The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

Suiying said, "I have been whipped by that little tree stick before. I know that it is only a superficial wound and will not kill a person. Your Majesty does not need to worry."

Wan Lianxing said, "You are not beaten to death because you are in good health. Didn't you see how frail Dong Qing is? He can't stand anything. He might have to crawl back soon. Go and get him back for me."

Suiying said, "Okay, I'll go meet him."

Suiying carried the person back from Lu Siniang's yard. When Ge Dongqing entered the house, he hugged Wan Lianxing and cried, "Brother, didn't you say she can't hit me?"

Wan Lianxing said: "I didn't know you would grab her hand."

Ge Dongqing said: "I am also anxious to explain things clearly. Ahhhh, I really can't live anymore. It's so embarrassing."

Wan Lianxing said, "We all live in the same mansion, there's nothing to be ashamed of, how can this matter be spread out?"

Suiying said, "It will definitely get out. There are dozens of women in the courtyard. They are all very talkative. It won't take more than a day for your story to be known to everyone."

Ge Dongqing cried even harder when he heard this. Wan Lianxing patted Ge Dongqing on the back and said, "Suiying, can you please say less? Can't you see that Mr. Ge is very sad?"

Suiying said, "Mr. Ge is too weak. He cries when he gets beaten. Can't he even fight back?"

Ge Dongqing said: "I am a gentleman, I don't hit women."

"Tsk tsk tsk, who would believe that? You can't beat him."

Ge Dongqing hugged Wan Lianxing's arm and cried, "Brother, I will never see that fierce woman again. I would rather die than apologize to her."

Wan Lianxing said, "If you don't see him, then don't cry. The doctor is here. Let him take a look at you first."

The new and old injuries were shocking. The doctor bandaged the man like a dumpling, then sighed and said, "Rest in bed and rest."

When Ge Dongqing heard the doctor sigh, he was frightened and asked hurriedly: "Doctor, am I going to die?"

The doctor said, "He won't die."

"So you're sighing?"

The doctor said, "Your injuries are serious, but you won't die. What I regret is that after bandaging you like this, you can only lie in bed."

Ge Dongqing was too embarrassed to go out of the house. In fact, it was better to hide inside the house. He didn't want to see anyone, especially those women in the west courtyard. He was scared to death.

In the days that followed, he stayed in bed for seven or eight days. His injuries had mostly healed, but he never left the house.

That day, Wan Lianxing went to his room to see him. He saw Ge Dongqing sitting on the couch, holding a book in his left hand and a glass of wine in his right hand. He was drinking and reciting poems. Wan Lianxing suppressed a smile and said, "My dear brother, are you okay?"

"Brother, why are you here?"

Wan Lianxing said with a smile: "You are not going to leave the house, right? You have already drunk this little wine. Is your injury almost healed? Come with me for a walk."

"No, no, I'll just stay in the house."

Wan Lianxing said, "I won't let you accompany me around the house, you have to accompany me out for a while."

Ge Dongqing then became alert, "Brother, where are you going?"

Wan Lianxing smiled and said, "Feng'er is in the field with his men harvesting rice. I have some free time today, so I want to go and see the harvest."

When Ge Dongqing heard that they were going to the fields, he agreed immediately, "Let's go, I'm going to get moldy."

Only after leaving the mansion and getting on the carriage did Ge Dongqing feel safe.

The carriage drove straight out of the city and arrived at the harvest site.

Someone told Cheng Feng, "Master, I think I saw the Marquis' carriage. The person over there must be the Marquis."

Cheng Feng took a look and saw who it was but Wan Lianxing, so he ran over and said, "Uncle, Uncle Ge, go to the front and have a look. They are harvesting rice over there."

Wan Lianxing saw from afar two children jumping hard on the straw stack.

"Is that Cheng Youning?"

Cheng Feng smiled and said, "He and Qiao Rong have been jumping up there for two days, and they can't be called down."

Wan Lianxing asked, "How was the harvest?"

Cheng Feng smiled and said, "It's a great harvest. The rice ears are golden and big, and the rice grains are plump. The old farmers we invited all said that our place is suitable for growing rice. Uncle, we shouldn't have to worry about food in the future. We can grow three crops a year, and we can't eat all the food."

Wan Lianxing patted Cheng Fengshi on the shoulder and said, "Feng'er, you have solved a problem that worries my uncle."

Cheng Feng chuckled.

Ge Dongqing asked: "How many people have been hired to harvest rice?"

Cheng Feng said: "There are two hundred people working in the fields to harvest."

Ge Dongqing said: "It's a little too little to hire so many people for such a large area."

Cheng Feng said, "Even if we have money, we can't take care of people. There aren't many people in Fengying County. Most of them went to Mochun County to build water conservancy projects. They are long-term workers and are paid after a year. No one wants to come down. The remaining people are either old, weak, sick or disabled, or have their own livelihoods. The people we use are all hired from other places, half of them are long-term workers and half of them are short-term workers."

Ge Dongqing said, "Since you are in need of people, I will go out and find some temporary workers for you in the nearby counties."

Cheng Feng said, "Uncle Ge, that's good. I'm afraid it will take ten days or half a month for someone to come. I've already started preparing to plant the next season's rice."

Ge Dongqing said, "Don't you need people to plant rice seedlings? Don't you need people to pull weeds? You will need people sooner or later. So I can go out and hire workers in less than ten days or half a month."

Cheng Feng said: "If that's the case, I'll have to trouble Uncle Ge to make the trip."

Wan Lianxing said, "Your uncle Ge has just recovered from a serious illness, so don't let him go out. Tell my message to have several hundred guards come to your house."

Cheng Feng smiled and said, "If that's the case, we can probably harvest all the rice in two days.

As they were talking, they came close to the straw stack. When viewed from a distance, the straw stack seemed not big, but when they looked closer, they realized it was a problem of perspective, as a large part of the straw stack was blocked, and the rice stack was undulating like a mountain.

An excited voice came from above: "Little Grandpa, come up quickly and jump with me."

Wan Lianxing looked up at Cheng Youning who was lying on the straw stack and said, "You can play, but Grandpa can no longer play with your things."

Cheng Youning said, "Little Grandpa, can you come up? You can see very far from here."

Wan Lianxing said, "How far can you see? Just tell me, little grandfather."

Cheng Youning smiled and said, "I can see my mother threshing rice with everyone over there."

Wan Lianxing asked, "Your mother is here too? Where is she?"

Cheng Youning pointed, "Over there, the one wearing a straw hat is my mother."

Wan Lianxing looked in the direction Cheng Youning pointed, and his view was blocked by the rolling straw stacks.

Wan Lianxing wanted to ask about Cheng Feng, but when he turned around, he found that Cheng Feng was gone: "Where is Feng'er?"

Ge Dongqing, who was watching the rice, said, "When you were talking to Cheng Youning, the old farmer called you away. He went over there."

Wan Lianxing said, "Then let's go to Shang Xi's place and see how the rice is threshed."