Chapter 351: Chapter 350: Stirring Up a Nest of Eels

The fields of each household have already become busy.

Mute and the others haven’t left yet. They originally planned to leave after autumn, but now every household in Liu Family Village is hiring short-term workers to plant wheat. After discussing, they gritted their teeth and decided to return home before the New Year.

Qian Wang had originally prepared some money to ask Mute to help take back home. Seeing that they weren’t leaving yet, he shrugged helplessly and asked the factory convoy to help deliver it instead.

Liu Bai readily agreed to help, as he now knows quite a few convoys transporting goods, making it easy to resolve Qian Wang’s need to send money.

But just after he agreed to help Qian Wang, Mute and the others came over. Besides repairing roads recently, they also helped with repairing houses, doing short-term labor, and have saved some money.

Some have saved 200-300 coins, while others have at least one hundred coins. It doesn’t seem like much, but it can buy dozens of pounds of grain to send home, so their families can have an extra meal.

Thus, several large bags of grain were brought to the stable, and they all looked at Liu Bai eagerly, their eyes filled with cautious flattery.

With this look, Liu Bai knew their intentions without needing them to speak.

They must have heard about Qian Wang’s request, and came over to ask him to help send things back home.

It would be fine if it was just one person—it’s convenient enough. But with so many bags of grain, Liu Bai suddenly felt a headache.

He didn’t dare to agree to them, avoiding eye contact entirely, and ran over to Qin Yao while covering his eyes, confessing that he was wrong.

Qin Yao closed the account book, looked at him suspiciously, “Wrong about what? How is it wrong?”

Liu Bai said irritably, “I promised to help Qian Wang send money home and forgot to tell him not to spread the word. So now, people from Huangque Town are here with large bags of grain, hoping I can help send them back home.”

Qin Yao thought it was a big issue at first, then laughed, “Speaking of which, they’ve helped our village quite a bit. Since they’ve come seeking help, why not just take a vehicle from the convoy and send them on their way?”

Liu Bai had this idea himself, but he had no authority to propose it. Hearing Qin Yao say this made him breathe a sigh of relief, and he happily said, “Shall I arrange it now?”

Qin Yao nodded, watched Liu Bai leave, and gently rubbed the corner of her eye, locking the account book in the drawer before standing to go out and relax.

Walking along, she reached the edge of her own field.

Compared to other fields where there were two or three scattered people, her field was bustling with over a dozen people.

Liu Ji was teaching Qi Xian how to plant seeds when he spotted Qin Yao at the edge of the field. His eyes lit up, and he waved his hand enthusiastically, “Miss!”

Qin Yao nodded in acknowledgement, and someone’s face instantly lit up with a radiant smile.

Qi Xian tried to seize the opportunity to escape, but unexpectedly Liu Ji had eyes on the back of his head, grabbing him by the collar.

“Where are you going, brother? You haven’t learned how to plant wheat yet, how can you give up halfway?” Liu Ji looked righteously at Qi Xian, pressing him down to teach.

Only then did Qin Yao realize that the boy in the ill-fitting coarse cloth shirt with toe-exposing straw sandals beside Liu Ji was actually Qi Xian!

Gongliang Liao sat in a wheelchair, pushed to the edge of the field by Attendant Student. Seeing Qin Yao’s surprised expression, he seemed to recall something amusing and explained:

“Just now, he sat on a manure pile as soon as he got into the field, ruining his good clothes. He can’t afford to ruin another set, so I don’t know where the three found this set of rustic clothes, but it really gives him a bit of a farmer’s look when he wears it.”

Qin Yao raised her eyebrows and looked at Qi Xian, who was being pressed down by Liu Ji to learn how to plant wheat. Although he clearly disliked it, he pinched his nose and endured it after Liu Ji said, ’You must personally experience everything to truly understand it; relying on what’s written in books alone isn’t accurate.’

Qin Yao sighed, “I didn’t expect the young lord to have such a good temperament.”

Gongliang Liao nodded in affirmation, “Jing Xuan’s personality is indeed excellent.”

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have accompanied him to the countryside to experience the hardships of living.

While they were talking, there was suddenly a scream of surprise from the field.

Qi Xian and Liu Ji threw their hoes and fled toward the edge of the field, screaming as if they had encountered something terrifying.

Gongliang Liao and Qin Yao were both startled by the sudden scream. Shi Tou immediately tossed his hoe, rushed to the scene to take a look, and also let out a short scream of surprise, taking a big step back on the spot.

“What the heck?” Qin Yao suspiciously ran forward, pushed aside Liu Ji who was terrified and seemed to want to jump into her arms, picked up the hoe Shi Tou dropped, and walked to the spot where Qi Xian and Liu Ji had just been.

Looking down, she frowned and ’tsk’ed, to see a large nest of yellow eels!

The mud-colored long bodies were tangled together. Their good nest had been suddenly destroyed by humans, and they were scared into frantically burrowing in all directions. But the surrounding soil was hard and dry, causing them to panic and scatter.

“Miss Qin, aren’t you afraid?” Qi Xian asked concernedly, holding Shi Tou’s arm.

Shi Tou was only startled initially by the sight of such a disgusting scene but calmed down and explained to his young master softly, “Master, no need to panic, it’s just a nest of eels.”

“Eels?” Qi Xian was taken aback. The eels he remembered weren’t this scary.

Liu Ji was also stunned. Were they actually eels? He thought he had dug into a nest of poisonous snakes, nearly scaring his heart into stopping.

He tentatively took a few steps forward to stand behind Qin Yao, only to receive a speechless glance from Qin Yao.

Liu Ji immediately puffed up his chest, “Don’t look at me like that, Miss, I’m not afraid. It was my brother’s screams that startled me. I didn’t look closely for a moment.”

Qin Yao replied meaningfully with an “Oh” and instructed him to fetch a bucket.

Even though she didn’t know why so many eels could be dug out from this dry field, since they’re here, they would enjoy a feast tonight!

Watching Qin Yao and her husband swiftly grab and pack the panicked eels into a wooden bucket, Qi Xian suddenly furrowed his brows.

Liu Ji was eager to showcase, “Look, brother, such fat eels! We’ll have a treat tonight!”

He also encouraged the guards, “Everyone, let’s work hard to finish planting these ten acres today. Tonight we’ll have Ah Wang cook them up for dinner!”

He didn’t forget to add: “Their meat is so tender it’ll leave an unforgettable taste!”

Whether or not Qi Xian was influenced by Liu Ji, he narrowed his eyes and glanced into the bucket, suddenly not finding the flesh eels as gross, and even felt like swallowing.

Liu Ji smugly winked at his young brother before carrying the bucket to Gongliang Liao, “Teacher, look!”

Gongliang Liao took a quick glance, turned his head in disdain, while Liu Ji chuckled and took the bucket toward Qin Yao, who was washing hands by the ditch, “Miss, I’ll take these eels home first, let Ah Wang stir-fry your favorite spicy eels tonight.”

He was about to leave but was stopped by Qin Yao, “Put it down, get back to work.”

Liu Ji, “Yes, Miss.”

Resolutely placed the bucket down, turned, sighed deeply, and swung his arm around Qi Xian’s slender shoulder, almost making him stumble, “Come, brother, let me teach you how to plant wheat.”

Liu Ji had work to do, and no one was allowed to slack off!

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