Chapter 47: Being a Stepmother 14
Farming is simple, and everyone in the village can do it, as long as they are willing to work hard. But knowing how to farm does not mean being proficient in it. How to increase production and increase income is a big question.
The system does have a lot of information for Ye Zhiqiu to study and experiment with, but now it is a collective work point system, and no matter how capable one person is, it will be useless.
Ye Zhiqiu had thought of some solutions, but unfortunately the village chief of Hanjia Village was a conservative one. He even followed other villages in farming, so he was not willing to listen to her trying out any new methods.
I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed by the rejection, but I had already prepared for the worst. The land in the village was not allowed for experiments, and there was still private land available. There were only two people in the family, one of whom was a child, and we couldn't eat all the vegetables even if we planted too many, so we might as well use them for experiments.
At first she was going to pick her favorite melon to study, but then she thought that what everyone needed most was to fill their stomachs, so she turned her attention to wheat.
Fortunately, the research subject she chose was wheat, which, unlike rice, must be grown in paddy fields. Otherwise, she would not be able to conduct the experiment herself.
In addition to wheat, she also planted fruit trees in the yard, including grapes, oranges, peaches, plums, grapefruits, bayberries, loquats and other fruits.
There are so many fruit trees because Han Dalin chose the most remote place in the village to build the house away from the old house. There are no houses around and the yard is relatively large.
Plant vegetables and raise chickens under the fruit trees. If it weren't for the strict management now, Ye Zhiqiu would also like to plant some flowers. This is her ideal yard. It's just a matter of a word, but Ye Zhiqiu worked hard for more than half a year to complete it. The little kid has already celebrated his third birthday.
Three years old is the right age to go to kindergarten, but there is no kindergarten in the village. Ye Zhiqiu plans to teach the child himself and ask the child's biological father to give him a formal name and register him for household registration.
Half a year had passed, and the relationship between the two was still respectful. The child was very close to her. The old man in the Han family couldn't believe that she was really good to the child, and often took the child away to question him in private.
In fact, she was not that nice to Little Bean, it was just that the space was rich in supplies, and she couldn't eat all by herself, so Little Bean had a share of all the delicious food, and naturally they became close.
Han's father naturally hoped for the best for his granddaughter. He separated Han Dalin just because he didn't want his son to have conflicts with his later wife. He was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma. Ye Zhiqiu was really a good person, and he saved himself a worry, so he didn't have to help his son raise a child.
The Ye family was not happy when they found out. Han Dalin had a high salary but he still sent money back every month, but the girl didn't even go back to her parents' home. She had been married for more than half a year and she didn't go back once. What an ungrateful person.
Huang Lamei was cursing at home, and Ye Erniu ran to Hanjia Village to find Ye Zhiqiu after hearing her, asking her why she didn't go back to her parents' home. It would be fine if she didn't go back on weekdays, but she didn't go back on Mid-Autumn Festival. Does she still have her parents in her eyes?
Ye Zhiqiu had just received a letter from Han Dalin, in which he said that he named his daughter Han Yue, hoping that the child would be as happy as her name. It was a good intention.
She was reading a letter to Han Yue when Ye Erniu rushed in angrily to cause trouble. It was her fault for not closing the gate tightly. Sure enough, there was a reason for her eyelid twitching in the morning. It must be a disaster.
"Your grandma misses you. When will you come home to see her?" Ye Erniu subconsciously ignored Huang Lamei's abusive words. An honest man can tell a lie without blushing or getting nervous.
Ye Zhiqiu naturally didn't believe the obvious lie, but she didn't want to quarrel in front of the child. She used some fruit candies to coax Han Yue out to play with friends, but she didn't know that Ye Erniu thought the candies were good things sent by Han Dalin, and he became even angrier.
She didn't even know to bring the candy home for her brothers and sisters. She was just like what her mother said. Without her family, she could marry Han Dalin. She was so unwilling at first, but now she is living a good life.
"What are you going back for? I'll let you sell me out again."
Ye Erniu was furious: "What are you talking about? Who doesn't accept a gift when marrying off their daughter?"
"That requires me to be willing to marry. Don't forget that I'm not even 18 yet." This is also the reason why she and Han Dalin haven't gotten their marriage certificate yet. Fortunately, their household registration has been moved out.
The conservativeness of the village chief of Hanjia Village has its advantages. Even though Ye Zhiqiu and Han Dalin did not hold a wedding ceremony or get a marriage certificate, in his eyes, as the daughter-in-law of Hanjia Village, moving the household registration is her duty and no supporting documents are needed.
Ye Erniu disagreed: "What's wrong with not being eighteen? Your mother was not eighteen when she married me." He didn't want to talk about the past. He just wanted to ask when Ye Zhiqiu would return to her parents' home, and most importantly, he couldn't come in empty-handed.
"If I don't go back, don't expect me to bring anything back."
"Aren't you afraid of being accused of being unfilial?" Ye Erniu was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but unfortunately Ye Zhiqiu had been on guard against him, so there was no way he could succeed. The last time she was knocked unconscious, she lost her guard, and for this reason, she had been ridiculed by the system for the past six months.
After moving into the Han family, she was the only ignorant child in the house, which made it more convenient for her to practice martial arts. She insisted on practicing every day. If she was still injured by Ye Erniu, she would simply find a piece of tofu and kill herself.
Ye Daniu didn't hit anyone, but hurt her old waist instead. She was so angry that she turned around and left. Before leaving, she did not forget to make some harsh words, saying that she would let people know that she was an unfilial daughter.
Ye Zhiqiu told him to say whatever he wanted and see how many people would believe it. If someone really believed it, she would not lose anything. It would not hurt her to be criticized. No one would be criticized behind their back. As long as they did not say it to her face, she would not care. Of course, if anyone dared to say it to her face, she would not be rude.
Ye Erniu returned empty-handed, and when he got home, Huang Lamei scolded him again, which made his gums swollen. The next day, when he went out to meet the villagers, he told everyone that he was angry with Ye Zhiqiu.
Since he said this, naturally someone followed his words and asked, "What's going on? Come on, tell me."
Ye Erniu then stood under the old camphor tree at the entrance of the village and told the story of Ye Zhiqiu not returning to her parents' home. The point was that he would not come back even when they went to invite him, and after getting married he no longer cared about his parents, which was very unfilial.
After hearing this, everyone did not follow Ye Erniu's words to criticize Ye Zhiqiu for being unfilial, but instead advised him not to bother with his child. Living in the same village, everyone knew his family's situation, and Ye Zhiqiu's difficulties in not going back to his mother's home were definitely not his.
Apart from other things, they didn't even hold a wedding and secretly sent their daughter to the Han family. Who wouldn't say behind the scenes that the Ye family didn't do things properly? It was just that Ye Zhiqiu was honest and easy to bully. If it were someone else, it would have been a big fuss long ago.
Ye Erniu didn't expect that everyone's reaction was different from what he imagined, and his gums became even more swollen with anger. If he had known earlier, he would not have endured the toothache and said so many words, even worse than the group of people in Hanjia Village.
He said in Hanjia Village that the dead girl was unfilial, some people stood on his side, and some people followed him to scold the dead girl. Unfortunately, Han's father was useless. Not only did he not believe what he said, but he also advised him not to care about Han's daughter-in-law.
Humph! He has good intentions, but he is always misunderstood.