"This ......" The old lady looked at her father hesitantly, and Ling'er persuaded: "Dad, you know that Ling'er has great strength, and there is no problem in cutting down trees, as long as I work hard, I will definitely be able to save ten taels of silver a month!" Wait until we save enough money to leave Wangjia Village, find a secluded place where no one knows, spend some money to buy a household registration, and then get a yard and a few acres of land, and our family will live in peace, and Ling'er will not cause trouble for you again! Good no good? ”

Dad was silent for a moment and said: "Ling'er, your father and mother are people who are used to suffering, and they don't want to be rich and rich, they just want peace and security!" It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, the Yan family doesn't blame you for this, even if you don't break the legs of the two brothers of the Yan family, they won't give up, and sooner or later they will drive us out of the village!

Originally, I thought that your mother and I were too old to walk, and living would only drag you back, so it was better to eat some arsenic, and it would be a hundred. But after hesitating, your mother and I still can't give up on you, you are lonely and helpless at a young age, my wife and I are alive, if the sky falls, I can always help you hold on for a while, right? ”

Ling'er was moved, her eyes were sour, and she called out in a long tone with a crying voice: "Dad~~~ Don't think so, what are you holding back?" You are Ling'er's only relatives in this world, if you are gone, Ling'er is not interesting to live, and he will definitely follow you! Only when you have a good soul can you have a home, and you can rest assured! ”

The old lady wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "Dad, what are you talking about?" Shall we leave now or, as Ling'er said, later? ”

Ling'er also wiped her tears and looked at her father, if her father and mother thought it was better to go now, she would definitely not object, she immediately went to find a board car, and left here overnight with her father and mother. The father sighed and said, "Mother, since the child has something to do, let's do what the child said, go home and wait in peace, and wait when we have the opportunity!" ”

Ling'er breathed a relaxed tone when she heard this, fortunately her father didn't insist on leaving, after all, such a walk is equivalent to embarking on the road of escape, and unprepared wandering is not tourism, but begging!

She looked around and picked up the fat rabbit that she had just thrown away: "Dad, mother, you see, this is a hare hunted by Ling'er, but it is fat, and it is specially brought to honor you!" ”

The old lady took it and looked at it in front of her, and said happily: "It's true, his father, you see, this hare is really fat and soft!" ”

"Father, mother, Ling'er didn't lie to you, right? I just hunted this rabbit before I came back in the afternoon! You take it back to stew and eat, and the money is collected, just buy it, don't save too much, Ling'er has been going to the mountains to cut down trees and hunt these days, and I'll come back to see you when I'm free, okay? ”

"Good, good! Ling'er, there are many beasts on the mountain, you have to be careful! ”

"Don't worry, mother, I know, don't run to the back mountain, don't send things, so as not to be suspected by the Yan family! ......" Ling'er discussed with her father and mother, sent them to the vicinity of her yard, and watched them return to the room before leaving quietly.

Ling'er who has a goal is very hard at work, in addition to finding wood for the Lin brothers every day, she has to set aside an hour to practice her 'finger magic skills', and she also has to draw a map while exploring the road in the mountains, follow up the woodcutters in the mountains to greet and chat, and inquire about the news under the mountain after getting acquainted.

In this way, it was more than two months, and now that it has entered June, the weather has gradually begun to heat up, the daytime time has been lengthened, and the forest has become much brighter than before, but there are more poisonous insects, poisonous snakes, and poisonous weeds on the mountain, and there are fewer people who go into the mountains to cut trees, and there are fewer people who hunt, but there are many more people who collect medicine.

In the past two months, Ling'er has worked overtime and found a lot of wood, some of which were sold to the Lin brothers, and what they didn't need, they asked them to help transport it down the mountain and sell it to the honest wood yard, and the silver money added up to nearly thirty taels!

Ling'er handed over all the silver to the old lady for safekeeping, and the old lady was surprised and delighted when she saw the silver money increasing day by day, and the Yan family never gave up, and ran to the Yang family from time to time to harass her, but they didn't dare to do anything if they couldn't catch Ling'er.

The old lady saw that there was a lot of money, and the Yan family was staring at the days and was restless, and she couldn't see Ling'er for a long time, so she thought about leaving. Every time Ling'er goes back, the old lady must pull her and say: "Ling'er, we have enough money, your father and I have already collected the baggage, when will we leave?" ”

In the past two months, Ling'er has lived a hard but fulfilling life, and seeing that her family is safe and sound, she has never thought about finding an opportunity to sneak away. It's not that she's greedy and doesn't let go of this financial road, but she's unwilling! Why? I didn't do anything wrong in that matter, the Yan family bullied herself, she was in legitimate defense, why was it her own family who was bullied in the end?

Besides, where can you go? How easy is it to settle in and settle in a new place? The father and mother have lived in Wangjia Village for twenty or thirty years, and there are reasonable old village chiefs and villagers to take care of them, but in the eyes of most of the Wang family, they are still just outsiders, and other places can be imagined, if they move to be bullied, then why do they need to move?

So every time the old lady proposed to leave, Ling'er would deal with it, but she was thinking about when to go to Banlin Town, and it was best to go to the Yan family in person, maybe she could find a way to deal with the Yan family!

On this day, Ling'er moved the last piece of wood that the Lin brothers asked for to the agreed place, sat on the pile of wood, panting and wiping sweat. Look at the sun, it's just past the hour, it's the hottest time outside, and there are still nearly two hours before the Lin brothers agreed to come to fetch wood, so early, why don't you go around and see if you can hunt a hare?

She set up a sign beside the pile of wood, got out of the bushes, and wandered through the woods while shaking the big fan made by the old lady. Now in this weather, it may be nearly 40 degrees outside at noon, and the trees and forests in the vast mountains are deep, which is about ten degrees lower than the outside, which is a good place for people to enjoy the shade.

Therefore, not only the farmers and hunters at the foot of the mountain often came, but also the people of the nearby town of Banlin. Over time, everyone has a fixed location, some people take the initiative to use medicinal herbs to drive away snakes, insects, rats and ants, people bring their own mat chairs to come, no matter who they know or not, they have fun getting together to enjoy the cool and laugh.

Ling'er didn't want to go to the cool gathering place to join in the fun, but when she passed by there, a key word attracted her - Mrs. Yan. She paused and listened for a moment, then leaned in, casually greeted the group, and found a place to sit.

A young man said, "That old lady Yan is sixty years old this year?" Looks quite young, younger than my mother! ”

A middle-aged man next to him smiled and said: "Heh, you kid knows how to pat on the back, why don't you go to the old lady Yan when the Yan family drinks and say it again, the old lady is happy, maybe she can reward you with a drink!" ”

"I'm not unusual! The Yan family's wine is so delicious? I'm afraid that if I go today, my family will have no place to stay tomorrow! ”

"No, the Yan family has spoken, this time is Mrs. Yan's sixtieth birthday, the Yan family is going to do a big event, as long as it is our people in Banlin Town, they can go to the birthday banquet and drink birthday wine, it doesn't matter if they give gifts or not. If you have talent and ability, you can also sign up for a performance, as long as Mrs. Yan is happy, there will be a big reward! ”

"Oh? What's the reward? ”

"Huh~~ Do you believe this? Do you dare to accept the reward of the Yan family? Besides, it is not easy to make the old woman happy, unless you give your land and property with both hands, and give her slaves and maids in the whole family, she will naturally be happy, will you go? The one who sneered was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old white-faced scholar with a righteous face.

"Dexing, don't say a word!" The middle-aged man next to him pulled him in warning.

"Second uncle, what is there to be afraid of, who doesn't know about the things that the Yan family has done, and they are embarrassed to do birthday wine! Is...... I've never seen such a brazen person! ”

"Dexing!" The middle-aged man raised his voice and glared at the scholar with a dark face, and the people around him quieted down to look at them, the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, and Ling'er said: "Hey, uncle, when will Mrs. Yan make a birthday wine?" Do you want game? ”

An acquaintance next to him greeted him, "Hey, Little Stone, what game are you hunting again?" Show it to your uncle! ”

"Hehe, I haven't been there yet, on such a hot day, birds and beasts are all at the water's edge and in the cave to cool off, do you want Uncle Peng to come with me to have a look? The Yan family wants to make wine, let's hunt more and sell it to them, maybe we can get a lot of silver! ”

"Sell to them? It's better to eat it yourself! ”

"Boy, the Yan family's advantage is not so easy to take advantage of, you can get 100 yuan by selling it to others, and you can get 10 yuan if you sell it to them!"

"But no, last time I hunted a few more game, I thought I could exchange it for two bags of rice grain, but before I entered the town, I was targeted by Yan Laoer, and he gave me twenty wen for my 300 wen, alas! What a ......."

Speaking of the Yan family, the people in the cool seemed to be a little resentful, but they didn't dare to say it out loud, and only whispered and complained in their own small circle. Ling'er touched Uncle Peng's side and whispered to ask about the details of the date of Mrs. Yan's banquet, Mrs. Yan's 60th birthday was on June 20, saying that it started from mid-morning and lasted until about mid-evening.

As for the saying that you can go in and drink without gifts, the Yan family said so, but no one believes the big guys, unless they are hungry and crazy, they will drink, who knows how they will retaliate afterwards?

As for harvesting game...... The Yan family has restaurants in Banlin Town and the county seat, and the game is to be collected at any time, or it is to be robbed at any time, and now it is even more urgent, of course, the price is ...... Naturally, it's so low that you don't dare to say anything about it!

Not only game, but almost everything bought and sold in the bazaar is like this, as long as it is favored by the Yan family, it is basically sold at less than one-tenth of the price, and it has to be traded! That's why the Yan family is called the first tyrant of Banlin Town, much more powerful than the mayor and squire! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )