"Mrs. Lu—"

Lao Wu walked in from the compound with a bag of things in his hand.

"Qianqian, where is your mother?"

Walking to Beiyuan, seeing that only Lu Qian and Liu Yu were there, the fifth child asked with a smile.

"Qianqian? Who allowed you to call me that? ”

Lu Qian was drinking tea with Liu Yu, and when she heard Lao Wu directly call her nickname, she immediately frowned uncomfortably.

"I'm sorry, Miss, I'm thinking about today's holiday, and everyone is a little relative, so it's more cordial to change your name."

Lao Wu smiled awkwardly and stood in the room, his eyes looking around.

"I don't care if you have relatives or not, you'd better remember who you are!"

Lu Qian said coldly, not even looking at the fifth child.

Lao Wu has always been the housekeeper of the Lu family, and she can't say that she likes or dislikes, but Lao Wu is usually very knowledgeable and knows what to say and what not to say, which makes Lu Qian not hate him very much all the time, but today's appearance makes Lu Qian feel very disgusting.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Ping heard the sound and came from the side room.

"Oh, it's okay, Mrs. Lu, today's holiday, I just came back from collecting rent from other towns, and I brought some sun-dried shiitake mushrooms, thinking of sending them over for you to try."

Seeing Jiang Ping, the fifth child immediately smiled.

"Oh, that's right, just take it to the kitchen and put it away."

Jiang Ping glanced at the bag of shiitake mushrooms in Lao Wu's hand and said lightly.

"Wait, what about the rent?"

Lao Wu was about to go outside when he was stopped by Jiang Ping.

"Tell me the truth, ma'am. The countryside is not like our Quanxiu Village, the folk customs are so simple, the people there are very fierce, I am old, the master assigned me such a job, I don't know whether to value me or punish me. Every time I reclaim the rent, I am terrified, even if I lower my body and say it to those people every time, but I am still beaten badly-"

Lao Wu turned around and was still standing in the lobby. Place your hands folded in front of you. He lowered his head slightly, looking aggrieved.

Jiang Ping didn't speak, waiting for the fifth child to continue.

But when he was unexpected, Lao Wu seemed to know that Jiang Ping was waiting for him to speak. It's like deliberately making trouble. He didn't go on any further.

"Has the rent been recovered?"

The lobby was quiet for a while. Jiang Ping was helpless and asked.

"I've taken it back, but—"

Lao Wu looked unspeakable.

"It's not okay to talk about things all at once. Why are you grinding like this!! ”

Lu Qian couldn't stand it anymore and roared.

"Miss, it's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that this matter is too difficult to say. I, this time, only took back a little, not only that, but I have advanced most of my medicine expenses by ......"

With his head down, although he couldn't see Lao Wu's expression clearly, it could be seen from this tone with Douyin that he was really embarrassed.

"How much did you spend on the medicine?"

Jiang Ping asked. Lao Wu kept repeating this matter, and she couldn't ask if she wanted to.

"Fifty taels."

"Were you killed or maimed!! Fifty taels? You might as well come directly to Lu's house to grab the money?!! Dare to love our family's wages for dogs!!! ”

Lu Qian blew up.

Fifty taels?

Are you kidding.

Although she doesn't know much about the Lu family's land in the countryside, judging from the occasional conversations with her parents, the land in the countryside will collect more than 100 taels of rent every year, right? This old five actually said that the medical expenses would cost fifty taels, what is this not a money robbery?

"Qian'er, don't talk too much."

Jiang Ping saw that Lu Qian's face was flushed, so she motioned for Liu Yu to hold her.

"Where's the bill?"

Jiang Ping is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

"Alas, madam, this is what you just told me to say, it's not that the Lu family wants to pay for this medical bill, anyway, I have already paid it in advance, but this rent is indeed not ideal this year."

Lao Wu took a step back and sighed. Although he said this, the expression on his face was as if he had been bullied by the Lu family.

"How much is the rent?"

Jiang Ping asked again.

"Twenty taels."

"You're talking nonsense with your eyes open, aren't you!! Twenty taels? You just said that we didn't receive a penny, and we didn't go anyway, so whatever you want!!! ”

Lu Qian said that she was about to rush towards Lao Wu, but Liu Yu on the side hurriedly stepped forward to grab her when she saw this.

"Qianqian, let's go out for a walk."

Liu Yu said softly.

Lao Wu is obviously a scoundrel who cheats and asks for money, but he is now unjustifiable, and he has no status to speak at all, and to put it bluntly, he is still an outsider. But if you want to look at Lu Qian like this, Liu Yu can't do it, so she wants to pull her away and let her go out to breathe.

"What a walk!! This is my home, I'm still afraid that he won't make it!! ”

Lu Qian, who was angry, obviously didn't realize Liu Yu's good intentions, and glared at him directly.

"Miss, what are you talking about, I'm just telling the truth, like in previous years, I have also handed in all the numbers, and I have never said anything."

Lao Wu's face was full of sadness, but his eyes were a little sharp.

"Are you getting better?"

Jiang Ping sat down on the chair, her expression a little relaxed.

"Madam, I'm so old, and there's nothing good or bad about it, just like that, I'm still taking medicine, and I can't sleep every night because of the pain. Lang Zhong, my spleen and kidney were beaten, and I didn't die, but I just died. ”

The fifth child replied with a low brow.

It's just that Lu Qian feels that it is a little disgusting to see such an expression on the face of an old man who is a lot older.

"Mother, you just let him go, what you said just now, can you believe it?"

After the fifth child left, Lu Qian looked at Jiang Ping with a puzzled face.

"Qian'er, you are still young, and there are some things you don't understand."

Jiang Ping looked at her daughter standing in front of her, and then at Liu Yu next to her, and she didn't know what the love was in her eyes.

"Mother, I'm so old, why don't I understand. You let Ye Xiaoyu go to such a far place, isn't she about the same age as me......"

Lu Qian especially hated her parents, who pressed her every time they were young and ignorant. Not only that, on the one hand, these adults pressed her with this, and on the other hand, they were there urging her to settle down quickly. Such a thing of slapping oneself in the mouth is what these so-called adults can do.

"She's not the same......"

Jiang Ping was so blocked by her own daughter that she suddenly didn't know how to answer.

"Why is Ye Xiaoyu different, is it because she has no father and no mother, are you very relieved?"

Lu Qian sometimes drills the tip of the horns, but he really can't pull it out.

"Liu Yu, you take Qianqian out for a walk."

Jiang Ping rubbed her temples and didn't bother to talk to Lu Qian again.

"It's deserted outside. Not even a ghost. the fart, go ......."

Lu Qian stood up and stamped his feet as he walked out.

Looking at the figure who had already walked out of the door, Jiang Ping shook his head.

Let Ye Xiaoyu go to Rongzhou, in addition to his own selfishness. Jiang Ping admitted that she was much more at ease with Ye Xiaoyu than Lu Qian. Ye Xiaoyu has lived in Lujiazhuang for more than two years. For more than two years. Although Jiang Ping did not have direct contact with her too often, judging from the idea of doing business a few times, Ye Xiaoyu was young. But he is not a simple person. She can protect herself very well, but Lu Qian definitely can't. Not only is it not good, but with her own daughter's temperament, a good thing can be messed up by her. It is precisely because of this that Jiang Ping is so anxious to let her set a family business, have a home as soon as possible, and worry less about herself.

But judging from Lu Qian's reaction just now, her baby daughter doesn't seem to have realized her parents' good intentions at all, if she doesn't feel it, forget it, but Lu Qian still has deep prejudices.

However, now Lu Yishou's affairs have not been resolved, and Jiang Ping has no mind to put it on Lu Qian.

Although Lao Wu sometimes speaks straighter, he has a lot of doorways. Just now, Jiang Ping originally wanted to tell him what Lu Yishou had encountered, to see if he could find some connections and get Lu Yishou out. But when the words came to her lips just now, seeing Lu Qian's angry eyes, Jiang Ping still swallowed the words back.

It's better to wait another day to find a time to discuss with him alone.

At the tea stall in the downtown area of Rongzhou City, due to staring at the cup for a long time, Ye Xiaoyu began to nap indefinitely, like a chicken pecking rice, one at a time, full of rhythm.

"Boss, do you want cigarettes?"

The sudden sound above her head made Ye Xiaoyu frightened, her chin hit the table, and she woke up in an instant.

"One."

Ye Xiaoyu was about to send the cigarette seller away, but heard a serious answer from the sunny person on the other side.

"You're going to ...... Draw out...... Smoke? ”

Looking at Qinglang and taking a cigarette and putting it in his hand, Ye Xiaoyu's eyes widened in surprise.

"Gone."

Holding the cigarette in his hand, Sunny stood up and walked over to check out.

As the sky grew darker, the lanterns in front of the shops on both sides of the street began to light up, and the stalls were lit with oil lamps. At a glance, the street is full of light, light and dark, and it has a unique flavor.

The number of tourists on the street also became more and more, and when they turned their heads and searched for the person who had just sold cigarettes, they were nowhere to be found.

Even if he didn't know about Qinglang, Ye Xiaoyu knew that he couldn't smoke, so there was definitely something wrong with what happened just now. But what is the specific problem, Ye Xiaoyu only relies on this clue, and can't think about it more, but she should know it later if she follows Qinglang.

Qinglang walked into the crowd quickly, seemingly inadvertently tore open the outer skin of the cigarette in his hand, as if it was specially made in this way, the outer layer of the cigarette was torn off, and a rolled up white paper was revealed.

Qinglang carefully spread out the white paper, the white paper is not big, not as big as Qinglang's palm, like the sticky note paper of the previous life, with a small line of words written on it with a brush. is too small, what is written, Ye Xiaoyu can't see clearly.

After a hurried glance, Qing Lang clutched the paper in his hand and put it in his arms.

More and more pedestrians came and went, smiling in pairs, leaving behind a series of silver bell-like laughter.

Ye Xiaoyu walked beside Qinglang, watching his movements silently, without speaking, but speeding up his steps.

Following the sunny, I turned around and walked through the crowd and into another street. (To be continued......)