I walked back to the farmland in the north, and my mood was very different.

Most of the farmland that was once a large open space is now covered with cotton.

Qingliu has always been by Zhao Jun's side, so he is most impressed by the vibrant farmland.

Fusu and Xiao He were both seeing cotton branches for the first time and were quite curious about the appearance.

I am especially curious about the white flowers that are about to bloom.

Zhao Jun walked around and found that almost all the cotton he had planted was ripe.

She picked one of them and handed it to Fusu and Xiao He.

"You see what I'm doing? I'm picking out all the white stuff. This is the cotton that can be used to make clothes."

They both touched it and found it was indeed very soft.

"Sir, no wonder it's called cotton, it really looks like a flower."

Fusu couldn't help but speak as he looked at the abundant cotton growing next to him.

"Yes, it's like a flower."

As the group walked in the fields, many local people recognized Zhao Jun.

"This is Lord Zhao. Lord Zhao is back."

"Master Zhao, you're here to look at the cotton, right? Look, it's growing really well."

"Hello, sir. We have cotton growing all over this area. It's growing well, but we don't know when it will be ripe."

The people around greeted Zhao Jun enthusiastically.

Many people also want to ask about the situation with cotton.

It was their first time planting, so they could only see that the fruits were growing well, but they didn’t know when they could be picked, so no one dared to pick them casually.

"Don't worry, I will send someone to talk to you about this later."

"We will organize everyone to pick them together."

She came here today just to check out the growth of the cotton.

It is estimated that we will have to wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, when the county has made preparations, before we can organize everyone to pick the fruits together.

The group walked and talked with everyone, laughing.

Zhao Jun intentionally came to the vicinity of the three brothers and the Doss family's fields.

After all, these people are her acquaintances in the North, so she should come and take a look.

When Zhao Jun and others walked near their fields, they were suddenly attracted by a piece of farmland next to them.

I don't know whose field that is.

It can be seen that cotton was originally planted, but now it is unusually sparse.

The field is not big, with only a few scattered cotton plants, which is in sharp contrast to the large cotton fields next to it.

Zhao Jun frowned.

Whose cotton was not grown well?

Is it an insect pest or something else?

She walked slowly towards that direction, with Qingliu and others following behind her.

As it happened, there were a few people standing over there.

Among them were Dos and Aunt Wang, who were familiar to Zhao Jun.

There was also an old lady she had never met.

That was Aunt Wang’s neighbor Liu Cuihong.

Several people were chattering about something.

Zhao Jun and the other three people stood quietly behind and listened.

"Doss, I'd say you shouldn't take it so seriously. We don't even know whether the cotton will be harvested or not."

"It's been so long and there's still no movement. The cotton is ripe but no one is picking it. I think the county governor is just trying to trick us."

Liu Cuihong spared no effort in making slanderous remarks.

"I said, could you please stop blabbering? I can't see through your mind. Your own cotton seeds are ruined, so you want to instigate others."

"I'm telling you, stop talking nonsense. How could what the adult said be false?"

Aunt Wang, who was standing on the other side, spoke frankly.

She knew that Liu Cuihong had bad intentions.

"What's the matter? Why can't you tell me what's going on after so long without any news?"

Liu Cuihong retorted with her neck stiffened.

"Besides, why did my cotton plant fail? The seeds I received were not good, and many of them didn't grow. What does it have to do with me? I took good care of them."

Liu Cuihong stood aside and talked incessantly.

Doss ignored her and continued watering his plants.

Occasionally, I would look at Aunt Wang.

They all knew what kind of person Liu Cuihong was.

"Okay, I won't chat with you anymore. I've almost finished watering the plants. I'm going home."

After saying this, Liu Cuihong ignored the two of them and turned away quickly.

She originally just wanted to talk to Doss, but who knew that this man surnamed Wang would suddenly come over.

As soon as she left, Aunt Wang spat fiercely on the ground.

"What are you talking about? Everyone's seeds are fine, how could she be the only one with a problem? She's just being stubborn."

"You know what's going on with her cotton?"

Hearing this, Doss stood up and looked at her curiously.

She really didn't know what happened to the Liu family's land. It all wilted in just three or four days and didn't grow anything.

Aunt Wang continued excitedly.

"It's just that she has bad ideas. You know she doesn't have a compost pile at home."

"Some time ago, my sons said that I seemed to use more fertilizer in my pile. They thought I was secretly adding fertilizer again."

"But how is that possible? My sons have always been the ones to get the fertilizers, and I've never touched them. So when they mentioned it, I felt something was wrong."

"Sure enough, within two days of observation, I discovered that her family had secretly used my fertilizer to fertilize their own land in the middle of the night."

"What do you mean by that? Her family doesn't have much land. If she had asked me to borrow some openly, I wouldn't have said anything. It's enough anyway."

"But her family has always done it secretly."

"I didn't want to pursue the matter at first, but then my sons said that the amount was too little and they suspected someone had stolen quite a lot."

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