Jiang Zhi pointed at his nose and scolded him, while Li Laoshi nodded his head like a fool, and kept responding anyway.
On the other side, Xu Genyou and Tian Gui saw her coming at the construction site. Knowing that something was going on, they put down their tools and came over.
"Auntie!"
"village head!"
After joining the group, the two have worked together for a long time, and now they have a tacit understanding.
Jiang Zhi nodded: "There are roots. Er Rui said there are still a few pieces of wood missing. I'd better trouble you to go to the town to buy them."
Xu Genyou nodded silently. He knew the situation in the town best, and he also bought the wood in front.
Next to him, Tian Gui interjected: "Village Chief Jiang, I'd better go and talk about this wood!"
"Ah? Why?"
Jiang Zhi turned to look at him and waved Li Laoshi to leave.
Newly cut trees can only be used as auxiliary materials, and the actual wood for building houses must be purchased.
Xu Genyou and Er Rui were the ones who picked it out before, so why is Tian Gui trying to steal his life now? And rob him in person?
Tian Gui looked at Xu Genyou, who was silent, and then at the people around him who were eager to listen. After thinking for a while, he called Jiang Zhi to the side: "Village Chief, come here and talk."
Jiang Zhi glanced at Xu Genyou, raised his feet and walked to the side.
Tian Gui whispered: "Last time Er Rui and Gen You went to buy wood, Carpenter Wang's family found out, so they asked Gen You's brother to come and do business..."
Jiang Zhi chuckled: "Coming?"
Tian Gui nodded: "Not long after Xu Genbao came to the village, he was scolded by his mother Liu.
He said that if he still wanted to be part of the Xu family, he would bring his wife back and build a shack and farm his own life! There is no eating inside or outside, and the elbows are turned outward. "
"How could Xu Genbao have the nerve to come back? He was scolded and told to go back to town. Yesterday, I heard someone said that Genbao's wife went outside and cried and scolded her for a long time on the official road!"
"I'm worried that if Xu Gen goes to town, he will be stopped by his brother and sister-in-law and scolded him in unpleasant ways."
Jiang Zhi thought for a moment: "Okay, it's better to do less than to do more, and the wood is more important. If the Wang family dares to cause trouble and delay the repair of the house, I will go to the town and beat him up."
For the sake of Xu Genyou and Sister-in-law Liu, I can leave it alone. If it delays my own affairs, then don't blame me for being rude.
Tian Gui smiled and said: "Genyou's family knows the importance of this and has scolded him away."
Now Er Rui is in charge of buying materials, and the money is also given to him, so he can use it in any way he wants.
There is only one thing, that is, all the money is entered into the ledger.
Xu Errui has also become accustomed to writing down everything. Although it is not neat, it is better than being unable to answer her mother's questions.
After briefly looking at the construction site, Jiang Zhi went straight to Xia Xiucai's house.
The Xia family's shack is just like other houses. With the help of other people, they built two small rooms against the earth wall.
One room is occupied by Xia Xiucai and his wife, and the other room is occupied by Xia's mother and her grandson Xia Yuan.
The earthen stove for cooking is outside the shack. The weather is fine, but if it rains, the only choice is to go hungry or eat dry food for this meal.
Usually, Xia Xiucai, who has a mental problem, does not interact with others, and the shack is deserted.
But today, there were many people standing outside the Xia family's shack, but they were all women and children. Some of them were holding small bundles of herbs in their hands.
No one noticed Jiang Zhi's arrival, and they all formed a circle to look at what was inside.
What's inside?
Jiang Zhi also became interested, quietly walked behind the crowd, and looked inside...
Hi! It was actually a boy lying on a small stool, using a charcoal stick to write on the stone slab, and he wrote in an orderly manner.
Next to her, Xia's mother was weighing the medicine. After weighing it, she said: "Lin Xiaohu, two pounds of mint!"
Five pounds of Tiantao money grass..."
She read a sentence, and the child next to her scratched the name on the slate, then counted a few pennies and handed it over.
You can get money by selling herbal medicine. The child's thin face is full of smiles and he withdraws from the crowd in the envious eyes of other children.
Tian Taoer sold five kilograms of herbal medicine today.
Although the three of them worked hard for two days, they only got five cents after picking and drying them, but it was enough to go to Lihua Town to buy a piece of brown sugar so that the pregnant mother could drink some sugar water.
Jiang Zhi looked at the little girl who was counting money with her head down. It was Tian Gui's eldest daughter who was almost sold, the eleven-year-old Tian Taoer.
The little girl was wearing patched clothes and trousers. They were clean and washed, but they were quite short, exposing her elbows and ankles.
The little girl loves beauty. Her hair is styled into two buns with a malan flower in it.
At this time, she carefully put the money into a cloth bag, then tied the mouth of the bag tightly and tied it to the waistband of her trousers.
At this moment, a woman in the crowd suddenly turned around and walked towards her, saying, "You little girl robbed my herbal medicine, now pay me back!"
As he spoke, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Tian Taoer's purse, and then pulled hard.
Unexpectedly, the money bag had been tied to the waist of Tian Tao's trousers. Instead of tearing it off, it actually dragged the little girl to stagger.
Tian Taoer exclaimed: "Aunt Qin, what are you doing?"
The woman had a stern face and long eyebrows. She looked even more irritable than the original person Jiang Zhi had just passed through.
Aunt Qin didn't pull off the money bag, but raised her hand to grab Tian Taoer's pigtails, cursing: "Your shack is noisy every day, and I see that your dead mother has a big belly and doesn't pay attention, and now you are robbing me of herbal medicines." , bring the money, or I’ll slap you!”
Tian Taoer squeezed her money bag tightly to dodge and defend: "This is the herb my family found, not yours."
Aunt Qin also scolded: "Fart, that's because I saw it first, and I thought I would dig it out when I grew older in a few days."
Tian Taoer was so angry that she almost cried: "It grows in the wasteland. Whoever digs it belongs to whoever digs it up. Why didn't you tell me when I dug it back? You only want it now!"
Aunt Qin grinned: "I won't wait until you are dry!"
Jiang Zhi was dumbfounded: He had been busy harvesting wheat and planting rice seedlings during this period and could not come to the village. Why did an old witch show up again and be so arrogant?
There was a shout here, and the circle of people surrounding the counter dispersed and looked over. Instead, they blocked Jiang Zhi, who was standing behind, so that no one noticed her.
Inside, Xia's mother said to Aunt Qin: "His aunt, it's not easy for these children to make money. If you continue to make trouble like this, the village chief will definitely be angry if he finds out!"
Aunt Qin still grabbed Tian Taoer's hair and said proudly: "The village chief needs to take care of her as soon as possible. She is busy drinking wind on the mountain!"
Xia's mother said with a cold face: "If you let the village chief know what you said, you deserve to be beaten."
Aunt Qin was not afraid at all and raised her head: "The top is in charge of the world and the earth is in charge, and the middle is in charge of spanking. How could she, a woman who is the village chief, still care what I say!"
Jiang Zhi walked out and snorted coldly: "You are really right, I just want to control your fart mouth. Don't let the child go yet!"
Suddenly seeing Jiang Zhi here, Mrs. Qin was obviously startled. She let go of Tian Taoer's braid, but she still had a rebellious look on her face: "Let me go, I have to pay back the money for the herbal medicine this girl stole."
Jiang Zhi ignored her. At this time, Xia's mother had already led Xia Yuan over: "Village Chief Jiang!"
Jiang Zhi softened his expression: "Sister-in-law Xia, what did you mean when you said that it's not easy for children to make money?"
Xia's mother looked very unhappy. When her family came to Xujia Village, they were cared for everywhere. Someone helped them farm, and Errui gave her a lot of grain and oil.
I just helped collect the medicine, and I will be paid later.
The people in the village are so nice, but this Qin family is the most rude. While the adults are working there, she makes up excuses to steal money from the children.
Xia's mother was just thinking about how to report it when Xia Yuan already said crisply: "Grandma, the village chief, she comes to steal money every day. Yuan'er has written everything down."
