At fifty, she remarried into a wealthy family; her ex-husband knelt down and begged for reconciliati

He Qiaoyun defeated magic with magic, and He Gui's family immediately pretended to be dead and dared not reply.

Those who echoed him also started posting trivial things in an attempt to cover up the chat history.

Once the weather cleared up, someone in He Qiaoyun's helper group asked: "Qiaoyun, are you still cutting fruit now that the rain has stopped?"

He Qiaoyun replied: [Yes, everyone who wants a haircut, come if you can. I'll pay you for a full day's work.]

When we arrived at the orchard, the sun was blazing. Several electric bikes were parked outside the orchard, and the helpers had all arrived and were preparing their tools to start pruning.

He Qiaoyun said a few words, then went to the small house to do the accounting. Not long after, two white refrigerated trucks arrived outside to transport the fruit.

She helped load the fruit onto the truck and saw the deliverymen off.

After finishing all that, the sun was already high in the sky. The helpers all rode their bikes home for lunch, while she drove to town to deliver longan and had lunch at a small restaurant there.

After lunch, she brought Xiao Zhang, who was repairing greenhouses, back from town.

It had rained heavily in the morning and then dried out after a midday sun exposure. Her triangular ladder had been blown down by the wind and rain.

Xiao Zhang straightened the triangular ladder and said, "Sister, you can fix it yourself, there's no need to spend the money."

He Qiaoyun, holding the ladder, said with a smile, "Professional things should be done by professionals. If the tape doesn't stick properly, I'll have to worry if it's windy and rainy in the middle of the night. Having you fix it right away saves me trouble and relieves my psychological burden. It's a win-win situation."

Xiao Zhang smiled approvingly, "Sister, you're so insightful. Others can't think that far ahead. This is what they mean by 'He who does not plan for the future will have trouble in the present.'"

Before long, the greenhouse film was repaired. He Qiaoyun paid Xiao Zhang, who smiled, waved to her, and rode his bicycle back home.

After finishing her work in the shed, Sister Xia saw He Qiaoyun and jogged towards her. "Qiaoyun, is what He Gui said this morning true?"

Without hesitation, He Qiaoyun replied, "Yes."

It's one thing for her to deny it, and it's another thing for others to think. Actually, everyone knew what He Gui meant when he said that, because although He Gui's character was a bit questionable, he wouldn't make up such a thing out of nowhere.

Everyone was watching the spectacle, hoping the two of them would escalate the situation further, the bigger the commotion, the more entertaining it would be.

Only Sister Xia was genuinely worried, saying, "If you do this, he will hold a grudge against you and will definitely do more dirty tricks in the future. Why bother?"

He Qiaoyun smiled and comforted Sister Xia, "He has held a grudge against me for more than a day or two. Since I dared to do it, I am not afraid. Besides, I am not someone to be trifled with. I have to establish a persona and attitude. If I always compromise, people will think I am easy to bully."

Sister Xia looked at her and asked, "Have you heard?"

"what?"

Sister Xia said, "He Ping said he would no longer help us negotiate supermarket orders. He Gui's family only started planting Sunshine Roses last year, and they invested all their savings in it. Now that they can't sell them, he will take his anger out on you."

He Qiaoyun frowned. "What did the village officials say about He Ping?"

Sister Xia added, "You've been busy lately and don't get together with us often. Do you know what they're saying about you?"

He Qiaoyun asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

Sister Xia: "They said it's all because you and He Ping had a falling out. That's why He Ping isn't letting us discuss supermarket orders. He said if the fruit rots in the field and can't be sold, then..."

He Qiaoyun pressed further, "Just what?"

Sister Xia hesitated and said, "I'll... I'll tear down your greenhouse and kick you out of Hejia Village. We can't let the economic development of the whole village be affected because of one person."

He Qiaoyun was so angry she almost laughed. "What kind of person is this? They're being completely unreasonable!"

"Who can argue with that? They're just trying to curry favor with He Ping. And this He Ping is really something, such a petty man, taking his anger out on everyone just because of one sentence!"

He Qiaoyun scoffed, "Let's see if they dare!"

Even so, Sister Xia still cautioned, "These Sunshine Roses represent a whole year's harvest. They're all hoping to get a good price for them. Don't provoke them. If you anger them, they might do something drastic. Just bear with it this time."

He Qiaoyun smiled faintly, "Sister Xia, I know. I'm not afraid of trouble, but I don't cause trouble either. Thank you for telling me all this."

Sister Xia smiled and said, "Don't thank me. I'm going back to work now."

"it is good."

He Qiaoyun returned to the orchard, then loaded a truck with longans and headed to town. The busy day passed quickly.

In the evening, she paid the workers and went home.

For dinner, she made do with what she usually did, planning to cook a braised rice dish.

When she was preparing the seasoning, she discovered that she had run out of soy sauce, so she had no choice but to close the door and go outside.

The village store was a few hundred meters from my house. It was already completely dark, and there weren't many people on the road, but there were streetlights, so I wasn't scared.

But at her age, she's seen it all, so she didn't find anything scary.

Before even entering the convenience store, I could hear the sound of mahjong tiles being shuffled inside.

Although the village has internet and electricity, it's not as lively as the city. In the city, you can go out for a walk, go shopping, sing, get a foot massage, and drink at night.

After dark, the villagers could only stay at home watching TV and sleeping. But these men couldn't stay idle. They had endless energy all day long, and after dinner they would come to the convenience store to play mahjong and cards.

He Qiaoyun could smell the suffocating secondhand smoke as soon as she stood outside the door.

As she stepped inside, a group of men playing mahjong turned around and stared at her.

She asked, "Have you eaten?"

You can't hit a smiling face, so the group of men replied, "We've eaten, we're here to buy something."

"Hmm, we're out of soy sauce."

The shopkeeper came out from the back room carrying a child, and asked with a smile, "Qiaoyun, what do you want to buy?"

He Qiaoyun took a bottle of light soy sauce from the shelf. "I'd like a bottle of soy sauce."

The proprietress said, "Eight yuan and fifty cents, scan the code and give it to me."

He Qiaoyun took out her phone, scanned the code, paid the money, and walked out the door, where she bumped into He Ping, who was heading towards the convenience store.

She blocked He Ping's path.

He Ping, with a toothpick in his mouth, looked at her with disdain. "What are you doing?"

He Qiaoyun said, "You can target me, but there's no need to target them. There's a limit to using them as pawns. Don't let everyone hate you."

He Ping spat out the toothpick and pointed at He Qiaoyun, "Who do you think you are, daring to talk back to me!"

He Qiaoyun said, "He Ping, I didn't yell at you, I just told you to stop. You've been arguing about something for almost a year because of a single sentence. It really makes you seem petty."

He Ping, enraged, retorted, "He Qiaoyun, I'm not giving them supermarket orders. What can you do about it? If you're so capable, go and negotiate with them yourself."

It's not that he doesn't want to give; he's the head of the cooperative, so he naturally enjoys everyone's praise and adulation.

However, the supermarket chain he had been working with recently changed its holding group, resulting in a major reshuffle of the management team, and his network of contacts was reassigned.

Meanwhile, farmers in other villages who grow Shine Muscat roses are eyeing this lucrative opportunity and are all approaching supermarket managers to discuss it.

He had lost his connections. The supermarket manager, dressed in a suit and tie, looked so sophisticated that he was intimidated and couldn't speak properly. He was stage-frightened and tongue-tied, and couldn't close the deal at all.

Recently, the villagers have been bothering him a lot, and he's very worried. His more than ten acres of Shine Muscat roses are in dire straits, barely able to survive.

But he was too proud to admit that the deal hadn't been reached in front of them, so he could only direct his anger at He Qiaoyun.

Someone always has to take the blame.