Ling'er smiled and said, "Pavilion Chief, my mother kindly boiled tea for everyone to drink, do you want to have some?" Or...... Are you going to get us all back and make a crime at will? It's so occupying our house, huh? ”

Wen Ting stood on the threshold, his face flushed, so many people, most of the residents of the town came, thinking of his arrogant words, he must have entered the ears of these people without a word! What prestige does this give him in the future? If it gets out...... Cold sweat broke out on Chief Wenting's forehead!

The two sides were silent for a while, and the civilians in the courtyard began to point and discuss, and the chief of the pavilion also reacted, he turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly heard an old and majestic voice shouting: "Stop!" ”

Wen Tingchang's body trembled, and he stood for a moment and turned back slowly, at this time a small open space had been vacated in the courtyard, and in the middle stood an old man with a cane, a white beard, a rickety figure but a serious face. Pavilion Chief Wen looked at the old man in surprise: "Old ancestor, you... How do you..."

"Come here, get down on your knees!" The old man scolded sharply, Wen Tingchang glanced at everyone, his face was purple, and after hesitating for a moment, he honestly walked to the old man and knelt down and kowtowed: "Old ancestor!" ”

"Humph! Do you still recognize me, this ancestor? I ask you, you... What are you doing with all these people? ”

"I... Ancestor, they didn't come out from me, they are all Liu Wenjuan's sluts! Yes, it's that slut, she asked Changsheng to send a group of family members over, I was afraid that she would cause trouble, so I rushed here as soon as I heard about it! Ancestor, I'm going back to rest that slut! ”

After Wen Tingchang finished speaking, he stood up and was about to go out of the yard angrily, and the old man stomped on his crutches hard: "Wen Changde!" ”

Pavilion Chief Wen hurriedly came back and knelt down, "Old Ancestor, this is really the case, I don't believe it... If you don't believe me, you can ask about immortality. And also... And the steward, they are all there, they can testify! Phoenix! Phoenix! Steward ......"

Wen Tingchang turned around and shouted a few times, but seeing that the family members gave way to a passage, but no one came out, Wen Tingchang was anxious, glared at the family in front of him and shouted: "Why don't you go and get them back for me!" ”

The old man said with a straight face: "No need! I had them both tied back! ”。 Wen Tingchang was stunned for a moment. Lowering his head, he looked quite embarrassed on his knees, completely missing his previous arrogant momentum.

Ling'er saw this meeting. She was also quite surprised, she asked a neighbor, and only then did she know that this old man was the uncle of this pavilion chief, who was highly respected and knowledgeable. He was also a jinshi back then, and his children and grandchildren are now mostly officials in the court. He himself returned to his hometown to retire and live for the rest of his life, not only the highest elder of the Wen family, but also quite influential in Shankou Town and even the entire Cangping County!

I heard that Wen Changde can become the pavilion chief, and this old man is the one who protects him! I didn't expect the Wen family to have such a hard backstage! Ling'er was embarrassed, originally thinking that this Wen family was just a rich man in the countryside. Fang Cai himself also moved out of Ding Zhutou's house to suppress them, obviously if you want to compare the family power, the Ding family may not be as good as the Wen family!

Ling'er Lala on the side of Yue'er. asked quietly: "Sister Yue'er, where did you invite this old man?" ”

"Huh? I don't! That's what you say. Go to the front alley and quietly invite the folks who were watching the excitement outside to the yard, hey! When did this old man come? ”

"Shh~~~ Sister Yue'er, be quiet!"

"What? This surnamed Wen Fangcai still wants to slander you, why save face for him? Yue'er suddenly became louder, everyone looked at this side, Ling'er smiled at everyone embarrassedly, and pulled Yue'er into the room at hand.

"Hey, Ling'er, why are you pulling me? I still want to see the old man Nawen......" Ling'er covered her mouth: "Shhh Hush!! Knowing that she was quiet, Ling'er let go, Yue'er was dissatisfied: "What are you doing, Ling'er?" ”

"Sister Yue'er, be quiet, that old man is highly respected and a good person! Don't offend him, it'll be really hard for our family to gain a foothold in this town! ”

"Respectable? Virtuous and respectful is not surnamed Wen, do you think that old man will really help you? I feel hanging! Maybe he loves face and is acting! ”

"Even if it's acting, as long as he loves face, what he says in front of so many people must not count, at least he won't come to my house for trouble in the future!"

Yue'er thought about it: "Well, it makes sense to say that!" But that Wen Changde is really hateful, hum, it's still a pavilion chief! I don't know how many people have been harmed before? This kind of person is despicable and shameless, and he should be ruined and scattered, and he should call Hanako to go! ”

Seeing Yue'er's indignant appearance, Ling'er laughed in her heart, but unfortunately this girl is a daughter, if it is a boy, most of them will fight the sword and the rivers and lakes to fight for righteousness!

The two of them lay on the door of the wing room to watch the movement outside, the old man reprimanded Wen Changde a lot, and gave him two heavy strokes with a cane, Yue'er was so happy that she clapped her hands and applauded, two more times!

After that, the old man forced Wen Changde to apologize to his father and mother, and the old man himself apologized verbally to his father, and asked someone to give his father and mother a hundred taels of silver as compensation on the spot! Daddy naturally refused to accept it, but the old man was the one who said the same, although the appearance was not much older than his father's mother, but it was quite majestic, and his father and mother still accepted the silver ticket like accepting gifts from their elders!

Then the old man dismissed the Wen family, and announced in front of the big guys that Wen Changde would no longer be the head of Yamaguchi Town in the future, and he would go back to write his resignation for him. In addition, all those who have been oppressed by Wen Changde in the past can go to the ancestral house of the Wen family to complain for grievances, and once it is verified, regardless of the reputation of the property, the Wen family will definitely compensate in full.

Everyone in the courtyard applauded when they heard this, and the old man sighed: "It is my Wen family who is ashamed of all my fathers and fellow villagers, and from now on, my Wen family will never be an official in Cangping County!" Then he shook his head helplessly, and slowly left through the crowd with the support of the servants of the Wen family.

The protagonists are gone, and the people who watched the excitement naturally had no reason to stay, the crowd dispersed one after another, and Ling'er's family began to tidy up the yard. When it was almost cleaned up, Ling'er glanced out when she went to close the backyard door, and when she closed the door, she was stunned for a moment, opened the door with a bang, and saw that a few meters outside the back door, the injured sister-in-law Kang was still sitting on the chair! The Wen family didn't get her away!

The injured sister-in-law Kang was exposed to the sun for a while, sweating profusely and drowsy, when she heard the sound of the door opening, she opened her eyes slightly and saw that it was Ling'er. Immediately stared at Ling'er with wide eyes and fire-breathing eyes!

Scold! It's all at this time, it's still like this, Ling'er wanted to see nothing and close the door! The old lady walked over: "Ling'er, what's wrong?" ”

When she saw Sister-in-law Kang outside the door, she was stunned for a moment, and pushed Ling'er out: "Oops." Big niece. Why are you still here! With such a big sun, you're going to get sick if you get hot for a long time! Ling'er, come on. Carry the eldest niece to the courtyard! ”

Ling'er stood at the door and didn't move: "Mother, don't touch her, beware of her relying on us again!" We don't have that much food to feed that poisonous snake that doesn't know what to do! ”

"Oh, you girl! Human lives matter. Now is not the time to gas! Come and give it a hand! The old lady was ready to carry the chair, and Ling'er was not happy in every way. The rest of the people in the courtyard also came over. Yue'er said: "Grandma Yang, she almost ruined your family, why don't you have a long memory?" Get it back and watch out for her...... Ouch! Who! ”

Yue'er covered her head and turned around, seeing that it was her grandfather who knocked her. Pouted dissatisfiedly. The old village chief stretched his face and glared at Yue'er, Grandma Gui pulled her over, and said while helping her rub her head: "Yue'er." What does it mean to not have a long memory? Sister Yang is from your grandparents' generation, how can you talk to her like this? Apologize quickly. Yes! ”

Yue'er stuck out her tongue: "I'm sorry, Grandma Yang, I didn't mean to!" But that woman is vicious, you really don't want to get her back, or you'll regret it later! Am I right, Grandma? ”

Grandma Gui looked at Sister-in-law Kang, frowned slightly, and she hesitated for a moment: "Sister Yang, this ...... Yue'er has a point! ”

The old lady paused and looked up at the sun: "Alas, Sister Gui, I understand what you mean, but with such a big sun, a man in the prime of life will have an accident if he is exposed to the sun for an hour or two, not to mention that she is a woman and is injured!" Anyway, she was also injured when she went out of our house, and now she is in front of our house, we can't watch her die in the sun! ”

Ling'er lowered her eyebrows and thought about it, what the old lady said also made some sense, and the sister-in-law Kang on the chair struggled hard, panting and saying weakly: "No... No... You know! ”

The old lady said: "Big sister, now is not the time to be angry, don't talk, rest for a while, I'll bring you a bowl of water!" ”

Seeing that the old lady was busy, Ling'er thought about it and ran to the front shop. After a while, when he came back, he was followed by two big men, Ling'er took them to the back door, pointed to Sister-in-law Kang on the chair and said, "Trouble the two uncles!" ”

Seeing Sister-in-law Kang like that, the two big men hesitated, and Ling'er took out a handful of copper plates from his sleeve pocket and stuffed them into the two: "Two uncles, take this to drink tea, I'm sorry for you!" ”

The two looked at the money in their hands, glanced at each other, nodded, strode towards Sister-in-law Kang, and then one of them lifted the chair and went out of the alley! Sister-in-law Kang, who was so weak that she could barely speak, was so frightened that she shouted: "What are you doing? What do you do? Let me go! Let go of me! The surname is Yang, I'm not done with you~~~~"

"Tsk, listen to her voice, how is it like a person who wants to die? I think she's just pretending! Hey, Ling'er, where do you let those two big men carry her? Yue'er asked.

"Nowhere is it, just to send her home!"

"Home? Oh! That's right, her house is opposite, this time it's up to her to see who she will go to! ”

Sister-in-law Kang's matter is finally over, in order to prevent Sister-in-law Kang from coming to her own house, Ling'er specially asked a doctor to take medicine for her, and invited the oldest, the best medical skills, and the best reputation in Yamaguchi Town, Old Doctor Xu, paid fifty taels of silver to go out, but she still came up, it can be seen that poisonous snakes are always poisonous snakes, no matter how good you are to her, she will not remember it!

However, the old lady of the Wen family gave one hundred taels of silver to make amends, and he still earned fifty taels! It seems that good people still have good rewards, Ling'er thought happily.

They originally planned to go back to Wangjia Village after breakfast, but they were so troubled by Sister-in-law Kang, look at the sun, it was all in the sky, and now it should be past noon, it is the time of the day when the sun is the strongest and the weather is the hottest, not to mention that everyone is hungry! After some discussion, we decided to have lunch and take a nap, and wait for the sun to go down in the afternoon and the weather is cooler!

So, everyone began to work separately again, Wang Jiarong and Xiaohuzi went to buy meat and vegetables, Dad and the old village chief drank tea and chatted in the house, Lao Niang and Grandma Gui cooked in the kitchen, and Ling'er and Yue'er took Ning Ba and Ten Mei to pick vegetables in the courtyard.

Everything was going well, the kitchen was fragrant, and Ling'er was about to bring the picked dishes to the kitchen, when she stood up and turned around, she found a person standing behind her. Frightened her into taking a few steps back, and as soon as the vegetable basket was thrown, she had to find something to deal with.

"Don't! Other! Ling'er, it's me, Aunt Wan! ”

Ling'er stopped: "Aunt Wan, when did you come?" Why don't you shout when you come in? Scared the hell out of me! ”

"I said hello, and I shouted several times outside the shop. Seeing that no one of you answers. The door of the shop was wide open again, and I came in by myself! Hehe, Ling'er girl. In broad daylight, so many people, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that someone will come to rob your family of the 1,000 taels of silver? ”

As soon as she heard the silver, Ling'er became alert. remembered what Aunt Wan said to herself in the middle of the night last night, and most of them came here today for this. She really can't die in the heart of the Yellow River!

Ling'er said with a sad face: "Aunt Wan, how can our family have so much silver?" A few days ago, as soon as I came back, I used that money to repay the previous IOU, and yesterday I received nearly 1,000 stone of grain and transferred it to the big owner. As we said in advance, the money for the 1,000 stone grain in the back is included in Cordyceps. Seven or eight hundred taels went out at once!

Then there is the paperwork of our shop, as you know, the paperwork of the grain store is the most difficult. Although I got 1,000 taels of silver from Ding Zhutou last time I sold Cordyceps, I immediately returned 100 taels to him at that time. Ask him to help with a paperwork!

And this morning, the aunt of the Kang family in the opposite shop came to make trouble for some reason, and our family paid out 50 taels of medicine, as well as the silver owed to buy shops and furniture, and we have nothing left in our family now! ”

Aunt Wan thought for a while after listening to it, and seemed to be settling accounts for Ling'er? After a while, she seemed to react: "Gone? A thousand taels of silver are gone! How could it be! That's a thousand taels! I can't make that much money selling buns for the rest of my life! ”

"Yes! Aunt Wan, you are not an outsider, what am I lying to you for? I also like a thousand taels of silver, but it is not our family at all, it is used by the big proprietor to help us collect food for him, and it will be gone after a trip! We're just getting paid!

You see, our family helped him collect a hundred stones of grain, and his salary was only one or two pieces of silver, and he was busy these days, and he originally thought that he could earn thirty or forty taels, but after deducting all kinds of expenses, he basically didn't make any money, so he got this shop and a paperwork! ”

Aunt Wan was still surprised, as if she couldn't believe it at all, the old lady came out of the kitchen, saw Aunt Wan, and greeted warmly: "Big niece, when did you come?" Have you eaten? It just so happens that we're about to eat, so come with me! ”

The old lady said a long list of words, Aunt Wan still didn't react, the old lady came over and touched her forehead, Aunt Wan came to her senses, saw the old lady stunned for a moment, and then immediately smiled and said: "Hello Aunt Yang, you... You ......"

"Big niece, are you alright?"

"Things? That ......" She glanced at Ling'er, thought about it, and suddenly took the old lady's arm enthusiastically:

"Hehe, Aunt Yang, it's a little something, a good thing! A few days ago, I heard that you are going to make furniture, it just so happened that my mother's brother opened a carpenter shop, and these days a new batch of fine wood, mahogany, sandalwood, and precious wood, we have ordered several large families in our town! Now that I think about it, I'll ask you if you want it, and if you do, I'll tell my brother and let him keep the best for you, and the price will be negotiable! ”

"Furniture?" The old lady paused, looked around, and saw that most of the tables and stools in the courtyard were old things with missing arms and legs, so she smiled and said: "Hehe, the eldest niece has a heart!" These tables and stools in our house need to be replaced, and the house in the village will also have to add a few pieces, as well as the front shop......"

"Mother! Aren't all of these still usable? You don't need to change it, do you? Ling'er Lala's old lady winked at her, but the old lady was a real person, and she didn't receive Ling'er's signal at all, and said: "Ah? Don't change it? A few days ago, as soon as you came back from the county seat, didn't you clamoring to change all the furniture in your home? Do you still need to repair the doors and windows of the house? Don't get it? ”

Ling'er wanted to beat her head in annoyance, knowing that her father and mother were unspeakable and defenseless people, she earned a thousand taels of silver last time, and as soon as she was proud, she proudly told her father and mother that she would replace this and throw it away, and she would buy a big house for her father, buy a field, and ask someone to serve them! Now it's good!

Ling'er laughed dryly and said, "Mother, it's okay to fix it, but our family doesn't have much money!" You see that yesterday I received a thousand Shiguzi, and there was an IOU from before, and this morning Aunt Kang was fifty taels, and our family has a few taels of silver left! ”

The old lady looked at Ling'er suspiciously, Ling'er winked at her vigorously, and Aunt Wan said, "Hehe, Aunt Yang, your Ling'er is really good at settling accounts." I can't even turn around! Actually, no matter whether your family has money or not, if you want to buy furniture and buy a house or something, even if you look for me, I have a way, and I won't charge you more money, and of course I won't slander you like Sister-in-law Kang. Rest assured! ”

"That's not what it meant. Eldest niece, you misunderstood, we mean ......" The old lady hurriedly explained. Aunt Wan pushed away the old lady's hand and said, "Aunt Yang, I'll tell you, no one is watching the bun shop, I have to go back quickly!" You're busy! ”

Aunt Wan walked out of the yard without looking back. The tone in the obedient voice always feels a little unpleasant! The old lady chased a few steps. Seeing that the other side ignored it completely, he had to stop, look at the back and sigh.

Yue'er bumped Ling'er with her arm and whispered, "Hey." Ling'er, it's really gone? ”

"Huh? What the? ”

"I ask you the silver, is it really gone?"

"This ......"

"Ling'er. Come into the house with me! The old lady turned around and called her with a straight face. And he went into the house. Ling'er glanced at Yue'er, helplessly spread her hands, Yue'er stuck out her tongue and made a grimace, and said with her mouth: "Who told you to cheat!" ”

Ling'er followed the old lady into the house, and when she saw the old lady sitting on the edge of the bed, Ling'er went over and said, "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

The old lady looked up at her but didn't speak, Ling'er touched her hair and straightened her clothes, "Mother, what are you doing with me?" ”

The old lady sighed: "Ling'er, what's the matter with the thousand taels of silver?" ”

Ling'er smiled: "Mother, I really didn't lie about this, I did ask the big boss if there was any Cordyceps, and at that time, they just couldn't turn over the money, so they gave me a package of high-grade Cordyceps and asked me to sell it for food money!"

Last time I went to the county seat, I actually wanted to buy Cordyceps for money! Originally, the pharmacy wanted to collect the cordyceps for 100 taels of silver, but I thought the price was a little lower, so I planned to look around. As soon as I heard that the old lady of Dingfu continued to make high-quality Cordyceps as medicine, and the price she gave was high, I went to Dingfu and sold Cordyceps to them, and then they gave me a thousand taels of silver tickets, and that's it! ”

"That Ding caught his head? How did you meet? ”

"Ding Zhutou is the eldest young master of Ding Mansion, and he is famous for his filial piety, I sold Cordyceps to Ding Mansion and Ding Tou personally accepted it! He said that my cordyceps was delivered in time and saved her grandmother's life, so he remembered me! ”

The old lady raised her eyes and stared at her: "Is that really the case?" ”

Ling'er nodded in affirmativeness: "Definitely!" Absolutely, mother, do you believe that others don't believe me? ”

The old lady sighed and said, "Alas, I don't believe you! It's only a thousand taels of silver...... Your mother and I have never seen so much silver in most of my life! How could the Ding head catcher give you this little girl so easily? And the big proprietor, you are so young, why does he believe in you so much! ”

Hearing the old lady say this, Ling'er is really a little embarrassed, indeed, she looks like a thin little country girl, she has done a lot of things with a little strength, and she is out of line in everything, will it be too showy?

"Also, Ling'er, today's matter of Wan Da niece, people are kind, but you shirk everywhere, I think you are afraid that people will be greedy for your money, no matter whether we have money or not, we can't forget our duty! Wan Da niece is our neighbor and has helped us a lot, don't do this kind of offending thing in the future! ”

Ling'er laughed dryly, noncommittal to the old lady's words, in order not to offend people, she had to make selfless dedication? Give your wealth with both hands? That's not what the good guys do!

"Ling'er, Ling'er! Do you hear me? ”

"Huh? Oh! I heard, I heard! Mother, I won't be in the future! ”

"Don't you just say that by the way, the 1,2000 silver is really spent?"

Ling'er hesitated slightly, and smiled: "It's not after the flower, but there is not much left, mother, I was going to give it to you after I return to the village, but now that I think about it, I will give it to you!" ”

Ling'er took out two silver tickets from her arms and handed them over: "Mother, it's just two hundred taels, and the rest is indeed spent!" ”

The old lady nodded: "Two hundred taels is enough, one acre of fertile land and eight taels of silver, these are about twenty acres!" Let's go back and see if anyone sells the land, and if it's good, buy it, and then buy a donkey or a cow or something......"

The old lady took the silver ticket and began to nag and think about the days to come, Ling'er touched the five silver tickets in her arms, thinking that these few tickets could not be handed over again, and she would rely on it to do great things in the future! (To be continued)