Chapter 69: Worrying about the Old Village Chief
Pan Sloppy suddenly popped his head out from behind Li Bosong and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to put a sack on him and beat him up?"
I have read so much of the sages' books that I have lost everything. I need to relax and clear my mind.
"Aren't you afraid of getting your hands dirty by beating the dog?" Li Baisong asked sincerely.
Pan Sloppy took a look at his hands and said, "Don't tell me, they are a little dirty."
"He wants to see Fourth Sister. I think Fourth Sister should explain things to him."
"No way, no way, you're sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth? You have such a vicious heart."
Li Baisong: "...What are you thinking? Of course we'll quietly escort Fourth Sister there. If Fourth Sister explains it to others, that's fine. If not, we'll quietly put her in a sack. I'll wash your hands when you get them dirty."
Pan Sloppy smiled and said, "Okay."
Li Baisong whispered again, "But I think a beating won't heal him. I think he's too obsessed."
Pan Sloppy looked at Li Bosong in horror, "Do you still want to beat him every day?"
"There's no need for that. Let's wait until he's better before we fight. If only I could pass the imperial examination this year, that would be great. We're both scholars, so he's bound to be cautious in his actions."
Pan Sloppy was annoyed. "What are you dreaming about? You are good at math, but your handwriting is so weak and limp that you won't be able to write well without practicing for three to five years."
"I know, I'm just saying. Mr. Pan, what do you think if I tie two sandbags on my hands?"
Pan Sloppy tapped Li Bosong on the head and said, "You're just thinking of some crooked ways."
He finally realized that although this kid looked like a gentle and harmless little lamb, he actually had a black heart.
"Do you want to tell your mother about this?"
"Tell me what?" Qin Fangci stood behind the two of them, holding a basin of soybeans in her hand.
Pan Sloppy jumped away and said, "Your son wants to talk to you. It's time to go out and practice martial arts. I'll go call your kids."
"Mom, are you going to make soy milk with the soybeans? I want to drink freshly ground soy milk."
Qin Fangci really wanted to make some soy milk and tofu. She went to see yesterday and found that there was no one selling tofu in the county town. She wanted to do this business.
Beans can also supplement protein. If you can’t get enough meat, then drink soy milk and eat tofu.
It just so happens that the leftover bean dregs can be fed to pigs, which will help them grow faster.
"What do you want to say to me?" Qin Fangci is not someone who can be easily diverted.
Li Baisong smiled first, "Just now Xu Xiucai came and tried to persuade me to go to school in Dongshi Village."
Qin Fangci's face darkened. "What else?"
Li Baisong briefly told Qin Fangci what had just happened, "Mother, do you think Fourth Sister can explain things to him?"
"No, but your fourth sister should go," Qin Fangci said. "Since he wants to see your fourth sister, he will definitely not give up so easily. Instead of letting him do something bad to block her, why not send him over? He's under your watch and it's less likely that anything will go wrong."
"Then mother, as for Fourth Sister, I'll go talk to her."
"Go ahead, do what you want to do, and be careful." Qin Fangci patted Li Baisong's shoulder, "Just call Mr. Pan if you need anything."
Hearing this, Pan Sloppy asked, "What do you mean?"
Do you think of him as a servant or a guard?
Qin Fangci raised the basin in her hand and said, "There are delicious foods."
"Okay." Pan Sloppy agreed immediately.
"Come on, boys, let's go to the mountain. I'll teach you some stick fighting techniques today."
Dadaner immediately perked up, "Mr. Pan, what kind of stick technique is that?"
"Dog-beating stick!" Pan Laita picked up a bamboo stick, jumped and squatted, and slapped it on the mud ground in the yard. The mud flew and the bamboo stick cracked.
The children were stunned and were about to clap and scream when Sandan, who was sleeping soundly in the room, was so scared that he kicked his hands and feet and let out a heart-wrenching howl.
Pan Sloppy: “…”
Oops.
"run!"
Wang picked up her son and opened the door angrily. People of all ages were running away in the yard. It was obvious who had done this.
Mrs. Du saw her mother-in-law bringing in soybeans and thought she was going to cook bean rice today, so she asked diligently, "Mom, do you want to pick some beans?"
"Well, pick out all the bad beans." Qin Fangci handed over the soybeans, "Pick up all the bad ones and put them aside. That's all I want."
Qin Fangci picked up one and showed it to Mrs. Du. If she hadn't said this, Mrs. Du might have kept the one she thought was good.
Mrs. Du nodded to show that she understood.
Wang coaxed her son and came out with the child on her back.
"Mom, what did they do just now?" Wang asked casually.
"Practicing martial arts."
Wang: “…”
The old village chief walked in slowly with a crutch.
"Brother Village Chief is here, what's going on?"
The old village chief glanced at Qin Fangci and sighed.
This made Qin Fangci sigh, "Brother Village Chief, what's going on?"
"Bai Shunniang, do you know what days these days are?"
Qin Fangci was stunned by the question. What day is it?
Could it be that there was some activity in Liantang Village that she didn't receive the memories of her original body?
Qin Fangci looked at Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wang, both of whom were also confused.
"Spring, oh spring!" The old village chief tapped his cane, showing how helpless and annoyed he was with Qin Fangci.
"Look, every household is busy working on the farm, leaving home early in the morning and returning late at night. What about your family? You go to the county town every day to attend the big market!"
The old village chief was very disappointed with his classmates.
"I know you're worried because your second son was cheated, but you should also prioritize things. How can you mess around with the whole family?"
If Old Man Li were still alive, the old village chief would have poked someone's forehead with his finger.
"How can business be done all the time? If you miss the spring planting, it's too late to pay for someone to do it. If you have no food in the fall, how will your family survive?"
"Your second child is confused. How come he's contagious? Are you confused too?"
"Listen to me, take good care of the children and plant the land first."
Qin Fangci was very grateful for the village chief's sense of responsibility, but she was not wrong and did not need to change.
"Brother Village Chief, my family has planted all the land. We have enough vegetables and beans. We won't go hungry."
The old village chief said, "...I'm talking about rice seeds. If you want to plant rice outside, you can't just wait for all the paddy fields. What if it doesn't work? Wouldn't that all be wasted?"
"Old village chief, don't worry about this. I have an idea. I know you've done your duty for the village and us without any selfish motives. I've also agreed with you that if my family can't grow any crops, we'll just eat vegetables and bean rice this year. I've grown quite a bit, and I've also bought three piglets, so we won't have to worry about having no meat for the New Year. When the time comes, I'll kill the New Year pig and treat you, village chief, to some meat."
The old village chief: "..." Is he here to talk about eating meat?
There are vegetables, meat and rice, so he is just worrying about nothing, right?
This is what being a village chief is like. Sometimes you have to worry about things that are unnecessary. Otherwise, if people really starve to death, the head of the village will only come to find him.
Wang brought a bowl of boiled water, and Qin Fangci handed it to the old village chief. "Brother Village Chief, don't get angry. We have such a big family, and we definitely won't let anyone starve to death. If you don't believe me, just wait a few days and see. The crops in my fields will grow no worse than anyone else's."
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