There is a saying that the wicked have their own wicked demons. No matter how bad Gu Yunfu is, Qingshu and Qingyang can't beat this bastard's uncle, and if they are others, it's a different matter. Hearing that Gu Yunfu was broken head, Xiao Juan would be excited like this, which is completely understandable.

However, if she didn't want to be talked about, Qingshu couldn't let Xiaojuan cheer so loudly. So she scolded lightly and asked Xiaojuan to pay attention.

Xiaojuan got a warning, smirked for a while, leaned over and whispered, "Master Fu was beaten yesterday, and he was bitten by a dog early this morning." ”

Qing Shu raised his eyebrows slightly, "Let the dog bite?" "In the town, only large families or wealthy families will have a guard dog, and ordinary people can't afford to keep it. Because you have to feed a dog, it is not easy for people to be fed and clothed, and it is simply unrealistic to have Fermi or bran to raise a dog.

"Because of the beating, Master Fu came to the door early this morning to theorize, wanting to get some compensation silver. Unexpectedly, the family didn't pay attention to it at all, and the next person even let the dog out. Master Fu couldn't dodge, saying that he was bitten on the leg. When the family saw this, they took the dog away, closed the door, and left Master Fu on the street and didn't care about it. ”

"What's that family's last name and what do they do?"

"The surname is Zhang, and some people call the head of the family Master Zhang, and some people call Zhang Yuanwai. It is said that this Zhang family has 200 acres of land in Kangjia Village, opened an inn in the town, and is one of the wealthy families in the town. The second young master of the Zhang family is studying abroad, and I heard that he is already a master. The third young master and the fourth young master are unlearned, wandering around the town all day long, causing trouble everywhere. ”

"The three and four young people who are causing trouble everywhere in the Zhang family are not the two people who beat the little beggar begging on the side of the road some time ago?"

"Miss, it's them."

Qing Shu sighed and stopped talking. She doesn't care how the third and fourth young men of the Zhang family treat Gu Yunfu. But those two people who are well fed and supportive, and they dare to bully her, that's not good. The three little beggars were beaten, and they could only consider themselves unlucky, and they did not make a noise at first, because the beggars themselves were disgusting, and none of them had been beaten! It was only on the second day that the three of them had a high fever due to their injuries, which attracted the attention of the big beggar and reported it. Some of the helpers who knew a little about medicine reported what they needed to the helper, and the helper came to the ancient mansion for help.

Qing Shu followed the promise, sent someone to buy soju to wipe his body and reduce fever and ointment to wipe his wounds, and grabbed the medicine, asked the helper to take it back, and instructed the helper to go to the back door of the flavor snack shop every day to get white rice porridge and go back to the sick little beggar to eat. After a few days, the three little beggars were healed, but the revenge was not avenged.

The three and four young men of the Zhang family beat beggars, just for the sake of fighting. The beggars did not stand in their way, and the beggars hid far away from them, and did not appear in their sight at all. It was the third and fourth young men of the Zhang family who deliberately looked for beggars to beat in the past. Because of this, Qingshu will hold a grudge.

However, without waiting for Qingshu to arrange revenge, he heard that the third and fourth young men of the Zhang family had an accident on the second day.

It turned out that Gu Yunfu was so angry that he went directly to report to the official after being bitten by a dog. Yu Xianfu was upright, and when he saw the wounds on Gu Yunfu's head and legs, he immediately sent someone to bring the third and fourth young men of the Zhang family to the lobby for questioning. The Zhang family was in a hurry, and Master Zhang asked his son to admit his mistake in court and promised to compensate Gu Yunfu. Gu Yunfu was satisfied and promised not to tell him. In this way, Master Zhang paid some ransom to the yamen and brought his two sons back. But after going back, Master Zhang immediately repented, and the twenty taels of compensation he promised to give immediately became five taels.

Gu Yunfu was willing to agree, and sent his third son and the only remaining family members around him to block people.

The third and fourth young men of the Zhang family had only been to the yamen lobby this morning, and they wandered around the town like nothing in the afternoon, so they were blocked by Gu Yunfu's people. Gu Yunfu's third son led someone to beat the two brothers severely, and took away the jade ornaments worn by the two and the four or five taels of silver in the money bag. Although the jade ornament is a defective product, it can be worth a dozen taels of silver.

It is also considered unlucky for the Zhang brothers. After being beaten, they prepared to go back to their homes to call people, thinking that this matter was not over, and they must be beaten back. Unexpectedly, when he just crawled out of the alley, he ran into a murderer who was chasing after the shop.

The murderer was cornered, so he kidnapped Zhang Sishao and kicked the frightened Zhang Sanshao by the way. Zhang Sanshao's face hit the wall head-on, not to mention the flesh and skin, and one of his front teeth was knocked out. This Zhang Sishao is also a fool, because he is used to being domineering, he even scolded the murderer who held him hostage.

The murderer was provoked, and he was really forced to be tight, knowing that there was no hope of escaping, he let it go out and rewarded Zhang Sishao with a knife, which was only then held by the official.

When Mr. Zhang received a letter from his two sons that something had happened, he cried and ran to see it, just as he was sent to Tzu Chi Pharmacy for treatment. Master Zhang quit, stopped him, and actually carried his son back to the house, and invited the traveling doctor Langzhong in the town, but did not invite the doctor of Tzu Chi Hall.

In this way, there is a delay in time. Zhang Sanshao is okay, but he knocked out his teeth, but Zhang Sishao was stabbed in the abdomen, and the blood flow was very scary.

When You Yilang arrived, when he saw that the situation was not good, he shook his head and waved his hand and said that he couldn't cope with such an injury, so he hurriedly left.

Mrs. Zhang was angry and sad, beating her chest and scolding Master Zhang, knowing that she felt sorry for the silver but didn't care about her son's life or death, she shouted to hurry up and ask the doctor of Tzu Chi Hall.

In the end, the doctor from Tzu Chi Tong finally came. However, Zhang Sishao's injury failed to stop the bleeding in time, and the delay in the middle was long, so he died due to excessive blood loss.

Mrs. Zhang cried heartbroken, and Mr. Zhang ran to beg for his life.

The official was angry, saying that Zhang Sishao was stabbed by the murderer, but because Master Zhang died, he didn't blame others.

Everyone, yes. If the official sent people to Tzu Chi Hall in time, this Zhang Sishao would have lived. But Master Zhang had to refuse, and got the person home, and there was a lot of delay in the middle, and the first person to be invited was Lang Zhong, who could only treat headaches and brain fever, so he got such a result.

Master Zhang didn't dare to entangle with the official, and after one night, he went to Gu Yunfu early the next morning to find Gu Yunfu and asked Gu Yunfu to pay for his son's life. Gu Yunfu was not a good person, and he didn't kill the person, so he quarreled with Master Zhang. This quarrel and quarrel, the two sides fought. Then, they were all arrested and taken to the Yamen.

This matter had nothing to do with the ancient mansion, but Master Zhang was stingy and greedy for money, and Gu Yunfu hated the ancient mansion, so these two people opened their eyes and said nonsense, and pulled the ancient mansion in.

Master Zhang said that it was Gu Yunfu who sent someone to take his son to the alley, so his son's death Gu Yunfu and Gufu had to pay for their lives. He decided that Gu Yunfu would be bold enough to beat people, and there was no doubt that Gu Mansion would be behind him.

Gu Yunfu said, don't say that he didn't kill people, even if he killed people, but he has his blood niece Gu Qingshu in the town, who is he afraid of.

Yu Xianfu, who was sitting in the hall, was angry, but because one had just lost his son and the other was injured, he drove down the hall with ten boards each.

There is no shortage of good things in this world, so the matter of Master Zhang and Gu Yunfu climbing the ancient mansion in the hall only reached the ears of everyone in the ancient mansion in a quarter of an hour. Everyone was angry, but Qingshu was very indifferent.

Su's mother was also angry, "Miss, why aren't you angry at all?" ”

Qing Shu sat in front of the embroidery frame, lowered his head to embroider mandarin ducks playing in the water, and replied very calmly, "There's nothing to be angry about." They live more pathetic than the other. Master Zhang only has silver in his eyes, and his son's life is not worth silver. Another good man has no idea of living with his own hands all day long, and he has pondered the good things of silver for nothing. has the kung fu to be angry with them, it is better to embroider the mandarin ducks arranged by Su's mother to practice in the water. Indeed, the mandarin duck she embroidered at the moment is the homework arranged by Su's mother.

Therefore, Qingshu's words are in the heart of Su's mother. Su's mother was happy, "It's this Li'er, miss, then you embroider, the old slave will go back to work." ”

"Okay." Qing Shu said with a light smile. When Su's mother left, she put down the embroidery needle in her hand, stood up and moved her slightly sore shoulders, and walked back and forth on the ground, stretching her limbs and moving her muscles and bones by the way. Everyone's young lady sits for a long time, she can't learn, even if she is a female celebrity, she is used to getting up and moving from time to time, for fear of sitting down.

As she moved her muscles, she thought that February would be over in a hurry, and that it would be March in the blink of an eye, and that it would be almost time for the wasteland to move. Thinking of this, she walked out with a happy face, "Xiaojuan, pass the housekeeper to the west hall to talk." ”

In the west hall, Qing Shu stared at the housekeeper with a smile and said, "It's time to move over there in the wasteland, I'll talk about it in general, and the housekeeper will look at the arrangement." ”

Steward Gu didn't seem surprised," said Miss. ”

"The 112 acres of wasteland between Sunjia Village and Fengjia Village will be called Baimaotian in the future. I am going to hand over this piece of land to Steward Wu, so that he can take care of both the grange and the wasteland. There was a shortage of manpower, so he asked him to find long-term or short-term workers from the villages near the left. ”

Steward Gu said, "Steward Wu is up for it." Steward Wu mentioned it, saying that if the young lady hired people when she opened up the wasteland, she didn't have to look for them in various villages, and said hello to Guli Zheng in Xiaogujia Village, and Guli Zheng would definitely be able to recommend a lot of capable and reliable crops. ”

"I won't meddle in this matter, in short, the matter of Baimaotian's land reclamation is handed over to Wu Steward."

This made Steward Wu taken aback, "Miss, who are you?" ”

"One thousand and sixty-seven acres of wasteland is enough for me to work, and I can't take care of Baimaotian. This Bai Maotian, I believe that Steward Wu will be able to manage it well, so I won't worry about it. Qing Shu said as if I wanted to be the shopkeeper.

Steward Gu had no opinion on this, he was now more curious about how Miss Thousand Mu Wasteland would open it.

"In this weather, as long as the quilt is thicker, it should be possible to build a thatched house to live in!"

Steward Gu was surprised, "For the peasant family, it's no problem at all. ”

"Okay, you immediately contact Master Liu, let Master Liu get ready, I want him to build forty thatched huts on my thousand acres of wasteland. As for building a brick house, take your time after that. ”

Butler Gu was taken aback, "Miss, what are you doing with so many thatched huts?" ”

"For land reclamation. Don't ask so much, just do it. Also, remember to buy more aged coarse grains, brown rice, not ground rice. This is a silver ticket of five hundred taels, and you may buy rice and grain for five hundred taels of silver. But there is one thing, even if it is old rice, it should be good, and it should not be moldy and make people eat bad food. Then she muttered, "The price of old rice is cheap, and it is estimated that you can buy a lot for five hundred taels." ”

Steward Gu really couldn't help but ask, "Miss, what are you going to do with so much old rice?" ”

Qing Shu coughed, and suddenly lowered his voice, "Butler, you can't say that I slammed the door." To tell you the truth, I need a lot of people to eat and live over there. Three meals a day must cost a lot of food, and I was afraid that I couldn't afford the new rice, so I thought of the relatively cheap old rice. In the butler's astonished gaze, she added, "I want a hundred people to eat and live there, and they will work for me, and I will feed them and not be paid." Because of this, I thought, as long as the rice is good, it doesn't matter if the old rice is new or new, I mainly want to save a few dollars, and then give them meat dishes three times a month. ”

The ancient housekeeper thought it was incredible, where to find so many people to eat, and not to pay for labor.

Qing Shu saw the question on the butler's face, and said softly, "Beggar Gang." ”

Calm as an ancient housekeeper, he was stunned when he heard the word beggars. But after being stunned, I thought about it, no, three meals a day, and I am full, as long as the beggar whose brain is not stupid, he must be happy to earn and rush to work for his young lady, and what salary do you need! In this way, there is a reasonable explanation for the construction of forty thatched huts. A thatched hut that shelters from the wind and rain is a gorgeous dwelling for a beggar, and there is no need to build a serious adobe house.

Butler Gu thought it was incredible, no one else could think of it, how could his young lady think of it! How dare his young lady think of anything! Thinking so, he took the silver ticket and hurried to run errands. He not only had to hurry up to buy Chen rice, but also asked Master Liu to talk about building a thatched house, which was fast.

Qingshu called Steward Ding again and instructed Steward Ding to make an appointment with the master who drilled the well in advance. When the earth is civilized, they must dig at least two wells out of their wasteland, and if people want to drink, they must have wells. The spring on the hill is too far away, and the so-called distant water can't quench the thirst of the near, and if the well is not dug nearby, do you want her people to cross hundreds of acres of land to get water to eat!

When the ancient mansion was preparing for the opening of the wasteland, Ma came to visit for the second time.

This time, Qing Shu saw Ma in the side hall in front of him.

Ma's complexion today is better than last time, but obviously, his mental state is not as good as before. Moreover, she is dressed much more ordinarily today, she no longer wears the silk silk that fills the façade, the gold bracelet on her wrist is gone, and the gold hairpin on her head has been replaced by a silver hairpin. She smiled gently, stared at Qing Shu and asked softly, "How are you doing?" How is Qingyang's studies? ”

Qing Shu replied with a polite smile, "It's okay, Qingyang is very serious about reading." ”

Ma sighed lightly, "You are all good children, unlike those raised by your aunt, all of them are not worry-free." Immediately, she glanced at Qing Shu with an apologetic expression, "Auntie is confused again, and she actually mentioned this to you." Then she smiled gently, "Aunt came just to explain what happened last time." Last time, my aunt really wanted to repay the letter, not to ask for your mother's promise. The things your uncle has done, one by one, one by one, are very bastards. My aunt can't stop it, but she can still tell the difference between right and wrong, how can she still have the face to ask for what she promised many years ago. ”

Qing Shu didn't say anything about this, just smiled back politely.

"By the way, your cousin promised someone to marry on the sixth day of the third month." There was a touch of joy between Ma's eyebrows, and he said sincerely, "The family's surname is Chu, and your cousin is going to marry the son of the first family, with a single name, and the family has opened a grocery store, and life is quite comfortable." Chutu This child, my aunt inquired, he is honest, has a good character, and has a good appearance, so he will not let your cousin suffer. ”

Qing Shu said congratulations, but he was thinking in his heart: Gu Li is a person with eyes above the top, and his coveting of Zhou Boyan's appearance is so obvious, how can he be willing to marry the son of a small grocery store?

Ma Shi said with a ashamed face, "Speaking of which, my aunt is still cheeky and wants to ask you for a favor." ”

Qing Shu resisted the urge to roll her eyes, "I'm a girl, how can I help?" ”

At this time, Ma took out a handkerchief wrapped in something from his sleeve and pushed it to Qing Shu, "My aunt prepared this pair of bracelets for the sake of face, mainly because I thought that there were no relatives in the town, and no one added makeup to Li'er when she got married, for fear of being laughed at." So I wanted to trouble Qingshu, so I took this pair of bracelets and showed my face in front of people, saying that it was to add makeup to Li'er. This, my aunt also knows that this is too much to ask, but as a parent, for the sake of her children, she has to be cheeky. ”

Qing Shu listened and didn't speak.

Ma's face flashed with a dark color, and he lowered his head, "Qingshu, my aunt really doesn't have any other ideas, just to give your cousin a long face." If you are really embarrassed, just take it as if your aunt has never come, and don't take it to heart. ”

Qing Shu suddenly sighed faintly, "Since you can't get rid of it, why don't you want to put it in the palm of your hand?" ”

Ma Shi Huo Di raised his head, not understanding what Qing Shu was referring to, "What?" ”

"In the world where the husband is the heaven, does my aunt think that she has been separated like this, is it wise? Can it last? ”

Ma understands, and sorrow comes from it. Yes, in the world where her husband is the sky, even if she has brought her children out, she still can't get rid of Gu Yunfu's influence. Gu Yunfu came to the door from time to time to make a big noise, and from time to time provoked her son to make trouble. She is a woman's family, busy with discipline and upbringing, and she has to be distracted to prevent Gu Yunfu from doing things that are unfavorable to her children, and she also has to think of countermeasures to deal with all kinds of rumors outside. Who can she say to her suffering! I never thought that today she was broken by the younger generation, and she lost her image and cried.

"Crying doesn't solve the problem, motherhood is stronger." Qing Shu said this, and pushed back the handkerchief wrapped in the so-called bracelet to her, "To go or not, I will think about it." Don't get your hopes up too much, though. After all, my memory is terrible, and I can't forget how you treated us in the past. So he just sat quietly and said no more.

After a while, Ma had cried enough and wiped away his tears embarrassedly.

At this time, Qing Shu commanded. "Xiaojuan, come over with a basin of warm water."

When warm water came, Aunt Ying waited for Ma to wash her face and tidy up her appearance a little. In this way, Ma took back the bracelet and left.

When the others left, Xiao Juan, who was accompanying her, asked Qing Shu, "Miss, what you said to her, 'Since you can't get rid of it, why don't you want to put it in the palm of your hand?'" What does that mean? ”

Su's mother was also puzzled, but she reprimanded Xiaojuan, "Just serve the good lady, what are you doing so much?" ”

Qing Shu smiled, but did not explain. Ma is a smart person, he should understand.