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Chapter 216 Old Man Liu Helps with the Harvest
Old Liu had never been to Hujia Village. He was extremely opposed to Liu's marriage to Wang Chuanman, but he was in poor health and couldn't stop his daughter from getting married.

But he also forbade other family members from coming to see him off.

This resulted in only Liu Shi and Wang Chuanman knowing them in the entire Hujia Village.

Village Chief Hu had already been somewhat suspicious of Old Man Liu's identity, and now he saw that Wang Chuanfu didn't even recognize them.

And then I wondered if they knew that Old Wang's family was doing well now and wanted to come and freeload off them?
No one asks the poor in the downtown area, and the rich has distant relatives in the mountains.

When the family's life gets a little better, relatives from all directions come to visit; this is something they've experienced before.

"Brother, look at the mess this has made. Why don't you rest here for a bit?" Village Chief Hu said with a smile, pulling Old Man Liu to sit on a tree stump nearby. He then earnestly advised, "You've come at an inopportune time. Sister-in-law Wang and the others aren't home, and the children have gone out too. Why don't you come another time?"

Old Liu frowned again: "It's not the busy farming season now, where can they go?"

Could it be that she still holds a grudge against him because he didn't agree to her daughter marrying into the family?
Even now, Old Liu is still uneasy, but he thinks that it's busy farming season, and if he doesn't come to help, his daughter will probably have to work in the fields again.

When Liu visited last time, he was very thin. Although he didn't say anything bad about her, Old Man Liu couldn't believe it.

She even eagerly returned all the money, not knowing how her wicked mother-in-law would torment her.

Thinking of this, Old Liu sneered: "Your Hu Family Village, are you holding people captive and not letting me see them? Have you been bullying my daughter? Don't think that just because I haven't come here these past few years, you can lock my daughter up inside and bully her!"

Old Liu became increasingly angry as he spoke, and immediately prepared to rush into the village.

Village Chief Hu didn't expect that Old Man Liu, who was initially mild-mannered, would become so stubborn as the conversation progressed.

To be honest, she's a bit like Sister-in-law Wang; she gets stubborn at the slightest disagreement.

"No, no, that's not true! We don't have that kind of custom in our village!" Village Chief Hu said, both amused and exasperated. "They really aren't home!"

But where the Wang family went, Village Chief Hu didn't say.

Liu Dashi, standing nearby, advised, "Dad, the village chief has no reason to lie to us. Why don't we go help my sister's family harvest their grain first, and then we'll leave?"

Village Chief Hu waved his hand: "That won't be necessary..."

They had all agreed to first collect their own urgent land, then help Old Wang collect his land, and then collect the rest.

Wang Chuanfu was reluctant to spend money to hire workers, and they couldn't bear to see Wang Chuanfu and his family working hard in the fields.

Old Liu looked at Wang Chuanfu and asked, "Have you finished harvesting all your land?"

Wang Chuanfu instinctively replied, "It's still early!"

Village Chief Hu: "..." Can you please think about this for a second?

"Then why are you stopping me? What's going on in your village that's hiding? Murder? Arson? Are you out of your mind to stop me here!" Old Liu snapped. "My whole family is here, are you expecting me to chat with you? I have a lot of things to do at home, so stop dawdling and get out of the way. Where's your land? I'll take it, I need to go back!"

Old Liu was not a very good-tempered person to begin with, and over time, he accumulated a lot of anger.

Village Chief Hu knew that continuing to block them like this wouldn't work, and it wouldn't look good if things escalated.

Moreover, based on his observation, Old Man Liu must have really wanted to come and harvest the grain, so he didn't stop him after all.

It was Wang Dalang who said, "Doesn't this grandpa look a lot like Fourth Aunt?"

Not only on the faces of Liu Dashi and Liu Ershi next to Old Man Liu, one can also vaguely see the shadow of Liu Shi.

They are definitely family; they even have similar features.

Village Chief Hu knew the principle of moderation; if he drove them away now, it would be like trying to hide something obvious.

Who knows what these people will say when they get back, which could cause even more trouble for the village.

"Alright, Chuanfu, take your in-laws back. I'll send someone to call your parents."

Old Wang was supposed to stay in Hujia Village during the busy farming season, but after staying in the village for a short time, he started thinking about going to the town.

When I went there, I picked out two large stacks of bamboo woven trinkets, all toys for little Ayu. And that was only two days after I left.

Wang Chuanfu led Old Liu to his home, but Old Liu said directly, "Don't take me to your house, I'm too lazy to go. Just point out your land to me, where is it that you want to collect?"

Old Liu thought to himself, "Old Wang's family is so poor, they probably don't even have many good plots of land. It would be good if they could find even a little bit of grain in their crops."

They helped with the harvest, and it only took them an hour at most. They could go home early and have lunch there.

Honest Wang Chuanfu led Old Liu to the 20 mu of land that Old Wang's family had recently cultivated.

Then, pointing to a large, golden expanse in front of him, he said somewhat embarrassedly, "Uncle, this is it. Here, here, here, and over there on the mountain, and over there on that slope, it's all our land."

Old Liu's jaw nearly dropped: "What?!"

Liu Dashi stared wide-eyed: "These all belong to your family?"

"Yes, that's not all. The rest of the land has been given to the villagers to cultivate." Wang Chuanfu thought to himself that these people were his fourth aunt's father and brothers. Since the village chief had agreed to let them in, these things couldn't be kept secret.

Liu Ershi gasped: "So many!"

Not only are there many, but they are also good-looking.

These days, weeds grow more luxuriantly than grain in the fields people cultivate; it's considered good if you can get one bushel of grain per acre.

The fields in front of them were now full of grain, especially the rice ears in the paddy fields, which were golden and heavy, bending over as if they could not bear the burden of life.

Old Liu had no experience with such a bumper harvest, so he could only vaguely guess that this acre of land would probably yield ten bushels of grain!
"Wow, the rice at Ayu's house looks so beautiful!" The three children, who hadn't spoken before, finally couldn't help but start discussing it.

Gousheng whispered to Goudan, "Is it because she ate this kind of food that Ayu is so beautiful?"

Dog Head asked, "Where's Sister Ayu?"

They came along not to work, but to see their porcelain doll-like sister, Ayu.

After hearing this, Wang Dalang said, "Ayu isn't home; she's studying outside."

"Little sister Ayu is reading? What book is she reading?" Gou Sheng scratched his head and squeezed out a word, "Is it a book about looking up at the sky?"

His grandfather often told him that he read the "Looking at the Sky Book" every day.

Wang Dalang: "...No."

He was also reading, but not studying poetry or prose; he was learning some common characters and doing arithmetic.

Despite his shock, Old Liu still buried himself in his work and got to work.

He was an experienced farmer, and with his two sons, he quickly harvested more than half an acre of land.

With his addition, Wang Chuanfu and his son worked even more enthusiastically.

Feng was simply sent home to cook, and was also made to brew some mint water, so she was no longer allowed to choose grains.

The three children were more interested in the patch of land covered with wild fruit, and wandered among it picking fruit.

By mid-morning, the village entrance began to bustle with activity.

Someone saw two donkey carts coming into the village from afar.

The children at the front shouted, "Ayu is back! Ayu is back!"

"Wow, Little Lucky Star is back!"

Old Liu, who was engrossed in his work, suddenly straightened up and turned to look outside.

(End of this chapter)