Meizhuang was sitting on the donkey cart, whittling wooden arrows all the time.
She felt that it was not appropriate for her to step forward when the two elders were talking.
As a result, when I looked up again, I saw the two old men walking further and further away.
They seemed to be measuring the land with their feet, and then the two men pulled up the rope.
The rope was probably not long enough, so the two old men had to look around for larger rocks to mark. After making the marks, they continued walking away. And further forward, there are only weeds half as tall as a man. If you don't pay attention, you will fall down.
"Hey, hey!" Meizhuang first led the donkey cart to find a big tree and tied it to a big tree, then picked up the sickle and ran in the direction of Mrs. Xu and Liu Laozhu.
When Mei Zhuang arrived, she didn't bother the two elders to talk. She just swung the sickle to shovel the grass in front, and opened a trail for Liu Laozhu and Mrs. Xu to continue measuring.
At this time, Liu Laozhu was tired enough. He turned around to look at Meizhuang who came to help, and said in a hoarse voice: "Girl, since you have cut the grass, don't throw it away. I will carry you in the car to pick it up later, and put the black grass away." Wheat straw picked out.”
He wants to keep it for gifts.
I went back to each village to borrow adobe bricks, but I couldn't go to those local houses empty-handed.
Liu Laozhu knew clearly in his heart: No one would give gifts using wild grass.
He wanted to carry two kilograms of rice, but he had to have it.
In the future, their village will only spend a penny to break off eight-petal flowers, especially when they don’t know what is going on in the past two months. We can’t explain it to the villagers, and we can’t talk to anyone... Mainly, he can’t understand it either.
Even his family's grain cannot be eaten in large quantities for his younger son in the future. If he wants to be full, he has to mix a few coarse and fine grains, or he can only eat one and a half.
Because just now this girl from the Xu family took half of his family's food on credit.
Why did he respond in a daze? Liu Laozhu was confused, probably because he was in a rather excited mood.
Fortunately, I was going to take more than half of it on credit, but then the Xu family girl took the initiative and said something like this: "We want to do good for the villagers, but that doesn't mean we have to hold our breath and suffer losses. You should also keep some food at home, and we can start business later. , and you have to let my sister-in-law earn some money, so I’ll give you half of it on credit.” These words made him feel warm.
It just got cold after a while, and it turned out that this was just the beginning.
“...I still lack sweet potatoes, broken rice, soybeans, corn, sweet sorghum stalks and seeds.
Let's put it this way, brother, whatever you can get on credit from the villages outside, I will be short of.
In fact, it's not just me who's in need. It's estimated that every family in our village will be in need.
There are also clay vats. I don’t care how many others are short of, but for just tanks, my family needs six or seven. You don’t have to choose the size of the pickle jar, the more the better.
There are also large clay pots. If anyone has extra, I just want the big one. Including wooden bowls and plates, I have chopsticks at home, either new or old.
I wonder if you recognize the blacksmith shop in the town..."
Liu Laozhu looked at Mrs. Xu who was still counting on her fingers, and his head was about to explode: "Co-authorship is all based on credit?"
Most people have such poor conditions and have nothing, so it’s okay not to do this business.
"What can we do if we don't take credit? It's better to face the difficulties and earn some money. Don't worry, at least my family's share will be paid back at the end of the year."
After Mrs. Xu finished speaking, she looked at Liu Laozhu.
She knew the old man couldn't hold on any longer.
Because when they measured the land just now, they had already calculated that a windlass well would be built in the middle, behind her shop.
How can we do business without water? Everyone in the village must have a well here.
But to dig a well, Liu Laozhu first had to shell out a few taels of silver.
There is also a large house. Not only does each shop have a heated kang, but it must at least have a stove and a fire wall in the winter, all of which require the use of bricks.
But the fire wall couldn't be built without bricks. If her family wanted to make it warmer and plant some vegetables in winter, she would have to buy two taels of bricks. Not to mention that if he wanted to buy such a large row of houses, the original land deed money would be enough for Liu Laozhu to drink a pot.
That's called fifty taels, and that one can't be given on credit first.
For things like bricks, at least half must be paid upfront. It is conceivable that it costs a lot of money to add it.
Mrs. Xu felt that it was time to tell something that could purify Liu Laozhu's soul.
"I know it's difficult for you. How can it be so easy to carry a flag against the wind? You see, whoever wants to accomplish something will not feel aggrieved."
While talking, Mrs. Xu took off the baggage she had been carrying on her back.
It was not until this moment that Liu Laozhu realized what people who didn't even recite words were doing.
When the furoshiki was opened, there were five large strings of dirty copper plates mixed with mud.
"Where did you get the money?" I kept forgetting to ask.
Liu Laozhu thought to himself: If I remember correctly, not long ago, the old woman from another village in the Xu family came to the door and made a fuss because of two taels of silver.
Mrs. Xu squatted in front of the furoshiki and raised her eyes to look at Liu Laozhu: "When Arita was alive, the twenty taels of silver buried under the big tree were left for the children. Now only our three mothers know about this. My sons I don’t even know. This time I dug it out. I will keep fifteen taels, and the remaining five taels will be given to you."
"What do you mean give it to me?"
"It's the same as if you gave money to the villagers for nothing, just pay it first. Let's carry it together."
Mrs. Xu handed over the 50 taels of donations from modern family members. She had made an agreement with her family members before coming.
Liu Laozhu, on the other hand, thinks that he is not a tearful person at all, let alone in front of a woman.
He turned around hastily and was covering his eyes with his hands.
But he has obviously closed his eyes, but it seems that the copper plates that cannot wash away the dirt are still shaking in front of his eyes. And carry that sentence together.
What can we carry together? We don’t owe him anything.
Looking back on these days, people like Xu's sister knew what was going on, but she never threatened him. Instead, she helped him make amends in front of Capt. Zhao.
He also told every family in the village that if you can catch fish, don't forget to be upright.
Like this time, even more so, when Chong analyzed what she said for him just now, rather than saying that the Xu family girl was doing good for the people in the village, it was better to say that she was doing it to protect him. Carrying it together means that since you know it and have given an idea, you must keep him.
This is because I obviously have to pay for my pots on credit, and my own money is not enough, but I can't see that he is worried, so I give him some money from Youtian.
Youtian, uncle, I can't help you.
Liu Laozhu burst into tears from between his fingers. In previous years, he had the nerve to buy the Xu family's belongings at a low price.
Thinking of Xu Youtian's tall and cheerful appearance, I felt even more uncomfortable.
Finally, he choked out the words he had been holding back for many years:
"Old girl..." It's no longer Xu Meizi, but the old girl.
"It would have been great if our two families could become in-laws back then, but I was jealous of the eldest son in your family. I was jealous of Dajinger, and it turned into hatred.
I have dreamed of Arita twice in the past few years. To tell you the truth, I asked him in my dream why he didn't like my daughter, which made me disgraced. If he is chosen, I can take care of his younger brothers, life will be better, and I can provide for him to study. I asked him and I don’t regret it.
I also tell you from the bottom of my heart, if he were my uncle, really, I wouldn’t have let him die even at the risk of my life! "
Liu Laozhu was very excited at the end, because now it was the first time he regretted that such a good boy could read and calculate accounts through years of self-study, and he was also a good hunter and walked through Yanmen Pass to sell goods. I heard that The sales leader all thought that Youtian was going to be taken away. He was destined to be successful in the future. He was not his uncle, so he should be kept. After he was saved, Arutian would never forget his uncle because of his love and righteousness.
He is also the only kid in the village who has hope of being able to do well outside.
If one of them gets mixed up, the others will survive.
Mrs. Xu looked at Liu Laozhu's back speechlessly, thinking: I was so moved that I couldn't hold back these words for a long time.
"Have you ever cheated on me about Chen Sesame and rotten millet? You're crying like this.
Besides, you have nothing to think about. You also questioned our children in your dream.
Does the young boy prefer slender eyes or round eyes, tall, short, fat or thin? Is that something we can control? Otherwise, this is what we call young people.
If everyone were as realistic as we are at our age, there wouldn't be so many things like marrying high and marrying low. Then it would be easier to choose whom to choose and whether to choose something rare or not. Just look at whose granary it is. "
When Mrs. Xu spoke, she waved her hand, signaling Mei Zhuang, who had rushed over to see the situation, to stand farther away, and then continued to lecture Liu Laozhu: "Hurry up, you have a lot of things to do, and you are not afraid of the juniors seeing you when you are shedding tears." .”
Meizhuang had already seen it and was dumbfounded. The aunt was so awesome that she made Uncle Li Zheng cry.
At this moment, the noisy sound of a group of passers-by suddenly came from the road.
Mrs. Xu had an illusion for a moment, thinking that the caravan was coming.
The result is... from Wangjiagou?
Mrs. Xu and Meizhuang were pushed into the grass one by one by Liu Laozhu, and they also picked up the money and carried it on their shoulders.
Mrs. Xu squatted in the grass, watched Liu Laozhu's reaction, and contacted Lei Li, who was coming. Then he looked at a car passing by on the road and thought to himself:
Is this something that is about to happen to Wang Lizheng? Even if no one has been arrested yet, some dark den of the "big business", such as the dark den of Lei's home, may be hidden without anyone noticing.
This should be after receiving the news, like an ant on a hot pot rushing to where to seek help, or moving family members. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many cars and we would be able to get there so quickly.
Sure enough, that old guy Liu Laozhu must know something.
"That's right!" Liu Laozhu squinted at the road and almost couldn't help but want to shout that he deserved it. He would never forget the scene of beating his brother. He would avenge this sooner or later. Just watch, he was behind when Wangjiagou Village was in chaos.
Mrs. Xu didn't say anything because Meizhuang was by her side: "Li Zheng, have you forgotten that he is the one who is finished?"
The smile on Liu Laozhu's face froze: "..."
Indeed I forgot.
"Lucao, don't worry, I know what's going on. Let's go back to the village!"
He went back to the village to support the old girl with these five taels, and he could write an IOU in his rightful name.
"By the way, old girl, whose name is written on your red deed?"
"Since she is my granddaughter, Arita left it to Xin, and her aunt knows about it."
"Then let the child get up early tomorrow and go to town with me."
But Liu Laozhu has already arrived home, and the weeds he brought home have also been put into the yard. The handsome man is not leaving yet.
Don't leave, Liu Laozhu thought to himself: He still wants to find a wife to take away all the money in the family. Although he would take it away regardless of whether the old wife agreed or not, this matter was determined to be fatal.
But before taking it away, I always felt that I had to tell it first if we could discuss it.
Pepper was just coming back from feeding the pigs in the backyard with a bucket of swill. He was stunned when he saw Meizhuang. When he heard what Meizhuang said, he was even more confused.
Meizhuang was embarrassed for a while, and then said concisely: "Uncle Li Zheng, which piece of wasteland my aunt bought, you can give me five taels of silver next to her, you can give me the number of acres, just next to her." , is it right?"
Liu Laozhu never expected that Mrs. Xu already had such blind followers.
(End of chapter)
