Chapter 181 Chapter 181 Difficulty in Pregnancy

Jing Mingze looked at Xu Yunfan, thought a lot, and finally sighed, "Because I don't want to get married, because there is someone in my heart that I can't forget. Because they all know that after Li Liu left the capital, I was not happy at all. Even though I have climbed to this position now, I am still not happy. The Jing family's current situation is all due to me. Who dares to say anything if I don't want to do something? They are urging me to get married. If I don't agree, that girl can't enter the Jing family."

“Domineering!”

Xu Yunfan pushed the water cup towards Jing Mingze and said, "Your personality is very appealing to me. Yes, you have the demeanor of a domineering CEO, just like me."

Jing Mingze didn't understand what the domineering style was, but when he heard the last two words, Jing Mingze felt embarrassed for Xu Yunfan.

"You're a bit... well, very confident, kid."

"Don't praise me. Don't think you can gain my approval just by praising me. Let me ask you, with your status, will being with my Sixth Brother harm your career?"

"No, even if...at worst, Liu'er and I can just go against Xianyunyehe."

"That's right, you big-headed ghost. You know, with someone like my Sixth Brother, if you don't have some skills, you may not be able to protect him."

Xu Yunfan is Li Liu's superior after all, and he shouldn't interfere in his subordinates' affairs. But Xu Yunfan is a good man with a sense of responsibility. Li Weiliu's mother handed Li Liu over to him, so naturally he has to think a lot about Li Liu.

"Sixth Brother is my friend after all. If he's in trouble, as a brother, I have to stick by him. Since you're my Sixth Brother's favorite, I can help you take your performance to the next level. Do you want to?"

"Tell me in detail." Jing Mingze became interested. Could it be that this kid was going to teach him how to grow corn?

That's great.

Xu Yunfan: "I have a kind of fertilizer here. As long as you use my fertilizer, it will easily increase the yield of one acre of land by 400 to 500 kilograms. Moreover, one acre of land only needs dozens of kilograms of my fertilizer. As for the price, everything is negotiable."

Xu Yunfan, who had participated in an autumn harvest, had a certain understanding of the per-acre yield of the land. If he could harvest several hundred kilograms per acre, if he used his fertilizers and seeds, a yield of thousands per acre would not be a problem.

Jing Mingze was originally drinking water. When Xu Yunfan said this, Jing Mingze choked on the water and said, "Cough... cough..."

"What did you say?" Jing Mingze coughed until his face flushed. Without waiting for the cough to stop, he asked hurriedly, "Xu Yunfan, is what you said true? If we use the fertilizer you mentioned, can the yield per acre reach over a thousand kilograms?"

The corn yield in the Dayan Dynasty was not high, with one acre of land producing five to six hundred, seven to eight hundred kilograms. If what Xu Yunfan said was true, one acre of land could produce more than a thousand kilograms. Jing Mingze couldn't even imagine it. With this yield, would the people still have to starve?

"Of course, but if the corn doesn't grow well, no matter how good my fertilizer is, it won't help. So, this corn seed must be replaced."

Jing Mingze couldn't sit still any longer. He stood up and paced back and forth, extremely excited. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. "Xu Yunfan, could it be that you used this kind of fertilizer in your cornfield? No, no, no, you must be using a new kind of corn. Your corn is different from the ones next to mine."

"Yes, the corn we grow is indeed different from that of other villagers. Or rather, not only the corn is different, but the variety is also different."

"Did you cultivate this corn seed yourself?"

Xu Yunfan shook his head. "I haven't actually done anything in this area, but in theory I think I can do it. If you want corn seeds, I can help you."

What a coincidence, wasn't it? Xu Yunfan had some corn seeds in his firewood room. At first, he only let Hunter Fang plant sweet corn and glutinous corn. After all, he knew that it was difficult to get rich by planting and selling corn, and it might even be a problem to have enough food and clothing. Now those corn seeds came in handy.

His corn seeds are not hybrids, so he can save them for himself. Then, wouldn't he be able to sell both corn seeds and fertilizers?

Xu Yunfan was immediately amused and had another idea, "How about this, you can cooperate with me, and you don't have to go far away. You can use our Qin's land as our experimental site. When the time comes, you can come and check the yield at any time."

"Can you make sure that everyone in the Qin family listens to you? Also, how many households are there in the Qin family you're talking about? If there's too much land, it's actually unnecessary. We need to conduct experiments, so we can just requisition a few plots of land."

For the villagers, food is the most important thing for people. They would never dare to gamble with food. Once they lose, the whole family will have nothing to eat and half a year's hard work will be wasted.

As the person in charge, Jing Mingze will have to shoulder a lot of responsibility. If there are only a few dozen households, he can still bear it.

If all the villagers in Dali Village were from the Qin clan, he saw on the way here that Dali Village was not a small village with a large population and a vast area, so there was no need to let all the villagers participate.

Xu Yunfan: "Are you sure that just requisitioning some land is enough? When the corn grows well, you can promote it appropriately. By then, do you think a few plots of corn seeds will be enough?"

"From your tone, you sound very confident?" Jing Mingze's heart was pounding. Xu Yunfan spoke so confidently that even before he saw it with his own eyes, he was already a little bit unconvinced.

"Are you sure you haven't seen it before?" Xu Yunfan was not stupid enough to think that Jing Mingze just heard about his family's corn and came here without checking.

Anyone who can become a third-rank official will not trust others easily.

Jing Mingze was silent.

Yes, he did.

The corn cobs sold in Yunrun's shop were not only large, but the kernels were longer, wider, and fuller than any kernels he had ever seen. Even the corn cobs in Xiao Qin's cornfield looked better. He thought he could trust Xu Yunfan.

"Master Jing, there are only a few dozen families in the Qin family. As long as I speak, they will definitely listen to my suggestions. Then, we can save ourselves the trouble of selling corn seeds and fertilizers. We can just wait and see the harvest."

Hearing Xu Yunfan's confident tone, Jing Mingze asked, "You have a good relationship with the Qin family? No, perhaps I should say, why do you think they will listen to you?"

Xu Yunfan is just a young man who married into the Qin family. There are so many people in the Qin family, how could they all listen to a young man?

This seems unrealistic to Jing Mingze.

Even for him, the Minister of Agriculture, he still had to spend a lot of time and effort to make changes in agricultural affairs. How come Xu Yunfan was more prestigious than him?

Xu Yunfan: "If he's nice to them, they'll definitely listen to me. Besides, I'm not harming anyone, so why wouldn't they listen to me? Don't you know that most of the people in the Qin family work under me now? They know everything about fertilizers and corn cobs."

Jing Mingze was suddenly speechless.

No wonder he was wondering where Xu Yunfan got the confidence from. It was just like that.

"Okay, then I'll cooperate with you. If you need any help, just ask."

Jing Mingze was very excited and asked what business Xu Yunfan was in. He actually hired so many people from the Qin family. "I heard that the Yunrun store in town was opened by your husband. How could a store like this need so many people?"

"Of course that's impossible. Since we are partners, let's go. I'll take you to inspect our Xiao Qin family's property!"

Xu Yunfan gulped down a glass of water and walked ahead.

Along the way, everyone he met greeted Xu Yunfan with a smile, and each of them looked so amiable, kind and gentle.

Jing Mingze was greatly surprised. When he went to other villages before, some villages were particularly xenophobic. When he suddenly saw several big men entering the village, some even ran out of their homes with hoes and sticks and surrounded them.

But here, there was clearly one more person, Xu Yunfan, among them, but the villagers they met only glanced at them, and after seeing Xu Yunfan, they were reluctant to even look at them.

Jing Mingze shook his head and laughed. He was obviously the adult, but now he had to follow behind Xu Yunfan like a subordinate.

He hasn't felt this way for many years.

But soon, Jing Mingze found out that he was wrong.

The villagers of Dali Village are very nice, but not all of them are.

When he met a man, the man seemed to be in poor health and walked unsteadily. When he saw Xu Yunfan, the viciousness in his eyes almost showed through, as if he wanted to stare Xu Yunfan through and treated Xu Yunfan with neither eyes nor nose.

Who else could the person who came be but Li Shan?

Seeing Li Shan limping and still wanting to go out, Xu Yunfan smiled brightly. He looked around and didn't see any other outsiders. He changed his route and headed towards Li Shan. Jing Mingze noticed that as they got closer, the man seemed to become nervous, as if he had been beaten and was panicked. He asked tremblingly, "You...what do you want to do?"

Xu Yunfan stopped a few steps away from Li Shan, put his hands on his hips, looked Li Shan up and down, sneered, and said sarcastically: "Oh, you are quite capable. You can go out so soon. I thought you would have to stay for at least a few days. It seems that I was a little gentle last time."

"Alright, you little bastard, admit it now! It was you who hit me, and you still refuse to admit it," Li Shan looked at Jing Mingze, "You guys heard it too, didn't you? This bastard just admitted it himself. It was him who hit me. You guys have to testify for me later."

It is true that Li Shan can go out, but he has been in pain for so many days and his body is still hurting. Li Liu didn't get to eat and was beaten like this by Xu Yunfan. How can he swallow this humiliation without a few dozen taels of compensation?

Xu Yunfan said calmly, "Who are you asking to testify for you? Do you think they will stand on your side? You shameless bastard, you should be laughing if they don't beat you up, yet you still want people to testify for you?"

After listening to a few words, Jing Mingze understood: "What's going on? Xu Yunfan, did you hit someone?"

It was definitely Xu Yunfan's fault for hitting someone for no reason. Young men sometimes have a bad temper. Jing Mingze wanted to say something, but Xu Yunfan's words made Jing Mingze furious. He rushed to Li Shan and slapped him in the face while he saw Li Shan's puzzled look.

Xu Yunfan whispered in Jing Mingze's ear, "This is the guy. He tried to bully Sixth Brother several times, and after I beat him up once, he accused me of being Sixth Brother's adulterer. Honestly, I'm just a good young man of the new generation with a strong sense of justice."

"You said he bullied Liu'er?" Jing Mingze narrowed his eyes and asked sinisterly.

Xu Yunfan nodded, "Yes, if I hadn't followed them, Sixth Brother would have jumped into the river long ago."

After all, if a man was raped by another man, once the news got out, everyone would probably think it was Li Liu's fault, that Li Liu couldn't stand the loneliness and seduced Li Shan. After all, Li Shan was a married man, which meant he was not a good man.

Jing Mingze was a third-rank official after all. If the "bullying" that Xu Yunfan mentioned was just what he thought it was, why did Li Liu jump into the river after being bullied?

Damn it.

Anyone who dares to bully him?

Jing Mingze was furious and slapped Li Shan in the face. Li Shan was knocked to the ground without noticing and was stunned. It took him a long time to come back to his senses.

Seeing Li Shan covering his face with one hand and supporting himself on the ground with the other, Xu Yunfan sighed and said to Jing Mingze, "Your strength... Did you grow up eating porridge? Last time, a shrew in our village also vomited feces, and I slapped her so hard that two teeth fell out. Are you showing mercy?"

Jing Mingze was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead. It was obvious from his expression that he would not show mercy.

"You, you dare to hit me?" Li Shan couldn't believe it. A man from another village dared to hit him?

Do you really think that the Li family members are easy to bully?

Jing Mingze kicked him and said, "What's wrong with hitting you? How dare you touch my people? Who gave you the courage?"

"Ah!" Li Shan cried out in pain from being kicked. "How dare you hit someone in our Dali Village? Someone come, someone is hitting someone."

"Come here, take care of him." Jing Mingze didn't want to listen to Li Shan's yelling. "Throw him over to the Li family and warn him that if he dares to have any evil thoughts next time, Dali Village will probably not tolerate him anymore."

Xu Yunfan agreed: "Yes, if he makes trouble again, he will be sent to jail. Oh, I am really a kind person. I repay evil with kindness. I even thought about him and found him a place with food and accommodation."

Jing Mingze glanced at Xu Yunfan and saw that Xu Yunfan was about to join the fun behind a few guards, so he quickly pulled him back and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'll give you a few guards to lead the way."

Xu Yunfan turned around with a look of confusion in his eyes. Jing Mingze took a breath, wiped his face, and thought to himself that Li Liu might be getting old and his vision was not as good as before. Why did he choose such a person as his young master?

I want to join in the fun before I even do anything serious.

…

Xu Yunfan took Jing Mingze to inspect several factories, so Qin Run had to go to Sun Mu's house alone.

The several acres of sweet potato fields at home have been plowed, and Qin Run plans to arrange for Sun Mu's family to collect the corn stalks and process them so that when the weather gets cold, there will be no worries about lack of fodder to feed the cows.

The Sun Mu family was extremely enthusiastic towards Qin Run. They knew very well that the first time Xu Yunfan helped Li Hui, it was partly because of Qin Run's consideration.

After that incident, Sun Mu recalled it several times and couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, fortunately, he didn't do or say anything excessive to Qin Run. Otherwise, his wife and children might be...

Sun Mu told his family about this matter. The Sun family couldn't help but sigh that it seems that as a person, it is good to cultivate good moral character in daily life.

Moreover, the Qin family is a family that can be befriended. At least Xu Yunfan will not be like others who think that they have done them a favor. No matter what they do, it is natural in Xu Yunfan's eyes.

"Where's the little one?" Qin Run asked after sitting down and not seeing the child.

Li Hui laughed: "He's sleeping in the house. Do you want to go check it out?"

At Qin Run's age, other guys would probably already have children, so it's normal for him to like children.

"No, forget it since he's asleep. I'll come over to see the little guy next time." Qin Run really likes children. The soft and chubby little guy has a milky scent on his body. He is really cute. The previous few times he came, Qin Run held Li Hui's son in his arms, and each time he was reluctant to give him back.

Seeing Qin Run's disappointed look, Sun's mother couldn't help but laugh, "Run'er, since you like children so much, you should have two more with Xu. With Xu's looks, the children you give birth to will definitely be more handsome than my grandson."

Sun's mother was not flattering Qin Run. In the eyes of her family, their own children must be the best in everything, but this child looks like Sun Mu, and Sun Mu is far inferior to Xu Yunfan.

This is an objective fact that anyone with a discerning eye can see. Li Hui also sighed, "Who says it's not true? If the father is good-looking, the child he gives birth to will surely be no worse than him."

They haven't even gotten married yet and they're already talking about having children. Qin Run pursed his lips. He was obviously happy when he thought about having children in the future. But when he thought about his dark pregnancy mole and the cold he had caught before, it was hard to say whether he could conceive in his current condition, let alone have two. He could only say casually, "It's up to fate when it comes to children. I won't force it. By the way, Aunt Sun, I came here today because of the corn stalks in the field."

After learning about Qin Run's purpose, the Sun Mu family agreed without hesitation, "Okay, can you collect all the corn stalks from the acres of land?"

"Yes, there are also quite a lot of sweet potato vines in the field. After you collect the corn stalks and deal with them as I instructed, please bring me some more sweet potato vines."

"Okay, is there any other work?" Sun Mu asked.

Qin Run stood up and shook his head, "No more, that's all for now."

"Okay, just leave these things to us." Sun Mu personally saw Qin Run out the door and only returned to the house after seeing him go far away.