There's no way Xu Changshou can be allowed to live.
Now, no matter how much he pretends to be crazy or even if he asks all the ancestors of the Xu family to possess him, it won't work. He's easily driven away by Li Laoshi's bucket of stale, overnight foot bath water.
Li Laoshi, an outsider with no children or support, was still not satisfied. He specially found a lot of live hemp stalks to fight ghosts. These things were even more sinister than thorny branches. Xu Changshou dared not pretend to be crazy anymore.
Errui, Xiaoman, Xu Genbao, and all the other Xu family members from various branches mobilized, found a mule cart, and carried him up.
Yaozu's wife didn't want to leave. Despite being the younger sister-in-law and an elder, she knelt down and kowtowed to Pi.
It is said that since Ms. Pi could not have children, she was willing to adopt her newborn daughter and let the almost seven-year-old Xiaobao hug Xu Gensheng and call him "Dad".
Everything's in chaos, completely in chaos. The younger cousin is being forced to call the older cousin "father" and the older cousin's wife "mother."
Ms. Pi was both angry and sad. She knelt on the ground and bowed to her sister-in-law, saying, "Sister-in-law, please don't embarrass us. Even if Gensheng and I don't have children, we would never adopt yours."
With a dark expression, Xu Changming said to Xu Yaozu, who was slumped on the ground, "The grain, oil, rice and flour we gave you this time is enough to last until the autumn harvest. You're almost thirty years old, so don't be lazy. As long as you cultivate those few acres of land well, you can support your family of four."
After all, they were brothers. After seeing off the third brother, the Xu family and several households pooled together some grain, a dozen catties of corn and wheat flour, and half a catty of oil. As long as they added some vegetables and cooked porridge, it would be enough for the whole family to eat until they harvested corn and threshed grain.
Of course, this is on the premise that Xu Yaozu planted corn and rice, and that the crops had not dried up during the month that no one had managed them.
Xu Yaozu clearly knew whether his haphazardly planted crops would yield a harvest and that he would definitely go hungry when he returned, so he shamelessly begged for grain and money before he was willing to leave.
After a day of crying and fussing, the family was finally driven out of the village.
Errui said to Ma Guan, who was in charge of driving the cart, "You only came back after delivering the people to their village head. Please ask the village head to take good care of his family so that they can live a peaceful life. Tell him that I, Xu Errui from the county government office, will remember his good deeds!"
Ma Guan understood: "Don't worry, boss, I will make sure I explain everything clearly."
Previously, when dealing with the Wu family father and son, Errui Xiaoman, who had only been an official for a little over ten days, made a fool of himself by not knowing the rules and sent the Wu family father and son, who had committed theft, to the county government. As a result, he was ridiculed by Song Tingzhang before he finally learned the essence of the matter.
Now, Errui naturally needs to use this title. As long as the local magistrate hears that he is an official from the county government, he knows what to do.
Whether Xu Changshou's family will be oppressed or protected in the local area in the future depends on what Ma Guan says.
Xiaoman was in charge of dealing with the Wu family father and son, while Errui was in charge of dealing with the Xu Changshou family.
Jiang Zhi pays wages to the children in the village.
The rains alleviated the drought, and no one came to buy the medicine anymore. Only then did Jiang Zhi have time to distribute the errand fees to the children in the village who were agricultural technicians.
At this moment, a group of children gathered under the drying shed, with their elders watching from the sidelines.
Compared to the quarrel between the Wu family father and son here just a day ago, there is now only joy.
"Stone Monkey, you have one hundred coins!" Jiang Zhi placed a string of coins on the table, and Li Laoshi beckoned the short boy over.
The stone monkey happily accepted the money, bowed to Jiang Zhi, and then stood aside.
Behind him squatted a row of people: his father and uncle, two older cousins, his aunt and mother.
Everyone stared longingly at the stone monkey and the money in its hand.
The Shi brothers did not separate their household; the elder brother, Shi, was in charge of the family's finances and living expenses.
Just now, Boss Shi came over to collect Shi Houzi's wages, but Jiang Zhi directly refused: "This money was earned by the child, so the child should collect it himself." Including the wages of the silly eldest sister of the Shi family, she should also collect them herself.
Although I know that the money will only stay in the children's hands for a short time, the honor of hard-earned money is still deserved.
After the stone monkey received the money, it became Tian Gui's Tian Xiaoquan.
This clever boy gave the stone monkey a lot of ideas, and he earned the most money this time, receiving 150 coins.
Tian Xiaoquan took the money, bowed respectfully, and said with a smile, "Village Chief Jiang, my mother said she'll come to our house for dinner this afternoon when she has time."
The pharmacy was on holiday, and Tian Tao was at home inviting her master to dinner.
Jiang Zhi nodded in agreement. Since she was Tian Tao's master, she would take good care of and teach her.
Next up were Lin Xiaohu and another child from the Xu family, each of whom could earn several dozen coins.
The children were overjoyed; this was the first money they had ever received.
Parents around them, whether rich or poor, would always say things to each other with praise and envy.
Liu and her eldest daughter-in-law Tian were also nearby. Seeing that the children were being praised, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law turned around and went back.
Liu sighed, "Qiangwa doesn't want to go out, and Heizi is too young. Our children can't compare to other children."
Genyou's wife, Tian, was an honest woman who was willing to suffer losses, but even she couldn't stand it anymore: "We still need to make Qiangwa learn a few words with us tonight."
Xu Genyou has two boys, and neither of them received any money this time.
The eldest son, Xu Qiang, didn't even want to attend night school. He knew how to spray pesticides, but he only cared about his own fields and didn't go out to help others.
The second son, Heizi, was less than ten years old, so naturally he couldn't earn money.
Originally, Liu didn't care whether her eldest grandson went to school or not; she just wanted him to learn cotton-fluffing from Xu Genbao so he could earn some pocket money.
But now, seeing how considerate and agreeable other people's children are in their speech and actions, I realize that having studied with a teacher makes all the difference.
These past two days, the small Xujia Village has been in complete chaos, filled with both laughter and tears, joy and sorrow.
The farce under the shade of the pavilion over the past two days has been marred by the absence of one person: Qin Shi.
Lianhua couldn't watch the excitement while she was at home, which made Qin Shi very bored.
She heard the whole village catching thieves in the heavy rain, but she could only stand by the yard and watch, jumping up and down in panic.
She could only go out for a breath of fresh air after Xu Genqing came home at night.
The pharmacy was closed after the rain, so Xu Genqing was able to rest at home.
Just as the food was served, Lianhua came over with chopsticks for five people.
We're having meat at home today, and the sisters Da Xiangxiang and Xiao Xiangxiang are here too.
"Lotus, are you unable to hold your pee?" Xu Genqing asked, somewhat surprised, as he noticed a wet patch on Lotus's pants.
Lotus was also confused: "No! I don't know what's going on!"
Xu Genqing was stunned for a moment, then shouted, "Mother, Lianhua is about to give birth!"
Knowing that his mother was unreliable, Xu Genqing had been asking the village women about childbirth ever since Lianhua became pregnant.
Now the lotus is about to bloom.
Da Xiangxiang put down her rice bowl and immediately ran to find Wang Xiaoju and Pi Shi to come and help.
Xu Genqing went to invite Xia's mother and Liu's mother.
With these knowledgeable aunties and sisters-in-law around, everything will be fine!
Jiang Zhi was still sitting at the Tian family's dining table when Xu Genqing called her over.
She was both amused and exasperated. Lianhua was perfectly fine, and there were these women who knew how to give birth, so why did they call her here?
At Qin's house, Liu and Xia's mother took one look and said that everything was fine, that Lianhua was lucky and hadn't suffered during her pregnancy.
Pi and Wang Xiaoju also comforted her and made her relax. The room was filled with harmony, but Qin was nowhere to be seen.
"Aunt Jiang, my mother is over there!" Xu Genqing said to Jiang Zhi, pointing to the back of his house with a worried expression.
Jiang Zhi wondered, at this critical juncture, why was Qin Shi, the mother-in-law, not preparing things inside the house, but instead running to the back of the house to do something?
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