The busy summer harvest finally ended before a heavy rain. Fang Qing's family had all their wheat harvested, yielding a total of 1,800 jin of wheat from their six mu of land.
Fang Daniu was quite happy when he heard the number, saying it was 100 jin more than last year.
Fang Qing thought that if she used the seeds in the system, the yield would definitely double.
After the wheat harvest, corn will be planted.
Originally, forty catties of seeds were reserved, but when Fang Daniu took the seeds out of the cellar, he found that nearly ten catties of the seeds were moldy and unusable.
Normally, we would spend money to buy seeds from other people, but now Fang Eryou has taken all the money in our house.
“Why don’t you just borrow some money? Your brothers who go hunting in the mountains will help you out a bit,” the old woman said.
Fang Daniu was unwilling; his brothers had already taken good care of him, and he couldn't refuse them.
"Father, let me think of a way."
"What are you going to do?"
Before Fang Qing could speak, the old woman gave a cold snort.
"If she says she'll try to find a way, then let her try. If she can't get these seeds, then we'll sell her for money."
Fang Qing rolled her eyes at her.
"Dad, I'm not like Grandma and Second Uncle who don't know how to care for you. Don't worry, I will definitely get the seeds."
Fang Daniu was already very happy that Fang Qing could say these words at this point.
"Don't worry about it too much. I can always borrow money."
"Okay, Dad. You plant the existing seeds first, and I'll get some new ones soon."
After dinner, Fang Daniu and his colleagues went to the fields to sow seeds, working from dawn till dusk, and returned home in the dark.
Fang Qing had already prepared the meal and was waiting for it; ten pounds of corn seeds were placed on the table.
Fang Daniu and the others were stunned.
Where did you get the bean sprouts?
"I borrowed money from Zhao Shi'an to buy it."
Although the Zhao family is now down on its luck, they used to be a wealthy family, so it's not surprising that Zhao Shi'an kept some money. Therefore, Fang Daniu didn't suspect that Fang Qing had borrowed money from Zhao Shi'an.
Fang Daniu praised Fang Qing at length, which made the old woman roll her eyes at him.
"It's just ten pounds of seeds, what's the big deal?"
"There's nothing to be proud of, but it's still better than your second uncle who stole all the money, and your grandma who condoned his theft."
The old woman glared angrily.
"How dare you talk like that, you little slut? Is it stealing if your second uncle takes money from the family? All the money in our family belongs to him."
Fang Qing looked at Fang Daniu's expression, and it was indeed not good.
She stopped there and didn't say anything more.
After a long day of work, Fang Daniu and the others went to bed early. The old woman tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and then left the house.
She invited Fang Guangzong to the grove.
"What, you've missed me after a few days? You slut."
Fang Guangzong immediately started touching her inappropriately, and the old woman pushed him away but did not refuse.
“I’ve made up my mind. Tomorrow I’ll urge Da Niu to go into the mountains, and you can go to my house and sleep with those two jinxes.”
Fang Guangzong chuckled.
"Are you really willing to do that? Aren't you afraid Fang Daniu will fight me to the death?"
“How dare that coward say such a shameful thing out loud? You can do it without worry, but you have to give me your cow after it’s done, or I’ll have Da Niu deal with you.”
Fang Guangzong was extremely excited.
"Of course, it's just a cow."
The two spent the whole night together, and the old woman didn't quietly go home until dawn.
Fang Daniu went to the field to plant corn and finished his work in one morning.
Fang Daniu originally planned to rest for an afternoon and then go into the mountains the next morning, but the old woman kept urging him on.
“We don’t have a single copper coin left in the house. We might need money for something. If you don’t go into the mountains, the whole family will starve.”
Fang Daniu had no choice but to ask Zhao to prepare some dry rations for him, and he went into the mountains that afternoon.
A light drizzle began to fall again that evening. Zhao was exhausted these days and fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed.
Fang Qing wasn't sleepy and was just about to open the system to play some games when she suddenly heard some noise at the courtyard gate.
Fang Qing listened intently.
There were indeed people talking amidst the pattering rain.
Fang Qing got out of bed and vaguely saw a man and an old woman enter the courtyard through the window.
Fang Qing was so angry she wanted to curse.
The old woman actually brought a man home. If word gets out, wouldn't that tarnish her and Zhao's reputation?
She was about to open the window and yell at the man to leave when the old woman actually led him over here.
"The mother and daughter are both inside, so hurry up and go in. Don't make too much noise. I'll keep watch for you."
Fang Qing also saw the man's face clearly; it was actually that beast Fang Guangzong!
Just before the door was about to be pushed open, Fang Qing hurriedly ran over and hung the latch, then came back and closed the window tightly.
The people outside didn't push the door open, but were afraid of disturbing the people inside who were quietly planning how to pry it open.
Fang Qing woke Zhao Shi up and covered her mouth before she could speak.
"Mother, don't make a sound. My grandmother is going to sell us. Hurry up and get dressed so we can escape through the back window."
Zhao was startled, her sleepiness vanished instantly, and she started getting dressed as Fang Qing instructed.
In the rush, I accidentally bumped into something on the bedside table.
With a clang, both inside and outside fell silent, followed by a knocking sound on the door.
"Bean Sprout, open the door. It's your grandma. I need to talk to your mother about something."
The old woman tried to trick Fang Qing into opening the door.
Fang Qingcai wouldn't listen.
The west room has a back window, just above the bed.
Fang Qing had already climbed up by stepping on a stool, opening the window.
"Mom, come up quickly."
Zhao panicked, and the commotion outside was noticed. The old woman immediately told Fang Guangzong to kick down the door.
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