Xu Lanzhi ignored Wang's words and looked at Baogen's back, saying, "The mother and son will have to have an open and honest talk sooner or later. The one who tied the knot must untie it. Let them handle it themselves."
Wang was somewhat confused: "Aren't you the one who dotes on Baogen the most? Why is he like this now..."
After these two incidents, Xu Lanzhi realized that Cuixi was unreasonable and that her going there would be futile and might even backfire.
As for Baogen, no matter how bad Cuixi is, she is still his mother. There's no way to persuade him to listen to his mother or to make him sever ties with her. If Baogen comes, he will still treat him with courtesy. As for Cuixi, she doesn't want to waste her feelings anymore.
Jiedi looked at Xu Lanzhi expectantly and asked, "What exactly happened? Will Baogen and his brother still be able to come to our house in the future?"
Xu Lanzhi said casually, "Baogen is a sensible child, and you can still be friends."
After that, she went about her own business, deliberately keeping herself busy to force herself not to think about Baogen. She comforted herself, saying that the child would eventually grow up.
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It's unclear how Baogen and Cuixi discussed things, but after that, Cuixi never came to Xu Lanzhi's house again, while Baogen continued to deliver a basket of hay to her family every day.
Xu Lanzhi told him many times that he didn't need to do that, but Baogen insisted on it.
After that, another batch of rabbits grew up at home, and the litter of rabbits that had been lent to Baogen had grown into four big rabbits. This time, Xu Lanzhi took Jiedi and Baogen to sell the rabbits, and Baogen earned a tael of silver. He was overjoyed.
Now he has his own female rabbit and is wholeheartedly learning how to feed it.
Summer has passed in the blink of an eye, and autumn has arrived as promised. The harvest season is here again, and the people of Tangjiagou are about to get busy once more.
Tang Qiqi was nine months old at this time. She could already say quite a few words and she really wanted to get down and walk a few steps, so her six older sisters took turns helping her walk.
Her legs were wobbling, but as soon as the hand supporting her let go, she immediately went limp.
Every time this happened, Tang Qiqi would say with frustration, "This is so boring," looking quite unwilling. Having no other choice, she could only crawl, and now she knew every nook and cranny of the house intimately.
She has already planned to renovate the rooms in her house.
Not counting his father, whom he had never met, there were nine people in the family, but only two bedrooms and a kitchen.
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Zhaodi, Yindi, and Jiedi shared a room with their grandmother, Wang Shi, while Xu Lanzhi shared another room with Sidi, Niandi, Pandi, and Tang Qiqi. The room was very small, and everyone slept on a large communal bed.
I was at her house at the entrance of the village. The yard was quite big, with open space in front and behind, so there was a lot of room for development. Tang Qiqi decided that once she could speak and walk properly, she would inspire Xu Lanzhi to build a nice big house.
But now, there's something more important to do: harvest the crops.
Because they grow high-quality seeds from Tang 7 Qina, their wheat ears are much larger than others, and their corn has four large stalks of corn on each stalk.
Everyone who came and went was envious, and Wang Shi could only explain with amusement that it was because the seeds she planted were high-quality seeds that Dong Sheng had brought from afar.
The crops are good, but they are taking a while to mature. Other people have already started harvesting, but Xu Lanzhi and her family's wheat ears haven't even bowed yet, and the corn husks are still green.
Wang and Xu Lanzhi went to the fields to check every day, but the crops were not ripe enough. They wanted to wait until the crops were fully ripe before harvesting, but every day some of their grain was stolen.
Bai Xue came to see him several nights, but the wind and dew were heavy at night, and Xu Lanzhi was worried that someone might harm Bai Xue, so she came up with a way to solve the problem once and for all.
Xu Lanzhi had told Tang Yongnian long ago that she hoped everyone could plant high-quality seeds and wait for their harvest so she could share the seeds with everyone. But now that everyone was stealing them, she didn't want to give away the seeds for free.
After the incident with Cui Xi, Xu Lanzhi deeply understood the saying that "a small favor can breed gratitude, but a large favor can breed resentment."
So Xu Lanzhi started selling the grain that was still growing in the fields, and those who sincerely wanted to buy it came eagerly.
Xu Lanzhi divided the crops still in the field into plots for sale, one plot for the Zhang family and another for the Li family, saying that thieves were rampant and that they should keep an eye on them themselves.
In the blink of an eye, apart from what they kept for themselves, all the other corn and wheat in the field were sold out.
These people paid money and were afraid their plots would be stolen, so they all guarded them until the harvest was finished and there were no more thefts.
Because Xu Lanzhi sold her grain so cheaply, everyone felt bad and bought it along with her family's grain.
Some people say Xu Lanzhi is foolish; if he took the grain to the city to sell, the price would be several times higher.
Little did they know that this was all Tang Qiqi's idea. Tang Qiqi believed that if she wanted to lead her family to farm properly in the future, she had to manage her relationship with the villagers well.
Everyone is now targeting Grandma Wang and Mother, simply because they can't bear to see the once most destitute family suddenly rise up and sing praises.
They couldn't accept that two widows with a bunch of little girls could live a better life than they did.
Only by giving them some benefits and making them hopeful about their lives will they stop constantly eyeing their own homes.
I'm still young and can't protect my family well. Even if I take things out of my space, they might not use them.
At this moment, Tang Qiqi only wanted his family to live a comfortable life, and to lead the whole family to great achievements when he was older.
The crops were harvested just like that, and the villagers were very grateful to Xu Lanzhi and her mother-in-law.
However, this time, Wang's three daughters united as one to attack Xu Lanzhi.
They said she didn't know how to manage money, why would she sell perfectly good grain so cheaply? In the end, they all blamed them for letting others take advantage of the situation, without thinking about the three families.
Even Tang Xiahe, who had always defended Xu Lanzhi, was angry: "Lanzhi, I've always thought you were smart. How could you do such a foolish thing? You finally had some food, and instead of saving it, you sold it all. There are so many mouths to feed at home. How do you know what next year will be like?"
Tang Chunya scolded even more harshly: "I think you've been spoiled by your mother. Even if you borrow money to sell grain, you have to do it at the market price. Don't you know, people outside say you're an idiot, giving away perfectly good grain for nothing."
Even the taciturn Tang Qiumei scolded her, saying, "Have you forgotten how we helped you back then? You haven't even thought about the three of us sisters."
Wang and Xu Lanzhi couldn't explain that this was Tang Qiqi's idea. Even if they did explain, they wouldn't believe it. How could a baby who can't even walk arrange such a thing? No one in their right mind would believe it!
They were arguing so fiercely that Wang couldn't stop them. Niandi helped Tang Qiqi, who was walking over with her short legs.
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She pointed to the six large sacks outside the door and said in a muffled voice, "Auntie, take them away, but don't mention Grandma and Mother!"
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