Chapter 197: Trouble
Not only Qi Yun'er was very happy because she got a good gift, but the two young ladies of the Zhou family also happily accepted their gifts, Zhou Yufen is a pair of Dongzhu earrings, and Zhou Yuru is a pair of white jade earrings, all of which are not cheap. This also made the Zhou family have to look at Lin Zhu differently, there were more than a dozen girls who participated in the banquet, and if each of them got such a gift, it would definitely cost a lot of money. Mrs. Zhou thought that she would not be so generous.
The Wang family and Wang Zifang were also chatting with Mrs. Wang about Lin Zhu. On the contrary to Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Wang let Wang Zifang help Lin Zhu more when he had the opportunity.
"Madame, why is that?" Wang Zifang asked puzzled.
"Miss Lin, running her family so well at such a young age must have something unknown and valuable." Mrs. Wang whispered and called her youngest son over again. "God bless, take out the gift that Brother Fu Dou'er gave you today and show it to your father."
"Mother, that's mine, don't give it to Dad." Wang Tianyou tightly protected his chest.
"Okay, not for your father, just let him see." Mrs. Wang couldn't laugh or cry at her youngest son's stingy appearance.
"What good things don't you give to your father?" Wang Zifang was a little curious at this time.
"Look." Wang Tianyou took out a jade plaque from the clothes on his chest and tied it around his neck with a red rope, he was reluctant to take it off, so he had to let them look at it like this. "This was given to me by Brother Fu Dou'er." Wang Tianyou said happily, "Mother, later, you can help me pick out something, and I will also give it to my younger brother." ”
"Okay." Mrs. Wang smiled and nodded. She is also very happy that her son can have a friend of the same age, especially when the two can get together.
"Nice jade card." Wang Zifang took the jade plate and looked at it in front of his son for a while, and then said.
"Mother, I'm going to wear this all the time. Fu Dou'er's younger brother has a piece that he has worn since he was a child, and I want to be the same as him. If Lin Zhu heard Wang Tianyou say this, he would definitely be surprised, the jade plate on Fu Dou'er's neck would not be shown to others. I didn't expect to show it to Wang Tianyou when we met for the first time.
"Okay, good, you wear it. No one will rob you. Mrs. Wang touched his head amusedly. She just finished speaking. A voice came from behind, "What are you robbing for?" Do you have a copy of me? ”
"Nope." Wang Tianyou quickly stuffed the jade plaque into his clothes, and protected it tightly with his hands. His eyes were fixed on his brother who had just entered the house.
"Hey, what's the good stuff to hide?" Wang Tianzuo walked in front of Wang Tianyou.
"Don't show it." Wang Tianyou quickly hid behind Mrs. Wang.
"Today your brother got a sign. I can't like it. Said to wear it all the time. No one is allowed to touch it. Mrs. Wang explained to her eldest son.
"I see." After all, Wang Tianzuo was more than ten years older than his younger brother, so he didn't tease him anymore. "Mother, it seems that you have gained a lot from participating in the banquet today."
Several neighbors around Lin Zhu except for Mrs. Qi. Almost like Mrs. Wang, they have a good impression of Lin Zhu, although Lin Zhu has no father or mother, but he is also generous and retreats appropriately, so they do not prevent their daughters from befriending Lin Zhu.
After Lin Zhu finished the banquet, she didn't take the reaction of the neighbors to heart, she was anxious about another thing.
Since knowing the life experience of Dao Fu Dou'er, Lin Zhu very much wanted to leave the capital and go to live in Xiaolinzhuang, but the house in Xiaolinzhuang was not built, so he could only send Steward Feng to take Steward Song to do this, although there were people from Muyue Commercial House to help, but there must always be someone of his own to express his concern.
Xiaolinzhuang caused some turmoil because of Lin Zhu's imminent arrival, which Lin Zhu did not expect. After Feng Yuanbo arrived at Xiaolinzhuang and revealed his identity, he soon knew the reason why the turmoil was caused by the Dao.
There are 150 or 60 households in Xiaolinzhuang, 5 or 600 people, it can be said that Zhuangzi is not small, but the fields are not enough to plant, coupled with low yields, so most of the villagers are tenant farms, and the field that Lin Zhu bought is the field that Xiaolinzhuang people have tenants every year.
After learning that the grange had been sold, the villagers approached the steward who was in charge of building a house for Lin Zhu and asked him if he could continue to lease the land.
Steward Fang was dissatisfied with Du's shopkeeper at that time, of course, he would not tell the truth to the villagers, on the contrary, he also exaggerated, saying that this land had other uses and would no longer be shared.
It doesn't matter if he lies, the people of Xiaolinzhuang are boiling, and they want to talk to the owner who bought this land many times, and they originally wanted to ask for mercy and be able to give them another lease, but the steward Fang pretended to say in Xiaolinzhuang that he could intercede for them and got a lot of benefits from the villagers.
The villagers, who thought they would get what they wanted, were furious when they learned the news that Steward Fang had been dismissed. Lin Youcai, the village head, came to the door many times to ask for an explanation, but the people who worked there had never even seen the face of the owner, so how could they reply to them, so they dragged it around. The contradictions intensified.
When Feng Yuanbo arrived, he happened to see the angry villagers and knocked down the previous tofu scum house.
He hurried over.
"Stop, what are you doing?" He shouted at the crowd.
"Who are you?" Some grumpy young men stood in front of Feng Yuanbo and asked angrily.
"I'm the housekeeper of this house, can any of you call the shots, can you tell me what's going on?" Feng Yuanbo did not get angry in the face of the angry crowd, but looked at them calmly.
The few young men who rushed in front saw him Sven, and there was an inviolable momentum standing there, although they were unarmed, they didn't dare to step forward to do anything to Feng Yuanbo, and after glancing at each other, they sent someone to find the village chief. "You wait, our village chief will come over in a moment." One of the young men said in a gruff voice.
Steward Song followed behind Feng Yuanbo, stunned by the situation in front of him, he didn't expect that it would be dangerous to come to this place, so he hid very much, until Feng Yuanbo stabilized the situation, he dared to poke his head out. "Steward Feng, is there anything wrong?"
Feng Yuanbo glanced at him and didn't speak, just as the young man who reported the news came here with an old man.
"Hello old man, I'm the housekeeper of this house, I don't know what's going on?" Feng Yuanbo arched his hand and asked the old man.
"The old man is the village chief of this small forest village," the old man took a breath, "the boys are too impulsive, and I ask this housekeeper to bear with me." Although the words are polite, the tone is not like that.
"Village Chief Nalin, can you tell me why they are doing this?" Although Feng Yuanbo was unhappy in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, and he always had to ask the ins and outs of the matter before making a decision.
So Lin Youcai told Feng Yuanbo about how Fang Guan deceived them.
Feng Yuanbo had a black line at one end, and said in his heart that this Muyue Commercial Bank also had an unreliable day. However, it is important to appease these villagers, otherwise it will also be a hidden danger.
"Village Chief Lin, my girl doesn't know about this, can I let the villagers tenant the land again, I want to see how the girl plans to reply to you after I get back." Feng Yuanbo thought for a while, then said to the village chief of Xiaolinzhuang.
"No, don't leave without an answer." Someone in the crowd shouted. The crowd, which had quieted down a little, was a little noisy.
After Lin Youcai waved his hand at the crowd, he looked at Feng Yuanbo, "Steward Feng, the boys also did stupid things because they were deceived by Steward Fang too hard, and there is also your house, even if they don't push it, they can't live in it." ”
Feng Yuanbo didn't understand Lin Youcai's words, and followed him to the place where he was pushed down to take a look, and then he suddenly realized. He had heard from the people of Muyue Trading House in the capital that it was not good, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. Not only the walls of the courtyard, but also the walls of the inner houses are vulnerable, and there are already large cracks in some places.
"Thank you Village Chief Lin for reminding me." Feng Yuanbo was angry in his heart, but he couldn't send it to the people in Xiaolinzhuang, "I want to inquire about something with Village Chief Lin." Do all the people here want to share the land? ”
"Steward Feng, let me tell you this, more than 150 households in Xiaolinzhuang have tenants from your family, if you don't let them tenant, many families may not be able to eat." Lin Youcai said helplessly.
Feng Yuanbo thought about it for a while, and then looked at the villagers around him, everyone's eyes flashed with longing. Looking at their clothes again, although they are not covered by clothes, there are few that are not patched. This place is so close to the capital, how can it be like this?
As if seeing Feng Yuanbo's question, Lin Youcai sighed and said, "I won't tell you, this small forest village would not have come to this field, but last year, the whole village was deceived into planting fake grain seeds, so it ended up in such a field." "Lin Youcai was a little depressed." The most infuriating thing is that the person can't be found at all, and it is useless to report to the official. ”
Feng Yuanbo listened to Lin Youcai's words, and he was very sympathetic to them in his heart, but he was a little dissatisfied with their approach, but the matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more, their current appearance is not like they can pay money. If these words had been used to force them, things could have been much worse.
Lu Mingtao thought that Lin Zhu would live in the capital for a while, and the business bank had some urgent matters that needed to be dealt with by the shopkeeper Du, so the house in Xiaolinzhuang was temporarily shelved.
Feng Yuanbo also came by coincidence, the guy who watched the house had just returned to the capital, and the replacement had not yet arrived.
So after Feng Yuanbo looked at the situation of the house, he inquired about Xiaolinzhuang with Lin Youcai, and was ready to go back and report to Lin Zhu, and then inform the people of Xiaolinzhuang when she decided.
However, seeing that the spring plowing season was approaching, Feng Yuanbo felt that his movements were about to speed up. (To be continued......)