Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 55

Within a few days, more than a dozen people came to the door.No matter who came to ask, Su Jingsen and Su Zhang's answer is the same - there are not enough seeds, and they will not sell them in the future.Not only those who were waiting to buy the seeds were anxious, but even Li Zheng was a little anxious.

However, after Li Zheng came to the door once, he just shook his head and didn't say much.The Su family's statement to the outside world is still the same as before, without any change.

Seeing that Su Qinghe was young, many people often stopped Su Qinghe to say a few words.Su Qinghe was very depressed every time. First, she complained about the fact that her own corn was stolen and her parents were very angry. When she asked whether there were many seeds, she hesitated a little.

Anyway, in the end, everyone felt that the seeds must still be there, but the Su family was too angry and dissatisfied with the repeated theft, so they were unwilling to sell them to the people in the village.It was finally sold under pressure, probably only a little bit.

If the Su family wants to sell the seeds to them again, there is only one way - that is to find out the thief and let the Su family pay a sigh of relief.When this anger subsides, maybe the Su family will be willing to sell the seeds.

When these words were almost spread in the village, Su Jingsen and Su Zhang didn't care about it, and then they just waited for someone to come to the door.The husband and wife are busy now. Shopkeeper Yang didn't set his sights on the town at the beginning. Most of the corn has been shipped out. They have to pay attention to whether Shopkeeper Yang has sold the corn.

Shopkeeper Yang hasn't paid the final payment yet. If they lose money, maybe they will suffer too.

"The four members of Mr. Su's family, are you here?" Seven or eight days later, after the shopkeeper Yang had transported the three acres of corn, someone suddenly came to the door. Su Qinghe still had an impression of this person—the village Han Tiezhu's daughter-in-law who lives in the South.

"Here, what do you need from me?" Mrs. Su Zhang wiped her hands on her apron, came out and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you come to the door, but today is really strange."

"What's strange, I'm here on business." Han Tiezhu's family waved his hands, and sat down in the yard directly: "Let me ask you, is your corn seed really not for sale?"

Mrs. Su Zhang's face turned ugly, and she shook her head: "I won't sell it anymore. Our family has worked so hard to grow the things. I originally thought that everyone is in the same village and can earn money together, but I didn't expect that there are so many people who don't want it in the village. The person with the face wants to secretly sell my corn and seeds. How can there be such a cheap thing in this world? We don’t plan to sell any of these seeds, and only keep them for ourselves. He’s not Like to steal? Then use that stolen corn to get your own seeds."

Han Tiezhu's daughter-in-law saw that Mrs. Su and Zhang didn't seem to change her mind, she paused, and said with some hesitation: "Don't take my word for it, you say you hate that corn stealer, this is also human. It's common sense, whoever wants to steal my seeds, I would definitely be annoyed and want to kill him, but, most of the people in this village didn't steal your corn, if you don't sell them the seeds, then these people will be wronged Not wronged?"

Mrs. Su Zhang waved her hand: "Come on, don't tell me this, I know the truth, but I just can't swallow this breath. There are a lot of people in my Su family, and those petty thieves are really bullying my Su family." No one. I'd rather throw the seeds in the cesspit to rot than sell the seeds to such a person. Since I don't know who stole them, I simply don't sell them all. The seeds belong to my family and I am willing Do whatever you want."

Han Tiezhu's daughter-in-law looked a bit ugly, but Mrs. Su didn't care. How many people came to express the same meaning these days, and she had dealt with it all. She was afraid of a Han Tiezhu's daughter-in-law who couldn't be beaten?

"Then if you know who stole the corn, will you calm down?" Han Tiezhu's daughter-in-law hesitated for a while, and asked, and Mrs. Su Zhang nodded immediately: "That's natural. Although I, Zhang Xiangqiao, am not an indomitable person But my head is a man, he speaks loudly, he spits a nail, and I will put it here, as long as the one who steals the corn is caught, I will sell the seeds to the one who does not steal the corn."

Han Tiezhu's daughter-in-law seemed to have made up her mind, and she approached Mrs. Su Zhang: "I'll only tell you this, don't say I told you later. The corn in your house, I guess, one person may Do it."

"Don't worry, today's words have come out of your mouth and my ears, and no one else will know." Su Zhang almost patted his chest to promise, and then lowered his voice like Han Tiezhu's wife: "Who are you talking about?" ?”

"I guessed it might be the scorpion head from the east of the village. You know, his family was so poor that he died, but I passed by his house two days ago, and I smelled the smell of meat in his house, and I heard others say, A few days ago, that lame head went to Taiping Town. Tell me, our village is so close to Dafeng Town. If we want to go, we will also go to Dafeng Town. What did he go to Taiping Town for? It must be selling corn I went, there is shopkeeper Yang in Dafeng Town, he will definitely not go, so I can only go to Taiping Town."

Han Tiezhu's daughter-in-law said in a clattering voice: "Let me tell you, this lame man is definitely the one who stole your corn. You just don't want to sell the seeds to him later. Our two houses are next to each other, and we have always been in contact with each other. Don't forget about my home when you arrive."

Su Qinghe was depressed at the side, at the beginning he said it was possible, but now it has become absolute.But auntie, before you tell me, make sure that no one else knows about the quarrel between your family and Lai Zitou's family.

In the past few days, several people like Han Tiezhu's daughter-in-law have come. There are suspects in each fight, but there is no evidence for each of them.Isn't this a joke?They wanted to use this method to force the thief out, but they didn't intend to let this matter become an excuse for them to settle their personal grievances.

"Is there any evidence for what you said? For example, when did anyone see him sneaking out to break my corn by the river, or saw him go to town? It's hard to say without evidence, we have to arrest They are real thieves, not casually looking for someone to take the blame."

Su Zhang frowned and asked, Han Tiezhu's daughter-in-law shook her head: "That's not true, I just heard that his family smells like meat. His family is so poor, can they have money to buy meat? Especially when it's not a festival, he Are you willing to eat? It must be a windfall."

Well, another nonsense.Mrs. Su Zhang responded with a few words indiscriminately, then got up and sent Han Tiezhu's wife away.

"Mother, there is no way to go on like this. In three to five days, our corn will be sold out, and then we will really not be able to catch the thief." Su Qinghe said depressedly on Su Zhang's body, and Su Zhang patted her. She: "Get up, I still have to wash the vegetables. There's nothing we can do about it. We can't go to someone's house and say they're thieves without evidence, right? These people are just joining in the fun."

"Wait for the elder brother and the second elder brother to come back, let them think of another way, it won't work like this." Su Qinghe got up and followed Su Zhangshi to the kitchen to help.

When Su Zhiping and Su Zhian came back in the evening, Su Qinghe talked about this matter. Before Su Zhiping could speak, Su Zhian smirked and said, "This is not easy? You and your parents will go to the corn field early tomorrow morning. Don’t you have to shovel off the corn stalks? You work hard for a day, and if someone asks you, you just say that shopkeeper Yang will come the day after tomorrow to take away the last acre of corn, and the remaining five acres of corn are almost ripe. Mr. Shen, who has paid the deposit, will come over the day after tomorrow to take away the corn, so there must be someone who wants to catch another hand, so we will stay in the field at night and catch a turtle in an urn."

Su Zhiping nodded with a smile: "Isn't there no evidence? Let's just steal it twice! If you have stolen it once and tasted the sweetness, then you must not want to miss this opportunity. We are not afraid of him stealing now, we are only afraid of him stealing." Don’t come to steal, as long as they know there will be no corn the day after tomorrow, they will definitely come over and do another job.”

Su Jingsen thought for a while, then patted the table: "Okay, let's do it this way, we can't keep guarding like this, we said before that the seeds are not enough, maybe they will have the idea of ​​seeding, and in another month, the corn will be ready. Once it’s done, we can’t stay in the field all the time.”

As long as people are caught this time and severely punished, it is like killing a chicken for monkeys to see.Furthermore, when the time comes when the family announces that they will sell corn seeds, it is estimated that the number of people who will steal corn seeds will be greatly reduced, so there is no need to worry too much at that time.

The family decided on this idea, and started to act the next day. Su Jingsen even contacted a few short-term workers, saying that they wanted to shovel the corn stalks in the field, and then tidy up the field, ready to start planting.

After a long time, almost everyone in the village knew about it.From time to time, someone passed by and asked a few casual questions, Su Jingsen didn't hide anything, just said with a smile, the corn has been sold, and the land is vacant, so let's clean up the planting first.

At night, Su Jingsen didn't let the day laborers go, but only told them his plan, telling them to hide in the cornfield and wait for someone to come to bite the hook.

Su Qinghe stayed with Su Zhangshi at home, and would look at the door every once in a while.Mrs. Su Zhang was not in a hurry, and smiled while doing needlework: "Don't worry, how can this sneaky thing start so early, it is estimated that it will be in the middle of the night when you come out, if you have nothing to do, embroider a shoe for your mother." On the other hand, I asked you to learn embroidery before, but you just said that you were dealing with me indiscriminately, and now you need to do two stitches if you have nothing to do."

"Mom, I don't know how to embroider." Su Qinghe quickly waved her hand, and Su Zhang slapped her on the back: "I didn't tell you to embroider, you make a shoe upper, I cut out the cloth, you just need to follow my instructions." You can just sew it up after cutting it out. Come here quickly and show me how you are doing."

Su Qinghe had no choice but to get under the oil lamp, and began to edge along the cloth surface, because the cloth edge was easy to be threaded, so it had to be wrapped with a cloth strip, and the cloth strip had to be folded in the middle, so as not to be threaded in the future. So it's not a small project.

Seeing that Su Qinghe folded the cloth strips twice, and the stitches were even, she nodded slightly, and praised with a smile: "It's not bad, I can make a shoe upper. When you are 12 years old, you can also come to the town. Try the embroidery workshop on the Internet. I don’t ask you to make money in it. You just need to learn how to embroider. Look at your third sister, isn’t it because you performed well in the embroidery workshop that you were accepted by the town’s staff? Do people like it?"

"Mom, you said before that when my eldest brother and second brother become officials, I will be Miss Guan. How can Miss Guan find someone in the town? At that time, no one will care if I can embroider or not." gone."

Su Qinghe curled her lips and said, Su Zhang poked her forehead: "Those who don't value your ability are all looking at your brother. If your brother didn't become an official, wouldn't it be a waste of time for you? Or if you become an official, you can't do it again." If you helped those people, wouldn't you be abandoned? Silly girl, no matter how promising your brother is, you have to have something that people value."

Su Qinghe stuck out her tongue, and quickly made a funny face at Su Zhangshi, feeling a little surprised in her heart, unexpectedly, her mother's thoughts were strange and thorough.Doesn't it mean that the one who takes a fancy to her status as an official lady is the help her two older brothers can provide?Interest exchange, without interest, it is naturally a pawn.

Well, however, the idea of ​​developing an advantage in oneself that can be valued by others is quite special. What can be valued in oneself?Embroidery work?Don't be kidding, as long as you have money, where can't you buy embroidery?The ability to make money?This is feasible, but it's a pity that it's okay to make a small fortune occasionally by yourself. If you really want to do business, you'll have to pay for it.

Well, farming is considered a skill, anyway, I also graduated from an agricultural university.It's a pity that these days, there is no title of expert or professor, otherwise, I can get a job by myself.A woman knows how to farm, so she won't gain much. Only by marrying a farmer in the future can she highlight her own advantages. How is that different from now?
Su Qinghe shook her head, well, life is pretty good now, with food, clothing and family favorites, and after two more years of hard work, to get one or two hundred acres of land by myself, you can try to be a landowner.

The elder brother who is an official can only be a guarantee, not a bargaining chip.In this world, no one can protect you forever.

(End of this chapter)