Zhao Heng put down the shovel and turned to leave, but Jin Dashan grabbed him, saying, "Where are you going? What if the magistrate has something important to do?"

The county magistrate came running up, panting: "You brat, why did you run away as soon as you saw me? I went to your house to look for you, but none of you were there. Everyone in the village who was working on the city's creation campaign was also gone. Later, I found out that they were harvesting wheat. Did someone tell you anything?"

Zhao Heng finally felt relieved and plopped down on the edge of the ground, saying, "Father, did you hear some important news, which is why you rushed over?"

"Dashan, where is your mother? I have something very important to tell her," the magistrate said impatiently.

Jin Dashan pointed to Liang Shuyan on the donkey cart in front and said, "Look, my mother took our family to harvest wheat. She said it's going to rain heavily in the next couple of days, so everyone in the village has come to harvest wheat."

The magistrate had been wanting to discuss this matter, but he hadn't expected that Liang Shuyan already knew about it and had even led everyone to harvest ahead of schedule. This made the magistrate breathe a sigh of relief.

"How did your mother find out? Did everyone else in the village know?"

"I don't know how my mother found out, but Li Zheng found out too, and ordered everyone to go and harvest the grain."

"Father, did you walk to Daling Village? Did you come by carriage?" Zhao Heng suddenly thought of the matter of carrying grain, and seeing the county magistrate seemed to give him hope.

"I came by carriage. We were going up the mountain, but the road is uneven, so we parked the carriage in front of your aunt's house."

Zhao Heng clapped his hands happily: "Father, look, it's getting late. Why don't you help us carry the grain?"

Jin Dashan grabbed Zhao Heng and said, "No way! How can we let the magistrate carry our grain? Nonsense!"

The magistrate thought for a moment: if the grain in these villages couldn't be harvested, and a flood occurred, wouldn't they have nothing to eat? If the imperial court blamed him, his meager salary wouldn't even cover the fines.

"Okay, how will you carry it?"

Zhao Heng was quick-witted. Thinking of the donkey carts and horse-drawn carts available now, he smiled and said, "Father, why don't we take down the canopy of the horse-drawn cart first and help pull the wheat? After we help Auntie pull the wheat back, I'll help you put it back on, okay?"

Li Zheng agreed without even thinking about it.

Since arriving in Daling Village, Zhao Heng has indeed changed quite a bit. His initial laziness and apathy are gone, replaced by helpfulness and diligence, which is something the county magistrate should be very pleased about.

"Then, Dashan, you take my father to the fields to take a look. I'll go back and dismantle the carriage, then catch up."

"Then you need to be careful."

Zhao Heng turned and ran away, while Jin Dashan led Li Zheng to the edge of the wheat field.

A gentle breeze stirred, causing the golden wheat to ripple. Seeing this scene, Liang Shuyan smiled with satisfaction: "Alright, everyone, let's get to work!"

Liang Shuyan hadn't noticed the person standing behind her when she suddenly turned around and met the county magistrate's eyes. Jin Dashan laughed and said, "Mother, the county magistrate came to tell us about the weather. I didn't expect my mother to be so prescient, so I brought the county magistrate to the fields."

"Really, how could you bring the magistrate to a place like this for such a hard job as harvesting wheat?" Liang Shuyan complained about the mountains, then smiled and greeted the magistrate, "Magistrate, it's really kind of you to make this trip. Please sit here for a while!"

As Liang Shuyan spoke, she placed a clean burlap sack on the edge of the ground, gesturing for the magistrate to sit down first.

"Sir, the weather is not good. As you can see, our family probably has the most grain in Daling Village, but I don't need your help here. You can go back after you've been looking around for a while!"

The magistrate smiled awkwardly: "No need. Since I'm here, I should help you with the harvest. If the rain affects the whole year's harvest, the court will blame me, the magistrate. I can't help with anything else, but my son and I can help carry the grain."

Liang Shuyan rubbed her fair hands together: "Carry, carry grain?"

Jin Dashan came over and explained, "We'll be using the magistrate's carriage to carry grain later. Zhao Heng went back to dismantle the roof of the carriage, didn't he? He'll be here soon."

Liang Shuyan cursed inwardly, "That brat, how could he do something like this? He even knew to dismantle the magistrate's carriage roof?"

Everyone started wielding sickles and harvesting in the field. Sure enough, the old lady from the Liu family was not bragging. She not only harvested the land of two people by herself, but also did so quickly and well. She even cut the wheat stubble very evenly and smoothly.

Ruyan glanced at her, wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, and said, "Mother, why don't you wait for me?"

While cutting wheat, Zhang stood up to look at the old lady from the Liu family and was surprised to find that the old lady was faster than an earthworm. In the whole wheat field, she was like a leader.

On this side, Jin Erniu led a group of martial arts practitioners from the martial arts school, carrying sickles. Their speed was decent, but the stubble they cut was too high. Liang Shuyan called out to Erniu, "Erniu, look, the stubble can't be this high. Wouldn't it be better to take this back to burn for firewood and fill the kang (heated brick bed)? This is such a waste."

Erniu nodded: "Okay, Mom. I'll go tell them right now. These brats, they just want to win over my mother-in-law."

On the other side, Zhao Heng's voice rang out: "Dad, Aunt, I'm here!"

Zhao Heng really knew how to drive; he dismantled the carriage and drove it to the field. Recklessly, a cloud of dust appeared behind him as he charged directly towards the county magistrate and Liang Shuyan.

If the county magistrate hadn't dodged in time, he would have almost run into them.

"Slow down, you brat! Are you trying to kill your old man?" The magistrate was terrified and covered in dust.

Zhao Heng then jumped down from the carriage, grinning as he said, "Father, I'm sorry to have startled you, haha!"

Liang Shuyan then asked, "Zhao Heng, are you going to help Dashan carry grain?"

Seeing Zhao Heng's crazy behavior, Liang Shuyan was genuinely worried. It would be no joke if he accidentally fell off the cliff.

The magistrate glanced at Zhao Heng and said, "No need. I'll take care of hauling the grain with Dashan. Let Zhao Heng go and harvest the wheat. I don't trust him to be so reckless."

Zhao Heng pouted and said reluctantly, "No, I'm not going. If I go to the fields, I'll be fighting with Sanwang for a wife, and Sanwang will probably be in trouble again."

"You idiot, what nonsense are you spouting?"