After Lu Xinghe left, Chu Yue cleaned the porridge in the bowl three times, and then helped Yun Cuihe collect the dishes and wash them.
"Mom, do you have any vegetable seeds at home? It looks cool today. I want to plant some vegetables in front of the old house. When the weather gets cold, we can eat some vegetables."
"Your reminder is really true." Yun Cuihe stopped what he was doing and thought for a moment, "There are still some radish seeds at home. The ones left over from last year. Go back and look through them in the hanging basket in the kitchen. If they haven't been If the mouse was taken away, it should still be inside."
Wang Xuelan on the side listened and said hurriedly, "I'm afraid not many of the seeds I bought last year will germinate. Let's get some from home and plant them together. Your father has always bought radish and cabbage seeds from the town. I just happened to buy more. It’s been a while.”
Yun Cuihe smiled and said, "Hey, thank you very much, mother."
After the two brothers Yun Dabao finished eating, they were led to the foundation of the new house. The brothers became more and more frightened as they walked and looked at Lu Shoucheng beside them.
"Uncle Xinghe, did we go the wrong way?"
Lu Shoucheng pursed his lips in the direction of the foundation, "Well, over there is the Xinghe family's new house. How could you go the wrong way?"
"Hiss!" The Yun brothers looked at each other and gasped, "It's actually a brick house?"
They always thought that the younger sister's house was still built with adobe bricks. Could it be that Xinghe has been lucky recently?
Lu Tiesheng on the side was full of pride.
"Old man, when I found out about this, I was just as surprised as you. The green brick house in Kaiyang Brick Kiln Factory was the first in our village."
After being surprised, the Yun brothers had a look of relief on their faces: "Our little sister has finally come to the end of her hardships."
I'll tell my parents later, maybe they will be very happy.
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After washing the dishes, Chu Yue mixed some vegetable seeds from Wang Xuelan and went home.
Yun Cuihe stayed in the old house to rest. After all, there was an empty room here. She had to boil water in the afternoon and cook dinner later. It was troublesome to run around.
When he got home, Lu Xinghe was reading a book in the room.
Seeing that there was food mixed in the chicken coop, Chu Yue gently took the hoe from the kitchen and started hoeing the ground in the yard.
Fortunately, the land in front of the house had been cultivated all year round and was not very compact. The two small plots of land were quickly plowed. She made the soil smooth and finely ground, and first spread a thin layer of straw, pig manure and plant ash. To compost, use a hoe to mix the soil and fertilizer before sowing the seeds.
Then he grabbed the crushed soil nearby and covered the seeds with a thin layer. He also took out some extra garlic from the kitchen, broke it into small cloves and buried it in another piece of ground.
After doing this, just water the whole thing thoroughly.
Chu Yue finished her work and just washed her hands when she saw a group of people coming towards her home. One of them she had seen was Lu Dagui who had poked his paddy field at home before. He might have been forced to go this way. Zheng looked reluctant.
Chu Yue didn't know what was going on, so she hurriedly shouted into the room, "Mr. sir, someone is coming outside."
Lu Xinghe left the house and saw a group of people coming, and he hurriedly pulled Chu Yue behind him.
"Li Zheng came to the house for something?"
Lu Jianqi directly stated his purpose of coming, "Isn't this because I heard someone said that money was lost at home, and then I found out the person who stole the money."
Lu Xinghe raised the corners of his lips, "Li Zheng is really fast."
Lu Jianqi waved his hands uncomfortably, and then pushed Lu Dagui out angrily, "Here, the person who broke into your house to steal things is my incompetent nephew. If you want to beat him or scold him, just watch. Let’s do it, I can’t control him anymore.”
The people watching the fun didn't feel surprised when they saw that Lu Dagui had stolen the money.
This bastard's reputation in the village has always been bad. His parents couldn't control it, so they separated him as soon as they got married. Only Li Zheng could say a few words, but Li Zheng was just his uncle, and he couldn't really be his son. I usually try to suppress him in everything.
However, in the past, the nobles in Qianlu were not so bad as to steal things from other people's homes. Now, it is becoming more and more out of place.
"Li Zheng, if you steal something, you should be driven out of Banpo Village."
"That's right, who can live a peaceful life if he is in the village from now on?"
"I'm afraid it's a nest of snakes and rats. It's best to drive out Lu Dagui and his family! Our Banpo Village will not tolerate such sneaky people."
Although Lu Dagui was unconventional in the past, he had never been boycotted by so many people. Today's scene made him a little panicked. He has been living in Banpo Village since he was born. If the big guys really want to drive him away, he will I don't even know where to go.
Originally, I saw that Lu Xinghe's house had been built with blue bricks and tiles, and wanted to find out if there was any money. However, I couldn't find any money, but I was pointed out by my uncle's idiot cousin.
Li Zheng frowned, covered his mouth and pretended to cough twice.
"What do you mean, I will also leave Banpo Village?" He looked around and saw that no one said anything, so he spoke again, "You don't need to say anything else. After this incident, I will give everyone an explanation. For now, I will give you an explanation." Let’s resolve the matter at hand first.”
When Lu Xinghe saw Li Zheng looking at him, he said calmly, "We are all from the same village. There is no need to beat or scold them. All I need to do is hand over the two taels of silver that my family lost."
Twenty taels was his punishment for entering the house and stealing.
But he also knew that given Lu Dagui's situation, even two taels would probably be too much.
When Lu Dagui heard this, he finally couldn't help but speak.
"Lu Xinghe, you must speak with your conscience. Your family did not lose two taels of silver at all, but eight coins!"
Lu Xinghe looked sarcastic.
"Let me rely on my conscience? Did you have any conscience when you broke into the house to steal? The walls of my house were not solid to begin with, and now you have dug holes everywhere. Why don't you think about whether our lives will be in danger if we live here?"
"I……"
Lu Dagui was speechless by Lu Xinghe and tightened his fists.
"On the second day after plucking my paddy field last month, my family went to the field to pull weeds every month. When I got up, my shoes were missing. Apart from me and her, you were the only one who went to the field at that time. Don't think that I don't know who did it. .”
Lu Xinghe continued, "Our family is not rich, but since we can afford to build a brick house, we still have two taels of silver left over. Now my family is in urgent need of these two taels of silver to build a new house, and I won't pay you more." No matter what you are arguing about, as long as you hand over my family's money, these two matters will be canceled in one stroke, otherwise, so many people in the village can testify for me, and I can take you to see the official at any time."
Lu Xinghe's words hit the nail on the head and didn't sound like a joke at all.
Lu Dagui was well aware of Lu Xinghe's temperament and felt angry and anxious. It seemed that he was going to fall into Lu Xinghe's hands today.
"But I...I don't have so much money. I really only took eight coins from your family."
"Then let's meet at the Yamen." Lu Xinghe couldn't help but say.
"Hey, don't." Lu Dagui looked at Lu Jianqi with some embarrassment, "Uncle, I don't have any money, can you lend me some? I don't want to go to jail."
Two taels of silver is not a small amount of money to leave in anyone's house. If you lend money to Lu Dagui, it will most likely be wasted money.
This time he really went too far and actually committed such a burglary. He deserved to be taught a lesson.
Looking at the pitiful Lu Dagui, Lu Jianqi said cruelly, "Uncle usually takes care of you when you get into trouble. This time, you have to rely on yourself. My uncle's family doesn't have any spare money to lend you."
Lu Dagui thought for a while and looked at Lu Xinghe again.
"I really don't have any money. This year's income is not good, and the family has been unable to untie the pot. My mother-in-law ran away with someone a few days ago, and I still have a child to support."
Lu Xinghe was unmoved.
"That's no reason for you to steal."
