When he got up early the next morning, Zheng Yu explained to Liu Yun about yesterday's beating and recognizing Zheng Ying as his sister, Liu Yun didn't care about the beating, but wondered why Zheng Yu wanted to recognize this little girl as his sister, but he didn't ask much. After finishing speaking, Zheng Yu and his entourage moved out of Liufu and temporarily settled in the small courtyard sent by Liu Yun. The plaque at the gate has been replaced with a Zheng house.

After everything was settled, Zheng Yu invited everyone to come to the Mingtang of the new house, and as soon as he came in, he found that Mr. Gou was a little uncomfortable, so Zheng Yu asked the reason. It turned out that Mr. Gou had been in a high position, and even though it had been nearly ten years, there were still many officials in Beijing who knew him, and he was reluctant to show his head in Beijing. Zheng Yu suddenly realized that this is not simple.

"Uncle Yuanshan, in the future, my third brother and you will be responsible for the construction and development of the farm, there will be a lot of things in the farm, there must be our own people there to watch, you will sit there all the year round. The third brother assists you, discusses with us in the general direction, you are responsible for the specific implementation, and the errands are handed over to the third brother." Zheng Xing also nodded yes. Only then did Mr. Gou let go of his worries and gladly accepted Zheng Yu's proposal.

After solving Mr. Gou's problem, Zheng Yu said to everyone: "The next step is that we have to recruit people first, there are too few people, no one can do anything, Uncle Yuanshan, how much money do we have now?" ”

"The original 1,000 taels still have 830 taels, and after all the grain stored at home is discounted, it is a total of 79 taels, and now it is a total of 909 taels."

"Okay, you keep five hundred taels for the initial construction of the farm, buy some grain and send it to the farmers so that everyone can eat first, as for how much you sell, you can see how much you can do. Then I'll give you a plan, and you can start the initial construction according to the plan. The remaining 400 taels were left 100 taels to Zheng Tai as the family's expenses during this time. Give me the rest. ”

"Good young master," Mr. Gou replied.

After saying that, Zheng Yu took Zheng Tai and Zheng Ying to the street, bought a few clothes for the little girl, and made the little girl very happy, originally wanted to buy her a few pieces of jewelry, but then I thought that there were a lot of them in my travel bag, and it was not a little better than the workmanship of this era. I didn't buy it. Then he took Zheng Ying to the government and wanted to ask how to get rid of slavery. After asking, I learned that Zheng Ying's slave status had been raised to a good citizen. It was the housekeeper of Liufu who did it. It didn't take long for the people to leave. Zheng Yu said in his heart, no wonder this Liu Shibo can do such a big business, he really has a heart.

Zheng Yu asked Zheng Tai to rent a car, and the horse pulling the car must be handsome, and he specially drove back to his home, so that Zheng Tai brought a waist knife. Then the three of them set up a carriage and went out of the city. Zheng Ying's adoptive parents' home is in a village outside the city, just a dozen miles away. Under the guidance of Zheng Ying, they soon arrived at the entrance of the village. The carriage did not stop until it arrived at the door of Zheng Ying's adoptive parents. The people in the village have come out to see the excitement, whose relatives, such a big style, look at the car, and then look at the horse pulling the car, this has to be money!!

Zheng Ying's adoptive parents' family is actually in good condition, and the family has more than a dozen acres of land, which can be regarded as a rich peasant. Standing at the doorway looking out into the courtyard through the low courtyard wall, there are three adobe houses with tiled roofs, which were symbols of wealthy families in the countryside at that time. There were also a few chickens in the yard, and there was a cowshed near the fence with a cow tied to it. On the ground at the door of the house sat a little fat mound, who looked like he was five or six years old, struggling to destroy a bowl of unknown food.

Zheng Tai stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, a man in his thirties came out of the house with a fierce face. Then a woman of about the same age came out, with a sharp beak and triangular eyes, and she looked like a mean person. Standing at the door of the house, he looked at it from afar.

"Who are you looking for?" The man asked, opening the door.

At this time, Zheng Ying appeared at the door of the car, jumped off the station and did not speak. I wanted to open my mouth to call my father. Zheng Yu is not allowed. Zheng Yu followed and got out of the car. Stand next to Zheng Ying. Stared coldly at the man. Before coming, Zheng Yu thought that this family was also the kind of miserable family who lived a life of having a meal and not a meal, it was nothing more than a bad treat for Zheng Ying, this situation is too normal in this era, how can it be said that it also has a life-saving grace for Zheng Ying. But now that I see everything in front of me, I know that this family is not a good thing, and it is estimated that there were other reasons for taking Zheng Ying in the first place. It is unknown why it was sold to Liufu later, it doesn't matter what the reason is, it has nothing to do with them after taking the deed.

Zheng Ying's adoptive father saw Zheng Ying in a gorgeous costume and just wanted to ask. Zheng Tai choked and pulled out his waist knife and pointed it at him, Zheng Ying's adoptive father immediately swallowed the words on the side of his mouth, and looked at Zheng Tai tremblingly, not daring to speak. Zheng Tai asked viciously, "Do you have the deed of my eldest lady?" Zheng Ying's adoptive father is a little confused, eldest lady?? Who is the eldest lady? Xiao Duo?? When did Xiao Duo become the eldest lady?? Zheng Tai's knife body was sent forward, and it was directly put on the man's neck, and he shouted angrily, "Speak!" ”

The man shuddered and said, "Xiao Duo, if it's your eldest lady, then it is." At this time, Zheng Ying's adoptive mother, even the mean woman, also came over, and saw her man with a knife around his neck, and she was also standing aside trembling and didn't dare to speak. At this time, there was already a circle of people around, pointing at her house, and even someone could hear someone say, "Look at the end of not doing anything, and you will be punished!" Zheng Yu thought to himself, "It seems that the popularity of this family is also very bad, and none of the so many people came up to speak for his family." ”

At this time, Zheng Yu stepped forward and said: "You two listen, this is not some bullshit Xiaoduo, it is the eldest lady of our Zheng family, and the long-lost sister of our family master." You two ate a leopard, how dare you abuse her, and dare to sell her into slavery? Are you tired of being crooked? Zheng Tai, do it! ”

Zheng Tai raised his knife and was about to chop it, but the two of them fell to their knees and cried: "Son, spare your life, the villain doesn't know that Xiao Duo is the eldest lady of your mansion, if you want to know, you won't dare to give us 10,000 guts!" When Zheng Tai heard this, the waist knife instantly slashed down, and when he was about to reach the top of the man's head, he turned over the knife with his backhand and slapped it on his face. The man stumbled to the side, a mouthful of blood spurting out of his mouth and a few teeth, and his face swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"If you dare to call my eldest lady indiscriminately, I will kill you now." Zheng Tai shouted.

Zheng Yu said coldly: "Go and take out the identity deed of my eldest lady, otherwise I will bury your whole family!" When the woman heard this, she ran back to the house with her little feet, and after a while, she rushed out with a piece of paper, came to Zheng Yu and handed it to Zheng Yu, Zheng Yu took it and looked at it, and after confirming that there was no problem, she tore it in half, and then threw it to the two of them, and said: "Eat, I will cut off your tongues with a little left", the two of them panicked and picked up half of the deed on the ground and stuffed it into their mouths and swallowed it, and opened their mouths wide for Zheng Yu to see, proving that they had swallowed it all.

Zheng Yu looked at the mean woman's wide open mouth and felt nauseous, raised her foot and kicked it, "Oops" A miserable scream, the mean woman was suddenly covered with blood, and her front teeth fell clean. Zheng Yu said coldly: "This kick is simply to see that you are not pleasing to the eye, help you remove a few teeth, and make you look more husband and wife." Then he took Zheng Ying and Zheng Tai and drove away in the envious eyes of the whole village. Zheng Ying didn't speak from beginning to end, just watched, but her heart was extremely warm, with the protection of her brothers, how happy her future life should be.