Li Mingqing did a lot of good things for the village in the past year. Most villagers remember them and are very grateful to him.
The next day.
Li Mingqing went to the county town to ask Zheng Chenggong for help in bringing peanut seeds, corn seeds, and sweet potato seeds to the village.
Zheng Chenggong agreed immediately without saying a word.
His wife He Yanhong gave birth to a son not long ago. She originally wanted to go and thank Li Mingqing properly, but she didn't expect him to come to the county town.
"Has my sister-in-law given birth?"
"She gave birth two days ago. Both mother and daughter are safe."
"I'm glad you're safe. This is the pig's trotter I just bought. Take it back with you."
"We have some at home, Brother Zheng. Please drive to the town around noon and bring some food to the village."
"Okay, stay home for dinner."
Li Mingqing quickly said, "I have something else to do in town, so I'll go back first."
At noon.
Zheng Chenggong drove a tractor to Lijia Village.
Li Mingqing went to call the village chief and the team leader to move the grain seeds.
The villagers came out to help.
The villagers knew his abilities, and since he knew so many people, it was not surprising that he could get high-yield grain seeds.
It’s sure to fill up the granary this fall.
Before leaving, Zheng Chenggong took two crucian carps, two pig's trotters, and a piece of cotton cloth from the car.
"Just accept it. This is what your sister-in-law prepared for you."
"Please come over here."
"If it weren't for you, your sister-in-law and I probably wouldn't have a child. My father even asked me to come and thank you properly. I didn't have time a while ago, so today was the perfect time to bring you here."
The children in the village swallowed their saliva greedily after seeing it.
I only ate a few pieces of meat during the Chinese New Year, but two or three months later I was really craving it.
Because there were outsiders, the villagers grabbed the children's ears and walked home.
Li Goudan said, "Mingqing, is this brother here to bring you bricks? I plan to build a house after the spring planting, so I might need to trouble this brother to bring me some bricks."
Li Mingqing glanced at him and spoke shamelessly.
He didn't believe that he could come up with enough money to buy bricks in just two months.
"We'll talk about it when the time comes."
"No, what if I don't have time then?"
Zheng Chenggong had seen all kinds of people doing business outside, and he knew at first glance that he was not a reliable person.
So he said, "Just go to the brick factory and buy it."
After he finished speaking, he said to Li Mingqing, "I have something to do before I go back."
"Go slowly on the road."
Li Goudan gave him a dissatisfied look.
"We are from the same village after all, why don't you say a few words for me?"
"Don't you know your own weight? What's there to say? How can you afford to buy bricks when you have nothing to eat or drink? Who are you trying to fool?"
"How do you know I don't have it?"
"I'm watching with my own eyes. Yesterday, I even went to Wang Daya to ask for food with a licking face."
“I—I—”
"Okay, stop talking. I don't have time to listen to your nonsense."
As Li Mingqing was about to leave, Wang Mazi whispered, "Are these grains reliable? If they aren't, what are we going to do if we haven't even delivered enough grain after working so hard for half a year?"
"Yes, Lao Wang is right."
"It's not that we don't trust the Li family kid, we're just a little worried."
He cleared his throat and said loudly, "These were bought with great difficulty from the provincial capital. You can open them and take a look. These grains are different from those in the village."
The village chief opened the sack and grabbed a handful of peanuts to plant.
Each peanut is plump and large in size, and is top-quality peanuts.
Come to think of it, the flattened peanuts in the village are really not as good as this.
Wang Mazi and his fellow villagers were relieved.
Someone said: "I knew Li Mingqing was reliable and really wanted the best for the village, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to help everyone get these good grain seeds."
The village chief said, "Yes, these were bought by Ming Qing himself. We will weigh them and return the grain after the autumn harvest."
“That’s what should be done.”
"Yes, we can't let people suffer losses."
"I'll get the scales."
Li Mingqing said, "You guys weigh them. I have something to do at home so I'll leave first."
After weighing.
"The Ming and Qing dynasties were truly generous. How much would so much food cost?"
"Yeah, I didn't expect that he still hasn't forgotten us even after he became rich."
"That's right, I wouldn't be so generous."
"Move these grain seeds to the village office, and let's all get to work."
When Li Mingqing returned home, he saw Sun Jiaxue chatting with Li Xiaolan, and Hong Bin's mother and old lady Li were sitting in the yard.
"Ming Qing is back, and the doll looks like you."
"Really?"
"She looks like you, fair and delicate like Jiaxue. The child will really grow up well. If you only pick out the good things about her, I'm afraid the matchmaker will trample down the threshold of your Li family when she grows up."
Upon hearing this, Li Mingqing's face instantly turned cold.
How can we talk about our daughter’s marriage when she’s only been born for less than a year?
He absolutely cannot accept this.
Old Lady Li Li knew from his expression that he was unhappy, and she couldn't help laughing and said, "Children will eventually get married when they grow up."
"Mom, it will take another 20 to 30 years."
Hong Bin's mother said, "Twenty years at most."
"Why get married so early? It's a lifelong thing."
She smiled and said, "They say daughters are like little cotton-padded jackets. It seems you can't bear to let them go."
"Yeah, it's hard to think about the girl I raised so hard and suddenly marrying off to someone else. I don't even know if my daughter-in-law is pregnant with a boy or a girl."
"It's almost time to give birth, is everything ready?"
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