Chapter 3 Driving people away

As the sun rose and the moon set, in the blink of an eye, all kinds of vegetables planted in the fields had already matured and were just waiting to be harvested. Qi Sui also developed another rotten field to grow rice. June is a good season for rice planting. Not long ago, she spent 2,000 points to buy super hybrid rice seeds. After careful cultivation, they finally germinated successfully. With her high-efficiency quick-growing fertilizer, she can harvest within a month. Therefore, we should take advantage of the good season to plant more rice, so as to store grain and deliver it.

Qi Sui picked some vegetables and gave them to Aunt Zhang, who gave her a lot of steamed buns and steamed corn bread. After saying goodbye to Aunt Zhang, She strolled on the way home, and saw many farmers busy sowing in the fields. There were dozens of acres of land in Yunyan Village that belonged to the original owner. When the original owner's parents were alive, most of the land was planted by hired workers, and the rest was left to the farmers. It is rented out to others. For example, the several acres of land rented by Aunt Zhang's family belong to the original owner.

If these fields can be planted with hybrid rice, the grain harvest of each household will double in half a year. In the long run, farmers can have surplus grain, Yunyan Village can also get rid of poverty. Thinking of this, Qi Sui had a plan in mind. She quickly ran to her own field. The fields were now divided into two categories. One was for growing rice, and the other was for growing a variety of crops in a cross-sowing method of fruits and vegetables.

Qi Sui learned from Liu that the vegetables commonly sold in the market were green vegetables, radishes, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes, so she used her points to buy tomato, cucumber, and eggplant seeds, and when they grew up, she took them to the town to set up a stall to sell them.

Seeing her emotions sometimes high and sometimes calm, the system asked in confusion: "Host, what are you thinking about?"

Qi Sui avoided answering: "Nothing, just a little anxious."

On the way home, Qi Sui kept imagining what she would do from now on. She was absorbed in the idea of developing the village when a sudden cry interrupted her. She is Zhang Yuerou, the youngest daughter of Aunt Zhang. Everyone in the village called her Sanniang.

Qi Sui anxiously helped her up and asked, "Sanniang, did you fall anywhere?"

Zhang Yuerou had fair skin and her wrist was rubbed with a large red patch, which was very noticeable. With tears in her eyes, she said with pain: "It's okay, I just have to go home to find my mother."

She took just two steps and staggered, nearly falling down again. Upon seeing this, Qi Sui immediately leaned over and lifted the hem of her skirt, and saw that her slender ankle was swollen, perhaps she had sprained her ankle. So she squatted down with her back to her: "Come up, I'll take you home first."  Qi Sui is a few years older than her and much taller than her, she's only thirteen, so it was easy for her to carry her on her back.

Zhang Yuerou hesitated for a moment, but was urged by Qi Sui to stick to her back. "Sanniang, what happened that made you so anxious to go home?"

She answered sullenly, "Well, my father had an argument with the rascal next door in the field and was knocked unconscious."

Qi Sui was shocked: "What happened? Such a thing! Then I will walk faster. It may be a bit uncomfortable. Please bear with it. "

Zhang Yuerou whispered in her ear: "I'm fine. I just feel bad for tiring Sister Sui."

"Aunt Zhang usually treats me very well. You are her daughter, so I naturally treat you as my sister." Zhang Yuerou did not respond, but gently leaned her face on her shoulder.

It didn't take long for Qi Sui to rush to Aunt Zhang's house. Aunt Zhang saw that her daughter's clothes were covered with mud and she looked in pain. She asked hurriedly, "What happened?" Qi Sui slowly put Zhang Yuerou down, she explained the situation in a few words, and Aunt Zhang was furious and scolded: "That rascal must have drunk a lot of alcohol and ran out of money, so he deliberately went to Sanniang's father to extort money! Her father has always been straightforward, he must be unwilling and made a scene!"

The rogue mentioned by Zhang Yuerou and Aunt Zhang is Zhao Laoer, a man from the end of Yunyan Village. He is always making jokes and is addicted to alcohol. If he has money, he buys alcohol. If he doesn't have money, he goes around getting drunk and causing trouble for people and extorting money. Even though he had made trouble in the government, he was just a lazy person and could not be sentenced because he had not committed any serious crime. Therefore, the villagers hated him deeply.

Qi Sui saw Aunt Zhang picking up a hoe and going to the field, as if she was going to kill someone, so she stopped her and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Zhang. The head of the village must have heard the news and should be in the field by now. Please take good care of Sanniang. I will go and solve this matter for you."

Zhang Yuerou said: "Sister Sui, how can you do it alone? Let A Niang go with you, I can do it myself..."

"Sister SanNiang has a wrist injury and a sprained ankle, It shouldn't be serious, please take another look." Qi Sui said this and rushed to Zhang's field without looking back. Zhang Yuerou stared at her back until she disappeared.

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The head of the village shouted sternly: "Zhao Laoer, you are so cruel! When you failed to extort money, you beat people! Do you still have any reason?" The farmers around him echoed in the curse. Zhao Laoer looked drunk and was talking nonsense: "I am a scoundrel and I am unreasonable, but you are the head of the village and you are reasonable! Zhang Dalang hit me, so I can't fight back?"

Anyone who heard this would spit. The head of the village wanted to beat him up right there, but he was afraid that he might go to extremes and if he really started fighting, it would probably be more trouble than gain.

Qi Sui said coldly: "Then report to the police." As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence and everyone looked at her.

Zhao Laoer also opened his eyes, took a closer look, and sneered: "Even if you report me to the police, I will get out one day, and then I will come back to bother you." He was indeed a scoundrel, and Qi Sui clenched her fists in hatred.

At this time, someone shouted, "Wake up! Zhang Dalang is awake!"

Zhang Dalang called Sanniang in a daze, "Sanniang... Sanniang"

Qi Sui squatted beside him and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I sent Sanniang home."

Zhang Dalang breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at Zhao Laoer, struggling to get up: "Asshole! Beast! I'm going to kill you!"

Everyone tried to comfort him, and someone explained to Qi Sui: Sui Jie'er arrived late and didn't know that this bastard actually said he wanted to marry Sanniang and become a relative of Zhang Dalang. He was so angry that he started fighting with the bastard."

Zhao Laoer was a notorious old bachelor in his sixties and Sanniang is just a little girl, Qi Sui suddenly felt extremely sick.

After hearing this, the village head flew into a rage: "Zhao Laoer, you bastard! Normally, the villagers tolerated you because you were weak and had no one to rely on, but you went too far and even beat up Zhang Dalang. You are really a ruthless person!" No matter how harshly he was scolded, Zhao Laoer showed no sign of remorse and even laughed.

Qi Sui could not bear it any longer, and suddenly came up with a plan. She whispered a few words to the head of the village, and then said sternly: "Since Zhao Lao Er refuses to repent, let's write a joint petition and submit it to the government together. Although we cannot detain him for life, but he can be beaten with 50 sticks, if not dead he will be paralyzed."

Zhao Laoer's expression finally changed, he shouted: "Don't try to scare me! I have never heard of such a thing!"

The village head's eyes lit up and he said loudly "How can there be such good think! Write it down now!"

Everyone had been suffering from not being able to deal with Zhao Lao Er for a long time. Now that there's a method, they naturally cannot miss it. They all raised their hands and said, "I want to write too." Zhao Lao Er saw that the situation was not right, and he was ready to run away, but the village head held him down, he was so scared that he shouted: "Don't send me to the government office! I... I was wrong! I won't dare to do it again!"

"Send him to the government office today, let the county magistrate punish him with fifty sticks!"

"It is said that the people in the government office are very ruthless. When they hit someone with a stick, there will be no blood or flesh, but the bones will definitely break into several pieces."

"That's right! I have a relative who works in the government office. He saw it with his own eyes! "

Every word that was said broke Zhao Laoer's last nerve. He cried and begged for mercy: "Li Zheng... Li Zheng... I was wrong! I'm sorry. I really don't want that to happen. I dare not live long, please spare my life."

Qi Sui saw that her goal had been achieved, and looked at the head of the village. The head of the village understood what she meant, so he squatted down and said, "Do you really regret it?"

Zhao Laoer nodded repeatedly: "I regret it!"

"In that case, I'll give you a second choice. Leave Yunyan Village and never come back. It's your choice."

Zhao Laoer was stunned. Where else could he go after leaving Yunyan Village? He was silent for a while. The head of the village pressed on: "It seems that you still want to go to the government office."

"No... No, no!" Zhao Laoer quickly denied it, and then replied: "I'm leaving! I'm leaving ! I'll never come back to this village!"

After that, Zhao Laoer quickly got up and was fiercely driven out of Yunyan Village by everyone. The dust settled and the matter was finally resolved. The villagers sent Zhang Dalang home, but the village head kept Qi Sui alone. The head of the village said slowly, "Fortunately, Sister Sui came forward today, otherwise Zhao Lao Er would have cause more trouble in the future." Qi Sui did not dare to take all the credit and declined, "This is all the result of the concerted efforts of the head of the village and the villagers. I am just It's just talking."

The head of the village smiled kindly: "Don't be so modest, you are smart to come up with a way to intimidate and threaten!"

She smiled shyly, as if to agree. The village head looked ahead and recalled, "When you first came, I was really worried that you couldn't work in the fields. But Madam Zhang said that you can grow vegetables now." Qi Sui sensed the opportunity and immediately said: "I have planted a lot of vegetables. If the head of the village is free, you can come with me to have a look."

The head of the village agreed and followed her to the field. After seeing the vegetables she planted, he was surprised and said, "I remember this was abandoned fields. You have grown a lot of fruits in a field that has been rotten for so long, and they are... I have never seen them before." She walked into the field, picked them one by one, and then gave them to the head of the village: "Try them."

The head of the village took it, Looking at the bright red, and round object, he asked, "What is this?"

"it's Tomato. It tastes very good, sweet and sour." Qi Sui also picked one up and took a bite.

The village head then dared to take a bite as well. The sweet juice wrapped around the plump flesh was very strange. "It's really good. How did Sister Sui grow it?"

Qi Sui was stumped by this question and made up a lie: "I just made it at home." Fearing that the head of the village would ask more questions, she changed the subject: "Although this variety is rare, I want to let the villagers grow it together, so that they will not be surprised by it. And I have done business with the owner of a restaurant in the town several times, and he said that everyone who has tasted it said it's very good. If Yunyan Village can grow more emerging fruits and vegetables, it may have another future for development."

The village head was more and more excited as he listened. Yunyan Village has always been the poorest village in Pingyang County, with much abandoned land and low grain production, They lived in a tight situation with food. After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, he said without hesitation: "Then listen to Sister Sui! I'll Gather the villagers tomorrow and tell them."

Qi Sui saw that Li Zheng was a reasonable person and not a pedantic person, so she discussed with him: "This is secondary. The important thing is rice. I have developed a kind of rice that can yield several times more. I want the villagers to plant it. When the time comes, not only can we pay the grain, but we will also have surplus." Zheng had never heard of this kind of rice before, and felt skeptical: "Really? I've never heard of it before!"

Qi Sui expected that he would think so, so she added: "Don't worry, village head. Although my field is not big i planted them first, you will see the result when you come to see them." The village head nodded with confidence and said, "This is not difficult. There are still many wastelands in the east of the village. They were originally bought by your father when he was alive. See if there is anything you can use, and take them all."

After careful consideration, he felt something is wrong. Qi Sui cared so much about the folks in Yunyan Village, but did she really have nothing to ask for? "Sister Sui, you can't come up with such a plan in just a few days. Moreover, you are alone now and it's difficult to make a living, but don't forget to share your worries of others. If you need me, I will definitely help you to the best of my ability.

Qi Sui's step-by-step enticement finally achieved her goal, and she said solemnly, "Village head, I want to establish a female household."