In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

Seeing that everyone was ready to listen, Old Lady He continued to scold them, saying, "Today's New Year's meal is a waste of our daughter's blessing. You all need to cheer up and work hard on the spring ploughing and harvest."

Everyone nodded their heads one after another, expressing that they knew who was enjoying the blessing of today's meal.

Seeing that everyone was very impressed, Old Lady He changed her attitude of lecturing and suppressed the heavy atmosphere. Instead, she raised her eyebrows and said in a relaxed tone: "Work hard. If you do a good job, I will make smoked bamboo shoots and bacon for you in a few days. I will also teach these girls at home how to cook this dish."

Xu suddenly raised her head and said, "Mother, do you want to teach Qingya and Qinglu how to cook?"

As soon as she saw Xu's face, Mrs. He's eyes darkened.

Old Lady He scolded with a cold face: "What? Can I lie to you? They are my granddaughters after all, how can I harm them and hope that they will not be successful?"

Xu lowered her head quickly, not wanting Old Lady He to see this face that looked nine points like her mother's, and said in a muffled voice, "My daughter-in-law doesn't dare."

She quickly pulled Qingya and Qinglu who were sitting next to her and said, "Why don't you thank your grandma quickly?"

He Qingya pursed her lips and smiled sincerely: "Grandma, my sister and I will study hard and bring honor to our family in the future."

He Qinglu was younger, but she also said, "Grandma, my sister and I will buy you lots of meat when we make money."

"That's enough. You three don't have to flatter me." Old Mrs. He waved her hands uncomfortably and said, "If you two sisters can have a skill to make a living and stand up in your husband's family, I, an old woman, will be worthy of your second wife."

He Qiudi said quickly: "Mother, you are the most righteous grandmother. In the entire Pomegranate Village, there is no grandmother who is as kind to her granddaughter as you are."

She thought to herself: He Qingya and He Qinglu are, after all, granddaughters of the He family.

Although Old Mrs. He hated Xu's mother, she would not be so cruel to her own granddaughter.

If the original owner had not lost her virginity, Old Lady He would not have lost her mind and deliberately tortured the second family.

As long as He Qingya understood this, even if she was reborn, she would at least only take revenge on those people she hated the most in her previous life, and would not vent her anger on the entire He family.

The fifth and sixth brothers, Dalang and Sanlang who know nothing now, and the old man who has been a workhorse for this family all his life, are at least innocent.

Jin said sourly, "That's right. Two little girls, making two sets of nice clothes, even without two uncles, this is the first time in Shiliu Village. I wonder if Daya and Erlang will pester me to make two sets of clothes after they come back."

She didn't understand why her mother-in-law suddenly became nicer to the two girls.

But the He family is ruled by the mother-in-law, so she didn't dare to say anything more after she made a few sarcastic remarks.

After glaring at Jin, Old Lady He sneered and said, "The old lady has nothing in the city. How could Daya and Erlang covet these two sets of clothes? Do you think you are the same as them, lazy woman? I gave you two sets of good clothes, but you can't wash them clean. If you refuse to wash Dalang and Sanlang's new clothes and let them rot, I will break your legs!"

After being taught a lesson, Jin shrank her neck and dared not talk back.

Only then did Old Lady He say her closing words.

"We've all finished eating. The second brother's family should clean up and wash the dishes. While there's still water in the pond, we should loosen up two more plots of land this afternoon so that we can plant the crops early and let them sprout early. This way, we can at least get some harvest in the fall, and it won't be a total loss. We'll just have to get through this year."

Unfortunately, there has been almost no rain this year, so life will be very difficult. The drought will continue next year until it rains after the autumn harvest next year to alleviate the drought.

When Old Mrs. He said it was time to adjourn, everyone went back to doing their own things.

He Qiudi got up and went out to digest his food.

She walked specifically towards the village entrance, sat under a locust tree, and drained all the water from the water tank, bathtub, backyard pool and fish tank into the water area below the old well used for washing vegetables and clothes. Then she walked to the top of the storage pond at the entrance of the village, and seeing that there was no one around, she drained the water from the pond where she raised fish and ducks in the harbor into the storage pond outside Shiliu Village.

I don’t know how the port space is connected to the outside world.

He Qiudi saw undercurrents surging beneath the turbid water of the reservoir in front of her. About 20 minutes later, Little Stupid Cat ran out to tell her that the water level in the harbor pool was only one-third. If she put more water in, the ducks would have no place to paddle, so she gave up and stopped putting water into the reservoir, and asked Little Stupid Cat to turn on the pump to fill the harbor pool with water.

He Qiudi looked at the water level in the reservoir again. It had risen about 40 centimeters. She turned around and went back to the village with satisfaction.

Water can be released twice a day, which can absolutely guarantee drinking water and irrigation for Shiliu Village.

Whenever she has time, she would visit other villages and release some water into their water storage ponds.

In this way, other villages will also have water, and Shiliu Village will not arouse suspicion from others.

After doing all this, He Qiudi went home for lunch.

in the afternoon.

The villagers went out of the village to work in the fields. When they stepped onto the water storage pond, they found that the water level had risen significantly. They couldn't help crying for joy, and some even knelt on the bank of the pond and kowtowed to the old locust tree.

"It must be the old locust tree that showed its power. This year, there is water in Shiliu Village. We don't have to worry about drought anymore~"

"Hush! Keep your voice down. Don't disturb the old locust tree from resting. It must have rested after casting a spell. Go and inform the head of the village to choose an auspicious time to worship the old locust tree."

"Yes, yes~ I'll go right away..."

"I need to dig a few more pieces of soil this afternoon and plant the crops. Only when the seeds sprout, I can put my mind at ease..."

He Qiudi learned about the villagers' subsequent reactions from Old Lady He.

After telling her this, Grandma He went to work in the vegetable garden in the backyard.

Ancient people were really good at using their imaginations.

This actually made her feel a lot more relaxed.

Anyway, we can attribute it to the manifestation of gods.

After waking up from her lunch break, she went into the small courtyard of the space and grilled two saury for the little stupid cat. Then she came out of the space and planted sweet potatoes in the vegetable garden in the front yard of the He family's old house.

Grandma He said she would give her half a piece of land, and she really only left her a vegetable patch about two square meters wide in the front yard.

This area is enough for growing sweet potato seedlings.

She had asked He Qingya to clean up the vegetable patch for her while she was taking a nap. She used a small shovel to dig more than twenty holes, planted the sweet potatoes in them, watered them, sprinkled a layer of wood ash on the outside of the sweet potatoes, and then covered them with a thick layer of wheat straw to keep them moist and warm.

In fact, the purchased sweet potatoes have been replaced with the high-quality sweet potatoes in the space.

After cleaning up, He Qiudi closed the fence gate of the vegetable garden, and saw He Qingya coming back with a basket of pig grass. She poured the pig grass on the open space in front of the kitchen door, and then carried the basket on her back to go out to collect pig grass.

"Qingya." He Qiudi called her.

He Qingya only then saw her, turned her head and called her, "Aunt."

He Qiudi went to the water tank to get a ladle of water to wash her hands. After drying them, she opened her small shoulder bag, took out a penny and put it into He Qingya's hand.

He Qingya looked at the penny in her hand, raised her head, and looked at He Qiudi in surprise.

"Here. This is your reward for helping me take care of the vegetable patch. I'll give you some money if you work for me alone in the future."

He Qingya stammered, and it took her a long time to recover from her shock. With tears in her eyes, she said, "Thank you, aunt."

He Qiudi waved his hand and said, "This is what you deserve. Go and do your own thing. If you meet Dalang and Sanlang, tell them that I'm looking for something in the mountains across the dam. Ask them to come find me."

After saying that, He Qiudi put his hands behind his back and went into the house to get a hunting bow and a dagger.

Carrying the hunting tools she bought in the county town today, He Qiudi was carrying a basket on her back. Before she even reached the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, Dalang and Sanlang caught up with her.

I don’t know where he was playing in the village, but he ran so hard that his face turned red and he was out of breath.

Dalang said, "Aunt, there are bandits in the mountains. The village head said that before the soldiers suppress the bandits, the villagers are not allowed to go into the mountains to hunt. Besides, it's getting late. It will be dark before we go into the mountains."

"Who said I was going to hunt in the mountains? I'll just walk around the mountainside behind the river bank. There are people working by the river, and there are government officials patrolling in the mountains, so there's no danger."

There was a murder case involving bandits in the deep mountains west of Shiliu Village. The person who was killed was a nobleman, so the government must pay attention to it.

Even if they don't reveal their identities at the banquet, this is still a serious case. The government sent people to search the mountain and patrol yesterday to look for traces of the bandits. As long as they don't go deep into the mountains, they should be fine.

She wanted to go hunting and show off her "talent" little by little, but she couldn't suddenly be able to hunt large animals, otherwise it would arouse suspicion. If she was caught as a ghost and burned to death in a fire, that would be a big loss.

"Then let's go." Dalang had to compromise.

He could only go with his aunt in case she encountered any accident.

Otherwise, grandma would have skinned him and his brother alive.

The three of them walked under the old locust tree and saw Li Zhengzheng and several villagers setting up the altar with bluestone slabs. They couldn't help but find it funny.

The villagers made up their own stories and attributed the sudden abundance of water in the old well to the old locust tree appearing to bless Shiliu Village, which saved her a lot of trouble, so she just let them do as they pleased.