In the middle of the night, Li Hu came back, the donkey led the dog Lizi's house, and he was alone, and he entered the door, but he didn't expect that Yan'er's house not only kept the door, but no one slept, waiting for him.

Yan'er's uncle and his youngest son, who is in his twenties, were also squatting on the edge of the kang with their sleeves around and dozing off. In the dim light, Li Hu stood in front of him, with a horn knife hanging from his waist, his sleeves were lightly pulled, his face was slightly red, and it was precisely because of drinking wine that he showed more roughness and heroism than usual. Everyone still wants to talk about him, because they care about him and love him, and they are afraid that he will dare to jump out and go to the stone quarry, and then offend the owner of the field, and because after all, he is only fourteen years old, young and ignorant, and his parents are not there, so someone must come to plan for him and escort him. Yan'er was afraid that the elders would blame him, so with the intention of ventilation, she was the first to ask: "Did you buy the donkey?" ”

Li Hu nodded.

Yan'er was the most sensitive, and turned her head to her mother and said, "Mother." Seeing that he is blushing, he must have drunk, maybe he is still drunk, so ask him again tomorrow. ”

Li Hu said: "I only drank a little, and I didn't get drunk." I never drank too much, and when I used to drink too much, Abba would beat me. With that, he sat down, with an open mind, and waited for the elders to ask. The adults' hearts softened. Originally, I was worried that when you said it, he thought that he was not his parents, and he was angry, and he replied to you and asked you why you cared about him. Everyone had already made words and sentences in their hearts, but they didn't expect him to be different from other children, sitting down, looking sensible, and this kind of sensible attitude is probably rare for dozens of adults in the village.

Yan'er's mother said, "Ah Hu." It's the first time he's opened his mouth to say "Abba" without anyone asking. Originally, you were at home, in the eyes of your father? ”

Li Hu replied honestly: "Strict." ”

This is an introduction.

Yan'er's mother said, "Your father is strict with you, why is that?" That's for your good, isn't it? It is said that you are sensible enough, no matter what you do or speak, you don't have to be picky, we young and old, shouldn't wait for you in the middle of the night, to talk about you, but don't say it, you say your father is not there, we don't talk about you, do some people say you? Don't be upset if you're talking too hard. ”

Uncle Yan'er said, "Your mother is right. ”

He was afraid that he would confuse his mother-in-law with Yan'er and her mother in terms of title, so he compared what Yan'er said, so he interjected, and then continued: "Do you know? Today, Zhang Changzhu is home. I don't know whose family you are, I touched my home, he came to ask you to work, saying that as soon as you left, the moving worker was free, temporarily looking for someone, people asked him for more money, not to mention, everyone followed to ask for more money, and asked for money and couldn't work, let you take it tomorrow and help him. ”

Li Hu said: "I am not surprised that others ask him for money. The village where we fought last time reconciled afterwards, and I asked them bluntly, is two dollars a day enough for two meals? It's so cheap, you have to do it yourself, who do you blame? I made a sled, take four more? In turn, I told them that those who work are not the same as those who work, and they are fighting so hard that it is too late for the rich man to be happy. So these days, the wages have not stopped, I watched them make trouble, deliberately hid the skid, and told him that we are not satisfied with the wages...... He invited me, he didn't invite me, he wanted people to know, he wanted to use me to force others. When he came to the village, everyone told me that I didn't have to buy a donkey today, and I deliberately avoided him. ”

Uncle Yan'er was taken aback.

The old man had read a private school, occasionally read some miscellaneous histories, listened to some wild plays, and understood at once, knowing how powerful Li Hu was, but he still sighed and said, "Ah Hu." How much money does he pay to others, what does it have to do with us, this matter has been done so far, and people don't suspect that you are the mastermind? You tell people that they should work wholeheartedly, and you encourage them to make trouble together, and on the other hand, you don't pay attention to other people's owners, what are you trying to do? Don't you know how to draw, and you get a lot of money? What do you care what they do with how much money they take in their village? If you offend Master Zhang, he is not a righteous gentleman. ”

Li Hu smiled and said, "Uncle." said that the village next to it is far away, and the dog chestnuts cost them two dollars a day, don't I care? Even if there is a sled in the stone field, thousands of pounds of stone purlins, shouting the number to carry it up and unload, it is also tired and half dead, just like this, Zhang Farm, he is not even a sled, even a donkey and other livestock, he is not willing to get it, at first I thought I was smart, I can earn four yuan. In fact, why did it rise to four, he was waiting for the people in each village to build their own cars and bring their own livestock like me. People eat horse chewing, is four enough? The people in my village and I, because we are both teenagers, don't need money at home, and the money we earn is put together to build a sled car, but what about others? The work is four wages, and the family spends forty dollars, and he is not ignorant. This is called being rich and unkind...... I can ignore it, but I can't follow him to bully the poor. ”

Uncle Yan'er immediately turned his head and said to Yan'er and her mother, "Li Huzhi." It's straight. ”

Yan'er's mother turned her head and said to Uncle Yan'er, "Li Hu is right. Let's not talk about standing up for everyone, then we can't make money for others, let's go and help Rich Zhang. After that, what will people think of our Li Hu, right? As soon as Li Hu said this, I wasn't worried about him at all. ”

Uncle Yan'er said: "Why does the owner of the field say that you know? He thinks that you also want to open a quarry, saying that you are in a quarry, ask everything, and think about everything. ”

Li Hu said with certainty: "I want to drive." The quarry is not so difficult to open. ”

Everyone in the room gasped.

Fourteen-year-old boy, only went to the stone field for a month, he was really thinking about opening the stone field, the stone field, the people in the family have been there, people in all villages, use him to make less money, don't use him, why don't you use him, these people, some are difficult, some are unreasonable, some are more serious, some are nonsense, some are injured when they go to work, some are quarrying and fall to death, put it to anyone to see, it is a messy scene, whether to make money people don't know, but can it be ordinary people dare to do it? Why did that rich man dare to do it? on the road. He can hold it; He is not afraid to owe other rich men when they pull stones, for he has a family; If someone dies, the government will investigate it, and there are people above him.

What do you Li Hu have?

It's just a guts.

Uncle Yan'er said: "If you want to open it, it's okay, but you can't rush." Me and your mother are not casual people, your brother and a few of them said to go on a rampage, just say, do other people's old people dare to support it? We dare. But, you can't open it now, you have to wait a few years, first, when you grow up, think well, second, wait for your brother to settle down, if he settles down, we can also become a rich man, and we will have the money to do it, three, your brother and they are not at home, no one supports you, this four, we haven't paved the way to the government yet...... If there is no one in the government, nothing can be done. ”

Li Hu said softly: "Uncle." I'm only fourteen years old, but I can already think about it. Rich man Zhang, he sells stones, and he relies on the villagers. I sell stones, I sell them to Yi County, sell them to Bao County, sell them to Wei Bo...... I want to let the dogs and chestnuts buy land and support their families, and I let the people in the surrounding villages live a good life. He couldn't. He's been doing it for years, and if he wanted to, he'd done it a long time ago. But I can. I know how to sell stones, what they make to sell, and I know how stones are worth, even if it's only for a month. Big brother, I don't know what kind of business it is, but I'm sure he will also have risks, and the risk is much higher than opening a quarry, if I open a quarry and make money, I can still help him, right? ”

He also said: "According to the employment and employment of the rich man Zhang's stone quarry, I don't need much principal at all, and the money I have earned recently is enough...... said that they were not at home, no one supported them, no one supported them, I Li Hu supported them, good men crisscrossed the world, how could they rely on the eldest brother everywhere. As for the government? We pick stones and sell stones, as long as we can take the quarrying and pay taxes regularly, what does it have to do with them? ”

He also said: "Even if Jingkang's government is all clever and robbed, are we not doing anything because we are afraid of them? If it were Shichang Dafa Li City, people from many miles around it would be able to live a good life with them, and they would stand on my side and seek justice from the government together. ”

Yan'er's uncle was anxious and couldn't speak.

He patted himself on the knee and sighed, "This kid." This kid. ”

Yan'er screamed, "Ah Hu." I support. ”

She raised a hand and shouted, "Ah Hu." You're just different from people, and you can talk to you. ”

Her grandfather's children were also very excited.

But then he replied: "You can." None of them can be done by anyone else. ”

Yan'er's mother made a mark on the back of Yan'er's head, and Yan'er wanted to refute her cousin, but she stopped on the spot, so she deflated, and her two eyes were rolling in their sockets.

Yan'er and her sister-in-law helped persuade: "Li Hu." The heart can't be that big. As soon as you do it, you will have a grudge against the rich man. Li Hu nodded and said, "I've thought about this." I don't just do it all at once, I buy his stones first, let's make stones, carve stones, polish stone slabs, make stone paintings, hire good craftsmen, draw the teeth of the grinding plate, perfect the stone carving tools, and when these are done, then go to the stone field. ”

Yan'er sneered: "Do you still grind stones?" ”

Li Hu also smiled and asked rhetorically: "Rich Zhang wants to make money from me, and he still wants to make enemies with me?" ”

He also said, "I will also look for and ask if there are any craftsmen in the Northern Plains and Webb who have a more clever way of making stones......

Yan'er's mother was stunned, and when she turned her head to look at Yan'er and her uncle, the old man was also stunned, but Yan'er and his cousin began to taunt: "You can." Yes. ”

This time, Yan'er glared at him and shouted, "Just our family." It's better than you can, what's wrong? Have you read a book? Have you ever beaten a dog chestnut? ”

Everyone kept saying that they were exhausted, and then let Li Hu go back to sleep.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sent Yan'er's uncle away, and when they came back, they saw that Yan'er was also asleep on her side, so they called her, woke up and asked her, "What are you rushing to your brother?" Should you rush him? I really don't understand anything. ”

This night, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were so worried.

They have already regarded Li Hu as their own people, but Li Hu's choice is beyond their imagination and knowledge, and these worries are all going to Li Hu.

It's dawn.

Uncle Yan'er came home again, and when he saw Li Hu going to the river, he said, "I forgot to ask Li Hu yesterday." Zhang Chang is mainly bent on seeing him, how can we reply here? ”

It's a big turning point.

Yesterday, he was going to make an idea for Li Hu, but today, he came to ask Li Hu what he said.

Yan'er and her mother left the old man to eat, and everyone was in the firewood room, and they couldn't help but talk about yesterday's topic.

Talking, talking, Yan'er's little cousin ran into the yard with a smoke and shouted, "Dad." Father. It's incredible. The official came to the government, it was the errand officer Li Boss, and he spread the word that let our village also send people to build houses for the people who moved from the North Plains on the other side of the river, what should I do? If you want 30 dings, and you don't have any service money, what can you do? ”

All the people came out and stood in the courtyard.

Uncle Yan'er shook his beard tremblingly and shouted, "Thirty dings? And if there are those who are not at home, won't they all go? Immediately, he said angrily: "The Dongxia people moved here, they can't build houses themselves, why let us build them for them, they are all uncles, and let them provide for ten miles and eight towns?" ”

Li Hu came back from outside, followed by Yan'er, as soon as the two came in, they felt that the atmosphere was not right, and when they asked, what was going on, listening to people cursing the damn Dongxia people, Li Hu couldn't help but say: "The government asked us to build a house for the Dongxia people, and I don't blame the Dongxia people." ”

Cousin Yan'er glared angrily: "Who is to blame?" ”

Li Hu said: "The imperial court seized the Northern Plains, and did not complain about the Eastern Xia." Now Dongxia and Jingkang are negotiating peace, and the condition for Dongxia peace is that if the imperial court wants the Dongxia people to relocate, they have to take land, houses, and finances to replace their property in the Northern Plains, if you say that the Dongxia people are to blame. It's better to blame the government. Jingkang's government doesn't care whether its people live or die. The government of Dongxia cares about every Dongxia person. ”

Yan'er's cousin joked, "You know a lot." Where is the government in charge of you? ”

Yan'er was angry with Li Hu and asked him, "Then you understand." What do you say? Why build a house for the Dongxia people? ”

Li Hu also said: "These Dongxia people have houses in Dongxia, and those houses, the government has them, I don't know who to sell them to, whether they will be given to the county, why don't they give the wages of the people who build the houses?" ”