Chapter 13 Xiong Kaiqi comes to visit
"Okay, okay, Xiong Kai, if you can really resolve this matter safely, I will agree to your marriage to Chunxiang." Mo Laotian gritted his teeth and said.
In the past, because he was afraid that others would gossip, he did not dare to nod easily even if he knew what his daughter was thinking. But now he felt that he should marry his daughter quickly to avoid all the troubles. The conditions of the Xiong family were indeed not as good as those of the Mo family, but compared to the Shen family. So much better.
Xiong Kai suppressed his inner excitement and solemnly promised, "Uncle, don't worry, I'll go to Shenjiazhuang right away."
It was farther from Ximen Village to Shenjiazhuang than Dongmen Village. It was already past noon when Xiong drove to Shenjiazhuang. He asked the villagers about Shen Yi's residence. When he arrived, he found that Shen Yi was not at home, and the nearby villagers did not know where Shen Yi was. .
He was so anxious that he could only squat outside Shen Yi's house and wait until evening. No one came to talk to him.
"Who are you?" Mrs. Xu held the basket and looked at Xiong Kai suspiciously.
Xiong Kai immediately stood up energetically, "I'm here to see Shen Yi. Does Auntie know where he went?"
"You're looking for Shen Yi! From which village? Are they also digging wells?" Mrs. Xu suddenly told Xiong Kai's purpose.
Xiong Kai was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, but he did not dare to say Ximen Village directly.
Mrs. Xu didn't care and just said: "You are late. Ever since our Shen Yi helped Dongmen Village Zhongmen Village dig a well, even the heads of other townships were alarmed. Everyone was vying for our Shen Yi to dig it. Jing, I don’t even know which village he is staying in now, where can I find someone?”
Xiong Kai's face darkened, "Are you his family member?"
Mrs. Xu nodded proudly, "I'm his second aunt, what's wrong?"
Xiong Kai was thoughtful and stuffed Xu with a small bag of wild vegetables, "Can you ask my second aunt for help? I really have something urgent to ask Shen Yi."
Mrs. Xu looked embarrassed, and for the sake of wild vegetables, she gave him a trick, "I can't find Shen Yi, but the head of Qingsha Township should know. After all, Shen Yi is talking to Dongmen Village this time. The Su family took over the work together, and the mayor was also from Dongmen Village. "
When Xiong Kai heard this, not only was he not happy at all, but his expression became even more ugly, "The Su family in Dongmen Village?"
Mrs. Xu nodded, "Yes, my name is Su Chunlin. You can find out if you go and find out. If I don't tell you, I have to go back to cook."
Xiong Kai was so shocked by the news that he couldn't recover for a while. By the time he realized it, Mrs. Xu had disappeared.
He had no choice but to go back angrily.
Gao Zhi came to inquire as soon as he received the news.
Xiong Kai had already thought about his words, and said helplessly: "Village chief, uncles, I went to his house in person, but couldn't find anyone. Second Aunt Shen Yi said that he is so famous now that even other township heads are vying for him. I rushed to ask him to help dig the well, but Aunt Shen Yi didn’t even know where he was, so there was nothing I could do!”
"How could this happen?" An old man sighed and fell to the ground in despair. "Does God really not want us in Ximen Village to live?"
Gao Zhi's expression changed and he scolded angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! Since we can't find Shen Yi, we will fight on our own. I heard that Zhongmen Village also fought on our own at the beginning, and the whole village was dug up. Bai Kong, you just talk too much, but you don’t even see anyone working!”
A slightly younger man sneered twice, "Aren't you afraid that your efforts will be in vain! If nothing can be dug out, everyone will work hard and drink water. The water saved at home is not enough." "Then we will die of thirst. "Yeah!" Gao Zhi was so angry that he couldn't help but speak.
Ximen Village here is very unhappy because of the digging of wells.
Here in Dongmen Village, thanks to the efforts of the villagers, another well has been dug that can produce water.
Su Changxi looked at the well, and the big stone on his chest was instantly lifted. He laughed wildly at Su Changfu, "Brother, our village has two wells, it's stable!"
Because the water volume of the previous well was small, the water accumulated overnight was only enough for the villagers to distribute it the next day, and there was no more. Fortunately, the water always came out, and it never stopped, but he was still worried, for fear that the well would have no water that day, and the villagers would suffer. He was about to fall into a water shortage crisis again, and now that he had another well, he could finally sit back and relax, and maybe he could save the crops in the field again.
Seeing that his brother was happy, Su Changfu couldn't bear to pour cold water on him at this time. When Su Changxi calmed down, he said in a deep voice: "It's a good thing that we have two wells here. There is also a well in Zhongmen Village. There won't be any trouble for the time being. Only Ximen village"
Speaking of Ximen Village, Su Changxi immediately frowned, "What do they want to make trouble again?"
Su Changfu sighed and shook his head, "It's not that they are making trouble, it's that their village hasn't pumped out water yet, and the water they saved through trickery is probably about to be used up. If this continues, I will have to step in to solve the problem, and our village is in this situation." When two wells are dug, do you think they will cause trouble?"
He also hates those people in Ximen Village, but who makes him the head of the township! You can't just watch the villagers in your hometown struggle to survive due to lack of water.
Su Chang curled his lips unhappily, "The wells dug in our village are the result of the hard work of the villagers. Brother, even if you are the mayor, you cannot give up this well. The villagers will definitely not agree."
"I know too!" Su Changfu looked worried.
Just in time to see Su Tai joining in the fun, he hurried over and asked gently: "Xiao Tai, where are your father and Shen Yi now? Uncle wants to ask them for help."
Su Tai smiled obediently at Su Changfu and replied abruptly: "My father and Brother Shen went to Panlong Township. It's not far, but the head of Panlong Township said that they have to wait for my father and Brother Shen to help them dig the well. That’s why I asked them to come back. My father took two taels of silver and couldn’t come back if he couldn’t dig out the water!”
Su Changfu suddenly became anxious, "How could they do this? It's so outrageous!"
Su Tai shook her head, "Uncle, it's my father's fault to say the least. He first did everything for others and collected the money. It's right for them not to let him leave until the matter is settled."
Su Tai was speechless when talking about this matter. Ever since the water was dug out in Zhongmen Village, Su Chunlin had become very enthusiastic and blindly confident. He insisted on working with Shen Yi, pretending to be a helper for Shen Yi, but in the end he couldn't help at all. He is busy and always likes to be pushy and answer Shen Yi's questions.
At first, she helped buy the right to use a spring water, of course, because the village was really at the end of its rope.
Unexpectedly, after the second success, Su Chunlin went too far. In order to teach him a lesson, Su Tai would never interfere and just let them do what they did.
Unexpectedly, the third time without her help, the two men actually dug a well, and the amount of water produced was not small. The duo became completely famous.
It happened that the drought in Panlong Township was severe, and the township chief had no choice but to pin all his hopes on Shen Yi and Su Chunlin. Su Chunlin was as generous as before. She looked on with cold eyes and was not prepared to take action early. She wanted to let them be frustrated first.
"But over there in Ximen Village... Hey! What should we do?" Su Changfu frowned so hard that he almost crushed a fly to death.
(End of chapter)