Chapter 34: Harvesting Wheat Early

However, compared to the fool Ye Xiaozhen, Ye Xiaochun, who was mentally sound, was much more valuable in his eyes, she was the bigger blood bag.

He immediately put on a dog-leg face towards Ye Xiaochun, “Sister, when is your boyfriend coming?”

“Soon, I guess, he’ll come when he’s free. But we need to fix our door as soon as possible, he might be free any day now.”

“Okay, Dad will fix it tomorrow.”

“Also, don’t go and provoke Ye Xiaozhen these days, don’t let her know that I have a fool for a sister.”

The whole family nodded hurriedly.

“Don’t worry, we understand.”

Getting the family’s assurance, he felt relieved.

…

Xie’s Family

After returning home, Lin Xinghua reprimanded Xie Lin’an.

“Lin’an, Big Brother, you’re not a kid anymore, and now you have a wife, you can’t be so reckless like before. What if you hurt someone, and they report you to the police and you get arrested, what will our family do?”

Xie Lin’an rubbed his temples and said, “What about me? If I didn’t do this, our family of four would have been eaten alive by them.”

Xie Linli also expressed his agreement.

Xie Linli said, “Grandpa, there’s a saying, ‘A kind person is bullied, a good horse is ridden’, like Big Sister-in-law.”

Ye Xiaozhen: “…” Just say it, why use me as an example?

“She’s mentally ill, look at how much she’s been bullied.”

Xie Lin’an glared at him, then his hand under the table clasped Ye Xiaozhen’s hand.

His large hand enveloped hers, reassuring her.

Xie Linli, who was glared at, dared not say anything about Ye Xiaozhen anymore, and said, “Besides, Grandpa, you always think that it’s better to have one less than one more, you always let things go, look at how much we were bullied when we were kids? If it wasn’t for Big Brother, my third brother and I wouldn’t have been able to do well in school.”

Xie Linqi nodded hurriedly, “Yes, my second brother and I were laughed at for having a dead father, a runaway mother, and a lame grandfather, and when we were bullied, we would say that we would tell Big Brother, and they wouldn’t dare to do anything.”

What they said was true, Lin Xinghua felt a pang of heartache.

He suddenly wiped away his tears, “It’s all my fault for not being able to protect you.”

Seeing him like this, the three brothers felt sad too.

Xie Lin’an’s tone softened, “Grandpa, I didn’t mean to blame you, I know you’ve had a hard time.

You’re an outsider, and you’re a son-in-law who is looked down upon, a lame old man, you’ve raised us brothers, who wouldn’t give you a thumbs up?”

“Yes, Grandpa, we’re grateful to you, how could we blame you?”

Xie Lin’an continued, “I just can’t stand seeing people bully you.”

Lin Xinghua understood, he also understood that his children were filial.

So, Lin Xinghua’s concerns, his difficulties, Xie Lin’an also understood.

Xie Lin’an said, “Grandpa, don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.”

The atmosphere at home wasn’t very good, so he changed the subject.

“Grandpa, can we harvest our wheat?”

Lin Xinghua said, “Next week, I’ve already told your third aunt. Your third aunt said that she and your third uncle will come back to help.”

“Help?”

Bah!

Xie Lin’an sneered, “Eight hundred jin of wheat, they’ll probably take away at least three hundred jin.”

Lin Xinghua: “…”

“Grandpa, I dug these few acres of wheat field with my own hands, and we all planted the wheat together, I don’t want to give it to them.”

Then, he turned to Ye Xiaozhen and said, “Besides, Xiaozhen is now steaming buns to sell, the wheat from our few acres of land is not enough to eat, we’ll have to buy some from the neighbors later, we don’t have any extra to give them.”

Lin Xinghua frowned and nodded, “That’s true, but they come to take some every year, if we suddenly don’t give them any this year, how do we tell them?”

“Tell them what? In the past, they helped, so they took some. This year, we won’t let them help, so we won’t give them any.”

“But they said they’ll come back next weekend to help us harvest.”

“Then we won’t wait until next weekend, my second and third brothers are on vacation, let’s work hard these days and harvest it ourselves.”

“Aren’t you busy lately? How are we going to harvest it? A few acres of wheat, I’m a lame old man with your two younger brothers, we won’t be able to finish it in a few days.”

Xie Lin’an smiled faintly, “It’s okay, I have a lot of workers, I just can’t leave the dam, but I can still get two workers to come.”

Lin Xinghua pouted, “They have to be willing.”

“Why wouldn’t they be willing? The workers on the dam make one yuan a day, I’ll give them six yuan, they’ll run faster than anyone else.”

“Six yuan?” Lin Xinghua was shocked, “Do I have six yuan to give to people? Where can I find work that pays six yuan, I’ll do it.”

Everyone was speechless.

Xie Lin’an said angrily, “Grandpa, no one wants old people, and no one wants lame people.”

Lin Xinghua: “…”

…

After Xie Lin’an returned to his room, he sat by the trunk and calculated his accounts.

The desk in the house was given to his two younger brothers, they didn’t have a desk in their room, so they could only use the trunk.

Ye Xiaozhen saw it, it was written with names, followed by a check mark.

It seemed like he was keeping track of his work hours.

Xie Lin’an noticed that Ye Xiaozhen was looking, so he explained to her, “June is over, I’ve calculated the accounts, I’ll pay them when the project is finished.”

Ye Xiaozhen looked down at the black bag he had placed next to him, it was bulging and couldn’t hold any more, there was indeed a lot of money.

Thinking that she was a fool now anyway, she had a mischievous thought.

She sat on the edge of the bed and looked at him innocently, “Does Xiaozhen have wages too?”

Xie Lin’an was stunned, then he turned his head to look at her and smiled, “Okay, I’ll give Xiaozhen a share too.”

Oh, you’re tricking the fool again.

Aren’t you afraid that I’ll use the money as toilet paper?

She had already saved up dozens of yuan, when she saved enough, she would open a shop.

Open a bun chain store, grow bigger and stronger, and make it a brand.

…

The next morning, Lin Xinghua got up early and cleaned the yard.

Because they had decided last night that they had to harvest the wheat early to avoid being taken advantage of.

The wheat needs to be dried after it’s harvested, right? So they need to clean up the yard.

Xie Lin’an saw his grandpa struggling to move the things in the yard, he couldn’t bear to see it, so he quickly went to help.

“Grandpa, let me do it, why are you getting up so early to do this? Go back to sleep for a while.”

Lin Xinghua saw him grab the baskets and smiled, “I’m old, how can I sleep? I wake up at four o’clock every day, I just stare at the sky until it’s bright.”

Xie Linli rubbed his eyes and came out, he leaned softly against the door frame, and said enviously, “Grandpa, I wish I could be like you, you let me sleep until ten o’clock in the morning, and I still wouldn’t be able to sleep enough.”

Then he yawned long and loud.

Lin Xinghua said angrily, “You fool, it’s a blessing to be able to sleep. Don’t be so smug, you can’t wake up at thirty, and you can’t sleep at thirty, I was the same when I was your age.”