Chapter 193 Who does the work?
Mrs. Li looked at the winter wheat covered with weeds and said, "How could this happen? My field... our food! How come there is not even anyone to pull out the weeds..."
At this point, she choked up.
Li Zhiyuan standing by also had a dark complexion.
Because he remembered that the more than ten acres of land of their Li family were all cultivated for him by Ye Daquan's brothers.
In the past, the Ye family was afraid that Ye Caiping would suffer, and considering that Ye Caiping, a scholar, could not do heavy work, they took over all the heavy farm work from his family.
Harvesting, plowing, irrigation, transplanting...
Usually, the weeds are removed by Ye Jiner and her sister. Old Mrs. Ye would often come to help with weeding.
Li Zhiyuan and Li Pozi only need to lie at home and eat and drink.
So much so that after Ye Caiping and her daughter left, they all forgot that they had more than ten acres of grain planted.
Now, seeing their fellow villagers busy harvesting, they suddenly remembered that no one was harvesting the dozen acres of their own land!
Moreover, their fields had not been taken care of for most of the year and were already overgrown with weeds, and the wheat was malnourished.
"Woo woo...my food...my food..." Mrs. Li started howling as she sat on the edge of the field.
In the past, bags of food would be delivered to her home at a certain time. But now...
The villagers who were harvesting nearby all looked over and said, "It's the scholar and his wife. Why are they crying here?"
Mrs. Li's tears stopped immediately and her face turned embarrassed.
In the field next to her, a woman who was harvesting straightened up and said, "I remember that in previous years, the Ye family would come to harvest at this time... this year... uh, they left, so there's no one to harvest?"
"Could it be that... you are still expecting the Ye family to come and harvest for you?"
The old woman said this with a gossipy look on her face. No, no, she would have to go to Qinghe Village later to talk it over with her elder sister.
This person was none other than Mrs. Zhao’s older sister.
Li Zhiyuan's face darkened: "Nonsense, our family... just has enough money... and doesn't care about these fields."
After saying this, he took Mrs. Li and left in embarrassment.
When they got home, Mrs. Li pointed at Gu Han and scolded him, "You are such a blind man. You didn't even think about the crops in the fields. You didn't even weed or fertilize them. Most of our crops have died. Woo woo..."
Gu Han was chopping wood. Hearing this, he threw the axe in his hand and said, "Grandma Li, if you want me to farm, you have to tell me where the fields are."
"You forgot it yourself, and yet you blame me."
Mrs. Li choked and said, "How dare you scold me, you damned slave."
Gu Han looked at Mrs. Li with a cold gaze. In this family, except Jiaojiao, there was no good person. When he regains his status as the crown prince, he will definitely settle accounts with them.
Li Jiaojiao rushed over and stood in front of Gu Han: "Grandma, that's enough. What did he say was wrong?"
"you……"
"What are you talking about? If you really can't stand him, just chase him away!"
Mrs. Li shut up instantly.
Ever since there was a "servant" in the house, she officially became the noble wife of a scholar. Besides, Gu Han didn't want any wages, just a few meals would be enough.
How could we let such a cheap and useful servant go!
"Hmph!" Li Jiaojiao glanced at Mrs. Li with disdain. Couldn't she control this old witch?
Li Zhiyuan walked out with a gloomy face: "Stop arguing, you should think about how to collect the grain when you have so much free time."
Although most of the food has died, there is still half!
Given the family's current financial difficulties, Li Zhiyuan was reluctant to give up a grain of food.
Mrs. Li gritted her teeth and said, "How do you collect it? Are you going to collect it in the fields?"
Li Zhiyuan's face darkened: "Absurd! How can I, a scholar, go to the fields?"
Mrs. Li: "What should we do? Let me go? Oh, you are all young and strong, sitting at home, and you want an old woman like me to go to the fields to do rough work? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by outsiders?"
Now she also knows how to control Li Zhiyuan.
Li Zhiyuan's face turned dark blue as he glanced at Li Jiaojiao, Li Zimo, and Zhang Shuiniang who were walking slowly towards him.
Li Jiaojiao ran to Zhang Shuiniang and pouted: "My mother is a rich lady, Dad, you won't let her do rough work, right?"
Zhang Shui Niang raised her chin proudly: "If I hadn't married into your family... we would have maids to serve us when we go back to our parents' home."
Li Zimo saw Li Zhiyuan looking at him and said anxiously, "I am also a scholar. My father can't go out to work, so how can I?"
Gu Han: "I'm willing to do that, but you know I'm a cripple, and I'm afraid I won't be able to harvest enough food even after working for half a year."
Mrs. Li: "I am an old woman, and you still want to count on me? Haha, aren't you afraid of people poking your spine?"
No one in the family was willing to work, and they fell silent in an instant.
Mrs. Li snorted, "We'll collect it the same way we collected it before. Ye's family will come to help, Zhang, you should also contribute."
Zhang Shuiniang's face changed slightly, and she looked at Li Zhiyuan: "You also know that my parents and my brother are all from wealthy families. Not to mention working in the fields, even when they dress and eat, they need people to serve them."
Mrs. Li sneered: "Then how did you harvest the fifty acres of land? Huh?"
Zhang Shui Niang pursed her lips and said, "They were all collected by the servants at home, and we also hired long-term workers..."
"That's it! Let your mother's family do the work, or hire a long-term worker."
Zhang Shui Niang's proud face was cold and said, "I should cultivate my own fields, why would I ask my parents to do the work?"
"Ye Caiping's family will do it! Why, your family won't? They are not afraid of you having to endure hardships at all. Aren't you the pampered daughter of a rich family? How come you don't even have a family that cares about you?"
Li Zhiyuan also looked at Zhang Shuiniang. When Mrs. Li suggested that the Zhang family take it over, he agreed in his heart.
Zhang Shuiniang's face turned pale and blue. She had to be able to call her family members...
But if she can't be called, wouldn't it seem that she is out of favor?
Li Jiaojiao said anxiously: "Humph...Grandpa naturally doesn't want my mother to suffer, but, Grandpa never thought that the Li family would be so cowardly that they don't even have anyone to harvest."
Li Zhiyuan was furious: "Then tell me, why don't we have anyone to harvest the crops? Isn't your last name Li? You and your brother are the youngest and strongest, go down to the fields to harvest the crops! If you go, your grandfather won't have to do the work."
Ever since Li Jiaojiao made a fool of herself and was cheated out of two hundred taels of silver, Li Zhiyuan has been quite critical of her.
Then things started to happen one after another at home, and Li Zhiyuan became more and more impatient with Li Jiaojiao.
Li Jiaojiao's face froze. How could she do such lowly and rough work!
She is a reborn girl, she is different from them!
Besides, wouldn’t it be exhausting to go to the fields and harvest the crops? Why did she suffer this?
Li Zimo said, "Don't worry, Dad... We will go to Grandpa's house to get him in a while. It's not that we don't want to work, it's really... Dad and I are both scholars and can't work, but we are two grown men after all, and it would be ugly if we let a few women work in the fields."
Li Zhiyuan felt a little better and looked at Zhang Shuiniang: "Shuiniang, please help me with this matter."
Zhang Shui Niang pouted and snorted arrogantly: "It's a small matter."
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Mr. Zhang's eyes almost popped out when he saw Zhang Shui and her two daughters standing in front of him, asking him for help to harvest the wheat:
"I've never seen a married daughter ask her family to harvest the crops. How can you not be so lazy?"
"Did you lose your arms or legs? You are so tall and strong, yet you are so lazy! Why don't you just die! Get lost!"
Zhang Shuiniang and the other two shrank their necks when they were scolded.
Zhang Shuiniang gritted her teeth. If her parents didn't help her, how could she act like a rich lady in front of Li Zhiyuan?
Li Jiaojiao said: "If I remember correctly, the Zhang family has thirty acres of land registered under my father's name. How much land tax have we saved for grandpa? Humph, if grandpa doesn't want to, then move the thirty acres of land out and don't take up the name!"
"If we spread the word that the thirty acres of land will be registered under my father's name, and only half of the land tax will be paid to us, and they will also help us harvest the crops, there will be a lot of people willing to do it!"
"We are not asking for half of the land tax from Grandpa. We just want him to send someone to do the work. Is that not allowed?"
Zhang Fuhu's face changed.
Old Lady Zhang on the side said quickly, "Alright, alright. Shui Niang, you guys go back first. I'll ask He Ma and Daxing to help you tomorrow."
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