in2ebook Chapter 65 Leading Shui Sheng to Plant Turmeric
Chapter 65 Leading Shui Sheng to Plant Turmeric
Shen Xiaotang immediately asked, "Dad, that thief injured both me and Uncle Shuisheng. If we report it to the authorities, they'll surely send him to jail, right?"
Shen Qingchuan lowered his head, somewhat unsure of himself, "When I saw that he had also stabbed your Uncle Shuisheng, I got angry and used his metal shard to slash his back several times, causing him to bleed a lot. If we report this to the authorities, I... I'll also..."
It turned out that while she was still confused, her father had also attacked the thief!
If that's the case, it would be difficult to explain things clearly if the matter were reported to the authorities.
Unlike the previous life, there are no surveillance cameras or other witnesses in this era. What if the thief turns the tables and the government doesn't listen to their side of the story?
They might even be classified as fighting each other by the authorities.
Not worth the candle!
"In that case, we'll have to let him off the hook for now. If he dares to come back later, we'll make him pay!"
Shui Sheng also said, "Yes, it's tough to deal with such a troublesome ghost. Even if we report him to the authorities and send him to jail, he might still seek revenge when he gets out. Let's leave it at that for now. We should be more careful in the future and carry weapons with us when we go to town."
Shen Qingchuan pulled the cart, carrying his daughter and Shuisheng all the way home.
He helped Shuisheng take the person back. When Shuisheng's mother saw that her son's clothes were covered in blood and wrapped in coarse cotton cloth, she was terrified.
"My son, how did you get hurt like this? Who did this? I'm going to find them, sob sob sob..."
Aunt Xiangqin was so frightened that she trembled all over, her lips shook, and she covered her face and cried.
"Mother, I'm fine. It's just a minor injury, and I've already seen a doctor. It's nothing serious."
"Really? Don't lie to your mother to appease her. Tell me the truth..."
"It's true, my son isn't lying!"
Shen Qingchuan looked at Aunt Xiangqin with a guilty expression and said, "Auntie, it's all my fault. Shuisheng was ambushed and injured by thieves while trying to help me. He has already seen a doctor and gotten medicine, but he can't do any work or get wet for the time being."
Aunt Xiangqin finally breathed a sigh of relief and wiped away her tears.
"It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright." He turned his head and scolded, "You child, you helped others but ended up hurting yourself. You're just causing trouble for Qingchuan."
Seeing that Aunt Xiangqin didn't blame him, but instead said that Shuisheng had caused trouble, he felt even more guilty.
"Auntie, I'm sorry to have worried you."
Aunt Xiangqin forced a smile and said, "You're a few years older than Shuisheng, and you've helped us a lot. I'm glad that Shuisheng can help you. Don't apologize to me. I was just a little flustered."
After dropping off Shui Sheng, Shen Qingchuan returned home to find his wife already in bed with their daughter.
Like Aunt Xiangqin, Liu wiped away her tears, which fell "patter, patter."
"Woooooooo..."
"Father, which heartless thief is it? He failed to steal the silver and ended up hurting our Tang'er like this, and even stabbing Shuisheng. Why don't you report this to the authorities?"
"Damn it, how could he lay a hand on a six-year-old girl? Doesn't he fear divine retribution?"
Shen Qingchuan remained silent, feeling both angry and guilty. He regretted not fighting back; after taking his daughter and Shuisheng to the doctor, he could have reported the incident to the authorities and sent that person to jail.
Shen Xiaotang, who was lying on the bed, coughed twice.
“Mother, the doctor said it’s just a minor internal injury. A few doses of medicine and a few days of rest will do the trick. It’s nothing serious. Besides, Father avenged me and Uncle Shuisheng. He slashed that thief’s back many times, making him suffer. It’s too late to report him to the authorities now that he’s fought back.”
Madam Liu sighed and said with heartache, "You silly girl, you always know how to comfort your mother."
That evening, Liu took out the eggs she had recently collected, picked out about ten of the larger ones, and asked her husband to take them to Shuisheng to help him recover.
She kept six chickens at home that laid eggs every day.
I first made a bowl of poached eggs for my daughter, and the next morning I made her a bowl of steamed egg custard to nourish her body.
A few days later, Shen Xiaotang felt better and began to get out of bed and move around.
She looked at the turmeric in the corner of the room and suddenly had an idea.
Uncle Shuisheng is a brave and kind-hearted man who has helped my father with a lot of work over the years.
If Uncle Shuisheng hadn't kicked the thief away, the piece of iron in the thief's hand would have stabbed her father. If she hadn't accompanied her father to take her to the doctor in town, she wouldn't have been ambushed by that thief. In terms of both emotion and reason, Uncle Shuisheng is her and her father's savior.
Uncle Shuisheng's family was poor, and Grandma Xiangqin was always taking medicine. They were so poor that they couldn't find a wife.
Although it's meant to help in an emergency, not to provide long-term relief, she could ask her father to share some turmeric with Uncle Shuisheng so he could also grow turmeric. When the harvest comes next year, Uncle Shuisheng will be able to sell it for money.
Isn't this teaching a man to fish?
A few days ago, she and her father sold some turmeric and had some money in hand. They bought some extra things and that's when they were targeted by thieves.
If you want to make money, you can't do it alone. With Uncle Shuisheng by your side, you can at least have someone to look after you.
If you ask her why she didn't let her father share the turmeric cultivation with her grandfather and stepmother's family, you might ask...
Hmph, a family of ungrateful bastards, do they even deserve to be called ungrateful?
After making this decision, she went out of the house, found her father, and began to discuss it with him.
"Dad, what do you think of Uncle Shuisheng's character?"
Shen Qingchuan paused, then said firmly, "Your Uncle Shuisheng is hardworking, kind-hearted, and of impeccable character."
"Since Father also thinks Uncle Shuisheng is a good person, and in the whole Guihua Village, he is the one with whom we have a good relationship and close ties, and our two families help each other out, why don't we give one-third of the turmeric to Uncle Shuisheng?"
Shen Qingchuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Tang'er is so clever and thoughtful. I was just worried about how to repay your Uncle Shuisheng for helping us and getting injured, and you came up with this great idea."
“Okay, let’s do it your way. We’ll give him some seeds, and when the harvest is next year, he can keep as many seeds as he wants to plant.”
Shui Sheng's family had three mu of dry land and two mu of abandoned land at the foot of the mountain, totaling five mu.
Shen Xiaotang had some concerns and said, "But, Dad, you have to make it clear to him in advance that we planted corn in the fields last season so that no word got out. But this season we can't plant corn, and everyone will plant rice. Without the cover, the matter of planting turmeric can't be kept secret. Some people might be jealous and cause trouble. You have to tell Uncle Shuisheng in advance so that he can be prepared. Whether to plant it or not is up to him."
"Okay, I'll make it clear to him beforehand."
So, Shen Qingchuan took more than 30 jin of the turmeric he had kept at home, which amounted to over 100 jin, and carried it to Shuisheng's house.
To everyone's surprise, Shui Sheng was very willing to plant it, even if some people were envious.
The two families' fields are separated by three other families, and both grow turmeric. When the turmeric is almost ready for harvest, they can lie in the fields and watch the turmeric grow, keeping each other company.
Growing turmeric together makes money and provides mutual support, so everyone is naturally happy.
And that's how the matter was settled.
Two days later, Shen Qingchuan went out to inquire about buying a cow, but returned with a half-grown mule, which cost him one and a half taels of silver.