226 Reporting the News
As they were in a rush to harvest the crops, Old man w.a.n.g’s family only took a few hurried bites for lunch.
Many families even wanted to settle their meals in the fields. Hence, Old Madam w.a.n.g called everyone to go home to eat.
The children were naturally happy, and the adults took advantage of this time to rest.
“Who knows when this rain will fall? Don’t dawdle. I asked you to come back and eat, not to be old masters.” Old Madam w.a.n.g was the first to put down her bowl and finish the remaining tea. She took a sickle from the door and went back out.
The w.a.n.g Family had 20 mu of land.
Old man w.a.n.g looked at Old Liu, who did not look too good, and smiled awkwardly. “Um, in-laws, my wife wasn’t talking about you. She’s just talking about the children at home.”
Old Liu remained silent and hurriedly ate two mouthfuls of rice. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and was about to leave.
“Hurry up and continue your work after eating,” Old Liu said to his two sons.
Old man w.a.n.g hurriedly called out, “There’s no hurry. Eat your fill first! Please eat the meat. Don’t just pick the vegetables!”
Niu Dashi and Liu Ershi really wanted to take some meat, but seeing that their father didn’t eat a single piece of meat the entire time, they were too embarra.s.sed to take it.
In the end, they finished their food in two mouthfuls and followed him out.
Old man w.a.n.g could not figure out if this in-law was throwing a tantrum or something. After all, this was the first time they had officially interacted.
“Father, don’t think too much.” Liu Shi saw Old man w.a.n.g’s conflicted expression and said, “My father doesn’t have any bad intentions. He’s-”
“I know. I think your father’s temper is quite similar to your Grandma’s.” They were both sharp-tongued but soft-hearted.
Although his words were not that pleasant, they were not said casually. Most of them made sense.
They were all practical people.
It was also because of this that Old man w.a.n.g actually had a good impression of this in-law whom he had just met for the first time.
“Don’t delay for too long. It won’t be good if it rains.” Old man w.a.n.g looked at the children at home. “Don’t go out in the afternoon. Stay at home and guard the crops. When you hear thunder, quickly put away the crops, understand?”
w.a.n.g Dalang: “I know, Grandpa. Leave the stuff in the house to us.”
Not only did they have to collect the crops from the fields, but they also had to collect the things drying on the dams at home.
Otherwise, if the things drying on the dam were not collected in time and soaked in the rain, they would sprout in less than two days.
Not only would it affect the taste, but they would also be unable to sell it.
Throughout the year, they only harvested twice. The entire family relied on selling food to survive.
After everyone got busy, w.a.n.g Wulang, who had been wanting to speak, did not find a chance to.
On the other hand, Gousheng and the others were also in charge of guarding the grains on the dam. Other than the courtyard of their own family, a lot of the grains from the various families are also being dried on the dam.
There were five to six dans of grain in the courtyard at home, and more of it was on the dam.
The courtyard at home was handed over to the women and w.a.n.g Aibao, and the children were left to guard the dam.
The children did not just stand guard. They even helped pick out the weeds from the rice grains.
When it came to the busy farming season, even the laziest children became diligent.
Gousheng and the others loved to play and make a fuss. Not long after, they became friends with the children who also guarded the food in the village. Then, they told them about what had happened at the back of the mountain.
However, in Gousheng and the others’ eyes, there was another version of this matter.
“…It should be a few bandits. My rock was very accurate and hit that bandit in the eye! I was so afraid that he would come and find trouble with me.”
The children hurriedly asked, “What happened after that?”
These children were all big children who could do things. Some of the children from before cried when they returned home and fell asleep when they were tired.
Some were dumbfounded, completely unaware of what had happened.
They only shouted that walking was so tiring.
“After that, an adult came. That adult just fought with the bandits.” Goutou smacked his mouth and was conflicted about how to explain this matter clearly. “Yes, in any case, I think that the adults’ fighting style is not much different from us. It’s all about pulling hair, pulling clothes, or groin attacks. It’s all old moves.”
w.a.n.g Wulang could not stand it anymore.
“What are you talking about! That’s clearly not the case!” w.a.n.g Wulang glared at Goutou. “They used martial arts. If you don’t know, don’t talk nonsense.”
Actually, the children had not seen any dead people. At first, they did not pay attention to them, but later on, Chi Tu also hid it from them.
w.a.n.g Wulang did not know that someone had died, but this did not stop him from admiring the moves of Chi Tu and the others.
Gousheng was unconvinced. “What martial arts? I think it’s no different from the way hooligans fight.”
“Martial arts is martial arts. Hehehe, have you heard of it?” As w.a.n.g Wulang spoke, he gestured a few times.
He had learned from Chi Jia for a few months and then from Chi Ding for a while. Not to mention anything else, at least his moves were a little decent.
Seeing him gesture, the other children of the w.a.n.g Family could not help but gesture too. Because they had all received Chi Jia’s guidance, their movements were very consistent. When the few of them did it together, the visual effect was naturally especially fearsome.
For a moment, the surrounding children were stunned.
The three brothers opened their mouths wide. This was really a little different.
They wanted to learn too.
“Wow, this is martial arts!” The eyes of the other children lit up.
w.a.n.g Wulang raised his chin. “Look, this is martial arts. How is that a brawl between hooligans? You only saw them baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, but we can see the moves they made. Also, didn’t you see them flying around? That’s Qinggong. It won’t be long before we learn it too!”
The children did not know what Qinggong skills were, but from w.a.n.g Wulang’s description, they knew that they could fly like birds.
Therefore, everyone pestered w.a.n.g Wulang and the others, wanting them to teach them a few moves.
w.a.n.g Dalang watched helplessly as his brothers transformed into young teachers and began to teach everyone the martial arts.
“The Horse Stance is a basic skill. We’ve been doing it for two to three months already! In the beginning, we could only maintain it for a while. Now, even if we squat for half a day, we won’t feel tired. This is a good foundation skill.” w.a.n.g Wulang’s words were naturally exaggerated, but his brothers didn’t expose him.
For a moment, the dam was filled with children squatting in the Horse Stance.
Looking at the people looking at them with admiration, w.a.n.g Wulang was extremely proud. However, he vaguely felt that he had forgotten something.
Forget it. Something that could be forgotten meant that it should not be important.
Only Little Ah Yu looked at her brothers and blinked.
She wondered how Uncle Tu and the others were doing.
They had yet to come back for lunch. They would be hungry.
At this moment, the expressions of Chi Tu and the others were complicated.
“A Divine Dragon that weighs more than 500 kilograms?” Was there such a thing in the world?
They had seen giant pythons before. 50 kilograms was the most they could weigh and they could even squeeze people to death.
What did something over 500 kilograms look like?
Chi Ding said, “I’m afraid these people have ill intentions. We can’t let the Swimming Dragon Clan off. Chi Ma, hurry up and report this matter to the Young Master and Madam!”
One of them accepted the order and said, “Yes!”
That afternoon, Village Chief Hu’s second son, Hu Xiaoliu, prepared to go to the livestock pen to feed the animals as usual.
Not only were there cows and sheep, but there were also donkeys and horses in the w.a.n.g Family’s carriage.
Old man w.a.n.g’s family had asked them to take care of it first because only the village chief’s livestock fence was wide enough.
“Pat!” The hay in Hu Xiaoniu’s hand fell to the ground.
“Oh no! Uncle w.a.n.g’s horse is missing!”