"Since Mother agreed, why is she starting to dislike me?"
When Liu mentioned her mother-in-law, Jin Erniu had no choice but to say, "Fine, if you want to stay at the martial arts school, then stay at the martial arts school!"
Deputy General Xiao walked in, gently pushed open the door, and said in a low voice, "Oh dear, when did you bring your wife to the martial arts school? There are no women in this martial arts school. Look at you, you've scared your wife so much!"
When Jin Erniu saw Deputy General Xiao, he blushed and said, "Oh, it's you! It's not like that. I just had nothing to do at home, so my mother said she wanted to come and supervise my martial arts practice. What are you thinking? I'm not that kind of person!"
“That’s right, my Erniu is not that kind of person.” Sitting on the edge of the kang, Liu Shi glanced disdainfully at Deputy General Xiao standing behind her.
This Deputy General Xiao has always lived alone. It is said that he has an old mother. The Xiao family has been a single-son lineage for generations, and Deputy General Xiao is still unmarried. His old mother is most concerned about this matter, so he dares not go home, for fear that his old mother will ask him about it as soon as he returns.
There were often no girls in the military camp, so where could they find wives? Therefore, once they entered the military camp, marriage became even more of a distant dream.
Upon seeing Liu, he was immediately seized by an urge to get married. It was just a pity that Liu was already Jin Erniu's wife. Last time she came, her belly was not visible, but after only a few days, how come her belly was so big? However, Liu still looked so beautiful, and he couldn't help but take a few more glances.
"We've met before, remember when you last came to the martial arts gym?"
Liu glanced at him and, not having a good impression of this so-called Vice General Xiao, said with a stern face, "I thought he was someone important, but it turns out he's just someone who bullies others by abusing his power."
Vice General Xiao said awkwardly, "Well, we didn't know each other back then. Now, even if you asked me to fight Erniu, I wouldn't dare. Erniu is the head of our martial arts school."
Jin Erniu glanced at Deputy General Xiao: "Let's go, everyone's waiting for training. How can we get by without you as our mentor?"
Deputy General Xiao wanted to say a few more words to Madam Liu, but unexpectedly, Jin Erniu pulled him out.
In Daling Village, Li Zheng gathered all the villagers together. As is customary, they all gathered at the drying ground at the village entrance. Daling Village has about twenty households, and they lined up in two rows according to their order of arrival.
Li Zheng shouted, "Quiet! Please listen to me. I've gathered everyone here today to tell you something. The weather is bad for a while, and there might be heavy rain. So, we've decided to harvest the wheat tonight. We've worked hard all year, and we can't let our wheat be flooded."
Old Liu said in surprise, "If there's a moon, harvesting overnight will be better, but what if there isn't? Also, if we bring the wheat in now, won't it get moldy?"
Someone in the crowd chimed in, "That's right, wheat is best harvested in the sun. If the weather is bad, it will get moldy."
At this moment, Liang Shuyan stepped forward, clapped her hands, and said, "Everyone, please listen to me. We can harvest the wheat, store it at home, cover it with something, and wait until the weather is better before taking it to the drying ground to thresh it. This is much better than having a year's worth of hard-earned grain washed away by a flood."
In Daling Village, Liang Shuyan's words are more effective than any reason. Her cold noodles are now sold in big restaurants in town. More importantly, she is now building sheds in the village and helping the villagers solve many problems. In their opinion, what Dashanniang said must be right.
"Alright, in that case, let's start now and take charge of helping with the grain harvest. First, we'll collect our own grain, and then we can help collect the grain from any family with extra grain!"
Li Zheng said, "If we're talking about the family with the most grain in Daling Village right now, isn't it Liang Shuyan's family? Besides their own 30-plus mu of land planted with wheat, they've also planted wheat on the few mu of wasteland in the village."
"Auntie, don't worry, our grain is good. We'll come and help you with your harvest after we've finished ours!"
Liang Shuyan smiled slightly: "It's alright. I went to the field and checked. The crops are growing very well. With my family and the men from the martial arts school, we don't have to worry about our food supply."
Liang Shuyan had already activated the system's harvesting tool, but she still had to ask her family to do it as a formality, lest they find out and she would have a hard time explaining herself.
Li held a brief meeting at the drying yard, and everyone went back to their respective tasks. The harvest was the culmination of a year's work, and they couldn't let a year's hard work go to waste.
Liang Shuyan was no exception. As soon as she got home, she yelled at Dashan and Zhao Heng: "You two, go to the martial arts school now and call those kids there to help. Harvesting grain is a big deal, otherwise, even the martial arts school won't have anything to eat!"
The two men accepted the order and went to the martial arts school to fetch help.
Sanwang delivered cold noodles in the morning, and had nothing to do in the afternoon. When he heard about harvesting grain, he hurriedly took out a sickle from the storeroom, sharpened it on a stone, put it on the donkey cart, and prepared to harvest the grain.
The old woman from the Liu family said, "I'm an expert at harvesting. If it's wheat, none of you can match me."
Ruyan nodded heavily: "Yes, that's right. My mother is very good at harvesting wheat. She used to harvest wheat for the police to earn money. Don't underestimate us just because we're young. When it comes to harvesting wheat, we might not be a match for my mother."
Liang Shuyan said awkwardly, "How can that be? What will people say about me if they see this? They'll say I'm mistreating my in-laws. Forget it, you should stay at home with my mother-in-law."
Old Mrs. Liu insisted on her opinion: "What are you talking about? I've been eating your food for a year. What, now that it's harvest time, I want to rest? If everyone does the same as me, who will harvest our food?"
Ruyan then grabbed Liang Shuyan's arm and said, "Auntie, please let my mother go. My mother is really capable."
"Okay, let's go then!"
Grandma Jin glanced at the weather outside, shook her head, and said, "The weather hasn't completely changed yet. How about this, I can't do anything else, so I'll stay home and cook and deliver food to you all!"
Mr. Su looked up at the weather and said, “How about this, harvesting the grain is the most important thing, so let’s stop the school for now. We adults and children can all go harvest the grain, and the children can be responsible for picking up the wheat ears in the field. We can resume the classes after the grain is harvested.”
The family didn't have enough sickles. Liang Shuyan counted them and realized they were short a few, so she instructed Sanwang to go to town and buy some.
Thick clouds rolled across the sky, and a cool breeze swept by. Liang Shuyan led her family toward the wheat fields on the mountain.
Harvesting was one task, but the main responsibility was to haul the grain back from the fields. Since it was in the mountains, most of the grain had to be carried by livestock. Da Shan and Zhao Heng took a shovel and built a road from the back of the mountain, which could be used by both donkey carts and horse-drawn carts.
"Zhao Heng, look, the magistrate is here. Is he going to arrest you and take you back?"
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