Shuiqing, carrying a heavy bamboo basket, walked step by step to the dense crowd, surrounded by five children filled with joy.
Fearing that Shui Qing might misunderstand, Li Changlin stepped forward and briefly explained what had happened and how his grandfather had handled it.
Shui Qing exhaled and looked gratefully at the old village chief.
He really saved her a lot of trouble!
The old village chief waved his hand and reminded her, "Fan Er's wife, that's the gist of the matter. Do you have anything to say?"
Shui Qing glanced at the troublemakers, then saw Fan's mother, Sun Jinhua, and Fan Qian at the back of the crowd. A smile appeared on her lips as she replied, "Do as the old village chief says. We'll take the water chestnuts too."
It would definitely be more cost-effective for her to return the rice, but sometimes she'd rather not steam buns than lose face!
She would rather not earn money from these people than let them benefit from her. Not only would they not get any benefit this time, but they would also not get any benefit from her in the future!
"The water chestnuts from yesterday have already been sold, I need a little time."
Before Zhang the Bald and his companions could speak, the old village chief said meaningfully, "It's alright, we brought it. You should return the big guy first. Once you return the things, they won't have anything to say."
Shui Qing readily agreed without hesitation: "Alright! Then I'll thank the old village chief in advance."
After saying that, he addressed the crowd: "The old village chief has already registered everyone. If anyone else wants to withdraw, please let me know now and I will withdraw them all at once."
She earns money, and the villagers also benefit; it's a mutually beneficial arrangement, and she doesn't want to turn it into a forced sale.
She'll accept these people out of gratitude, but she won't serve those who are too troublesome. Goodbye, no, get out of here!
Rolling non-stop~
Wang Mazi raised his hands and waved them, urging everyone: "Guys, this is your last chance! Hurry up and leave! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, don't wait until you've got nothing."
Zhang the Bald's eyes darted to the bamboo basket Shui Qing had brought, and he quietly moved forward.
Shui Qing saw it too, but did not stop it.
In fact, she did it on purpose.
By deliberately taking advantage of the presence of most of the villagers, she made sure the food was found in plain sight—so that if anyone asked about it later, the whole village would remember that she found it in the 'wild woods'.
The more intense the uproar, the more it will solidify this memory point.
To reinforce this memorable point, and also to kick out all the troublemakers and disloyal people, she even told Fan Jin, who had already loaded the cart, to come back later.
"Hey everyone, come and see what this pitch-black thing is!" Zhang the Bald suddenly yelled, attracting everyone's attention.
Everyone looked up at Zhang the Bald and saw a fist-sized, round object, about the size of a stone, piled up in the bamboo basket next to Shui Qing's feet.
It was covered in mud, black and dirty.
"What is this? It looks so dirty," said Zhang Chunhua, Zhang the Bald's eldest daughter, covering her mouth and nose.
"It looks so ugly, I wonder if it's poisonous or not."
Shui Qing was very satisfied to see that everyone's attention had been drawn to her, and continued to explain: "I went to the woods in front to dig for wild vegetables and saw these. I don't know what kind of small animal dug them up."
I noticed some of them had been gnawed on, so I figured they must be edible. I dug them all up and brought them back, thinking I'd try planting them.
Yan Qiu was stunned. Why would her mother, who was growing vegetables in her garden, go dig up wild vegetables?
Did Mother discover this thing before? No wonder she carried a bamboo basket before leaving the house.
"Oh dear, Aunt Fan, are you so poor that you have to dig for wild vegetables?"
"Bringing back things you've never eaten before to grow, are you starving at home?"
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