It was a good harvest season and the villagers were happy, but unexpectedly, Liu Quanyou's family was in turmoil again.

Liu Yibiao went to Liu Quanyou's family's land in a rage under the scorching sun.

"That's absolutely not possible!"

From a distance, I could hear the loud voice of the young man driving the farm machinery, as if he was arguing with someone.

"Why not? Just do as I say and don't waste time." This was Liu Liye's impatient voice.

Liu Yibiao frowned. Why is this person here again?

Liu Yibiao walked over and asked loudly, "What's going on?"

Liu Liye was acting so confident just now, but now he seems to be feeling guilty and has become a coward with his head tucked in.

"Chief! Brother Ben told us that the weeds in the fields must be pulled out before harvesting. If we don't, the weed juice will easily get on the rice. But there's so much weeds in his several acres of fields, and he hasn't pulled them out at all!"

Liu Yibiao lowered his head and took a closer look. Sure enough, other people's fields were all green and yellow at this time, and had a golden color under the sun, but Liu Liye's fields were a mixture of green and yellow, with the green being almost greater than the yellow.

Reaching out and pulling off a weed, Liu Yibiao glared at Liu Liye: "What's going on?"

Liu Liye whispered, "The sun is so bright, the weeds should have dried up, and it shouldn't have any effect on the rice."

As soon as he started talking, he felt that he had a point, so he continued, "And even if the grass did stain the rice, it would only be the husks. Once the rice is threshed, the color won't remain."

Liu Yibiao: "How do you know it won't? If it gets stained, according to the contract, Aben doesn't have to buy your rice!"

Liu Liye was also shameless. He showed a flattering smile: "How could this be? We are from the same village, we should at least give you some face..."

"Face? What kind of face do you have? Ah? You deserve me to give it to you!" Liu Yibiao said with his hands on his hips, "I think you just don't farm yourself, you're not tired, and you don't feel sorry for the land your father worked so hard to farm."

"Ha, ha," Liu Liye laughed awkwardly, "Isn't there a harvester?"

"Each family harvests a few acres with a harvester, and then they'll plant the next crop soon. The young men are still waiting to drive the rice transplanters, so you're the only one left to take care of your fields!"

Liu Yibiao was about to tell the harvesting boy to leave, but Liu Liye got anxious and hurried over to stop him: "Here, help me harvest first!"

"How are you going to harvest this?" Liu Yibiao said unhappily, "Didn't I tell you the truth? Hurry up and pull it out! I'll send one of the guys to harvest the ones that other families have already picked. Once you're done, go find someone else."

This made sense, and Liu Liye had no choice but to watch awkwardly as Liu Yibiao directed the young man driving the harvester to go somewhere else.

After the people walked away, Liu Liye snorted and spat on the ground: "Pah! A clan leader of a small village, how can he be so arrogant! If his grandson hadn't stepped on some bad luck, would your family have gotten rich?"

After cursing for a while, seeing that other families were busy, Liu Liye could only bend down and slowly pull out the weeds.

At the beginning, Liu Quanyou gave Liu Liye a portion of the second-generation Wushuang rice that Liu Ben had divided, hoping that Liu Liye would be willing to come back to live after discovering the specialness of this rice. However, Liu Liye did not take it seriously at the time. After discovering that there was only rice and nothing valuable in it, he threw it aside.

After a winter, a few days before he came back, his wife accidentally took the bag of rice away when she went back to her parents' home. As a result, his mother-in-law casually cooked the rice and found that it was particularly fragrant and delicious. Surprised, he asked his wife about it, and only then did he know that Liu Liye's hometown was actually organizing the planting of this kind of rice.

Although Liu Liye felt that he lived better than other people in Liuwu Village, he was actually just a small employee and did not have much salary. He had to pay for a house and support his family. He spent the rest of the money on himself, and there was not much left for food at home.

So, he had never even tried Aben's products, which were now very popular among the middle and high-income groups. However, Liu Liye's father-in-law was quite knowledgeable when he was young. He naturally knew that such good rice would not be sold cheaply. Seeing this as a good opportunity to make money, he quickly informed Liu Liye.

Liu Liye couldn't believe what his father-in-law said. In his opinion, Liuwu Village was just a poor mountain village. No matter how hard the people there worked, they would never get rich or become big shots. How could such rice suddenly appear?

So he hurried back to the village.

After returning to the village, he had a bad quarrel with Liu Anjia and Liu Xiangsi, and the two ignored him afterwards. For Liu Liye, it was no big deal. The most realistic thing was to get a large sum of money easily.

His father Liu Quanyou told him to pull out the weeds, but Liu Liye didn't take it seriously at the time. He thought there wouldn't be much weeds growing in the field. He insisted on going to the field, walked around for a few days worriedly, and then happily went back to the city. He only came back to check on the field once a week, but he just walked around the edge of the field and pretended not to pull out the weeds as seriously as others did.

How can we grow good crops under such circumstances?

The grass in the field grew more and more, but Liu Liye, who knew nothing about farming, didn't notice it at all. Others looked at his field and reminded him and his father, but Liu Liye just didn't listen. He said he was busy and left in a hurry.

Now he was pulling weeds under the scorching sun, and he felt no regret at all. Instead, he blamed his father.

Since you knew there were weeds in his field, why didn't you help pull them out?

If the harvest from this field is good, won’t I have money to provide for his retirement?

This old guy is lazy and selfish. Once I have my own independent household registration and my own land, I won't have to bother with him anymore.

Liu Liye thought about it, and after just a few minutes of pulling, he felt his hands were numb and didn't want to move anymore.

People who have never had any experience in labor will really not be able to do this kind of work.

Liu Liye thought about it, found a shady place, and called his wife.

"Hello, it's me. I'm weeding in the field and I'm so tired. Can you help me?"

"You're crazy! I won't do such tiring work. Don't you see how hot the sun is? My skin will be tanned and rough. Why don't you ask your dad to remove it for you?"

Liu Liye tutted his words and said, "I don't think he's happy about it either. He wasn't happy about giving me the land he'd already planted. If I hadn't been so persistent, he definitely wouldn't have been able to do it."

"Then you can spend some money and find someone to pull it out for you. I'm not going anyway."

Liu Liye thought his wife’s idea was good, so he went to find someone immediately.

But those who have free time in Liuwu Village are all farming their own fields. Those who are not farming are working in Liu Ben’s factories and will not come to take his work.

Liu Liye first offered a price of 200 yuan a day, but no one came. Liu Liye asked people from other villages he knew when he was in school to help find a job, but they couldn't find any either. They all felt that it was not worth 200 yuan a day to do farm work in such weather.

Liu Liye raised the price to 400 yuan a day, and only then was he able to reluctantly hire two people to finish weeding the grass in one day.

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he received another call from his wife, who mysteriously asked him to go home, saying that she had something good to tell him.

Liu Liye went home, thinking that since he had found the person, he didn't have to worry about other matters.

Although the field was only a few acres, there was so much weeds in it that it took some effort to pull them out, so it was quite time-consuming. The two of them did work hard, and by nightfall, there was still some weeds left.

When Liu Liye had the two weed the fields, he hadn't specifically relayed Liu Quanyou's instructions to remove the weeds thoroughly, lest they stain the fields. So now that the two saw that the fields were less weedy and looked like they were normal fields, they took photos and sent them to Liu Liye for verification. Liu Liye didn't even examine the pictures carefully; he just glanced at them and transferred the money to the two.

Maybe Liu Liye didn't take Liu Ben's request seriously, thinking that it would be enough to just perfunctorily deal with the young man driving the harvester.

It may also be because Liu Liye is busy because a big guest has come to his home in the city.

The next day, the young man driving the harvester came. At first glance, it seemed that there was no grass left. He did not make things difficult for Liu Liye, who had been at odds with him yesterday, and helped him harvest all the grass.

However, as soon as the harvest was over, they felt something was wrong. The color of the rice...why was it different from that of other crops?

It is grass green.

“Chief!”

Liu Yibiao was attracted by the noisy noise again. He was the last one to arrive, and other families had already gathered around.

"Look, Chief, why is his millet this color?"

"What else can we do? The weeds in the field haven't been pulled out completely!"

"If you ask me, it's Liu Quanyou's second son who's the lazy one. While others are weeding, he just walks away. Not only is his millet green, but it's also the most shriveled."

"That's right, that's right!"

Liu Yibiao went over to take a look against the dark clouds, and sure enough, he had already looked at the millet of several families in the past few days. Although the family that had finished harvesting the earliest was still spreading the millet to dry, he could see clearly that none of the millet of other families was as green as this one.

Liu Liye was surrounded by the crowd, and sweat began to form on his face. He said stubbornly, "It's just not quite ripe yet. It's okay. The rice should be fine."

Liu Yibiao stared at him and didn't want to say a word.

Liu Ben heard the notification in the group and rushed over. He had experience in growing Wushuang rice and knew at a glance that the weeds were definitely not completely pulled out.

Liu Ben hadn't been the first to accidentally miss a weed. Occasionally, when his attention wandered, he'd be rewarded with a wave of green rice and two hands stained green. But he kept these mistakes in his own space, secretly cooking them for himself when he ate alone. This rice had a slightly grassy flavor, distinct from ordinary Wushuang rice.

"This is because the grass was not pulled out cleanly and was stained," said Liu Ben.

"Well, what about the grain? Will it affect the price?"

"Did you forget? It's written in the contract that if it's dyed, you don't have to accept it!"

Liu Liye argued hastily, "I don't know either. I hired someone to pull out the weeds yesterday!"

In order to prove what he said, he immediately called the two people and started blaming them.

The person who received the call was confused for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he started to argue.

When Liu Liye asked someone to do the work yesterday, he didn't mention that all the weeds in the field had to be pulled out. They are also experienced farmers, and weeds usually grow in their fields, but they always check and pull out the obvious ones as long as they don't affect the growth of rice.

Liu Liye didn't mention it specifically, so they just pulled out the obvious ones according to the usual standards. Can you blame them for that?

Moreover, they only realized how much grass there was in the field after they arrived. If they didn't want to make a wasted trip, they wouldn't want to work for 400 yuan a day.

In the end, the man scolded Liu Liye for being lazy and not weeding the fields properly, then hung up the phone.

Liu Liye's phone volume was so high that the other villagers could hear it and looked at him with even more contempt.

Liu Quanyou also squeezed in from behind the crowd. He looked at the harvested rice without any expression on his face.

But Liu Ben felt a little sad when he saw it.

Liu Liye got these acres of land easily, and had no idea how hard it was for such an old man like Liu Quanyou to bend over and plant the rice seedlings bit by bit. So now the millet was wasted like this, and he, an honest man who loves farming, really felt sad.

Liu Liye didn't give up. He murmured, "It's just the outer shell that's dyed. The rice inside must be good!"

As he spoke, he grabbed a green grain of millet, and used his fingernails to pick it open along the crack on the husk, breaking it open on both sides to reveal the rice grains inside.

However, he was disappointed. The rice grains inside were also dyed green, and the green was very uneven, with patches here and there, which did not look very good.

The villagers can tell that the rice is dyed, but those who don’t know will just think it’s moldy.

People became quieter and the scene became deadlocked.

Liu Ben looked at Liu Liye's expression, then at Liu Quanyou's face, and said calmly, "This kind of thing, 5 yuan a pound is enough."

Liu Yibiao looked at Liu Ben in surprise and said disapprovingly, "This kind of rice..."

"Why is it only this little?"

Everyone thought Liu Ben was kind, but they didn't expect that Liu Liye would be dissatisfied after getting something good.

He felt that Liu Ben was a smart man and would definitely be able to make more money from this rice.

Everyone else had a look of astonishment on their faces, but Liu Liye shamelessly said, "You collected so much rice, and I only put in a little bit. If you just mix it in, who would notice?"

"Shut up!" Liu Quanyou shouted angrily, "How could you have such a despicable idea!?"

Liu Liye was startled by his father's sudden loud shout. He stammered for a moment and then whispered, "Isn't that what all businessmen do... If he can accept it, he's sure it can be used..."

Liu Ben didn't even look at him, but just looked around at all the villagers present: "I'll take this rice, but I can't sell it. I'll have it made into dry rice noodles and distribute it to my factory employees. Don't worry, it may look a bit ugly, but it won't taste bad."

"Boss Aben is such a nice guy..."

"Aren't the Aben people too honest?"

"What do you know? This is to give face to our villagers. Stop talking!"

Liu Quanyou patted Liu Liye hard, and Liu Liye nodded and agreed.

After they agreed, Liu Ben followed Liu Yibiao away. The others pointed and talked for a few minutes before leaving.

However, from this moment on, the villagers' reputation towards Liu Liye became even worse, both openly and secretly.

The young man driving the tractor was a quiet man. He pulled Liu Liye's grain towards Liu Quanyou's house without saying anything.

Liu Quanyou and Liu Liye followed behind, and the atmosphere became even more silent.

Liu Liye thought about it and realized that he had expected to get tens of thousands of yuan at a time, but now it was reduced to a few thousand. He felt very dissatisfied.

In fact, for farmers, a few thousand is a lot, but Liu Liye doesn't think so. He expects more than that.

Liu Liye muttered, "They buy my grain at a low price and then use it to buy people's hearts. These rich people are just more stingy than others..."

"I accepted it because they gave me face!" Liu Quanyou scolded, "Do you think they're stingy?!"

"If you're really stingy, how could you let our village grow such good rice and still charge us 20 yuan for it? You're even trying to buy people's hearts with your rice. You should have some shame! Ren Aben usually gives his employees the best products from his store as bonuses!"

"Even..." Liu Quanyou's voice trembled. "Even those silent villagers and employees didn't raise any objections because they wanted to save my face. In fact, if Liu Ben confiscated your rice, they would get better employee benefits!"

In fact, Liu Ben didn't say that he would only receive this rice as a bonus benefit, and it would not replace the original benefit. In other words, he would give it away for free on top of the original benefit.

This is really giving Liu Quan face. He won't tell anyone about it, but will actually inform the employees secretly later.

The two of them spoke in silence along the way.

The reason why it is called double harvest is that in July, we must first rush to harvest the first season of rice, then immediately plow the land, and then rush to plant the second season of rice seedlings. There cannot be too much gap in between, otherwise we will not be able to harvest the second season of rice in September.

The double harvest season is the busiest time for farmers. After harvesting, they have to dry the grain and plow away the straw on the ground immediately, which results in an extreme shortage of manpower.

If the second harvest is complete, the straw doesn't have to be plowed; it can be burned. The remaining stubble can be soaked in water and naturally rotted into soil, which won't affect planting the following year. However, if the time between the two harvests is too tight, and you wait for it to rot, then forget about planting the following year.

Although the Liu family was Liu Ben's family, they also cultivated a lot of land. When the rice was harvested, the Liu family's yard and the land outside were not enough to dry it. Liu Ben's family also had a large yard, so they let the Liu family dry the full amount of rice.

Anyway, Liu Ben’s garage has a back door, so the car can drive in from the back. The front yard is covered with rice, so people can also drive on it without affecting the rice inside.

At this time, the sun had just risen, and Liu Ben was spreading the rice in the yard to dry. He had to spread it quickly because he had to drive a tiller to help the villagers plow the land later.

You Ying was not as busy as Liu Ben. At this moment, he was wearing cool pajamas, holding a cup of coffee in his hand, leaning on the second-floor windowsill, looking leisurely at the lively rural scenery in the distance, and occasionally glancing at Liu Ben who was busy downstairs.

When You Ying and Liu Ben first started dating, their relationship progressed slowly for a long time. They would occasionally hold hands, give each other a gentle hug, and rarely kiss.

Originally, You Ying thought that Liu Ben was such an honest and simple person that it would take a long time for them to succeed.

But life is always full of surprises.

Liu Ben was actually a half-bull orc with a mating season. The usually well-behaved Liu Ben's personality changed drastically during mating season, becoming generous and enthusiastic. So, in just a few days, the two newcomers quickly developed from being strangers to becoming incredibly familiar with each other's habits, hobbies, and even their particularities.

Even though Liu Ben's estrus period is over now, You Ying and Liu Ben's nightlife is still harmonious and they are satisfied with each other.

"You Ying, You Ying! Look at me!" Liu Ben waved at You Ying from below.

You Ying lowered his head and watched Liu Ben rake the rice left and right, drawing a cartoon bull head pattern.

The bull head was very cute, and You Ying smiled.

But Liu Ben did not stop. He drew a small circle next to the bull's head, protruding a horn, like a hand giving a thumbs-up.

So the cartoon bull head turned into a bull-like emoji.

You Ying: "Puff!"

"Moo?" A furry bull head squeezed out from beside You Hun Ying, stuck out its tongue and looked at the picture below in surprise: "Moo!"

Is it me?? It must be me!

"Avocado, just stay with You Ying!" Liu Ben shouted to Avocado.

"Moo——" Avocado responded positively.

"Don't go out and waste other people's rice!"

"Tsk!" The avocado sneered. It wouldn't eat other people's rice! How could rice be as delicious as round vegetables and round potatoes?

Avocados are well-behaved, but they are cows after all, and cows poop. Meanwhile, rice crops are drying in every sunny spot in the village. Villagers aren't afraid of being run over by the tires of the village cars, but they are afraid of the cows, dogs, chickens, and other free-range livestock soiling the crops, thus wasting food.

So while other people's livestock are locked up, Avocado has been cooped up at home these days, but his home is pretty good too. There's air conditioning, good food, and even some toys to play with. The cats sometimes come over to use the air conditioning and get some food.

Then, the birds that Liu Ben was worried about appeared as expected. When they found an opportunity, they would peck at the rice spread out to dry everywhere. Therefore, no matter how hot the weather was, the villagers would bring a stool and sit beside their own rice to watch.

Moreover, the rice cannot just be left there to dry. Every once in a while, it needs to be turned over and flattened, and then grooves need to be rakeed on the rice to allow the rice on the shady side to be exposed to the sun. Liu Yibiao will come to handle this step later. Now Liu Ben is only doing the first batch.

During this crucial time, the villagers were kept busy. Without tillers, every household had to harrow the fields themselves, waiting for the arrival of the tillers before they could rest. Some families were fortunate to have contacted Liu Ben during the difficult first season, saying they wouldn't plant as much in the second. Even so, they still had to work the fields themselves for a few days.

But those villagers who thought they could earn more by planting more, although they were obviously very tired in the first season, still planted dozens of acres in the second season. At this time, they were too busy to handle everything, including turning over and drying the rice, plowing the land and planting rice seedlings. After a few days, several villagers became sick from exhaustion.

"Look, look!" Liu Yibiao yelled at a few people in the town clinic, "I told you to plant fewer acres, plant fewer acres, but you won't listen!"

"Chief, my house is too dilapidated and ugly. I want to plant more trees so that I can save enough money to build a new one." A villager lay on the bed, touching his waist and lamenting.

Another young man also struggled and said, "I'm really anxious, Chief. My family is discussing a marriage with my girlfriend's family. We need a betrothal gift, a house, and a car... I can't just use my parents' savings..."

"Chief, my daughter is looking for someone!"

"Chief, I..."

"Alright, alright," Liu Yibiao waved his hand, plopped down on a chair beside the beds, and said with a fierce look, "Don't lie to me. How come I never heard you were in such urgent need of money before you started farming? You're just greedy!"

"A healthy body is your most valuable asset. If you ruin it this time, what will you do next year? In my opinion, you should do what you can and plant as much as you can. Don't overdraw your health. I'm telling you this one last time: don't worry your family anymore! Don't do anything you'll regret later!"

Liu Yibiao said something unpleasant, but after walking out of the glass door, he still found the doctor in the clinic to ask about the situation.

"It's just that you're overworked and can't bear it. Apply some medicine, let you rest for a while, take more baths, and eat more good food. It's nothing serious. You're in good health, so don't worry!" said the doctor with a smile.

Liu Yibiao was relieved to hear that nothing was wrong. He bought medicine and asked his family to take it back, but he couldn't let this matter go easily.

Liu Yibiao asked Liu Ben to post a notice of criticism in the group and reposted what he had just said to the people in the ward in the group.

Everyone in the group sighed.

Liu Zhu: "The clan leader is right. Everyone, don't work too hard and don't take your health lightly."

Mr. Liu Tong: [Language] If you don’t cherish your body now, it will be useless to cry when you are old.

Liu Cheng: "This is just my experience, everyone should listen to it!"

Liu Dong: "Fortunately, my family doesn't grow much. I still have to work at the dairy farm during the day."

Liu Xiangsi: "Ah, I also feel that I planted too much this year, and my body can't handle it. Fortunately, my family often buys ingredients from Boss Aben's store to replenish our body."

Liu Hezhe: "The things in Aben's store are really expensive, but they are also really good. Everyone is busy lately, so don't be too frugal with this little money."

Liu Ben: "I'll give all employees some benefits later to help them stay healthy. [Red envelope]"

Liu Zhu: "The boss is so generous!"

Liu Dong: "Thank you, boss!"

……】

The villagers, exhausted and sick, were taken home with droopy faces by their families. Their families, unconvinced by Liu Yibiao's words, scolded the young men after they returned. Of course, the fields were already being cultivated; they couldn't just abandon them. Otherwise, wouldn't the already established rice seedlings be wasted? They called relatives and friends, negotiated a fee for help, and somehow managed to plant the contracted crop.

This also gave some people an idea. If they can't grow the crops, can they pay others to grow them?

By then, the money earned from Liu Ben will be more than enough to pay for hiring people.

But could Liu Yibiao let them have this opportunity to be lazy? Of course not.

Liu Yibiao and Liu Ben had already discussed a plan.

"It's time to harvest the grain! Everyone, move the grain to the granary!"

"Where is the granary?"

"Hey, young man, you don't even know what a granary is. It's just those big, simple houses. They're very old."

"Oh! I know that!"

"When we were young, the granaries were filled with grain every year, so much that it piled up like mountains. Now the granaries have been empty for several years."

"Maybe it will be full again today."

"Yeah, haha!"

It was a lively scene. All the villagers drove their cars and carried their loads on their shoulders, rushing to the granary. When they met villagers they knew on the way, they would chat and talk for a while. Everyone's face was filled with joy and anticipation.

Liu Ben couldn't possibly weigh the rice from so many households by himself; it would take days to finish. So, he recruited several people to help him weigh the rice individually. Each bag was tied with a tape, and a small tag attached to the tape indicated who weighed the rice, whose rice it was from, the date of weighing, the total weight, the quality, and so on.

So there is no need to worry about mistakes, or someone taking the back door or writing nonsense.

“500 jin!”

"500 times 20, that's 10,000 yuan."

The person weighing the rice reported the number, and the person recording it quickly wrote it down in a notebook, noting who the rice belonged to and how much it weighed, before asking someone to help carry it away. This was still the counting phase, and the money would be distributed to the bank accounts reported by each household after the count was completed.

"Hurry up and move it down, it's time to change to the next bag!"

"This bag weighs 200 kilograms and costs 4,000 yuan."

Several weighers lined up in a horizontal row, each standing 5 meters away from the person next to them. The villagers in front of them formed a vertical queue, waiting for their turn to weigh their rice bags one by one.

As the person who helps with weighing, Liu Zhu's family's rice is weighed first, so that he has time to weigh rice for others, right?

Weighing rice for others was a rather tiring and boring task, but his face was filled with joy. Liu Zhu's family was large, so he planted 40 mu of land in the first season! Later, feeling too tired, he reduced the amount to 20 mu in the second season. Even so, he was sure to receive a lot of rice by then, and even a rough estimate showed that it was a lot!

Although farming is tiring, when I think about making so much money, even if my whole body aches, it doesn’t matter.

Of course, Liu Quanyou's family also came. Liu Xiangsi and Liu An's families both planted a lot of rice, and they drove here. In addition to the rice they planted themselves, the car also contained the "not very valuable" green rice harvested by Liu Liye.

Liu Liye simply didn't come and asked Liu Quanyou to help him sell.

"I'm afraid of losing face now. When I asked him to take good care of the fields, he became a hands-off manager." Liu Xiangsi muttered softly.

Their family's car can only seat two people. Her brother Liu Anjia drives. Her father Liu Quanyou originally wanted Liu Xiangsi to sit in the passenger seat, but Liu Xiangsi said that she didn't like the air conditioner and felt uncomfortable with it. She strongly requested to sit in the back of the car to look after the grain. Liu Quanyou couldn't persuade Liu Xiangsi, who was becoming more and more stubborn, so he had to sit in the passenger seat himself.

Liu Xiangsi knew that under the scorching sun, it was better to go inside and enjoy the air conditioning than to enjoy the natural breeze. However, her father's health was much worse than hers. Liu Quanyou was reluctant to eat the food he bought from Boss Aben, and mostly gave it to the younger generations. So at this moment, Liu Xiangsi also wanted Liu Quanyou to sit more comfortably.

Yang Yue and Liu Xiangsi became friends the day they met. He'd been hearing about how sunny farming was these past few days, so he suggested buying her a car to make moving things around easier and less tiring. Liu Xiangsi agreed, and once she saved up some money, she'd buy a rechargeable car so she could take her kids and dad out for a spin when she had nothing else to do.

At this time, the granary was not far from each household, so it only took a while to dry in the sun.

The queue was a little long, but when we thought about the money we would get later, we were all happy and the scorching sun didn't make us irritable anymore.

Many villagers planted Wushuang rice this year, so the harvest took a long time. Some villagers couldn't carry all the rice in one go, so they had to make several trips back and forth to bring all the rice to the granary. When one granary was full, they would move to the next until all the Wushuang rice brought in by the villagers was stored.

At this point, the villagers’ concerns were over, and Liu Ben had to check it again before he started calculating the money for each household.

"How is it?" Liu Ben leaned over.

You Ying, who had been drafted in to sort out the accounts, pushed his head aside and said, "It's blocking the light."

Liu Ben took advantage of the situation and "slid" onto You Ying's shoulder, lying on him to watch his statistics.

You Ying quickly flipped through all the contracts, counted the amount of rice harvested, and said, "Mostly, there's no problem."

"Dadu?" Liu Ben was puzzled.

You Ying took out one of the contracts and showed it to Liu Ben. "Liu Quan's family signed a contract for a total of seventeen acres. The twelve acres planted by Liu Xiangsi and Liu An's family both had good yields, averaging over 500 catties per acre. But Liu Liye's five acres, although the yield was poor due to excessive grass growth, shouldn't the average yield be only over 350 catties per acre, right?"

"Maybe he thought it wasn't cost-effective to sell it to me, so he kept it for himself," said Liu Ben.

"That's possible, but other families who wanted to keep some for themselves would report their entire harvest and then say how much they wanted to keep. Only his family reported how much they had harvested directly, without mentioning how much they had harvested."

Liu Ben shrugged. "Who knows what he's thinking? Anyway, Liu Xiangsi and the Liu An family have a lot of complaints about him. They say he took the rice seeds away with him a while ago, saying he'd find someone more experienced to grow them. Then everyone else planted them, but he still hasn't made a move. He says they're not done yet. I don't know what's going on."

"Then forget about him. There's no problem with other families. Get out of the way and wipe off the dust from me." You Ying patted Liu Ben's head, and a layer of dust fell off.

Liu Ben shamelessly hugged him tighter and touched You Ying's designer clothes with his dirty paws: "We can go take a shower together later."

"Hmm~"

The yield of Wushuang rice is much lower than that of other rice varieties, but because the villagers are so hardworking and planted a large number of acres, the final harvest is still considerable.

Liu Ben looked at the warehouses full of second-generation Wushuang rice and announced that the new factories, which had all been prepared, could start production!

As work began, Liu Ben also began transferring money from one household to another. The village's largest rice producer, with a full 50 mu (approximately 1,000 acres), received over 530,000 yuan from the harvest. Of course, this family also had a large population, at least nine or ten people. Dividing the profits evenly, each person could receive tens of thousands of yuan, a source of joy for the entire family. While other families didn't grow as much as they did, they still managed to earn a good amount, and every one of them was diligent.

Even if God does not reward hard work, Liu Ben rewards hard work, and these hardworking villagers have received benefits worthy of their efforts.

Just after Liu Ben finished transferring the money to everyone, Liu Yibiao convened another meeting and asked all those who would be planting next year to attend.

Having made a lot of money, the villagers of Liuwu Village were full of energy and walked faster than usual.

“How much does your family earn?”

"Hey, I won't tell you. You tell me first."

"What's the big deal? I just said, my family made 100,000!"

"Hey, my house is bigger than yours."

"Look at how proud you are! You have one more son than me, so of course you are much more capable."

"Bullshit! My son is only 15, what kind of work can he do? You have an older sister, and my two children don't do as much as your sister does!"

"You just want to say that you are the most hardworking?"

“That’s right!”

"Quiet, quiet!"

Liu Yibiao looked at the crowded people below the stage and shouted to stop everyone from making noise. Liu Yibiao's reputation was already high, and this year the clan leader's grandson helped everyone make money, so he was even more respected. Soon, no one in the entire compound spoke up.

"Everyone made a lot of money this year, right?"

"We made a profit!", "We made a lot of money!" the villagers shouted happily.

Liu Yibiao: "Money is a good thing. It can make people's lives better, but it can also easily breed greed and make people lazy.

Of course, the villagers in our village are still very hardworking. During this period, I have also seen many villagers fall ill due to overwork. Some collapsed from exhaustion while working in the fields, and many collapsed from exhaustion after finishing all the work.

The villagers laughed good-naturedly. Some of their relatives fell ill due to overwork, but none of their conditions were serious. They just lay down at home and recuperated. For them, this was not a shameful thing, but rather an honor.

"But some villagers also asked if they could contract more land and hire others to farm it, so they could make more money. This is a good idea. They can make money without working hard. It's a good deal, right?" Liu Yibiao looked around at everyone in the audience.

There were a few villagers here and there who said it was correct, but not many. Most of the villagers just frowned, feeling that something didn't sound right.

"What's right? It's not right!" Tong Ye suddenly shouted.

Many villagers were so frightened that they shrank their heads.

Liu Yibiao smiled at Liu Tong and said, "Come, let Mr. Liu Tong tell you why this is wrong."

Tong Ye climbed onto the stage, pointed at the audience and cursed: "People A Ben asked you to plant, and then bought it from you at a high price, that is to benefit the village, giving you benefits for free, he