"That's right! It's just luck to get something out of tinkering, but how can things in this field be so random?"
The villagers started talking one after another and looked at Zhuang Keqing with obvious disapproval.
She had long expected that her behavior would probably not be understood, and Zhuang Keqing did not try to explain it. She knew that it was most useful to speak with results when harvesting.
So she just smiled and said to the villagers in front of her: "Thank you for your advice. I know that you know more about farming than I, a little girl, and you sincerely consider it for me."
As soon as these words came out, the originally agitated villagers calmed down.
That is, we know more than this girl. Aren’t we saying these things for your own good? Your farmer only has two acres of low-grade paddy fields, and you have been eating here for a year. If you do this nonsense, wouldn’t you be doing this wrong?
Good seedlings.
"It's good that you know, then why don't you let Zhang Da rest from this job!"
Then some villagers turned around and asked Zhang Da to stop.
"Zhang Da, you too, you are such a big man, and you still take orders from a girl, it's outrageous!"
"How come Mrs. Liu doesn't care about this?"
The villagers' words to each other made Zhang Da feel a little embarrassed. He stood on the field ridge and looked at Zhuang Keqing through the crowd. He saw the girl smiling slightly and continued talking.
"Raising fish in the fields is just my idea. There is no need to embarrass Uncle Zhang like this. I took the initiative to ask him to help, and Grandma Liu also agreed."
She looked around at the villagers in front of her and said calmly: "I have the final say on the paddy fields of my village. Regardless of whether the fish fields are successful or not, I would like to sincerely thank you all for your concern today."
They were expressing gratitude and concern, but who could not tell that they were being nosy?
"You girl, you really don't know what's good or bad!"
"It's us dogs who got the mice!"
"There will be no food in your fields by then, so don't blame us for not reminding you!"
Some people who have a short temper will just drop their words and leave.
But at this time, most of the people around still came to watch the fun, but when they saw that the fun was gone, they dispersed sparsely.
Er Gouzi also left. He was not very interested in what Zhang Da was going to do. He was just being disgraced and he was unhappy, so he started to instigate everyone. Now everyone has been pushed back by the banker's girl, and there is no fun at all.
Look. But he knew very well that this matter was not over yet, and the village might be talking about it for some time.
Seeing that everyone had almost left, Zhuang Keqing went up to the ridge of the field.
"Uncle Zhang, let's take a rest and drink some water."
She arranged the porcelain bowls, poured salt and sugar water, and handed them to several people respectively. After seeing that they all drank well, she continued: "You don't need to care about the opinions of other people in the village. In short, this rice field fish farming is my own.
No matter what happens, they have nothing to do with me, they are just gossiping and I don't care."
Zhang Da nodded. He had seen clearly just now that even in the face of so many villagers, this girl was not timid at all. No wonder she was able to save his mother without panic in such a tense situation. He remembered that he begged for help at that time.
I asked everyone around me, but no one was willing to help.
In his heart, he became more determined to do a good job to repay the other party.
"Your paddy field can be prepared in two days. When are you going to lay out the fish fry?" Zhang Da finished drinking the water, wiped his mouth clean with his hands, and was about to continue working.
"I was just about to ask you." Zhuang Keqing squatted down and put the bowls together and stacked them, and asked: "I went to the town the day before yesterday. I thought there would be a fish fry seller, but after looking for most of the day, there was only one.
nothing."
"Why is there anyone selling that thing in town? Since you want fish fry, why don't you go to the river behind the village to find some?"
"In the creek?" Zhuang Keqing knew that there was a creek behind the village, but she didn't dare to go there.
She was drowned in her previous life, and she has a shadow in this life. She dare not go near the river at all. Even the work of washing clothes at home is done by her mother alone.
"Yes, there are a lot of fish in this river. If you want it, I will ask these three boys to catch some for you the day after tomorrow!" Zhang laughed and showed his white teeth, "I can still take charge of such a small matter.
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Zhuang Keqing was not polite. Since Uncle Zhang said he wanted to help, he would just wait for the fish to go to the fields and then send some tokens of thanks.
At this point, the matter of raising fish in the rice fields has been settled. From now on, she only needs to observe it. In short, it will not be more troublesome than taking care of the seedlings before.
Here, Mrs. Qin listened to her daughter's words and started to work on lunch at home. The Zhang family came to help with the work, so she always had to prepare some decent meals, not to mention big fish and meat, but at least enough to fill her stomach.
I was busy in the kitchen when I heard someone shouting outside.
"Sister Qin, are you there?"
From the sound of it, it sounds like it belongs to Liu Zhuzhu's house next door.
Qin Manzhi closed the stove door, simmered the bone soup over low heat, and then left the kitchen door.
There are indeed plum osmanthus flowers outside.
"Here we come!" Qin Manzhi wiped her hands on her apron and stepped forward to help her open the courtyard door. She smiled and said, "I said I was going to your place, but you came first."
After opening the door and inviting people in, she went back to the house and moved two small benches to a cool place under the eaves, and brought the mung bean water she had boiled in the morning.
Li Guihua, also known as Aunt Li. She was not polite and took a big sip of the mung bean water.
It's very sweet, made with sugar and well water. It's the most refreshing thing in this sultry weather.
"It tastes good." She put down the bowl and praised it.
"If it tastes good, I'll take some later and give it to Han Wa to drink." Mrs. Qin filled another bowl with a smile and handed it to her.
"Hey, don't be in a hurry, I'm here to talk to you about something!" After pushing the bowl, Li Guihua talked about what happened on her return trip that day.
"The Wang family is very good at planning. I think she sees that your life is getting better and wants her third son to marry your girl so that she can take over all the tofu recipes and business!" She seemed to be thinking of something.
, she spat on the ground: "Damn it, I don't even know what kind of thing her son is, how dare I even think about it!"
Qin Manzhi didn't expect this to happen, and her daughter never mentioned it to her.
But think about it, Aunt Wang didn't say anything about how easy it was to mention this. Besides, her daughter was not even hair-haired yet, and her temperament was very simple. I'm afraid she didn't understand the meaning at all.
But she believed Li Guihua's words. She knew what kind of person he was after being her neighbor for so many years. Since she said this, Aunt Wang must have had some thoughts.
"Thank you, sister. If you weren't here, my girl would have been tricked." After saying that, Qin Manzhi stood up and gave Li Guihua a blessing, which made the other party feel a little embarrassed.
"There's no need to come here with me. I've grown up watching this girl. How can I bear her to fall into that trap? I'm here just to talk to you so that you can be more careful." After Li Guihua said the matter, she stood up.
Gotta go.
Qin Manzhi stopped him and went back into the house to fill a small jar of mung bean water. He also took out the sugar cubes his daughter had bought before and gave them to him as well.
"Ke'er bought the sugar cubes that day and kept forgetting to give them to you. So we'll take them back together and make some sweet water to sweeten the silly baby's mouth."
On this day, Li Guihua returned home with two things. Seeing her son's happy expression, she felt that the mother and daughter could make a difference.
