Chapter Seventy-Four: A Satisfactory Outcome
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As soon as the conditions of the village chief Lin Changqing came out, the villagers in the ancestral hall gradually became whispering from the quiet at the beginning, and the voices became louder and louder. All the people wanted to plant the watermelons in Lin Zhu's field after watching them grow well, and then they said that there was no guarantee of a good harvest, and they had to sign a contract, so some people quit.
"Why, if the watermelon is not planted well, it is because there is a problem with her method, who is not looking for her?" Lin Changqing looked at the person who spoke, it was Lin Zi'an, a famous scoundrel in the village. said lightly, "You can grow watermelons without her method." A word extinguished his arrogance, and several people who thought the same way as him lowered their heads at the same time. Everyone knows that watermelons are delicious and difficult to grow, and now seeing that Lin Zhu is planted so well, they all want her to plant watermelons, but they don't want to bear it. Lin Changqing felt that some people were just too aggressive.
Now some people can't make up their minds, and they are exchanging opinions with each other below. As soon as I entered the ancestral hall, it was very lively.
"Hehe, it's quite lively here, I don't know if the old man can listen to it." Suddenly, a voice came from the doorway. Everyone turned their heads to look, there were three people standing at the door of the ancestral hall, it was Lin Zhu, as well as Doctor Zhang and the housekeeper, and it was Doctor Zhang who spoke, although he was wearing ordinary gray muslin clothes, and he was also wearing a pair of ordinary black cloth shoes on his feet, one hand was casually behind his back, and the other hand was brushing his beard. A slight smile appeared on his face. It looks like an ordinary old man, but it faintly exudes an inviolable momentum. Village Chief Lin Changqing couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he saw him coming. Under the gaze of Dr. Zhang, he hurriedly walked over and invited the three of them to the house. and sit down in the front position. Steward Zhang didn't sit down, and stood straight behind Doctor Zhang.
"Old man, who are you, this is our village's business, what are you doing when outsiders come in, you will all go out." Lin Zi'an, who had just been smoked by the village chief's words, sprinkled his resentment on the three of Dr. Zhang.
Doctor Zhang ignored this person's clamour, and said directly to the village chief Lin Changqing, "Village Chief Lin." I heard that the ancestral hall was opened for the old man's godgranddaughter Zhu Yatou's method of planting watermelons, right? Lin Changqing didn't know what he meant, but nodded honestly, "Old man, yes." Miss Xiaozhu has promised to take out the method and teach it to the villagers. Lin Changqing unconsciously used the honorific title.
"In that case, the old man, as her elder, can also listen to it, right?" Doctor Zhang's tone was always flat, but it made Lin Changqing hear a different meaning. This is to support Lin Zhu. He looked at Lin Zhu, but her face was calm, and he couldn't see any clues from her face. He looked at the elders of the clan again, and saw that none of them had spoken. Lin Changqing said to Dr. Zhang, "Of course, the method is from Miss Xiaozhu." She's still young, and it's right for you to be on her side. After speaking, he glanced at the people in the village in the ancestral hall. Some people see that not only the Lord has arrived. also followed an elder, and what the village chief said just now was obviously for everyone. Aren't you bullying people for not having a father and mother to take care of them? All right. Now there's one, and it's not easy to mess with at first glance.
"Okay, Village Chief Lin, you go on, let's just listen to it." After speaking, Dr. Zhang sat there silently, just watched quietly.
Lin Changqing said in his heart, you might as well say something, say a charter and we can follow it. Since Doctor Zhang didn't speak, he had no choice but to continue, "What I just said about the contract, how many elders in the clan don't know what Lu Dao means? Lin Changqing actually still has a lot of respect for the old people in the clan, but this time in order to plant watermelons, he actually found his house again and again, and threatened him outside the words, if it weren't for the fact that his son needed a certificate for the county test and had a good reputation, he would have been too lazy to take care of them. Now they want to take advantage of good things, and when they want to be responsible, they shrink back and don't speak, how can it be so easy.
Several clan elders who were driven by the village chief to drive ducks on the shelves looked at each other, all of them were a little embarrassed, and looked at the eyes of the people in the surrounding villages on themselves, which was not good, not good, it was really difficult to sit still, everything was taken by the village chief, and the good and bad were all borne by him, but he didn't expect to let him put it again.
"Changqing, you are the village head, and you have to have the final say in this matter." As a last resort, several clan elders could only carry Lin Changqing's sedan chair.
"Since a few elders asked me to say it, it is to agree with what I just said, and if you want this watermelon method, you will sign the contract first. If you don't want to sign it, you just don't want it. What about this method, I have already asked people to compile a booklet, and when the time comes, who wants to learn, sign a contract, and then take a book from me, and the money for this ink, paper and inkstone, I will not accept it from you. Anyone who wants it, come and report the name. Lin Changqing didn't care about the ugly faces of several clan elders, and directly finalized it. Then he turned to Dr. Zhang and Lin Zhu and said, "Old man, do you think this is appropriate?" Little bamboo girl, what do you think? ”
Doctor Zhang looked at Lin Zhu, and Lin Zhu nodded at him. "This bamboo girl took out this method for the people in the village for nothing, which is a great thing, but in order to reduce unnecessary trouble in the future, I made this decision, but I, as an elder, always feel a little aggrieved for her. She lives far from the village, and the yard is full of wasteland. If someone does something in the wasteland, no one knows, so I'm really worried about her. ”
Lin Changqing, who had already known what Lin Zhu had requested, certainly understood what Doctor Zhang meant, "It's really worrying, I don't know what a few clan elders have to do?" How about letting the little girl move to the village and give her a piece of homestead? "Several clan elders are scolding their mothers in their hearts, okay, you Lin Changqing, don't you just want to give her that wasteland? Do you need to go around in circles like this? You're just trying to pull us into the water, and you're so bad.
"This has to build a house in the village, and the cost of moving back and forth is not small, and it is not easy for Xiaozhu girl to make money, so it is better to give her the wasteland and let her circle a courtyard wall, which costs less money and is safe." After discussing with several clan elders, they gave such an answer, although it was in Lin Zhu's hands, but Lin Changqing still despised them, who didn't know that the vacant land in Ludao Village was all around them, and it was not that they were afraid of being occupied, so they pretended to be generous, hum.
"In this case, then the matter of this title deed will trouble the village chief, and all the expenses will be paid by the bamboo girl." Dr. Zhang made the final decision.
There were still some people in the crowd who were a little angry about this, but the village chief and the clan elders all spoke, and if they were dissatisfied, then they didn't want that kind of watermelon method. When the time came, Lin Zhu regretted not coming up with the method, then he would be dumbfounded, weighed it for a moment or two, and shut up and didn't speak.
It's just that there are people who stir trouble everywhere, such as this Lin Zi'an, "Village Chief, who knows if the method she gave is the same as the method she used when she planted watermelons herself?" If it's wrong, then who will pay for our losses? "yes, yes, that makes sense." After Lin Zi'an's words were finished, some people in the crowd echoed him.
"I've seen this method with my own eyes, I've planted it with my own hands, and I'm going to use it myself next year, and if anyone doesn't believe it, they can see how I do it. Whether we want this watermelon method or not, it is all voluntary, never reluctant. Lin Changqing is about to make these rat-eyed people crazy, such a good thing makes these people mess up, and his tone is naturally not much better.
Lin Zi'an, whose face was blue and white for a while by Lin Changqing's words, had nothing to say at all, and now he had offended Lin Changqing. Besides, it is not necessary to commit public anger, it is better to be at ease.
"Changqing, what should I do with this watermelon seed? Do you buy it from outside or from a bamboo girl? "One of the clan elders thought about it more thoroughly, this method is important, but the seed is also very important.
"My family will use Xiaozhu Girl's seeds, but they are twice as expensive as those sold outside." What should be said is to make it clear to the villagers, Lin Changqing is still doing a good job in this regard, if the villagers have doubts, he will explain as much as possible, as long as he doesn't deliberately make trouble, he is still very kind.
Doctor Zhang took Lin Zhu back to his house, "Thank you," Lin Zhu bowed deeply to Doctor Zhang, Lin Zhu didn't expect Mother Chang to mention this to Doctor Zhang, let alone that he would support her, a large part of the reason why she was able to get this result smoothly today is because Doctor Zhang is sitting there. To do this to a person who has nothing to do with it is not just rare to say it in two words. Lin Zhu couldn't think of any words to express the gratitude in her heart.
"Didn't I just say that? You are the goddaughter of the old man. Doctor Zhang still said calmly.
"Huh?" Lin Zhu was dumbfounded, isn't this a joke?
"Why don't you hurry up and salute?" Steward Zhang reminded her behind Lin Zhu.
"Grandpa is above, please be worshiped by your granddaughter." Lin Zhu, who suddenly woke up, immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Dr. Zhang.
"Okay, get up." After Lin Zhu got up, Dr. Zhang said again, "The meeting gift has been given, but I won't give it now." ”
"How can there be such a thing as you, take the souvenir as a gift from my godfather to my godgranddaughter, and besides, what I give to Fu Douer is worth more than what I give me." After worshipping his godfather, it was natural for Lin Zhu to be coquettish to him.
"Don't you say what kind of jade it is, it's very precious?" "Uh," what he said was taken by Dr. Zhang and used it on himself, Lin Zhu just messed around and stopped talking about the greeting ceremony.
"Grandpa, the watermelons in the field are almost ripe, when will someone come to get them?" Lin Zhu immediately changed the topic.
"It won't be long before the letter arrives, and the letter has already been sent out. I'm sure I'll be able to catch up with the first batch of ripe ones. "As soon as Dr. Zhang arrived in Linjia Village, he sent someone to see Lin Zhu's watermelon field, and then asked people to send a letter to the capital. It takes a month to come and go, just enough to catch up. (To be continued......)