Sister Cao leaned back in the chair, rubbing her arms while accusing the arrogance of the Dong family. She looked up and saw her brother come in, and scolded as soon as she opened her mouth, "You fool, why didn't you help when my mother and I were beaten just now, and you still have the face to come in?" If you hadn't married that mourning star, would my mother and I have been bullied? ”

Mrs. Cao had just changed into a clean dress, and she was wiping her tears when she went to the wolf bèi at this time. Hearing his daughter's questioning, he also wanted to speak, but the old man Cao got up and pulled the stupid pillar and asked, "Well, Zhuzi, do you have something to say?" ”

Silly Zhu nodded innocently, and Old Man Cao hurriedly took him into the back room. Mrs. Cao snorted coldly, hating herself for not being angry and not being able to give birth to a son. Thinking of this, she complained about her eldest daughter again, and asked angrily, "Eldest sister, why are you alone to help?" Chen Lao Er, can't he be afraid of hiding, right? ”

Sister Cao shrank her neck weakly, and secretly said that her mother guessed too accurately. Just now I heard that the villagers came to report the news, and Chen Lao Er not only did not come to help, but immediately raised his legs and ran away, for fear that the Dong family would even arrest him and beat him. But even if he is not good in a thousand ways, he is still his own man, and he always has to cover up for him, so he coaxed the old lady and said, "Mother, look at what you said, the second child got up early to go up the mountain to collect medicine, and he was not at home at all." ”

Mrs. Cao rolled her eyes, not believing her daughter's nonsense at all, "Hmph, he's too lazy to lie on the bed and get maggots, why is he so diligent today." ”

Sister Cao didn't dare to answer, so she hurriedly hummed and chirped that the injuries on her body hurt, and she wanted to eat a big bowl of meat tonight to make up for it. As a result, he was slapped twice by his mother, and then he pouted and stopped asking for benefits.

In the inner room, Old Man Cao was standing in front of the square table, looking respectful and humble. Silly Zhu sighed secretly, stretched out his hand to invite him to sit down, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Cao, you have bothered for so many years, you don't have to be so restrained in front of me in the future." ”

Old man Cao owed his body again, and said, "Young master, you have tormented the old slave, this is all the old slave's deserved." ”

Silly Zhu frowned, and he didn't want to dwell on this matter, so he made a long story short, "In the past, in order not to attract attention, I couldn't help with family matters. But now that the Dong family has made a deal, it will be easier to borrow this name in the future. In addition, I instructed someone to find a famous doctor in the south to treat the second sister, and when the people arrived in the village a few days later, they asked Feng Lao to accompany them. ”

When Old Man Cao heard those words before, his face did not change yet, but the last two sentences made him extremely grateful. After all, his well-behaved but poor little daughter has always been his heart, if he can cure his daughter and watch her marry and marry, he really has no regrets in his life. Thinking of this, he hurriedly got up and thanked him, "Young Master Xie is worried, and the old slave is grateful." ”

Silly Zhu stood up and helped him to persuade him a few more words, and then ordered, "I have a lot of use for this person of the Dong family, and I ask Uncle Cao to take care of everything she asks for on weekdays." ”

Old man Cao understood, and immediately responded, "Young master, don't worry." ”

The two discussed properly, and then they went out of the inner room one after the other, and the old man Cao glanced at the old woman and daughter who were full of curiosity, and turned his head as if he was extremely helpless and said to the stupid pillar, "The family is in such a mess, what sword do you want to buy?" What if you hurt yourself? ”

Silly Zhu defended with some dissatisfaction, "I want to practice martial arts and help my mother fight!" ”

When Mrs. Cao heard this, she rarely agreed, "Okay, the old man bought a machete for the pillar, next time I will take him to smash the door of the Dong family, it will really be a bully for our Cao family..."

"Shut up!" Old man Cao frowned and scolded, "You tell me the truth, did you do the money you sent to the Dong family when you were hired?" ”

Mrs. Cao jumped up with a snort, crying out in great grievances, "You dead old man, forget if the Dong family wronged me, why don't you believe me!" I'm usually careful in my life, but I've never had such a bad idea..."

Sister Cao also helped, "Dad, I exchanged the silver with my mother, how can the silver from the time-honored brand be fake?" It must be Mrs. Dong who has suffered a big loss in the city and plans to blackmail our family. ”

Old man Cao thought about it and felt that his wife and daughter were not such scheming people, so he had to say, "The Dong family is at a loss for this matter today, and they will definitely come to apologize, and you don't have to be unforgiving when the time comes, after all, you will have to move around in the future." ”

Mrs. Cao was about to speak, but at this time, Dong Rong came in with a meal and said with a smile, "Daddy, lunch is ready, even if there is a big matter, let's wait until I fill my stomach and then discuss it." ”

Mrs. Cao was holding back her anger, and when she saw Dong Rong's good face, she said hatefully, "Don't eat it, if you poison the food, our Cao family will completely die in the hands of your Dong family." ”

Dong Rong didn't reply, reached out and took two pieces of broken silver from his arms and put them in front of Old Man Cao, and said with a smile, "Dad, this is the family for the past two months, my mother is angry, why don't you take it first." ”

When Mrs. Cao saw the bright silver, where could she still be angry, she stepped forward and grabbed it firmly in her hand, and said with a little disgust at the end, "Such a few dollars of silver are not enough to buy wound medicine." ”

Dong Rong pretended not to hear clearly, and the meal was divided with chopsticks, and after the meal, everyone was full of food and drink, and then said, "Daddy, I entered our door empty-handed, and I always felt sorry in my heart." It happened that the owner came back yesterday to check the accounts, and when he saw that the business was good, he rewarded me with a little extra silver. I'm going to use this money to buy some dowry, but I wonder what my father and mother think? ”

Old man Cao remembered Fang Cai's stupid instructions, and his heart was clear, and he nodded and quickly responded, "This money is earned by your work, you can make your own decisions about what you want to buy, and you don't need to inform your family." ”

Mrs. Cao was carrying the household silver that had just arrived in her arms, and it was not easy to ask for it again, so she thought that her daughter-in-law's dowry was also going to move into Cao's house, and it was not cheap for outsiders, so she snorted coldly and was supposed to be.

Sister Cao stared at the silver in the old lady's hand with bright eyes, and almost drooled. Cao Pozi remembered the last time she grabbed meat, so she glared at her fiercely, and quickly entered the house and locked it in the box. Sister Cao saw that there was no advantage to take advantage of, so she pouted, said hello to her father and went home.

Dong Rong was happy in her heart, but she didn't dare to show half a point on her face. Without further ado, after the old couple of the Cao family took a nap in the afternoon, she led the pillar out of the house.

Sister-in-law Liu should have led the way for Dong Rong last night, so she just sat under the willow tree at the entrance of the village and waited after lunch. I finally looked forward to Dong Rong and Zhuzi coming and said with a smile, "I thought you couldn't come out today, it's also a coincidence, just now someone saw Master Chen coming to the orchard by car, if we want to go up the mountain to play, I'm afraid it will be a little inconvenient." Why don't you change the day? ”

"Oh, really?" Dong Rong's eyes lit up, originally she planned to go to the orchard today to learn about the production situation, so as to have some advantages when negotiating prices. I didn't expect to meet someone from the master's house, so she didn't have to come to the door.

"Just today, I won't have time to get busy in the future."

Seeing Dong Rong's insistence, Sister-in-law Liu was disgusted that the young man was serious, but it was not good to stop her, so she led the way to the outside of the village first.

The Chen family orchard was located on a low hill three miles west of Yimianpo Village, and the three of them stepped up, but they arrived in a quarter of an hour. Dong Rong climbed up the hill along the sheep farm path while paying attention to the number and distribution of various fruit trees in the orchard. When she reached the top of the hill to the three thatched houses, she had an estimate in her heart.

The reason why this Chen family orchard is famous for dozens of miles nearby is because the peach blossoms that occupy half of the hillside, perhaps in order to bloom luxuriantly, the peach trees are not pruned, so at this time, the flowers fall and the peach is only the size of a fingernail, bustling and crowded together, it is very lively. The remaining half of the hillside is planted with more than 100 pear trees, and there are also 20 or 30 cherries, apricots, pomegranates, etc., which must be kept for their own consumption, and they are very carefully cared for. But what satisfied Dong Rong the most was the fifty or sixty apple trees planted near the top of the mountain, which were only five or six years old, and it was the time when the fruit was vigorous.

The more Dong Rong looked at it, the more satisfied she became, and she silently thought about how to take care of this orchard after she bought it. I didn't want to suddenly walk out of a blue-clothed guy at the end of the path, and when I saw Dong Rong and the three of them open their mouths, they scolded rudely, "Who are you?" Do you know whose territory this is, so dare to come up casually. If you lose something, can you afford it? Don't get out of here! ”

People are poor and weak, Liu's sister-in-law has encountered such a vicious slave who fights with people when she goes to the city on weekdays, and her first thought when she heard this was to quickly bend down and make amends, "This little brother is angry, we..."

Dong Rong frowned and stopped her, and said coldly, "I don't know whose land this is, but I heard that this garden is going to be sold, so I came over to see if it was worth buying." But now that a vicious dog is in the way, I'm not interested. After saying this, she turned around and pulled Silly Zhu and Sister-in-law Liu to go down the mountain.

The little guy in blue was stunned, and when he had to think about it, he hurriedly piled up a smile on his face, nodded and apologized, "This sister-in-law, the little one was reckless for a while just now, and she spoke... This is a bit of a rudeness, don't be surprised. Yes, yes, you should be a little vicious dog, and you must not go. ”

Dong Rong was not mean, but today she asked Sister-in-law Liu to lead the way, if she saw her being reprimanded and couldn't get her out, it would chill people's hearts.

What's more, there has been such a truth since ancient times, it is the uncle who spends money. The three of them are here to buy a garden, not to beg, so why should they be low, when it is time to put up the shelf, they have to be high-end.

"Forget it this time, next time you have to polish your eyes, not everyone you can be rude."

The little guy was still smiling on his face, and he deserved to be very happy, but in fact, he hated it in his heart. My lord is in a hurry to sell the garden, but there has been no buyer to come to the door, these days is annoying, if he knows that he has offended the buyer who finally appeared, then his job will be smashed. Therefore, today I want him to kneel and kowtow, and he also admits it, who let his mouth stink for a while. ZM