Chapter 221: Switched
Not long after, accompanied by the creaking sound of the ox cart, Qingquan Villagers Zheng and others had arrived at Dalui Village.
As soon as a few figures entered the village entrance, the village chief and Lao Li, who had been waiting under the willow tree, nodded to each other.
"Well, start."
"Listen to Nuobao, leave Qingquan Villagers Zheng here, and everyone else goes to Jiang's house first, let them separate for a while!"
The village chief followed Nuobao's instructions, shouted loudly, picked up the broom in his hand and jumped out, pretending to fight with the newcomers. Before
Qingquan Villagers Zheng could react, Zhang Fanjian and others were so scared that they screamed and could only run to Jiang's house.
"This..." Qingquan Villagers Zheng was stunned and was about to catch up with them.
But the village chief pulled him back and deliberately blocked him.
"Our village has been in a mess recently, so we want to take it out on them. We won't attack you. Just stay here for a while to prevent others from getting hurt by mistake." The village chief said with a smile, following what Nuobao taught him. The people
in Qingquan Village thought it was true, so they breathed a sigh of relief, smiled politely, and exchanged a few words with the village chief.
At this time, in the courtyard of the Jiang family, Zhang Fanjian and his friends came in, but they were not beaten at all.
Several people were standing together in the corridor, with a silly look on their faces, carefully examining the brocade box in the hands of little Nuobao.
"Is this the Persian radish seed?" Zhang Fanjian asked, staring at the box and swallowing his saliva.
Little Nuobao raised his little round face, looking harmless.
"Yes, I'll show it to you first, to open your eyes."
She poked the seeds inside again, "kindly" reminding.
"Do you remember what the seeds look like? However, when the master comes, don't tell him that you have seen it, lest he thinks that you want the seeds too much, and it will be difficult for him to draw lots."
"Okay, we'll remember it, and we won't tell him." Zhang Fanjian agreed repeatedly.
At the entrance of the village, the village chief and Old Li and others stopped Qingquan Villager Zheng and chatted non-stop. In fact, they didn't know what the Jiang family was busy with.
It was only after a long while that Jiang Fengnian walked over and smiled and invited everyone to go together.
Qingquan Villager Zheng had a gentlemanly look on his face, without any urgency at all.
He entered the yard and first glanced at Zhang Fanjian and the others. Seeing that there was no sign of being beaten on their faces, he was puzzled but did not think much about it.
Everyone chatted for a while, and soon, Xiao Nuobao handed the seeds to the village chief of Qingquan Village with a smile, without saying a word.
After standing on tiptoe and watching these people leave the village, Xiao Nuobao shook his braid and smiled playfully.
"Okay, this good show is about to begin~"
The Jiang family immediately held their breath!
The little guy turned around, and the fat hand pinched his waist, just like a little adult, and began to give orders.
"Big Pot, hurry up, go to the city now and tell Tian Zhixian that it's time to come with those dozen people tonight!" Xiao Nuobao was full of vigor.
"Okay!" Jiang Fengnian immediately harnessed the horse carriage.
"Second Pot, go to Liaodongying and tell Third Pot to lead people to quietly surround Qingquan Village. If they see anyone who is not a villager leaving the village, they will be arrested and searched immediately!"
"Okay!" Jiang Fenghu quickly jumped onto the village chief's ox cart.
After Jiang Fengze and Tian Zhixian got the news, they were already prepared and took their men to act.
...
In the evening, smoke rose from Dalui Village.
The villagers had a simple meal and then set off to Qingquan Village to watch the lottery.
Thinking of the "good show" Nuobao had mentioned, the men and women, young and old, in the village were reluctant to miss it. Those who had ox carts or donkey carts at home took them, and those who didn't walked.
Feng was worried that there would be too many people and it would affect Sun Chunxue's belly, so she asked her to stay at home to look after Chun Ge'er.
The rest of the people followed her to Qingquan Village in the village chief's ox cart.
At this moment, Qingquan Village was bustling with people!
More than 20 or 30 villages around had sent village chiefs and villagers to come. Everyone stood in front of the cloth shop in Qingquan Village, waiting for the people inside to draw lots. For a while, there was a lot of chattering, and it was very lively.
"Tell me, with just this little seed, which village is so lucky to be selected?"
"It would be great if it was our village. Persian radishes are valuable. After planting them, the whole village will have enough rice to eat."
"By the way, you think Uncle Zheng here will not be partial and deliberately let Qingquan Village be caught?"
"Pah, pah, pah! Nonsense, who is he? He is a well-known virtuous person in the surrounding area. It is impossible!"
Amidst the calls of many people, Uncle Zheng of Qingquan Village finally came over with a brocade box and a small basket of paper dumplings.
Everyone was eager to try and was even more excited.
Qingquan Village brushed his green shirt, looked around and spoke.
"Since you all trust me so much, I can't let you down. As the saying goes, one should not put on shoes in a melon field, and one should not put on a hat under a plum tree. Since I am in charge of the lottery, I can't let people suspect that I am partial."
After saying this, he straightened his face and raised his voice: "So, this time, we in Qingquan Village will withdraw from the lottery and will not participate in the distribution of seeds!"
What?
Everyone admired.
Then, thunderous applause broke out in the crowd, and many voices of praise.
Xiao Nuobao sat on his second brother's neck, staring quietly at the people in Qingquan Village, with an ambiguous look on his face.
Jiang Fenghu was a little surprised: "I didn't expect that this uncle Li Zheng is so noble and upright."
Feng narrowed her eyes and whispered: "Don't say it too early, just wait and see."
The applause lasted for a long time. For a moment, it seemed that everyone had forgotten that the real gift of "seeds" was from the Jiang family, and Qingquan Village Li Zheng was just a middleman...
After a long while, Qingquan Village Li Zheng had enjoyed enough praise, and finally raised his hand to stop, and placed the basket with paper balls in front of everyone.
"Each village sends one person to draw, and only one of the paper balls has a mark inside. The one who draws it can get this seed."
After the village chiefs squeezed around and drew the paper balls, it was finally the village chief of Daxi Village who got this "luck".
"The seeds belong to our village, they belong to our village!" The head of Daxi Village was so excited that he fell to the ground with a red neck!
People from other villages were silent and could only watch with envy. The people in
Qingquan Village were laughing and took out the box of seeds and were about to hand it to the head of Daxi Village.
"Yes, take it. You can make a lot of money by planting it in the spring next year."
However, just when everyone was jealous of Daxi Village's bad luck.
A crisp baby voice suddenly interrupted everyone's thoughts and stopped the head of Daxi Village from taking the seeds.
"Wait a minute!"
"Wouldn't it be too boring to give it to him like this?" Xiao Nuobao rode on Jiang Fenghu's neck, swinging his short legs, looking over the crowd.
The head of Daxi Village turned his head and asked, "What do you mean? Are you going to regret and take back the seeds?"
Little Nuobao smiled and shook his head, "Of course not. What I meant is that since they are extremely precious seeds, shouldn't they be opened so that everyone can have a look and open their eyes?"
When everyone heard this, they all nodded in agreement.
Yes, since they can't get a share, it's okay to take a few glances. The
people in Qingquan Village changed their expressions and were about to persuade everyone.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Fanjian beside him only listened to Nuobao and snatched the box.
"Yes, yes, yes, we should show it to everyone. We can't let people come here for nothing!"
Zhang Fanjian opened the box and was about to show it to everyone, but suddenly, he couldn't help but stare at the box in shock.
The seeds inside are wrong.
They are not the ones he saw at the Jiang family!
"What's going on? The seeds given by the Jiang family don't look like this." Zhang Fanjian shook his head in a daze.
"These seeds have been swapped, they have been swapped!" He then shouted excitedly.
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