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"Stop pretending, you don't sincerely want to teach me, you want to hurt me on purpose! And I don't admit that you are my eldest sister. My eldest sister is only sister Wanwan!"
"Don't say so much, chop the wood well, laziness is not advisable." Wei Ruo looked leisurely.
"Wei Qingruo!" Wei Yilin was deeply angered by Wei Ruo's attitude.
"Call me sister. If you can’t do it, I'll inform Father about it later." Wei Ruo remained calm and composed.
Wei Yilin was so angry that he couldn't speak.
His gaze turned back to the firewood in front of him, and the chopping knife swung and fell forcefully, as if seeing the firewood in front of him as Wei Ruo, and used this method to vent his dissatisfaction with Wei Ruo.
By the time Wei Mingting came out, Wei Yilin had already cut off half of the bundle.
Wei Mingting actually knew that the tasks he assigned to his youngest son were basically impossible for him to complete. He deliberately did this in the hope that it could make him truly aware of his mistakes.
Seeing that Wei Yilin, under the supervision of Wei Ruo, had lost his previous weakness and spoiled temperament, and persisted in chopping firewood, Wei Mingting was even more convinced that his eldest daughter was more suitable to teach his youngest son.
"Ruo’er, let's return back today. From now on when I'm not at home, I will have to trouble you to take care of him. If he doesn't listen, you can enforce the family law on my behalf." Wei Mingting explained.
Wei Yilin was extremely angry in his heart, and looking at his father's face, he felt angry and aggrieved.
“Daughter understands.” Wei Ruo agreed.
Then Wei Ruo left Cangyun Garden.
Before leaving, Wei Ruo turned around and glanced at Wei Yilin, who was glaring fiercely at her.
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In mid August of the lunar calendar, the rice in Xingshan County has also gradually reached the harvest period.
The people of Xingshan County did not have the joy of harvesting, but more sorrow and depression.
Due to poor grain harvest, the harvested grain was not enough for them to eat until the next year.
The situation of the Wei family was similar, Yun Shi looked at the account books handed over by the butler of the mansion with a worried expression on her face.
The steward said that the best growing seedlings in the Wei family’s land today were still the ones brought by Wei Ruo for replanting.
The total amount of rice being harvested was only about one-third of last year's and one-fifth of five years ago.
Although the portion of rice to be replanted later is not yet mature, judging from the condition, it would produce much more rice than the other types.
However, the seedlings Wei Ruo brought over only accounted for a relatively small portion, and the grain production of the Wei family's land was still much less than in previous years.
In addition to Wei Mingting’s official salary, the mansion’s land was a huge source of income for the Wei family.
Because of the lack of harvest, the Wei family has no extra income, and the expenses for the next year will become a problem.
Wei Qingwan came to Cangyun Garden to help Yun Shi deal with the family affairs after she got off from the county head magistrate's mansion. When she saw Yun Shi fretting so much about food, she comforted, "Mother, don't worry about it, everything will work out. Didn't Father win the battle, get promoted, and get commendation from the Imperial Court?"
Yun Shi shook her head, "It's true that we got a commendation, but most of the Imperial Court's commendations are honors, and the items we get cannot be exchanged for money."
Moreover, Wei Mingting only temporarily repelled the Japanese pirates along the coast of Xingshan County this time, and did not completely defeat all the Japanese pirates that plagued the entire southeast coast. So naturally, the commendation wouldn’t be that much.
Saying this, Yun Shi sighed again and said, "If I had known Ruo’er's rice seeds were so useful, I would have grown all of Ruo’er's rice seeds back then. Then we shouldn't have a problem now."
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