The village chief ignored the question and Qin Yao didn't dare to continue asking.

Holding the gong, he imitated what the village chief and Liu Qi usually did, beating the gong and shouting in the village.

Notify the people there that rice seedlings will be planted on the eighth day of the first lunar month and that County Magistrate Song will lead people from other villages and towns to come and observe and learn.

The whole village shouted until their voices became hoarse.

Qin Yao thought to herself that if she were the village chief, she would definitely ask Carpenter Liu to make a big loudspeaker.

Otherwise, if you keep shouting like this from time to time, your voice will become hoarse sooner or later.

As soon as the news that County Magistrate Song was coming spread, the entire Liujia Village was in an uproar.

In the past, families were not so particular about it, but now they get up early in the morning to clean the house, wipe the windows and sweep the cobwebs, just like during the Chinese New Year.

The three women, Zhang's mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law, in the old house took out the new clothes they had worn during the New Year from the bottom of the box, spread them out and hung them on a rack. When the folds were smoothed out, they put on the clothes and went to the fields that day.

Liu Bozhi said that He was crazy. Which good person would go to the fields to plant rice and wear new clothes!

He sneered at him: "What do you know? You care what I wear? You talk as if you can wash clothes!"

Liu Bo was choked and speechless.

Soon, the agreed time arrived.

Although they knew it was impossible to get to the village from the county town so early, the villagers of Liujia Village still followed the village chief and clan leader to the village entrance early in the morning and stretched their necks to look at the road.

Farming is a big deal, so the stationery factory stopped working for two days to allow enough manpower for everyone to plant rice.

There was nothing to do in the factory, so Qian Wang and Yin Le, two outsiders, came over to watch the fun and help hang the banners brought by Qin Yao and Liu Dafu.

The fabric was precious, and the banner was kindly provided by Qin Yao's family and hung on the clothesline outside Carpenter Liu's tea shed.

This location faces the main road into the village and is on high ground, so anyone who comes can see it at a glance.

Liu Dafu had already discussed with Carpenter Liu that those who came today would have their meals in his tea shed.

The ingredients are collected from each household in the village, and they make what they have. The women from Liu Dafu's family are in charge of cooking, and whoever is free from other households in the village comes to help.

After hanging the banner, Yin Le stayed at Carpenter Liu's house to help out.

She followed He and Qiu in the factory canteen. Although she had not yet learned how to cook, she had already become skilled at making fire, washing dishes and mopping the floor.

A diligent girl will never be disliked anywhere. Even though Yin Le doesn't like to talk much, the wives in the village will take her along when they see her busying around and have fun.

Besides, she is still protected by He, so no one dares to bully her.

After Qin Yao had been instructing Song Zhang and the others about where to sit for dinner with Liu the Carpenter's family for a while, she turned around and saw Yin Le busy in the kitchen, and raised her eyebrows in surprise.

With a scarf tied on her face, she was running back and forth in the kitchen, sometimes holding a plate, sometimes carrying soup.

The aunts and sisters-in-law who were busy on the chopping board opened their mouths and said, "Yue Niang, come here!"

Qin Yao was busy receiving visiting study groups during this period and had not been to the factory much. In addition, Yin Le had not appeared in front of her recently, so she almost forgot about this person.

It seems that the goal of one thousand words has caused a great obstacle to Yin Le. Perhaps he has faced the reality and stopped struggling.

Qin Yao left Carpenter Liu's house with secret satisfaction, came to the village entrance, and drove away the villagers who were still waiting there.

"The sun is about to rise. If we don't hurry up and plant the rice while it's still cool, it will be harder to work when the sun comes out."

What Qin Yao said made sense, but the villagers still subconsciously looked at the village chief and the clan leader.

The patriarch said nothing. Since he wasn't going to the fields anyway, he had time to wait.

The village chief smiled helplessly and waved his hand, "You can't come so quickly, everyone go to the fields first."

Time waits for no one, and good seasons don’t come every day, so farming is still the most important thing.

The villagers, who were already anxious about the sun, immediately dispersed.

The long wait finally wore off the excitement of the magistrate's arrival, and soon the fields were filled with the sound of water splashing into the water.

"I'm going too." Qin Yao smiled at the two elders, "You two can go under the tree and rest while watching."

Especially the village chief, you have just recovered from a serious illness, don’t get exhausted again.

The village chief glared at her and said unconvincedly that he was still in good health.

It was just his heavy breathing that exposed his true physical condition.

After glaring at Qin Yao, the village chief turned around and sat down, which made the clan leader laugh. "You are old, so why don't you just admit it openly? Why bother to hold on?"

Unexpectedly, a joke caused the village chief to sigh loudly.

"Ah~, do you think I want to hold on? If our village hadn't found someone to replace me, I would have been at home playing with my grandchildren!"

The chief looked at the tribesmen busy in the fields and couldn't help but sigh, "It would be great if we could have a boy as capable as Yao Niang in our village."

His eyes fell on the busy tea stall of Carpenter Liu's family, and the clan leader said tentatively: "But I think Dafu is not bad either."

"And your Liu Qi is a little young, but young people are good. They are energetic and smart, but they lack prestige." The clan leader felt bored as he spoke.

He glanced at the village chief indignantly. It was all his fault!

Two old men were sitting under the grass by the roadside, lamenting that there was no one to succeed them. When they heard the sound of horse hooves and wheels, one of them stood up excitedly.

Here it comes!

As soon as the gong was struck, the villagers who were busy bending over in the fields immediately stood up and looked towards the village entrance.

Leading the way was a green horse-drawn carriage, followed by four ox-drawn carts and some young men on foot.

In front of the leading carriage were two horse-riding officials wearing the uniforms of yamen runners.

As soon as he saw the situation, he knew that the person in the car must be the county magistrate Song Zhang.

Those sitting on the ox carts behind him were the headmen and village chiefs from various towns in Kaiyang County.

Following them were the more promising younger generations from their respective clans.

The head of the village in Jinshi Town was familiar with the head of Liujia Village, so he called out first, "He is from Liujia Village!"

The village chief came forward with a smile, and the young men in the village who had just gone to the fields, such as Liu Qi, Liu Bo, Liu Gong and others, also rushed over.

Liu Dafu was very fast. He ran all the way down from Carpenter Liu's house and came forward to greet them enthusiastically.

He was good at talking and the atmosphere suddenly became lively. The village chief and the clan leader looked at each other and felt secretly satisfied.

Song Zhang got off the carriage. In order to personally experience planting rice in the fields, he changed into a simple outfit that he thought would be suitable for working in the fields - a white cotton shirt and a pair of white cotton trousers.

"Where is Qin Yao?" Song Zhang got out of the car and asked with a frown when he didn't see any familiar figure.

Maybe she knew he was coming and hid because she didn't want to bother with it?

Just as I was thinking this, I saw a man wearing a conical hat, a gray linen shirt, his trouser legs rolled up, and barefoot, waving at me outside the crowd.

"Everyone, come over here, roll up your sleeves and trouser legs, and follow me to the fields!"

She had already prepared five acres of land at home for them!