Bai Ziqian looked disappointed when he learned that neither of his parents were home after he had played there.
Shui Qing: .....Why does Bai Ziqian seem like a left-behind child?
His parents readily agreed, then secretly slipped away behind his back.
But there's nothing we can do about it; nobody wants that.
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In the days that followed, the whole village was busy harvesting potatoes.
For ten consecutive days, without stopping, Shuiqing's family finally stored all the potatoes in the warehouse.
The weather was sunny and clear, with the scorching sun of midsummer and no sign of rain.
"A bunch of fools, they believe whatever the old village chief says without question. Look at the sky, how is it any different from any other summer?"
"There's going to be a torrential downpour and flood there." Fan Damu, with his hands behind his back, strolled over to Fan Qian's house and sneered.
Nowadays, in the village, only he, Fan Qian, and Zhang Tuzi's families do not grow potatoes, nor do they exchange work for potatoes.
It wasn't that they didn't want to, but Fan Jin and Shui Qing were exceptionally determined not to deal with them!
Oh, and there's also Wang Mazi.
But ever since he made a fuss about returning the mushrooms, Wang Mazi's status at home has plummeted, especially since his sons, who were originally under his tight control, no longer act according to his demands.
After the first month of the lunar calendar, the family even separated!
Later, with the old village chief's mediation, Wang Mazi's sons and daughters-in-law indicated that they dared not even think about exchanging mushrooms for rice, but could they be included in the exchange of labor for potatoes?
Fan Jin and his wife actually agreed!
Right now, the two families that are visibly the worst off in the village are his and Fan Qian's—Zhang the Bald has always been the worst off in the village, so he's not even in that category.
Besides, even if Fan Jin and Shui Qing agreed to Zhang the Bald's exchange of labor for potatoes, Zhang the Bald would never go through that kind of hardship!
That's a lazy, good-for-nothing good who doesn't know how to make any progress. You wouldn't even want to step on him.
Fan Qian puffed on his pipe, a gloating smile on his face: "You've worked hard for more than three months, what's wrong with waiting another ten days or so?"
I heard that the potatoes aren't fully grown yet; the harvest will be even better if we wait a little longer!
After speaking, he choked and coughed incessantly.
Fan Damu stepped forward and asked with concern, "Are you still feeling the effects of your previous illness? Didn't you say the Ding family sent you a lot of herbal medicine? Why isn't it working?"
Speaking of herbs, Fan Qian got angry: "The person who ate the poisonous mushrooms before was completely cured, exactly the same as before. I thought the Ding family was powerful and that herbs were useful! I didn't expect them to be completely useless."
However, we didn't send a single penny to the Ding family, so getting a free drink and drinks isn't a loss for us.
Although Fan Damu felt that Fan Qian's actions were somewhat unethical, he wisely refrained from saying anything.
This is one of his own people; there's no reason for him to help outsiders.
He then said, "By the way, we neither planted potatoes nor changed the potato variety. Your house is at least a brick house, but mine is a thatched hut. What if a rainstorm really comes?"
The villagers used to trade mushrooms for rice, and before the busy farming season, they all replaced their thatched houses with adobe houses.
Especially the roofs, they're all covered in gray tiles!
Looking around, only his and Zhang Tuzi's families in the entire Shanshui Village still had thatched houses.
Fan Qian glanced at his cousin and said nonchalantly, "What are you afraid of? The old village chief isn't necessarily right."
Fan Damu chuckled and said, "Isn't it just that I'm more afraid of the unexpected than the possible?"
"Then come and stay at my house. We're all from the Fan family. I'm not like Fan Jin, that ungrateful wretch who disregards family ties!"
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