Lu Laifu, who had stood in the courtyard for a while, was full of doubts.
"What happened?"
Wang Xuelan told him the content of the quarrel between the two people just now, and then pulled Lu Laifu aside and said in a low voice, "Today's matter seems to be Tian's fault. You can take her back and say, don't do it." If she makes the whole family divorce, we will comfort her later and go to the house to get 20 kilograms of brown rice to make up for it first."
"Hey, that's good."
After Lu Laifu finished speaking, he came to Tian Chunyan, took her arm and walked out.
Tian Chunyan wanted to break free from Lu Laifu's hand, but the man's hands were too strong and she couldn't break free at all.
"what you do!?"
Lu Laifu didn't even look back and pulled Tian Chunyan out of the yard, "What else can I do? Of course I will take you home."
"Go home, why go home if you can't open the pot? If you weren't helpful, our family wouldn't have to go hungry, and I wouldn't have to come here to find anger." Tian's anger has not subsided yet. , I just want to find a place to vent my anger.
When Lu Laifu heard what she said, he was not angry. Instead, he held her shoulders and continued walking out, "Daughter-in-law, let's go home first. When we get home, I will bring you twenty kilograms of grain."
Tian Chunyan didn't believe it, "Are you telling the truth?"
He lowered his voice and said in her ear, "Of course it's true, my mother just promised me."
"That's pretty much it!"
With these twenty kilograms of food, the family can survive for a while by saving some food.
Seeing the two elders walking away, Lu Tiesheng looked at Yun Cuihe and said, "Third daughter-in-law, don't be angry. You also know that the eldest daughter-in-law has such a mouth. She is never forgiving. Don't be the same as her."
Wang Xuelan also hurriedly said, "Your father is right. It is your own body that makes you angry. It took a lot of effort to take care of your body. Don't be so angry."
Yun Cuihe's temper has now eased.
"Mom and Dad, I just spoke to my sister-in-law, and it was only about her personally, not everyone else at all."
"Both mom and dad understand." Wang Xuelan stepped forward and took her hand, "You are a good child. Mom and dad have been with you for so many years, and they also know your temper. Except for the fourth child, you are the gentlest. Don't Never mind your sister-in-law, she has a bad mouth, and when her anger is gone, I will ask her to apologize to you."
"There's no need to apologize. I know in my heart that my sister-in-law looks down on my family." Yun Cuihe looked at the two of them, "Dad, why don't you go sit in the house? Don't catch a cold outside."
Wang Xuelan clapped her hand and said, "Don't sit down anymore. We have to go back. It's snowing non-stop. It won't be possible to go down the mountain when it gets dark."
After saying that, he walked towards Lu Tiesheng, and the two old men helped each other out. Lu Yufang saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to hold Wang Xuelan's hand.
Looking at the two old people's increasingly stooped bodies, Yun Cuihe looked at Chu Yue aside, "Yueyue, do you think I did something wrong? Let your grandparents come to worry about us juniors at such a young age. .”
"Mom did nothing wrong, it was my aunt who went too far."
Lu Xinghe's voice came from the room, "You can't buy food in the town, but the food in the county is relatively abundant, but the price is not low. My fourth uncle knows this, so I don't have to worry about them."
After hearing what Lu Xinghe said, Yun Cuihe put her heart back in her stomach.
"Okay, we are so busy with our own family affairs, how can we have free time to worry about other people's hearts?"
After saying that, he and Chu Yue returned to the house.
…
It snowed intermittently for several more days. On the 26th of the winter lunar month, the sky finally cleared up and the snow outside gradually melted after two days of melting.
Early that morning, a carriage asked for directions in front of the old house, then went straight up the hillside.
"Miss Chu, are you at home?"
Hearing the knock on the door outside, Chu Yue stepped forward and opened the door full of doubts.
"Eh? He Xiang? Why did you come to my house?"
He Xiang smiled and handed a red invitation to Chu Yue's hand, "Miss Chu, this is the invitation sent by my young lady. On the third day of the twelfth lunar month, my young lady has a hairpin. By then, Miss Chu is welcome to come to Shen Mansion to attend the young lady's event. The haircut ceremony."
Chu Yue was slightly surprised, "Sister Shen is back in town?"
Isn’t the town a little peaceful recently?
He Xiang smiled and replied, "Yes, Madam saw that the young lady was about to have hair extensions, so she took her back to town a few days ago."
"How is Mrs. Shen's health now?"
Hexiang said to Chu Yuefu Shen, "The girl has rejuvenated wonderfully, and my lady has taken good care of her. Madam has recovered very well and can already walk on her own, but she is still a little weak."
"The recovery is indeed good." Then he asked again, "Didn't you hear that women are being arrested everywhere in the town? Mrs. Shen and Sister Shen returned at this juncture, but peace has been restored?"
"Miss Chu, don't you know? I heard that Prince Jing has taken over Nanping Town recently and has cleared up the order in Nanping Town. It's just because the officers and soldiers arrested people and made troubles too fiercely some time ago, those girls' families still don't dare to go out."
"That's for sure." Chu Yue looked at her, "Now that the situation in the town has become clear, I will definitely go to Shen's Mansion to celebrate Sister Shen's hairpin gift on the third day of the twelfth lunar month, and I hope Miss Hexiang will convey it to me. One or two.”
"Yes." He Xiang greeted Chu Yue respectfully, "The invitation has been sent. It's time for me to go back to town. My lady is still waiting for me to go back to my hometown."
"Okay, be careful on the road."
After watching He Xiang leave, Chu Yue closed the courtyard door and turned back to the main room.
"Ms. sir." Chu Yue looked at Lu Xinghe who was reading a book, "I heard that the town has been taken over by Prince Jing and order has been cleared."
Lu Xinghe hummed, a flash of thought flashing in his eyes.
King Jing?
That legendary third prince who intimidated the government and the public with his military exploits?
He should have come to Nanping Town a long time ago, why did he stand up now to maintain order in Nanping Town? Could it be that the people sent by the imperial court to Nanping Town were not just a group of people?
Chu Yue came to Lu Xinghe's side, grabbed his sleeve and said, "Just now, Miss Shen asked her personal maid to send an invitation. She wanted to invite me to attend her haircut ceremony on the third day of the twelfth lunar month. Then my husband will send me to town. How about going up?"
Lu Xinghe looked at her expression and finally nodded, "Okay, but first, I have to confirm whether the town is safe as the maid said."
"How to be sure?"
"Tomorrow Dagui and I will go to the town to bring the vegetables from the old house to the town to sell." He said, closed the book in his hand, stood up and walked out, "Xingpingxing An, come with me to the old house to collect vegetables."
Chu Yue hurriedly followed Lu Xinghe out of the house.
"I am coming too."
…
The four of them had just returned home after collecting the vegetables from the old house, when they saw Lu Dagui running up from the foot of the mountain, panting.
"Daughter-in-law Xinghe, I heard that there is a family in Zhaojiacun next to our village who wants to sell their land. It seems that because the annual income is not good, the business in the town is losing money, so they want to sell ten acres of their land to make a profit. I I went to take a look and found that the ten acres of fields are all close to each other, and they are all high-quality fields. If the price is very low, I should be able to get them for sixty taels of silver per mu."
