It was in the evening that the village heard that the old Xie family was arguing on the hillside. As a village leader, it is his duty to mediate neighborhood disputes and family conflicts, so he came. When he heard Gao Jun speak, he had already recognized that it was Master Gao, and hurriedly bent down to salute Lord Gao. At this time, the half-grown boy had already walked to Gao Jun and Muramasa with his luggage roll, and was about to raise his hand to throw it out.

As soon as Gao Jun stretched out his hand and grabbed his arm, the kid only felt that one arm seemed to be caught by iron tongs, and he couldn't move, and the luggage rolled to the ground.

Gao Yu also said to the man a little angrily, "In vain, you are still her own brother, just let your wife and son mess around, do you still have a face!" Or is it not human? ”

Gao Jun said to Muramasa, "They are so noisy, I don't know what you mean, uncle?" ”

Muramasa said, "Master Gao, I am so old, I always put my heart in the right place when I speak and do things, and their family originally lived with their daughter, and there were two sons," he said, pointing to the man, "This is the eldest and the second child, who lives in that thatched hut." "If you look at Muramasa's finger, the doors and windows of the house are closed, but you can imagine that there are people in the house.

Muramasa said, "Two years ago, the old couple died one after another, and only the daughter lived in the house with the child, and the second brother didn't have any words." But since the beginning of this year, the eldest brother and sister-in-law have wanted her to move out, saying that her son wants to marry. ”

Gao Jun heard this, and said sharply to the man, "You are so old, you don't know that your daughter is a member of the family before she leaves the cabinet?" She lives in your parents' house, and she should live in her when her parents die. Why, your parents are in charge of their son's residence, and they still have to manage your son's can't! ”

When the man heard that the village was calling someone "Master Gao", and saw that Gao Jun had already stood in the light while speaking, and was wearing an official robe, he became timid and muttered, "I don't want to do this, but my daughter-in-law ......."

The mother-in-law heard that "when her parents die, she should live there", and thought that the things she had planned for a year had no result, and the matter of her son's marriage was far away. sat on the ground, crying and making trouble, saying something "since you haven't left the cabinet, how can you have a child, and if you have a child, how can you count it as not out of the cabinet".

"Don't you pity your aunt and dare to throw her futon out when she is still sick? With such a heart as you, whose daughter will marry you? Gao Jun said angrily, shook his wrist, and threw the kid to the ground, the kid got up, didn't dare to squeak, stood in the corner, and slowly hid behind his father.

Gao Jun said to the mother-in-law who was spilling on the ground, "If you scream nonsense again, you can't see your mouth!" ”

The woman really didn't make a fuss, but she still sat there and couldn't afford it, and she bowed her head a little reluctantly, not knowing what she was thinking.

The two mothers and daughters over there also stopped crying, and when they arrived in the village, they said to her, "This is the tall man of Liuzhong Ranch." So he took the child over to greet him.

Gao Jun said, "You can rest assured that you will live here, if anyone dares to drive you away again, see if I don't pick up his grass house!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at his cousin Gao Yu. Gao Yu understood that Gao Jun had no money in his pocket. So he took a handful of broken silver from his pocket, put it in the palm of his hand, and pulled out three pieces with his index finger, wanting to wait for her.

Gao Jun snatched them all and said, "Second brother, you are really a profiteer, there are only a few pieces in total, and you still deduct them." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and handed it to the mother and daughter, "This is given by my cousin, you take it and ask a doctor to take a look at it first, then grab some medicine, and buy the rest of the food, enough for your mother and daughter to eat for a few days, and then go to the ranch to find me Gao Jun." Saying that, he said to the village again, "Uncle, you have to come and see their mother and daughter every few days, don't be bullied." Muramasa agreed.

The woman didn't want it at first, but when she saw that the tall man really wanted to help her, and she had a young girl waiting to be fed, she took it, and couldn't stop thanking her.

Gao Jun saw that it was too late, so he went downhill with Gao Yu, Gao Yu said, "It's not that my brother doesn't want to give them more, but I really want to use a lot of money in the future...... Besides, I'm going to invite you to drink two cups in the evening. ”

As he was talking, he saw Feng Zheng coming up from below.

It turned out that Feng Zheng and Yang Que'er took advantage of the pomp and circumstance of the tall adults to do the family affairs together, and at night they combined with Yang Yatou, with the current situation of the two of them, it is not time to say how to repay the tall adults. So Feng Zheng went to get wine at dawn, and Yang Yatou personally went to the kitchen to make a few small stir-fries. When I went to Mr. Gao's house to ask, the old woman said that Mr. Gao had not come back yet, so I asked the people in the village about it, and then I found it.

Gao Jun and the two had nowhere to eat, so when they heard this, they immediately went to Feng Zheng's house, and saw that there were already four dishes on the table of the small kang, and there was a wine jug. Gao Jun smiled and said to Yang Yatou, "You bride went to the kitchen on the first day, I can't stand this favor and have to bear it, my second brother originally wanted to invite me to dinner, but he paid all the money to the mother and daughter on the north slope." ”

A few people sat down and poured the wine, and Yang Yatou asked, "What kind of mother and daughter are they?" ”

Gao Jun explained the situation, and Yang Yatou said, "How can there be such a brother and sister-in-law, it's really annoying!" But the woman was also careless, how could she follow such a person with no conscience. ”

Gao Yu said, "It sounds like a rich man, such a person is really worse than Wang Ba, and he slapped the girl's belly and left, which is really unreasonable." ”

After saying this, the two talked about the brick kiln with Feng Zheng again, so they asked Feng Zheng to find Liu Mucheng and come back. Feng Zheng went out for a while, and brought Liu Wu over, and as soon as Liu Wu met, he said, "I went to Gao Da's house and only Mrs. Liu was there, and I don't know where to find you." I'll tell you about the afternoon, and you'll have to go home, and Mrs. Liu is worried about you. ”

He continued, "I went to the county and found the Mo county order, and the Mo county commander was very cooperative, and he had already inspected the delivery of the previous county orders, saying that the hillside was indeed terra nullius. As he spoke, he took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Gao Jun.

Gao Jun took a look, and there were some other ownerless plots on it. Gao Yu said, "Great, these lands will have owners in the future, and I, Gao Yu, will be the landlord." As if he was afraid that the land would be robbed, he said to Gao Jun, "Brother, I wonder if you can find someone right now?" I want to start working now, and I'll start working after dinner. Seeing that Gao Jun didn't squeak, he looked at himself with some puzzlement, and hurriedly said, "It's not that I'm in a hurry, you see, it's the New Year, and everyone is lazy in the first month of the New Year. ”

Gao Jun looked at him like a freak. The heart says that you are single, don't you really want to think about others? Although he really doesn't want to go home at the moment, and he is really afraid to face Liu Yuru, but in the eyes of ordinary people, no matter how he is, he is also a newly married person, and his Gao Yu brother shouldn't force himself like a long-term worker, right?

Gao Yu said, "My tall man, you don't understand what I mean. I mean, now there is no farm work, and the people in the village are idle, so they are not just recruited to dig the foundation, level the ground, or even make a billet of the excavated soil overnight, and dry it when the sun comes out at dawn. ”

Gao Jun was amused by his three "just right" in a row, and Yang Yatou also said with a smile, "It seems that this old man Gao is indeed a manager of the material, and he can say it in the middle of the night." ”

Gao Jun thought for a while and said, "I have to call someone from the village in the middle of the night, I can't do this, I'm afraid of being scolded." Why don't you go and let Luo Dao and Luo Quan do it. I reckon if you give the right price, you'll find someone. ”

Just do it, put down the wine glass, and let Feng Zheng go to find Erluo, Gao Yu said a few words to the two, the two went out, and immediately a string of gongs sounded in the village: "Everyone should pay attention--hugging his wife to sleep, but no one gives money--the old man from the capital--spending money to hire people to dig a pit overnight--four copper coins per person per night--and supper, first-come, first-served-not waiting for late--don't wait for the elderly--don't want the infirm--don't come late-"

It really works, don't say it. It was the time of the slack time, and the men of the village had eaten dinner every day, and had no place to go for recreation, so they had to lie down early, but the energy and spirit were the best time of the year. Hearing someone on the street striking a gong and shouting like this, it doesn't look like a fake. Some mothers-in-law said, "Why don't you just dig a pit, can you still be tired of farming?" Go! How much rice can you buy for two nights! Go! It also saves you from torturing people at night. ”

In a short time, more than 20 people gathered on the street. Gao Yu was happy, looked at Gao Jun and said, "How is it?" ”

Gao Jun said, "Count you ruthless!" I don't toss with you, I have to go home. As soon as he walked away, he saw a young woman in the group of people who had just come out. If you look closely, isn't this the woman surnamed Xie you just met at night? A cloth bag was placed over her shoulder, and the little girl was carried from behind. The little girl was already a little sleepy, and the two pairs of eyelids were fighting.

Gao Jun stood in front of her and asked, "This eldest sister, why are you here?" ”

The woman saw that it was the tall man who had just been to her house in the evening, and her face flushed for a moment, and she said, "My lord, I heard shouts from the street, so I came......"

"You want to dig a pit too?" Gao Jun couldn't believe it. At this time, Gao Yu was already beckoning the men to go to his side to assign tasks. The woman was obviously a little anxious, "Master Gao, don't worry about it," and she was about to walk over with the child on her back.

Gao Jun didn't let her go, reached out and grabbed her arm and asked, "Is your eldest brother here?" What about the second brother? The woman blushed again and shook her head. Gao Jun didn't realize that it was inappropriate for him to pull a woman so desperately in a hurry, and asked, "How can the money given to you at night be enough for you to eat and use for half a year, how can you ......?"

The woman thought that she was in a hurry to let the tall man let go of herself, so she said honestly, "My brother and sister-in-law said...... It cost me a lot of money to see a doctor in the spring, and they said they were going to get a doctor for me...... I gave them the money. ”

Hearing this, Gao Jun said in his heart that he was not thoughtful and fed a lot of silver to the dog. A person who is willing to throw his sister and niece out of the house, what can't he do? The scattered silver was enough for them to marry a peasant girl who looked like a house, and they could build a house again.

"My lord, just let me go......" The woman's voice was already crying, her breath was uneven, and she coughed.

Gao Yu assigned the task over there, and also saw Gao Jun's side, so he understood without saying anything. He came over and said, "You're not in good health, how can you do this kind of work?" Besides, you're a woman again. ”

The woman begged, "Two adults, just let me do it, I'm in good health...... Besides, when you called people, you didn't say you didn't want women. The two of them recalled that they really didn't shout no women at that time.

Gao Jun said, "But you are carrying the child on your back, she is so young, what if she catches a cold?" ”

Speaking of the child, the woman changed her tone and said, "It's only her misery to blame!" ”

Gao Jun's heart trembled, this is another child with a father and no father. I couldn't help but scold the unknown rich man in my heart, I don't know how many sentences of "Wang Ba". Turning around, he called to Lot Knife, "You go, send the two of them to my house, and let the lady settle the children to sleep...... This eldest sister ...... You let her be in the kitchen of the house, let the mother-in-law help, boil two pots of hot water, and then you bring it to the construction site. ”

The woman said, "My lord, I can do heavy work." ”

Gao Jun's throat was a little inexplicably tight, and Luo Dedao said to her, "Let's go, eldest sister, just do what the adults tell you to do, and there will always be a salary." The woman suspiciously followed Lot Dao to Gao Jun's house, and Gao Jun said to Lot Dao, "After boiling the water, she doesn't have to come, let Madame arrange for her to sleep in the house for the time being." ”

Gao Yu recruited a total of twenty-six strong laborers, and now, he divided these people into two groups, sprinkled white lines on the ground with lime, and enclosed the general outline of the brick kiln, and the kiln site was selected on the shady side of the sloping land. Luo Quan didn't know where to pick up a few anti-wind lanterns, and hung them everywhere, shining like daylight. After a while, Lot came back with two large jugs of water, and the woman followed behind him, also carrying a jug of water, and holding a few porcelain bowls in her arms.

When Lot lowered the water, Gao Jun kicked him in the ass and scolded, "You stupid donkey! What did I say to you! Lot Dao said with some grievances, "My lord, she has to come, what can I do?" You can't tie her up again! ”

The woman saw that Lot had been beaten with a knife, and she was a little frightened, "My lord, I can't sleep because I have done less." ”

Gao Jun didn't say anything more, just said, "Let's go, I'll send you back." "Let's go ahead, the woman didn't dare to insist, and followed gently behind." Who is that man? Gao Jun asked on the road.

The woman quickly replied, "Your Excellency, you don't have to ask. ”

"Such a ruthless and unrighteous man, I can't wait to cut him to get angry, you're good!"

"Adult ......"

Gao Jun didn't ask anymore, opened the door, and asked the old woman to boil the bath water again. Liu Yuru had already served the girl to sleep, she saw Gao Jun for the first time since the daytime wedding, and when she saw that he brought the woman back, she didn't say much, and pulled her in to wash and rest.

Thinking that he really had nowhere to go, he closed the door, and Gao Jun unconsciously returned to the construction site.