I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

Shitou whispered, "How about letting my cousin calculate it for everyone!"

Hearing what Shitou said, he hurriedly said loudly: "That's it. Let's go home first. We have a meeting at this time tomorrow. Let's go home and discuss it. If you want to dig a well, bring the money tomorrow."

Everyone dispersed.

Ji Lizheng supported Ji Dabei and went to Ji Xiaobei's house.

I happened to run into Ma Haixia who had just finished class and was about to leave.

Ji Lizheng pulled Ma Haixia and asked him to do the math.

Mr. Haixia looked solemn, and after counting on his fingers, he said, "Mr. Lizheng, the average tax per household is 320 wen."

Ji Lizheng stopped raising his leg, looking incredulous. How could he have figured it out so quickly?

Ji Dasheng's grandfather was so shocked that his eyes widened. Oh my god, scholars are really different.

"Okay, okay!" Ji Lizheng held Haixia's hand and kept thanking him.

"You are busy, I'm leaving first!" Haixia pulled his hand away and ran away quickly. His delicate white hand was pinched so hard that it hurt.

When Lin heard the voice, she was startled.

The clan leader and the village head came to my house together. Are they dissatisfied with me for not attending the meeting?

After all, I'm the boss now.

Lin was in a panic. Before she could ask Shi Tou who broke into the room panting, she heard Ji Dazhai coughing first.

"Clan leader, village head, why are you here together? I didn't go to the meeting because I was busy at home, so I let Shitou go..." Lin was worried and explained hurriedly.

Ji Lizheng said hurriedly: "It's okay, it's okay, Shitou is an adult, it doesn't matter if he goes."

Xiaoju brought a bench for Ji Dasheng and asked him to sit in the yard.

As the two of them sat down, they heard a groaning sound coming from the side room.

"Where is Xiaobei? Why can't I see that child?" Ji Lizheng asked in confusion.

"Bei! Bei, your great-grandfather from your oldest generation is here, along with Ji Lizheng." Lin shouted from in front of her window.

Ji Xiaobei was drinking yogurt with her legs crossed and moaning. When she heard Lin calling her, her moans became even louder.

"Ouch, ouch, mom, my head hurts. My head still hurts!" Ji Xiaobei's painful voice came out.

"Oh, what's going on? Why is the child in so much pain?" Ji Dasheng asked.

Lin's mind was spinning very fast: "Don't mention it. It's just something wrong at home. The child is so worried that he has a migraine again. He didn't even eat dinner and has been humming in the house."

Ji Lizheng and Ji Dasheng looked at each other and swallowed the words that were about to come out of their mouths.

"Girls are weak. If we really can't help, we should go to town and ask a doctor to check it out. It's not a good idea to keep her in so much pain!" Ji Dasheng said awkwardly.

"Well, let Shugen drive the donkey cart to the town to call a doctor!" said Ji Lizheng.

Lin was thinking about how to respond when Ji Xiaobei came out with a headscarf on his head and yogurt on his mouth that he forgot to wipe off.

Ji Dasheng's heart skipped a beat. This child was too aggressive. He was even foaming at the mouth.

Ji Lizheng asked with a sullen face: "Bei, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Ji Xiaobei held his head and nodded weakly, his face twisted in pain.

"Let Shugen go get you a doctor!"

"No, no, Mr. Lizheng. This is an old problem of mine. I get sick when I get angry. It will be fine in a couple of days."

Ji Xiaobei hurriedly grabbed the village head with his hand, causing him to stagger.

Ji Lizheng: This child is so strong even though he is sick!

Ji Dasheng couldn't help it any longer, and poked him with his cane, saying, "Bei, I'll take care of it for you. Go and settle accounts with those old women who pissed you off. You're a pretty solid girl, but you've made her get a migraine from all the anger!"

"No, mother, it hurts even more. It hurts when the wind blows...!"

Ji Xiaobei held onto the door frame, which was shaky, and Ji Lizheng got up in a hurry.

If this child falls down, my old bones may not be able to withstand it.

Seeing this, Xiaoju rushed over and helped her sister into the house.

"Master, please don't mention the wasteland anymore. My kid has been upset, so don't mention it anymore. What if he gets upset at night? How am I going to live?"

Lin started to sob.

Ji Lizheng couldn't sit still any longer, so he quickly stood up and said, "Mother Xiaobei, if anything happens tonight, tell Shugen to go get a doctor!"

Ji Dasheng also stood up swiftly and followed Ji Lizheng out the door nimbly.

The two people kept cursing all the way, saying that the woman had long hair and short knowledge, and that a good thing had been ruined by them.

Xiaoju and Shitou couldn't stop laughing in Ji Xiaobei's room.

"Sister, are you really good at pretending?" said Shi Tou.

"If I don't pretend, what will happen if Ji Dasheng asks our family to take the lead in paying?" Ji Xiaobei said as he pulled off the scarf on his head.

"What should we do? Just let it go!" When Lin heard that her family had to pay first, she thought it was impossible.

She walked in quickly: "The head of the village and the clan leader are here, and your father is not at home. We can't get the money anyway, so let's take it first!"

Ji Xiaobei nodded and thought: This matter will not end like this!

Everyone knows that our family is rich. How can the villagers let us off?

Ji Xiaobei's family was not at peace, and neither were other families. Digging a well and taking money out was a big deal.

People understood Ji Dasheng's good intentions from his indirect criticism. If Ji Xiaobei's family took one more copper coin, it meant that they would take one less.

If you don't take the money, other people will drink sweet well water while you will drink muddy river water. If you get sick, you will be in trouble.

The few families who were on strike because of the stone picking made a particularly bad scene.

There were sounds of shouting and crying from several families.

After dealing with the trouble-making daughter-in-law at home, a dozen old ladies gathered at the door of Ji Lizheng's house.

Ji Lizheng had already taken off his clothes and lay down when he heard someone knocking on his door.

"Who is it? So late at night." The headman's wife said unhappily. She had finally tried to save some lamp oil and went to bed early, but now someone came and she had to light the lamp. What a shame.

Ji Lizheng guessed from the shouting of the maids at the door that it was Grandma Ayun and the other maids. Their daughter-in-law had caused trouble, so the grandma came to apologize to them.

Bah! Ji Lizheng spat on the ground. What were you doing before? Why are you looking for trouble with me? Ji Xiaobei was so angry that he had a headache.

"Do you think Ji Xiaobei is pretending?" asked the village head's wife.

"How could he be pretending? He was foaming at the mouth. I saw it all. His face was burnt yellow and he couldn't stand steadily. He had to hold on to the door frame when he went out."

The village head's wife was puzzled: This doesn't sound like Ji Xiaobei.

Ji Lizheng also put on his clothes and said, "Don't move, just pretend to be asleep, they will leave after knocking for a while."

The couple lay in bed, motionless.

There are elderly women outside the door, who are persistent and tenacious, knocking non-stop. If they continue like this, the wooden door will not be able to bear it.

The Shugen family was awakened by the knock, and the couple asked their father what to do at the door.

The headman's wife jumped up and went to light the oil lamp with a snort. The headman went out with a stern face and opened the door.

The old women rushed into the yard like a flood.

"Ji Lizheng, my daughter-in-law is ignorant. Please talk to Ji Xiaobei's family and let them go to work in the wasteland..."

"Yes, we beat up our daughter-in-law at home, head of the village, please go and talk to the village head on our behalf!"

"Li Zheng..."

Ji Li was surrounded by chattering women, some pulling his sleeves, some tugging at his clothes, some pulling his collar, making the old man stagger all over the place, his face red and swollen...