delicious farm girl

Chapter 402 The Emperor's Reward Has Arrived

In a flash, the sky darkened again, and another day passed.

The folks talked enough at Su Ran's house, and they all went home in the dark.After closing the door, everyone couldn't help but discuss a few words about the good luck of Su Ran and his wife, and there was inevitably a bit of envy and jealousy in their words.

However, at this time, as the night darkened, there was no light in the sky, and the stars and the moon were covered by layers of dark clouds.In this dark night where you can't see your fingers, a figure quietly walked up the ridge of the field, and walked directly to Su Ran's [-] mu of wild wheat field.

When he arrived at the place, he immediately got into the ground, took out a knife from his pocket, and chopped down several stalks of wheat.Then he broke off all the wheat sticks on top and stuffed them into the bag he carried with him, and then he continued to walk forward, chopping all the way.

After a while, his bag became so heavy that he could barely move it.

"This guy surnamed Li is really good at it. The stalks of stalks of stalks of stalks of stalks of stalks of stalks of stalks are worth two of other stalks!" Panting, he sighed, and slowly raised his knife to attack the next one. Plant Fanmai to start.

"stop!"

But immediately, a loud shout sounded in the darkness.Immediately afterwards, several torches were lit, and the bright flames emitted from the ridge of the field and shone into the field, immediately illuminating the person who did bad things in the field without hiding.

The man was startled for a moment, and immediately dragged the bag and was about to drill into the deep ridge of the field.

But a few young people in the village had already jumped in, caught up with him who was dragged down by the bag, and then twisted back together with the bag.

The person was sent to the very center surrounded by several torches, and of course the face was clearly illuminated.

"Su Fu, it's you!" Looking at this face, the village head shook his hands with anger, "You still have no shame, dare to touch the government's rice field?"

Being captured alive, Su Fu knelt on the ground with a thump in fright: "Third Uncle, I was wrong, I was wrong! Please forgive me, this is my first time, and I promise there will never be a next time. real!"

"However, I just heard you say that one plant of the wheat planted in Sister Ran's field is worth two plants from other people's homes. Doesn't this mean that you have stolen from other people's homes before?" A young man Immediately asked loudly.

Su Fu began to tremble all over. "I don't, I don't! I say that because..."

"Because of what?"

"Because, Brother Gui, he went to another house to steal it before, so I know what the other house's fanmai is like!"

"Okay, it's really all you guys!" Hearing this, the village chief became even more angry, "You family, if you want to tell me sooner, I'll tie you up to a rock and sink you straight away, saving me Feeding you so much food will also save you from doing these evil things that harm others and benefit yourself!"

While talking, I saw several young people coming over with torches.

"Village Chief, I caught a few more! They were caught from Sister Hua's field!"

The ones who were arrested this time were Su Chengcai, Mrs. Wang and even Brother Qiang's grandparents and grandchildren.

After being tied up by a bunch of flowers, Su Chengcai still had a look of displeasure: "I'll go to my daughter's field and break some wheat, what's wrong? My daughter's things are mine!"

"It's your ass! Sister Hua severed ties with you a long time ago!" A fellow villager couldn't stand it anymore, and cursed directly.

Su Chengcai stuck his neck. "She said she would sever the relationship? She is my own daughter. I gave birth to her and raised her! Otherwise, you can call her here now, let her carve out the bones and return the flesh, and return what I gave her first." !"

"Okay, I'll give it to you." As soon as he finished speaking, Sister Hua came out from the crowd unexpectedly.

She picked up the knife that Su Fu had just thrown on the ground in fright, and was about to cut it off at her arm.

"Sister Hua!" Several women in the village hurriedly stopped her, "Your father is talking nonsense, why do you have the same knowledge as him? He didn't treat you as his own daughter, we all know this, and we can also testify to you, You have severed the relationship between father and daughter! If they dare to steal things from your field today, they are robbers, and we will send them to the government immediately!"

"Su Hua, how dare you! That's your own father, and I'm your own mother! If you dare to send us into the government, even if you are disobedient, I can sue you! Don't think about it, you will go to prison with us , what about your sister Zao?" Seeing that something was wrong, Mrs. Wang hurriedly yelled.

Sister Hua immediately turned pale.

She twitched her lips. "Okay, I don't need to sue you. These few wheat sticks are considered to be repaying the kindness you have given me in raising me all these years."

Wang's group breathed a sigh of relief.

But right away, they realized that it was too early to breathe a sigh of relief.Because they immediately heard Sister Hua say again - "But, whether Sister Ran and the others will let you go, I don't care about that."

Several people's faces changed drastically, and they quickly looked at Su Ran and Li Er's couple.

This time Su Ran didn't make up her mind, she only looked at Li Er.I saw Li Er nodding his head heavily: "Send him to the government."

"okay!"

The villagers are waiting for his words!
As soon as Li Er said something, everyone quickly carried these people and left.The Wang family wanted to scream, but everyone grabbed a handful of weeds from the side of the road and stuffed them into their mouths.

These people were first locked up in the woodshed in the backyard of the village chief's house, and then sent directly to the county early the next morning.As soon as the county magistrate heard that they had secretly gone to the panmai field to steal the maize several times, and the evidence was complete, the magistrate was furious. He immediately held these people down and beat them, and then sentenced them to exile.

Upon hearing the news, the whole village was overjoyed.When Su Chengcai's family returned to the village, they made the whole village uneasy. Everyone hated them to death!Now that the person has finally left, it seems that there is no need to come back again, of course they are all overjoyed.

It's just... "Su Gui is gone."

When Li Er returned home, Shen Sheng said to Su Ran.

Su Ran bit her lip. "I didn't see him when I went to the Panmai field to arrest people that night. Afterwards, the third uncle and the others searched everywhere, but they didn't see him. It seems that he should have seen someone come to arrest them that night. , left his parents and ran away."

"It should be." Li Er nodded.

"Then just run away! He probably won't come back in the future." Su Ran said softly.

"Even if we come back, we won't be afraid of him." Li Er added.

Su Ran couldn't help but smile. "That's right!"

Su Chengcai's family was directly exiled to the desert two thousand miles away because of stealing state property.But for the departure of this family, the villagers didn't have any regrets, they just scolded and scolded them for what they deserved.By the way, everyone couldn't help but come to Su Ran and the others to make friends, and wanted to get some wild wheat seeds from them, and they wanted to plant them next year.Su Ran readily agreed.

A month later, the wild wheat in the field turned from tender to old, and the magistrate brought people over to harvest it.

Pile up the crops of an acre of land and weigh them on a large scale—

"One thousand one hundred catties!"

"150 catties!"

"One thousand and ninety catties!"

……

One by one, the report came out, which made both the magistrate and the county magistrate very happy.Even, the one mu of land with the highest yield actually weighed [-] catties!

Now, even the county magistrate was delighted from ear to ear.

"Li Er, Li Er, you are really good! You said that the yield per mu is at least one thousand catties, and there is really one thousand! This county will convince you!"

The magistrate's face was even more flushed, and his hands were trembling slightly.

"This is definitely a bumper harvest, a bumper harvest! The government must write a memorial to inform the Holy Majesty of this great joy, and let the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty know about this great joy!"

He walks the talk.That night, he wrote a thick memorial and sent it to the capital along with Fanmai.

A month later, a special envoy came from the capital. After passing on the emperor's decree to reward the magistrates and county magistrates, they also called Li Er and the others who had achieved success in planting barley, and rewarded them.

Among them, Li Er received the most rewards because of his outstanding contributions.The emperor not only rewarded them with a hundred taels of gold, but also rewarded them with a thousand acres of fertile land, and even intended to give Li Er an official job!
Other people's rewards were of course inferior to his, but Sister Hua was able to do such an awe-inspiring act as a weak woman, and the Holy Majesty also gave her an extra reward, and named her a child of the seventh rank.With this imperial order in her body, she will not be afraid of being bullied even if she lives alone with her sister Zao!

As for the rewards of other people, there are also many rewards. Of course, their rewards cannot be compared with Li Er's.

They also knew that their own wheat was not as good as Li Er's, so they were convinced that they lost.

A group of people knelt down and kowtowed, grateful for the mighty emperor's kindness.

However, just as they got up, the old man who had been standing aside with a plate suddenly ran out.He stood in front of Li Er, looked him up and down, then suddenly fell to his knees, crying bitterly.

"Young master, so you are here! This old servant has had a hard time finding you!"

(End of this chapter)