Farming and reading family

Chapter 527 Qian Yong

It is still the eldest brother who has to take care of these matters in the village. It was the eldest brother who took care of these things before.

Chen Qing was a little puzzled: "If I don't want to sell it, can those people force me to buy it?"

"What I'm worried about is those people forcing the purchases," Gao E said solemnly. "I heard that the mulberry saplings bought by outsiders from other places haven't made it to He County, and most of the ones that did die. They don't want to miss out on this year's tree planting."

Chen Qing thought for a moment and nodded: "Then I'll go to Uncle Zheng's house later and ask the villagers to support me tomorrow."

"Thank you, brother." Gao E expressed gratitude.

Chen Qing thought that his second brother's wife had done so much for the village, so the villagers' protection of her was nothing.

Chen Qing left, and Chen Fansheng left with him.

"Dad, go home first. I'm going to Uncle Zheng's house." Chen Qing gave instructions as he went out.

"What did you discuss? Do we still need to go find Zheng Fengan?" Chen Fansheng was a little dissatisfied.

Now he has no idea about his own family.

"Someone wants to take the mulberry seedlings from my second brother's house. I have to discuss it with Uncle Zheng and inform the villagers to support them." Chen Qing did not hide it.

"Your second brother has so many mulberry seedlings. If you can't sell them, just sell some. It's not a big deal." Chen Fansheng thought it was a good thing that someone bought mulberry seedlings.

"We have a lot of sloping land at home, and it may not be enough for our own planting when the time comes," Chen Qing explained.

"Crops can be grown on slopes, but why plant mulberry trees? They are neither edible nor drinkable." Chen Fansheng complained.

"Dad?" Chen Qing called out in confusion.

"What?"

Chen Qing didn't know why his father suddenly cared about the family affairs: "As the older brother, I will naturally help my second brother with whatever he wants to do."

Chen Fansheng put his hands behind his back and walked away: "I am still the father."

Chen Qing frowned, thinking that his father was not like this before. Did someone say something to him?

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Qing turned around and went to find Uncle Zheng.

Luo Qing'er woke up from another nightmare in the middle of the night. The darkness all around her and the faint light from the window took her a long time to come back to her senses and determine where she was.

Ever since she met Lord Xu, she started having nightmares frequently. At first, there was a big fire, and then there were many screams and wails in the fire. She felt like she was going to drown.

Tonight, she dreamed of blood all over the ground, and the blood waves rolled as if they were going to swallow her up...

She remembered that she had the same dream when she was very young. Her eldest brother said that it was because the soldiers burned down their village, but... what appeared in her dream was not a village.

Waking up from a nightmare made her extremely awake and completely unable to sleep, so she began to think about the scenes in the dream over and over again.

She suddenly remembered that when her eldest brother talked about her parents, he only said that they had contracted the epidemic and didn't say much more, nor did he mention their previous life at all...

She had never thought about these things before, thinking that her brother didn't want to mention those sad things. Now the more she thinks about it, the more she feels something is wrong.

In the morning, Lu Hao had dinner with them and complained that the food was not as delicious as the one at Sister Gao's house, and was glared at by Luo Dagang.

Luo Qing'er was eating absentmindedly: "Big brother."

"Hmm?" Luo Dagang didn't notice that Luo Qing'er was absent-minded.

"I see that some people have been visiting the graves these days. Why don't we erect a tombstone for our parents as well? That way we'll have a place to pay tribute to them." Luo Qing'er suggested.

Luo Dagang was stunned for a moment: "Why think about these things, let's eat."

"It is said that to have no descendants means to cut off the incense. My brothers and I are still alive, but we have never burned incense and candles for our parents." Luo Qing'er frowned.

"That's right." Lu Hao agreed. "I didn't know who my parents were when I was born, and I didn't owe them anything. You two should burn something for them during Qingming Festival and Hanyi Festival."

"Eat your meal." Luo Dagang glared at Lu Hao again.

Lu Hao wanted to say that the food was not tasty either.

"This matter... let me think about it." Luo Dagang didn't look into Luo Qing'er's eyes.

He didn't think about anything else. Someone had indeed visited the grave recently, which might have touched Luo Qing'er.

Chen Qing had informed the villagers and did not dare to be negligent. Today he would focus on digging holes and not dig the mulberry seedlings for now.

Around noon, a group of people came to Baotou Village in a mighty procession. Those walking in front were gentry from other places, followed by their bodyguards and farmhands. It seemed that everyone who could come had come.

This was to put pressure on Gao E so that she would have to sell the mulberry seedlings to them.

"Brother Chen, Brother Chen..." Guo Gaoying ran quickly to report the news.

Chen Qing also saw the people below and called on everyone in Baotou Village to follow him to the village entrance.

The leader this time was Qian Yong, a small landlord who had just started to accumulate wealth. He didn't care about anything he did, as long as he could grab what was in his bowl, it was his.

Hua Jianxing didn't think much of him before and didn't seek cooperation with him, which allowed him to escape disaster. Now he has become one of the more powerful outsiders.

As soon as the group arrived at the village entrance, they were stopped by Chen Qing and his men.

Qian Yong turned sideways and bowed: "Fellow countryman, we are here to do business with the Gao family of the Chen family. Please make way."

Chen Qing said solemnly: "If you want to buy mulberry seedlings, please go back. I won't sell them."

Qian Yong was unhappy when he heard this: "We are sincere and are buying it with real money. What do you mean by not selling it?"

"That's right..." The people behind immediately agreed.

"I think you just want to raise the price."

……

Chen Qing frowned and instantly understood his second brother and sister-in-law's concerns. These people really wanted to force the purchase.

"So you want to force me to buy it?" Chen Qing stared at the other party.

Qian Yong laughed and said, "What do you mean by forced buying? It's just a matter of negotiation. Please make way for me. Then we can eat the meat together."

He thought it would be easy to deal with a woman alone, and she would probably be scared when she saw so many of them.

It was these people blocking his way that made him feel a little embarrassed.

Gao E on the other side also knew that someone was coming, so she took Luo Dagang and Lianxin and rushed to the village entrance.

After all, this is her business, and it would be unreasonable for her not to come forward.

"I'm the eldest brother of Gao from the Chen family." Chen Qing refused to back down. "We've already discussed this matter. The mulberry seedlings will not be sold."

Qian Yong's face turned ugly when he heard Chen Qing say this. He turned away from Chen Qing and looked at the people behind him: "This is the Chen family's business. How can it benefit you?"

"The Chen family's affairs are the affairs of our Baotou Village." Zheng Yicheng said directly, "Everyone, what do you think?"

"Yes!" all the villagers responded loudly.

Qian Yong's expression changed, and then he laughed: "Then what good will it do you if the Chen family doesn't sell the mulberry saplings and eats all of them?"

"Stop sowing discord here," Zheng Yicheng said in annoyance. "If the Chen family had been selfish, there wouldn't be any Baotou Village today."

Qian Yong really didn't know much about Batou Village: "Really? Is the Chen family so good at deceiving people?"

"Seducing people?" Zheng Yicheng felt that this person had sinister intentions. "If you had given us food for a year during the flood, we would have let you seduced us too."

The people of Baotou Village nodded after hearing this.

"If you allow my children to go to school and learn to read, we will also let you be bewitched."

"If you can let me live in a brick house, we will also let you be bewitched."

……

When Gao E brought people over, she heard the villagers talking about these things one by one.