If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

Meixiang looked at Liu Daniu and his wife with regret. She had originally intended to invite him to work in Liujia Village to supplement the family income. But now seeing the look of Liu Erniu and his wife and the attitude of Old Man Liu, she thought it was better to give up. It would be bad for their family to have discord because of this.

"Brother Danniu, I came here mainly to ask you for advice. Do you know anyone who is good at raising seedlings and planting trees? I would like to ask for your help."

"Do you have any requirements?" Liu Daniu asked, "It would be better if you have more specific requirements, so that I can see which people are suitable, right?"

Meixiang sighed again in her heart when she saw Liu Daniu's cautious attitude. "Of course, the more you know about raising seedlings, planting, cuttings, pruning, etc., the better."

Liu Ersao's eyes rolled and she interrupted, "What's so difficult about this? My Erniu can do it. If it doesn't work, my father and brothers can do it." Seeing that no one responded, she hit Liu Erniu hard with her arm and said, "Boss, don't you think so?"...

"This, this, this..." Liu Erniu looked at his wife's urging face, and thought of the temper of his father-in-law and brother-in-law, so he felt embarrassed to respond.

No one responded to what Liu Erniu and his wife were saying. Meixiang and the other two were softly teasing the little girl in her arms. Old Man Liu was sitting beside them, smoking his pipe silently. Liu Daniu and his wife lowered their heads. They finally realized what was happening and stopped talking with red faces. The courtyard fell silent for a while.

Suddenly, Mrs. Liu seemed to think of something. She looked up at Meixiang quietly and whispered something to her husband. After hearing it, Liu Daniu looked up at his wife in surprise, then turned to laugh happily at his daughter Meixiang, and then looked at his wife for confirmation.

"Ms. Liu, I wonder if someone older would be ok?" Liu Daniu asked carefully.

"How old are you? Where do you come from? Are you familiar with him?" Meixiang asked three questions in a row.

"He looks to be as old as my father, or maybe younger. I met him a few days ago on the back mountain near the inner circle when I went up the mountain with the child's mother to collect herbs. We almost got lost at that time, and he took us in and sent us down the mountain." Liu Daniu recalled.

"He took us to where he lived, just on the edge of the inner mountain behind our village. I saw that the wooden house he built was very solid, and the trees next to the house were neatly trimmed. Vegetables, herbs and some saplings were planted on the open space next to the house. I asked him curiously at the time, and he said that those were all figured out by himself. Some were seeds he picked up, and some were planted by trying to use young branches. As for who he was, he didn't say." Mrs. Liu added, following up on her husband's words.

When Old Man Liu, who was smoking nearby, heard what the eldest and his wife said, he looked up and asked, "Is it the place near the northwest corner of the back mountain? He is about the same height as the second brother, with a tanned face and a hoarse voice?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Dad knows who he is?" Liu Dazhuang and his wife nodded excitedly when they heard what Old Man Liu said.

Old man Liu knocked the pipe on the edge of the bench where he sat, and sighed deeply before saying, "This young man is from our village and his surname is Liu. If you meet him in the future, just call him Uncle Liu. He's a miserable man, and it must have been fifteen or sixteen years." Old man Liu thought for a moment and pointed at his eldest grandson and continued, "When his son was about the same age as my eldest brother, he went into the inner circle of the back mountain alone one day and never came out again. At that time, the village chief led the whole village to search the outer circle of the back mountain but couldn't find him. The young and strong men in the village also tried to search the inner circle for a few days but couldn't find any trace of him, so they gave up later."

"The couple refused to give up and moved to the back of the mountain, saying that the baby would be able to see them when it was born. Later, I heard that his wife cried so much that her eyes were damaged, and she passed away some time ago."

Everyone fell even more silent after hearing this. Mrs. Liu Dasao and Mrs. Liu Ersao hugged the children they had just grabbed even tighter. Even Meixiang unconsciously used some strength to hold the little girl in her arms.

"Uncle Liu, if I go to find him, do you think he will come out with me?" After listening to Uncle Liu's narration, Meixiang unconsciously felt sympathy for the man she had never met.

Old Man Liu knocked on his pipe again, refilled it with tobacco, lit it and took a puff before answering Meixiang: "I can't guarantee this, but how can you know if it won't work if you don't try it, Miss Liu? Don't you think so?"

Meixiang looked at the old man Liu who was smoking not far away, and nodded with a smile: "Uncle is right, we have to try it to know whether it works or not." After that, she looked up at the weather and asked Liu Daniu and his wife: "I wonder if you guys are free to take me to see Uncle Liu tomorrow morning?"

"Yes, we're free. We'll wait for Miss Liu at home tomorrow morning?" Liu Daniu and his wife nodded hurriedly in response.

"Okay, then it's settled. We'll come early tomorrow morning." Meixiang pinched the tender face of the little girl in her arms, let go of her and stood up.

Old Man Liu also stood up. Seeing that no one responded to her words from beginning to end, Second Sister Liu became anxious when she saw Meixiang was about to leave. She had heard that the wages of people working for the Liu family in Liujia Village were terrifyingly high. "Miss Liu, look at what I just said about my father..."

"Thank you for your kindness, Mrs. Liu. Young Master Sun and the village chief set a rule when recruiting people. Unless they have a skill that others don't have, they will not recruit people from other villages. May I ask if my father and brother have any special skills that are better than others? So I can talk to Young Master Sun about it?" Meixiang interrupted Mrs. Liu's next words, stared at her and asked calmly.

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu, no matter how thick-skinned she was, could not speak out. She could only smile and say, "Isn't it because I know Miss Liu? That's why I spoke so flatteringly, right?"

Meixiang glanced at her sideways without saying anything, then turned around and left Old Man Liu's house with her people.

"Hey, what does she mean?" Liu Ersao asked as she looked at the backs of Meixiang and the other two as they left.

Old Man Liu could no longer suppress his anger: "What do you mean? Isn't it obvious what they mean? Second son's wife, do you really not understand or are you pretending to be confused?"

"Father-in-law, isn't this for the good of the family? She has such a big business, one more person won't make much difference. Besides, we know each other so well and you're not willing to help with such a small favor. Humph!" Liu Ersao snorted angrily.

"Second brother's wife, I think you are really ignorant. Miss Liu doesn't owe our family anything, let alone you. On the contrary, she saved my life. It's okay that you don't know how to repay her, but how dare you make demands on her? Ah! Second brother, take care of your own wife!" Old man Liu pointed at her nose and cursed.