Chapter 64: Buying Land【VIP】
Although Chen Yao had informed the elders in the village in advance, there would be official business entering the village today.
But when the two sides actually met, Liu Chuang's eyes were full of shock, while the old people's faces were filled with fear.
Didn’t my colleagues in the government office say that Wanhe Township is already a deserted village with no one living there?
What about these skinny old people in front of me?
And there was this cart of food sent by Chen Yao, it was obvious that they were familiar with each other.
Liu Chuang helped pick up the grain bags from the cart and went into the yard to find out what was going on.
Grandma Wang, her bruised lips trembling, took it from him along with the other sisters, saying shakily, "We can do it on our own, we can do it on our own. There's no need to trouble you, the official."
Chen Yao was holding the two corners of the sack and had not yet moved it out of the car when Yang Jizong, who was standing nearby, took action.
"Ayao, go into the house and rest for a while, I'll be right there." Yang Jizong squatted down, held the grain bag with both hands, and carried it directly into the house.
As soon as he entered the house, he found that Goudan and Maizi were not there. Considering the old people's attitude towards Liu Chuang, he instantly realized that they must have hidden the two children.
Bags of grain were piled in a corner. Liu Chuang looked around and frowned, asking, "Are you the only old people living here?"
Just as Chen Yao was about to answer, she was stopped by Yang Jizong.
Grandma Wang immediately stepped forward and replied, "Yes, it's just us old people. All the young and strong men in the village were sent to the quarry for hard labor. We don't know whether they are alive or dead."
Liu Chuang frowned even deeper when he heard this, and suddenly heard a noise coming from the small room next to him.
Without waiting for him to go forward and push the door to check.
Yang Jizong, standing nearby, suddenly clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention. "There's a rat infestation in the village. Officer Liu, why don't we go check the wasteland first? Don't let that interfere with your subsequent work."
"Yes, A'yao, it's important for you to do your business." Grandma Wang pursed her lips nervously and begged Chen Yao to take the official away quickly.
Chen Yao also noticed something unusual. Seeing that the old people all looked anxious, she led Liu Chuang to the mulberry forest.
After Liu Chuang personally inspected the two acres of forest land, it was officially registered under Shen Yao's name.
Chen Yao took the pen and ink handed to her by Liu Chuang and wrote her name on the land deed.
Yang Jizong leaned over to take a look and was quite shocked when he saw Chen Yao's handwriting.
The handwriting was shaking like a caterpillar crawling across.
"Commissary Liu, thank you for your help." Chen Yao didn't care about her own handwriting. After the ink dried, she put her land deed in her arms and bowed to Liu Chuang to express her gratitude.
This was the first piece of land she had ever bought, and there would be more to come.
Liu Chuang waved his hand and went back to the city with the driver. He planned to inform the adults about the situation here. There were obviously people still there, so how could it be a deserted village?
Do adults really not care about these elderly people?
After seeing Liu Chuang off, Chen Yao and Yang Jizong turned around and returned to the village.
The old people and Goudan were carrying wheat out of the silkworm room.
"Grandma, what are you doing? Why are you hiding the person? Officer Liu is a good man." Chen Yao stepped forward to help settle Maizi.
Several old men gasped and made sure that Liu Chuang was really gone before they closed the door and explained to Chen Yao.
No matter whether they are good or bad people, they just don't trust these servants.
If these people knew that there were still young and strong people in their village, wouldn't they take Goudan and Maizi back to the quarry?
They would rather let the inspector believe that this was a deserted village with no hope than have their children exposed and then captured to do hard labor.
Chen Yao knew that she was powerless to change the old people's minds, but she believed that time would reveal people's true nature.
On the way home, Chen Yao asked Yang Jizong if he also agreed with the old man's approach.
Yang Jizong did not give a clear answer, but only told Chen Yao to be prudent and protect herself and not to make excessive decisions for others.
Chen Yao didn't expect him to say these words, but when she thought about it carefully, she really shouldn't say too much and should respect others.
"Yang Jizong, how come you are so smart and know everything?" Shen Kuakua came online again.
Yang Jizong was suddenly praised by her, and raised the corners of his lips and said modestly: "I don't know everything."
"You have good handwriting, read a lot of books, are good-looking, and have been to so many places. Why don't you draw some pictures of the places you have visited and show them to me?" Chen Yao tried her best to praise the man beside her.
Yang Jizong suddenly realized under her sugar-coated bullet attack that her intention was on the map, not him.
Suddenly, he felt like teasing her. "It's not that I can't draw, but I have a small request."
Chen Yao stopped where she was and muttered softly, there really is no such thing as a free lunch.
"Ayao, what are you mumbling about?"
"Ah, it's nothing. Just ask for anything you want. As long as it's within my ability, I will definitely agree to it." Chen Yao raised her head and smiled at him shyly.
Yang Jizong looked at the flattering face that came close to him, raised his hand to hook her chin, and looked into her eyes: "From now on, you can't call me by my full name."
Chen Yao uttered an "ah" and didn't react at all. "Then, I'll call you then."
"People close to me often call me Zi'an. Ah Yao, you should call me Zi'an from now on too. When we bump into each other, a warm collision hits us in the face.
Their eyes met, and in their gentle gazes, she felt her mouth dry. She licked her lips and softly called out, "Zi'an," as he requested.
Yang Jizong's throat rolled up and down, and he let go of her hand contentedly. Then he said angrily, "Ayao, if I'm as good as you say, can you like me?"
"Look, that depends on how you perform in the future?" After answering, Chen Yao hurried forward, fearing that Yang Jizong would continue to ask questions.
Chen Yao didn't know when she returned home. When she came to her senses, Yang Wenying had already finished embroidering the tenth longevity character.
"Ayao, what's wrong with you? Did my brother bully you on the road?" Yang Wenying twisted the golden thread and looked at the absent-minded person sitting opposite her.
"No, your brother didn't bully me. By the way, why hasn't my father come back yet?" Chen Yao stood up from the table and walked out of the yard.
Upon closer inspection, she discovered that her father had returned long ago and was weaving baskets in the main house.
Chen Yao was afraid that Yang Wenying would continue to ask questions, so she quickly ran to her father and said, "Dad, can I go into the mountains with you to set traps in the next two days?"
"Sure, it won't delay your school, will it?" Shen Qingshan pursed his lips and motioned his daughter L to look at Yang Jizong, who was helping Huang Xing light the fire in the kitchen. "Can he also help you with your class?"
Yang Wenying had to complete the Hundred Longevity Painting within the construction period, so the task of teaching in the school was handed over to his brother.
Her father really keeps bringing up things that are not related to the topic.
"No." Chen Yao squatted beside her father, hugging her knees with a wronged look on her face.
Shen Qingshan couldn't bear to see his daughter L being wronged, so he put down the half-woven bamboo basket in his hand and made a grasshopper for his daughter L out of cattails to play with: "Then when you give the children a holiday, Dad will take you to the mountains every day."
Chen Yao was holding a grasshopper, her crescent eyes curved, making her even sweeter and more lovely.
Three days later, Shen Qingshan handed the four pheasants and ten hares he had hunted to Huang Dongsheng, asking him to pass them on to the manager. The quantity was not enough, so he should just take whatever he could earn.
Huang Dongsheng squatted aside, teasing a nest of bamboo rats in a cage. "Uncle, I'll take these to the shop to sell as well. My cousin will definitely be scared when she sees them when she comes back from school."
Shen Qingshan went up and kicked him, "Nonsense, how could your cousin be afraid? This bamboo rat feeds on bamboo and has tender meat. I have to keep it for her and her mother to nourish themselves. Don't try to get it, kid. Get out of here."
Huang Dongsheng had no choice but to carry a load with living things hanging on both ends and walk into the market, attracting many customers.
Shen Qingshan had just driven Huang Dongsheng out of the door, said hello to Yang Wenying, and then continued to go up the mountain to hunt with a machete in hand.
What he didn't expect was that he would meet Huang Songbai and Tian Zhongzheng at the foot of the mountain.
"Brother-in-law, Third Brother, why are you here?" Shen Qingshan approached and found that the two men also had machetes on their waists. "Are you going into the mountains to chop firewood?"
The two looked at each other and said, "We want to go hunting with you in the mountains."
"What? What did you say?" Shen Qingshan couldn't believe it.
Huang Songbai told Shen Qingshan about his plan. Ever since he went to Baihe Town with the father and daughter and saw the things sold in the embroidery building and the clothes worn by the noble lady.
He came up with the idea of using rabbit fur to make hand-warmers, gloves, rabbit collars and rabbit fur hats, and then sell them in the supply and marketing cooperatives. He was sure that someone would buy them.
"That's a good idea, but you don't have to go up the mountain with me. I'll hunt a few live rabbits and you can raise them. Rabbits give birth very quickly, but there's something I want to ask you."
"Brother-in-law, just tell me directly." Huang Songbai humbly asked for leave.
Shen Qingshan wanted to ask the two of them, who will raise the rabbits and who will skin them to make these things?
"This - we haven't thought that far ahead." Huang Songbai was a little embarrassed. He pulled his brother-in-law over here in a moment of excitement, and he really didn't think about these issues in detail.
Shen Qingshan then offered the two of them a suggestion, "I'll catch the rabbit for you first. Why don't you go home and ask A Yao first? See what she says."
Huang Songbai slapped his thigh and felt that Shen Qingshan was right, so he and Tanaka Zheng immediately went down the mountain to the school to find A Yao.
Shen Qingshan looked at the two people hurrying down the mountain and breathed a sigh of relief, finally succeeding in getting them away.
It's not that he didn't want to take the two of them into the mountains to hunt, but winter is the season when it is difficult for ferocious beasts to find food. If they encounter ordinary wild animals, the three of them can deal with them, but they are afraid of encountering difficult ones.
The two of them couldn't even compare to her, A Yao, who had now learned to climb trees to save her life.
The two people who were tricked by Shen Qingshan to go home were now squatting outside the classroom, raising their heads and looking at Chen Yao in the classroom eagerly. Why hasn't the child finished school yet?
Chen Yao was caught distracted in class by Yang Jizong. There was nothing she could do, because the person who confessed to her suddenly became her strict teacher. This scene seemed weird no matter how she looked at it.
Yang Jizong held a cane in his hand and tapped her desk gently, motioning her to stand up and recite the Three Character Classic he had just taught her.
After Chen Yao finished reciting haltingly, she didn't dare to look directly into Yang Jizong's eyes.
"Sit down, and don't be distracted in class again. I punish you by making you write down what you learned today three times for me to check." Yang Jizong abused his power for personal gain and was very strict.
The two elders squatting outside were whispering under the window.
"Why is this brat so harsh on our A Yao and punishes A Yao? If my second brother knew about this, he would definitely--" Before Tanaka could finish his words, his sleeve was pulled hard by his third brother.
"Zi'an, are you done with class?" Huang Songbai pulled his brother-in-law up and dusted himself off. "Let's go find A-Yao!"
"Ayao, come here quickly."
"Uncle, uncle, why are you here?" She was absent-minded in class. Has it come to the point where her parents were called?
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