Seeing that the second child was so frightened by Wenyou that his face turned pale, Bai Yunxi couldn't hold back his laughter. Could it be that this child has some shadow in his heart?
"Wenyou is not trying to scare you. Our family has no power. If we do good deeds, we are most likely to be criticized. It is wise to protect ourselves wisely."
Bai Anyan pursed his lips, seeing that the two of them didn't look like they were joking at all, and felt like a big stone was weighing on his heart, and he couldn't figure it out.
If you do bad things, you will be stoned and thrown away. Why do you have so much trouble if you do good things?
In the past, he only had to immerse himself in work. His father took care of the outside affairs and his mother took care of everything at home. He didn't have to worry about anything but work. Later, after his father left, his mother's personality changed drastically and she began to teach them a few things.
A person's way of life.
Among the brothers, he is the stupidest one, but he always feels that as long as he has a kind heart, he can warm up even a stone.
A few years have passed in the blink of an eye, and he has always thought that he has made a lot of progress and can handle many things besides work. But he is also self-aware that there is still a gap between his growth and his mother's expectations.
But now their family's life is getting better. Not only do they not have to worry about food and clothing, they are also very wealthy. They are the number one in the village. Although they are not as rich as the landowner next door, they are as good as the sky or the earth compared to the past.
Now the fifth brother is still a scholar. Even if he fails to pass the examination, he is still a talented person respected by the village.
Anyway, compared to living in a shack before, life is like a fairy now.
When I was a child, my father once said that being able to benefit your neighbors and take care of the people around you is the ambition of a capable person. This is what my father taught me and what I did. My mother never interfered until something happened to my father and my mother's temperament changed drastically.
After that, everything that had been done was overturned by my mother.
Now I teach him how to be wise and protect himself. Comparing the situation before and after, it turns out that although he is stupid, he actually agrees with what his mother said.
There will indeed be a lot of troubles in Shishan. For example, the wooden bridge at the entrance of the village must be painted with tung oil every three years in order to prevent insects and corrosion.
Ordinarily, the wooden bridge is the property of the village and the only way out for the village, so everyone should work together to maintain it.
But everyone knows that tung oil is expensive, and people in the village have no money to buy it. Unless everyone exchanges money, it can be realized. But dad said that their family’s life is not bad, they only need a little tung oil, and they can still afford it. Therefore, every time tung oil is purchased
Dad bought it when he went out.
Over time, the task of protecting the wooden bridge and painting it with tung oil fell to their family. Sometimes when their father forgot, the villagers would remind them that it was time to paint the wooden bridge with tung oil. Don't forget, it was their family's responsibility to damage the wooden bridge.
Dad has a broad mind and never cares too much about the villagers. He always smiles and lets things go.
But once my mother overheard this, she immediately became angry, angrily yelled at those people, and told them directly that the wooden bridge was the only way for everyone in the village to leave the village, and it was not their family's private property.
They bought tung oil for several years out of kindness, not out of obligation.
They have been maintaining it for so many years, and even if it is their turn, it will be someone else's turn. If they don't pay enough and put in the effort, what if they simply give up the choice?
As soon as these words came out, those people's faces were flushed with rebuke, but they still held their heads high and refused to give in. They also said that as a lady who held the ceremony, she was so fussy about it. It was the same in previous years, so why couldn't it be done this year?
The strangest thing is that other people also echoed it, saying that they were kindly reminding them, but they were afraid that Mr. Juren would be so busy and forget about it, so why were they still angry?
As a lady who is a civil servant, she should be broad-minded. She also said that if a mother is not a householder, she doesn’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. How can poor people like them have the extra money to buy tung oil?
The farce made my mother's chest hurt and she almost fainted. My father was frightened, and so was he. He found that the villagers were also frightened.
Because that was the first time he saw his father getting angry and shouting loudly.
After that, he told the villagers that since they could be aggressive, he would let them exchange money to buy tung oil to paint the wooden bridge this time. Otherwise, they would have to wait for it to rot and then exchange money to build it again, which would only cost more.
When he helped his mother to go home, he also asked him to ask the village doctor to come and see her.
Later, my father sat alone under the pomegranate tree for a long time and muttered something about rice being good and rice being hated.
Later, the grandfather brought several villagers to the door to apologize and admit their mistakes, and taught them a lesson in front of his father. He promised on the spot that in order to punish the villagers for being ignorant, the villagers exchanged money to buy the tung oil that year.
Those two households that really couldn't afford the money were responsible for painting with tung oil.
Thinking of this, Bai Anyan was shocked. What happened today in Xiaowangzhuang's request to drill two more wells seemed to be the same as what happened back then when he forced his father to buy tung oil.
He had voluntarily dug a well before, but now he was forced to do it. No wonder he felt uncomfortable after listening to the tenant farmer's suggestion. That was it.
Bai Anyan clenched his fists. Back then, his father was an official from all over the country. He had a good personality and was tolerant. He was the first household in the village. He must have been so outstanding that some people relied on him and formed a habit.
"Mom, I seem to understand a little bit."
Bai Yunxi looked at the second child and heard his thoughts. She only had a vague impression of the tung oil incident experienced by the original owner, but the details were not clear. Listening to the second child's thoughts, it was restored to her.
"As long as you can figure it out, there are many things that are the same in how people behave in the world. One can understand everything."
Bai Yunxi looked at his depressed eyes and softly comforted him.
If you are frightened too much, you have to give some sweet dates to slow it down. If you encounter trouble again later, you have to continue bombing.
She is just a foreign soul. She never wants to be rich or ostentatious, but she doesn't want to be in trouble either.
Her biggest wish is to be a landlord, but she doesn’t know a savior. The sufferings of the people are not her turn. Why haven’t those in power removed her as a thorn in their flesh?
The carriage entered the yard, Baiyunxi got off with its front legs, and Du's hind legs lifted up the mung bean soup that had been lifted into the well water.
"Mom, are you feeling too hot after going out? Hurry up and have a sip of mung bean soup to relieve the heat."
"Wenyou, hurry up and drink. Mung bean soup relieves heat and detoxifies. It is the best soup in summer." Baiyunxi drank a bowl. It was sweet, and you could tell it was filled with icing sugar.
"Mom, it's too hot. Don't go out anymore, otherwise you might suffer from heatstroke." Du brought a basin of water, soaked the handkerchief, and handed it over to her to wipe her face.
"From now on, don't go out at noon. It's really hot, so you should all be more careful."
Bai Yunxi took the cloth, wiped her face, and went back to the house to sit on the Arhat bed to rest. Du Shi brought a basin of cool well water and put it under the table to cool down the room.
The cold water will become warm after a while, so you have to change it frequently to be effective.
"No need to bother, our house is thick, and it won't be too hot if you calm down."
Baiyunxi does not let Du Shi work. Putting a water basin in the house can cool down, but it is easy to get moisture over time, so the gain outweighs the loss.