Sanlang still couldn't quite figure it out even after carrying his schoolbag into the Zhou family's gate.
How exactly did his little sister manage to revive the dying osmanthus tree with just a bag of mixed grain flour?
Was it really true, as his sister had said, that the Zhou family's osmanthus tree just needed water soaked with mixed grain flour?
That was too absurd.
But, the facts were right before him.
Sanlang couldn't understand it, so he stopped thinking about it.
After Jiang Wan poured another bucket of mixed grain flour water on the osmanthus tree, she left without looking back, leaving Sanlang to stare blankly at the scholar Zhou.
Scholar Zhou was a man of his word; since Jiang Wan had healed the tree, he would teach Sanlang.
However, it had been ten years since he last touched books, and picking them up again made Scholar Zhou unaccustomed to it, requiring an adjustment period.
But, these were no longer matters for Jiang Wan to worry about.
Yan Li was quite surprised to hear that Jiang Wan had indeed managed to handle Scholar Zhou, "I didn't expect you to actually pull it off."
Jiang Wan waved her hand dismissively, "It's just a small matter."
Yan Li said, "This is no small matter. Scholar Zhou's disposition is beyond ordinary people. In the past ten years, how many people have tried to persuade or threaten him, but none could change his mind. To think that you, a little girl of five or six, have succeeded."
Jiang Wan said, "As long as you grasp the other party's weakness and vital point, getting them to agree is only a matter of time."
And she only had three days.
The best way to make Scholar Zhou yield and come to her within three days was to make the osmanthus tree so sick that Scholar Zhou had no other choice.
Yan Li stared at her as if he had seen a ghost.
Was this girl really only five years old? She didn't seem like it at all.
Jiang Wan didn't care how Yan Li looked at her. She jumped off the chair and scurried to Gu Chengzhou's side, drawing a surge of energy.
Gu Chengzhou looked down at the small hand gripping his trouser leg, his mouth twitched. He didn't quite understand why this little girl always grabbed his trouser leg for a moment whenever she came.
Yan Li suddenly said, "Little girl, you and your brother don't need to go up the mountain tomorrow. I plan for Chengzhou to go into the mountains outside Yaoxian for a few days of training. I'll notify you when we return and you can go up the mountain."
Jiang Wan nodded, "Alright, then I wish you all the best."
Anyway, she wouldn't ask any more questions.
Er Lang came over, and just as he was about to ask, Jiang Wan immediately stopped him, "Second Brother, your marriage with Qiao Xiu should be settled in these two days, right?"
"Ah..."
Suddenly mentioning marriage, Er Lang's face turned red, and his mind could no longer hold anything else.
Jiang Wan glanced triumphantly at Yan Li, let go of Gu Chengzhou's trouser leg, and then patted him instead.
"Little brother, go with peace of mind. Before you return, you definitely won't fall ill again."
Because she had just transferred a lot of her abilities to him, it should at least have some inhibitory effect.
Thinking it still wasn't secure, she turned to Yan Li and said, "Uncle, if little brother feels unwell, bring him back immediately. I'll be there whenever you call."
After all, this was her only guarantee for upgrading at the moment, so there couldn't be any mishaps.
Gu Chengzhou looked down at the small, chubby girl, and his heart couldn't help but feel a warmth.
Yan Li and Gu Chengzhou left efficiently, locking up and departing that same afternoon.
Jiang Wan didn't mind. After returning home, she went with Da Lang and Su Shi to gather in the village.
Their little mountain village was going to divide land! https:/
It had been almost two months since the little mountain village arrived in Jiangnan. Now, every household in the village had made arrangements for their lives.
The village fields had been cleared and fertilized for about a month. In a few more days, it would be time to plant the late rice, so dividing the land at this time was perfect.
This was a great occasion for the little mountain village. Jiang Pan also took half a day off from the yamen.
Although Jiang Pan had returned the position of village head, the old village head would still call Jiang Pan to discuss any major village affairs.
The day for dividing the land was also figured out by the two of them together.
The villagers gathered in the open space beside the paddy fields. The old village head took out a list and said cheerfully, "The village paddy fields will be divided per capita, regardless of size or gender. Anyone born before the purchase of the land will receive a share."
As soon as these words were spoken, someone immediately objected, "Why? Are the babies in my daughter-in-law's womb not people of the little mountain village? They were conceived on the road, so my grandson must also get a share."
Families with pregnant women also started to make a fuss.
The old village head glanced at those people and said slowly, "You all know when the children in your wombs were conceived. Da Pan's daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and she hasn't made a fuss about getting land. How can you be so shameless?"
"Your family bought so much land, of course you don't care about the little bit of land the village is dividing. We can't compare to the Jiang family's wealth."
"Exactly, Su Shi, why don't you want land? You want to pretend to be good and cause us to have no land to divide. How can your heart be so wicked?"
Su Shi, inexplicably scolded, her eyes reddened with grievance.
Da Lang quickly shielded her behind him and said to the villagers, "What do you mean pretend to be good? The village rules are like this, we are just following the village rules."
Those families had clearly planned it, and their矛头 were all directed at Su Shi, "What do you mean by that? Are you saying we don't follow the village rules? Your Jiang family is now extraordinary, not only getting all the benefits but also wanting a good reputation, thus harming us poor families who can't get land and can't eat. How can your hearts be so poisonous?"
Seeing that they were getting more and more out of line, Su Shi hurriedly wanted to defend herself.
Jiang Wan stopped her and deliberately said, "Sister-in-law, why are you so muddled? In my opinion, you should fight for a piece of land for your child."
Su Shi was confused. Hadn't this matter been settled before? No land would be divided until the child was born.
Jiang Wan put her small hands behind her back, "Sister-in-law, let me calculate for you. Currently, our village has a total of 170 mu of land. The little mountain village currently has 340 people, adults and children. Divided per capita, each person can get half a mu of land."
"If we include these seven or eight unborn children, then each person will get less than half a mu of land. Families with many people and no pregnant women will probably lose a little less than half a mu of land. And our family will get land for one person, which is quite good."
Actually, there weren't that many, but if she didn't exaggerate, how would these people take it to heart?
As expected, as soon as the villagers heard Jiang Wan's words, none of them could sit still.
The village only had this much land, and everyone depended on it for survival. If the unborn children also got land, wouldn't it mean taking it from them?
When people's interests are not affected, they can watch from the sidelines. Once their cake is about to be divided, they become anxious.
So, the villagers whose families had no pregnant women all jumped up in a frenzy, saying they would not allow unborn children to divide land, and even threatened those families, saying they would drive them out of the little mountain village.
The villagers were furious, scaring those few families so much that they didn't dare to make a sound.