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

In just a short while, the water level in the old well rose significantly.

When Mrs. He saw that the old well had recovered its water output, and then looked at Mrs. Li's face full of regret and anger, she felt particularly relieved.

Old Mrs. He held a rolling pin and stood above the old well with her hands on her hips, just like Old Mrs. Li had done before.

There was a smug smile on his face.

He said with a smile, "Sister-in-law of the Li family, you are guilty of saying this. A few days ago, you were anxious to sell the land, so you came to the He family with the land deed and asked my family to buy the Li family's land. Others in the village were only willing to give you ten taels of silver at most, but you begged me, so I gave you two more taels."

Old Lady He said confidently, "You said that Huaizhang of my family is a teacher, and we can go to the city to seek refuge with him to escape the disaster. After the disaster, these twenty acres of land will be fertile land after cleaning up, so I will buy your land."

"The village head even went to the county government office to change the name on the land deed. How can you still say it's your family's land? Besides, we don't know what the weather will be like this year. If it doesn't rain later, if you want to take the land back and sell it again, no one will take it."

The people gathered around the old well started to make sarcastic remarks and laugh at Old Lady Li.

Usually, Old Mrs. Li likes to take advantage of small things.

Old Mrs. Li relied on her family's ability to go to Licheng, the provincial capital, to seek refuge with relatives. In order to sell land in the past few days, she had many conflicts with others and offended many people.

The villagers who had been belittled and insulted by Old Lady Li felt even more pleased.

As long as this old well can produce water for the seeds to germinate and grow, even if it doesn't rain later, they can just pump buckets of water to the fields when irrigating, and they can still harvest grain in the autumn.

At least this year, they don't have to leave their homes and join the ranks of those fleeing famine.

When Old Lady Li saw that someone was supporting Old Lady He, she realized that she couldn't win the argument, couldn't get the land deed back, and couldn't stop the He family from fetching water from the old well, so she left angrily, wiping her tears.

Before leaving, he did not forget to accuse Old Lady He.

"Old Lady He, you are a rich but heartless vampire. You deliberately lowered the price to buy my land. You want to force me to death. If I starve to death, I will come back to find you first. I will hang at your door every day and squat at your bedside every night to make you restless forever!"

No one sympathized with Old Mrs. Li. Instead, they thought she deserved it.

After Old Lady Li left, everyone spread the news that water had come out of the old well.

Everyone called the village head and clan elders to discuss the plan together.

What the head of the village meant was that while there was water in the old well, everyone should stop other work and try to plant all the crops in the fields before arranging other work.

He Qiudi sat under the old locust tree to enjoy the cool, and no one in the He family restrained her.

She was here to relieve herself, and when it was almost time to cook lunch, He Sanlang came to call her: "Aunt, Aunt, grandma is going to cook, and she called me to ask you if you still want to study today?"

"study."

He Qiudi stood up and stretched: "Let's go home."

While she was adding clean tap water to the old well, she had already added sink water to the water used for washing vegetables, clothes, and diapers.

Although the speed is slow.

But a lot of them have been released.

In the afternoon, she went to the reservoir to drain water, and today's work was complete.

By continuously draining water and raising the groundwater level in Shiliu Village, things will be much easier in the future.

Old Mrs. He felt sorry for He Qiudi and He Huaibi who were frightened in the mountains, so she specially made ginseng chicken soup for them to calm their nerves.

Wolfberry is also added to the chicken soup.

Extra nourishing.

He Qiudi was afraid that she was too young to be nourished, so she asked for a small bowl of soup and a chicken leg. She gave the rest to the two elders of the He family, and also gave several pieces of chicken and a bowl of chicken soup to Xu.

Old Mrs. He was originally reluctant to give Xu so much meat to eat, but then she thought that her old daughter was right. Even if she hated Xu's mother, the child in Xu's belly was, after all, He's own. She had already married the child, and for the sake of He Huaiping, she could no longer vent her anger on Xu, nor on He Qingya and He Qinglu.

He Huaiping is always her son.

This son had never disobeyed his mother except for the matter of marrying Xu.

Even if she loves the man and the people in him, she needs to change her mindset.

Otherwise, she would be so angry about Xu all day that she would become cross-eyed, and it would damage her own body, and no one would help her.

After lunch, He Qiudi ran to the village entrance to play.

Xiu'er and Xiaohua came to see her together.

Xiaohua said, "Sister Qiudi, let's go pick some wild vegetables together."

He Qiudi looked at Xiaohua with drooping eyelids. He Qiudi still remembered the last time they picked mushrooms.

He Xiaohua hid behind Sun Xiuer, leaving Sun Xiuer to face He Sanlang's questioning and anger.

He Xiaohua is the daughter of Mr. He’s cousin.

About the same age as He Qiudi.

It’s not wrong to call He Qiudi "sister".

He Qiudi yawned, waved his hand at He Xiaohua, and said, "Xiaohua, you go with Xiu'er. I went hunting in the mountains with my sixth brother and Sanlang this morning, and I'm tired. Take a good rest under the old locust tree and digest the food. I'm going home to take a nap."

He Xiaohua carried the basket and sat down next to He Qiudi.

"Sister Qiudi, when you go into the mountains tomorrow, can you ask me to go with you? Let's go into the mountains to pick mushrooms together." He Xiaohua asked.

A'niang said that He Qiudi could always hunt delicious food every time he went into the mountains.

Ask her to find a way to go into the mountains with He Qiudi and catch a pheasant or rabbit to take home for a snack.

How could He Qiudi not know what He Xiaohua was planning?

"That won't work." He Qiudi said, "You can go into the mountains with Xiu'er and the others to pick mushrooms. I want to go hunting with my sixth brother. The wild animals in the mountains are fierce, and you don't know how to hunt. If you get hurt, I won't be able to explain to you and Auntie."

He Xiaohua begged, "I will protect myself and won't hold you back."

He Qiudi waved his hand and said, "No. I can't make the decision on this matter. You can ask your mother to talk to my mother."

Just when He Xiaohua was about to say something, a donkey cart drove over to the intersection leading to the village.

There were two aunts sitting in the car, and there were a lot of things.

These two aunts are strangers.

He Xiaohua and Sun Xiuer looked over curiously.

He Qiudi knew those two ladies, they were the people around Yan Shi.

The two of them drove the donkey cart to the old well and got off.

One aunt was pulling a donkey cart, and the other aunt walked up to He Qiudi with a smile, bowed to her, and said, "Miss He, my master said he would visit the He family today. I heard that the sister-in-law of the He family is very good at roasting whole lamb, so we asked the two of us to come and learn. In the future, when he wants to eat roasted whole lamb again, it will be convenient for us to make it for him."

He Qiudi was not originally a person who cared about details.

After exchanging greetings with the two aunts, he took them back to the He family.

My aunt said that the things brought by the donkey cart were arranged by the adults to be delivered during the banquet.

Because he was not the only one coming to eat, but also had many subordinates, so they all came to the He family to eat, which was considered an intrusion to disturb them.

He Qiudi asked Old Lady He to put the things away.