Chapter Ninety-Four: Passive Rest
"Mother, it's not like you haven't heard ugly words, why should you be angry about this little thing." Zhong Libai was a little helpless.
Zhong Mu flattened her mouth depressedly, "I'm just angry that they say you, Xiaobai, you usually don't provoke people, why are those people so excessive." ”
"You! If you can't beat them, they still rush up to fight. Carpenter Lu was also a little helpless.
"I'm just ......" Zhong Mu just wanted to say something, but Zhong Libai looked at her and didn't dare to say it.
"Uncle Lu, you go out first." Zhong Libai asked Carpenter Lu to leave the house first.
She sat on the edge of the bed and asked Mother Zhong in a low voice, "Mother, did you encounter something?" ”
If there is no major event, Zhong Mu will not be able to resist fighting people when she hears a few gossips, she must be hiding something in her heart.
Zhong Mu shook her head embarrassedly, not daring to speak, only promising that she would not be so impulsive next time.
Zhong Libai couldn't help her, told her to have a good rest, went out to find Lu Carpenter to inquire about the situation, and learned that the business of the toy shop was very bleak.
In the past, Xiaobai's connections and the shop's business was okay, but after the shop changed hands, many people in the town stopped patronizing the toy shop.
In addition, two new toy shops have opened in the town, and the toys made by Lu Carpenter are not popular with children.
Zhong's mother was embarrassed to ask her daughter for help, and the two of them tried to improve their business, but unfortunately there was still no improvement, and Zhong's mother was anxious.
"Your mother was sick some time ago, don't blame her." Carpenter Lu reminded Xiaobai not to blame her mother.
After listening to Carpenter Lu's explanation, Zhong Libai gained a new understanding of the toy store's business and decided to take the time to go to the town to help.
"Uncle Lu, if you don't sell toys and furniture, can you keep it?" Zhong Libai asked Carpenter Lu.
Carpenter Lu suddenly thought of some of the drawings that Zhong Libai gave him, and was a little ashamed, "Xiaobai, I received your kindness, but I ......"
"Uncle Lu, since you and my mother are together, we are a family, and a family doesn't speak two words." Zhong Libai stopped his refusal.
"In addition to the tables, chairs, benches, and beds I painted for you, I'll draw you some small furniture made of wood, but you'll have to wait a little longer."
"Xiaobai, I'm ......" Carpenter Lu has been honest for half his life, and it is the first time he has been shown favor by others, and he can't help but be a little wet.
"Uncle Lu, don't shirk." Zhong Libai stopped Carpenter Lu from saying his next words.
After handling the affairs of the family, it is time to take care of the affairs of the villagers, Zhong Libai asked Xu Mao to circle all the gossiping families.
After she followed Xu Shan to hunt for a few days, many villagers lined up to help see the herbs, but Xiaobai only picked a few honest ones.
Many villagers felt uncomfortable, thinking that Zhong Libai was deliberately trying to make them unable to earn money, so they came to Lu's house with tools one by one to ask for explanations.
Zhong Libai couldn't see those people, and Xu Mao replied to Xiaobai's approach, "Aren't you gossiping very good!" Then he said that it was better to have all the herbs in the ground die. ”
"She was obviously given a leave of absence by the Lu family, and she didn't want others to say it!" A fat woman who had done something to Mother Zhong snorted softly.
"Who did you listen to Xiaobai was suspended!" Xu Mao wanted to roll his eyes at people, "What if she is divorced?" Could it be that you don't want to learn to grow grass along with it? ”
"A girl's family, if she is divorced by her husband's family, is definitely not a good one." The other woman continued.
"Get out!" Xu Mao couldn't help but fire, "It's better if all your herbs are dead!" ”
"Xu Mao, how did you speak!" A woman relied on the posture of her elders to go back, "You are so protective of Xiaobai, shouldn't you two have anything dirty!" ”
"People with dirty minds will think about others in their hearts." Zhongli Bai walked out of the courtyard.
She had a knife in her hand, a straitjacket she was going to go up the mountain, and a large basket on her back, followed by several half-sized children.
"Why, if I don't help you, I owe it to your family, did you give me the silver?" Zhong Libai said very politely.
The villagers followed her to grow medicinal herbs, and she understood that they didn't understand and helped each family to see it, but the villagers took it for granted that she should go to see it from every house.
"I've known each other for more than ten years, don't you know my temper?" Zhongli Bai snorted softly and walked past the villagers.
"You can't be said after being divorced, shouldn't you promise to take us to plant grass and help us look at the herbs?" The fat woman rushed over to stop her in a rage.
"What? Want to fight, right? Zhong Libai narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Don't you beat my mother, you still want to beat me?" ”
The fat woman was stared at and trembled, "You didn't do a good job yourself, and you're afraid of what others will say!" ”
"Whew!" Zhongli Bai sneered, "If you want me to help you look at the herbs, take the silver and invite me to go!" There is no such thing as a free lunch. ”
The fat woman snorted, "Why do you accept our money, you are the one who took us to grow medicinal herbs, and you should take care of us." ”
Zhong Libai kicked away the woman who pounced on her, "You can figure it out, you are begging to follow me to grow medicinal herbs, I help is love, not to help is duty, no one owes you." ”
The Lu family was making trouble here, and the village chief was called over by the kind villagers, and just heard the words of the fat woman, he couldn't help but rush over and kick a few feet.
"I told you a long time ago, don't mess with Xiaobai, why don't you listen!" The village chief was so angry that he couldn't stand still.
The life of Xujia Village is finally a little better, these fools are specifically causing trouble, they are really disobedient to discipline, what else will they do besides being angry?
"Sister Xu, if you continue to make trouble, Xujia Village won't be able to tolerate you!" The village chief directly moved out of the village.
The fat woman trembled, and immediately turned her head to beg the village chief not to drive her out of the village, she was a woman, and there would be no way to live if she left the village.
The village chief angrily warned the villagers, "Tell you that Xiaobai is the great benefactor of Xujia Village, and none of you are allowed to bully her!" ”
Zhong Libai was quite satisfied with the village chief's upper path, glanced at the gossiping people, and chuckled, "Don't worry, I haven't been divorced by the Lu family, if I really divorce, I will definitely notify you as soon as possible." ”
She thought about it for a while, and didn't forget to remind everyone, "If you really can't control your mouth, think more about the Zhong family and the Xu family!" ”
Zhong Libai's threat was particularly effective, and many women who had complaints in their hearts were suddenly as quiet as chickens, and they shrank their necks one by one and didn't dare to make trouble.
"Let's go!" No matter what others think, Zhong Libai took a few members of the Lu family up the mountain.
After dealing with the affairs of the family and the things on the mountain, she was busy drawing drawings, and then prepared for Carpenter Lu and Zhong's mother to reopen the furniture shop, and every day was very fulfilling.
Although Zhong Libai confirmed that he was not divorced by the Lu family, there were still many villagers who couldn't figure it out, thinking that the woman who was divorced by her husband's family was ominous, and forced her to marry another.
Every day when she goes out, she has to listen to the rumors of those village women, and even if she is threatened, she can't control her mouth.
Because of this, Zhong Libai was unhappy and didn't bother to go to the villagers' houses to see the medicinal herbs, and when the villagers of the honest family followed the Lu family, they collected a batch of medicinal materials and sold them at a large price, and some of them were honest.
Gossip comes at a price, they are addicted to it, but the actual things are not fished, many people woke up in time and quickly apologized to Xiaobai.
Zhong Libai has long known the temperament of the villagers, how could they do it because their mouths are shaken, but they refuse to communicate with them.
The villagers of Moti Xujia Village, that is, the village chief's family, were not really put into the ranks of their own people by Zhong Libai, and Xu Mao was considered an independent individual.
"Xiaobai, your mother was kidnapped by the Xu family, hurry up and save her!" Carpenter Lu waited anxiously at the entrance of the village.
Zhong Libai had just come back from selling medicinal herbs, and he was too lazy to take a detour to pass through the village, but he was informed that Zhong's mother had been arrested, and he couldn't help pinching his eyebrows to extinguish the fire.
"Uncle Lu, didn't my mother stay in the town with you?" She asked the driver to stop and ask for details.
After Zhong's mother and Lu Carpenter were together, the two were afraid of being gossiped about in the village, so they rented a farmhouse in the town, and basically did not return to the village except for going to the furniture store.
However, at noon today, the two husbands and wives of the Xu family suddenly came to the town, and they coaxed Zhong's mother out and never came back.
Carpenter Lu knew that things were a bit complicated, and he didn't dare to go to Xu's house alone to deliver food, otherwise no one would report to Xiaobai at that time.
"What's going on?" Zhong Libai asked more.
Her mother had long been dead to the Xu family, otherwise she would not have lived in the town easily, how could she be taken away by the Xu family so coincidentally this time.
"The Xu family is crying in front of your mother, coaxing her to say that the old woman of the Xu family is gone, you say she can not be in a hurry!" Carpenter Lu was also very annoyed.
He was busy with work at the time, and the man told him about Zhong's mother being taken away, and he hurried back at that time, but as soon as he inquired, he knew that Zhong's mother had been deceived.
"You go back first." Zhong Libai sent away the young man who was driving the car, and asked Carpenter Lu to follow him to Xu's house.
When the two arrived at the door of Xu's house, they heard all kinds of swear words yelled by Zhong's mother, and the aunt and the old woman also scolded non-stop, and there was a cry.
"Xiaobai, your mother is not usually like this." Carpenter Lu explained for Zhong's mother.
Zhong Libai nodded, her mother usually doesn't become like this, and if she goes crazy, she must have been forced by the Xu family.
The two pushed open the door and went in, Zhong Mu saw Zhong Libai, and cried with a wow, "Xiaobai, what are you doing here, hurry back!" ”
"I'll just say that Xiaobai is filial!" My aunt smiled proudly, "I haven't even gone to look for you yet, but you sent it to the door yourself." ”
Zhongli Bai lifted his eyelids and asked a little impatiently, "Say it!" What are you going to do this time? ”
"Of course......" The old woman was just about to speak, when she was pulled by her aunt.
"For you, of course." The aunt continued the old woman's words.
She grabbed the old woman who was about to make trouble, lowered her voice and said to her, "Let's tie up Xiaobai, and we will have as much silver as we want in the future." ”
Although the two of them kept their voices down, the other few in the courtyard could obviously hear them, and they didn't know if they were taking everyone for fools or if they were pretending to be clever.