After Meizhuang left, the Liu family closed the door tightly.
In the Liu family hall.
Liu Laozhu first pushed his wife to sit down on a chair, and then he clapped his left hand and right hand in front of his wife and talked non-stop, trying to break it up and break it into pieces to explain to her.
When talking about a restaurant, Pepper asked: But on that deserted road, if we don't walk, there won't even be a ghost. Where is the guest?
Liu Laozhu's answer was unspeakable, and he shook his right index finger to signal his wife not to ask.
Pepper stared at her man's finger: "..." Why are you so angry?
At this time, Liu Laozhu hurriedly pulled the stool and sat in front of Pepper before his wife lost her temper.
He was half-bent, and suddenly reached out to wrap his wife's small hands, as rough as old tree bark. He was explaining something to Pepper in a low voice, and told Pepper what Mrs. Xu had analyzed for him.
Pepper nodded anxiously as she listened. When she heard the dog-headed guillotine, she suddenly stood up and ran into the house. She put the loose silver hidden everywhere in the house and the only fifty-tael silver ingot by the kang. The son was originally intended to be a wife for his younger son.
Afraid of the psychological burden on his man, Pepper pushed the pile of money forward again, indicating that it didn't matter, as long as the family lived well, it didn't matter if he didn't have enough money.
Liu Laozhu looked at his old wife with white hair in her hair. He swallowed his sadness and put away all the money. When he turned around to face his old wife again, he immediately changed his expression to an excited expression and started talking in plain words.
He broke off Pepper's fingers and analyzed it. Don't be afraid, you won't lose.
Do you think the old girl from the Xu family is a fool?
You see that Meizhuang dares to follow me and buy land without asking anything, which also shows that it is not wrong to follow.
Look, daughter-in-law, not only is our family’s money advanced in vain, there is also the old girl’s five taels of silver, which is Arita’s money.
Pepper was surprised: "From Arita?"
Liu Laozhu began to wave his arms again, and said the words that Mrs. Xu had given him to imagine, such as having a small family and great love. When more shops are rented out, villagers not only in this village but also in other villages will remember his good deeds.
When the time comes, don't say that you are trying to bully him. Once things are done, he will probably leave his name among the real high-ranking and good officials.
When the time comes to pay the grain tax, those li zhengs will be just small li zhengs. As soon as the Erdaohe grain payment team he led appears, others will have to make way for him.
He smiled sheepishly. In fact, whoever can be a hero will be a bear. As long as he can accomplish this, he also has a heroic dream in his heart.
He also memorized the words of Mrs. Xu and told Pepper: What he is walking back is the path of the world, and what he is carrying is the flag against the wind. By then, you, old man, will be straighter than before. As an upright wife, you will be proud, and you will be more popular in the village than before, because that is when you truly gain the respect of the villagers.
"And when my parents return to the village in the future, believe it or not, every family will invite them to visit, and it will be impossible not to go. By then, dad will be very happy."
Liu Laozhu, who is so young, rarely smiles like a child in front of Pepper, a young couple who comes to accompany him all the time.
Pepper suddenly hugged Liu Laozhu and started crying: "We just wanted to keep our children..."
The afternoon sun shines on the old couple embracing each other.
But the sun didn't shine for a while, and the door of the Liu family opened wide. Farmers even have time to grieve over the Spring and Autumn Period, and have no time to be sentimental.
Pepper drove the ox cart and delivered the first load of grain to the Xu family.
A group of three village women, Da Hongzi, Da'ezi, and One-Ear Lao Niang happened to see this scene.
Liu Laozhu was loading grain into the car at home, and Pepper soon arrived with the second car.
The three women followed the shadow of the bullock cart, coming to Xu's house, then to Liu's house, and again, and again, taking grain to Xu's house to unload the cart.
Da Hongzi couldn't bear it anymore and asked Pepper: "What do you mean? Is your family lending food to the Xu family?"
"Ah", just as Pepper responded, Mrs. Xu came out, wiping the dust off her body with a wet towel, and called to Pepper, "You must be exhausted, come in and have a drink of water."
Pepper remembered that Liu Laozhu was still in the grain cellar and could not stay. First, he grabbed Old Mrs. Xu's hand and wanted to say something to Old Mrs. Xu with great emotion, but because the three women were in front of him, he didn't say anything. He lowered his head with red eyes, then quickly took out the note and handed it to Mrs. Xu: "Sister, I have something to do at home, so I won't sit in the house. This is an IOU for you, keep it. And, thank you."
Da Hongzi, Da'ezi, and One-Ear Old Lady all looked at the IOU, then at Old Madam Xu, and then looked at the grain truck in bewilderment: "..."
No, they have to think about it carefully. Shouldn't it be the Xu family who writes the IOU to the Liu family?
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At dawn the next day, I had to go to the town to apply for the land deed.
Liu Laozhu drove to the door of Xu's house and stopped: "Tian Xin'er, Tian Xin."
"Hey, here we come, Grandpa Liu!"
When they arrived at Meizhuang's house, Liu Laozhu waved his whip and called people: "Niece, eldest niece."
"Here we come, uncle."
The three of them ate pancakes with water and headed towards the town in the morning light.
Liu Laozhu motioned to Xu Tianxin and Meizhuang to wrap themselves in the quilts he brought to avoid the cold.
Xu Tianxin took Liu Laozhu's dry food, put the meat floss grandma brought into Liu Laozhu's pancakes, and asked Grandpa Liu to eat while driving, and also wrapped meat floss for Aunt Meizhuang.
Liu Laozhu swung his whip while eating the cake and said with a smile: "If you sell this, it's not bad. Why did you think about it? You have such a stupid head. I'll tell you later, don't be afraid if you do more, I can even deliver this food to you. Grandpa sells it on behalf of me."
