The Story of a Destitute Noblewoman Farming

After Lu Linlang spoke, Xiaolan's mother didn't dare to be as presumptuous as she was just now. The words Xiaolan said to Dahua were also what she said when she complained to her husband at home. Who knew that Xiaolan would say everything to others?

They also thought that the Dahua sisters were not valued by Lu Linlang, so they dared to belittle them.

"Dahua, tell everyone what Xiaolan has said to you these days. Your cousin and I will make the decision." The clan leader also turned to look at Dahua.

Encouraged by Lu Linlang, Dahua stood up and repeated what Xiaolan had said, emphasizing that Xiaolan said she was uneducated and that she was deliberately trying to climb up the social ladder in order to curry favor with Lu Linlang and marry Yunyi.

Many little girls in the village like Yun Yi, just because he has a scholar's face and looks quite bookish. He is also gentle and polite in public, unlike other boys who came out of the mud pits in the village. So when the little girls talk privately, whenever they talk about Yun Yi, they blush and imagine Brother Yun Yi smiling at them.

Xiaolan was one of them. When she saw Yunyi's appearance, she liked him very much. However, Yunyi was not a person who liked to talk to little girls. Apart from doing things, he would read books at home. The last time Dahua talked to Yunyi, they were talking and laughing, and Xiaolan felt jealous.

This afternoon, when she walked to the door of Dahua's house, she saw the two sisters washing vegetables, and she began to mock them in her heart. She happened to meet Yunxi and Yuncan who came to call them to eat, and was scolded away by Yuncan. She turned around and glared at Dahua, but did not dare to quarrel with Yuncan.

I didn't expect Dahua to complain and attract so many people. She will definitely be beaten by her parents tonight, Xiaolan thought fearfully.

"You dead girl, I told you not to talk nonsense. I will beat you to death today." After hearing what Dahua said and Yuncan echoed her, Xiaolan's mother was furious and wanted to beat Xiaolan again.

"That's enough! If you had disciplined your child earlier, would we have ended up in this situation? I told you a long time ago, but you didn't listen. You beat her half to death. What's the point of not teaching her well?"

"Xiao Lan, the clan leader came to warn your family last time, but you didn't repent. This time, you have to apologize to Da Hua in person and ask Da Hua to forgive you. After all, it was Da Hua you bullied.

Auntie, you don't have to act like this. If you hadn't said it behind her back, the child wouldn't have followed suit. Otherwise, I haven't heard anyone in this village say such nasty things to Dahua.

Also, Dahua and Erhua are both my sisters, and I will take care of them both from now on. If they do anything wrong, you uncles and aunts can come and tell me, and I will educate them. But if someone bullies them even though they have done nothing wrong, I will personally go to their house and seek justice."

Lu Linlang said this to the whole village. She didn't want such a thing to happen again. Dahua and Erhua had lost their parents at a young age, and their grandmother was also gone. They were already living a hard life, and if they were bullied again, who knew what would happen to them in the future.

When the villagers saw Lu Linlang domineeringly protecting the Dahua sisters, they all said, "Don't worry, Miss Linlang. The Dahua sisters are already pitiful enough. We will naturally not bully them. We will also warn our children at home."

Xiaolan was escorted by her parents to apologize to Dahua and Erhua. She lowered her head, feeling very humiliated. She thought Dahua did it on purpose. Hatred washed over her, but she had to bow her head in front of others.

Seeing that Lu Linlang had taken care of everything, the clan leader stepped forward and continued, "I was planning to tell you all a piece of good news tomorrow, but now that everyone is almost here, I'll tell you that Miss Linlang has bought the farm next door. The people in the farm are all from the previous landlord's family, and they're planning to take their people away, so the farm is currently short of manpower.

Miss Linlang told me that she is from our village, so naturally she should be hired with priority over the villagers. Therefore, the long-term and short-term workers will be hired from the village first in the future. As long as everyone works hard and does not cheat, it is equivalent to having an extra good job.

But considering what happened tonight, I thought about it and decided that when choosing a farmhand in the future, I would first choose someone with good character and then someone with ability. Otherwise, if someone has bad intentions and deliberately sabotages the farm, the grain will be ruined.

Those who are not here, please help notify me. Come to me tomorrow to register and Linlang will select the candidates. You can consider it yourself and see if your family has extra labor and energy to plant the crops."

"Chief, are you serious? How many people are needed for us to be selected if we sign up?" Everyone's attention was immediately diverted by this matter. This was a good opportunity to make money, and they were eager to know whether they could be selected.

"For now, we need fifty people. Go back and discuss this. You know, tending crops is work all year round. Long-term workers can always get paid, and short-term workers only help out during busy farming seasons and are paid daily."

Lu Linlang also told everyone about the specific plan. She had decided on these fifty people after consulting the clan leader. The wages for long-term and short-term workers were also calculated according to the local wages.

"Thank you, young lady. Let's go back and discuss it." In a moment, everyone ran back home. At this moment, the moonlight was spreading on the earth, illuminating the way forward for people.

After everyone left, Xiaolan's parents realized that they had caused a big disaster. Could the people with bad character that the patriarch just mentioned be referring to their family?

"Chief, Miss Linlang, we, we all failed to teach Xiaolan well. We apologize to you. Please don't abandon our family. Look, there are so many people in our family, crying out in hunger. If there is no work, we will starve to death. Xiaolan, why don't you kowtow to the chief and Miss Linlang and beg them to spare you?"

"No need. You are just trying to force us by doing this. We are all from the same village, so don't go too far. We have tolerated you for a long time. If there is a next time, or if Xiaolan does something to hurt everyone, I will call a meeting and expel your family from the clan.

If you want to live a good life, you should reform yourself in the future. We will talk to you after we are sure you have reformed."

"Okay, okay, we will definitely change it. We will definitely change it." Xiaolan's father showed an honest smile at this moment.

After everyone left, Xiaolan still looked gloomily outside the door, in the direction where Dahua left.

"Xiao Lan, you're such a loser, why are you still glaring at me? Do you want our whole family to suffer the consequences? I told you not to mess with Da Hua and the others. Did you hear me? They have someone backing them up now. If your father and I get punished by the clan leader again, we'll marry you off to the mountains right away. There are so many bachelors there."

Xiaolan thought of her cousin from her aunt's family who was married into the mountains. Once she came to visit her relatives, she had lost a lot of weight and told her that she must pursue a good future and not marry into the mountains.

Thinking of this, Xiaolan trembled, withdrew her gaze, and went back to the house with her head down.