Mrs. Ye was preparing various delicious dishes for Qingtian in the restaurant, when Ye Lao Er suddenly arrived.
"Sister-in-law, if you have anything to eat, give me some. I haven't had time to eat breakfast and I'm starving."
"Second brother, why are you here? Have you met your wife?" Mrs. Ye was surprised and happy to see him. She asked as she invited him in, "Is there not much work in the fields lately? How did you find time to come to the city?"
"Oh, sister-in-law, please stop talking about the fields. If it weren't for the crops, I wouldn't have come all the way to the capital."
"What's going on?"
It turns out that as the days go by, the crops in the fields are gradually reaching the time of heading and filling with grain.
A few days ago, Mr. Zhan wanted to build a shack in the field and sleep there with his bedding roll.
But how could Ye Laoer really dare to let him go!
I’m so old, what if something happens while sleeping?
Before going to bed that night, Ye Lao Er said to him solemnly: "Master Zhan, don't worry!
"The county magistrate has been here twice. No one in our village would dare to take advantage of my crops."
"What if there are people from outside the village..."
Before Mr. Zhan could finish his words, he was pushed down by Ye Lao Er.
“I’m not that famous yet, and I still can’t attract people from other villages to come and destroy my crops.
"Just go to sleep. At worst, we can get up tomorrow and go to the fields. Once we see that everything is fine, we can come back for dinner, right?"
Ye Laoer was busy all day and was very tired. After returning home, he had to coax this old child, which made him feel a little tired.
Fortunately, Mr. Zhan was persuaded by Mr. Ye this time and finally agreed to lie down and sleep.
Ye Laoer helped him blow out the oil lamp in the room, then went back to the room to rest with the candlestick in his hand.
As the lights in each house were blown out, the people of Rongxi Village gradually fell asleep.
“Boom boom boom!”
Ye Laoer felt that he had just closed his eyes when there was a hurried knock on the door.
"Brother, did you hear that? Hurry up and get up! There's a thief in your field."
When he heard that there was a thief in the field, before Ye Laoer could react and get up, Grandpa Zhan had already rushed out with his coat on.
"What kind of thief broke in? What did the thief do? Are the crops okay?" Old Master Zhan was so anxious that he didn't even bother to wait for Ye Lao Er. He tied his clothes and ran to the field.
Ye Lao Er also rushed out of the house at this time, thinking to himself, we were talking about this before going to bed, how could it be such a coincidence? We were thieves that night?
"Qingyuan, it's you!" Ye Lao Er saw that the person coming was Ye Qingyuan and asked, "What's going on? Let's go and talk while we walk."
Ye Qingyuan said: "Second brother, you don't have to worry, we have already pinned them down.
"I just told Mr. Zhan about this, but he didn't seem to listen and just ran away."
"Oh, forget it. I just promised the old man before I went to bed that no one would steal my crops!
"This time it's good. The old man will have to nag me for at least a few more days after this."
The two of them were walking fast enough, but they still couldn't catch up with Mr. Zhan who was rushing in front.
He ran to the edge of the field in one breath, and saw several young men from the village standing at the edge of Ye's field, with two people squatting beside them with their heads in their hands.
Mr. Zhan rushed over and asked, "What have they done? How are the crops? What happened?"
He has been in the village for so long that everyone already knows his official position and the purpose of his stay here. So although they are envious of the Ye family, everyone is also basically aware of his nature of regarding crops as his life.
When he asked this, someone said, "Don't worry, Master Zhan. We found these two men and pinned them down as soon as they got into the ground.
"Look, they just plucked a few ears of corn."
Looking at the ears of corn thrown on the ground between the two of them, Mr. Zhan felt his heart was bleeding.
Recently, he has been spending every day in the fields. Looking at the crops that are heading for ear is like looking at his own children. He is so happy.
At this moment, he suddenly saw several unripe ears of corn thrown on the ground. He felt as if he saw his own children being bullied, and he was almost fainted with anger.
"You, you guys..." Old Master Zhan pointed at the two people on the ground, his hands shaking uncontrollably, "You think you've only plucked a few ears of grain, but in the end you might end up with one handful less.
"You guys are going to piss me off to death!"
Mr. Zhan held his chest and didn't dare to look at the two people again, for fear that he would not be able to control his emotions for a while.
The young men in the village were also frightened to see him so excited. They quickly supported him and advised him to rest under a tree nearby.
Just then, Ye Laoer and Ye Qingyuan finally arrived.
Hearing that only a few unripe ears of corn had been plucked, Ye Laoer felt relieved.
"It's okay, thank goodness you found me. The situation isn't too serious..."
Before Ye Laoer could finish his words, Mr. Zhan became anxious.
"What do you mean it's not serious? This isn't serious? What else would be considered serious?
"Do you know how fierce the competition for the title of grain king is across the country?
"You might end up losing to someone else because of this handful of food!
"I said yesterday that I wanted to move to the countryside and it's all your fault for getting in my way.
"If I had lived here, this incident today might not have happened..."
The two people squatting on the ground listened to them silently, but the more they listened, the more confused they became.
Although destroying other people's crops is a serious matter in the countryside, to be honest, a few seedlings or a few ears of corn are generally not that serious.
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