"Called?! You are stupid! What's the use of giving it to him! Why didn't you ask me in advance?"
Mrs. Zhang immediately became anxious. Su Ruyi was young after all.
Liu Cuier said: "Mom, you can give it to Li Zheng. Li Zheng can help us persuade those two officials..."
Zhang thought about the feasibility. Li Zheng often dealt with government officials. Maybe it would work if he looked at the monks instead of the Buddha...
But why was she so worried? Even though she was upright, she nodded and bowed in front of the officials who came down from above. How could she speak for herself?
Besides, if you don’t do anyone any favors, how can you just say a few words and everything will be fine?
Su Ruyi said: "Don't worry, you have already handed over this year's food. Are you still worried about what those two people will do? I asked Li Zheng who was gossiping behind our backs, and also asked about those two officials. Name."
"Who? Who is talking nonsense behind our backs?"
Su Ruyi raised her chin toward the wall.
Liu Cuier suddenly stood up, and Su Ruyi said: "Sister-in-law, sit down!"
Liu Cuier, who was about to curse, suppressed the curse words and sat down awkwardly.
"Ruyi, I can't be more angry!" Liu Cuier said angrily.
Mrs. Zhang originally wanted to scold her, but she was not as quick as her eldest daughter-in-law. When she saw her eldest daughter-in-law being stopped by Su Ruyi, she felt a little lucky. It would have been a bit embarrassing for her if she had been stopped by her younger daughter-in-law.
Suppressing the anger in his stomach, he said with a straight face: "Then the Luo family is really nothing, why can't we stop scolding them?"
"So what if I scold them? They can't lose a piece of meat without wasting their strength."
"Then, that's it?"
Liu Cuier pursed her lips and said a little confidently: "Ruyi, you--didn't you talk to the daughter of the prefect of Tongzhou? Let's just move Mr. Yang's family out, they will definitely--"
What a big official the magistrate is. As long as his name is mentioned, those two officials will definitely return the food. Maybe they will be polite to their family in the future!
"no."
Su Ruyi directly vetoed it.
"Our relationship with the Yang family is weak. They don't necessarily want to have contact with us. If we use someone's name for such a trivial matter, what will Mr. Yang think if someone finds out one day? This personal relationship cannot be used indiscriminately or wrongly. You won’t be able to use it when the critical moment comes.”
If his walnuts really healed Miss Yang, then the Yang family owed her a favor, and such a huge favor could not be wasted just by a few buckets of wheat.
The three women of the Lu family looked at each other in confusion. They could not understand what was going on in the officialdom, but what Su Ruyi said was so profound that they did not dare to say anything more.
Zhang said angrily: "The Luo family is really not human. If they do this, they are afraid that we will be targeted by the officials every year in the future. How will we live like this?!"
"Mom, you have to change this idea. We women are not very good at farming. We can't always think about farming to make a living. We can also make a living doing business."
"Then...it won't work..."
She has been dealing with the land since she was a child, and she feels uneasy without the land.
"Nothing is wrong. There are many ways to live, so long as you can live well. You don't have to worry about today's things. Now that you don't have to be busy in the field, just focus on the stalls in the town. Let's make more money. New Year.”
Su Ruyi said. Everyone saw that she didn't intend to continue talking about this matter, so they all shut up.
They calculated in their minds again that the extra grain they had to hand in today, whether it was two dou or three dou, frightened them at first, but after careful calculation, they found that it was only more than a hundred cents, which they had not yet sold. There is a lot of money for pancakes in one day.
Suddenly it didn't feel so scary again.
However, ordinary people are used to being frugal, and no matter how little they have, it is still their own thing, and they feel uncomfortable.
Alas, there is nothing we can do about it. I just hope that this business in the town can continue for a long time.
It's quiet at night.
Su Ruyi walked out of her room.
She gave Li Zheng a piece of silver. This money was not just for getting a few names.
Unfortunately, she doesn't like to eat it.
I didn't tell my family about my plan because if I did, it would restrict myself and make it difficult for me to take action.
A full moon hung in the night sky, shining brightly everywhere.
The courtyard door quietly opened and then closed quietly, and Su Ruyi's figure disappeared into the courtyard.
Not long after, the courtyard door quietly opened again, and Su Ruyi flashed back.
After locking the courtyard door, she returned to her room without making a sound.
I took off my shoes and lay back on my bed, thinking to myself that my family must have a watchdog, not like the Luo family next door...
Because Su Ruyi got up once in the middle of the night, she didn't get up as usual when she went to sleep, and her family didn't have the habit of waking her up. In the end, she was startled by the sudden noise outside.
Is this coming?
The response is pretty quick?
Su Ruyi sat up from the bed and stretched.
There was a loud knock on the door.
"Ruyi? Ruyi! Are you up? The Luo family is here to cause trouble!"
Li Baozhu shouted anxiously outside.
"Get up, I'll come right away."
Su Ruyi put on her clothes and came out, and saw all the young and old of the Luo family blocking the entrance of her courtyard, and even entered the courtyard, all of them frowning and looking like they were trying to eat people.
Two women, Zhang and Liu Cuier, stood in front of them. They were outnumbered. After another tug, they were completely defeated. The children didn't get up for a long time. They stood in the yard with messy hair and confused faces.
"Lu family, give us back the food!"
"Don't think that because you are women, we don't dare to do anything. If we don't get the food back, our family will fight with you!"
The two middle-aged men of the Luo family roared arrogantly, and moved forward two more steps, as if they were about to wave their fists at any time, which was quite scary.
Mrs. Zhang inserted her waist and cursed: "What kind of food? Our Lu family owes you? What else do you want to do?!"
The gossip you talked about in front of the official yesterday was not taken into account by you!
Mrs. Luo said sharply: "Ms. Zhang, you Lu family are nothing but stealing our food!"
"Fart! Did you see us stealing your food? Where did our family steal your food? Your Luo family is nothing. Don't think that I don't know about your mischief yesterday. I didn't even settle the accounts with you. Why are you still here? Come to me if you have the nerve!”
"What are we doing?!"
"Stop pretending to me. Did you speak ill of our Lu family in front of the officials yesterday? If it weren't for your mischief, how could our family have handed over so much food?! Are you human?"
"Nonsense, who told you?"
"How can this be false? It's——"
"I heard it with my own ears!"
Su Ruyi's loud voice interrupted Zhang's words. Only then did Zhang realize that she had just been so excited that she almost said it to others. If she did, it would not offend her family. Already?
The Luo family was so aggressive that before they knew it, the whole family had crowded into the Lu family's yard.
Su Ruyi stepped forward and said, "What do you Luo family want to do so early in the morning?"
"Okay, now that you know, there is no doubt that you did it. You, Su Ruyi, were so angry that you stole three bags of food from my Luo family last night! Isn't that right?"
The Luo family no longer quibbles about what happened yesterday. They just feel that this matter is a definite fact. It was stolen by the Lu family!
"Did I steal it? You can't open your mouth and fart. Who can prove that I stole it?!"
"We have already called the village chief. We are going to search your Lu family's home today!"
Su Ruyi didn't seem to be afraid: "Search the family? Our Lu family has not done anything bad, why should we ask you to search the family? You are an official! Don't even think about it!"
