”What? The Li family harvested thirty-six shi from nine mu of land?”

　　”The Li family harvested thirty-six shi from nine mu of land!!!”

　　As soon as the village heads stepped out of the gate of the Li family, before they returned home, the news that “the Li family’s nine acres of land yielded 36 dan” spread throughout the village. It was already dark at this time. The rush to harvest some time ago was tiring, and recently every household in the village had dinner.

　　Make up for it.

　　Now those who are making fire, cooking and beating children are in no mood. They are all very surprised. The above two sentences can be heard several times in every household in the village.

　　”That’s right. I heard it from Lao Zhang.”

　　”You’re not kidding, are you? How can you grow 36 shi of crops? It can’t be 18 mu of land, right?”

　　”What are you talking about? The Li family has only ten acres of dry land. In April this year, we planted one acre of peanuts. Don’t you remember?”

　　During the Qingming Festival in April this year, I only remember eating at Wang Ergou’s banquet, which was very lively.

　　There are also people with good memories, “Li Da also applied fertilizer to his family’s land. He said it was fertilizer, but I took a closer look. It smelled bad but it was just water. The father and son went to the river to fetch water all day long. They were busy all the time. After fetching water from the river, they had to plant peanuts and beans. What do you think his family wanted? God worked so hard but there was no shortage of rain…”

　　The woman’s chattering topic strayed away again.

　　His husband interrupted and said, “Why are you saying so much? It’s all said that I went there with the village chief today. The village chief went to register, so how could this be false?”

　　It was true, but the speaker himself did not believe it. It was simply that thirty-six shi of land in Li Da’s nine mu was too much and too impossible.

　　Nine acres of land can produce thirty-six stones of rice.

　　”No, I’ll go ask.”

　　”Are you going to the Li family so late? There’s rice cooking in the pot.”

　　The man couldn’t keep her, so he walked out, shouting in a loud voice: “Stay, I’ll come back to eat later.”

　　Almost every household was shocked. Some believed it, some didn’t, and some were skeptical. Ma Li, who couldn’t keep the secret in his heart, said he would go to Li’s house to check whether it was true or not, otherwise he would not be able to sleep tonight.

　　Aunt Wang’s family next door also heard it. The Li family was right next to hers. The village chief and his men went in and never came out. They kept talking in the yard. Aunt Wang couldn’t hear clearly, but Thirty-Six Stone heard it clearly, but she had a conflict with the Li family and didn’t pay much attention. Maybe the village chief was talking about the taxes paid by the whole village this year.

　　While Aunt Wang was cooking in the kitchen, the eldest daughter-in-law came in hurriedly and said, “Mother, I just went to the backyard to feed the chickens, and heard the Tian family next door saying that the Li family harvested 36 shi this year.”

　　Aunt Wang couldn’t even hold the fire stick in her hand. Her first reaction was: “Impossible!”

　　”Stop talking nonsense.”

　　Aunt Wang scolded her eldest daughter-in-law, “The Li family only planted nine acres of dry land with wheat. How could they harvest thirty-six stone? Don’t make up stories based on hearsay. Can the Zhang family tell the truth? Don’t let the Li family brag.”

　　The eldest daughter-in-law was standing there being scolded, and she didn’t hear clearly, but she heard Tian’s loud voice shouting that the Li family had thirty-six stones. After hearing a word, she came back and asked her mother-in-law.

　　”It’s impossible. No one in the village wanted his dry land, so it was given to Li Da. The land was so dry that there was no harvest in the early years.” Aunt Wang didn’t believe it.

　　How is it possible for Mr. Li?

　　So she did what she had to do, but when the meal was ready, her husband and eldest son had not returned yet. Aunt Wang suppressed her anger and said to her eldest daughter-in-law, “Go outside and take a look. It’s already dinner time and they haven’t come back yet. What are you wandering around for?”

　　The eldest daughter-in-law wiped her hands and went outside. As soon as she came out of the kitchen, she saw her father-in-law and husband coming back.

　　”The Li family harvested 36 dan of rice from nine mu of land this year. I don’t know how they did it.” Aunt Wang’s husband was full of envy and shock, and kept muttering, “Hey, the Xishui water is really good for fertilizing the fields. The Li family has a good son-in-law. He is a scholar who even understands the crops in the fields.”

　　The eldest daughter-in-law was stunned.

　　Aunt Wang, who had come out after hearing the noise, was also stunned. Her expression changed again and again. Finally, she asked, not giving up, “Are there really thirty-six stones?”

　　”Of course not. I just went to check and counted them three or four times. The sacks were stacked up. Wow.” Aunt Wang’s husband couldn’t hide his envy.