roccoschili Chapter 326: Pepper Harvest
Chapter 326: Pepper Harvest
Just now, a few children came over and Xiangxiang found that the duck eggs in their baskets were not fresh and some were even rotten.
If they pickled duck eggs like this, Zuixianju would definitely not be satisfied. The people of Liujia Village have such vicious minds. Not only do they pretend to be pitiful, but they also want to destroy the Song family's business.
It seems that the lesson from last time was not enough. This village is rotten to the core.
Song An Ning didn't want to deal with them either, so she ordered Number One to bring the Liujia Village shopkeeper to her feet, staring into his eyes and saying coldly:
"Liu Lizheng, how dare you? Even a five-year-old child in our village could spot this little trick.
You guys must be pretty tired these past few days, right? You snuck in when our village patrols were least alert. Are you planning on stealing something?
Regarding the duck eggs, I can tell you clearly that I don't want half of them, not even for free. Instead of harming others, you should think about how to make the villagers rich and don't let all the villagers look down on you.
After all, evil ways will not last long. Didn’t forces like Wanhetang in the town disappear in the blink of an eye?
We are in a good mood today, so we will not hang you at the entrance of the village for public display. Go back to where you came from. For the sake of the neighboring village, the people of Banyue Village will give you the last bit of respect.
If there is a next time, whether I can go back, standing up or lying down, that’s hard to say.”
"Okay, okay, I'll take note..."
"No delivery."
"..."
Liujia Village originally planned to let the children go over first and act pitiful, and then he would bring people over to say a few good words, and the matter would be over.
Unexpectedly, the little girl from the Song family was like a stone in a toilet, smelly and hard. Her words stabbed him like a knife, and everyone in Banyue Village looked at them with hatred.
On the way back, he sighed deeply. Banyue Village was getting better and better, while their Liujia Village had fallen to the point where they couldn't even sell duck eggs. It seemed that the head of Taohua Village was right. They should stop thinking about them and maybe there would be a future if they could get along well with each other.
"Forget it. Eat the stale duck eggs in the village quickly, or pickle them with coarse salt, and take the fresh duck eggs to the town to sell cheaply.
Let's stay away from Banyue Village from now on and not think about this anymore."
Liu Lizheng tried to excuse himself, but the people around him didn't say anything and walked back angrily. In their opinion, their Lizheng gave bad advice again and again, and in the end they were the ones who got hurt. What future would they have by following such a Lizheng?
"Go back and open the ancestral hall. They want to replace the village head!"
The people of Banyue Village looked at their receding figures, folded their hands and smiled, feeling happy! Really happy!
Liujia Village had been a hindrance to Banyue Village for decades, and now they were leaving in disgrace like a drowned dog. They were so happy.
"Aning, what you said just now was so good. I just can't write. Otherwise, I really want to write down what you said so that I can learn it."
"Hahaha, now I know what it means to be speechless. I can have an extra bowl of rice tonight. It feels so good."
Song Anning laughed and joked with everyone, and also mentioned the village patrol team.
Song Daguang said apologetically, "This is our negligence. I will go to Uncle Erhe tonight and reorganize the team with more people to prevent them from taking advantage of the loopholes."
"I've been thinking about this too. Mr. Pan will be here in two or three days. With him and Number One here, plus everyone patrolling, those people won't dare come again."
Because of this incident, a lot more people were added to the village patrol. In the past two days, people from Zuixianju came again to collect peppers and duck eggs.
This time it happened to be a bumper harvest of peppers and eggplants. Several horse-drawn carriages came but still couldn't load all the food. Finally, the village sent a few more carts and finally they were able to barely fit it all in.
Those who planted more crops received three taels of silver, and those who planted less received several hundred coins. The villagers were very conscientious and took out 10% of the silver before it even warmed up and gave it to Song Anning's family.
The entire Banyue Village was immersed in the joy of the harvest, while in Liujia Village, there was endless noise because the village head had aroused public anger.
In Banyue Village, separated by a stretch of sand, it was as if it were New Year's Day. Everyone had a smile on their face and happily went to the town with money to do some shopping. Some families even bought ox carts and oxen for plowing, and life was more prosperous than ever.
Three days passed like this. In the evening, it started to drizzle. Old Man Pan knocked on the door of the Song family. His arrival was warmly welcomed by the family. After a lively dinner, Song An Ning took him to the new house.
"Is Medicine King Valley okay?"
"It's not bad. I'm exhausted from traveling these past two days. I need to sleep. I'm sleepy as a dog."
Song Anning turned on the screen, glanced at Ali's position, and whispered in his ear:
"Believe it or not, I only need to say one word and you will no longer be sleepy in an instant."
"Don't believe me, nothing is more important than my sleep right now.
Aning, please be considerate of me, a man over a hundred years old. It's not easy for me."
Song An Ning would never point out that Old Man Pan had spent the entire afternoon in the space and had drunk some wine, and that he wanted to sleep now not because he was tired from traveling, but because he was still drunk.
"Oh. Then go to sleep.
I wanted to tell you that A-li is in Tongchuan City. It's a dark and windy night, perfect time to catch him."
"What! Are you sure it's him?"
Old Man Pan's eyes widened instantly. Before Song An Ning could speak, he took out his nightgown from the space and put it on. He said happily:
"Come on, I'll drive you there."
"..."
"Aren't you tired and want to go to bed?"
"I'm not sleepy anymore, I can fight again."
"Hahaha... No need to drive, I have a teleportation card, I'll be there in the blink of an eye."
"Teleport card? You have such a good thing, why don't you let me use it? Wow, I'm over a hundred years old. How can I bear to drive all night?
I even brought you a lot of medicinal herbs, humph!"
"Oh, don't be angry, the teleportation card can only be used by me, and it can only be used in places I have been to before.
I'll work hard to upgrade it and get some good stuff you can use, and then I'll give it to you."
"Hmph, that's more like it. So what are our next steps?"
"You'll know once you go there."
Song An Ning grabbed his sleeve and put him into the living creature grid. He turned into a little ladybug again, used the teleportation card, and flew freely on the streets of the city.
"A-Li has been feeling the danger these past two days, so he's been changing his place of residence every day. He's quite cautious."
"There's no point in being cautious, we have a location card, hehe."
Xiangxiang replied to Song An Ning and at the same time reminded Old Man Pan in the backpack that they had arrived in the provincial capital and should be prepared at all times.
Old man Pan was rubbing his hands and sharpening his knife, as if he was determined to fight Ali to the death.
Following the positioning card, Song An Ning accurately found his location. She quietly crouched in the corner and saw Ali and a woman sitting in the room, talking about something.
"Master, please come closer and eavesdrop for a while before you speak, hehe..."
"Hehe, that's exactly what I meant."