Because of the climate, the next season of sweet potatoes will have to wait a little longer, and Xiaoliang Mountain is full of native croppers, and they will be busy working on a piece of land all their lives. After planting sweet potatoes, there are still a few months of vacancy in the vegetable field, the villagers are not willing to put it for several months, some people plan to plant some seasonal vegetables by themselves, they are afraid of spring return before planting, and they also asked the head of Lizheng Village, both of them bluntly said that spring return is not that stingy, they can plant whatever they want, and do not delay the next season of sweet potatoes.

In this way, a group of people planted some melons, fruits and vegetables, bought seeds and planted them, watered and fertilized day by day, all of them did more than ten years of handy work, there is no incompetence, but the problem is like this!

It stands to reason that after working for so many days, even a piece of shriveled loess should have a little sprout, but a few fields that have grown sweet potatoes not long ago are still bare, and there is not even a single weed in sight!

It doesn't matter if your own land can't grow, but there are seven or eight households in a row, and after watering enough water, the fertilizer that the farmers use on weekdays is stunned that nothing grows.

As soon as a few people met, they said that it was a problem, so they went to Sweetwater Village to scold the street, and before they could scold, they saw the vegetables in the field popping up together, and they also greeted them kindly.

When asked, he almost swore to the sky, saying that if he gave them bad seeds, he would not be able to grow good vegetables in his life!

The family lives by selling vegetables and seeds, which is too serious.

But listening to him say this, it is conceivable that that kind of child is absolutely fine. What's the problem?

A few people ran to Lizheng's house in such a hurry to complain.

When Li Zheng and his wife heard that there was a problem with the vegetable field, it was related to the sweet potato of Chungui, and they didn't dare to ignore it, so they hurriedly went over to take a look, but there were more than a dozen plots of land in a row of seven or eight households, each of which was bare, and the seeds that were sown were dried up.

Could it be because of the sweet potatoes planted?

Some people passing by at the end of the village came to see the excitement, and shouted strangely: "This is strange, my family also planted some nest melons, isn't it still growing well!" ”

When those people heard this, they hurriedly asked: "Are you also planting sweet potatoes?" ”

"Not really! It's too wasteful to leave it for a few months, so I went to Sweet Water Village to buy some nest melon seeds, and the sprouts have grown early in the past few days! ”

A few people, you look at you, I look at you, then it has nothing to do with whether you grow sweet potatoes or not! It's all seeds bought in Sweetwater Village, so that kind of seed must be no problem! They can't grow a piece of it without someone else's home, they can't even grow a piece! What else could that be......

Li Zheng on the side also frowned, this cropper can have problems with everything, that is, the land is not good, people who rely on the sky and the earth to eat, one is afraid of natural disasters and the other is afraid of land damage, not to mention that there are sweet potatoes returning in spring, and the people of a village point to this to get rid of poverty and become rich, you can imagine how anxious these people are now.

Li Zheng made a decision: "That's it, I'll go to the spring tomorrow to talk about it, and if it doesn't work, I'll reopen a few pieces of land." ”

It's just that he has had problems with seven or eight households in a row, and he always feels that something is wrong, so it's better to talk about it with Chungui earlier.

The families nodded again and again, thanked Li Zheng, and hurried home to discuss the matter.

Early the next morning, Li Zheng took Zhigao's car to the town, and Chungui's eyelids jumped when he heard this.

When a few people saw Chungui's eyes red, they almost sat down and cried.

Don't you have to cry, there are a total of more than a dozen pieces of land, which is ten taels of silver, and for them it is the life money of the family! Every family has limited land, and the village has no more and no less, so how can I give it to them!

Chungui hurriedly reassured: "Don't worry, aunts, I'll take a look!" ”

As soon as her words fell, a few more people ran out from the front, her face full of anxiety, and she shouted as she ran: "Lizheng!" My vegetable seedlings wilted this morning! All the leaves are yellow! Here's how? ”

"My family too! It's getting drier and drier day by day, and it's all dry today! It's just growing! ”

Li Zheng and Chungui immediately met each other's eyes, and it was not a coincidence to get here.

shouted all the way over, and all the people in the village who could come out came out, even those who had work in their hands also put down their work and rushed over. It's a matter of livelihood, and no one has the time to do anything else.

When the people were almost here, they asked in the spring, except for the seven or eight families who couldn't grow vegetables near the entrance of the village, the rest of the households just went down these households, and they planted earlier than those families, and the vegetables that could be grown were also wilted one after another in the past few days.

There are a total of about a dozen households, just a few families down the main road of the village, and the vegetable fields are all opened in the courtyard.

The seeds are fine, the fertilizer, the water are all homemade.

What else could that be......

Chungui's frowning brows jumped, and he suddenly raised his head and walked into the courtyard of the first house, and the people behind him hurriedly followed when they saw this.

Li Zheng was suspicious: "Girl, what do you remember?" ”

Chungui turned his head to look at Li Zheng, walked a few steps briskly to the two vegetable fields, and squatted down

The seeds, fertilizer, and water are fine, but the only thing that has a problem is this vegetable field!

She dug out a bit of mud and put it in her mouth as everyone stared at them in shock.

Li Zheng hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "Girl! This is something you can eat! ”

And Chungui Yuepin's brows wrinkled tighter, and finally opened her mouth and spit it out, and then picked up the water scoop in the water tank on the side and scooped a scoop of water to rinse her mouth, and after a few strokes, she got up and said slowly:

"Uncle, someone sprinkled salt in this field, and this land has been abandoned for most of the year."

As soon as the words fell, the dozens of people around were stunned, and immediately someone stepped forward to dig up the soil and put it in their mouths, and then spit it out after tasting the terrible salty taste.

Several families who came to report the news also hurriedly ran back to their own homes to verify.

Chun Hui said: "The villagers all go to their homes to see, and if there are any problems, they will come to talk to me." ”

She paused: "...... I'm afraid someone did it on purpose. ”

The grumpy woman had already cursed: "! Where did the little deflated three want to hurt us! ”

Sprinkling salt in the ground, this kind of indiscriminate behavior has to be made by a lot of black things!

The rest of the people did not dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly ran back to their homes.

This family is also a hard worker, the husband is weak, the old man in the family also left last year, and the burden of the family is on the shoulders of the daughter-in-law alone, and now they all rely on these two vegetable plots to live, but they have suffered such difficulties!

The woman was already whimpering and crying, and leaned against the other woman, as if she had lost all hope.

Spring return and Li Zheng are not a taste in their eyes.

The woman sobbed and said, "Uncle Lizheng, return in spring, our family treats people well on weekdays, and we have no enemies with others!" How to receive such retribution! ”

Enmity with someone? They are all from the villagers, how can there be a daily feud, not to mention that these are good families.

Li Zheng's face darkened, and he looked at this lifeless land in silence. Chungui also stiffened his face and pondered carefully.

These people are not at odds with anyone, but what about her?

Fumanlou was instructed by Zhou Han, and the steward came to ask for a sigh of relief, and he would not come again for the sake of stability.

What about Fumanlou in addition to Fumanlou?

There was an accident in the vegetable fields of several families near the entrance of the village, and it was as if someone was sprinkling salt along the road.

Chungui raised his eyes and looked at another closed door.

Li Zheng swept over casually, noticed Chungui's gaze, and also looked over.

It's the Cheng family.

After a while, a few people who ran to see their own situation also came back, as everyone guessed, this morning they got up and found that the vegetable seedlings had wilted in the vegetable fields also tasted a strong salty taste, and the few households near the end of the village were fine.

Several families who ate the salty taste immediately gritted their teeth in anger: "This is a good day for some people who can't get used to us!" Secretly did such a brain-wrenching pickled thing! ”

The salty taste is like sprinkling several catties of salt, it can't be said that it is not poisonous, who will be idle and have nothing to eat the soil, the vegetables are wilted, and they can't grow seedlings, only the seeds and fertilizers will be blamed, except for the spring return, who will notice that it is the problem of this soil?!

Anyone can see that someone is secretly doing it, but who is this person!

The few people who were not attacked exhaled heavily, and then they trembled and feared again. If you don't find out this person for a day, your own vegetable field may suffer one day!

Thinking like this, everyone looked at Chungui: "Girl, you are smart, you can think that it is because of this soil, so do you know which dead-faced bastard did such a thing?" ”

After tasting the soil and asking everyone to go home to test themselves, Chun Hui didn't squeak anymore. She had a guess in her heart, but she never dared to think about it.

The enmity with her is nothing more than Cheng Tianbao, Li Lan and his wife, and the two brothers Liu Quan and Liu Gui, Liu Quan and Liu Gui don't say it first, if it is really Cheng Tianbao and his wife......

According to the anger of the villagers, this black hand is either sent to the ancestral hall or sent to the yamen, which is no better than when she went to the ancestral hall to tell people, land and food are the most important things for people's livelihood, it is conceivable that even if they enter the ancestral hall, they will be stripped of a layer of skin.

If it is really Cheng Tianbao's family, Qi You will wait for the first list, and then there will be a stain on his own family, even if he separates the family, outsiders will have to give him many instructions.

But she really can't hide it, and she can't cover it up for others.

After some thought, she said: "Aunts and uncles go back first, I will definitely find out this matter for you, don't let you suffer such a big grievance, I don't know how much saltiness has penetrated into the place at the moment, aunts will put this dish first, I went back to the town and asked someone to come and pick up the yellow soil on the mountain, and in the next few days, you will work harder and replace the yellow soil." ”

"Fortunately, there is still a lot of time for the next season of sweet potatoes, and this land can be raised well and can catch up."

Now Chungui is like the backbone of a village, what she says is what she says, after saying this, the group of people nodded again and again: "Chungui is right, let's listen to you!" ”

"Yes, Chungui is reasonable, let's put our minds down and raise this land first, I won't wait for Chungui's helpers anyway, I'll go to the mountains to pick up mud in the afternoon, and change it early!"

"I'll go too!"

"I got it, too!"

……

After seeing that she was appeased, Chun Gui was also relieved, and she walked up to the teary-eyed woman: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will call someone to come over tomorrow, and I will help you clean up this vegetable patch, and life will always be better." ”

The woman received a word of reassurance, and most of the sadness in her heart disappeared, and she wiped her eyes and thanked her.

After the people dispersed, Chun Gui walked to Li Zheng, who was still standing aside, and said in a straight voice: "Uncle, let's go to the house to talk." ”

How could Li Zheng not know that she had an idea, nodded and the two entered the house.

Li Zheng's daughter-in-law had heard this a long time ago, but fortunately, her family's vegetable patch was in the back room, and she had to pass through the back room in the past, so she didn't suffer from such secret hands.

Seeing the two of them coming, she hurriedly greeted her: "Girl, do you know which did it?!" ”

Chungui pulled people to sit down, and said with a tense expression: "Uncle, aunt, what are the movements of Cheng Tianbao and Li Lan these days?" Also, how many merchants do we have in these villages that sell oil and salt? ”