The three left overnight, so the unconscious Fan family mother and son were not discovered until the next morning.
In fact, given the commotion they caused in one night, with all the shouting and threats, they should have been discovered long ago. But coincidentally, Aunt Zhang's family, who lived next door, had moved into their newly built house a few days earlier.
Although the others heard some noise, it was late at night, and the Fan family was not well-liked in normal times, so they pretended not to hear it. When they came to check in the morning, they found that the two of them were lying in the yard, and Old Lady Fan was covered in blood.
Fearing someone might die, the villagers hurriedly called the village chief and also summoned Doctor Shi.
It has to be said that Old Lady Fan was very lucky; she lost so much blood but didn't die, only suffered some blood loss. However, Fan Ting was not so fortunate.
His leg had already been broken by Nangong Yuan before, and before it fully healed, he was beaten up by Yun Xiao. Now, it has been broken again by Ye Qian'an.
Doctor Shi reached out and touched Fan Ting's leg, then sighed and said...
"The injury was too severe, and then it was compounded. Even if he can stand up in the future, walking will be difficult..."
Everyone could tell that Doctor Shi's words were euphemistic; what he really meant was that even if the patient could walk, he would be crippled.
Upon hearing Doctor Shi's words, Granny Fan's already pale face turned even paler, while Fan Ting, who had just woken up, rolled his eyes and fainted again upon hearing Doctor Shi's words.
For no other reason than that in Beichen, people with disabilities are not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations. Therefore, Shi Langzhong's words were a blow to Fan Ting's career path, which is why he couldn't bear the blow and fainted.
范家围了很多人，一向爱看热闹的韩一一自然也在其中，看到受不了打击晕过去的范廷，韩一一不禁挑了挑眉头，暗道，这货这是又得罪了谁，竟被人揍成这样。
Actually, the reason Nangong Yuan kept Ye Qian'an was only to annoy Fan Ting and vent Han Yiyi's anger. He didn't expect Ye Qian'an to break his leg. It's hard to say whether this can be considered an unexpected bonus.
Later, Fan's mother went to the Ye family to demand an explanation, asking them to pay her one hundred taels of silver in compensation. However, the Ye family turned the tables on her.
They said their daughter had married into the Fan family, but now she had disappeared without a trace, and they demanded compensation for their daughter. The Ye family had more people and more power, and Fan's mother was afraid of being beaten again, so she could only slink back home.
Now that Fan Ting has lost his eligibility for the imperial examinations, he has become increasingly gloomy. Every day, apart from eating and sleeping, he stares intently in the direction of Han Yi's family at the foot of the mountain, lost in thought.
Now that the New Year has passed and the weather is gradually getting warmer, Han Yiyi remembered that she hadn't discussed with the village chief about having the villagers plant chili peppers together, so she went to the village chief's house.
The village chief naturally knew about the chili pepper that Han Yiyi had concocted and how it had helped Yunlai Restaurant do business. When the chili peppers were ripe, Han Yiyi had not only sent some to Aunt Zhang's house, but also to the village chief's house.
However, Han Yiyi had always said that she found the chili pepper in the back mountain, and later found it delicious, so she collected the seeds. But that's not important now. When the village chief heard that Han Yiyi agreed to share the seeds with everyone and that she would buy the chili peppers when they grew, his eyes lit up.
If what Han Yiyi said is true, she will buy the long chili pepper for 25 coins per catty, and the small chili pepper for 30 coins. According to this calculation, even if the harvest is not good next year, Zhushan Village will not have to worry about going hungry.
Thinking of this, the village chief, disregarding Han Yiyi's presence, hurriedly got up to go out and rush the villagers to a meeting. However, he had only taken two steps when Han Yiyi called him back.
"Uncle Chen, please wait a moment, I have another condition..."
The village chief then realized that he had been too hasty, so he stopped and asked.
"Hmm, what are your conditions...?"
"I'm willing to give out chili seeds to everyone, but it's not free. They need to buy them themselves. Seeds for one acre cost fifty coins. How many acres they want to plant is up to them. If they don't need them, we won't force them..."
Actually, those chili seeds weren't expensive when exchanged with system points. However, Han Yiyi still charged them money because she was worried that if she gave them the seeds for free, they wouldn't cherish them or plant them properly. Besides, this way, she could also eliminate some of the families who liked to take advantage of others.
Seeing the village chief nod, Han Yiyi continued.
"Furthermore, those who buy chili seeds need to sign a contract with me. The chili seeds they buy from me can only be used for planting and cannot be resold. Also, once the chilies are ripe this season, they can only sell them to me. As for the rest, it's up to them..."
When the village chief heard Han Yiyi's words, he felt that they made sense, so he nodded and was about to go out when Han Yiyi called him back.
"By the way, Uncle Chen, the Huang family and the Fan family don't sell my chili seeds..."
Upon hearing Han Yiyi's words, the village chief subconsciously frowned, but he could understand Han Yiyi's feelings. After pondering for a moment, he nodded, picked up the gong, and went out.
The village chief's frown wasn't because he wanted the two families to plant chili peppers together, but because he was worried that if Old Mrs. Huang and Old Mrs. Fan found out they weren't allowed to plant chili peppers together, they would come and cause trouble for him.
However, the village chief was overthinking it this time. Putting aside the fact that Granny Fan has to take care of her son with a broken leg every day, she doesn't have time to grow chili peppers. As for Granny Huang, she's been so angry with her daughter-in-law that she's barely breathing and has trouble even speaking, let alone anything else.
The village chief gathered all the villagers under the big tree at the village entrance. Once everyone was almost there, he loudly recounted what had happened.
Sure enough, everyone's eyes lit up when they heard that they were going to grow chili peppers.
Nowadays, in Zhushan Village, Han Yi's house is the biggest and most beautiful. Although people don't say it, they can't help but feel a little jealous. After all, Han Yi was divorced back then, but now she has the best conditions in the village. Later, they learned that Han Yi had been doing business at the Tongyunlai Restaurant, and chili peppers were one of the dishes served there.
Therefore, when everyone heard the village chief say that Han Yiyi not only encouraged everyone to plant chili peppers, but would also pay for them, they all started chattering and clamoring that their families should plant them too.
But when they heard that they had to pay for the chili seeds themselves, a few people started whispering among themselves.
"We have to spend our own money to buy seeds, isn't that just a waste of time?"
"Exactly, what if it doesn't work?"
"I think we should just forget about it. We don't want to lose everything. We might end up losing both the chili peppers and the fifty coins..."
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