After her fate was taken away, she was favored by her five brothers.

"Why?"

"Why do you say that? Just because these chestnut trees grew in our fields."

"Bullshit, how can this be growing on your land? This is clearly unowned wasteland."

Zhao Youcai took out the land deed with a smile and said, "This land is indeed ours. Let me show you."

The villagers didn't believe it and rushed over to take a look at the land deed in Zhao Youcai's hand. It was obvious that Zhao Youcai was not lying.

The village chief was picking chestnuts somewhere else and had no idea what was happening here.

He only hurried over when some villagers went looking for him.

"Zhao Youcai, Zhao Ergou, what do you want to do?"

Zhao Youcai didn't dare to offend the village chief, so he smiled and said:

"Uncle village chief, I was just about to ask you something. Although these chestnuts are wild, they are growing in our fields. Do they belong to our family?"

The village chief was stunned. Obviously, he didn't know that the land belonged to the Zhao family.

He took the land deed handed over by Zhao Youcai and took a look at it. It was indeed from the Zhao family.

"Why don't you cultivate your land properly? Why do you leave it like this?"

The village chief knew that the Zhao family was lazy, but he didn't expect them to be so lazy that they turned the fertile land into wasteland.

"Uncle, my brother and I are not in good health, and there is no wife to work at home."

The village chief rolled his eyes at them. Why didn't he believe it when they were in poor health?

Both of them were like bulls, each stronger than the other.

"What do you want?"

"How about this, Uncle Village Chief, I won't let everyone work in vain. Leave half to our Zhao family and let them take the rest."

As soon as Zhao Youcai said this, the villagers started cursing at once, obviously disagreeing with what Zhao Youcai said.

If it was the Zhao family's land, why didn't they remind everyone earlier? This way, they wouldn't have to work in vain. They had just picked the chestnuts from the tree with great difficulty, and he stood up to grab some of them.

This put the village chief in a difficult position for a while.

Because he was also responsible for this matter, it was he who rang the gong to notify the villagers.

The village chief suggested a compromise: "How about this, divide the chestnuts into three portions, one for you and two for them, is that okay?"

This time, before Zhao Youcai could say anything, Zhao Ergou jumped out and said, "No, we have to find food from our Zhao family's land. It's better for us to be equal to them."

As soon as Zhao Ergou said this, the villagers were not happy.

"Zhao Ergou, don't be so shameless. This chestnut tree is wild. Whoever picks it up owns it."

"Yes, two of us and one of you is already the biggest concession. Since you are not satisfied, we won't give you any."

Mother Sun also chimed in, "If you ask me, this matter was caused by that boy from the Yun family. He came to inform us to pick chestnuts without asking clearly. If I had known it was so hot, I would not have come even if you gave me one ounce of silver."

Once these words were spoken, it seemed like Yun Zhiqian was being put on the spot.

Liu was so angry. If she had known that the villagers of Xiling Village were of this character, she would never have let her son inform the village chief.

Cheng said, "Mrs. Sun, how can you be so shameless? The Yun family kid didn't put a knife to your neck and asked you to pick chestnuts. You came here to take advantage of him. Now that you can't take advantage of him, you push the blame on the Yun family. You are really good at being a scoundrel."

Most of the villagers in Xiling Village are kind. They get along well with their neighbors and help each other when they have difficulties. Cheng is one of them.

Seeing Liu looking at her, Cheng smiled back.

Liu also smiled back and she remembered the favor.

Liu also knew Cheng. She was his neighbor across the wall. The Yun family had a fence wall, while Cheng's family had an adobe wall, which just separated the two families. Otherwise, they would have been one family.

Liu had also seen Cheng when he occasionally went out. Cheng was a warm-hearted person and greeted Liu first. However, Liu didn't want to get too close to the people from Xiling Village, so she pretended not to see him.

This was also the first time that Liu responded to Cheng's enthusiasm.

Cheng had always been a good person in the village, and many people were on good terms with her. As soon as she spoke, many people immediately stood up to agree with her.

"Yes, Grandma Sun, don't be so shameless. When you are taking advantage of others, you run faster than anyone else."

"Yes, they kindly informed you, but did they inform you wrongly? It seems that we should pay attention to the good things next time, and be careful not to be bitten back by Grandma Sun."

When Granny Sun saw the gun turned and pointed at her, she was about to retort, but the village chief stopped her, "Shut up, everyone."

Mrs. Sun opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but when she saw the village chief's unhappy expression, she shut up.

"Zhao family, tell me, is the plan I just mentioned feasible?"

Zhao Youcai refused outright: "Uncle Village Chief, it's not that we don't agree. You know our family's situation. We are really struggling to make ends meet. We still rely on these chestnuts to survive."

Zhao Youcai spoke pitifully.

Yun Zhiqian had been listening for a long time and had just seen the land deed that Zhao Youcai had taken. He reminded the village chief:

"Grandpa Village Chief, why don't you measure it? If these chestnut trees really grow in their fields, it won't be too late to discuss it later."

The village chief slapped his forehead, wondering how could he have forgotten about this.

Whether these trees have grown into the Zhao family’s land can only be known by measuring them. We cannot say that just because the Zhao family says they have grown on their land, then they are on their land.

This made the village chief look at Yun Zhiqian more. It turned out that the scholar had a very flexible mind.

I remember that he was sent to school by his family, but he was not cut out for it. He only learned a few words and didn't continue his studies.

I heard that the boy from the Yun family is already a student and may pass the imperial examination to become a scholar in the future. If the Yun family can stay in Xiling Village, he will be considered the scholar of their Xiling Village.

If he could pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi in the future, he could also go out and brag about it in front of other village heads.

The more he looked at Yun Zhiqian, the more satisfied he became.

"The Yun family kid is right. I'll ask someone to measure it right away."

Since the village chief had a ruler for measuring land at home, he sent a young family member back home to get it.

After a while, the ruler was brought.

Zhao Ergou was panicking. If they really measured that the chestnut tree was not in their field, then they had not picked any chestnuts today, so they would get nothing.

He asked, "Brother, what should we do?"

Now even Zhao Youcai was unsure, but he couldn't lose in terms of momentum, so he patted Zhao Ergou and said, "Why are you panicking?"

When the village chief really asked someone to measure him, he himself became afraid. He stepped forward and said:

"Uncle village chief, there's no need to go through so much trouble. Just do as you say. They will do two and I will do one."

The village chief ignored him and asked people to continue measuring.

Sure enough, the final result was that the chestnut tree was not in Zhao's land, and that piece of land was an ownerless wasteland.

When the villagers got this result, they cheered with joy.

The way they looked at Yun Zhiqian changed. They were able to get these chestnuts today, all thanks to the eldest brother of the Yun family.

Some women looked at Yun Zhiqian more like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.

"Let's all go back."

After the village chief gave the order, the villagers carried their own chestnuts on their backs and spat at Zhao Youcai and Zhao Ergou when they passed by them.

Zhao Youcai and Zhao Ergou were so regretful. If they had known the result would be like this, they would not have dared to be lazy.

Seeing that the village chief was looking at them unfriendly, the two of them slipped away in shame.