With the oxen, the work in the fields became much easier. Their family had a total of four mu of land, and they finished everything from fertilizing to plowing and sowing in just two days.
Fang Daniu had originally kept some wheat seeds, but Fang Qing had the system recycle them and then exchanged them for more than 100 jin of wheat seeds from the system.
All four acres of land were planted with systematic seeds.
After that, life became more relaxed, and Fang Qing's corn was dried.
She asked more than a dozen aunties and older women to thresh the corn kernels, and then selected the plump kernels.
The two mu of land produced 2,000 jin of corn kernels and over 1,000 jin of seeds, just enough for the villagers.
Fang Qing exchanged for colorless and odorless insect repellent in her spatial storage and sprayed it on the seeds. She then called over the villagers to pay and receive the seeds.
The villagers were afraid they wouldn't get their share of seeds, so they all arrived early, and more than a thousand kilograms of seeds were claimed in just one morning.
Fang Qing received three taels of silver.
With the money from Zhao Shi'an, the family now has about ten taels of silver, and Fang Qing feels that they can build a house now.
Fang Qing started designing the blueprints these past two days.
Fang Qing designed a suite, which, like modern ones, has a living room and an indoor bathroom.
There is a front yard in front of the house, and two more houses are built in the back to raise livestock, and vegetables are planted in the open space.
Fang Qing showed the blueprints to Fang Daniu and Zhao Shi.
Now, most of the family's money comes from Fang Qing's earnings, so the two of them handed over the power to build the house to Fang Qing.
The next day, Fang Daniu applied to the village chief for a homestead. He chose a site behind Fang Sanhua's house, where there was a bamboo forest with fresh air.
The house was built on a whim. Early one morning, Fang Daniu hitched up his oxcart to go buy bricks, when an uninvited guest arrived at his house.
Fang Dani hadn't seen Zhao Jingzhong for a long time, and when she suddenly saw him, she almost didn't recognize him.
"Brother Zhao, is there something you need from me?"
Zhao Jingzhong looked at the yellow ox that Fang Daniu was leading, then at Fang Daniu's sallow face, and felt a surge of anger rising in his heart.
He had just returned to the village wanting to ask Zhao Shi'an for some money, but Zhang stopped him.
Only then did he learn that Zhao Shi'an and Douya had planted potatoes and then sold them for eight taels of silver.
Eight taels of silver! He should at least give half to Zhao Shi'an. He was about to go home and ask Zhao Shi'an for the money when Zhang Shi stopped him again.
“How could you possibly get any money from Zhao Shi’an? All that money is in Fang Daniu’s hands. His family just takes advantage of Zhao Shi’an’s lack of connections and treats him like an animal, not giving him a single penny.”
Zhao Jingzhong came over, cursing and swearing.
Seeing Fang Daniu's cheerful and jubilant demeanor only fueled his anger.
"Don't you know why I'm looking for you? Give me my family's money."
Fang Daniu's smile vanished.
"Your money?"
"Don't play dumb with me. I know you've been fooling my son. He's an idiot, but I'm not. My son was growing potatoes with your bean sprouts, so you can't leave him without giving him a single penny."
Mentioning potatoes will make Fang Da Niu understand.
“Brother Zhao, you’ve misunderstood. It’s not that we’re keeping Xiao Zhao’s money. We’re just borrowing it from him, and we’ll have to pay it back later.”
Fang Daniu smiled ingratiatingly, but Zhao Jingzhong gave him a cold shoulder.
“I know you guys too well. You say you're borrowing money now, but in a few days it won't be a problem, and you'll just pocket the money. Hand it over now, or I'm not done with you today.”
He shouted at the door, and soon people came out to see what was going on.
Fang Qing also heard the commotion and came out to check the situation. When she saw that it was Zhao Jingzhong, her face immediately darkened.
Fang Daniu was shy and already felt embarrassed about borrowing money from Zhao Shian. But after Zhao Jingzhong's outburst, he asked Fang Qing to come inside and bring the money to Zhao Jingzhong.
"Bean Sprout, why don't we pay them first?"
Fang Qing's gaze fell on Zhao Jingzhong's greedy face, and she directly refused.
"This is Zhao Shi'an's money, why should I give it to him?"
"You heartless little girl, I told you you wanted to embezzle my son's money. See, your true colors are showing now. If you don't give me the money today, I'll take this to the authorities."
“I’m not embezzling Zhao Shi’an’s money. It’s you who’s involved. This money belongs to Zhao Shi’an to me, but once it’s in your hands, it’ll definitely be used to buy wine and end up in your stomach. This money is hard-earned by Zhao Shi’an, and it has nothing to do with you.”
The villagers all knew what kind of person Zhao Jingzhong was, and they largely agreed with Fang Qing's words.
"Old Zhao, don't make things difficult for the child. It's not easy for Xiao Zhao either. You don't care about him at all, and Douya has been helping to take care of him all this time."
"That's right, that piece of land in front of the mountain originally belonged to Douya, it has nothing to do with Xiao Zhao. Douya giving him four taels of silver was just being loyal, why are you getting involved?"
Seeing that everyone was speaking up for Fang Qing, Zhao Jingzhong's face turned ugly.
But he's shameless and determined to get the money back today.
“No one forced him to give that money to my son. Since he gave it to me, it belongs to my family. Besides, I am Zhao Shi’an’s father. Why can’t I get the money back?”
This kind of person is unreasonable, and nobody wants to talk to him.
Fang Daniu didn't want to get entangled with this kind of person so early in the morning, so he pulled Fang Qing behind him, wanting to persuade her.
It was at this moment that Dashan suddenly squeezed in.
"Stop arguing, stop arguing, Zhao Shi'an is coming."
Da Shan quickly waved to the person behind him, and Fang Qing saw Zhao Shi'an walking over unhurriedly.
When Zhao Shi'an arrived, he had already heard the reason for the matter from Fang Dashan. Now, when he saw Zhao Jingzhong, he looked at him as if he were an enemy.
“Son, you’ve come at the right time. Their family is trying to embezzle our money. You and your father can get it back together, and I’ll buy you candy.”
He didn't notice the coldness in Zhao Shi'an's eyes.
"You're dreaming."
Zhao Jingzhong was stunned for a moment, looking at him in disbelief.
What did you say about me?
“I told you you’re dreaming. That money isn’t mine, and it’s not yours either. Get out.”
Zhao Shi'an had never spoken to Zhao Jingzhong like this before.
Zhao Jingzhong was stunned for a moment, then anger surged up in his chest.
"How dare you talk to your father like that? I think you're tired of living."
As he spoke, he pulled Zhao Shi'an in front of him, grabbing Zhao Shi'an's hair with one hand and choking him with the other.
Fang Qing's heart skipped a beat.
"Release Zhao Shi'an."
"Let me go, but give me four taels of silver."
As he spoke, Zhao Jingzhong exerted force, and Zhao Shi'an's face turned red due to lack of oxygen.
Where they couldn't see, Zhao Shi'an gripped the knife tightly.
Just as he was about to raise his hand and plunge the knife into Zhao Jingzhong's flesh, Fang Qing pounced on him.
"You scoundrel, let him go, and I'll give you the money."
Fang Qing patted Zhao Jingzhong's arm, trying to make him let go of Zhao Shi'an.
Zhao Jingzhong was furious at the moment, and he was used to beating Zhao Shi'an, so when Fang Qing came over, he instinctively raised his foot to kick her.
"Send me the money first."
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