Chapter 255 Conflict by the River
Bai Wei and Chen Fangfang were digging the ground together.
After digging a hole in the land, Chen Fangfang picked up a shovel and piled the horse manure on the cart on the ground. She introduced it to Bai Wei while piling it up.
"Sister-in-law, my brother will bring the sawdust later. The ratio is two to one. When mixing, add water. Keep it moist at all times."
When Chen Fangfang talked about the fermentation method, she raised her head and looked at Bai Wei with a firm look in her eyes.
Seeing her explaining seriously, Bai Wei also listened carefully.
"Sister Fangfang, you explained it in such detail. Will you not help the master in the future?"
Xiao Meng's seemingly casual words made Chen Fangfang's face freeze, but she quickly laughed again.
"Of course, of course not. But it would be good if my sister-in-law knew more details."
Chen Fangfang continued to shovel the horse manure.
On the other side of the river, military wives came over in twos and threes, carrying laundry in their hands.
The smell of horse manure was really strong. Wang Cuihua, who was walking in front, smelled the smell and came over. As soon as she saw the pile of horse manure on the ground, she screamed immediately.
"Oh my God! Who is so wicked as to pile up so much horse shit here? It stinks!"
Wang Cuihua's voice was sharp and high-pitched. When she yelled like that, everyone else gathered around.
"Bai Wei...sister..."
He Zhaodi and He Yingdi, who were following Wang Cuihua, held wooden basins in their hands, looked at Bai Wei and greeted her in a low voice.
Wang Cuihua raised her head and saw Bai Wei in front of her. She immediately pointed at Bai Wei and shouted.
"Bai Wei, did you get these horse feces? Did you know that everyone in the family compound washes clothes in this river? Your land is close to the river, are you trying to dirty the water? Who are you trying to offend by doing this?"
Xiao Meng immediately retorted.
"This is still far from the river. We will pollute the river water if we go there!"
"You little bitch, is it your turn to talk to me?"
Wang Cuihua looked at Xiao Meng in front of her.
Since leaving the He family, Xiao Meng has grown fairer and fairer, and has dressed beautifully. Her existence is like a needle, always pricking Wang Cuihua's eyes.
The other military wives also came forward and looked at the high pile of horse manure on the ground, frowning in disgust.
"Bai Wei, let's do the laundry right here. You've got so much horse shit, it really smells too bad."
"Yeah, if it rains, the dirty water will flow over there, how are we going to wash clothes?"
"But what are you doing with all this horse shit?"
Everyone was talking to each other, but their words were more tactful and their faces did not look very good.
"Sisters, I'm fermenting this horse manure to make fertilizer for the fields."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Cuihua's mocking laughter rang out.
"Fermenting horse manure! In our village, only the farmers can do this kind of work! Can you do it?"
Wang Cuihua glanced over and everyone shook their heads.
They do know how to grow crops, but when they were in the village, they went to the fields to earn work points and worked for the villagers. The work of making fertilizer was done by the older generation in the village, so they didn't know how to do it.
"If we knew how, we would have done it long ago and wouldn't have left the land here lying waste."
After getting everyone's nods of agreement, Wang Cuihua suddenly became excited.
She raised her head, pointed at the horse dung on the ground, and spoke in a shrill voice.
"Bai Wei, we don't know how to work, how can you, a city dweller, do that? There are so many horse manures, if they don't ferment well, the stench will go up to the sky! Wouldn't it pollute this whole area? Then, how can we wash clothes? Clean it up quickly, otherwise, I will report it to you and you will suffer the consequences!"
Wang Cuihua thought to herself that she had finally caught Bai Wei's mistake, and her eyes almost popped out.
After she yelled like that, others also felt that there was some truth in her shouting.
Although everyone had done Bai Wei a lot of favors, they were still thinking that if the manure job was not done well, the land would be polluted and their laundry area would also be dirty!
"Bai Wei, this job is dirty and tiring. Why don't you just forget about it? You're a pregnant woman, and there's no need to go through so much trouble."
Someone had already stood with Wang Cuihua, trying to persuade Bai Wei to stop.
Bai Wei just opened her mouth and was about to explain when Chen Fangfang stuck the shovel into the ground. She didn't even look at anyone, but just stared at the horse feces.
"My sister-in-law can't do this kind of work, but I can."
When she spoke, everyone noticed that the person who had been shoveling the cow dung was Chen Fangfang.
"Chen Fangfang?"
The news that Song Qinian's brother and sister-in-law had joined the army had already spread.
When people heard her call her Sister-in-law Bai Wei, they guessed her identity.
"You are a girl who was sold out by the Chen family. How can you have a say here? Hey, what's wrong? You came to the Song family to be a slave, and serving others is not enough. You even want to do hard work for others. You even enjoy doing dirty work like making manure!"