Chapter 87: Big-faced, calculating, and ignorant

Author: Yuan Jia

Chapter 87: Big-faced, calculating, and ignorant

Su Jian's eyelids have been twitching since she got up early in the morning. She looked towards the door of the yard. Yesterday she assigned Xiong Da to apply pesticides to the wheat with powdery mildew, and today she is going to see the results. She should be able to find something, if not.

, then you can try again today, and there should be results by tomorrow at the latest.

"Perhaps I should go in person?" Su Jian was actually very confident in herself. The only worry was that the raw materials here were insufficient and she always had to find other substitutes. This made her a little worried about the experimental results.

"Ding-deng-deng..."

There was a sound of footsteps.

Xiong Er hurriedly appeared at the door of the yard. When he saw Su Jian looking at him, he quickly straightened up his demeanor and walked in. Whenever he saw Su Jian, he would look around, wondering if he could see Xiong Hong.

, but this time, he had no intention of looking around.

"Madam..." Xiong Er saluted.

Xiong Da didn't come back in person, and looking at Xiong Er's face, it didn't look like he was bringing back good news: "But what happened?"

Xiong Er's heart palpitated and he said, "Madam, all the wheat in the wheat field where Xiong Da applied medicine yesterday is dead."

Su Jian's eyes darkened. He was dead? How could this be the result?

Seeing Su Jian's expression darken, Xiong Er thought for a while and said in relief: "Madam, don't worry too much. No one is perfect. Madam is already very good. Occasionally she makes mistakes, it's nothing."

Su Jian glanced at Xiong Er with sharp eyes and stood up directly: "Go over and have a look."

Su Jian said she should go and have a look, just to see with her own eyes. When she rushed to the land, there were many people surrounding the land, almost all farmers in the village.

When the farmers saw Su Jian appearing, their expressions varied.

Xiong Da walked to Su Jian's side with a serious face. When he saluted and spoke, his words were full of guilt. Su Jian gradually stopped asking him about the things he told him. It was obvious that he trusted him and gave him rights, but

This time, he messed up.

Su Jian glanced at Xiong Da, then jumped down from the field to check the wheat.

Could it be that there is really something wrong with the pesticide she prepared?

After Su Jian inspected several wheat fields, her heart sank, her face became visibly gloomier, and the warmth in her eyes also disappeared.

"Is Zheng and Tieniu here in the village?"

Villager Zheng and Tieniu hurried out of the queue, jumped off the field ridge, and walked to Su Jian's side.

"Have you seen this wheat field?" Su Jian turned her head and looked at Zheng and Tieniu in the village. They are known as the best farmers in the village. She didn't believe they couldn't figure out the obvious reason why the wheat died.

, if they can't see it...then they don't have the ability to serve as teachers in the farming class.

Tieniu's face was extremely complicated. He picked up a piece of wheat on the ground and said with heavy eyes: "The wheat on the entire land suddenly lost its vitality. There is indeed a problem."

"Is there something wrong? Yesterday the wheat was still fine. After using Madam's medicine, the wheat was all dead." As soon as the peasant woman opened her mouth, she received Xiong Da's warning look. She shrank, but she still had the courage to do so.

He opened his mouth and said: "The general's wife is an official's wife, so we ordinary people naturally don't dare to do anything, but this is indeed the truth. I believe everyone thinks so in their hearts."

Su Jian glanced at the speaker with deep eyes, and then continued to look at Tieniu: "What's the problem?"

Cunli Zheng and Tieniu looked at each other. They had doubts in their hearts, but they were not sure.

Tieniu hesitated for a while, but seeing Su Jian still looking at him, he boldly said, "It doesn't look like the wheat was killed by medicine, but rather by man."

Su Jian looked at Tieniu, and her mood finally relaxed a little. The tutors she hired for the farming class must have some skills, then she could safely let them teach the people of the General's Mansion to farm.

"Where's Li Zheng? What do you think?"

"My opinion is the same as Tieniu's." Zhengdao in the village.

"Tsk! Tieniu and Uncle Li Zheng have just become the wives of the General's Mansion. They don't know where they are from or where they are. They are telling lies with their eyes open and helping the General's wife cover up her mistakes.

"?" the peasant woman said anxiously.

Su Jian glanced at the peasant woman who was speaking. Seeing that the peasant woman shut up and hid behind Ergou, she sneered.

"Uncle Li Zheng, could you please summon the people in the village? It's best if they all attend."

The village was surprised and couldn't figure out Su Jian's intention. If the problem in the wheat field was not solved, what should the whole village do? But Su Jian ordered him to do it, and he had to do it.

Seeing that the village was leaving, Su Jian asked Xiong Er to take care of the fields, then summoned Xiong Da and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

The peasant woman and Ergou couldn't figure out Su Jian's intentions. Seeing that Su Jian had not spoken or acted for a long time, could it be that he wanted to keep his words and waste the compensation from Wheatfield?

The peasant woman was panicked. If Su Jian didn't compensate, she would have nothing to do with Su Jian. After all, Su Jian was an official's wife, and she was just a commoner.

The peasant woman pulled the two dogs and knelt down. She spoke in a much louder voice than before: "Madam, please do it. We are a poor family, and the whole family depends on this wheat field for life. Now the wheat is ruined."

, we just have no way to survive!"

Su Jian looked at the peasant woman who spoke with a cold expression. At first, the peasant woman spoke very forcefully, but now she suddenly softened her tone... Was she starting to play the emotional card?

"Madam is the general's wife! If madam is not willing to give us justice, we have no other choice but to watch and wait for death. But..." The peasant woman felt sad, looked around, and saw a hoe in the hands of a farmer.

, she stood up in a hurry and grabbed the hoe when no one was paying attention: "Death early or late is death, why live and suffer for a few more days!"

"The Ergou family can't do it."

"Ergou, stop your mother-in-law quickly!"

…

Su Jian looked stern and looked at the peasant woman's actions. Was the peasant woman preparing to threaten her with death? The people around her were obviously shocked by Ergou's wife's behavior, and she quickly looked at Xiong Er.

Xiong Er understood and didn't say much. He just quietly walked in the direction of the woman.

"How much do you want me to pay you?" Su Jian didn't want an accident to happen before the matter was resolved.

The peasant woman's hand movements paused, and joy flashed in her eyes. This trick worked! She turned around and looked at Su Jian. Originally, she only wanted Su Jian to compensate one tael of silver, but she should be in the upper hand now, so to speak.

Come on, she can ask for more. And...since she has made the beginning, she doesn't mind finishing it.

"Five taels of silver!"

After the peasant woman finished speaking, there was a faint sound of gasping from the surroundings.

Su Jian's brows moved, and the sarcasm in her eyes became even worse: "Mr. Tieniu, if this wheat field has a good harvest, how much money can you get by converting the wheat into money?"

Tie Niu looked at the peasant woman reproachfully, and when his gaze passed over the two dogs, there was disappointment in his eyes: "According to the best market price, a pound of wheat only costs eight cents, and this piece of wheat... even if it is a full harvest.

, it’s only a hundred kilograms, and can be converted into money at most 800 wen.”

"Yes, for wheat that costs less than one tael, Ergou's family actually asks for five taels of silver."

"And... they were the ones who asked the general's wife to help manage the wheat."

"Did you make up your mind from the beginning to ask the general's wife for compensation?"

"This is meant to be a help. Madam actually doesn't have to compensate, but Ergou's family is really in a difficult situation. If we don't compensate at all, they might really be forced to death."

…

Su Jian heard everyone's conversations one after another, and the coldness in her eyes dissipated a little. Fortunately... not everyone is blind or unreasonable, and they don't hold onto who is weak and who is reasonable.

thoughts.

The peasant woman saw everyone talking about each other, and saw that fewer and fewer people were comforting her, and she didn't get a response from Su Jian for a long time...

"Madam... you are the general's wife! You will never care about a mere five taels of silver, right?"
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