Chapter 162 Chapter 162 Wishful Thinking
"I'm not going today." Qin Run tried to change the subject. "Are you hungry? I've already prepared the meal."
"hehe……"
Xu Yunfan suddenly laughed out loud, "Are you worried about me? If so, just say it directly. What's there to be embarrassed about? We've done even more embarrassing things before. It's just a few words. Why are you embarrassed to say it out loud?"
Qin Run felt a little embarrassed when his thoughts were suddenly exposed. He opened his mouth, thinking about how to organize his words, "I was afraid you would fall."
It took Qin Run a long time to utter these words.
The rain stopped in the second half of last night, and the village road was wet. The road in Dali Village was very flat and compacted. Although it was not muddy, it was still a bit slippery.
What's more, it was early in the morning and Xu Yunfan was very afraid of ghosts. Qin Run was afraid that he would be frightened and fall into the ditch with his horse.
Later, thinking about it, Xu Yunfan had Sun Mu behind him, so he felt relieved.
After worrying about Xu Yunfan, Qin Run inevitably started to worry about Sun Mu's children. He had no mood to go to the county town to do business.
But if these words were really spoken out, I'm afraid Xu Yunfan would be so embarrassed that his butt would shatter.
Xu Yunfan filled a bowl of rice and followed Qin Run, saying arrogantly, "It's impossible for me to fall. I've been riding horses since I was a kid and I've never fallen once. They all praise me for being so good and talented."
In response to Xu Yunfan's boasting, Qin Run, who was walking in front, pursed his lips and did not respond. He opened the bamboo cover on the dining table, and there were only three dishes on the table.
One dish of braised chicken, one dish of stir-fried minced meat with sour beans, and one dish of vegetable soup.
It was already noon. When Xu Yunfan was in town, he had taught Doctor Meng for a long time and was already hungry.
It’s not that he didn’t think about eating in town, but he was in a hurry to go out and didn’t bring any money. Besides, if he really went out to eat, Sun Mu would definitely rush to pay for him.
The three simple dishes on the table made the hungry Xu Yunfan swallow his saliva.
As the second son of the Xu family, Xu Yunfan has tasted all kinds of delicacies from land and sea. Even those expensive foods that are charged by gram, Xu Yunfan can eat as much as he wants.
After eating so many delicious foods, the dishes cooked by Qin Run are Xu Yunfan’s favorite.
Because every dish Qin Run made for him had a taste of love.
After sitting down, the hungry Xu Yunfan didn't rush to eat. He turned his head to look around and said, "By the way, where are my two brothers-in-law?"
"They followed Uncle Fang up the mountain."
Hunter Fang has been busy picking black-seeded fruits for Xiao Qin's family recently, and he has almost picked all the fruits in that forest.
However, Xu Yunfan said that he would take as many of these things as he could and would never think it was too much, so Fang the hunter started looking in the mountains again, and finally he actually found another piece.
I heard that the black fruit forest is not far from the foot of the mountain, and there are many wild fruits nearby.
Qin An and Qin Mu could no longer sit still after hearing this. They put on their backpacks, took some food from home, and followed Hunter Fang and Dadan up the mountain.
There were many weeds and tree trunks outside the newly discovered black-seeded fruit forest, so Hunter Fang asked Qin Dayou and other people in charge of cutting wood to help him cut a path, so that it would be easier to pick out the black-seeded fruits.
There were many people going, and they were all young men holding axes, so Qin Run agreed to let Qin An and the others go with him.
"It's good that they don't go to the deep mountains. If they want to go, let them go. It's not a good thing for children to be confined at home all day." Knowing that the two children went up the mountain, Xu Yunfan was not overly worried. As long as they didn't go to the deep mountains, there were no large wild beasts outside, and Qin Dayu and the others were there, so what danger could Qin An and the others be in?
Qin Run picked up a piece of chicken leg for Xu Yunfan, "Yeah, I thought so too. I've tasted this chicken, it's not dry. Eat more."
"Well, the dishes you cook are delicious."
Xu Yunfan took a bite of the chicken leg, squinting his eyes in happiness and enjoyment, and shook his head slightly. Seeing that look, Qin Run's heart softened. "Yunfan, I told you before that the corn silks in the field had turned black. I went to check this morning, and there are two acres of corn fields that are ready."
When Hunter Fang was planting corn for Xiao Qin's family, Xu Yunfan asked him to plant it at different times. Therefore, the corn on more than ten acres of land naturally matured at different speeds.
"Is it ripe?" Xu Yunfan hadn't been to the fields for a long time, so he naturally didn't know how his corn was growing. "How is it growing? Is it okay? Then take me to see it later."
Qin Run nodded happily, "It's growing very well. The cobs are very long and big. They grow better than the corn of other families in our village."
Qin Run is not exaggerating, this is the truth.
The corn from Xiao Qin's family does grow better than the corn from other families. The corn cobs are big, so you can tell that there must be many full corn kernels inside.
Because it is the second season of planting, the corn grown by many villagers does not have enough nutrition in some of the fields. The corn grows very poorly, as if it is malnourished. The corn is short and small, the leaves are yellow, and the corn cobs are only the size of two fingers.
Of course, there are some that grow well, but no matter how well they grow, they are far better than Xiao Qin’s corn.
Xu Yunfan and Qin Run used to go to the town almost every day. They would go out at dawn and come back in the evening. They rarely went out. How could they see the villagers looking at their cornfield again and again, looking puzzled.
During the autumn planting season, the corn seeds sown by Hunter Fang and his men were witnessed not only by Aunt Li, but also by many villagers.
They felt from the bottom of their hearts that Xu Yunfan was acting recklessly and taking more than ten acres of land for fun, which was simply a waste of the land.
Later, the corn that was thought not to sprout and grow actually grew, and even grew better than the one in their field.
Hunter Fang went to see the corn when it first grew out, and found that there was almost no need for replanting.
In their family's corn field, dozens of corn seedlings are needed per acre.
Perhaps the corn seeds were not good enough. Some of them not only did not germinate, but even rotted in the soil.
Now, the corn in Xiao Qin's cornfield is growing well. After Hunter Fang fertilized the corn with cow dung, the corn leaves are dark green, and the corn cobs are envied by the villagers.
The villagers wanted to ask Xu Yunfan what kind of medicine he used on the corn, and why his corn grew so well?
Also, since the corn is so good, can we save some seeds so they can plant it next year?
Unfortunately, Xu Yunfan went out early and came back late every day. In addition, the villagers had previously advised Xu Yunfan not to act recklessly, so they were embarrassed to visit him. They waited until the corn harvest to ask Xu Yunfan if he was willing to sell some corn seeds to them.
However, before the time to harvest the corn, in the afternoon, the villagers saw several men from the Qin family appear in Xiao Qin's cornfield. These men were nimble and skillful, and they could break the corn at a very fast speed.
"No, Youwei, what are you doing? The corn leaves haven't even turned yellow yet, why are you picking them?"
Qin Youwei, a member of the Qin family, is about the same age as Qin Dashu and the others. He was previously responsible for digging a charcoal kiln for Xu Yunfan, and later he was responsible for leading people to dig hemp pits for soaking bamboo. He happened to be free these two days, so Qin Run called people to break corn for him.
Not only were the villagers confused, even Qin Youwei was puzzled. The corn had not yet been harvested, and Xu Yunfan and Qin Run asked them to harvest all the corn. Isn't this a waste of food?
That's what they thought, but Xu Yunfan had made it clear. No matter how many doubts they had, as contract workers, they had to do whatever their bosses, Xu Yunfan and Qin Run, told them to do. There was no need to ask any nonsense questions, they just had to do it.
"The boss asked us to break them." Qin Youwei replied while breaking corn. In the time it took him to say this, he had broken off three or four corn cobs and thrown them into the backpack.
This made the women on the roadside feel very distressed. Sun Tiantian's grandmother felt the pain in her flesh and slapped her thighs with both hands, "Ouch, stop it immediately, don't break it off, these are for seeding."
"What?"
Qin Youwei paused in breaking corn. Yesterday afternoon, Qin Run personally found them and asked them to come over to break corn today. Once they had broken twenty sacks, they would have Sun Wu transport them to Qingfeng Academy. From beginning to end, Qin Run never mentioned anything about corn seeds.
"Tiantian, what do you mean by that? This is our boss's corn. He told us to break it, but why can't we break it? And what about this corn seed? What kind of corn seed is that? We haven't heard him mention this. Brothers, have you heard about it?"
The three cousins, Qin Youjin, Qin Youyin, and Qin Youqian, looked at each other and shook their heads. "We've never heard of it. The boss told us to break it, so we just broke it. Why would we care about other things?"
Originally, Qin Run was of the same generation as them, and they usually called him Run Ge'er. Now that Qin Run's business is getting bigger and bigger, the clan leader Qin Lao said that it is okay to call him Run Ge'er in the Qin family, but they still have to be careful about the boundaries when they are outside.
"Don't break it." Sun Tiantian's grandmother called Yaya to get up. The way she looked at her, those who didn't know would have thought that Qin Youwei was breaking the corn for his family.
"What are you doing?"
I don’t know when Sun Tiantian’s grandmother rushed down, stood behind Qin Youwei and pulled his clothes.
Although Sun Tiantian's grandmother is already a grandmother, due to years of hard work and the fact that people in ancient times got married and had children in their teens, Sun Tiantian's grandmother is only in her fifties this year and is very strong. With this pull, Qin Youwei almost fell on his butt.
Something was wrong with Qin Youwei, and several of Qin Youjin's brothers came over. Suddenly surrounded by several young men, Sun Tiantian was not afraid at all. "What are you doing? You little brats, do you still want to beat me? I told you not to break this corn. It's for seed. I told you not to listen, so I'll just not beat you up. What's the matter? Do you still want to fight?"
"Are you sick?" Qin Youwei almost fell down. He was already a little angry, and when he heard Sun Tiantian's grandmother's self-righteous tone, he was immediately furious. "Save the seeds, save the seeds. You said save the seeds, so save the seeds? Is this your family's land or your family's corn? You understand the situation. This is my boss's land, and the corn in the land is also my boss's corn. He asked us to dig it up, so we dig it up. What do you mean by an outsider pointing fingers here? Do you have any shame? Even if my boss wants to save the seeds, it's not certain whether he will sell it to your family or not. Why are you so anxious? Don't think that I dare not do anything to you because you are old. I don't hit old people, but your grandson is the same age as me. I can always beat him up."
The Qin family's people heard last night that when Xu Yunfan and Qin Run came to the cornfield to check on the corn, on their way back, Sun Tiantian's mother ran over anxiously, saying that Sun Tiantian had fallen into the river and begged Xu Yunfan to save her daughter's life.
Xu Yunfan rolled his eyes at that time. It is true that kind people are often bullied and kind horses are often ridden. Does this aunt think that he is a good donkey?
Sun Tiantian's mother didn't think Xu Yunfan was a bad guy, but they found that Xu Yunfan was a kind person!
They heard about what happened in Sun Mu's family early in the morning.
After all, Sun Mu's father went to call a doctor at dawn, and the whole family was crying and fainting. Li Hui was carried back from Xiao Qin's house by her parents. Anyone who saw this would immediately ask what happened.
You don’t know until you ask. Once you ask, everyone is worried about Sun Mu’s son, but on the other hand, they think Xu Yunfan is really kind-hearted.
How could a kind-hearted person like Xu Yunfan stand by and watch someone die without helping?
Sun Tiantian's mother was personally scolded by Qin's wife and his daughter-in-law before, asking them not to have any ideas about Xu Yunfan. The mother and daughter-in-law's thoughts were directly spoken out, and Sun Tiantian's mother was very embarrassed. Sun Tiantian ran back to her room in shame and did not dare to go out for several days.
How could Sun Tiantian's mother and Sun Tiantian not understand why Mrs. Qin and the others made this trip?
It must be Xu Yunfan who asked them to come.
Later, Xu Yunfan even said something like he would only marry once in his life, and that the ancestral precepts did not allow having three wives and four concubines. When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel sorry for him. When the women heard this, they were extremely envious of Qin Run.
As Xiao Qin's business grew bigger, some people no longer thought so.
Men must understand men best.
If it were them, with money and status, it would be normal for them to have three wives and four concubines!
It would be shameful for a wealthy and prominent family to say that they did not have three wives and four concubines. In their eyes, which of the officials and wealthy families in the town did not have three wives and four concubines?
Therefore, to them, it seems normal for a rich man to have three wives and four concubines. It is the most basic standard. If you don’t have three wives and four concubines, it means you are not a wealthy family.
Putting himself in other people's shoes, it is impossible for Xu Yunfan to marry only Qin Run, an ugly guy, for the rest of his life.
As for the so-called ancestral precepts that forbid having three wives and four concubines, who knows if he is just talking nonsense?
With these ideas in mind, some people soon began to get restless. There was no other way. Xu Yunfan was too much of a target of envy now. If Xu Yunfan became their daughter, wouldn't their whole family be in trouble?
When Sun Tiantian's mother learned in the morning that Xu Yunfan was a kind-hearted person, a plan came to her mind.
If her daughter fell into the water and she came to Xu Yunfan for help, would Xu Yunfan not save her?
If Xu Yunfan rescued his daughter, although she would be saved, her innocence would be lost. At that time, Xu Yunfan would have to marry her even if he didn't want to.
There was no other way. The temptation of Xu Yunfan, the son-in-law, was too great. There were many girls and boys in the village who were attracted to him. She had to act as soon as possible, or marry her daughter to Xu Yunfan before he married Qin Run. Then, if her daughter gave birth to a child for Xu Yunfan, her position as mother-in-law would be secure. Then, it would not be a problem for her to work as a manager in Xiao Qin's rice noodle factory.
I heard that the women from the Qin family who worked there earned more than 20 copper coins a day, and they usually had popcorn and other snacks. Ordinary workers earned so many copper coins, not to mention the managers.
When she becomes the manager and Xu Yunfan's mother-in-law, she will have the final say on who to recruit. At that time, she can bring in all the women in her family and her sisters-in-law from her mother's family.
The more Sun Tiantian’s mother thought about it, the more she felt that this plan was perfect!
But she forgot that Xu Yunfan was not an ordinary person.
Most people would rush to rescue someone if they heard someone fell into the water, but Xu Yunfan was not like that.
Faced with Sun Tiantian's mother's crying and begging, Qin Run was panicked, but Xu Yunfan sneered and said in a cold tone, "Oh, your daughter fell into the water? Then why did you look for me? I can't save people."
"It's over there...ah? Xu boy, what did you say?" Sun Tiantian's mother, who reacted belatedly, was stunned halfway through her words.
Xu Yunfan said with a half-smile: "I say, your daughter fell into the water, what's the point of looking for me? I don't know how to save people."
"You're a man, you can save my daughter. Can't you swim? If Tiantian is dead, you're a doctor, there will definitely be a way!"
"Which law in the Great Yan Dynasty stipulates that men must be able to swim? Which law stipulates that doctors must save people? You won't allow me to watch someone die without helping?"
"Xu kid, you..."
Before Sun Tiantian's mother could finish her words, Xu Yunfan continued, "What did I say before at the village chief's house? You probably forgot it. Do you want me to recall it for you? I'm not a doctor. I'm from your Sun family. I can save people if I want to. If I don't, it's not against the law, and the law can't punish me. I've already said it before. If you want to morally blackmail me, you've found the wrong person. Also, even if I want to save someone, I won't save those who rush to destroy other people's families and insist on knowing three things and three things. Do I think I'm not bothered, or do you think I'm stupid and have a kind heart, but I have to save a troublemaker who is plotting against me?"
Sun Tiantian's mother panicked. What did Xu Yunfan mean by this? Was it what she thought?
No.
Impossible.
This person is not a worm in their stomach, how could he know what they are planning?
Sun Tiantian's mother's face turned pale, and she pretended to be calm. "Xu boy, what are you talking about? How can you be so cold-blooded? My daughter is waiting for you to save her. If you don't want to save her, then forget it. But what do you mean by making excuses and saying these things?"
"What do you mean? Cold-blooded? That's a bit funny." Xu Yunfan's face was gloomy, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell how unhappy he was. "I'm telling you today, if you want to take advantage of me, if you want to scheme against me, don't you consider whether you are qualified? You idiots, who gave you the guts to play such a shameless trick in front of me?"
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