Fang Qing went home.
She didn't notice that after she left, a person came down from the mountain and followed the path she had made to the open space.
"Oh, there's a piece of land here. It would be perfect to grow something here."
This person was none other than Zhang, the second grandmother of Douya. At this moment, she was carrying a bamboo basket of pig feed on her back as she came down from the mountain.
No one from this remote village ever passes through here. She was just rushing because it was getting dark, and she never expected to get such a great deal.
"This must be about two acres of land. We need to reserve it first, before anyone else takes it from us."
She rushed home and told her family about it.
"Your eyes must be playing tricks on you because it's dark. How did this empty space suddenly appear out of nowhere?" said Bean Sprout's second grandfather.
“I wasn’t mistaken. There was grass all around, but that one patch was clean and tidy. I discovered that this was fate, a gift from God.”
“What if that piece of land belongs to someone in the village?” Aunt Dashan asked.
“Whoever wants to clear land should go to some remote corner. Besides, even if someone else has cleared it, so what? We’ll plant our things first, and then it’s ours.”
Her shameless and self-righteous attitude left Da Shan Niang speechless.
*
Fang Qing slept soundly until dawn. After getting up, she touched under her pillow and breathed a sigh of relief when she confirmed that the things were still there.
She did something big last night.
She was still just a child and didn't have the ability to protect that land. After thinking it over, she went to the village chief's house after dinner last night.
Because of what happened before, the village chief disliked her intensely and didn't even give her a second glance.
Fang Qing handed over the tobacco leaves and brown sugar she had exchanged from the system shop with a smile.
"This is a gift for the village chief and Grandma Liu. The village chief has gone to great lengths to maintain peace in the village. Douya misunderstood the village chief before because she was ignorant, so she came here tonight to apologize."
The village chief's expression improved considerably. Seeing that Fang Qing was articulate, her wife couldn't help but praise her. Fang Qing then took the opportunity to reveal her purpose.
"Two mu of land? By yourself?" The village chief clearly didn't believe it.
“It’s not just me, it’s also my mother. My mother said that the two acres of land would be my dowry, so it was registered in my name.”
She made up lies without batting an eye.
Does your grandma know about this?
Fang Qing pretended to be stunned for a moment, looked at the village chief's wife and then at the village chief, and asked hesitantly, "Does my grandma have to know? If she finds out, this land definitely won't be mine anymore."
She looked aggrieved as she spoke.
“My mother was afraid that we would be kicked out of the house in the future, so she secretly opened this land. Village chief, please help me out of pity for us.”
As she spoke, two genuine tears welled up in her eyes; who wouldn't feel sorry for her?
The village chief's wife already disliked the old woman, so she slammed her hand on the table and made a decision.
"I'll make the decision; I'll put your name on it."
"Why are you the one making the decisions? What are you meddling in?"
The village chief's impatient tone ignited his wife's jealousy.
"What do you mean by meddling? Fang Tiezhu, are you still trying to side with that slut? I'm telling you this now, if you put this land on that slut's name, I'll never forgive you!"
The village chief didn't want to be laughed at, and he had been tormented by his wife's suspicious behavior these past few days, so he immediately gave up arguing.
"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say, alright?"
Then he issued a certificate stating that the two acres of land belonged to "Fang Qing".
When Fang Qing returned home that evening, she put the certificate under her pillow.
This is a guarantee, and Fang Qing didn't plan to take it out too early.
She was concerned about how those two acres of land were doing, and after breakfast, she married Shanqian.
But as soon as she got closer, she realized something was wrong.
There were people in her plot of land.
Fang Qing ran over and saw a man and a woman leading an ox, preparing to plow the field.
Upon closer inspection, aren't these two Douya's second grandfather and second grandmother?
"Second Grandpa, Second Grandma, you are so kind. You knew I had a lot of work to do, so you came all the way here to plow the fields for me."
She looked at the two of them with a smile, startling them as they were about to get down.
But when they saw that it was Fang Qing, they relaxed.
"Bean Sprout, what are you doing here?"
"I've come to check on my land."
"your?"
“Yes,” Fang Qing looked at the two of them with an innocent expression, “What, Second Grandfather, don’t you know this is my land?”
Bean Sprout's second grandfather was clearly guilty.
Zhang tried to remain calm.
"Did your father cultivate this land?" she asked.
"No, I did it myself. My dad and the others don't know yet."
Zhang was eager to seize the land for herself, and now that she heard it belonged to Fang Qing, she became even more unscrupulous.
"What do you mean 'your'? How did your family teach you to talk such nonsense? This is clearly my family's property, get out of here."
But she was completely unaware of the cunning glint in Fang Qing's eyes.
"Second Grandma, you say this land belongs to your family? Who can prove it?"
“Hey, I worked so hard to cultivate this land, what proof do I need? Let me tell you, Bean Sprout, if you still want to live a good life with your mother in this village, you’d better get out of here and stop getting in my way.”
"Is Second Grandma determined to take this land from me today?"
"What do you mean by taking it from you? This is my house."
Fang Qing chuckled.
"In that case, let the village chief come over and reason with us."
Douya's second grandfather tugged at Zhang's arm, thinking that maybe he shouldn't take advantage of this situation.
But Zhang could not rely on that.
“Let’s talk about reason. Let’s go find the village chief now.”
She's taking advantage of the fact that no one is backing up Douya.
"Okay, let's go."
Zhang walked angrily into the village, cursing as she went. It was hard for others not to want to know what was going on between them.
So the onlookers fell all the way down.
The village chief was startled by the massive procession when he opened the door.
He saw the bean sprout's eyelid twitch.
What do you want now?
Fang Qing smiled at him, revealing a small white tooth, but before she could speak, Zhang Shi preemptively began to tell him about her grievances.
“Village chief, you must stand up for us! A few days ago we cleared a piece of land in front of the mountain, and this morning we planned to plow it and plant crops, but Douya insists that the land belongs to her.”
“I wouldn’t stoop to the level of a child, but she even came to ask the village chief to uphold justice. It’s ridiculous. Is the village chief the kind of person who can be fooled by you?”
“Village chief, this little girl has a sharp tongue. She can make white seem black. You have to stand up for us, otherwise she’ll bully every family in the future.”
As she spoke, Zhang rolled her eyes at Fang Qing with disdain.
The village chief was also taken aback upon hearing this, and frowned as he looked at Fang Qing.
Is that your land?
"Of course."
"Bullshit, how could a child like you cultivate such a large piece of land? I bet you're just trying to get something for nothing."
Zhang was extremely arrogant.
She was certain that this land would eventually belong to her family.
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