Ruoxuan's ears were sharp, and when she heard the sound of horse hooves, she raised her head and looked towards the official road, and saw a row of carriages.
Her eyes could also see far, and she vaguely recognized some of the carriages that had gone to pick up the children yesterday.
Ruoxuan said to Mrs. Lei and her brothers: "Grandma, brother, we have a guest at home! It should be the family that Brother Xuanyuan and I rescued yesterday. Let's go down the mountain first!"
When Mrs. Lei heard this, she looked towards the official road. When she saw several carriages, she nodded: "Let's go back to greet the guests. You need to change your clothes after being covered in mud."
Mrs. Lei hurriedly took the children down the mountain.
The villagers asked casually, and Mrs. Lei replied: "We have guests at home."
Only then did the villagers see a row of more than a dozen carriages on the village road.
Zhen Yi also came to open up wasteland today, as did Old Man Zhen and Granny Tan. However, neither of them were good at working. They just wanted to make money.
After Mrs. Lei walked away, Old Man Zhen got addicted to cigarettes, so he held a piece of grass in his mouth and said: "There are so many carriages, what kind of distinguished guests have come to the weak family this time?"
Those who have carriages at home are all from wealthy families. Now that they are here, the gifts cannot be less, right?
What rich people give as gifts are all delicacies from the mountains and seas, silks and satins, right?
Old Man Zhen is extremely itchy!
It's a pity that the brothers from this weak family are too good at fighting.
Old man Zhen felt frightened when he thought that Ruoshui could easily mention him.
I'm afraid that if I marry my daughter off, I won't get any benefits at all!
After all, if Weasui throws people away, who would dare to ask for money from Weakui?
The most important thing is that Zhen Yi, a dead girl, didn't try to seduce Ruo He. He went to find Ruo He, but Ruo He ignored him at all.
No matter how stupid Old Man Zhen is, he knows that a man only wants a woman so he is willing to spend money on a woman. Otherwise, marrying her back would just be treating her like a cow to serve a large family!
Ruohe's recent cold reaction made Old Zhen feel uncomfortable.
Granny Tan: "Isn't it another reward?"
It's so annoying that people are more powerful than others. Mrs. Lei gave birth to a brood of sons, all of whom have some abilities. I heard that the weak family only had one granddaughter in three generations, and she turned out to be a blessing, even receiving rewards from the emperor!
I gave birth to a litter of daughters, and the wedding gifts I got for them all were not even as much as a box of rewards from others.
Why is Granny Lei so lucky?
"Why are you so curious about other people's housework? You two, hurry up and panic! The village chief asked me to keep an eye on you. If you don't work, you won't get paid. You are already nearly an hour later than others!" Guang Caihe Yongfu was hired by Ruoshui as the foreman, responsible for instructing everyone on land reclamation and helping to pay wages.
"Who said I don't work? If I smoke a cigarette, I'll cut the weeds. It doesn't matter if I don't know how to smoke!" Old Man Zhen walked aside with his pipe.
He dug out a handful of cut tobacco from the tobacco bag and stuffed it into the pipe, then took out a fire stick and lit the cut tobacco, took a puff, and sat on the stone looking at the dead grass that everyone was clearing. His heart moved. Isn't the pay for land clearing and weeding calculated by the acre?
He set fire to the weeds on the entire mountain, wouldn't it be easy to earn several taels of silver?
There are two mountains in total for the weak family, and everyone says to open one first and then the other.
Old Man Zhen took one look at the villagers all over the mountain and thought he could seize the opportunity and burn all the grass on another mountain to make a lot of money first!
Old man Zhen ran down the mountain in a hurry.
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As soon as Ruoxuan returned home, the carriage arrived outside the courtyard gate.
The magistrate's carriage was at the front. Zhang Jie immediately jumped out of the carriage and was shocked when she saw a pair of old clothes and a head full of weeds.
"Xuan Bao, what are you doing?"
If Xuan Bao hadn't been so beautiful, even a nest of weeds on her head wouldn't affect her beauty, and she wouldn't even be able to recognize her!
Xue Jiajie also jumped off the carriage at this time. He couldn't help laughing when he saw Xiuxuan's appearance: "Xuanbao, you are like a chick that just emerged from a messy chicken coop."
Ruoxuan: "..."
Zhang Jie rolled her eyes: "You mean Xuan Bao is a chicken? Xuan Bao, he is so bad! Don't play with him!"
Xue Jiajie was anxious: "No, Xuan Bao, I mean you are very cute like this! As cute as a chicken!"
Xiuxuan can't understand!
Is the chick as beautiful as her flower? How cute is it?
The mouth is sharp and it hurts to peck someone!
She seems to be like a flower growing out of weeds, with a kind of independent beauty!
"Praise me next time and say I look like a flower!"
Xue Jiajie hurriedly said: "Yes, Xuan Bao is as beautiful as a flower!"
Xiuxuan was very happy.
Mrs. Lei couldn't help laughing.
Xue Hai and his wife Li both stepped out of the carriage and saluted Mrs. Lei with a smile: "I made the old lady laugh, my son is stupid. I'm Xue Hai, this is my wife. Today I came here with my wife to thank Xuan Bao for saving her." It’s our son’s.”
Mrs. Lei hurriedly said: "Mr. Xue, you're welcome, come in quickly!"
The county magistrate's wife, Yao Shi, Zhang Qian, and the two brothers Zhang Lian also got off the carriage at this time. The three mothers and their sons came over together, pulled Zhang Jie, saluted Mrs. Lei, introduced themselves to the house, and said: "Today we I also came here specifically to thank Xuan Bao! Jie'er made a fuss about coming over early in the morning, sorry for disturbing me!"
At this time, the people in the carriage behind also came up and called the door one after another to express their intention to come.
Mrs. Lei smiled and invited everyone to come inside and sit down.
Before everyone entered the house, they ordered people to bring the thank-you gifts into the house.
Mrs. Lei hurriedly said: "Xuan Bao saves people with just one sentence. It is the soldiers and officers who really save the children. My family cannot accept these gifts! Besides, you have already given Xuan Bao a reward."
Xue Hai smiled and said: "The things we give are all products produced at home. They are not worth money. They are trivial and not respectful. Madam, you don't have to be polite."
Others also said: "Yes! They are all made in the family's workshop and are not worth much money."
They didn't lie either. The things they sent were all produced in their own workshops.
They all plan to keep making friends with the weak family and move around all year round. The gifts don't need to be too heavy. The important thing is to let the weak family see that they care about them. There will be a long time to come!
It's just that what they get is the best stuff in the workshop, and it's not cheap outside.
When the Ruoshui brothers heard the noise, they all came out and greeted each other.
The brothers Ruoshui were responsible for greeting the male guests, while the Liu family and Jiang family were responsible for greeting the female relatives.
Then they discovered that people from weak families had extraordinary conversational skills, including Liu and Jiang, who were not ignorant village women. They felt that weak families were worth making friends with.
Ruoxuan was responsible for greeting the children, and she took them to see the prey she had hunted.
"Xuan Bao, I want a rabbit! The white one!" Zhang Jie said excitedly when she saw a pure white rabbit.
Ruoxuan said generously: "Okay, I'll give it to you! You can choose one of these rabbits! When I train those wild pigeons to become homing pigeons, I will give you one as well."
Forget about hares and pheasants, the children were shocked to see wild pigeons and sika deer!
Xue Hai: "Xuan Bao, you hunted all this? You are too powerful!"
Zhang Jie was also very impressed: "Xuan Bao, you are so awesome!"
Ruoxuan nodded her little head: "Yes, I hunted these all!"
Zhang Lian has been listening to his father and elder brother praising Ruoxuan recently. Now even his sister has been bribed by Ruoxuan. He couldn't help but say: "You are lying!"
He could tell at a glance that Xiuxuan was panicking!
(End of chapter)
