Chapter 16 Autumn Harvest is Coming
Han felt inexplicably relieved and approached Su Changfu with other villagers who had nothing to do.
Su Changxi was worried, "Brother, you offended Mr. Ma today. Will he ask the town officials to remove you from your position as village chief?"
Su Changfu calmly found a stone to sit on and said nonchalantly, "What are you afraid of? Although the town magistrate married Ma Rencai's daughter, Ma Rencai was opposed to this marriage at first. If it weren't for Ma Rencai's eldest daughter's insistence, the two of them would not have been able to achieve a happy ending. The town magistrate didn't like Ma Rencai as his father-in-law at all, so how could he listen to him?
Besides, I have been the township head for so many years and have been in contact with the town officials for so long. How could the town officials not know who I am? He will definitely not remove me from my position easily. You should do what you need to do and don’t gather here to be lazy.”
When the villagers heard this, they all dispersed with peace of mind.
Han also took Su Tai back happily, praising Su Changfu all the way.
Ma Rencai brought his thugs back to Ma’s house in town.
Madam Ma Sang was the first to greet him, "Master, what's going on?"
"Don't mention it! You're a bunch of ungrateful peasants!" Ma Rencai was furious.
Sang was shocked and asked, "Even if the master has stepped in, it won't work?"
Ma Rencai drank a large glass of water and became angry. "Qingsha Township's headman Su Changfu doesn't give me any respect at all! Go tell Yujie to come back, that bastard."
Sang was a little embarrassed and sobbed aggrievedly, "Master, you know that the eldest lady hates me. I am afraid that if I send someone to invite her, I will not be able to get anyone and will be scolded by her."
She is Ma Rencai's second wife, while Ma Yujie is the daughter of the original wife.
Ma Rencai had a heart attack instantly, his eyes widened and he slammed the table, "You two are all against me, right? If you don't dare to go, I'll go by myself!"
As soon as Ma Rencai left, Sang immediately stopped pretending to be nice, and solemnly told the maid beside her, "Go to Fufeng Township and tell my eldest brother about the situation."
Sang Yong, the eldest brother of the Sang family, is the head of Fufeng Township, and most of the Ma family’s fields are in Fufeng Township.
The river in Fufeng Township had dried up long ago, and this was also the place where the earliest well was dug. Ever since water came out of the well, villagers had to pay for water. Sang Yong made a lot of money, and the villagers didn't say anything. But after everyone knew that two buckets of water in Dongmen Village cost one penny, they started to make a fuss, and more and more people were dissatisfied with Sang Yong.
He blamed everything on Dongmen Village and let Sang whisper in Ma Yuanwai's ear, which led to today's farce.
Ma Rencai was turned away as soon as he arrived at Liu Tiechui's house.
"Your wife went out to meet guests? Then where is your master?" Ma Rencai stood outside the door of Liu's house and wanted to go in.
The concierge did not stop him, but politely stepped aside to make way for him, "Our master has gone to the countryside with a well digger, and he will probably be back tomorrow evening or the day after tomorrow."
“Is it such a coincidence?” Ma Rencai didn’t believe it.
The doorman hurriedly asked, "Why don't you go in and rest until our lady comes back?"
Ma Rencai really wanted to go in, but then he changed his mind and realized that even if he waited for his daughter to come back, it would be useless. His son-in-law had to step in to handle this matter. He waved his hand in annoyance and said, "Forget it! I'll come again tomorrow, sir."
As soon as Ma Rencai left, the concierge immediately closed the door and went to the backyard to report, "Master, Madam, Mr. Ma has left."
Liu Tiechui nodded with satisfaction and asked the doorman to leave. Then he asked his wife Ma Yujie, "You don't even know what your father-in-law is doing here, why did you stop him outside?"
Ma Yujie snorted coldly, "We have been married for a long time. You know better than me what kind of person that old man is. He will not do anything without profit! When has he come to your house, he has always asked you to do something for him? You don't mind, but I can't help it!"
Ever since Ma Rencai remarried, the relationship between father and daughter became increasingly strained, and they almost broke off relations because of Ma Yujie's marriage. Ma Yujie was completely heartbroken and had no good feelings towards such a father.
Liu Tiechui laughed twice and hurried to appease her, "Madam, don't be angry. Since you don't like me helping my father-in-law, I will just avoid him these few days. It's a good opportunity for me to go and see what's going on with Master Shen."
Speaking of this, Ma Yujie immediately put aside her temper and nodded seriously, "My husband should really take a look. I heard that Master Shen is quite capable. Before, only Fufeng Township had two wells. Once he came out, Qingsha Township and Panlong Township all had their own wells, getting rid of the situation where my father was the only one in power."
At this point, the couple looked at each other, and Liu Tiechui said, "I roughly guessed why my father-in-law wanted to see me."
Seeing his angry face, Ma Yujie was also very angry, "I said he would not do anything without profit!"
The couple discussed it, and Liu Tiechui left home through the back door that evening to find Shen Yi.
Su Changxi had been worried for several days, but he didn't see the town officials causing trouble for Su Changfu, so he was finally relieved.
In the blink of an eye, it was September, the time for autumn harvest.
Normally at this time the county would have issued an order for the autumn harvest, but this year there has been no movement at all.
Su Changfu went to Ximen Village early in the morning, then went to Zhongmen Village, and finally came back to Dongmen Village. When he passed by Su Chunlin's house, Su Chunlin stopped him.
"Brother Changfu, what did the higher-ups say?"
Han and others put down their work and listened attentively.
Su Changfu paused and sighed, "What else can I say? We in Qingsha Township can't even get a bushel of grain together. I guess we have to ask the county magistrate for disaster relief grain. Otherwise, how are we going to survive this winter?"
Su Chunlin's face turned pale. "Is it always like this?"
Su Changfu nodded and said, "I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go to town."
As soon as Su Changfu left, Su Chunlin immediately carried the rattan basket on his back and told his family, "I'm going to go deep into the mountains to see if I can get some food, even wild vegetables will do."
Su Tai remembered the footprints of wild animals she encountered last time she went into the mountains, and hurriedly grabbed Su Chunlin, "Dad, don't be impulsive. We can't go into the deep mountains. I heard that there is still water in the Canglan River, so there must be food to be found in the nearby mountains. Why don't we go to the Canglan River? At worst, we can go to the mountains beside the Daxun River to have a look. Anyway, it's better than the mountains in our village."
After hearing this, Han also felt that what Su Tai said made sense, "Why don't we listen to my daughter and not go to Canglan River? We can go to Daxun River to have a look. Isn't Shenjiazhuang right there? We can also go see Shen Yi. We haven't seen him for such a long time, and we don't know how the child is doing."
She didn't have any feelings when she met Shao Han before, but this time Shen Yi lived in the Su family for a while and helped Su Chunlin make money, so his weight in Han's heart suddenly became heavier.
Su Chunlin was originally hesitant, but after hearing this, he immediately decided to go to Daxun River.
Su Tai hurriedly said, "Dad, I'll go with you and help you carry your things."
"Then I'll go too." Su Zhan followed suit.
Su Ming also wanted to follow.
(End of this chapter)
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