"That's not the same at all!" Yun Jianzhou stamped his foot in anger. "He's clearly making things difficult for us on purpose, giving us such a tough paddy field to transplant rice seedlings! Anyone can see that! Even if I become a laughingstock, I'm in the right!"
Yun Que'er tried her best to hold back Yun Jianzhou. "Second brother, you're being stupid! How could the villagers let you argue with the village head? If we don't do this job, someone else will have to. Who would be willing to take over this place? By then, not only will they not help you, but they might even turn against you, saying you're afraid of hardship and have a bad character."
Yun Jianzhou was so angry that his hair seemed to stand on end. He really had to swallow this sour defeat without a place to voice his grievances.
"Are we just going to let it go like this?" Yun Jianzhou asked. "If we don't do a good job later, the whole village will laugh at us! What if they blame us for this and don't give us work points or food? Won't it be our family who goes hungry?"
"Second brother, take a break." Yun Que'er quickly pushed Yun Jianzhou to sit down beside a big tree. "Calm down. I'll figure out a way to deal with this."
"Can you really come up with a way?" Yun Jianzhou looked at Yun Que'er. This little smarty was indeed clever, but could she solve such a difficult problem?
Yun Jianzhou was a bit skeptical.
"Leave it to me." Yun Que'er patted her chest to assure Yun Jianzhou. "Wait for me here. I'll be back soon."
With that, Yun Que'er turned around and ran away.
The village head was indeed up to no good and deliberately making things difficult for them. However, because of Yun Yi's illness last night, Yun Que'er got a chance to draw a lottery, and it could come in handy right now.
Yun Que'er found a deserted place and started drawing the lottery like crazy.
She didn't know if she was just extremely lucky today, but she actually managed to redeem five or six useful tools, like plows and hoes, which were perfect for transplanting rice seedlings in the fields.
Actually, the village also had these tools, but there were too many people and too few tools. Those who could get them were all on good terms with the village head.
Yun Que'er didn't even need to think to know that asking the village head for these tools would be a no - go. So these foreign tools were like a gift from heaven, and they were even more advanced than those used in this era. Wasn't this turning misfortune into fortune?
Yun Que'er used up all her lottery chances and had a great haul. But when she was about to carry these tools back, she ran into a problem.
These things were too heavy. How could a little girl like her carry them back alone? So she quickly hid them under the big tree and went to find Yun Jianzhou for help.
When Yun Jianzhou heard that Yun Que'er had found some treasures again, he rushed over without hesitation.
When he got there and saw them, his eyes almost sparkled with gold.
"You're amazing." Yun Jianzhou ruffled Yun Que'er's little head hard. "How did you manage to find these tools? You're really something!"
There were also some rusty tools at home, but they were just shovels and such. If they only used those to do the work, it would probably take them half a month.
With these tools that Yun Que'er had found, the work speed could be greatly improved.
Yun Jianzhou was overjoyed and was about to carry the things back, but was stopped by Yun Que'er.
"Second brother, if someone asks where we got these tools, don't say a word, and don't say we found them."
"How should I explain then?" Yun Jianzhou scratched his head. "Should I say they fell from the sky?"
"Of course not." Yun Que'er was both amused and exasperated. "Anyway, just listen to me."
Actually, Yun Que'er hadn't thought of how to explain it yet, but there must be a way out. She just needed to think about it some more.
"By the way." Yun Jianzhou put the tools on his shoulder and took Yun Que'er's little hand. "How do you always manage to find these treasures?"
Yun Que'er was extremely embarrassed. It was not good to be too ostentatious. After all, it was not easy to get past her family members. So she had to put her hands behind her back and say mysteriously.
"Second brother, you said I'm a little fairy. That means I'm lucky, so I can always find these things."
As she said that, Yun Que'er even pretended to be extremely tired.
"Second brother, do you think these things are easy to find? I searched for a long time to gather them all."
Yun Jianzhou burst out laughing and rubbed Yun Que'er's little head.
"Okay, okay, I know you're amazing. Let's go."
Thankfully, Yun Jianzhou didn't ask any more questions later. When Yun Fujin and Yun Yi came, they all stuck to the same story, saying that Yun Que'er had collected these tools little by little when she went out to play before.
Yun Jianzhou even helped out on the side, convincing the two of them so much that they really thought Yun Que'er had spent a lot of time and searched all over the back mountain to find these tools.
The field was tough to work on and the job was difficult. They didn't have time to think about other things, so they sat around and discussed where to start.
Yun Que'er had observed carefully. They had to start from the top of the slope. But first, they had to dry the wet and slippery soil on top a bit so that the rice seedlings could be firmly planted in the ground and wouldn't drown.
Yun Que'er thought for a while and remembered the field that the village head had assigned to their family, the one where they had cut the grass yesterday.
The seedlings there were growing extremely well, which meant the land was fertile. She estimated that the surrounding land wouldn't be much worse. So she decided to collect some soil from there and transport it over. It could be used as extra fertilizer.
When transplanting the rice seedlings, they could mix it in, which would solve the problem of the field being too wet.
By the time they finished their busy work and transported the soil over, the villagers were almost all starting to work in the fields.
Wang Ermazi from the village happened to pass by. He saw the four siblings bending over to work and walked over curiously.
"What's this new method you're using? Why are you mixing mud here?"
"It's none of your business!"
Yun Jianzhou disliked Wang Ermazi the most. He was extremely garrulous and would hang out with a group of old ladies chatting under the big tree root at the village entrance when he had nothing to do.
A lot of the village's gossip was spread by Wang Ermazi. Yun Jianzhou suspected that the matter of their family eating meat last time being made public had something to do with Wang Ermazi. So he retorted immediately.
Wang Ermazi sneered. "Fine, you do your work. I'll just see how well you can do it."
Wang Ermazi mumbled as he walked away.
Yun Jianzhou spat at his back. "It's none of his business! He sure does like to meddle!"
Yun Que'er smiled and tugged at Yun Jianzhou's sleeve.
"Second brother, don't mind him. Let's just do our own thing. Anyway, when the crops grow, they'll know what's going on."
"You're right." Yun Jianzhou wiped the sweat off his forehead.
If they always worried about what others thought, they wouldn't be able to get any work done. Let others think whatever they wanted. When the day came for them to be proven wrong, they would understand!