[Wang Lushi also snorted, then yawned, turned around and entered the house, and came out with the toilet. The carpenter's wife happened to pour out the toilet and said hello to Wang Lu. They went to the manure pit together.

"Sister-in-law Wang, you are really not used to saying that these soldiers are not here. In the past, they would make a fuss about calling that number in the morning, but you're not used to it now. ”

Wang Lu changed hands and agreed: "No. To say that Chen Wangye's soldiers are different, they are both spiritual and obedient. The war was still fierce, and this was not like the soldiers of the Tianjin Patriotic Nation. ”】

In fact, Song Wenxian also knew that this was not a New Year's greeting. From the very beginning of their meeting with Sun Guozhen, Sun Guozhen treated them as a whole.

Since people have been prepared for a long time, it is not easy to eat their money. Chen Xin frowned and looked down for a while. He said to Song Wenxian: "Since Sun Guozhen is ready, I will see it later." If it doesn't work out well, we don't take that risk. Xiao Jiahua is nothing, but your eldest son can't ignore it. At present, Sun Guozhen has promised to report on my military exploits in beheading the bandits, and to ask a guard commander to come down. With the abundant yuan shell of the military department, I can enter the Wenden camp when I return from Japan. ”

Song Wenxian looked at Chen Xin and said, "It's really rare for Brother Chen to take care of the dog like this." You and I had planned it a long time ago, but we still didn't get the 10,000 taels back. ”

Regarding the 10,000 taels given to Sun Guozhen last year, Chen Xin knew what he said, and said with a smile: "Mr. Song, how can you do everything, let alone rob these adults." There are many opportunities to earn silver. We can also make a lot of money when we go to Japan. Ms. Sun's situation is worrying. On the contrary, he is more careful. Still, he felt at ease

Song Wenxian still had a sad face, and asked Chen Xin after a while: "What else do you have in Dengzhou?"

"Master Sun has a hostage. I'll bring the hostages back. ”

"You mean

"Scar's family is going to bring it back to Weihai this time. ”

Early in the morning in Dunpu, several roosters began to crow. The fields around him were shrouded in mist. Wang's wife, Wang Lu, squeaked open the door. A stray dog at the door whined and quickly ran away. Wang Lu rubbed his hazy eyes and wiped a large drop of eyeballs on his hands. Then he bounced it to the ground and looked up around as several women around him began to walk out. After Tang Zuoxiang's wife came out, she saw Wang Lushi and turned her mouth back to the room.

Wang Lushi also snorted, then yawned, turned around and entered the house, and came out with the toilet. The carpenter's wife happened to pour out the toilet and said hello to Wang Lu. They went to the manure pit together.

"Sister-in-law Wang, you are really not used to saying that these soldiers are not here. In the past, they would make a fuss about calling that number in the morning, but you're not used to it now. ”

Wang Lu changed hands and agreed: "No. To say that Chen Wangye's soldiers are different, they are both spiritual and obedient. The war was still fierce, and this was not like the soldiers of the Tianjin Patriotic Nation. ”

Carpenter Tan's wife said, "Who said no, they are here." They can rest assured that they are here. It's been two days. There are only a few boats left, but none of them are on board. They like to be sneaky. It is said that they stole several dogs and ate them. ”

"That's right. Mrs. Tan, you still have to keep a dog by the chicken coop. The people on the ship did not dare to come here. When the dog barks, it has to run. ”

The two men had been talking to the manure pit outside the residential area. There is a public toilet on one side of the pit and a place to pour the toilet on the other side. There was a sign on the side of the pit: "If the feces don't go into the pit, you will be fined 5 cents of silver!" The two men stood cautiously on the edge of the pit and turned the toilet upside down.

Mrs. Tan ran more than ten steps away and picked up a bucket of water. Mrs. Tan shook and said to Mrs. Wang, "This wheel is still very useful." Mr. Liu's Mead spiral can't shake half a bucket of water in half a day. It's also because my people don't do well. It's hard to do. My man has been a carpenter for so many years, but he was forced to do nothing. Now Mr. Liu wants to replace it with an orange flute (Note 1) to lift the well

When the water came up, the two of them chatted and washed the toilet. Wang Lu stretched her waist and looked up at the fields outside. Wheat and beans have been planted, and some cotton is waiting to be watered and sprouted. He wanted to see the two small waterwheels by the river in Qincun. It hasn't rained since spring. Now it's too small to water the well with orange peel. So, we gathered all the carpenters and built two small waterwheels by the Qincun River. However, this year, the water flow of the Qincun River is not large. When repairing the waterwheel, the water level is often below the blades of the waterwheel, and the waterwheel does not move most of the time. "Why? Mrs. Tan, the waterwheel is moving. There should be water in the canal today. Check it out. ”

When Mrs. Tan heard this, she also looked at it. It's really turning very slowly. They were happy to go there. They walked to see if there was any water in the canal, but it was still dry.

Tan's wife walked for a while, and suddenly scolded: "Dog, I said why there is no water, stop! You dig!" she shouted as she ran towards the canal. Wang Lu also saw a few people in front of the canal, so he hurried to see them. They seem to have come from Mazidon. Two holes were opened in the side of the canal, and the water was led by them to the pool of Maqidong.

Tan's wife had a hot temper, hurriedly snatched a scrawny military family and scuffled, scolding in her mouth, "Tell you to dig!" This military family is very thin. Mrs. Tan is doing well now. She grabbed the military family's hair with one hand and patted the head of the other with the other. She didn't even have the strength to resist. She also had several blood stains on her face. Ah, for days, the military family dragged the hand of the Tan family's wife and pulled her hair. She stood up and hit the ridge behind her. She fell. She was pulled to the ground by him. She was still scolding, her hands still clutching the other's hair.

There were also a few Ma Zidun soldiers who were also very thin next to them saw that this woman was so fierce, and hurriedly came up and pulled away, but the other woman didn't make a move, scolded and rushed to Mrs. Tan's family, and grabbed Mrs. Tan's hair, and said on the side of her mouth: "You dare to beat my man!"

Wang Lushi couldn't help but hurriedly joined the battle group and fought two against one. It should be said that Wang Lushi and Mrs. Tan are highly accomplished in shrew boxing. After a long period of actual combat tests, they even clawed, bitten, and hit each other, and even knocked each other down. Seeing the suffering of their own people, some other military households in Mazitun pulled Wang and Lu apart with their hands and feet, and the wife of the military household was injured, his mouth and nose were bleeding, and his hair was scattered on his face like a ghost.

Law's wife is not afraid of this ghost. She threw away a strand of hair from her hand. Although she was so tired that she couldn't breathe, she still kept scolding: "You, Ma Zidan, these people are really shameless." They make waterwheels to get you out of firewood, take two branches, let you out, you can't walk two ways. When she scolded here, she shook her shoulder and exclaimed, "Who made this waterwheel? Now when there is water, you have people. Do all sorts of sneaky things. It's shameless. You men don't want to lose face, and women don't want to lose face......"

The soldier's wife gasped and choked in her chest. Hearing that the wife of the Luo family was still shouting and scolding, she suddenly grabbed the hoe on the ground and smashed it.

"Ahh

"Mr. Liu, let's take a look. Someone stole our water!"

Liu Min came to the workshop early in the morning and took over the two caravans for inspection since yesterday. In the evening, two craftsmen guarding the workshop were with him. Xu Yuanhua rushed in and shouted loudly. Wang Huzi happened to be on duty in the workshop yesterday, but he didn't go back. Hearing this, he immediately jumped up and picked up a hammer. He said to Liu Min: "Mr. Liu, this pocket pier is too deceitful. They said they didn't want to repair the watermill together. When there is water, they steal it. ”

Liu Min had a headache. The canal had to pass through the mature Mazidun. After dredging the aqueduct to the Qincun River, they began to divert water to open up the wasteland. There was no rain in the first year of this year, and the water level of the Qincun River was very low. Finally there was water, and Ma Zidun was in trouble again.

Liu Min put down the cannon barrel and said to Wang Hu, "Don't play with me." I'll take a look. The error is smaller than the original error. It's a good job. In the future, the gages will be calibrated every two months. Wang Huzi, you should be responsible for verifying. If you find that the instruments used do not match, one coin will be deducted. ”

After that, he took Xu Yuanhua out of the house. When he arrived at the canal, there were many peasants around him. After the Spring Festival, there were 70 or 80 refugees. In addition to the original five-guarantee households, there are more than 100 households. Newly built houses are getting full soon. Now some refugees have been informed, and some of them come here every day.

Although these peasants have no money, they can eat and live, which is several times better than the original refugee life. It is said that the land here has been reclaimed and may be cultivated in batches in the future. We are all hopeful. Now these people in Mazitun dare to come and grab water. These peasants all had a common hatred for their enemies, and they all scrambled to support them with their hoes.

Liu Min hurriedly ran outside the crowd. The crowd was already shouting dirty words. The crowd was in a grumpy mood. Only one woman was inside crying and saying, "Everyone, neighbors, tell me this." They just steal water. They also have to beat people. Look at me. Look at me. I can't live anymore. ”

Liu Min quickly separated the crowd and squeezed into the center of the circle. She hugged her head to the ground, and Wang Lu's family hugged her, with some blood on her face. Carpenter Tan and several carpenters captured a man and a woman at Mazidun. More than 100 people from Mazitun were standing opposite, holding sticks and hoes in their hands, and Gong Pingkang was trying to persuade her.

When Gong Baihu saw Liu Min coming, he rubbed the sweat on his forehead and said to Liu Min, "Mr. Liu, you can come." You can see this. ”

Liu Min saw the blood stains on Tan's wife's forehead, and said angrily to Gong Pingkang: "Gong Baihu, when we were repairing the water wheel, we said it very clearly. Our land is far from the river, so it is very inconvenient to carry water. We had to spend money on dredging canals and repairing waterwheels. We always have to store water first. You can use it when we have a surplus. You agreed, too. Why are you doing this now?"

Gong Pingkang felt a little guilty and said in a panic: "Mr. Liu, please don't be angry. Today, this is Qiu Banjun, who has just returned from the market town. I'm sorry I didn't talk to them about it. ”

Xu Yuanhua said angrily: "It's enough to steal water, and I still beat people." This hoe can kill. ”