Gu Jinxiu asked, "My lord, please speak." ”

Li Mojin said nonchalantly: "The ditch will be repaired next month, you go back and let the villagers hurry up the spring ploughing." ”

The spring ploughing here usually doesn't end until the end of April, and Gu Jinxiu asked after discussion: "Can't this matter be postponed?" ”

Li Mojin shook his head.

He wanted to prevent this catastrophe from happening, which is one of the reasons why he came here.

Seeing Gu Jinxiu looking at him disapprovingly, Li Mojin said: "This place will have a heavy rain before or after the Dragon Boat Festival every year. ”

When Gu Jinxiu heard this, she searched for the memory of the original owner, and remembered that although the heavy rains in previous years would not cause huge floods, the crops in the people's fields would be more or less lost.

"Can you make sure this ditch repair is done?" She didn't want people to leave their farm work to build ditches, but in the end, their efforts would be in vain!

Li Mojin understood what Gu Jinxiu meant, she didn't want to cut corners and embezzle, and promised: "I will control this matter throughout the whole process, and I will never allow the slightest mistake." ”

Gu Jinxiu didn't know much about the ancient ditch repair, and asked, "Is there a salary for this?" ”

Li Mojin nodded, there was no originally, and he was going to use the money donated by Zhao Shenyou to pay his salary.

Thinking that Gu Jinxiu came through time, Li Mojin explained carefully: "Each household must have one person, and twenty literary wages per day. If you don't want to come, you can give five taels of silver. Those who have the merit of Xiucai and above can be exempted from labor by their families. ”

Gu Jinxiu understood that this had to be done and nodded.

"I'll make it clear to the villagers."

After saying this, Gu Jinxiu said goodbye to Li Mojin, and then left the county office.

Seeing that the sun had set, Gu Jinxiu drove the ox cart home.

As soon as she returned to the village, Gu Jinxiu saw Gao Ling'er with an anxious look, and hurriedly asked, "Is something happening at Ling'er's house?" ”

Gao Ling'er shook her head, "Brother Jin Hao, you go and save Aunt Lin, the village forced her to marry Master Huang's eldest son." ”

Gu Jinxiu beckoned Gao Ling'er to sit in the ox cart, and while driving the ox cart home, she asked, "The Lin family agreed?" ”

Gao Ling'er told me about today's events.

The villagers forced Lin to remarry, but Lin did not agree.

Aunt Gu Qi brought Lin's daughter Xiaoyan home, saying that if Lin didn't agree to this, Xiaoyan would be sold, and Lin would be forced to agree to marry the late Huang Gongzi.

Therefore, the Lin family responded to the matter, and at the same time proposed to take Xiaoyan to the Huang family together.

Aunt Gu Qi originally disagreed, and under Gu Jinlin's persuasion, she should make up the matter.

Now the big guy is waiting for the Huang family's sedan chair to pick up the Lin family tomorrow, and they can rent the land.

After hearing this, Gu Jinxiu didn't immediately go to Aunt Gu Qi's family, she felt that when she would tell her about repairing the ditch, the matter would be solved.

So she returned home, unloaded the ox cart, and went to the threshing floor.

She carried a hammer, stood under a large banyan tree, looked up at the big bell hanging from the tree, raised the hammer in her hand and struck it a few times.

The sound of "bells" suddenly spread throughout the three surnamed villages, and everyone who heard the news gathered in the barn field.

Everyone looked at Gu Jinxiu and was guessing what they were going to say today.

When everyone thought that Gu Jinxiu was going to say that the Lin family was going to remarry for a while, Gu Jinxiu waved her hand to signal everyone to be quiet, she said, "I called everyone here today to inform you that the imperial court is going to repair the ditch. ”

One word shocked a thousand waves!

"Why did the imperial court repair the ditch at this time, isn't this a delay?"

"Yes, my land hasn't been ploughed yet."

"Okay, let's say a few words, let's see what the village chief says......"

Everyone understands what it means to repair the ditch, and at this time, they can't rent land and plant it, so how can they take care of the Lin family's remarriage, and they all looked at Gu Jinxiu, waiting for her next words.

Gu Jinxiu didn't have ink, and continued: "I have to go to repair the ditch in early April, and there are about ten days left, so everyone hurry up and carry out spring ploughing." Also, you go back and discuss, there must be one person in the family, and there will be a salary of 20 cents a day, and I will go to your house to register the day after tomorrow. If you don't want to go, you can make up the amount with five taels of silver. Those who have meritorious service are not required to work hard. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone's discussion became louder.

Looking at the villagers with different minds below, Gu Jinxiu glanced at Gu Jinlin and left amid everyone's discussions.

I was going to return the rent of the villagers to them today, but Gu Jinxiu thought about it and forgot it.

Wait until tomorrow to deal with the matter of the Lin family's remarriage and return it to them!

When Gu Jinxiu returned home, Gao had already made dinner.

After everyone had dinner, Gu Jinxiu planned to go back to the room to rest, but was stopped by He.

Seeing that Gu Jinxiu came back without saying a word, He Shi frowned and asked, "What happened to Jinhao today?" ”

Gu Jinxiu turned to look at He Shi and said lightly: "You know what situation the Lin family is facing when they go home, why don't you let their mother and daughter come to work today?" ”

The He family had already dismissed the Lin family and daughter last night, thinking that when the matter subsided, they would recruit people to work, but they didn't expect to be questioned by Gu Jinxiu.

"The Lin family is about to get married, what are you doing here!"

Gu Jinxiu frowned slightly and looked at the He family, what happened between them, could it really not go back to the past?

"I'm not going to let her get married." Gu Jinxiu turned around and walked towards his room.

"Stop!"

Seeing Gu Jinxiu stop, He Shi looked at Gu Jinxiu's back, He Shi said: "Her marriage is a foregone conclusion, I will never allow you to interfere again, you will stay at home tomorrow!" ”

Gu Jinxiu refused: "Impossible! ”

With that, Gu Jinxiu raised her feet and left the hall.

He Shi looked at the direction of Gu Jinxiu's departure and sighed slightly, "Sister-in-law Gao, I've been bothering you and Ling'er to make Ai Ye Baba these days, and I'll invite some people to work another day." ”

Gao stood there and stopped, and after a while, he said, "That, I don't know if I should say something?" ”

He said: "You want to ask me why I did this, right? ”

Gao nodded.

In this family, the Gao family obviously sensed that something was wrong between the He family and Gu Jinxiu, but as an outsider, it was difficult to intervene.

Now that the mother and son have become more cold because of the relationship between the Lin family, she always feels that it is not good.

He Shi retracted his gaze to look at the night outside, and said helplessly: "My relatives are only them, and I don't want to lose any of them." ”

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and what Gu Jinxiu wants to hide, He still knows from other people's mouths.

She doesn't want her daughter to risk for the Lin clan again!

He Shi turned his head to look and saw that Gao didn't know why, but she didn't explain, but said: "In the past few days, I will trouble Sister-in-law Gao to make Ai Ye Baba, and I will recruit someone to work in a few days." ”

Gao nodded stunned and left the hall.

And Ho sat there alone, until late at night when he was leaving.

The night flies.

The next day, after Gu Jinxiu got up, she found that the door was locked.

Gu Jinxiu slapped the door and shouted: "Mother, come and open the door and let me out, mother, the Lin family really can't marry into the Huang family, mother ......"

kept shouting for He, but He never appeared.