Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11862

Si Xi's mother was so angry that she sat down under the old maple tree at the village entrance and started wailing and cursing at the top of her lungs.

I don't know who she was cursing, but she just kept cursing blindly. Maybe all the village elders and their families were on Sixi's "consolation" list!

Uncle Sixi stood to the side; it was already late October, and the weather was very cold.

By this time of night, the water was freezing cold. Uncle Sixi, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, stamped his feet and said, "Don't keep cursing with your eyes closed at this hour, it only invites hatred!"

Sixi's mother wiped her nose and flicked the snot onto the ground, choking back tears as she said, "How can I not curse, how can I not be angry? They're all pretending to be stupid! They're leaving my father and sons to die without a care. Are they still neighbors? They're so heartless, just watching us die!"

Uncle Sixi could only shake his head. Why should they have to save you? Why should they have to go to great lengths for your family? Do they owe you something? Or is your family some kind of superpower?

Besides, why are those village elders all refusing to see us? Don't you, a simple-minded woman, understand the reasons behind this?

Your family has offended the Yang family. They may not help you criticize the Yang family, and they may not take sides with the Yang family to suppress your family, but they also dare not meddle and will just be bystanders!

We've isolated your family, leaving you utterly helpless and desperate! Go ahead and cry!

Uncle Sixi was even worried that this matter might implicate him...

In the end, it was Uncle Sixi who felt sorry for his sister. He came to her and said in a trembling voice, "Sister, even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Don't be like this, cheer up."

"Let's go home first, and I'll go with you to the village head's house tomorrow morning!"

“Brother, the village head is Old Yang’s family, he won’t help us…” Sixi’s mother was still very reluctant to ask Yang Huazhong for help.

After hitting a wall all night, although his words were still resistant, his tone now carried a lot more hesitation and struggle.

Sixi's uncle said, "No matter what, we have to give it a try. We can't let my brother-in-law and two nephews end up in jail!"

"The weather is terribly cold at night. It would be troublesome if someone got sick..."

Si Xi's mother had no choice but to wipe away her tears and get up from the ground.

"Alright, for the sake of those father and sons, I'll kneel down and kowtow to beg the village head for help!"

……

At the south end of the village, lies the old home of the village head.

The old man from the village sat on the bed wearing a shirt, holding a pipe in his hand. The room was quite warm because there was a stove in the corner with a kettle on it.

The doors and windows inside the house were all left with gaps, so there was no possibility of poisoning from the fire. At the same time, the stove could continuously heat the house, and the kettle on the stove could ensure a constant supply of hot water. Even if the village elder woke up in the middle of the night and wanted to drink tea, he could have some made. There would also be hot water available for brushing his teeth and washing his face in the morning.

Under such conditions, no more than twenty families in Changping Village could possess this!
Moreover, most of these twenty households belong to the transport team, since the stoves use charcoal or coal briquettes.

These days, only very wealthy families can afford to use charcoal and coal briquettes!
At that moment, the eldest son of the village elder poured a bowl of hot water from the stove, warmed his hands, and came to the elder, telling his father in detail about the knocking on the door that night.

After listening, the old villager sighed and shook his head, saying, "This matter is beyond our ability to resolve; only the one who tied the knot can untie it."

"Saying peanuts can cause illness? Haha, nobody believes that. To put it bluntly, someone is deliberately trying to frame the Si Xi family!"

"As for who is behind this, hehe, it goes without saying that it's obvious. It's just that Si Xi's mother is confused and doesn't understand the key point."

The eldest son nodded: "That makes sense. Peanuts have never been this expensive in previous years. Something's definitely wrong this year."

"It's obvious that the high price of peanuts is just bait to catch the big fish, Sixi's family. In our whole village, only Sixi's family planted a few acres of peanuts this year and harvested four or five hundred catties." The village elder added, "The Yang family and the Luo family seem honest, that's true, but even clay figures have a temper. I saw it clearly when our family had a fight with their second son's family last time."

“If a family can produce a great person who can reach a high position, then there are no good people in that family.”

"Even if they really are a family of kind-hearted people, there are definitely some ruthless ones among them!"

"I think this move, which targeted the Sixi family so ruthlessly, was definitely Yang Ruoqing's idea!"

Upon hearing the village elder's analysis, the eldest son gasped in shock. Not only did his back feel cold, but many of his joints began to ache slightly.

There's nothing we can do. The memory of Yang Ruoqing single-handedly defeating them last time is still fresh in our minds; we can't forget it!
“We won’t get involved in this matter, nor do we have the face to do so. I believe the other old folks are just as capable and won’t get involved either,” the old villager said again.

The eldest son nodded.

“People are all shrewd!” he said.

The old man from the village suddenly asked again, "Hey, you said earlier that Mrs. Sixi also brought a jar of wine?"

"Yes, strong liquor."

"How many pounds?"

"I estimate it weighs about five pounds, including the jar!"

The old man in the village gave a disdainful smile. "It only weighs five jin including the jar. Without the jar, it's probably only two or three jin. How stingy!"

"If you want to ask someone for a favor, you should ask the village elder. You'll need at least ten catties of wine to make it worthwhile."

"Alright, alright, even if it's a hundred pounds, there's nothing we can do about it. I'm going to rest now, you should go back to your room and sleep too!"

……

The news that Sixi Niang and her family visited four village elders last night, only to be turned away by all four, reached Yang Huazhong and Sun Shi's ears early this morning.

At that moment, Yang Ruoqing was having breakfast at her parents' home. The person who came to deliver the news was Liu Shi, and Yang Huaming was also beside Liu Shi.

Sun then fetched two more sets of bowls and chopsticks and invited Liu and Yang Huaming to have breakfast together.

Yang Huaming hesitated for a moment, but Liu had already pulled out a stool and sat down.

Today, Yang Huazhong's family had a very lavish breakfast. Sun used the newly harvested wheat flour to make nearly three pounds of scallion and egg pancakes. She also made a "Farmer's Bowl of Fragrance" to roll inside the pancakes and made a plate of hot and sour shredded potatoes with vinegar, millet peppers, and garlic.

In addition, a pot of sticky red bean and sorghum sweet porridge was also cooked.

Everyone sat around the table, eating, drinking, and chatting.

Yang Huaming said to Yang Huazhong, "Third Brother, that Si Xi's mother is really stubborn. Even now, she still refuses to bow down to our Yang family. She insists on begging the village elder to step in and bypass you, the village head."

"As it turned out, all the village elders were shrewd and ignored her."

"I think that when they're desperate, they'll probably be persuaded by those around them to come and beg you, the village head, to step in!"

Liu immediately chimed in, "Third Brother, we're not the kind of people who come and go as we please. If someone comes to ask you for a favor, you'd better think it over. You can't just soften your heart the moment they ask. We have our tempers too!"