Chapter 171 What a loss!
After hearing what Xu Zhiyi said, the couple felt unsure, but after thinking about it, they felt that Xu Zhiyi was just bluffing.
"Okay, if you have evidence to prove that we were the first to occupy your ridge, I will give up two mu of land, which is enough to make ten ridges."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi folded his arms and said, "There are no witnesses here. Who knows if you will retaliate? I don't want to be involved in this."
"I, Chen Sanhan, keep my word and have never cheated. If you don't believe me, I can call the village chief."
"But if you can't prove it, you can give up two points of land in return, how about that?"
Xu Zhiyi: "Okay, go and call the village chief over!"
How could I refuse to have two more acres of land for free? Even a small mosquito is still meat!
Chen Hansan's wife called the village chief over. After learning that the dispute between the two families was over the ridge, she looked at Chen Hansan and his wife and said with a stern face:
"You two must have occupied the ridges again. Before you started arguing with others about your land, your land was at the entrance of the village. At that time, you were arguing with the Yin family at the entrance of the village because of the ridges. Can you two change your habit of taking advantage of others?"
Chen Hansan: "Village chief, don't put the blame on me just because my husband and I had this incident. I have completely changed since that incident."
Village chief: "You've done this more than once... Well, I don't care about you. You won't change unless you suffer a big loss, right?"
Chen Hansan: "Village Chief, I never suffer any loss"
Then Chen Hansan took the lead and led everyone to the field. When they reached the new ridge, he said, "They occupied my side. I remember we were supposed to move forward."
Xu Zhiyi also walked over and said: "I'm sorry, but I've marked the ridges under my fields, so no one can dig them away."
Chen Hansan: "Who are you kidding? How come I have never dug up any marks?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he had said something wrong and quickly skipped the topic: "Anyway, I just think it's wrong."
Xu Zhiyi took a hoe and started digging on the edge of the field. After a few diggings, the two big rocks appeared in front of everyone: "This is my evidence. The rocks are the line. My family has not occupied a single bit of your field."
Chen Hansan and his wife were also confused. When were the two big rocks buried here? How come he didn't know?
"Does your promise need to be expressed?"
Chen Hansan: "I...Village Chief, I also remembered it wrong!"
The village chief said coldly: "You have done this once, how can you let it go every time? I have given you three chances. Whatever you promised today, you must fulfill it today."
"There is no mercy. You were born and raised in Cuilin Village, so you know my temper. There is no limit to three times. If you exceed that, there will be no chance to beg for mercy."
Upon hearing this, Chen Hansan's wife secretly tugged at the hem of Chen Hansan's clothes.
Feeling that the village chief was indeed angry, the couple became afraid and quickly marked out the two acres of land that they had been promised. The village chief was a man who would give you three chances for small matters, but would not show any mercy for big matters and would immediately drive you out of the village and remove you from Cuilin Village.
After Chen Hansan measured the land, he looked at the village chief and said cautiously: "Village... Village chief, I only said that I would give you the land. The land you gave me is planted with radishes. I... We have to pull them out."
Xu Zhiyi, who was standing by, heard this, glanced at the white radishes planted on the ground, and said, "Just pull them all out tomorrow."
When the couple heard Xu Zhiyi's words, their bitter faces finally relaxed a little! If the land was gone, and even the radishes that they had been working on for more than two months were gone, then they really wouldn't even enjoy eating meat!
Anyway, if we pick all these radishes and use them to make radish belly, we can not only sell some in town, but also keep some at home to eat for a long time!
Xu Zhiyi looked at the two acres of land he had measured and estimated that it was about the right size. He dug a hole to mark it, then carried the hoe and went home.
Su and Qin, who were finishing their meal in the kitchen, saw Xu Zhiyi coming back and quickly asked, "What happened? Did the two admit it?"
"Mom, aunt, they have given us two mu of land. After they pull out the white radishes, we will turn the land over and sow the vegetable seeds."
Su: "Ah, these two people are the same. Now, no matter how many ridges of other people's fields I occupy in the future, it will not be enough to make up for these two mu of land!"
Qin: "Let them suffer a great loss today, and see if he dares not learn his lesson in the future."
After dinner, Xu Zhiyi saw Su coming back from outside with a small basket, and asked curiously, "Mom, what are you carrying?"
"The temple fair will be held tomorrow, and I forgot to ask you to buy some joss paper money today. It just so happens that your Aunt Hu is going to town this afternoon, so I asked her to help buy some."
"Mom, there will be a temple fair tomorrow? Then I have to prepare more bowl cakes for tomorrow."
"Tomorrow there will definitely be a lot of people all day long, so we need to prepare more..."
The next morning, everyone got up early to make breakfast, and Xu Zhiyi was responsible for making the steamed cakes. Everyone helped to remove them from the mold and put them in a basket separated by oil paper.
By the time of Chenshi, 350 bowls of cakes had been made, and three large wooden plates and two large baskets were all filled!
Su looked at the mule cart full of things and suggested, "Zhiyi, the table in the mule cart is taking up space. You two can go there with Mingchuan and Manman to set up the stall first, and then Wuyou can come back with the mule cart to pick us up."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi saw that there were indeed too many things on the stall, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go first."
Su: "If you don't know the way, just ask."
"Mom, don't worry! We are not children anymore!"
Xu Zhiyi asked passers-by on the street about the location of Fayun Temple.
Half an hour later, we arrived at the intersection of Fayun Temple. At this time, both sides of the road were full of stalls. Finally, we found a seat at the back on the left.
After Xu Zhiyi moved all the things down, he looked at Shen Wuyou and said, “Wuyou, go back and pick up mother and grandmother, the four of us will just stay here and guard the stall first.”
Shen Wuyou: “Okay”
Seeing more and more people coming, and quite a few carriages, I guess all the ladies are here today!
“Selling bowl cakes! Don’t miss it if you pass by. The soft and sticky bowl cakes come in six flavors.”
Su Mingchuan and Su Manman were startled when they saw their cousin and cousin-in-law suddenly shouting, but after recovering, Su Manman looked at the girl and man passing by and waved quickly:
"Sister Beauty, would you like some cakes? They are delicious."
"My handsome brother, would you like some bowl cakes? There are six flavors, and each one is delicious."
The girls and gentlemen passing by, hearing the calls of "beautiful sister" and "handsome brother", would stop to buy a few. Although they knew their own appearance, who wouldn't like to be praised for their beauty and handsomeness? Just hearing it would make them feel better!
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