Chapter 91 Donkey Son

Everyone in the village was shocked.

It is true that people live off the mountain. Everyone in the village, including the twins, who can walk, goes to the mountain. Especially during the slack season, a basket of wild vegetables collected from the mountain is a meal. Which family does not mix a handful of wild vegetables in their porridge? The sudden ban on going up the mountain has a huge impact on everyone.

In the sudden silence, Tang Shitou suddenly asked, "Then we can't pick the sea buckthorns from Qingshan's family?"

Tang Qingshan frowned slightly and glanced at him.

Tang Shitou had been keeping an eye on their family's life for a while, so he just blurted out the question. When Tang Qingshan looked at him like that, he immediately felt guilty, but after thinking about it, he raised his voice and said, "I'm just asking casually! After all, we're just picking some wild vegetables, but Brother Qingshan has to do business and sell sugar, don't you think?"

Tang Qingshan said calmly: "We won't sell it."

"Yes," Tang Shitou said sourly, "Your family is very rich, so you naturally don't care about this little money."

Tang Qingshan had a blank expression on his face.

He had been in the capital for nearly twenty years and had seen all kinds of people, especially people like Tang Shitou. This kind of person would say something sarcastic when he saw someone living a good life, but he himself never tried to make progress. When he said the same thing, it sounded particularly unpleasant.

He was too lazy to argue with him.

Someone interrupted and said, "Chief, we still have to discuss it with them. How can we not ask them to go up the mountain?"

"That's right. There are so many people in this village. If they are not allowed to go up the mountain, what can they eat and drink? Some people even have their land on the mountain!"

Someone else said, "Brother Qingshan, you are familiar with him and we are neighbors, so please ask him. It won't hinder your earning money if you ask him well."

"Yeah, just go and ask!"

Tang Qingshan stood straight, pretending not to hear.

The old clan leader frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Don't worry, this matter really can't be handled this way. I will discuss it with Tang Lizheng and then go back to ask the Yuan family. Let's disperse first and talk about it tomorrow."

Everyone dispersed, and some people chased Tang Qingshan and urged him: "Brother Qingshan, it won't hurt to ask. Doesn't your family still sell candy? You can earn two more, but why do you think it's too much money?"

"That's right, just ask!"

Tang Qingshan glanced back at them.

Most of these people instigate others to take the lead, but they themselves do not have the courage to do so and just want to take advantage of what others have done.

He just said, "I can only ask myself. If the clan leader asks, it will be the responsibility of the whole village. Tell me, why should I bypass the clan leader to ask for help?"

Some people thought so and left with a sigh; some people felt a little resentful, thinking that he was unwilling to contribute, and left angrily.

Tang Qingshan put his hands behind his back and returned home leisurely.

Several sons are at home, busy with work.

After resting for two days, the vegetables in the field grew wildly. The newly planted garlic seedlings grew taller than the knees and could not be cut in time.

There were people coming and going in the house every day, and for fear that people would notice something was wrong, the family had to start early in the morning. Sometimes they could send two trucks to the city in a day. Fortunately, there were many people in the Lin family, so they could accommodate one or two more trucks.

Tang Qingshan glanced at him and asked, "Where's Xinbao?"

The second brother laughed and said, "Xinbaoer is busy! No one in the family is busier than her!"

As she was talking, Naituanzi came running over with her short legs, grabbed a few leaves, and ran back. She was afraid that Tang Xiaoba would finish eating, so she didn't dare to stop and didn't even see her father.

Brother Tang asked, "Dad, what does the clan leader want to ask?"

Tang Qingshan also started to reap the profits while telling the story, but no one paid much attention.

I only make about 200 coins a day by selling candy, which is not a small amount actually, but I am busy building a new house at home.

But everyone in my family is hardworking. If the sea buckthorns were discovered by others and someone sold them, they would not fight over them. But no one has discovered them yet, and they feel it is a pity to see them rot, so they have been selling them. Even if they don’t sell them now, they don’t sell them. It doesn’t matter.

Tang Qingshan said: "I think they will not stop asking people to go up the mountain."

The Yuan family were outsiders to begin with, and they just moved here and bought the mountain. If they had told them directly that anyone could climb the mountain, no one would have been grateful to them.

But if the clan leader or the village head goes to find them and they agree, then the concept of "the mountain belongs to the Yuan family" will be deeply rooted in people's hearts, and everyone will have a taboo in their hearts, and they will be able to gain a foothold in the village.

This is how you get things done.

If he were asked to do this, he would do it.

But he thought that even if they were as rich as a country, they would not buy a mountain casually, so they might have come here just to buy the mountain. In this way, it would make sense for them to live in seclusion here.

But what is the purpose of buying a mountain?

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

If you want to raise or plant something and fence it off, it is not called going up the mountain. It is legally justified, and it is useless for the patriarch to look for you.

However, even if that is true, judging from Yuan Yaogui's behavior, he should leave a small piece of mountain for himself. It is impossible for him to be too strict and cause resentment.

Brother Tang said, "If that's the case, then we can just give the boiled sugar to the villagers to eat, so that we don't have to seal off the mountain. People won't dare to hate the Yuan family and come to blame us."

Tang Qingshan glanced at him and said, "You only thought of the first level. This is not the way to do it."

If you really do this, you won't get any good results even if you give the things to others.

But Tang Qingshan didn't explain, letting him figure it out on his own. Seeing his daughter running back again, Tang Qingshan said, "Xinbaoer, Daddy has gone to the new house."

"Oh!" Xinbao grabbed a few leaves and said, "See you, Daddy!"

Tang Qingshan: “…”

The second brother laughed and said, "I told you, she won't care if I stay at home every day."

Xinbao had all run out, but when she heard this, she ran back with her arms outstretched. Tang Qingshan bent down and took his sweaty little girl in his arms.

Xinbao was still holding a leaf in one hand, and said in a baby voice, "Daddy, Xinbao loves you very much! But Tang Xiaoba is also Daddy's child. Tang Xiaoba is hungry, so Xinbao wants to feed him."

Tang Qingshan, who didn't want to have a donkey son: "..."

The family spent more than half an hour collecting all the vegetables. Fourth Brother Tang asked, "Are we rushing to send them to the city?"

"Let's do it in the afternoon. Let's load it into the car first," said Brother Tang. "The village is busy right now. When we meet people, they will ask endless questions. Let's send it off after lunch."

So several people prepared lunch, and Brother Tang went to the back and brought his sister over, otherwise he was afraid that she would eat the donkey to death.

Xinbao's little body seldom worked for such a long time. He was panting with exhaustion. He sat on Brother Tang's lap and gulped down two bowls of water. His little face was flushed.

The third brother went out directly, found a small ditch, washed his hands and face, and came back with a face full of water beads: "I heard that the damn old woman is back again! The man surnamed Liu actually invited her in and cooked noodles for her!"

The second brother was wiping the sweat off his sister's face with a handkerchief. He lowered his eyes slightly when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)