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Chapter 317 Harvesting sweet potatoes, village head, you have to make the decision for us

With the arrival of a heavy rain, the dry and hot weather gradually disappeared, and the summer gradually came to an end. Autumn came. Although there was no joy of harvest like in previous years, it did not stop the people in Hebian Village from smiling, because the sweet potatoes they planted had a good harvest.

Because this year was a disaster year, many families had no food left, and many families were already half-starved. They were anxious to exchange the sweet potatoes in the fields for money to buy food. Of course, sweet potatoes can be eaten, but if they can be sold, no one wants to eat sweet potatoes for a whole winter.

Now that the sweet potatoes have grown, someone went to Shen Zian to ask if they could start harvesting them.

At this time of year in previous years, the sweet potatoes would have to stay in the field for another ten days or so, but this year everyone is eager to dig up the sweet potatoes. The sooner they dig them up, the sooner they can get the money.

As soon as Shen Zian and Su Zhi talked, they started harvesting sweet potatoes.

Once one family started selling, other families followed suit. For a while, the field was bustling with people digging sweet potatoes. After digging, they carried the sweet potatoes directly to Fuyuan in baskets, counted them on the spot, and paid them on the spot. Shen Zian collected the sweet potatoes, while Su Zhi paid for them. The couple cooperated very well.

Those who had picked sweet potatoes to sell saw the sellers walking away happily with their hands on their chests and hugging their sleeves. Their hearts were also filled with excitement and they walked faster towards Fuyuan.

Mrs. Zhao looked at the villagers who were traveling between the fields and the Fuyuan, and saw the smiles on their faces. She was puzzled. She wondered if Mr. and Mrs. Shen really collected those broken sweet potatoes. What was the point of collecting them? The young couple was now eating refined rice and flour. They definitely didn't want to eat those sweet potatoes. But what was their use? It really made people curious.

"Honestly! You have a good relationship with Mr. and Mrs. Shen, but you didn't ask them why they harvested so many sweet potatoes?"

After all, Mrs. Zhao was not a person who could hold back on what was really on her mind, so she grabbed Liu Laoshi who happened to be passing by and asked him.

Liu smiled honestly and said, "I'm not sure about this..."

"The Shen family is a capable couple. In our eyes, we eat the sweet potato directly, but it is different when it is in their hands. We don't know. If you are curious, Madam Zhao, go ask yourself. We also want to know. When you find out, please tell us."

Wang Xiuyun said that these were the last few sweet potatoes in her family, so she didn't stay in the field and came along, wondering if she could help Su Zhi and the others. After all, harvesting sweet potatoes for the whole village was a big deal, so after she finished her housework, she came to help.

When she heard Mrs. Zhao trying to get information out of her husband, she answered a few questions in silence. She thought to herself that it was a good thing that Shen Zian had cut off all ties with the Zhao family because Dazhu's wife had used the refugees' issue to harm them. Otherwise, no matter what they did, people would have to find out the details. It was really annoying.

Old Lady Zhao was embarrassed when she heard what Wang Xiuyun said. Not only did Shen Zian and his wife ignore Zhao Dazhu and his wife, they also ignored Zhao Daliang and his wife, not to mention the usual weddings and funerals. Not only the young couple, but also the people in the old Shen family house would not talk to the Zhao family if they saw them. For the sake of her dignity, she would always hold her head high when she saw the Shen family. Now she was asked to go and ask about it. She really couldn't bring herself to do it.

"They must be doing something to collect so many sweet potatoes. They must be making a lot of money. You two have a good relationship with them, so why don't they help you out? You should go and test the waters. Otherwise, if there is a way to make money, you won't tell them in advance and let others take the lead. You can just watch them counting money and feel jealous! Auntie, I'm reminding you with good intentions. Don't take my words as kindness."

Old Lady Zhao said, thinking that Su Zhi had many ideas. She could come up with a kang, so many dishes that no one else had ever eaten, and that flower and new style of brocade. She wanted so many sweet potatoes this time, so she must have made something that no one else had ever eaten, right? With so many, she must be able to make some money.

The truth about Mrs. Zhao was revealed.

Thinking that Shen Zian and his wife were going to make money again, Old Lady Zhao felt depressed when she looked at the big garden in the east. Especially when she thought that those two bastards Li Shiliu and Si Niang would definitely join them to make money, she felt even more uncomfortable. She thought that if she couldn't make money herself, she might as well let others follow and rob.

"Look at Li Shi. He is close to Shen Zi'an and his wife. Now he has built a big house and bought a lot of land. Look at Li Qing's family, Shen Shugen's family, and the family of Shen Er who was separated from them. They all have a good life because they do business with them. They have a good relationship with the Shen couple, so you are not bad now! You have a share of the money! Don't you open your mouth and wait for others to come and beg you for money?"

Mrs. Zhao said that she really wanted to go back home and make money together, but she didn't have the conditions.

Liu Laoshi and Wang Xiuyun just listened with a smile and then left.

Seeing that they ignored her suggestion, Mrs. Zhao snorted and turned back to go home.

Liu Laoshi and Wang Xiuyun arrived at Fuyuan, sold the last few sweet potatoes in the car to Shen Zian, and then went to Su Zhi nearby to get the money.

"Brother Liu, Sister Liu, these are your last sweet potatoes, right? You have a good harvest this year. Congratulations. Sit down and take a rest."

Su Zhi sat in a room not far from Shen Zian and collected the bills. Whenever Shen Zian called out how many pounds of sweet potatoes someone had, Su Zhi would hear it and calculate the bill. By the time people came to her, the bill had been calculated and she could prepare the money. Now Su Zhi was not only greeting people, but also collecting money.

"Here is six hundred and eighty coins, Mrs. Liu, keep it."

Su Zhi smiled and handed the counted money to Wang Xiuyun. In the Liu family, the one who manages the money is Liu's wife. Liu Laoshi is a good man who only works hard to make money. Just from this point, you can tell that he is an honest man. Su Zhi thinks he is a good husband like her husband, and Wang Xiuyun is also a neat, straightforward and steady person. She is also married from Liushu Village like her own sister Zhao Xiaomei and Liu Si Niang, so she has a good impression of this couple.

Wang Xiuyun took the copper coins strung together with a thread with a smile, weighed the heavy weight, and thought how much she owed Shen Zian and the others this year. Otherwise, where would the money come from? The fields would definitely be barren. Even if they wanted to grow sweet potatoes at first, so what? Without the water from the Shen family, the sweet potatoes wouldn't grow so well. The harvest this year is good, thanks to the fourth brother Shen and sister Zhao. "Yun smiled and talked to Su Zhi, and the smile on her face became bigger when she saw that there were many sweet potatoes placed around her. Then she thought of what happened on the road just now, and said to Su Zhi, "We met that old lady Zhao on the road just now. She asked us why you harvested so many sweet potatoes? She even instigated us to come to you to make money together. I think she must want to find out from us what you are going to do. "

Liu Laoshi had been listening to the conversation. He was a man and usually did not say anything when a woman was talking. But he also interrupted her and said, "She probably thought you would not tell us and would just make money on your own. She was trying to make you complain."

Su Zhi thought that although Liu Laoshi was an honest man, he was not too stupid. He could understand what Mrs. Zhao was thinking. It seemed that it was right to let them help her with the business.

In fact, before harvesting the sweet potatoes, Shen Zian and Su Zhi had already talked to people they knew in the village about the vermicelli. Li Shi and Liu Si Niang were not to be mentioned, as they had already discussed it long ago. The second branch of the Shen family had been separated, and they had always been very protective of them. They and Li Shi would naturally receive the same treatment. When the business really took off, each of them would receive a dividend. The families of Li Qing, Shen Shugen, and others had also arranged jobs for them, and they would also receive generous wages.

Liu Laoshi's family was added later, simply because both the couple were down-to-earth people.

Therefore, it was all in vain that Mrs. Zhao instigated the Liu couple, because the couple had already been in the same boat with the second wife of the Shen family.

Wang Xiuyun said, "If she can say this to us, she might say it to others. You can make up your mind when the time comes. Who do you want in the workshop and who do you don't want. Don't offend anyone because of this. The Zhao family will probably wish you bad luck."

Su Zhi said, "I understand. Thank you for telling me. I will plan carefully. Then I will open a job opening and those who are capable will be hired and those who are not will be rejected. It's no wonder that I am in trouble."

Liu Laoshi and his wife both nodded.

The sweet potato harvest took a whole day. Almost all families had finished harvesting, including the laziest Zhao Dazhu's family. They were almost the last to arrive. Old Man Lan also knew what the Zhao family had done. He did not allow them to enter Fuyuan and blocked them outside. As a result, Dazhu's wife started to complain. She said that Shen Zian and his family had deceived her family into growing sweet potatoes, but now they were not harvesting them. She said that Shen Zian and his wife had no conscience. She said a long list of curses, and everyone who heard it frowned.

Tiedan was upset when he heard his mother scolding him like that. He really liked Shen Zian and Su Zhi. He told his mother to stop scolding him, but Dazhu's wife scolded him instead. Tiedan was very angry. It was because of his parents that he couldn't be liked by Yueyue. Yueyue didn't let him enter Fuyuan. He looked at the gate of Fuyuan with a wronged look on his face.

"You are so immoral! The prefect even wrote a poem for you, saying that you are a kind family. He was deceived! How can you be a kind family? You are a family that cheats people to death! You tricked us into planting sweet potatoes, and now you don't want to harvest them! You want us to eat sweet potatoes for the whole winter! You are such a heartless bastard! Why doesn't God open his eyes and see this! I will not live anymore. I will die in front of this gate—

Dazhu's wife cursed loudly. Seeing Shen Zi'an and Su Zhi coming through the door, she made a gesture to bump into them, thinking that someone was holding her back. But no one pulled her back, not even Zhao Dazhu did anything, not to mention those people who were watching the excitement. Shen Zi'an and Su Zhi were also standing in front of the door, watching her. She made a few moves there, but she didn't rush forward. The people around her all laughed. She was so angry that she finally sat on the ground and howled. While howling, she hit Zhao Dazhu next to her. It was useless to curse him. In her heart, she cursed Zhao Dazhu for being a blockhead who didn't cooperate with her just now and embarrassed her.

趙大柱被自家媳婦打了幾下，忙向一邊閃，他可不想挨揍，剛才他沒攔著，也只是看著那沈子安和蘇芷一起走出來看愣了，想著那沈子安的媳婦可是越長越水靈了，要是他也有這樣的大宅子，再有這樣的媳婦就好了，結果想出神了，沒來的及配合自家女人。他看著地上的潑婦，心里面突然一陣厭惡，想自已怎么就娶了這么一個女人呢？就是趙大梁都比他強啊，那柳四娘張慶娘全都挺好的。

Tiedan walked up to Shen Zian and Su Zhi and said with a blushing face, "Uncle Shen, Aunt Shen, please don't be angry with my mother. I will apologize to you on her behalf."

As he said this, Tiedan was still looking at Yueyue behind Shen Zian, thinking that it would be embarrassing to let her see his mother's ugly face again. But Yueyue turned her head and ignored him. Xiaori and Xing'er also frowned and looked at Dazhu's wife, and pulled Yueyue aside. Tiedan felt depressed.

Dazhu's wife is still making a fuss, not realizing that everyone in the family, both young and old, hates her.

"Dazhu, why don't you pull your wife up? What a shame! There is an inscription from the prefect on it. Look, look, you are being disrespectful! Get up quickly!"

The village head started to scold loudly at this time. He was also in Fuyuan just now, and came out with Shen Zian and the others, but he was just walking behind and was not noticed by others. Seeing Dazhu's wife making such a fuss, his face darkened. These days, Shen Zian and Su Zhi's reputation has become even more famous. In the past, their family only had a holy beast and a way to make money.

Now they have established connections with those powerful people, and even the prefect has written an inscription for them. And what happened in the county town a few days ago, the village head is very clear that Su Zhi is also related to the rain. Thinking that such a family will definitely be prosperous in the future, he is now more friendly to Shen Zian and his wife than before.

Zhao Dazhu quickly pulled his wife up and said, "Stop howling! Aren't you afraid of the officials?"

Dazhu's wife was startled and looked up. Then she remembered that the words were written by the prefect. She also remembered that even the county magistrate had been to this blessed garden. If she really started to fight, even if she was right, she would still be wrong. She knew that the people should not fight the officials!

"Village head, you have to make the decision for us! At the beginning, Shen Zian and his people asked you to help persuade everyone to grow sweet potatoes, and my family only grew them for your sake. Now, the Shen family has a grudge against us and doesn't want to accept our sweet potatoes. What should we do? You have to make the decision for us!"