Xiao Ding chatted with Hu Xianling for a while in the county office, and also personally told Hu Xianling about the process of exterminating Feiyun Village. Hu Xianling heard it and applauded again and again. It's as if Feiyun Village was exterminated by himself.

Regarding Li Gui and Louqing, Xiao Ding did not mention it again. Since Hu Xianling didn't want to affect the verdict because of personal feelings, Xiao Ding no longer mentioned the matter.

Seeing that it was not early, Xiao Ding got up and said goodbye. He hoped to be able to get back to Luoxia Village before dark.

Hu County's order is no longer retained, and he has to interrogate so many thieves at one time. I guess it's enough for him to keep busy for a few days.

Leaving the county office, Xiao Ding led Fan Sanpang, Zhao Hu and others to walk quickly towards Luoxia Village.

When it was almost dark, several people returned home, and before they entered the door, Xiao Zhu'er ran over again, "Brother fool, brother fool, the man in black is here again this afternoon." ”

"Ah, what's going on, has Mu Lin been arrested again?" As soon as Xiao Ding saw Xiao Zhu'er running over, he knew that something must have happened. Unexpectedly, the man in black appeared again today.

"Sister Mu Lin was not captured, the man in black was injured by Sister Mu Lin with a crossbow arrow." Hearing that Mu Lin was not arrested, Xiao Ding was relieved. Today is different from last time, last time Fan San Fat Zhao Hu and they were all at home, and they could also resist the man in black, but today there is no one at home who can resist the man in black.

"You take it slowly, tell me what's going on?" Xiao Ding squatted down, grabbed Xiao Zhu'er's little hand and asked.

It turned out that Xiaozhu'er and Ou Mulin were still playing near the house today. The man in black came to the neighborhood again, only to be discovered by the little wolf Gray Gray.

The little wolf rushed over and bit wildly, alarming the workers working nearby.

The man in black was about to walk up to him and snatch Ou Mulin away like he did last time, but when he was still two or three steps away from Ou Mulin, Ou Mulin suddenly took out a small crossbow and pulled the trigger a few times on him. One of the crossbow arrows hit him in the chest, one in the shoulder, and one in the neck, but the crossbow arrow was a little off, only through the flesh of his right neck, and did not hit the vital point. Otherwise, he would have been shot dead on the spot.

After the man in black was injured, he saw a large group of workers running over with tools, and he turned around in fright and ran.

At this time, Ou Mulin, Ou Muyun, Xiaofu, and they all came over.

Xiao Ding saw that there was nothing wrong with the family, so he was relieved. The heart said that the man in black was shot with an arrow in the chest, and at such a close distance, the injury should not be light. It probably won't come back anytime soon.

Again, we should pay more attention to precautions. Especially the Ou brothers and sisters, when they go out to play, they must not go too far.

Then I went back to the house to have dinner with my family.

Nowadays, there are many people in the family, and Zhao Laixi and a few carpenters have specially built a long dining table for their families. On either side of the rectangular table, there is no problem for a dozen people to sit.

Fortunately, the kitchen space is relatively large, and it was originally designed to leave room for bathing, so the kitchen was deliberately designed to be larger, and now it is just right to place this long dining table.

Now the wardrobes in each room have been built. Tables, chairs and benches have also been built. The daily furniture at home is almost complete.

Workers at the construction site are still busy preparing materials every day. Prepare all kinds of materials needed to start construction next spring. The bricks and tiles sent by Yao Ji Brick and Tile Shop have also been piled up in a big pile. But Xiao Ding did not tell Yao Kee's brick shop to stop the delivery.

However, the weather has been cold recently, and even if Xiao Ding didn't say it, the number of bricks and tiles sent by Yao Ji Brick and Tile Shop has decreased significantly. It is estimated that the brick kiln may also be affected by the cold and cannot make bricks normally.

Three or five days later, at noon on this day, Li Gui and Louqing, who were escorted to the county office, suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Ding's house.

Zhao Hu was very happy to see the two, and hurriedly let the two into the house. And I will introduce you to the two of them.

After entering the house, Zhao Hu politely asked the two to sit down, but the two refused to sit down.

Xiao Ding was very strange when he saw this. Then he asked, "Why did you two come here?" Didn't the Hu County Order punish you? ”

Zhao Hu listened to Xiao Ding's words, looked at Xiao Ding strangely, and said in his heart that they can come out, didn't you intercede for help?

Xiao Ding saw Zhao Hu's question, so he said to Zhao Hu: "I interceded with Hu County Order that day, but Hu County Order did not agree to me. ”

"Hu Xianling interrogated us two days ago, and felt that the two of us were not guilty, so he beat each of us with 20 boards, and told us to go back and be good people, and we were not allowed to do bad things again." The two paused here and continued: "We have nowhere to go after leaving the county office, and when we were on the way to the county government before, Brother Zhao Hu introduced this place to the two of us, so we came over.

Xiao Ding finally understood why the two were reluctant to sit down, it turned out that their buttocks were hit by the board, and it seemed that the injury was not all healed, so they didn't dare to sit down.

"Do you want to come to my house for a long time?" Xiao Ding asked,

"Yes, as long as Brother Xiaoding can give us a bite to eat, we are willing to stay and help you work." Li Gui Louqing said.

"I'll pay you at the price of a long job." Xiao Ding secretly said in his heart, this time the eight officials of Kaifeng Mansion have been completely assembled. If anyone knew that Bao Qingtian's majestic Eight Great Servants had become long-term workers hired by him to grow vegetables, I don't know how they would feel.

In this way, Li Gui and Lou Qing also lived in Tian's house. Xiao Ding instructed them to follow Zhao Hu and the others to manage the vegetables in the two greenhouses when the buttocks healed.

After entering the winter moon, the sky suddenly said that there was a heavy snowfall, which was also the first snow since the beginning of winter. The snow fell heavily. The sky is full of silver.

Xiaofu was happy to see the snow, and he was about to go with Ou Muyun to detain the birds.

Because the snow covers the ground, it is difficult for birds to find food, so it is easiest to set up a trap to catch birds. Tian Xiaofu had captured it before, so he was more experienced.

Ou Muyun is good at practicing literature and martial arts, but he has never played a game played by children in the countryside, so he is very interested in it.

Xiao Fu swept out a small open space at the back of the house, then found a basket, supported it with a short stick, and sprinkled some grass seeds under the basket. Tie a thin rope to the short rod that supports the basket, pull it far to the side of the house, and hide it on the side of the house, and when a bird gets under the basket to eat herbivorous seeds, pull the string, pull the short stick down, and the basket can buckle the bird.

The two children tossed all morning, hid on the side of the house, and waited for the birds to get under the basket, and their little faces were red from the cold.

But those birds and finches seemed to have become essences, and they were not fooled at all. This made the two children wait a little anxiously.

After waiting for an hour or two, at last a little bird jumped in the direction of the basket, and the two children were so nervous that their hands were a little shaky to pull the string, and when they saw that the little bird was about to burrow into the bottom of the basket, suddenly a hurried bell rang in the village. The little bird was frightened, fluttered, and flew away.