Chapter 176 Is it easy to bully?
Zhao Liya and Hu Linglao were speechless.
"This person is really..."
Hu Ling said: "There are all kinds of people, it's not surprising."
Zhao Liya laughed out loud.
Liao thought they were looking for her family, so she hid quickly. However, she never expected that they went directly to the headman's house.
When Zhao Liya and Hu Ling arrived, the people in Bajiaozhai were welcoming them with smiles on their faces, thinking that something good was going to happen.
After hearing the two of them talk about this matter in a tactful way with a wry smile, the head of the village felt his face burning hot and cursed the Liao family in his heart.
How can you do things like this?
Who was Mr. Zhao? He was the top scholar in the imperial examination, a high-ranking official in the capital. The school was built by the Zhao family, and they didn't charge a cent for tuition. They often gave the children pens, ink, paper, and inkstones as rewards—in fact, everyone knew it was just a way of subsidizing the poor children. Only one egg every three days—how many families could afford that? Who wouldn't envy them if they told others about it?
At that time, someone couldn't help but tell Mr. Zhao that if this happened, many families might send their children to school just for the egg for three days.
Mr. Zhao smiled and said, "That's fine. But you can't go on the day the eggs are distributed. You have to go to school for three consecutive days. Only on the third day will you get eggs. If you only go for two days or one day, you won't get any eggs that time. You'll get them the next time."
This was agreed upon from the beginning. Everyone must follow the rules and no one is allowed to have any opinions.
Of course everyone will have no objection!
Why would you go there only on the day the eggs are distributed? That would be too opportunistic and no one would tolerate it.
Mr. Zhao has done so much for everyone. Now there are four classes in the school. The Zhao family also hired a scholar who had failed to achieve academic success to teach together. However, some people are not satisfied and actually flatter their children and urge them to run to the teacher's house to eat for free.
How can this be tolerated?
Mr. Zhao couldn't bear to send Pan Fu away today, but what if more children followed him tomorrow and the day after tomorrow? Why not just let the Zhao family help raise the children for everyone else?
Do you still want this face?
The village head couldn't help but grit his teeth and cursed, "Ms. Liao is a mentally ill person. She did such a shameless thing. Miss Zhao and Mr. Hu, don't worry, I will give Mr. Zhao an explanation for this matter! I will make her go to the Zhao family to apologize tomorrow! I promise that this kind of thing will never happen again."
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "There's no need to apologize. My father and my family don't care about this, and there's no need. Village head, don't think too much about it. This is just an accident. Just deal with it. We'll be the same as before, and we'll be the same in the future!"
"Okay, okay!" The headman felt relieved. To be honest, he was really worried, fearing that this would anger the Zhao family and Mr. Zhao - who wouldn't be annoyed by such a trivial matter?
The village head stood up and bowed deeply to Zhao Liya and Hu Ling: "Mr. Zhao is kind, Miss Zhao, and Mr. Hu are also kind. This is really a blessing for our Bajiao Village! Oh, I am really ashamed. As a human being, I must cherish my blessings."
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling hurriedly comforted Li Zhenghao for a while to reassure him.
The village head is a very good person. His attitude towards this matter is enough. The Liao family will never be able to cause any more trouble.
The village head was very enthusiastic and wanted to keep the two of them for dinner before leaving. "Since you are here, dinner will be ready soon. Why don't you eat dinner first?"
The two of them originally didn't want to stay, but if they didn't stay now, the village head would inevitably think they were angry and might think too much. Zhao Liya nodded and smiled, "Okay, okay, then let's have dinner first."
"Okay," the village head was very happy and stood up cheerfully. "Then do as you please. I'll ask your aunt and sister-in-law to kill the chickens!"
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling also stood up with a smile, "I'm sorry to bother you with your uncle's delicious food again!"
"Haha, of course, of course!"
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling were not idle either, so they simply went to the village entrance to check on the fields.
I looked around at the potato seedlings, and they were growing vigorously. Everywhere I looked, they were lush and green, neatly arranged, and the effect was gratifying.
Zhao Liya was delighted: "Potatoes are really easy to grow. Look how well they're growing. We'll be able to harvest them in a few months. And then there's still time to plant another batch. Our potato workshop can start operating this year!"
The most important thing is that this is 700 acres. According to the output of potatoes, they will enter the market after the harvest and every household can afford to buy seeds. There will definitely be another round of expansion next year, which will be promoted invisibly.
Previously, through the restaurant and word of mouth from Zhao Liya and others, countless ways of eating potatoes were spread. Now that everyone knew the benefits of this thing, they would naturally take the initiative to promote it further.
I looked at the potato field and then the sweet potato field.
The 300 acres of land for seedling cultivation are covered with green sweet potato vines. Tender sweet potato vine buds are popping up everywhere, and they are growing vigorously in this warm and moist weather. Every five or six days, a round of long vines can be cut and transplanted. At this moment, there are more than 1,200 acres of transplanted sweet potato fields. Those who are reclaiming the land are still reclaiming the land, and those who are transplanting are still transplanting. They will not stop until there are 2,000 acres.
Zhao Liya felt that with everyone's hard work, the estimated 2,000 acres would be exceeded soon.
This is a good thing, the more the better.
Sweet potatoes can't be a staple food every day, but they are very good. If you eat them with grains, corn, potatoes, and other grains, you won't have to worry about any famine.
When the people working saw them, they stopped, waved their hands, smiled and greeted them loudly. Zhao Liya and Hu Ling responded with a smile and stopped to chat with everyone.
The situation on the ground is always under control.
The village head knew that they were in a hurry to go back, so dinner was ready before the sun set.
The freshly slaughtered farm chicken was stewed until fragrant and fresh, and bacon and sausage were steamed and two seasonal vegetables were fried. It was a homely yet delicious dish.
After everyone had a lively dinner, the village head asked his son to harness the ox cart and take Zhao Liya and Hu Ling back home.
After sending them off, the village head rushed to Liao's house with murderous intent.
The next day, Pan Fu did not go to Zhao Liya's house again, and simply did not go to school anymore.
Li Xiaoying came to the house specifically to explain the matter and apologize. Zhao Liya and Deng comforted her and reassured her.
Li Xiaoying finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the Zhao family really didn't take this matter to heart.
Otherwise, if that bastard Liao caused a rift between her family and Mr. Zhao's family, not only would she not forgive them, but her own family would not forgive them either.
Before Li Xiaoying left, Zhao Xiang specifically instructed her, "Why isn't Pan Fu going to school anymore? If there's nothing else going on at home, tell him to go tomorrow. He's still young and can't help much at home. It wouldn't be a bad thing for him to learn to read and do some simple math on an abacus in school!"
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