Dressed as a farmer's widow, she brought her daughter to stock up on food and reached the top

Let’s say we bought the rice seedlings and sweet potatoes from other merchants outside the Great Wall. They sold them and left. Where can we find them?

If the seedling calls it, will it respond?

Even if we take a step back, isn't mother still with us? Could it be that she can't bear to give her mother-in-law a few pieces of sweet potatoes? If she really dares to make a fuss, we will crush her with filial piety.

Women are most concerned about their reputation, especially since she is a widow."

Tian Guilan, relieved, said to Zhao Cunliang and the older boys, "The longer the night, the more trouble you have. Head of the family, take the boys to the fields and plant these seedlings. If she really comes looking for us, we have already planted the seedlings, and she can't pull them out for us."

Zhao Cunliang took his older sons to the fields. The Zhao family had a total of fourteen acres of land. Some time ago, the father and his sons had plowed out several acres of fertile land, which was just right for growing the rice from outside the Great Wall.

The seedlings from outside the Great Wall are different. They are much thicker than the local seedlings. The happiest thing is that I got Xiuying's seedlings without spending a penny, leaving Xiuying with no way out. She can only wait to be drowned by everyone's saliva if she fails to hand over the seedlings.

Hahahaha...

Thinking of this, the five father and sons were filled with energy.

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Xiuying placed the newly bought drought-resistant seedlings in a seedling tray in the yard, and put a certain proportion of drought-resistant liquid in the tray.

Sun Huahua rushed in and said, "Aunt Xiuying, something's wrong. Zhao Cunliang and his sons are planting rice in the fields. Their seedlings look exactly like the ones you bought from the merchant outside the Great Wall."

I didn't expect that Zhao Cunliang and his few boys were so impatient that they planted the crops as soon as they got them. They were afraid that I would come to find them.

Many villagers have gathered near Zhao's fields.

"Cunliang, how could you steal Xiuying's rice seedlings? This is not something a human being would do!"

"Xiuying said that anyone who wants to plant these drought-resistant seedlings can help with the work and buy them in exchange for work. Why did you have to steal?"

"Yes, although our village is poor, we can't do petty thefts! Even if we are poor, we should be poor with dignity!"

"The boys are all grown up now. It's not difficult to ask them to help Xiuying with some work!"

Zhao Cunliang, standing in the field, looked at everyone with panicked eyes and shouted, "Who said I stole it? Which eye of yours saw me stealing it?"

"No one from your family helps Xiuying with the work, so where did these drought-resistant seedlings come from if they weren't stolen?"

"Yes, you have to explain this matter clearly today."

"Xiuying's drought-resistant rice seedlings are different from the local rice seedlings here."

Zhao Cunliang looked at everyone's eyes focused on him, and suppressed the panic in his heart.

"Why are you so anxious? I bought these seedlings from merchants outside the Great Wall. If Yang Xiuying can buy them, I, Zhao Cunliang, can buy them too. I used to work in Nanyang Prefecture, so I'm very familiar with the place. I don't need to work for others in exchange for seedlings like you do.

I, Zhao Cunliang, will use all my energy on my own farmland."

When everyone heard that Zhao Cunliang's words were full of hidden meaning,

"what do you mean?"

"What do you mean by expending your energy on your own farm?"

"Don't you have three brick houses? What's there to be proud of?"

At this moment, a cold female voice came over

"My fellow villagers, the rice seedlings have already been planted. It's too late to say anything now. Maybe he really bought them from a merchant outside the Great Wall."

When Zhao Cunliang heard this, he was overjoyed. Yang Xiuying was a fool who actually spoke up for him.

Yang Xiuying walked to the edge of the field, looked at the planted seedlings, shook her head and sighed, looking heartbroken.

Seeing Xiuying like this, what else could everyone not understand? Zhao Cunliang stole these seedlings from Xiuying's house.

Aunt Li stood up

"Don't be afraid, Xiuying, we're all on your side."

Wang Fuping, the wife of Ma Ergun, also stood up. A few days ago, she picked wild mushrooms and exchanged them for 20 kilograms of rice from Xiuying. During the spring plowing, she helped Xiuying's family to plow the land and plant rice in exchange for two acres of rice seedlings. This was all thanks to Xiuying for not holding a grudge against her. Now it was her time to show her ability.

Wang Fuping walked out of the crowd and stood beside Xiuying like a small hill, looking at the Zhao father and son standing in the field, his voice deep.

"Sister Xiuying, just tell me and I'll go to the fields and pull out those seedlings for you. If anyone dares to stop me, I'll plant them in the fields and they won't be able to be pulled out."

Zhao Cunliang stood in the field, staring blankly at Wang Fuping, his legs shaking.

"Wang Fuping, what are you doing? Have you forgotten the relationship between me and your man? If you dare to pull up the rice seedlings in my field, I will let Ma Ergun..."

Before Zhao Cunliang finished his warning, Wang Fuping jumped down from the ridge of the field.

"Don't yell at me. I've been afraid of dogs since I was a child."

Seeing Wang Fuping, who was like a hill and more manly than any other man, walking towards them, the father and son hugged each other and screamed.

"Ma Ergun, look after your wife."

"Brother Ergun, come and save me!"

"Mrs. Ma, don't be impulsive!"

Xiuying's voice was not loud, but the people present did not ignore it.

"Aunt Ma, these seedlings have already been planted. It would be a pity to pull them out. The sweet potatoes I left in the yard are gone too. I guess they were eaten by rats."

Zhao Cunliang lost his previous domineering attitude and nodded, saying, "Yes, these seedlings have been planted. If we pull them out, wouldn't all our work as father and son be in vain?

I really bought these rice seedlings from a merchant from outside the Great Wall. I don’t see any rice seedlings or sweet potatoes in your yard.”

Zhao Cunliang swore solemnly: "If I stole these rice seedlings from Xiuying, then my family will have no harvest!"

The villagers rolled their eyes when they heard Zhao Cunliang's oath

Why not say he was struck to death by lightning? The retribution would come faster.

Xiuying said to the villagers with a smile on her face, "Uncle swore such a solemn oath to prove his innocence, so it must be true."

These are the Zhao family's ten acres of fertile land. None of the seedlings have been cultivated with drought-resistant liquid. Although they will grow up and eventually produce rice, they are all empty shells.

This was Zhao Cunliang's own vow... not to harvest a single grain...

The father and his sons stood in the rice field and watched the crowd leaving, and finally relaxed.

"Dad, Second Aunt is really a fool. I overestimated her before and thought she was capable."

"Second Aunt is just a coward. She's really useless. Even with so many people helping her, she's still afraid."

Zhao Cunliang looked at the drought-resistant and high-yield rice seedlings in the fields and said proudly: "No matter what, she is still the daughter-in-law of our Zhao family. Your second uncle is dead, but he didn't divorce her. When she sees me, she still has to call me 'big uncle'."

Several women in the village who were on good terms with Xiuying followed her up the hillside...