Granny Li looked at the winter wheat overgrown with weeds: "How could this be? My field... our grain! Why isn't there even anyone to pull the weeds..."
She choked up at this point.
Li Zhiyuan, who was standing to the side, also had a dark, ashen face.
Because he remembered that the Ye brothers used to cultivate all of the dozen or so acres of land belonging to the Li family.
Previously, the Ye family was afraid that Ye Caiping would suffer, and also thought that he was a scholar who couldn't do manual labor, so they took over all the major farm work for him.
Harvesting, tilling, irrigating, transplanting rice seedlings...
The weeds are usually removed by the Ye sisters. Grandma Ye also often comes to help with weeding.
Li Zhiyuan and his wife only needed to stay at home and eat and drink.
So much so that after Ye Caiping and her daughter left, they all forgot that they had more than ten acres of grain planted on their land.
Seeing their fellow villagers busy harvesting, they suddenly remembered that no one was harvesting their own dozen or so acres of land!
Moreover, their fields had been neglected for more than half a year and were overgrown with weeds, and the wheat was malnourished.
"Waaah... my food... my food..." Granny Li sat on the edge of the field and began to wail.
Before, bags of grain would be delivered to her house on time, but now...
The villagers who were harvesting nearby all looked over: "It's the scholar and his wife! Why are they crying here?"
Granny Li immediately wiped away her tears, her face showing embarrassment.
In the nearby field, an old woman who was harvesting straightened up: "I remember that in previous years, it was always the Ye family who came to harvest at this time... This year... uh, they've left, so there's no one to harvest?"
"Could it be... that you actually expect the Ye family to come and reap the benefits for you?"
The old woman said with a gossipy look on her face, "No, no, I have to go to Qinghe Village later to have a good talk with my older sister."
This person was none other than Granny Zhao's younger sister.
Li Zhiyuan's face darkened: "Nonsense, our family... just doesn't lack money... and doesn't care about these fields."
After saying that, he grabbed Granny Li and left in a disheveled state.
Back home, Granny Li pointed at Gu Han and scolded, "You blind fool! You didn't even think about the crops in the fields, didn't you pull weeds or fertilize? Most of our crops have died. Waaah..."
Gu Han was chopping wood when he heard this, so he threw down his axe and said, "If Grandma Li wants me to farm, she has to tell me where the fields are."
"You've forgotten it yourself, yet you still criticize me."
Granny Li choked back a sob: "You wretched servant, how dare you curse me!"
Gu Han's gaze towards Granny Li was icy cold. In this family, apart from Jiao Jiao, there wasn't a single good person. Once he regained his status as the heir apparent, he would definitely settle accounts with them.
Li Jiaojiao rushed over and stood in front of Gu Han, saying, "Grandma, that's enough. What did he say wrong?"
"you……"
"What do you mean 'you'? If you really can't stand him, just kick him out!"
Granny Li immediately shut up.
Since the household acquired a "servant," she officially became the noble wife of a scholar. Moreover, Gu Han didn't ask for wages, only providing her with two meals a day.
How can we let such a cheap and useful servant go!
"Hmph!" Li Jiaojiao glanced at Granny Li with disdain. Could she not handle this old witch?
Li Zhiyuan walked out with a gloomy face: "Stop arguing, instead of being so idle, you should be thinking about how to harvest the grain."
Although most of the grain has died, there is still half left!
Given his family's current financial situation, Li Zhiyuan couldn't bear to give up a single grain of rice.
Granny Li gritted her teeth: "How are we supposed to harvest it? You go to the fields and harvest it yourself?"
Li Zhiyuan's face darkened: "Absurd! How can I, a dignified scholar, be allowed to work in the fields?"
Granny Li: "What should we do? Let me go? Oh, you're all a bunch of strong men and young women, sitting at home, and you want me, an old woman, to go to the fields to do rough work? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by outsiders?"
She now knows how to manipulate Li Zhiyuan.
Li Zhiyuan's face was ashen as he glanced at Li Jiaojiao and Li Ziming, as well as Zhang Shuiniang who was slowly walking over.
Li Jiaojiao ran to Zhang Shuiniang's side and pouted, "My mother is a rich young lady, Father, you won't make her do manual labor, will you?"
Zhang Shuiniang arrogantly raised her chin: "If we hadn't married into your family... we would still have maids to serve us when we go back to our parents' home."
When Li Ziming saw Li Zhiyuan looking over, he said anxiously, "I am also a scholar. If Father can't get out of bed, how can I?"
Gu Han: "I would like to, but as you all know, I'm a cripple. I'm afraid that even if I work for half a year, I won't be able to harvest any grain."
Old Lady Li: "I'm just an old woman, and you still expect me to do anything? Heh, aren't you afraid people will talk behind your backs?"
No one in the family was willing to do any work, and they fell silent instantly.
Granny Li snorted, "Just do what you always do now. Even Ye's family will come to help, Zhang, it's time for you to do your part too."
Zhang Shuiniang's expression changed slightly as she looked at Li Zhiyuan: "As you know, my parents and younger brother are from wealthy families. They don't even need to do manual labor in the fields; they need to be waited on hand and foot even when they are dressed and fed."
Granny Li sneered, "Then how did you harvest your fifty mu of land? Huh?"
Zhang Shuiniang pursed her lips: "They were all collected by the servants in the house, and also by hired laborers..."
"That's settled then! Have your maids do it, or hire a farmhand."
Zhang Shuiniang's haughty face was cold: "Of course we should cultivate our own fields. How can we expect our family to do the work?"
"Ye Caiping's family knows how to do it! What, your family doesn't? Aren't they afraid you'll suffer at all? Aren't you supposed to be a pampered young lady? How come you don't even have any family members who care about you?"
Li Zhiyuan also looked at Zhang Shuiniang. When Granny Li suggested that the Zhang family should collect the money, he had already agreed in his heart.
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