Early the next morning, as soon as the gate of Xinchang County opened, Ziheng and Mo Feng rode north.

And Situ Yan in Lijia Village didn't know that she had just passed by someone who was destined to pass, and was having breakfast with Li Dalang. As soon as breakfast was finished, before the bowl could be cleaned up, a few lambs came to the door.

Before the people entered the house, they heard the mountain baby asking Li Dalang, who opened the door for them, "Xiao Wu's foot injury is cured, I took some medicinal oil from home, and when I sprained, my father wiped this for me, but it's good." ”

A few people chatted and entered the house, and saw Situ Yan sitting on the kang, the men's clothes she wore yesterday had been taken off, and she had changed back to the flower skirts given by Li Dalang.

Situ Yan thanked a few people for their kindness, chatted for a while, and waited for Li Erlang to invite Liangzi as well, and then took out the copper coins that were prepared last night and divided, "Yesterday, a total of 9 taels of silver were sold, in addition to the cost of 5 taels, according to eight people, each person can get 500 yuan, and a few brothers are not too little." "In fact, the cost is not so much, but if you let these babies know that the money is so easy to make, I am afraid that these people will no longer have the mind to farm and cultivate the land. And after that, she has a money-making business, and she will pull a few people to do it together.

"How can it be divided into eight people, you also have to count one for Xiao Wu, this pattern was drawn by you, the lantern fan was written by you, and even the colors on the lantern were painted by you, it stands to reason that you should take the big head." Although a few people were happy to be able to divide half of the silver coins at once, they still thought that Situ Yan's share was not her own, and they were grateful, but they couldn't do this, not to mention that they ate shredded meat noodles and fried Lantern Festival yesterday, thinking about it like this, how could they be embarrassed to collect cash again.

"Brothers, the four of us took 2 taels, it's already a lot, if the brothers are so clear, then Brother Little Sheep helps to catch the car, Brother Shan Wazi and Brother Dog help to watch things, is it the same as counting. Brothers still listen to me, this money is divided like this, you can trust Xiao Wu, and arrange the sharing of money for me to do, that is the greatest trust in our family. If I have a livelihood in the future, I still want to ask my brothers for help, if my brothers don't accept it, why am I embarrassed to speak in the future? ”

Situ Yan no longer explained to a few people, and put the money in the hands of a few people, they are all rural babies, and the best little sheep in the family has never taken so much money, they all feel very heavy in their hands, but their hearts are floating. Thinking of what Situ Yan just said, she would look for them in the future, so she was even happier, smiled and put the silver money in her arms, and kept holding it with her hand, for fear that if you don't pay attention, she will lose the silver money she just arrived.

Situ Yan knew that they were nervous, and she didn't talk any more, so she sent a few people out of the door, watching a few people laugh and go home, she was also very happy, they all made a small profit a few years ago, this is not out of the New Year, each family made another profit, even if the winter food is eaten, at least these families will not starve.

Little sheep they took the money home, the four parents were happy, I didn't expect a few babies to be busy for so many days to earn so much silver, several families have prepared gifts, to send to Situ Yan.

Lao Cun Zheng and his eldest son Li Wangfu were chatting while smoking dry cigarettes, and Aunt Fu was sitting on the side counting copper coins, "You said this girl, what is in her head, how can she think of making lanterns to make money?" We've lived here for most of our lives, and we didn't expect to get so much money for doing this, but if the whole village did this, everyone could get a share, how good would it be? ”

"As for that girl's temper, if the relationship is not good, she can teach it! You, don't get the sweetness and still want to take advantage, it would be nice to have a few rich families in this village. Lao Cunzheng glared at his eldest son, his son is good at everything, but he has a good face, and he always wants everyone in the village to live well, and he also has a bright face.

"It's my father's words, the girl has a cold temperament, and she is very proud in her bones, she sent something to the Cao family a few years ago, and she borrowed my hand, and she has a bad relationship, how can she help her." Li Wangfu didn't think much about it, just talked casually.

"At the beginning, in order to pay me the 'passing' fee, I put all the money in the family, but I was tired of my eldest daughter-in-law making cotton boots and embroidering dolls these days, and she was busy from morning to night. It's also a loss to the little sheep to tie the lantern and get some money, otherwise I'm afraid it won't be enough to give a few babies to repair. Now that the family has the eldest month's salary, the life can go on, even if it is hard for the old family, and it will help the second family raise a baby. ”

"Look at what my father said, this is what I should do, and I said it when I split the family, not to mention that Guishan is also my nephew, and this uncle in charge of the family should not be divided with some bundles of repairs. I still thought that the girl didn't come to me these days, thinking that she was going to take advantage of the New Year to rest, but I didn't expect to find a little sheep. This is the first money that the little sheep has earned for the family, and I am happy when I look at it. Although Aunt Fu doesn't like her second brother and sister, she is kind-hearted after all, and she doesn't have any opinions about her nephews and nieces. And she is beautiful in her heart at this moment, when she thinks that her son can also make money to support the family, she can wake up with a smile when she falls asleep.

"It's not like that, I still remember the days when the little lamb sat in my arms with his snot wiped his nose, and he grew so big in a blink of an eye. I will be relieved to hand over this home to you. Lao Cun was about to say a few more words, when he heard someone calling for the door outside.

Aunt Fu hurriedly collected the money, then got up to open the door, and saw that the person who came was about 20 years old, and there was no patch in a coarse cotton coat, although the clothes were full of ash, and he could see that he had rushed a lot of way, but his face was quite clean. The donkey with the head and shed stood at the gate of the courtyard, and his eyes were very angry, "You are not from my village, who are you looking for?" ”

The people of the same village don't treat each other well, and they won't go to the embankment on purpose, but they are much more cautious about strangers, especially such men, "This aunt, I'm not a bad person, I want to ask you, is this the village house?" ”

"yes, what's wrong with you?"

"Look, can you please come out of the village, I have something I want to inquire about?"

Aunt Fu thought about it, but she still felt that it would be better to let people into the main room, her father-in-law was well-informed, and this person should be able to see whether he was good or bad. The man didn't care, tied the donkey to a tree on the side and followed Aunt Fu into the main house.

When I entered the house, I saw two people sitting on the kang, no matter which one was Muramasa, I first hugged my fists and saluted, and then I explained my intentions, "Murazheng, I am from Lu'an County, and there is a 6-year-old girl named Situ Yan living in your village?" ”

Lao Cun Zheng and Cun Zheng were shocked when they heard this, Situ Yan had never come to look for her since she had been in the village for so long, and such a person suddenly appeared at this time, and she was going to see her, and several people raised their hearts to their throats, and they were not polite, "What are you looking for her for?" What are you doing? ”

This person is very good at observing words and feelings, and when he saw the appearance of several people, he knew that he had misunderstood, "That's the case, I'm here to deliver a letter, and it was Situ Yan's brother who asked me to send her a letter." With that, he unwrapped the cloth bag from his back and took out a thick envelope, which was also covered with fire paint.

Mura Zheng took the letter and looked at it, and saw that the envelope was written "My sister Situ Yan Jingqi", although he had doubts in his heart, but he also believed it somewhat, he still remembered that the girl had said when she first came that she had a brother who was separated when something happened, maybe this brother is really alive, and now life is better, so he asked someone to send the letter. But why didn't he come by himself, he didn't want to ask. He gestured to his father with his eyes, and saw that the old man was also frowning, but he still nodded, meaning that he should take this person to Situ Yan to see.

Cunzheng thought that it would be okay, and led the people to Situ Yan's house. Xiao Yang'er has been sitting on the side of the kang and listening to the conversation of several people, for some reason, she is very nervous, and even a little scared. He was afraid that this person would take Situ Yan away, and he was afraid that Situ Yan's eldest brother would come and pick him up like this at some point, so he would never see that girl again in the future.

Situ Yan was preparing lunch in the stove room at this time, Li Dalang went to open the courtyard gate, saw that it was Murazheng, and led a stranger into the courtyard, and before he had time to ask in detail, he heard Murazheng calling Situ Yan, "Little Wu, come out quickly, your brother has a letter." ”

Situ Yan didn't hear very clearly in the stove room, only listened to the voice that looked like Muramasa, wiped his hands, and then walked out of the stove room, "Uncle Wangfu, why don't you enter the house when you come, who is this person?" ”

"Girl, this person said that your brother asked him to deliver the letter." Situ Yan was also shocked when she heard it, her brother came to deliver the letter, it could only be Wu Jin, although she was surprised, but her face was not obvious, she let everyone into the house first, took the letter, and opened it in front of everyone, only briefly read a page, she could already be sure that the letter was written by Wu Jin, but the content of the letter, and could not be known to Mura Zheng and Li Dalang.

Situ Yan pretended to cry with joy, with tears in her eyes, "Uncle Wangfu, my brother is fine, he is still alive, and he sent me a letter." ”

"Girl, this is a good thing, don't cry, uncle asks you, can you be sure that this letter was written by your brother?" Muramasa was still a little worried, afraid that Situ Yan would be deceived.

Situ Yan covered the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, "Uncle, I can be sure, this is what my brother wrote, and the handwriting is the same." Only me and my brother know what is being said in it. ”

"That's okay, since you can be sure, then take a good look at the letter, see what your brother has written, and if there is anything that needs uncle's help, don't be polite, I'll go back first." After sending off Muramasa, Situ Yan and Li Dalang said a few words, and then led the people to the east room, and the two of them closed the door and spoke in a low voice.

The village is out of Situ Yan's house, from a distance to see his son Xiao Yang'er standing on the village road, beckoning, the two of them then walked home side by side, on the way Xiao Yang'er learned that the person who came was indeed sent by Situ Yan's brother, and the heart of the burden was even more unbearable, but at this time his father didn't know what was written in the letter, so he had to suppress his worries and go home to wait for the letter.