Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11864

Breakfast had just ended here. Yang Huaming went to the Taoist temple to work, while Liu and Sun were busy in the small vegetable garden in the backyard.

Sun was the main one who was busy, while Liu stood by, eating melon seeds and chatting with Sun. Yang Ruoqing went back to the Luo family.

As for Yang Huazhong, he was already changing his shoes, preparing to find Yang Yongqing and then go together to walk around the hundred or so acres of fields. Half of those fields were used to grow rapeseed, and the other half were used to grow wheat. Long-term and short-term laborers were hired to work there, but Yang Yongqing had to go to the fields every day to supervise the work. Yang Huazhong was also always busy. If there was nothing to do in the village, he would spend most of his time in the fields, thoroughly enjoying the happiness of being a farmer.

Just then, someone peeked out from the gate of the courtyard outside; it was Uncle Sixi.

"Brother Village Head, are you home?" Uncle Sixi asked, mustering his courage.

Yang Huazhong was sitting on a small stool by the door of the main room, changing his shoes. Hearing the sound, he looked up and said, "Hey, who is it?"

Because Uncle Sixi had pulled his head back after asking a question, Yang Huazhong couldn't see him when he looked up.

"It's me, Brother Village Head." Uncle Sixi stepped out from the courtyard gate again, carrying things in his hands. These were the things he hadn't had a chance to give out during his visits to the four village elders last night.

Brown sugar, red dates, and even a five-pound jar of strong liquor...

"Oh, it's you!" Yang Huazhong, who had been so enthusiastic when entertaining others, glanced at the other person and then buried his head again to continue fiddling with the other shoe, muttering to himself as if the shoe, which he had worn for two years, suddenly didn't fit anymore.

Uncle Sixi clearly felt Yang Huazhong's cold attitude; his cheeks burned as if he had been slapped by an invisible hand.

This won't do. He's not the person involved; he's just here to help. We need to call out the person involved.

So he took a step back and deliberately spoke loudly to Sixi's mother and Sixi's uncle, who were hiding behind him, "The village head is home. If you have anything to say, hurry up and tell him, otherwise he'll be busy going out soon!"

Sixi's mother was still lingering by the wall outside, reluctant to come in. Sixi's uncle stomped his foot and dragged her into the yard.

After entering the courtyard, the three men came over to greet Yang Huazhong, creating an extremely awkward situation.

Especially Sixi's mother, who was too embarrassed to look up at Yang Huazhong the whole time, always turned her face to the side, and stood behind her brother from her maternal family the whole time.

Try to get Uncle Sixi and Uncle Sixi's brother-in-law to handle things.

On the other hand, Yang Huazhong didn't pay any attention to Sixi Niang's behavior. As a man, he really didn't want to argue with these shrewish and unreasonable women.

Not caring doesn't mean being willing to forgive and tolerate. The consequence of not caring is that he will ignore all the demands of this type of woman.

"What's up, you guys? I have something urgent to do and need to get out of here!" Yang Huazhong, still sitting on the small stool, looked up and asked the two men. As for inviting them into the main room to sit, have some tea, or smoke a pipe... sorry, they weren't entitled to that.

At this moment, none of them had the mind to dwell on Yang Huazhong's change in attitude. Uncle Sixi put down the meat and the old hen he was holding, leaned forward, and said with a fawning expression, "Brother Village Head, something happened to Sixi's father and brothers last night. They were arrested by the yamen officials..." After listening to their account, Yang Huazhong nodded: "I heard them mention this a couple of times this morning. Well, how should I put it? The current county magistrate is an honest and just official. I believe he will definitely investigate and collect evidence. He won't wrong an innocent person, nor will he let a bad person go free!"

When Sixi's uncle and aunt heard this, their faces showed expressions of utter despair.

Sixi's mother, who had been silent until now, was not happy to hear Yang Huazhong say this. She immediately turned her face and was very dissatisfied, but she did not dare to make a scene or shout. Instead, she tried to control her voice, but she said angrily and aggrievedly, "Brother Village Head, what do you mean by that? So you're saying that just because some of our family members were arrested, you're sure they did something wrong?"

“We’re all from the same village, and everyone knows perfectly well whether our ancestors did anything wrong.”

As Si Xi Niang began to speak, her eldest brother had already subtly winked at her, signaling her to keep quiet.

But Sixi's mother was still angry and couldn't stop, continuing, "You're the village head. The villagers have been arrested, and we've come to you to ask for your help in upholding justice. You should be on our side, right? What, you're acting like you're going to sentence our family to prison? What kind of logic is that?"

"Alright, alright, the village head is just stating the facts. Besides, he didn't say he wouldn't help us, right, village head?" Uncle Sixi first yelled at Sixi's mother a couple of times to shut her up, then approached Yang Huazhong with a smile, trying to get a word out of him.

In their minds, village head Yang Huazhong was the easiest person to talk to and the most warm-hearted.

Today, they were all completely taken aback.

Yang Huazhong frowned and said, "I really can't help with this. I'm just a small village head at best. I have to smile and be polite to the head of the town government, let alone the county government."

"Brother Village Head, you're being too modest. Everyone knows your children are all very successful."

"Even the county magistrate would bow and scrape before you and call you 'Master'!" Uncle Sixi began to flatter Yang Huazhong as he bent over.

Unfortunately, Yang Huazhong didn't buy into that at all. He would never act arrogantly or domineeringly just because his children were successful.

He believed that it would only invite hatred from his own children; being too high-profile was not good.

So these attempts at flattery were basically a case of hitting the bullseye.

Yang Huazhong waved his hand and stood up. "This matter is really beyond my control. You should try to find other ways to inquire!"

"However, I still trust the officials in our county government. Once they have investigated thoroughly, they will definitely give us, the people, the truth!"

Holy crap, is this a rejection?
“Brother Village Head, we’re just ordinary folks. We can count the number of times we’ve been to the county town on one hand in our entire lives!” Uncle Sixi caught up again. “Even if we went to the county government to inquire, we wouldn’t know where to start. We have to beg you to lend a hand and help us find out. If we’ve offended anyone, we’ll apologize. We just hope you can release our family members. It’s getting colder and colder; we’re afraid something might happen to them in jail…”

As a result, Yang Huazhong was like a turtle that had swallowed a weight. He waved his hand and walked towards the door, saying only, "Although I am the village head, I am just an honest farmer. I am not very good at asking about those things."

"You'd better find another way. If news comes down from the county government and reaches me, I will definitely inform your family as soon as possible. As for anything else, I really can't help you. Take these things back with you!"