Chapter 216: Learning to Grow Rice
Seeing the people in front of her change their attitude so quickly, Zi Yi knew that they must want more money. Zi Yi took out another ingot of silver from her arms and handed it to him.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you all to take care of me for a few days. We'll just stay here for the next few days. Sorry for disturbing you."

After saying that, Zi Yi took Ye Yu, Fan Shusheng and those people into the village, preparing to stay here for a few days.

Since they settled down here, Ye Yu ran to the fields every day, spending every day in the fields learning how to farm.

Zi Yi was very puzzled. He didn't understand why Ye Yu, a man with great martial arts skills and well-read, liked to stay in the fields all the time and study the growth of rice.

One day, when Ye Yu was running to the field again, Zi Yi started to complain about him to Fan Shusheng.

"Why is it so strange? Why does he, a saint, always like to run in the fields? Logically speaking, shouldn't he like to read and practice martial arts in his room?"

As she spoke, Ziyi shook her head. After hearing this, Fan Shusheng did not agree with Ziyi's words. He just smiled and started to mock Ziyi.

"You are just a woman with a short-sighted view. You naturally don't know why Mr. Wang did this. Agriculture is the foundation of a country. He studies these things so that the country can develop better in the future. Only by growing more food can we feed more people and strengthen our country."

After saying this, Fan Shusheng shook his head, as if lamenting that Ziyi was uneducated.

When Zi Yi heard what he said, she felt embarrassed and a little angry. She grabbed Fan Shusheng and punched him a few times.

When Fan Shusheng was beaten, he was angry but dared not say anything, because he knew that if he fought back.

Ziyi would beat him even harder, and if he started to scold her, he would get beaten again.

Fan Shusheng snorted, glanced at Zi Yi, turned around and ran away.

When Ziyi saw him like this, she always found it funny and was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Fan Shusheng was very angry, and he ran straight to find Ye Yu.

He looked at the fields one by one, and suddenly he saw Ye Yu.

Although Ye Yu was wearing a coarse cloth short shirt, he had an extraordinary temperament and was very conspicuous standing out among the crowd.

"Saint, you have to make the decision for me. I was beaten by Ziyi for no apparent reason. I was just trying to reason with her, but she beat me like that. Look at the bruises all over my body. They were all caused by her."

As he spoke, Fan Shusheng rolled up his sleeves to show Ye Yu his wound.

Ye Yu saw that his body was just a little red, so he rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay any more attention to him.

"Okay, okay, if she hits you, just hit her back."

After saying that, Ye Yu ignored him, but Fan Shusheng heard what Ye Yu said.

He stood there biting his lips tightly. If he dared to fight back, he would not have come to find Ye Yu.

When the other people in the field saw this, they laughed secretly and told the other people in the village as soon as they got back.

"It's funny that the older man among the three newcomers is afraid of women. He didn't even dare to fight back after being hit by a woman."

After saying this, everyone was laughing at Fan Shusheng and felt a little puzzled when he passed by there.

After listening for a while, I realized that they were making fun of me, saying that I was afraid of women being afraid of me.

He said that after hitting someone, he didn't dare to hit back, so he came to Ye Yu to seek justice.

After being laughed at by them, Fan Shusheng felt very aggrieved. He was not afraid of Ziyi, but he felt that he had to give Ziyi a certain respect, so he did not fight back.

But even though he thought so, no one believed him. No matter how wronged he felt, he couldn't explain it, so he could only swallow it alone.

Although Fan Shusheng decided to swallow the bitter fruit by himself, the more he thought about it, the more wronged he felt. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that he could not let others laugh at him like this.

But he knew that if he explained it alone, they would not believe him and would think he was quibbling.

He was alone there, anxiously thinking about how to solve the problem.

After thinking for a long time, he turned his head and saw Zi Yi beside him, and suddenly made a decision.

He walked slowly to Ziyi's side, reached out and gently tugged at Ziyi's sleeve, looking at her expectantly.

When Zi Yi saw Fan Shusheng like this, she was frightened. She slapped his hand away and looked at him in confusion.

"What are you doing? Is there something wrong? If not, don't look at me with such disgusting eyes."

Fan Shusheng felt a little hurt when he heard Ziyi's words, but he still looked at Ziyi and spoke to her with a smile on his face in a flattering manner.

"I want you to cooperate with me and put on a show. Just put on a show in front of everyone to show everyone that I'm not afraid of you. I really can't stand those people in the village laughing at me behind my back for being afraid of women."

Hearing what Fan Shusheng said, Ziyi found it a little funny. Judging from the pitiful look on his face when discussing things with her, how could he not be afraid of her?

But she was also unwilling to act with Fan Shusheng, as she thought this behavior was too stupid.

"Give it up. I won't play this drama with you. This is really stupid. I can't do it. If you really want people to stop laughing at you, you should be tougher. Don't beg me here pitifully. Go and prove to them that you are a man."

After saying this, Ziyi no longer paid any attention to Fan Shusheng, but Fan Shusheng still wanted to continue begging Ziyi.

But he was interrupted by Ziyi every two sentences and never had a chance to speak again.

As for Ye Yu, he went to help the villagers with their work every day, and he seriously asked the villagers how to grow rice well.

At first, the villagers were secretive and unwilling to teach Ye Yu.

But later on I found out that he really wanted to learn how to grow rice.

They were moved by him, and Ye Yu worked diligently and conscientiously when helping them.

No matter what unreasonable demands they make, Ye Yu will try his best to satisfy them and help them.

Even if it was them, he would be willing to ask Ye Yu to help them get the smelly fertilizer.

"You are really good, young man. Since you want to learn so much, we will teach you seriously. You must study hard. We are the only one in the area who knows this technique."

The old man who was unwilling to pay attention to Ye Yu at first spoke.

Ye Yu was surprised to see that his attitude towards him had changed so much, and quickly agreed.

"Okay, okay, I will study hard. Thank you for teaching me." As he said this, Ye Yu still held the old man's hand and looked at him with gratitude.

Although the old man felt a little surprised, he still clapped his hands happily.

After that, they began to teach seriously, and Ye Yu learned a little bit whatever they taught.

He studied very seriously, and when he encountered something he didn't understand, Ye Yu would take the initiative to ask.

Ye Yu's attitude made them feel very satisfied. They felt that they had not chosen the wrong person, so they handed over all their things to Ye Yu without keeping anything for themselves.

(End of this chapter)