After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

The first few sentences are okay to listen to, but why do the last two sentences sound so weird?

Ye Li understood exactly what he heard. This was Huangniu Village threatening them. If they didn't release the people, they would not have an easy life in the future.

Ye Lizheng sneered, "You are just worrying too much. We have traveled more than a thousand miles to escape the famine. We have seen all kinds of things on the road. How could something go wrong so easily? Don't you think so?"

The head of Huangniu Village became impatient and said, "What do you want? Name your price."

"You should also be considerate of us, right? If there is not enough, everyone will come to steal melons at night. If there is more, we will ask for a hundred taels. Are you willing to pay?"

The people in Huangniu Village couldn't stand the stealing behavior of a few people, but for the sake of the village's reputation, they tried their best to suppress it.

"One hundred taels is too much. We can't even afford it even if we sell a few people. They are all from the same village. How about one tael of silver?" Seeing that Kaoshan Village was not willing to take their hard approach, Huangniu Village started to try a soft approach and play the emotional card.

Ye Wen Zheng was young and full of energy. When he heard the word "one or two taels of silver", he sneered.

The smile on Ye Lizheng's face disappeared, "One tael of silver, this is not enough to pay for the trouble."

It just so happened that the families of several people were also here, and the final result of the discussion was that the three families had to be willing to pay ten taels of silver. This was already all the silver the family had, and there was no more.

Ye Lizheng waved his hand, and the villagers pulled the ox cart and escorted the three people forward.

Some young men from Huangniu Village came out to stop them, but they were no match for the young men from Kaoshan Village. After all, they had not stopped exercising since fleeing the famine.

More and more people from Huangniu Village rushed to the village entrance, ready to snatch the three people.

Ye Lizheng said sternly, "You are trying to block the road. This is the behavior of bandits. Besides, the watermelon was chosen by the county magistrate. You villagers should think it over carefully."

The people in Huangniu Village were all stunned. Who would dare to have any relationship with this bandit at this time, especially since he was an acquaintance of the county magistrate?

These guys in the village have been causing trouble for the village. It would be okay to let the government give them a lesson. After all, it’s not a big deal. They just stole a melon and failed.

The people in Huangniu Village were signaling everyone to make way and let them pass.

When the families of the three people saw that the villagers didn't care, they panicked instantly.

The mother of one of them came over tremblingly and was about to kneel down in front of Boss Ye and the others. "Please let my son go. He is the only child in my family. How can I live if he goes to the government?"

Several other children followed suit and knelt at Ye Lizheng's feet. "Grandpa, please let my dad go. There is nothing to eat at home. My sister is sick and my dad wanted to pick some for her to taste."

After that, several children hugged several people's legs and cried. Another family saw this and rushed over. They all asked the children and the elderly to intercede.

Ye Lizheng is old and has seen a lot, so he is not soft-hearted at all.

Boss Ye looked at the children's clothes, which didn't even have a patch on them, and knew at once that they were lying.

Ye Lizheng stood still, signaled to the people behind him, and continued to move forward with a few people.

After they passed the village, their families let go and followed them, crying as they walked towards the city.

When they arrived at the county government office, Boss Ye first went to find the bailiff Zhang and told him what had happened in a low voice.

The runner Zhang asked him to wait in front while he went inside to report.

When the case went to court, Boss Ye recounted the entire story without exaggerating at all.

Lord Wu had a good impression of Kaoshan Village. Besides, the evidence was irrefutable. He sentenced the four people to pay ten taels of silver each. He also gave them ten strokes of the cane and one month in prison.

The three men did not dare to hide the truth about the person who escaped from the county magistrate and told him about it.

The bailiffs went to Huangniu Village to ask for the people and brought them together to be beaten with sticks.

From then on, Kaoshan Village became famous in Wu'an City, and no one dared to steal things there anymore.

In order to thank the villagers for their help, Boss Ye gave some watermelon seeds to each family. If they bought a lot this year, the whole village can sell watermelons together next year.

The sales volume of watermelons is stable. In the entire Wuan City, unless people buy watermelons brought by the caravan, only the Ye family sells fresh ones.

The lotus pods in the lotus pond have grown. Ye Qing went to the watermelon field to help deliver meals and then went for a stroll in the pond.

Although no one goes to steal watermelons from the watermelon field, small animals from the mountains will still come down to steal them.

Wangcai and Heizi have grown taller. At night, when they were watching the melons in the melon field, rabbits or other animals came over and the two dogs caught them. Ye Laoda didn't want them and gave them nutrition.

But when you take them to the mountains, they are not allowed to eat what they catch. If they can't finish it when they get home, they can sell it.

I went there several days in the afternoon and finally waited until the lotus pods were ready to eat.

Ye Qing asked his second uncle to help him pick a few to try. The two families bought a small boat to pick lotus pods and catch fish in the pond.

After getting the lotus pod, Ye Qing couldn't wait to peel one, and a fresh scent hit his face.

Carefully take out the lotus seeds, peel them like peanuts, and put them directly into your mouth. They are fresh, tender, crisp, slightly bitter and slightly sweet. Eating them in summer can also reduce internal heat. Ye Qing likes them very much.

"Uncle, they are delicious. Let's pick some while they are still tender and sell them in the city." Ye Qing shouted to Uncle Ye who was rowing the boat and wandering on the water.

Ye Laoer picked up a basket and then carefully parked the boat at the edge of the pond.

Ye Qing picked up the rope thrown to him by Uncle Ye and tied it to a tree beside the pond.

Uncle Ye carried the backpack, took a step forward, and stood steadily on the ridge of the field.

Ye Qing was reluctant to throw away the lotus shells after eating them, so he took them home, dried them, and kept them for making tea.

Ye Laoer was just going to the city to visit his eldest son, and Ye Chencong was now deeply loved by Master Hu.

Ye Chencong is enthusiastic and professional when entertaining customers, and careful and serious when doing work. Since he came to the furniture store, orders have been completed faster and faster.

People in Wu'an City like lotus pods. Lotus pods and lotus seeds have many auspicious meanings. One is the homonym of lotus seeds, such as "a house full of descendants" and "many children and blessings".

People will buy some dried lotus seeds for weddings and put them at home as a blessing to the newlyweds.

Uncle Ye first picked out some with good appearance and put them in a basket separately, and would give some to Master Hu to try later.

The rest are taken to the market to sell, but now is the season for eating lotus pods, and lotus pods are for sale everywhere.

It took two hours to sell out this basket, and that was only because the lotus pods were big and full that they sold out so quickly.

A backpack was sold for less than 500 wen, and Ye Laoer felt that it was not a good deal.

When they got home, Ye Lao Er first returned the basket to Ye Qing. "Qingya, it's not worth selling the lotus pods. We only have this one acre of land, so we might as well keep them for ourselves. When the lotus seeds are old, pick them, dry them, and make porridge."

Ye Qing also agreed with Ye Laoer's idea that dried lotus seeds would be a little more expensive than lotus pods.

This year, the lotus seeds from the one-acre pond at home were not much to share among the families. Especially this year, Ye Dalang was getting married, so he needed more.