Chapter 81 Forced to be a good person

Lin Xi was awakened by the urgent knocking on the door. She had been busy all day yesterday and slept soundly at night, but was still awakened by the annoying knocking on the door.

Who is it, so early in the morning?

Lin Xi casually combed her hair, straightened her clothes a little, and walked out the door.

"Lin Xi, you just got up, and everyone in the village has been busy all day." Zhao Pingwei said in an exaggerated tone.

Xiao Yongyan said calmly, "We have already harvested our fields. I wonder what you two want to talk to us about?"

Zhao Pingwei coughed twice and retreated behind Zhao Lizheng.

"Lin Xi, I heard that your family has a special tool that can quickly husk rice." Zhao Lizheng went straight to the point.

Lin Xi woke up immediately with a start. Only Hei Er and Zang Wenwu knew the existence of the rice mill, but these two people had been punished by the prefect. How did Zhao Lizheng know about it?

Although he was confused, Lin Xi did not show it on his face and began to play dumb, "Really? There are such good things in the world. If you have them someday, you must let me see them."

Zhao Lizheng frowned slightly. Last night his son told him with great confidence that Lin Xi's family had a treasure, a brand new farm tool that he had never seen before.

"Dad, no one would easily admit that they have such a treasure." Zhao Pingwei reminded his father in his ear.

"Lin Xi," Zhao Lizheng said in a soft voice, "It would be nice to have such a good thing. Wouldn't it be nice to use it to benefit the village? You don't have to admit it in a hurry. There are so many rice grains in the yard. If there is nothing to help, how can we process so much in one night?"

Lin Xi then raised his eyelids. As expected, the reason why the village head was able to become the village head was that he had some vision.

The rice in the yard was crystal clear and shiny, and it was obvious that it was freshly harvested. With such a large amount, it would be impossible for a normal family to finish harvesting it.

"Village head, to be honest with you, this is the result of our hard work with the Ma family yesterday. Neither of us slept all night and we were working the whole time." As he spoke, Lin Xi yawned loudly.

If Zhao Tan believed Lin Xi's words, he would be unworthy of being the village head. The girl was clearly fooling him.

Zhao Pingwei didn't have such patience. "Dad, I think we should just search her house directly."

Lin Xi's eyes sharpened. Even if Zhao Tan was the head of the village, he had no right to search her house.

"Since when has the village head been able to search other people's homes at will? I have been familiar with the books of sages since I was young, and I have never heard of such talk." Lin Xi stood in front of Zhao Pingwei, his tone a little stern.

Zhao Pingwei was not afraid of Lin Xi at all. On the contrary, he felt that this girl did not give him any face at all and should be punished.

Li Zheng Zhao was much calmer, "Madam Xiao, there is no need to search the house, we are just taking a look."

There are so many families in the village, but the headman doesn't visit other families but insists on visiting hers. Who would believe it if he told others about it?

Lin Xi suddenly shouted at the top of her voice, "Aunt Li, did the head of the village say he wanted to visit your house?"

The Aunt Li she called was Lin Xi's neighbor, but there was still some distance between them. When Lin Xi shouted, more than just Aunt Li could hear her.

Although it is the busy farming season, some women in the family are responsible for cooking and do not go to the fields.

Soon, a group of people gathered at Lin Xi's door.

Everyone was very surprised to see Zhao Li standing in Lin Xi's yard.

"Lin Xi, what are you doing?" Zhao Tan was a little angry. Why did they attract so many people to watch what happened between them?

"Oh," Lin Xi spread his hands, "I just want to show everyone how much the head of the village cares about the villagers."

The people around were confused and didn't understand what was happening.

"Lin Xi, stop playing tricks and hand over the things quickly!" Zhao Pingwei said to Lin Xi in a low voice.

Lin Xi didn't intend to give him face at all, and raised her voice, "What is it?"

"Don't pretend with the thing you use to peel the shell!" Zhao Pingwei was also a little angry.

"Oh, you mean the stone mill in my house." Lin Xi pointed at something in the corner, "My family uses this to grind rice."

Stone mills are common in every household. Lin Xi knew that this was definitely not what Zhao Pingwei was looking for, but she deliberately continued, "It's all thanks to your help. In fact, every household has a stone mill. There's no need to bring one to my house."

Now, Zhao Lizheng and Zhao Pingwei had no idea what Lin Xi was talking about.

"Everyone," Lin Xi said to the crowd, "The head of the village understands your hard work and has offered to help you grind rice. Look, he has already done so much for our family. Head of the village, you can't neglect one while focusing on the other. You have to take care of every family."

No one knew whether this was true or not, but Li Zheng Zhao had always had a good image in everyone's mind. When they heard Lin Xi say this, someone immediately said, "Li Zheng, why are you being so polite? There's always someone at home."

Zhao Tan was in great pain, but he couldn't destroy his image, so he had to follow Lin Xi's words and said, "This is not a good harvest this year, I'm afraid everyone will be too busy."

"If there is anything, we can come to you if we are really too busy." said the aunts.

Zhao Lizheng smiled and said, "I'm just afraid that I will be too embarrassed to speak up when the time comes."

"What is there to be embarrassed about? With your words, we feel very proud." The aunts became more and more excited as they spoke.

Zhao Pingwei's face turned black. Did his father make a mistake? They came here today for the rice mill.

"father!"

Zhao Tan treated his son's words as if they were his own and said, "If you need anything, just tell this brat."

Zhao Pingwei: “…”

Was he sold out by his father?

"Come to think of it, if it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have been able to produce over 100 kilograms of rice so quickly." Lin Xi said as he walked towards the rice box at home.

When others saw this, they thought that such a large quantity could not be handled by just the two people in Lin Xi's family.

"I didn't expect the head of the village to be so thoughtful for us today."

That being said, the head of the village helped Lin Xi's family. If he refused other families, it would be unreasonable. How can a good person not do his best?

"I just want to do my part for everyone," said Zhao Lizheng. Listening carefully, there was a hint of gnashing of teeth in his words.

After seeing the two off, Lin Xi slammed the door shut.

She was almost exhausted yesterday, so she wanted to take a nap.

On the path, Zhao Pingwei was very confused, "Dad, why do you have to follow Lin Xi's words?"

Now, he has become a free laborer.

Zhao Lizheng's face turned pale, and he raised his hand and slapped Zhao Pingwei, "Let me ask you, did you really see it yesterday?"

"Really? How could I lie to you!" Zhao Pingwei said aggrievedly.

"When I went to Lin Xi's house today, there were very few things in her house. I could see everything at a glance. There was no rice mill at all." Zhao Tan said, "It was so dark, I'm afraid you were dazzled."

"How is that possible!" Zhao Pingwei is not a child anymore, how could he be wrong.

"Hmph, you better behave yourself for the time being and don't cause any more trouble." Zhao Tan said fiercely, "If you cause any more trouble, you'll have to go to work in the fields every day!"

Zhao Pingwei was brought up in pampered surroundings, so he could never endure such hardship.

"By the way, if anyone needs help, just go over there honestly." Zhao Tan instructed.

Zhao Pingwei didn't dare to say much and had to agree.