The casual life of the flat space

After Bai Tiexiong finished washing the dishes and filled the big pot with water to continue boiling, Bai Tieying picked out some things suitable to give to the village chief and took him to Grandpa Wu's house.

"Hey, Tieying is here! Come in quickly, your Grandpa Wu has been waiting for you all afternoon."

"Hello, Aunt Wu!" they both greeted.

"Look at you, so polite, and never come empty-handed!" Aunt Wu said as she was about to take the things in Bai Tieying's hand.

Bai Tieying walked a few steps quickly to the side and walked around Aunt Wu, saying, "Auntie, don't be polite to me. I can go find Grandpa Wu by myself!" Then he went straight to the main room.

Aunt Wu paused for a moment as she stretched out her hand, then patted it on her body and said, "Hey, go ahead! Look at you, you're even alienated from your aunt!"

Bai Tieying didn't care what she was muttering behind her. He took Bai Tiexiong into the main hall, greeted the two old people, and followed Grandpa Wu to the village chief's house.

"Hey, is this Tieying and Tiexiong? Why are they so thin?"

"Hello, Grandma Hu! You still look strong! Is this the cabbage you planted? Look, my mother always says that you take good care of things. Look at this, there is not even a worm hole! Can you teach me later?"

"Oh, there's nothing wrong with that. Come back later and I'll tell you everything!" Grandma Hu was amused by Bai Tieying and agreed readily.

"That's a deal! I really need to learn how to grow vegetables! I'll come and learn from you someday!"

"Hahaha, you want to become my disciple? What's there to be proud of? Just come here!"

"Then we have a deal now! Grandma Hu, I'm going to the village chief's house now. I'll talk to you later!"

"Well, go ahead, go ahead!" Grandma Hu was so confused by Bai Tieying's words that she forgot what she wanted to ask. After Bai Tieying walked away, she remembered, "Oh, didn't I want to ask her how she came back in a carriage?"

Bai Tieying greeted this person and joked with that person all the way, but no one asked her anything. Bai Tiexiong also followed her sister like a yes-man and greeted everyone.

Grandpa Wu couldn't help wondering in his heart, "Is Tieying always like this, but because his parents are around, he keeps a low profile? Or has he become sensible and grown up in the past few months? That's good, he's sweet-talking and won't suffer any losses. It seems Tiexiong has made a lot of achievements."

The courtyard of the village chief's house is just opposite the red pine tree at the entrance of the village. It is said that when the first generation of villagers fled here from famine, they saw this pine tree, which was so thick that two people could hug it, and thought it was a miracle, so they decided to settle down here.

Bai Tieying stood under the tree in a daze… Of course she remembered this red pine tree, and her crown could be seen from her home, but now when she saw from close range that a single branch was thicker than her waist, she couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Hundreds of years have passed since the first generation of villagers. This pine tree has experienced countless cycles of spring, summer, autumn and winter, endured countless baptisms of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and witnessed the birth, aging, illness and death, honor and disgrace, rise and fall of the villagers of Xianhe...

When she came back from the carriage yesterday, the trunk of the tree, which was nearly two meters in diameter, seemed to be frozen in time in the side window of the carriage for several seconds. At that time, she thought that the tree must be nearly a thousand years old. But today, before she even got close to it, she was already in the shade of the tree umbrella. The height must be more than ten meters!

"Humans are so insignificant in front of the power of nature!" Bai Tieying couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He was secretly happy that there was an identical red pine tree in the space, but he was also a little depressed, because this tree was more than ten feet tall, so the tree copied in the space was actually shrouded in white mist.

"Tieying, what are you thinking about?" Grandpa Wu greeted Bai Tieying and went into the village chief's house first. Bai Tieying also came to his senses and quickly followed him in.

"Brother, you're here? Oh, Tieying and Tiexiong are here too. I haven't seen you for a long time!" Grandma Wang, the village chief's wife, greeted them.

"Greetings, Grandpa Wang, Grandma Wang! I'm sorry I'm late and kept you waiting for a long time!" Bai Tieying stepped forward and greeted them.

"Hello, Grandpa Wang! Hello, Grandma Wang!" As usual, Bai Tiexiong followed his sister and greeted them.

"Hey, why are you so polite? Come in and sit down. Big brother, you should sit down too. I'll go get you some water."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Grandpa Wu greeted them and sat down on the bench.

"Grandpa Wang, I'm here today to trouble you with something, and also to discuss something with you and ask for your opinion." Bai Tieying said straight to the point.

"You guys sit down too. I can see you're tired of talking. There's no need to be polite in Grandpa Wang's house." The village chief raised his hand and gestured.

"Thank you, Grandpa Wang, but I want to wait until the first thing is finished." Bai Tieying said as he put down the things in his hands, took out a large cloth bag from his arms, and put it on the table with a clear "dong" sound.

"Grandpa Wang, this is sixty taels of silver that my Bai family owes to your family and the elders and villagers. I would like to trouble Grandpa Wang to act as a witness for me. My brother and I are here to repay the money!" After Bai Tieying finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the village chief. Seeing this, Bai Tiexiong also hurriedly followed suit.

"You kids, get up quickly! Just pay back the money, there's no need for such a big gift." The village chief quickly stood up and helped the two sisters up.

"Without your and the folks' help, my brother and I wouldn't have been able to make it to the day to pay back the money, and my parents wouldn't have been able to leave in peace. I know this kindness cannot be repaid by just paying back the money, so I found a way that might help the folks earn a little more money. This is what I just said I wanted to hear your opinion on." Bai Tieying said sincerely.

"Everyone should help, and it's not just your family. You don't have to worry about it. Besides, you haven't borrowed the money for long, so it's nothing." The village chief pulled Bai Tieying and Bai Tiexiong to sit on the bench and pushed the water that Grandma Wang brought to them, "Drink some water and talk slowly."

Bai Tieying picked up the bowl, took two sips and said:

"Grandpa Wang, the method I found started when I wanted to pay back the money.

You know the situation of my family. Even if the fields were still there, we two couldn't cultivate them. Even if we could, how many years would it take for us to pay back the money of the villagers? But we have been struggling to make ends meet and have no experience. We have been like this for several months, until the 21st, when I had an adventure. "

Bai Tieying paused here, as if she was grateful for her "adventure". Then she told the story of how she saved the life of the gyrfalcon, and how the gyrfalcon gave her ginseng and ganoderma lucidum in return. After that, she looked at Grandpa Wu and said:

“Grandpa Wu, I didn’t tell you about this, not because I don’t trust you, but because I’m not sure whether what Gyrfalcon gave me is ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum.

If it was, I had no idea how much it could be sold for. If it wasn’t… to be honest, I didn’t dare to think it wasn’t, for fear that my sister and I would have no hope.”