Farmer’s Wife Has Magic Skills

  Chapter 22 022. Ominous things

   "Alright." Chu Qingzhi nodded, "We're picking five hundred catties of oranges right now, you call the Master to help us, by the way, we still need you to find someone to deliver to us."

  Zhang Lin readily agreed, "OK."

  Zhang Lin went to call a lot of people over, and quickly picked five hundred catties of oranges, a total of three taels of silver.

  Chu Qingzhi was about to pay, but it was hard to count all the copper coins, "We are all scattered copper coins, you send the oranges to my house, and the family will get you the silver, is that okay?"

  As long as you give money, everything will be fine, Zhang Lin said indifferently, "It's all right, Chu's Village is also nearby."

  …

  Chu Family Village.

  The people in the village are all busy in the field now, when Chu Qingzhi and the others came back, such a big commotion immediately attracted everyone's attention.

   "This big box is shipped out in a small box, and it is shipped back in a big box. What is the Chu family doing?"

   "Isn't it really doing something illegal?"

   "They seem to be shipping oranges."

   "What are they doing with so many oranges?"

  People in the village were discussing a lot. Amidst the discussions, Chu Qingzhi and the others carried oranges into the house.

  Li Qingyu saw Chu Qingzhi and the others come back and brought so many things back, so she hurried home, "Qingzhi."

  Chu Qingzhi explained the ins and outs of the matter to Li Qingyu, and then said, "Mother, you go and get three, two or five dollars of silver and give it to Brother Zhang."

   "Okay." Li Qingyu hurried to the house.

   After paying the money, Zhang Lin took the people in his village back happily.

  Seeing that Li Qingyu was still a little confused, Chu Qingzhi explained, "Mother, these are the oranges we will sell ice cream tomorrow. Without oranges, we won't be able to sell ice cream."

  Li Qingyu slapped her thigh and became excited, "Yes, yes, look, my mother's brain is too slow."

  Chu Qingzhi smiled, "Mother, go and do your work, and leave the rest to us."

  Li Qingyu said, "Okay, the field will be watered soon, and I will come back to make dinner later."

  …

  Zhao Xiuhua looked at the oranges next to Chu Qingzhi with envy. There are so many oranges, it costs a lot of money to buy them, right?

  Deep jealousy and new enmity, Zhao Xiuhua made a bold decision. She took a deep breath and ran to the village chief.

  The village chief was worrying about the vitality of the village. He was standing by the river with his brows furrowed.

  There is no water in the river, only dark silt, and some small fish struggling in the silt, looking desperate.

  Zhao Xiuhua hurried to the side of the village chief, and said mysteriously, "Village chief, do you know why our village is in such a miserable life?"

  A natural disaster, what other reasons?

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiuhua said in a low voice, "Village chief, don't you think it's strange? The drought in our village became worse because of Chu Qingzhi's return. There was still a lot of water in our river before, and it's only been a few days. When you see the bottom, it’s not normal at first glance.”

  The village chief's brows were even tighter.

Seeing that the village chief was moved, Zhao Xiuhua immediately continued his efforts and said, "Village chief, I went to the temple to offer incense this morning. The master said that there is a disaster in our village. As long as we get rid of that disaster, our village will be better. Village chief, what do you think?" Thinking, if we talk about disasters, who is most likely to be the disasters?"

  The village head is fortunately not so ignorant, "Zhao Xiuhua, stop talking, how can this natural disaster be blamed on one person?"

  Zhao Xiuhua gave heavy medicine, "Village chief, if you don't listen to me, sooner or later all the crops in our village will dry up, and the grains will not be harvested!"

These words frightened the village head. If Zhao Xiuhua said it was true, the consequences would be unimaginable, but after thinking about it again, how could mortals interfere with the Lord's affairs? Calm down, let everyone stop talking nonsense.

   "Go, call the whole village to the gate of the ancestral hall!"

  Zhao Xiuhua showed a smug smile, she must drive Chu Qingzhi out of the Chu family village, and persuade my daughter-in-law and son to reconcile, now it's time for me to take revenge.

   Soon, the whole village gathered at the gate of the ancestral hall.

  Every time we gather at the entrance of the ancestral hall, it is a big event. No one dares to slack off. When they heard the news, they all hurried over, including Chu Qingzhi.

  The village chief glanced at him, "I called everyone here because I have something important to say."

  Everyone tensed up immediately, what is the important thing?

  The village chief glanced over the crowd with sharp eyes, and said slowly, "Some people say that the reason for the drought in our village is that there are ominous things in the village..."

  Everyone started talking immediately.

   "What ominous thing?"

   "Is the village chief trying to scare people, it's just a drought, isn't there never been a drought?"

   "The hoodoo sounds scary."

  A villager asked, "Village chief, you said there is something ominous, where is the ominous thing?"

  Zhao Xiuhua roared impatiently, "This ominous thing is Chu Qingzhi. Since she came back, there has been a severe drought in our village, and now even the river has dried up."

  Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Chu Qingzhi, some doubted, some disbelieved, some hated, as if they wanted to see a hole in her.

  Chu Rong immediately protected Chu Qingzhi behind her, "My daughter is not an ominous thing, don't talk nonsense."

  Zhao Xiuhua glanced at Chu Rong contemptuously, "Everyone knows whether I'm talking nonsense."

  (end of this chapter)