167. Borrowing
"Look, who is that, unkempt," because of the special situation recently, everyone is wary of people who are not from this village.
"Look down on it, you who keep your head down," they saw that the people who came were dressed in tatters, and the clothes on their bodies were even more holes in the east and west holes, and there were no patches, and they looked so pitiful.
"What kind of person, what are you doing in Guquan Village?" A few bold people stood at the entrance of the village to stop them, the village chief said, during this time, strangers must not be allowed to enter the village, whose relatives must also ask clearly, so as not to be mixed in, if it really ruins the green early rice seedlings, everyone will not have time to cry.
The person who came was stunned for a moment, lowered his head, and didn't say a word, how strange it looked.
"You don't speak, you don't identify yourself, we won't let you enter this Guquan Village," the people just kept silent, and they couldn't drive them away, so the men in the village also said kindly.
"Ah...... Amin," the man with his head down suddenly raised his head, then lowered his head to stare at the big toe exposed by the broken shoe, rubbing the mud on the ground, and Ai Ai shouted.
"Who are you? How do you know about me? The person who was called Amin looked at him suspiciously and asked.
"I ...... I'm Man's father,"
"What? Man'er her father? When people heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and when they remembered who they were, they were all stunned.
This Man'er's father has been away from the village for a long time, because the family is poor, and the life is almost unbearable, leaving Man'er Niang alone with four children who are waiting to be fed, hungry and full. Others say that Man'er's father went to another place and recruited others, and this life is good.
But now, looking at the unkempt man in front of him, everyone sighed.
"Man'er Niang, Man'er Niang......," Ricket's back, the white hair on the sideburns appeared, and the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes were even more one by one, only in her thirties, looking at the woman who looked like she was fifty years old, she turned around when she heard others shouting excitedly about herself, so she turned around, squinted her eyes that were not very good, and asked: "Who!?" ”
"Man'er Niang, Man'er's father is back," the person who came ran out of breath, looking quite excited.
"What...... What the? Man'er Niang held the stick in her hand and asked in disbelief, her eyes were already red.
"Man'er's father is back and resting at the entrance of the village, "For the people in the village, as long as the relatives who go out come back, it is a great thing, as for whether they are rich or poor, they will not care too much, unless they are snobbish and recognize money and do not recognize people."
"Really?" Man'er Niang trembled, still in disbelief in her eyes. At the beginning, he was so ruthless, leaving so many children to leave, and he said he didn't want it. Now, what are you going to do when you come back?
Yan Lian later heard Wu'er say that after Man'er's father came back, Man'er's mother cried heartbreakingly, except for the eldest in the family who still had a little impression of this father, the rest of the children looked at him as if they were strangers, like that, it was really a little miserable.
No matter what, Man'er Niang still accepted the man who abandoned his wife and children and came back, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. However, no matter how bitter Man'er's father is outside, compared to Man'er Niang, he is just as young as Man'er Niang's younger brother, the two of them are completely unworthy.
For this little episode, everyone just treated it as an after-dinner topic, and no one cared.
"In the past few years, I've suffered you," Man'er's father looked like a tender scholar after grooming. He suppressed the disgust in his heart, looked at the woman who did not look young at all in front of him, and said affectionately.
Man'er Niang had red eyes, thinned his hair, and after coiling it, she choked up and said: "As long as you come back, I am not afraid of any hardship," thinking of the orphans and widows being bullied, she was a stomach full of grievances to say, but looking at the man in front of her who was so different from herself, her heart was a little uneasy.
"Don't worry, in the future, our family will live a good life, and I will never leave again," Man'er's father hugged her and said gently and carefully.
Several children looked at their father's and mother's loving appearance, curious and puzzled, and some couldn't adapt to it.
"Good, good, good," Man'er Niang cried and said three good words in a row, which shows how much she longs for a good life for the family.
After Man'er's father coaxed Man'er's mother, he hugged his little son who was looking at him ignorantly, and said with a sigh: "When I left, he was born, and now, he can already walk,"
"Yes, time flies so fast," sitting on the edge of the bed, Man'er Niang threaded needles and threads, embroidered things, and looked up to see the man holding his little son, his eyebrows and eyes were full of joy.
"There are roots, in the future, listen to my mother's words, be filial to her, do you know the way?" Man'er's father stretched out his hand to scrape the bridge of his son's little nose, and said softly, causing the little guy to "giggle" and laugh, and several little girls saw that their father was not fierce, so they laughed too, and the atmosphere in the room was exceptionally good.
"The child and her mother, now, I am also back, I have to live a good life this day, I can't mix like this," After sending the children out to play, Man'er's father said with a serious face: "Ming'er, I will go to reclaim our family's land, and then I ......will plant some things,"
When the man'er mother who was holding the needle and thread in her hand heard this, she was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "This land, don't worry about it, the land in our village has been planted with early rice, and it grows well!" Thinking of this, there was a smile in her eyebrows.
"Early rice? What's that? Man'er Dad frowned and asked suspiciously.
"Grain, our village not only has early rice, but also spring wheat," Seeing her own man, Man'er Niang didn't think that she couldn't say this, so she told him all the things in Guquan Village today.
"I don't know who bought our land, don't you see anyone?" Man'er's father looked at the children playing outside the window and asked casually.
"Can I see there, I said it was from the capital...... However, people can be polite to the eldest girl in the second room," Man'er Niang chattered for a while, and said the most important thing.
"Ying's two-bedroom ...... The one who is unmarried and pregnant and wants to be immersed in the pig cage? Man'er asked with a shocked face.
After rubbing the scalp with a needle, Man'er Niang nodded lightly and said: "It's her, hehe, who would have thought that she was so embarrassed at the beginning, but now she not only built the best house in the village, but also made friends with the young masters and sons of several families in the capital.......
After digesting these things, Man'er Daddy squinted his eyes and didn't ask anything more.
Yan Lian waited until the end of April, but Beichen Ao still didn't come, so she thought about whether something had happened to him, so she decided to go to Beijing to find Shangguan Hao to inquire, and then tell him about the current situation in Guquan Village, if you can, borrow a few people from him to protect the grain.
This grain harvest is good, and the happiest person is still Shangguan Hao, isn't it?
Shangguan Mansion.
"You haven't been here for so long, you're really ruthless," Mei looked at her, muttered and complained, and then said faintly: "My identity is not as free as you, in and out, no one cares," this move has been noticed, this life is really depressing.
Hearing Mei's complaint, Yan Lian just chuckled, naturally knowing her thoughts - everyone will think that other people's lives are good, and only their own days are the most fortunate.
"Isn't this busy at home, after planting early rice, the spring rain continues, opening canals, digging pits, busy for a long time, and after Qingming, I started to plant spring wheat again, and I am busy until now I have free time," Yan Lian obediently told her whereabouts clearly, so as not to have an estrangement in Mei's heart.
"Hehe, listen to you say this, when you have free time another day, I'll go with you to see," she still likes that piece of emptiness, at least unrestrained, no one is in your ear to say: this can't be done, that can't be done, otherwise it will hinder the identity and lose the face of the Shangguan family, let her clench her fists and endure it desperately.
"Yes," replied politely.
When Shangguan Hao came, he saw his sullen young lady smiling, as if he had some kind of treasure, which made him full of curiosity. When I listened closely, I was talking about women...... Could it be that women really can't adapt to a person's life?
If Yan Lian wants to know what he thinks in his heart, he will definitely complain and say: You have adapted, you have adapted to it! After the child was born, he didn't even have the qualifications to be around, and he could only see the child once a day when he was sleeping, and the rest of the time, he stayed in the house and couldn't do anything else. If it were her, she wouldn't be able to stay for a day.
Fortunately, she was not reborn in a big family, otherwise, she would really go crazy.
"Beichen Ao?" Shangguan Hao's eyes flashed with light, and Hongguoguo wrote, "There is a traitor." love".
Big brother, you think too much, of course Yan Lian didn't ignore the ambiguity in his eyes, and after rolling her eyes indecently, she raised her forehead and said speechlessly: "The silver for buying the land is Beichen Ao, and people are eyeing Guquan Village, if he doesn't come forward, the land will be snatched away, I don't care,"
"Beichen Ao has left Beijing, something happened to one of his subordinates, and he went to solve it," Shangguan Hao explained and asked with a frown: "What do you mean when you say that Guquan Village is being targeted?" "That's the crux of the matter.
After Yan Lian knew that Beichen was proud of leaving Beijing, her brows furrowed slightly, thinking that now she could only ask Shangguan Hao, so she restrained her joking tone and said seriously: "Before, someone in the capital entered Guquan Village, said that he wanted to buy land, and threatened the village chief that if he didn't sell it, he would destroy the grain...... After that, there was no sound, and I was thinking that people must have turned light into darkness...... I'm worried about the villagers in the village, and I'm even more afraid that the grain that has been planted well will be destroyed, so I want to find Beichen Ao's ......,"
"Being targeted by the people in the capital ......," Shangguan Hao became a little anxious as soon as he heard such news, and he couldn't calm down when he stood up and walked around, "Do you know whose house is Lu Dao?" "Only when there is a way to know whether the road can be resisted.
The water in this capital is very deep, one is not good, and it is the prince's generation that is implicated, when the time comes, no matter how much Beichenqing gets the emperor's attention, there will still be an accident in the end, so he is a little uneasy.
"I don't know Lu Dao," if you know Lu Dao, will you still tell you about the people in the capital?
"......," Shangguan Hao swallowed for a moment by her natural tone before asking, "Now, Beichen Ao is not in the capital, what are you going to do?" "This Ying Yanlian is a little clever, but it is only in the village in the countryside. Whenever it comes to the people in the capital, everyone has to be cautious and dare not relax at all.
Touching the corner of the table, Yan Lian frowned deeply, and was also stumped by what was in front of her. "Shangguan Gongzi, can you borrow a few people to come to the little woman?" When asking for someone, you must always have the appearance of asking for someone.
"Borrowing whom?" He was considering whether it was worth his help.
"Those who know how to do some kung fu," even if something really happens, it is better to have an unforeseen need, lest the villagers of Guquan Village be slaughtered stupidly.
"People, I can lend it to you, but don't say it's from Shangguan Mansion," he hadn't figured out who the person who was eyeing Guquan Village was, so he couldn't be careless.
Knowing Shangguan Hao's caution, Yan Lian did not mock and be dissatisfied, but nodded and said, "Okay!" ”
Don't talk about Mei's, she doesn't feel comfortable staying here for less than a day, no matter what she says or does, Shangguan Hao will always keep a way back, complicating things, making her very helpless but helpless.
Isn't it time for me to cultivate my own power in the capital?
This was an idea that Yan Lian came up with after she left Shangguan Mansion, and she suddenly felt that after being involved with Beichen Ao, it seemed impossible to be simple and low-key. And what you want to do is the foundation of the country, whether it is the people or the war, the most used is food, and it seems impossible to keep a low profile.
The first time, she was able to borrow someone from Guan Hao, but what about the second time? If it were Shangguan Hao, I was afraid that I would be disgusted in my heart, they didn't have any friendship. This time, he was able to agree to borrow someone, I am afraid it was for the sake of Beichen Ao, after all, the silver of 10,000 taels was made by Beichen Ao.
Since the beginning of spring ploughing, Yan Lian has no income, and some of the silver is borrowed from Beichen Ao's hand and there are still some left, so she didn't use it lavishly, but considered what to buy and what not to buy.......
I rode out of Beijing in an ox cart, and saw that the place where I first sold peach pulp had now become a small market-like place, and I felt a little emotional.
Although there is no peach pulp for sale, there are gruel, tea, steamed buns, etc. to fill the stomach, so that passers-by can fill their stomachs and have a place to rest.
"Little lady," almost arrived at the entrance of Guquan Village, Yan Lian got off the ox cart, took the few things she bought, and was about to enter the village, when she heard a strange and familiar voice, looked back suspiciously, and found that the person who came really knew her, but she was just not familiar with it.
"It's such a coincidence, I was thinking about whether I could see the little lady, but I didn't expect to meet it at the entrance of the village," Xuanyuan Wei got out of the carriage and asked with a look of surprise: "Where does the little lady come from?" ”
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Water and power outages, I can't afford to hurt it!