Chapter 11 Farming?
Cai Liang left in a hurry with great anger, on the land of Jingxiang, anyone wants to give him some face as the son of the Cai family, no one has ever beaten him as hard as Zhang Qiang, Cai Liang is not only ashamed, but also not without some fear. simply shouted cruel words in his mouth, quickly slipped away, and when he summoned all the people in the future, it would not be too late to take revenge.
Zhang Qiang was dragged by Webster, still screaming and scolding at Cai Liang's back. Cao Ang looked at the Huang family with some embarrassment, he was here to borrow some books today, but he didn't expect to beat the relatives of the Huang family, if the Huang family was small-minded, it would not be too much to drive Cao Ang and the others away immediately.
"Forgive me, son-in-law, my brother has a strong temper, this ......" Cao Ang thought about it, apologized to the Huang family and said, after all, there was an incident in someone's house, and it is appropriate to apologize.
Huang's face sank like water, his bronzed face was stiff, like a star, and he was obviously very unhappy. After listening to Cao Ang's apology, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, and he stopped talking. Zhang Qiang on the side was still angry, broke away from Wei, and yelled at Cao Ang: "What's wrong with my temper?" If it weren't for the fact that she was a girl, I would have beaten her together. None of these big families have any good things. As he spoke, he glared at Huang viciously.
Cao Ang had a headache, and helplessly apologized to the Huang family. In all fairness, this son-in-law and Cai Liang cannot be compared, and Zhang Qiang's words are a bit excessive. Although the Shicai Huang family did not help Cao Ang and others, she did not target Cao Ang and others like Cai Liang, she has always treated each other with courtesy. Besides, this place is her house, and Zhang Qiang beat Huang's relatives here, in the final analysis, it is Zhang Qiang and others who are rude.
After sincerely apologizing, Cao Ang hurriedly pulled Zhang Qiang away. This bull's temper has come up, maybe something will happen, not to mention that if he offends Cai Liang this time, he will inevitably be retaliated against, and the top priority is to hurry back and think of a way to deal with it.
Back at home, Zhang Qiang was still scolding and angry, and even blamed Cao Ang for why he stopped him. Wei Shi was worried, and hugged Xiao Qin'er tightly in his arms, as if he was worried that this little thing would disappear in the blink of an eye. Cao Ang knew that she was worried that Cai Liang would hurt Xiao Qin'er, and secretly thought about a strategy to deal with it.
After a long time, Cao Ang sighed lowly, and now it seems that there are no more than two ways to deal with it. One is to flee immediately and flee to places beyond the reach of Cai Liang's whip, such as Cao Cao's territory or Sun Ce's territory, Xiangyang is closer to Yuzhou in comparison, but will Zhang Qiang and Wei be willing to leave their homeland? Moreover, the Cai clan's forces are all over Jingxiang, and the chances of being able to escape from Xiangyang and go north unharmed are too small.
The second way is for Cao Ang to find Cai Mao to identify himself, with Cai Mao's shrewdness, in the case that Jingzhou is likely to fall into the hands of Cao Cao in the future, he will definitely not be willing to offend Cao Ang easily, so he may also be able to save Wei and others. But Jingzhou was hostile to Cao Cao after all, and no one dared to guarantee whether Cao Ang would be able to get out of Jingzhou alive after revealing his identity.
Zhang Qiang shouted for a while, and gradually came back to his senses, knowing that he was in trouble, and became silent for a while, he was just a rough person, what can he do to deal with the crisis in front of him?
"That...... You can run away with Xiao Qin'er. Zhang Qiang turned around twice on the spot, and said to Wei: "That beast will definitely not let me go, I will stay and fight with them, you take Xiao Qin'er and escape, it is me who caused the trouble, they will not chase me too hard when they see me, maybe you two can still live." ”
Saying that, Zhang Qiang looked at Cao Ang, bowed down solemnly, and said: "Mr. Cao, Lao Zhang knows that you must be from a rich and noble family, and he doesn't dare to let you put yourself in danger, but I ask you to take care of this mother and son a little bit and help them get through this difficulty. ”
Cao Ang sighed in his heart, the poor are more righteous, the rich are always ruthless, God is really blind.
On the ground, Wei screamed, put down Xiao Qin'er, and pounced on Zhang Qiang's side, tore his clothes, and shouted sharply: "I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving, I'm not going anywhere, if you want to go, we'll go together." You have to fight with them, and I will stay and fight with them. I've already died a man and don't want to die a second man. If you don't survive, I'll die with you, and how can we orphans and widows live without you? ”
Zhang Qiang's eyes turned red, and his whole body even trembled slightly, with an incredible surprise in his eyes, staring at Wei Shi tightly, and said, "You...... You ......"
Wei hugged Zhang Qiang tightly and cried: "You can't die, you can't die." If you die, we won't survive. ”
Zhang Qiang wrapped his arms around Wei's body hard, rubbing his rough palms on Wei's back, and after a while, he pushed Wei's away, looked at Cao Ang pleadingly, and said, "That beast is extremely powerful in Xiangyang, if we escape together, we will definitely not be able to escape." Mr. Qiu took Xiao Qin'er away, and the two of us stayed and fought with these beasts. ”
Cao Ang glanced at him deeply, with a relieved smile on his face, a determined light flashing in his eyes, he walked over and hugged Xiao Qin'er, and then said slowly: "You don't have to worry, I will solve this matter, you don't have to give up your family and business, and you don't have to fight to the death." ”
Zhang Qiang looked at Cao Ang in astonishment when he heard this, and after a little silence, he said in a low voice: "Mr. Cao, this is something that Lao Zhang provoked, and the Cai family is huge, so Mr. doesn't have to meddle in it." ”
Wei was crying beside Zhang Qiang, looking at Zhang Qiang for a while, looking at Cao Ang for a while, tears dripping down his face. Xiao Qin'er pouted in Cao Ang's arms, cried out loud, opened her little hands and twisted towards Wei, and shouted: "Mother hug, mother hug." ”
Wei Shi cried even more when he saw this, and hurriedly reached out to hug Xiao Qin'er. Cao Ang sighed and said, "Are you willing to be lonely at such a young age?" Cao Ang looked at Zhang Qiang's eyes, and said slowly: "Besides, although the Cai family is strong, they may not dare to do anything to me, in short, you can rest assured." ”
Zhang Qiang looked at Cao Ang silently, his expression extremely complicated. On the ground, Wei fell to his knees and said hoarsely: "Mr. Cao is very kind, and the concubine has nothing to repay." ”
Cao Ang hurriedly helped her up and said sincerely: "My wife and I have never known each other, but my wife took me like a guest. ”
Zhang Qiang fell silent again, and he blamed himself even more in his heart, he knew that he should have killed Cai Liang's dog thief on the spot, and then quickly fled, and his situation was better than now.
Cao Ang finally took this matter over, but Zhang Qiang and Webster were still uneasy, and every day Riwei had to stand outside the door and look at the east for a long time, and the slightest wind and grass could make her tremble. After a few days like this, Cai Liang didn't take any action, not only did no evil guests come to the door, but there was no trace of gossip, as if Cai Liang had no intention of retaliating at all.
After a few more days, seeing that the wheat in the field was ripe, and if it was not harvested, it would be ruined, Zhang Qiang and Wei had to hang their hearts while busy harvesting. After another ten days, the wheat harvest in the field was almost complete, and Cai Liang still didn't move. Until this time, although Zhang Qiang and Webster were still worried from time to time, they were always a little more relaxed.
In the evening of this day, Cao Ang and others were enjoying the cool under the big tree outside the house, when suddenly a slender figure came from the east. Cao Ang looked at it and found that it was the son-in-law of the Huang family, so he hurriedly got up to greet him.
Huang had a faint smile on his face, and after saluting everyone, he said straight to the point: "This strong man had a dispute with my brother of the Cai family, and there were some contradictions, and this fact is the fault of my brother, and the little woman was worried that he would take revenge and hurt the innocent, so she told my father what had happened, and begged him to go to the Cai family to intercede, and finally resolve the matter." You need not be anxious in the future. ”
Wei Shi was stunned for a moment, and immediately overjoyed, and thanked Huang again and again gratefully, and his heart was completely relaxed. Zhang Qiang was a little embarrassed, last time in the Huang family, he was still shouting to beat other people's sons-in-law, but he didn't expect that someone else would come forward to help him solve this big problem, his face was flushed, and he looked weird to learn from Cao Ang to the Huang family.
Cao Ang thanked him twice, and then asked, "I don't know Ling Zun's surname?" Cao Ang was a little puzzled, the father of the Huang family's son-in-law was able to marry the daughter of the Cai family, and he could make Cai Liang swallow his anger and suffer such a big loss, he must be an extraordinary person, but in the Xiangyang realm, there doesn't seem to be a very powerful person surnamed Huang at the moment.
"My father is a hidden person, I don't like to be known, please forgive me." Huang glanced at Cao Ang and said without being salty.
Cao Ang laughed dryly, and hurriedly said, "It's abrupt." ”
After saying a few words, Huang said goodbye and left, and just after taking two steps, he was suddenly attracted by a crisp and childish sound, and his pace couldn't help but slow down.
"At the beginning of a person, nature is good ......" Xiao Qin'er ran back and forth around the big tree, reciting the three-character scripture that Cao Ang had taught him in the past few days.
Huang Shi listened to a few words, and felt that these small sentences were very charming, but he had never heard of them, and a touch of brilliance crossed his eyes, and he slowly left.
Over there, Zhang Qiang and Wei's were completely relieved, they were in a good mood, and with this year's bumper wheat harvest, both of them felt happy in their hearts.
"Tomorrow you go to some bars in the city, Mr. Cao has been with us for a long time, and he hasn't touched a single drink. Anyway, some time ago, those meats were sold for some money, and now the wheat is also harvested, and the family's livelihood is not worried, which is all due to Mr. Cao. Zhang Qiang pouted, revealing greed and said to Webster.
Wei Shi laughed angrily and said, "Mr. Cao didn't say that he wanted to drink, I think it's you, a drunkard, who is addicted to alcohol, so I don't know how to hide Mr. Cao." ”
Cao Ang laughed and didn't interrupt the two people's bickering. The three of them chatted for a while, but it was nothing more than a short matter of parents, but Cao Ang relished it and thought it was very interesting.
"Big Qiangzi, the wheat has been harvested, and the rice is about to be planted, so let's start plowing the field in two days." Wei's is still more concerned about farm work, unlike Zhang Qiang, who has already begun to brag and is a little out of tune.
Zhang Qiang nodded approvingly when he heard this, sighed, and said, "I hope that this year will be smooth and rainy, and there will be another bumper harvest, and then I can add a new dress to you and Xiao Qin'er." ”
"Alas, I'm afraid there will be a little shortage of soil strength this year, and I don't know if there will be a lot of harvest." Webster sighed worriedly.
Cao Ang didn't know much about it, and hurriedly asked, "How can there be a lack of land strength?" ”
"This year's wheat harvest is so good, the soil is consumed by the wheat, which is not a shortage of land strength. In previous years, you can also make some fertilizer to supplement the soil, but this year there is only one head at home, where is the fertilizer. Zhang Qiang also said a little frustratedly.
Cao Ang nodded, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and after a little muttering, he said slowly: "Is there a courgette seed to buy and sell in Xiangyang City?" ”
Webster and Zhang Qiang were a little puzzled, but Webster still replied: "I heard that there are some, but the courgette is expensive, not hungry, and not easy to serve, most of the big families will grow some for their own consumption." ”
Cao Ang smiled when he heard this, and said, "In this case, Madame might as well go and buy some seeds and come back, well, just buy one or two, let's also plant some courgettes, maybe we can sell them for a good price at that time." ”
Merriam-Webster was silent, his face embarrassed. Zhang Qiang rubbed his hands, showed a lewd smile, and said to Cao Ang: "Mr. Cao, it's not that Lao Zhang can't trust you, it's just that although we are all people who have served the dealer all our lives, we can't serve the precious thing of courgette." This thing is not hungry, not to say, but also to use high-quality fertile land to plant, the lack of soil is not good, more water is not good, less water is not good, how can there be rice worry-free, and hungry, the yield is high, and there is no need to worry about so many hearts. ”
Webster hurriedly nodded in agreement.
Cao Ang smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't worry, I have my own methods." We only planted three acres of courgettes, and the rest was rice, so it didn't take much effort to think about it. As for the problem of insufficient land strength, well, Brother Zhang, I will take you to pull fertilizer tomorrow. ”
Zhang Qiang and Wei Shi saw that Cao Ang's swear was not a lie, and they didn't know what to say. After a while, Zhang Qiang looked at Cao Ang cautiously, and said tentatively: "Mr. Cao, are you serious?" Let's plant courgettes and pull fertilizer tomorrow? ”
Cao Ang nodded firmly, and said confidently, "Yes." ”
Zhang Qiang slapped his head violently, looking at Cao Ang like a monster, and his straight eyes made Cao Ang gradually feel a little uncomfortable, and then Zhang Qiang said in surprise: "Ah, Mr. Cao, you shouldn't be a farmer like us, right?" ”