Chapter 21 Su Tai's crops have a good harvest
Ma Yuanwai's heart trembled at his vicious daughter. Only then did he realize that he was too impulsive today. He immediately put on a amiable face and ran away in shame.
"You confused old man!" Ma Yujie cursed, turned around, nodded to the people in the room, and left leisurely.
Su Changfu was stunned.
Liu Tiechui smiled foolishly and said, "My wife has a hot temper, and she is the only one who can calm my father-in-law. Don't worry, I will definitely report the relief grain, but I don't think it will be much, so you should be mentally prepared."
Su Changfu thanked him repeatedly.
After returning to Dongmen Village, he immediately gathered the villagers together, his face solemn, "This year, the situation in Fufeng Township is better in our Moshi Town. The county magistrate wants every household in Fufeng Township to pay more grain. Mr. Ma went to make trouble with the town magistrate and his wife for this matter. It seems that the county government can't collect much grain, let alone even less for our village. In addition, the two grain stores in the town are owned by Mr. Ma, he will definitely raise the price of grain, everyone must make plans as soon as possible."
This was not good news for the villagers, and they all had sad faces as they dispersed.
Su Tai also knew about this at the first time.
Han had already rushed into the house to check the grain jar, and said with great worry, "We don't have much food left. If we live frugally, we can only survive for another two months at most."
Su Chunlin didn't say anything, but comforted Han, "I haven't used up the one or two taels of silver I asked my eldest brother for before, and I also earned some money from digging a well with Shen Yi. If it doesn't work out, I'll use it all to buy food."
Han's expression suddenly changed. "Boss, you can't be stupid. Winter is coming, and we have to save some money for emergencies."
Su Tai also stepped forward to stop him, "Dad, Mom is right. We need to buy warm things when the weather gets cold. If we have a headache or fever, we need to see a doctor. You can't spend all the money. If you are really worried about not having enough food, take me to see Brother Shen. I have already told him that Brother Shen has a way to buy food at a low price."
"Girl, are you telling the truth?" Su Chunlin and Han held Su Tai's hands tightly on the left and right.
Su Tai nodded repeatedly, "I promise."
The couple looked at each other. They might not trust Su Tai, but they absolutely trusted Chen Yi 100%. Since there was a way to get food, Su Chunlin would naturally not be stupid enough to spend all the money to buy food.
At the end of October, the relief grain from the county government finally arrived. Every household was allocated a small bag, which was enough to barely sustain them for a month without starving to death, and could not last until the spring when the snow melted.
What’s even more frightening is that it used to snow at this time of year, but now there isn’t a single snowflake at all, and many people are still waiting to save the snow and melt it into water to live on!
And if it doesn't snow, next year will probably be even drier.
Su Changfu was so worried that his hair almost turned white, and Su Changxi couldn't sleep at night. He often wore a tattered jacket and wandered around the village visiting neighbors, for he was afraid that someone would starve to death.
At this time, the half acre of wheat planted by Su Tai in the earth time and space finally matured.
Looking at the golden wheat field, she felt for the first time the joy of a good harvest. She swung her sickle and started working!
Half an acre of land is not a lot, but it is still quite strenuous for her to work alone. It took her two nights to finally finish harvesting the wheat. The earth space-time directly swallowed up half of it, and she took the rest to the space-time gate transfer station. After that, she rented a thresher from the vending machine and quickly threshed all the wheat. The wheat needed to be dried, but she really didn't have the space, so she could only rent a special grain dryer. After working for four or five days, she got two hundred and fifty kilograms of wheat.
Looking at the food, Su Tai breathed a sigh of relief, a relaxed smile on his face.
The next step was to find a way to get the food out, and she also had to pay back the ten kilograms of wheat she owed Chen Yi.
Just when Su Tai couldn't think of a good excuse, Shen Yi, whom she had been thinking about, showed up with a bag of food.
Su Chunlin was so happy to see him, and was even more moved when he saw the food. "How can you be so honest? My uncle and his family are not going to fall apart yet! Hurry and bring the food back."
Shen Yi shook his head. "Uncle, you don't have to be polite to me. I am the only one in my family. Although the harvest in Shenjiazhuang is not good this year, there is still some food. I can still take out this little bit of food."
Su Chunlin remembered Su Tai's words, and hurriedly pulled Shen Yi to the side and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Tai said that you have a way to buy food at a much cheaper price, is it true?"
Shen Yi was stunned and subconsciously looked at Su Tai beside him.
Su Tai winked at him.
Shen Yi thought of Su Tai borrowing food from him before, paused, and said hesitantly: "Yes, I can buy some, but not much."
Su Chunlin looked like he understood everything, and lowered his voice even more, "The price of wheat outside has risen to fifty coins. I'll give you five hundred coins. How much food can you help me buy?"
"Uncle, I'll tell you after I find out, okay?" Shen Yi didn't dare to agree easily.
Su Chunlin nodded repeatedly and didn't mention it again.
Su Tai found an opportunity to pull Chen Yi to the straw shed outside the yard to talk in private.
"Brother Shen, the food I promised to return to you is ready. My father asked you to help buy food, just agree, and I will give it to you."
Shen Yi was shocked, "Where did you get the food?"
"I planted it secretly, shh! This is my secret, I haven't told anyone, and you can't let anyone else know." Su Tai winked at him hard.
Originally, she didn't plan to tell Shen Yi, but now she needed Shen Yi to cover it up for her, so she had to let him know some things. She wouldn't worry if Shen Yi betrayed her because no one could find where she grew crops.
Shen Yi was shocked by Su Tai's ability, and when he came to his senses, he immediately agreed.
"What are you going to do?"
Su Tai looked at the family members in the house, gritted her teeth, and said, "I don't grow much grain, and the harvest is average. I can only take out 180 kilograms at most. You gave me the grain seeds, so I will give you 30 kilograms. Is that enough?"
Shen Yi refused, "No need for that much, just give me ten kilograms."
Su Tai shook her head seriously, "You helped me. Without those ten kilograms of wheat, we wouldn't have the food we have now. You must accept it. If it's not enough, tell me again."
Seeing her persistence, Shen Yi had no choice but to accept it.
Su Tai was satisfied and continued, "Let my father take me to Shenjiazhuang, and then I can give him the food naturally."
Shen Yi still didn't understand, "It's not a bad thing, why don't you let your parents know?"
Su Tai looked mysterious and said, "You don't understand. This is my secret."
Chen Yi's heart skipped a beat for unknown reason. Su Tai told him such an important thing without telling anyone else. Does this mean that she really treats him as a family member?
In order not to disappoint Su Tai's trust, Shen Yi decided not to get to the bottom of the matter and tried his best to cover for her.
The two of them were whispering here, thinking that the Han family couldn't see them, but they didn't know that their every move was seen by the Su family.
Han happily whispered to Su Chunlin: "I was worried about this marriage before, but now it seems that I was worrying too much. Look, the two children are so well matched!"
Su Chunlin was arrogant, "Why did I insist on going to dig a well with Shen Yi? It was to get to know our future son-in-law better! The facts prove that I was right!"
Han laughed and glanced at him in reproach, "You are just a bit of a scoundrel."
(End of this chapter)
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