Chapter 18 Chapter 18 I, Mr. Xu, am not a vegetarian...
Aunt Li and Aunt Dou didn't dare to speak. They didn't expect that they would be boycotted by the villagers just by opening their mouths.
Xu Yunfan glanced at Aunt Shi and said, "Don't think about things that are not yours. Otherwise, if anyone dares to take advantage of me, I, the Second Young Master Xu, will not be a pushover."
Second Young Master Xu?
Aunt Shi had never been to the county. In the town, she had seen those young masters talk about how rich and powerful the families of the eldest or second young masters were. If she met them in the future, it would be best not to provoke them.
Even the young masters don't dare to mess with those young masters, which shows that their identities must be extraordinary.
Aunt Shi was frightened by her own imagination and trembled as she said, "No... I was just possessed by a ghost for a moment. I won't dare to do it again in the future."
Xu Yunfan looked at Aunt Li again. The warning hidden in his deep gaze was full of intimidation and chilling.
Aunt Li felt cold all over and shivered. She quickly lowered her head and dared not look directly at Xu Yunfan.
The other villagers naturally saw Xu Yunfan's eyes and were dumbfounded.
I didn't expect that the tall and thin Xu Yunfan could have such a cold and frightening look in his eyes. That intimidating majesty seemed to be innate in his bones. How could such a person be an ordinary villager?
The village chief saw that Xu Yunfan was definitely not someone raised by an ordinary family. He was afraid that his family must be very powerful. He just didn't know how such a young master could...
No matter what, such a person should not be offended easily. Don’t you see that this guy is very tough?
After only a few days in their village, they started to criticize these ignorant people.
"Xu kid, regarding today's incident, I will have the husband of their family discipline their wife. We are all from the same village, and we will see each other sooner or later. Let's make a big deal out of a small matter! We are busy with the autumn harvest now."
The village chief's words were very clear. In this matter, no one else gained any advantage, and Xu Yunfan did not suffer any loss either, so they stopped arguing to avoid delaying the autumn harvest.
The rain in July and August comes suddenly, so we have to take advantage of the good weather during this period to harvest what needs to be harvested, otherwise the crops will suffer after a rain.
"I'll listen to the village chief. You're too considerate of everyone. I, a junior, must give you face. Let's forget about this matter today, but I have to say this first. If it happens again, I won't let it go so easily."
Xu Yunfan didn't intend to make a big fuss, he just wanted to take the opportunity to establish his authority. There was still so much corn to be confiscated, who had the time to go to the town to find a teacher?
In this way, it can be considered as giving face to the village chief.
Sure enough, after hearing Xu Yunfan's words, the wrinkles on the village chief's face deepened a little, and he couldn't stop smiling. "Xu kid, hurry up and push your corn back."
The village chief waved his hand again, as if to drive cattle, and said, "What are you still looking at? Have you finished your work in the fields? You are so short-sighted, wanting to take everything. Why don't you get back to work?"
Li Baoshan, Aunt Li, and Aunt Shi felt embarrassed when they heard what the village chief said.
The others were shocked by Xu Yunfan's "hateful words".
These days, you can’t afford to offend scholars. They can read and write, and when they go to the government office to sue you, they don’t even need to find someone to write the complaint for them.
They also heard that these scholars, those powerful ones, could talk a living person to death and a dead person to life. That's how the verbal battles came about.
Anyone who works to make money, such as the restaurant owner or the accountant in the town, needs to know a few words.
Who among those who can become high-ranking officials is illiterate?
All things are inferior, only reading is superior. How could they dare to offend scholars?
Didn't you see how much of a chatterbox Xu is? Aunt Li's big mouth is so loud. Normally, no one in the village could argue with her. But when it comes to Xu, he's a master of writing, smart, and knows how to strike at the snake's weakest spot. He's got Aunt Li's weak spot, so why would he be afraid she wouldn't obey?
Looking at Xu Yunfan's departing back, the village chief thought to himself that people who have received education and come from big families are different. Not only do they have skills, but they are also smart and not easy to mess with!
Xu Yunfan returned home and, as usual, unloaded the corn from the cart, untied the rope and poured out all the corn, then rolled up the bag and put it on the cart.
There are not many sacks at home. If I don’t pour out the corn, there will be nothing left to put it in.
Xu Yunfan filled another bamboo tube with water and drank half a ladle himself before sitting on the doorstep to rest for a while.
Xiao Qin's yard is quite large. There is a row of chicken coops built against the courtyard wall. It is not too close to the main room, so you can't smell the chicken manure.
Most farmers' yards are used for growing vegetables, and Xiao Qin's is no exception. However, in this season, the pumpkins planted have reached the end of their season, and there are no fresh pumpkin seedlings to eat.
The two rows of green vegetables were sparse and looked half-dead. No wonder Qin Run had to find wild vegetables to eat.
On the left side of the yard, there are two wooden racks with a stick across them, which are used to dry clothes.
The clothes he took off last night were washed by Qin Run at noon.
Even his underwear was not spared.
There was no way. Qin Run didn't have many clothes, and it was already good enough for Xu Yunfan to have two sets of clothes to change into. If he didn't wash the clothes he took off, what would he wear the next day?
The weather is hot now and I have to work. My clothes are full of sweat smell. If I wear them the next day, the smell will probably make me faint.
Xu Yunfan didn't expect this. When he saw his dry clothes, his face felt a little hot.
Ever since he became shy and took physiology classes, he has washed his own underwear by himself, or else he uses a special washing machine to wash them so that the aunt at home will not touch them.
After coming here, it seemed like he had never washed again, and it was all Qin Run who washed.
Even if they are brothers, no one would wash the other's pants!
So, when they went to the field to pick corn, Xu Yunfan rushed into the cornfield and stood beside Qin Run who was busy working. "Qin Run, from now on, I will wash my underwear myself! You have worked hard these past few days."
Qin Run turned his back to Xu Yunfan. Hearing this, he nodded lightly and said that he would remember it.
Since Xu Yunfan didn't want him to touch it, he didn't touch it.
The land was ready to be harvested, and Aunt Qin came over with a bunch of September Red.
September red is a kind of bean, which is the same as the green long cowpea, except that September red is not green, but purple-red. It is a vegetable unique to the turn of summer and autumn.
The season when it matures is exactly when various vegetables in the vegetable garden are "turned over to the garden", and it is very convenient to plant without setting up a frame. This kind of bean grows particularly well and has no insect pests.
Most villagers will plant some corn in the fields when it is about to bud, letting it grow along the corn stalks so that they can eat it when there are no vegetables to eat.
"Brother An," Aunt Qin saw Qin An on the edge of the field, shelling corn kernels into a bamboo basket and putting September red beans aside, "Go back and get the vegetables later. Do you have any oil at home? If not, go to Aunt Qin's house and get some."
We are still busy with the autumn harvest. Even if we don’t have meat to eat, we must eat enough oil, otherwise we won’t have the energy to work!
"Thank you...Auntie." Qin An replied in a low voice.
No one knows what's wrong with this child. When he talks with Xu Yunfan at home, he speaks very fluently and dares to look at people. But when he is outside, he is like a stutterer and doesn't even dare to look up at people.
Usually when Aunt Li and the others called him, the little guy would just keep silent and not respond.
When he was beaten by other children, sometimes they would throw stones at him and he would bleed but he wouldn't cry. Only then would those people say he was a fool.
But they didn't know that Qin An was not stupid. He just knew that he and his elder brother were already controversial in the village. If something happened again, it would only be more difficult. Even if the Qin family members protected him, they couldn't help him all the time.
He knew that he had to behave well in front of his brother-in-law and not be as stupid as they said, otherwise his brother-in-law would dislike him and leave without him. What would he and his elder brother do?
His grandmother had been accidentally beaten to death by a thief, and he couldn't let his eldest brother be beaten to death as well.
There is a man at home, so we have to be more cautious towards those people.
Aunt Qin saw Anger responded and continued to work, thinking to herself, Anger is just a man of few words, how can he be stupid?
Those damn bitches of the Li family really brought disaster to the Qin family.
Now, not only the villagers, but also the people in the neighboring villages, know that there is an ugly boy in Dali Village who can't get married and has a stupid younger brother.
At this time, Xu Yunfan came over and asked, "Auntie Qin, what did you bring for An Ge'er?"
Xu Yunfan had only seen green beans, never purple ones. He picked one up and took a look. Before Aunt Qin could reply, An Ge'er said, "Brother, this is September Red. It's delicious when fried. Aunt Qin gave it to me."
Thinking back to the plate of boiled cabbage we had last night, there wasn't a single speck of oil. Someone with oily skin would probably wake up the next day with their face greasier than the vegetable soup. Xu Yunfan could only lie and ask, "Really? This is also string beans? They'll definitely taste good stir-fried."
"It's beans, but it's not green. Hasn't Goff ever eaten it before?"
Xu Yunfan sat beside him and took a few sips of the water from the bamboo tube that Qin Run had drunk from. "No, I haven't even seen it. So when we go back tonight, I'll have to trouble you to cook for me and your brother."
There was no hesitation in An Ge'er's round eyes, and even less hesitation in his words: "Okay, I'll fry it for my brother-in-law tonight."
"Then I'll wait." Xu Yunfan looked at the dark cloud above his head, then turned to look at Aunt Qin who was standing beside him with her mouth wide open, "Aunt Qin, what are you doing?" She looked like she had seen a ghost.
It's like seeing a ghost!
Look at An Ge'er, he can't even speak clearly outside, but in front of Xu kid, how can he be unclear?
Could it be that this kid has learned to treat people differently based on their status?
"No, it's just that An Ge'er talks to you so much that he doesn't stutter anymore."
Xu Yunfan rubbed Anger's head: "Aunt Qin, what are you kidding? How could my Anger stutter?" He spoke so fluently, which stuttering child would be like this?
I guess it's just those gossips spreading rumors again.
Aunt Qin didn't want Xu Yunfan to know those things, so she changed the subject and asked him if he had finished shelling the corn.
"I'm ready. What about you? Have you finished breaking up?" Xu Yunfan couldn't help but look at Qin San's husband Zhao Feng, but quickly looked away.
When Qin Run came out with a basket of corn on his back, he happened to see this scene. He pursed his lips tightly, pretended not to know, and went about his own work.
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