Chapter 22: The Capable Brothers of the Cheng Family

  A small bag of corn seeds was enough for half an acre of land and still one-third remained.

  Cheng Chu Mo and others came over, shaking and swaying, and saw Chang Sun Chong leading five half-grown children to plant them. He said with a smile: "Brother Chong, why didn't you wait for us?"

  Chang Sun Chong despised these beasts, who got benefits but still acted smart, drinking and sleeping. Now it's almost sunset, what kind of field are they going to cultivate? They thought they were "sowing seeds" in bed under the dark sky!

  "Your neighbor's yard, turn over that empty land, I still have some seeds left here." Zhang Sun rushed to make the most of it and let these foolish big guys go and turn over the land.

  Sun Chong and others finished planting this side, arrived at the neighboring yard, almost didn't stare out their eyeballs, these several bastards of the Cheng family, nearly tore down the yard.

  He just said to turn over the empty land, of course, it refers to the unexpected empty land in the garden. He didn't say to pull out the flowers in the garden, such as good roses, peonies, and irises, etc.!

  "You..."

  Chang Sun shook his hand, pointing at these beasts and couldn't say a word. Aren't they heartbroken for their own family's things?!

  "Chongxian, how's it going? Brother's three-foot-deep digging skills aren't bad, right?" Cheng Chumou said with a big smile on his face, followed by several flattering smiles behind him, not feeling like he had done anything wrong at all.

  "Hurry up and plant the flower back, there's enough empty space in the back, no need to pull out the flower!" Chang Sun said with a sore hand, throwing down the trowel and quickly planting the flower.

  A florist crouched on one side with a bitter face. As soon as he saw the young master return, he gained confidence and these guys were like robbers, pulling out all his flowers. They couldn't stop him and could only squat in the corner of the wall and cry.

  "Master, master, these people are too much, hurry up and drive them away!" The florist complained to the young master while putting away the flowers.

  "Alright, I know! Hurry up and move these flowers to the side!" Chang Sun shouted, glaring at several Cheng Chu Mo who were digging holes in the distance.

  Those people sometimes personally fight for the first place, and they make a mess of the fields.

  "Halt!" Chang Sun rushed forward and shouted loudly, "This seed is extremely precious, the yield per mu is very high, wasting one grain means losing one grain!"

  Cheng Chu Mo put down his head and with one foot on each of the four mischievous younger brothers' buttocks, said: "Wait a bit, I'll teach you all a lesson later!"

  Wei Chi Bao Lin and Wei Chi Bao Qing also became more subdued, chuckling and winking at each other on the side. Although their martial arts skills were formidable, they still seemed a bit tender in front of Cheng Chu Mo, so it was better for them to be more subdued.

  "Sorry, brother, these few useless things owe us a debt of gratitude. Once we've cultivated this thing well, I'll collect from these few rabbits." Cheng Chumu said with a hearty laugh, having already figured out some things and understanding his father's kind intentions.

  "Alright, everyone be serious for once, just don't cause any trouble." Chang Sun said irritably, knowing that he would be the one to stir up trouble.

  However, with many people working together, they quickly finished planting the corn.

  These bastards' every move in Zhangsun's village has already been fed back to the old foxes of each family.

  Li Er held Hou Gang's secret letter in his hand, greatly shocked. Chang Sun's courage was indeed great, and he even dared to teach his two sons to swim. However, looking at the back, Cheng Qian tilled the fields, and even brought Ke Er with him, doing things cautiously.

  Li Er is in a good mood and looks forward to the transformation of his two sons.

  "Your Majesty, what's going on? You seem so delighted?" Empress Changsun put down the sleeping child and walked over to pour a cup of water for Li Er.

  Li Er took over the teacup, with a smile all over his face, and said: "Chengqian and Ke'er can already swim, it seems that sending them to live outside for a while is correct."

  "Moreover, Chengqian has never left my side, I don't know how well he eats and lives outside?" Empress Changsun scolded with a worried tone, her son had always been pampered in the palace, never experiencing hardship, she wondered if he could adapt to life outside.

  Li Er felt that it was nothing, saying: "Children will eventually grow up. When I was young, at the age of Cheng Qian, I would run around all day, otherwise I wouldn't have met with Fu Ji without knowing each other. I can still marry a virtuous wife like you." Nowadays, the world is peaceful and life is good, but he doesn't want his son to be a flower that cannot withstand wind and rain, instead he wants him to be a strong little grass that never gives up!

  "After a few more days, I think I'll go take a look! Your Majesty, are you going?" Empress Changsun asked softly. The locust plague had basically passed, and it was time for the Emperor to relax a bit.

  "After a month, I'll accompany you to visit Cheng Qian. Now you can't go!" Li Er blocked him.

  "Yes!" Empress Changsun was intelligent and clever, immediately thinking of the saying "a doting mother will ruin her child". Although she missed Chengqian dearly, for his own good and to allow him to stand on his own in the future, she could only endure the pain of missing him.

  Cheng Yaojin, Wei Zhongxian, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and Chai Shao all received letters sent by their families.

  "Good job, knowing how to boost morale! He's a reliable one." Cheng Yaojin read the letter while picking his teeth, and his son had sent it to the right person.

  Such a scene has appeared in several families, expecting Zhangsun Chong's next move. He can think of launching locusts to eat the refugees, so that the people won't starve to death; now he can also come up with popular and profound poetic lines; learning agriculture, having a model, can he really grow high-yielding rice!

  Chang Sun Chong gets up every morning to take a look at the fields, and the rice seedlings are growing very well. Super rice, super rice, you'd better work harder! You stole so many antiques from home just to exchange for some rice seeds and corn seeds. After all, stealing antiques can only be done once; asking family members for money will also arouse suspicion over time, not to mention that there's not much money at home, and good things can't be bought, so one has to make their own money!

  To ensure that the fields would not be cut off from water, Changsun Chong took several wooden buckets and prepared to draw water from the river.

  "Chong xian di, what are you going to do?" Cheng Chu Mo held a chicken leg in one hand and an axe in the other.

  "Cheng big brother, there's no water in the field, I'm going to find someone to irrigate the field!" Zhangsun Chong held up a wooden bucket, "You guys continue practicing martial arts!"

  "This kind of thing can't be left to others! Brothers, let's go, pour water!" Cheng Chumu waved his big hand, and a group of younger brothers rushed over with a whoosh.

  Even Li Chengqian, Li Ke, Du He, Wu, Fang Yiai, who were reciting books, upon hearing the noise outside, quickly ran out to follow.

  "We're going too!"

  Not finished yet, later Li Chengqian's teacher Li Gang held a ruler and nagged: "Playing with things loses one's will, today you didn't recite the article assigned for today, each of you will be hit ten times, none of you can take half a step out of the door!"

  This is the teacher personally arranged by the emperor, very strict, almost every prince and young nobleman has been beaten by this old man. Li Chengqian, Li Ke, Du He and others are afraid of this person in their hearts, obediently turn back to the house, continue with their homework. This old husband can do what he says, doesn't want to be beaten, all big men, being beaten by the husband, how embarrassing.

  Chang Sun Chong led the five brothers of Cheng Chu Mo, Wei Chi Bao Lin, and Wei Chi Bao Qing, two big fools, to fetch water. A row of sturdy men with bare backs, carrying wooden buckets, poured water into the fields.

  It would be great if there was a water cart. Now that grain is out, I only have five taels of silver on me, and I don't know if it's enough to make a water cart.

  But with these guys fetching water, they can save some money for now and also prevent them from going out to cause trouble.

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