it was hard to see his naughty and restless temper when he was so calm.

"I'm going to work." Shen Lingyun stood up with relief and said, "You are at home, there is no need to go to the fields."

He doesn't want to control Qi Yuan, but in this day and age, Shen Lingyun's current status cannot give him much protection.

The only solution was to ask Qi Yuan to stay at home as much as possible and not go to crowded places.

"Okay." Qi Yuan did not object, "I will go and tidy up the private land you allocated later, and plant corn as soon as possible."

Gradually, he had more things to do. He had to take care of the piglets and chickens at home, as well as the land for farming.

Especially Shen Lingyun works every day and has no time to take care of things at home. Qi Yuan also has to take over the laundry, cooking and other housework.

Time passed little by little, and it was May in the blink of an eye.

Banpo Village has few paddy fields and can only grow a small amount of rice. Most of the fields are planted with wheat and corn.

At this time, adults and children in the family have to go to the fields to help, scatter wheat and plant some corn, and the entire Banpo Village is almost empty.

In May, it was time to pick elm money. Qi Yuan wandered around the village alone and picked all the old elm money trees.

Going home to steam yuqianwowo and make yuqian rice can save a lot of food, so Qi Yuan can't let it go.

Shen Lingyun came back in the evening and saw a lot of elm coins hanging to dry in the yard. He asked strangely: "Why did you pick so many elm coins?"

"Eat it." Qi Yuan said matter-of-factly: "If you can't eat it and dry it, save it for later. You can save a lot of food."

"Oh." Shen Lingyun nodded without saying anything.

Qi Yuan can cook, and most people in the village also pick elm money to eat. It can save food and change the taste, which Shen Lingyun thinks is good.

"There are also some elm money trees over there. I'll pick some back after work tomorrow." Shen Lingyun said.

"You don't have to worry about it." Qi Yuan said, "I'll pick it tomorrow."

He now knows the surrounding situation well and knows how many elm trees there are. Qi Yuan has already calculated it.

Early the next morning, Qi Yuan brought back pigweed, cleaned the house, and went to the fields to pick elm money.

The elm money tree happened to be near the corn field. People in Banpo Village were busy lighting corn, and no one noticed Qi Yuan coming over.

Qi Yuan hugged an elm tree and climbed up flexibly in a few clicks, plucking the elm money branch by branch.

He filled the cloth bag and backpack he brought, then sent them home, then came back and continued picking.

In less than a morning, he had almost finished picking several elm trees, and only the last tree was left.

Qi Yuan was discovered by several children. They ran to the tree and called him down, "Stop picking, leave some for us."

"What?" Qi Yuan looked under the tree and saw a few four or five-year-old children looking at him eagerly.

"What?" Qi Yuan asked.

One of the children stamped his feet anxiously and shouted, "Save some for us, and we will eat too."

"Eat it." Qi Yuan was puzzled, "I didn't stop you either."

"We can't reach it." The child said, "Save some for us, and I'll ask my dad to pick it for me later."

Qi Yuan laughed when he heard this and said, "No need to wait for your dad, I'll go down and give you some later."

"Really?" Several children left their saliva with greedy saliva, and some put their fingers in their mouths to suck.

The longing in their eyes was expressed so vividly that Qi Yuan couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Really, just wait."

But before he could get off the tree, someone pointed at the elm tree here and shouted, "Who is so wicked? They plucked all the money from the elm tree."

This loud voice attracted the attention of many people. They looked in the direction of the elm money tree and saw that it was still full of elm money in the morning.

Now they are all bald.

Only a few bare branches are left, and so much of the elm money is gone.

Several women who were close immediately ran here.

Pointing at Qi Yuan who was still struggling on the tree to pick the last bit of elm money, he cursed: "Who is this? So wicked."

"Come down quickly." Several women ran to the tree and stood there cursing: "Your family is so poor that they have knocked down several trees."

"Let's see who it is. No matter who you are, you just go to your own house without caring about others. Have you never eaten in eight lifetimes?"

Qi Yuan had already heard the scolding, but he ignored it and just picked money from elm trees and put it in his own basket.

"Are you deaf?" The women continued to curse: "Didn't you hear me when I asked you to come down?"

The commotion here is getting louder and louder, attracting more people to come over, all wanting to see who has knocked out the elm money tree.

Leave nothing for others.

"It seems to me that he is a child of Shen Lingyun's family." A woman came over later. She carefully looked at the figure on the tree, "It seems to be the Qi Yuan that she picked up."

"No one can do it." Qian Lili, a woman in her twenties, said angrily: "I was still thinking of picking some elm money to go home and steam it in my spare time, but now it's better to let him finish picking it. "

"This elm tree belongs to everyone in our village. We can't let him pick it all by himself." Another woman also said: "I want to take a bite of this at this time every year, but now I don't even leave a little bit. This is too much. .

"Hi!" A man said with a smile, "Is that too much?"

"Have you not seen that the few elm trees in our village are all bald like these." The man smiled and looked at Qi Yuan on the tree with envy, "He is a very capable child."

"What?" Many people were shocked, "Have you finished picking all the money trees in the village?"

Several elm trees in Banpo Village grow at the east end of the village. Some people live far away from there and are unaware of this situation.

There were dozens of people around under the tree, men, women, old and young, all looking up at the tree and saying various things.

Some disagreed, some cared about it, but most of them thought Qi Yuan should not take all the Yushu money home.

No matter what, you have to take care of the other people in the village. This is not eating alone.

Qi Yuan had no time to pay attention to these people. He finished picking the money from the elm tree and wanted to go home after getting down from the tree.

"You can't leave." Several women shouted, and the young and strong men in their families surrounded Qi Yuan.

"What are you doing?" Qi Yuan looked at the men standing in front of him, raised an eyebrow and asked, "A robbery in broad daylight?"

"You're a little brat, who's going to rob you?" Several men laughed contemptuously.

"You are so poor that you have plucked all the elm trees. What do you have worth robbing?" Qian Lili, the one who scolded the most, pointed at Qi Yuan and said, "Keep all the money from the elm trees you picked. I can't let you take it away." .

"Your family?" Qi Yuan turned around and asked her, "Do you need to take care of it?"

"Hi!" Qian Lili put her hands on her hips and said arrogantly, "This belongs to our Banpo Village. Of course I have the right."

"Your man is from Banpo Village." Qi Yuan rolled his eyes at her, "Does anyone else want you to give it?"

"If you give it, I will give you the elm money." Qi Yuan looked at her with disdain and asked again: "Will you give it?"

"puff."

"Hahaha."

Some people couldn't help but laugh out loud. Qi Yuan's question was a good one and hit the right spot.

"You stinky scoundrel." Qian Lili's face turned red because of his anger, and she looked at her man, "You can say this even at a young age, but at first glance you are not a good person. When you grow up, you will be a bastard. .

"Tsk." Qi Yuan was not afraid of her at all. "Every day I talk about fences. Have you squatted before? That's why you are so familiar with it."

"Why are you talking?" Qian Lili's man was unhappy and said with a cold face: "It's your fault in the first place. How can you pick all the money from the elm tree and go home without leaving any for others."

"What's wrong with picking it back?" Qi Yuan said impatiently: "It's not from your home, and I didn't go to your home to pick it. You guys are really busy with it."

"Don't be stubborn, kid." A middle-aged man said, "We are all from the same village. We have to take care of each other and leave some for others. We can't keep it all for ourselves."

"Shall I leave it for you?" Qi Yuan smiled, looking up at the uncle, "Then why don't you leave a way for me to survive?"

"It's nice to say that we all belong to the same village." Qi Yuan asked the uncle: "You don't even give me food rations, how can you have the nerve to care about what I want to eat?"