Chapter 160: Record of Achievements
Chapter 160: Chapter 160: Record of Achievements
Hearing Li Yanan’s words, everyone exchanged glances and quickly conceded.
"Who would dare oppose you?" In the nearby villages, there are few who haven’t heard of Li Yanan. From eighty-year-old grandmothers to sensible children, they can all recount at least one of her glorious deeds.
"We’ve watched Xiu’er grow up ourselves; how could we say anything bad about her? You’re overthinking it."
"Exactly, we all know Xiu’er is a good girl."
Listening to them, Li Yanan glanced at them indifferently, ignoring them, and continued to hoe the field.
Seeing her silent, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Yanan could make even her own mother compliant, so how could they not believe her?
"Mom! Dad!" Just as Li Yanan resumed working, she heard Chen Xiu calling, and looked up to see Chen Xiu and Fu Xiaoxiao standing at the field’s edge with four kids, waving at them.
"What brings you here?" Li Yanan and Chen Chuan quickly approached, noticing them holding water bottles. "It’s so cold today; you better head back!"
"Mom, we’ve made ginger tea for you. Call Brother and Sister over too; everyone should have a bowl. Today’s wind is ridiculously chilly," said Chen Xiu, smiling at Li Yanan, taking the bowl from Fu Xiaoxiao and pouring two bowls for Li Yanan and Chen Chuan.
"Did you add sugar?" Hearing it was ginger tea, Li Yanan accepted it with a smile, as it was indeed rather cold now. After tasting it, she found it rich in ginger flavor, not spicy, but sweet with a lingering sweetness that made one instantly fall in love.
"Xiao Xiao made this, right?" Li Yanan affirmed, as the perfect mix showed the cook’s excellent grasp of sweetness and spiciness.
"Why couldn’t it be me who made it?" Chen Xiu protested.
"I still remember the ginger tea you made for me was black," Li Yanan mercilessly exposed Chen Xiu’s disguise.
"... I didn’t do it on purpose." At that time, she was too distracted by missing her two children, almost burnt the pot dry, thus the ginger tea turned into black tea.
Chen Chuan drank a bowl, his eyes gleaming with pleasure.
Feeling her man’s mood, Li Yanan’s lips curled. "How is it? This girl is great, right? Just for mastering this skill, I think this girl is a treasure."
"Good." Chen Chuan nodded with satisfaction, confirming Fu Xiaoxiao’s worth.
Li Yanan chuckled lightly, walked to the field’s edge, took a deep breath, and shouted at the Chen family siblings working in another field, "Haozi, call your brothers and sisters over to drink ginger tea."
The shout was powerful, making Fu Xiaoxiao’s ears buzz.
"Mom, did you call us?" Upon hearing Li Yanan’s shout, Chen Hao ran over quickly.
"Yes, your sister made ginger tea; come and have a bowl." Li Yanan called out to the Chen family members coming over gradually.
Hearing about the ginger tea, Chen Hao immediately covered his mouth, shaking his head in terror, "I don’t want it, I don’t want it. Last time I drank one bowl and had diarrhea for two days and nights; I’d rather die than drink it."
As Chen Ze and the others heard Li Yanan mention ginger tea, their entire bodies tensed up.
Obviously, they all have unforgettable memories of Chen Xiu’s ginger tea.
"Humph, Xiao Xiao made this." Chen Xiu coldly snorted, understanding their reaction, and pointed at Fu Xiaoxiao.
Knowing it was made by Fu Xiaoxiao, Chen Hao quickly grabbed the bowl from her hand, snatched the water bottle from Chen Xiu, and began pouring it himself.
"Mmm, it’s delicious! Not spicy at all." Chen Hao took a sip; he had hated eating ginger since childhood, finding ginger tea nightmarish.
If there was ginger tea to warm one’s body while working in winter, who could refuse it? Thus, even if it was hard to drink, Chen Hao would bear with it.
"Is it really?" Seeing Chen Hao’s reaction, Chen Ze chose to believe him and poured himself a bowl to try.
"Mmm! This flavor is just perfect, adding one part would be too much, taking one part would be incomplete." Chen Ze smiled, drinking the ginger tea in one breath.
"How is it? This sister is good, right?" Li Yanan looked at them praising Fu Xiaoxiao’s ginger tea, smiling as she spoke.
"It’s definitely worth it." Chen Hao said laughing, "If you weren’t married, I’d marry you home myself, hahaha."
"..." Hearing Chen Hao’s words, the whole family looked at Chen Hao in unison, full of disdain.
"What? Am I that bad?" Chen Hao protested.
"Check yourself in the mirror when you get home." Chen Shi pinched Chen Hao’s face, laughing.
Fu Xiaoxiao chuckled softly.
"Alright, we need to continue working. You guys head home and rest! The wind outside is strong; don’t let the kids catch a cold." Li Yanan told Chen Xiu, urging them to go home quickly.
"I’ll take Xiao Xiao for a walk around the village; we’ll head back soon." Chen Xiu initially came out to walk around with Fu Xiaoxiao, hurried to bring them water earlier, holding heavy water bottles. Now that the ginger tea was finished, the bottles were suddenly light.
Now they can stroll leisurely, much more convenient.
"Okay." Li Yanan didn’t stop them, went back to the field, continuing to work.
Fu Xiaoxiao observed the village’s attitude toward Li Yanan, although seemingly respectful, there’s always a feeling of anger but not daring to speak.
"Sister Chen Xiu, why are the villagers so afraid of godmother?" Fu Xiaoxiao observed several people who initially wanted to point fingers at Chen Xiu scatter away after an exchange with Li Yanan.
"Oh that? It’s a long story." Chen Xiu laughed, touching her nose; her mom’s achievements are rather rich.
"I remember once, when the village organized to build an irrigation canal, each household had to provide labor based on headcount. You know, there were some families trying to be lazy by providing fewer workers because they had more people. My mom wasn’t pleased; she directly visited those families’ homes one by one to ’greet’ them. Those people were angry and argued with my mom, saying she was interfering; my mom got furious and beat them up, then threw them into the manure pool..." Chen Xiu said with a laugh.
"You know the smell of the manure pool, right? They didn’t wash it off clean for several days, smelling foul all the time; who could stand it? Eventually, they all obediently went."
Listening to Chen Xiu, Fu Xiaoxiao imagined Li Yanan’s imposing aura; standing there made several people want to shiver.
"And once, a neighbor wanted to expand their yard and secretly moved the boundary stone half a meter onto my family’s land. When Mom discovered it, she didn’t hesitate, grabbed the boundary stone and went to the neighbor’s house. The neighbor initially tried to bluff, Mom stood with her hands on her hips, listing the village’s land division rules logically, leaving the neighbor red-faced. In the end, they couldn’t argue against Mom and had to move the boundary stone back to its rightful place, even had to apologize."
"Previously, several old ladies in the village, unable to win against Mom, dared not scold her, instead secretly cursed my dad behind his back, knowing he doesn’t talk much. Once, Mom overheard it, and sent those ladies to the back mountain on the same day. The village head and others searched for half a day before carrying them down, terrifying them. Ever since, they didn’t dare speak out, seeing Mom, they were brisk, running swiftly."