Late at night, the north wind whistled the Korean paper, and the wind howled like a ghost crying wolf, and even if the gap between the windows was sealed, the cold wind still penetrated into the inner room. Mo Xiaohe fetched hot water, and after the three sisters burned their feet, she got out of bed and closed the thick curtains, and put down the tent again, leaving only a faint candlelight on the table.

"The three of us squeezed into one bed, and it won't be cold."

Mo Xiaohe slept in the middle, she just entered the quilt, and found that the quilt was warm, and she kicked it with her foot, and there was a cloth bag in it.

"My brother-in-law is still careful, and he knows that you can't stand the cold, so he sent us a soup woman."

The three of them covered a large elongated quilt and curled up together. In a hurry just now, patronizing and talking, before looking at the surrounding layout, Li Xiu found that the furnishings in the room were very exquisite, and her favorite was the carved dresser.

"The quilt still has the fragrance of jasmine, Xiaohe, do you want incense to sleep at night?"

Li Xiu sniffed and closed her eyes intoxicated, it seems that her cousin is in Sweetwater Village, and her life is also very good, and only those who have the mind and time can pay attention to these small details of life and pursue beauty.

"It's not me, I haven't stopped since I came, how can I have that thought, it's a guest at home before."

About Xu Yanhui, the less people know, the better, Mo Xiaohe didn't plan to elaborate, and Li Xiu didn't ask, she thought that it might be a young lady from a big family, or simply a woman from the Mo family, a big family, food, clothing, housing and transportation are very pompous, she has seen the official lady, in the tea shed, eating steamed buns are so elegant.

"Cousin, we're not here, everything is okay?"

Mo Xiaohe asked again, if there is really a war between the two countries, they can see the first signs now, and wait for the war to start before planning, it will be too late at that time.

"It's good, business in my brother's shop is better than before, and it's very busy."

Li Xiu was overjoyed, some time ago, Li Helian received several big orders, and under the introduction of Lin Xiucai, he made ironware for the yamen and made a lot of money, and Niang Wen's was overjoyed, saying that with such a son-in-law, he would not worry about anything in the future.

"Lin Xiucai is really good, and he is not a pedantic scholar who is not popular, cousin, what the eldest aunt said is right, you just wait to live a good life!"

Mo Xiaohe stretched out his thumb and knew the truth that fertilizer and water do not flow into outsiders' fields, and the children could be taught. My grandparents moved to the town, relatively speaking, the cost of living has increased a lot, some time ago I wanted to open a small shop for my uncle's family, but the widower had to intervene, and finally the shop was not bought.

Since her cousin Li He's blacksmith shop has a good business and makes money, it is not a problem to live in the town, otherwise she is really a little worried, and she has been thinking about supply points, but she always can't find a good excuse.

"Big brother's business is good, but the price of everything has risen recently, especially rice grain."

Li Xiu thought of the floating prices, sighed, lived in the village, ate his own food, did not spend too much throughout the year, and the vegetables were all grown by himself, so he spent money on oil, salt, sauce and vinegar for daily needs. When I came to the town, I don't know why, the rice was not enough to eat, so I had to use the silver to go to the grain store to buy it.

"These people, making money is really fast, they shop to collect brown rice noodles in the village, two cents a catty, and sell three cents if they turn their hands upside down, you can't tell what strength, you can earn one-third of your hand."

Merchants are treacherous, their households, all year round, tired and half dead, they count on the little production in the field, in the end, the silver goes into other people's pockets, and the ones left by their own families are barely enough to eat, and if they want to be full, they have to see if God gives face.

"Price increase? Is it because of the fast-forward wax moon and the relationship between preparing for the New Year? ”

Mo Xiaohe inquired, the weather is cold, many vegetables are delicate, some qualified people, plant some fresh vegetables in the stove, the output is less, the price will naturally be higher, but it can be much stronger than the north, Dayue's Licheng, the snow covers the mountains in winter, and the people are using radishes, potatoes, cabbage and other vegetables that can be easily stored to survive.

"So what's the price increase in food? Before, the rough noodles were three wen a catty, but now they are five wen, and I heard that they are going to rise, and some people are carrying bags all day long and queuing up at the door of the grain store. ”

It happened that there was not much food at home, and they wanted to have a fat year, so Li Xiu and Wen's also went twice, grabbed hundreds of catties of rice and noodles, and sent some to Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang.

"The old couple has bad legs and feet, Feng Dachun is injured, and he can't do heavy physical work."

Mo Xiaohe was thoughtful, it is said that the first thing to prepare for the war is to allocate grain and grass as military supplies, and store some anyway, so as not to change when the time comes, and the family will not panic when they have food.

"Xiaohe, when can you and your brother-in-law go back? I don't care, I'm married, you must come. ”

Mo Daya seemed to be very tired, and not long after lying down, she made an even breathing sound, Li Xiu lowered her voice and grabbed Mo Xiaohe's hand from under the quilt, "You're not here, I didn't see it, I'm married, you always have to be by your side, right?" ”

"No problem, I'll be back in time."

Li Xiu's hand was warm, Mo Xiaohe gently hooked the corners of his mouth, and teased, "Cousin, marrying someone is not going far away, we will all be in the town in the future, and we won't see you when you look up." ”

"That's good, I'll be closer to you, and there are no other sisters, so let's move around more."

For the days after getting married, Li Xiu is still full of expectations, Lin Xiucai looks handsome and handsome, considerate, has there been a scholar or not, Lin's father and Lin mother are kind people, Lin Shuang is lively and talkative, and the relationship with her is also very good.

The flame candle flickered, the candle burned and only the last tail was left, Li Xiu yawned, she sat up from the bed, covering her stomach, "The noodles made by the eldest sister are so delicious, I seem to be in a hurry, I have to go to a thatched house." ”

The inner room was relatively small, and there was no gong bucket, Mo Xiaohe got up and put on his clothes, led the way in front, and took his cousin to the toilet in the yard.

The moon was dark and the wind was high, the moon was covered by dark clouds, and the mountain village was silent, and only the branches of the trees could be heard rustling by the wind.

Gao Lao Wu sat on the wall, he had been hiding for so long, he hadn't gone out, his hands were itchy, as a little thief, not stealing chickens and touching dogs, it was even more uncomfortable than going to prison. The people in the village didn't have much money, so he wanted to eat something. Just walking around the village, his nose was attracted by the fragrance, which happened to be in the direction of the Gu family stove.

"This Gu family has a lot of money, they throw so many things, and they have money to buy meat to eat."

Gao Lao Wu muttered, thinking of Li Er, he felt a little unhappy, a few days ago, he saw Li Er's mother coming, it is said that he went home to sell his property, and tried to buy off the government service, let Li Er enter the city, the mother and son conspired, he hid at the door and listened to a ten**.

The money and property that he touched in the village were given to Li Er in half, just to be taken care of in the future, who knew that this kid was planning for himself, but secretly hid it from him, when he was a fool? Li Er is unkind, don't blame him for being unjust!

"Xiaohe, you come into the house, it's cold."

Li Xiu took the oil lamp herself, and just wanted to enter the latrine, when she turned her head and saw a black figure sitting on the wall, she suddenly screamed, "Someone! ”

Gao Lao Wu was thinking about going to the stove to have a big meal, and he didn't notice that someone came out, and Li Xiu's screams made him nervously stumble and fall from the wall.

"What's wrong?"

Li Xiu's screams disturbed Gu Zheng, he grabbed his clothes, almost a moment of breathing, went out from the back room, saw his lady blinking, pointed out the door with his finger, Gu Zheng nodded, a leap, and jumped over the wall.

"Brother-in-law...... Do you know kung fu? ”

Li Xiu only saw a back, and he couldn't react for a long time.

Mo Xiaohe couldn't cry or laugh, is this the point? The point is, who is lying on the wall in the middle of the night, Xu Yanhui has been gone for a while, and everyone in the village knows that it is because they didn't get the news from outside the village and sneaked to see the beauty?

After a while, Gu Zheng came back over the wall again, he held Mo Xiaohe's hand, it was cold, and quickly pulled her to the stove to keep warm, while Li Xiu was forgotten in place.

The uncle's family is going to hurry tomorrow morning, so Mo Xiaohe stewed a big pot of bones, thinking that they would have a good meal tomorrow morning before leaving, the fire in the stove room has not been extinguished, and it is warm.

"Husband, who is that?"

With his husband's ability, he won't fail to catch someone, and the only explanation is that he deliberately let that person go.

"Gao Lao Wu, so I pretended not to find anyone."

If Gao Lao Wu is arrested, with that person's temper, he will definitely confess Li Er, in this case, it will be cheaper for the old pious woman, and only Li Er will eat in prison alone, which is not the result they want.

At dawn on the second day, after breakfast, the uncle's family left in a hurry, the family returned to calm, Gu Zheng still went out early and returned late, and within two days, a large number of people came to serve in the conscription.

"Husband, I heard that there was another accident on the mountain?"

Mo Xiaohe is worried all day long, no matter how high Gu Zheng's ability is, he can't avoid the rocks, the surrounding cliffs, there is no chance of survival if she falls, she can't eat well, she can't sleep well, in just a few days, her cheeks are small again.

"Hmm."

If you want to build fortifications, it will take at least a year or even longer, Gu Zheng can't afford it, and the officials are very cautious now, as long as someone escapes from the service, they will be killed and dealt with, under the thunder policy, no one dares to escape.

"I used to only give six wen a day, but now I have increased it to twenty wen, which is more than the work in some places, and many poor people endure it for this money."

A few days ago, the government just issued a notice, and it has not been notified, because Gu Zheng once saved the life of the servant, and the person revealed some news to him, if the person who escaped from the conscription was reported by the conscription, then the person could leave, that is, if Gu Zheng reported Li Er, there was no need to continue to serve the conscription.

"So good? The widower knew that he would definitely report Li Er in advance! ”

Mo Xiaohe is very anxious, there is such a good thing, being able to leave here is better than anything else, this place in Sweetwater Village, she has really stayed enough!

"So, let's start first, and it's probably only two or three days."

Within two or three days, if the old goddess can't get Li Er away, they have to secretly help and add to the fire, this news must be concealed, and the outside world cannot know in advance.

The husband and wife whispered, the door creaked open, Mo Daya staggered, and walked into the door with a cloak, if it wasn't for Mo Xiaohe's quick hand, she would have fallen on her back.

"Cousin, what's wrong with you?"

Mo Xiaohe thought that Mo Daya accidentally fell when she went out, but when she saw a bright red slap mark on her face, she immediately said angrily, "Who did it?" ”

"Who else but that old pious woman?"

Mo Daya's eyes deepened, wait, wait, wait, hope, people finally came, she went out to wander, and listened to the village chief's daughter-in-law inadvertently said one thing, two days ago there was a landslide in the quarry mountain, two people died, the family ordered a coffin, and the day after tomorrow early in the morning mourning.

The old goddess inquired about this news quite carefully, and it seemed that she was going to implement her plan and take Li Er away.

"I see that she is talking to the daughters-in-law of the two people who died, and she must be tired."

The two daughters-in-law suddenly died and became widows, looking sad, but there was a faint smile in their eyes, Mo Daya also wanted to take a closer look, and was found by the old pious woman, so she pretended to find fault and asked for her dowry, and was slapped in the face.

"It's okay, I'll bear it, sooner or later, she will have to pay back everything she owes me."

After Mo Daya finished speaking, she washed her face with cold water and went to the stove to cook.

At this time, it is already dark, and the old goddess should not move, she will target early in the morning after tomorrow, as long as it can be debunked in public at that time, the two of them will have to eat in prison.

Here, Gu Zheng still has to serve as a servant, only Mo Xiaohe and Mo Daya are left, and the appearance of the cousin is too obvious, Mo Xiaohe decided to follow by himself, just after dawn, the village chief's family has an ox cart to go to the town, and the old goddess is really in the car.

"Phew, prodigal hoof."

The old pious woman saw that Mo Xiaohe was also on the ox cart, and scolded in a low voice, they were all married women, and they were still freshly dressed, and their waists were also thin, convex and backward, no wonder her son had crooked thoughts.

In her eyes, all the mistakes are the fault of others, flies don't bite eggs, if Mo Xiaohe behaves in a proper manner, how can a man have that kind of crooked thoughts? It must be this prodigal hoof who takes the initiative to seduce.

"If you want to make waves, you mainly have to look at your face and figure, if you are an ugly monster, you really can't make waves!"

Mo Xiaohe was not angry at all, and looked at the old woman with a smile, "Auntie, do you know, now I am running away from forced labor, but I am guilty of capital crimes, and I don't know ...... brother-in-law."

"Oh, look at my memory, our two families have nothing to do with each other for a long time, I don't know if Li Er found it, is it really like what the village chief said, he was eaten by a blind bear in the mountains?"

After Mo Xiaohe finished speaking, he pretended to be scared again, in Li Erniang's eyes, this kind of behavior was very underwhelming.

"You were just eaten by a blind bear, your whole family was eaten by a blind bear, my son is fine!"

The old goddess was in a hurry, and said what was in her heart, and after she finished speaking, she found that the people on the ox cart looked at her in surprise, she knew that she had lost her words, and fell into Mo Xiaohe's trap, so she hurriedly remedied, "Ji people have their own natural appearance, my son will be safe, and when he is found, let him atone for his sins and come back to continue to serve in the conscription." ”

"Yes, I can't think about it for a while, I haven't suffered anything, what does this yamen think, if you say that you will be executed, Dawu has this law?"

The people in the village echoed a few words, which resonated with everyone, some people have never done heavy work at all, and they are not born to be coolies, can they not run? They felt that the proclamation of the proclamation by the yamen was only to scare and frighten the people who obeyed the forced labor.

"I hope so."

Mo Xiaohe closed her eyes and was silent until she entered the city, after she separated from the old Qianpo, she entered a grocery store, and the old Qianpo looked around before turning around and walking towards the small alley.

"I want a packet of brown sugar."

Mo Xiaohe casually stuffed a copper plate to the shopkeeper, grabbed a bag of sugar, followed the old goddess from a distance, and saw her turn left and right, and entered a coffin shop in the depths of the alley.

The coffin shop and the paper horse shop are all doing the trade of the dead, and the shops around them feel unlucky, so they generally can't be opened on the main street, they are all small courtyards converted into private houses.

"Shopkeeper, my grandfather is dying, how long will it take to build a coffin?"

As soon as the old pious woman left, Mo Xiaohe also entered the courtyard, talked to the shopkeeper, and paid the deposit very sincerely, "This wood seems to be okay, is it a finished product?" ”

"Little lady, this is not good, it was ordered in advance, it turned out to be a finished product, and later the buyer asked for a layer to be added to it, saying that it was the lower layer, just to set up sacrifices, and bury them together."

The shopkeeper didn't know why, but Mo Xiaohe knew it in his heart, and he knew that there must be some problems for the old pious woman to come to the city, buy a coffin with a mezzanine, and want to put the corpse on it, and put Li Er on the bottom, it's really a smart way! In this way, even if the official is inspected, he will not turn over the coffin where the dead man is lying!

This book was first published by Lewen, please do not reprint!