"Then tell me who told you!" Xu Lan said without giving an inch, "This is an extraordinary moment, and that person deliberately said this to spread rumors." ”

"When the time comes, the people in the village will be panicked, something really happens, and the rumor-monger will be arrested and imprisoned."

"Grandma, since you said it wasn't you, then you tell me who it is!"

"I'll go find Grandpa Lizheng immediately."

Chen was dumbfounded for a moment.

She snorted a few times, but didn't say who it was.

Seeing her like this, even Xu Dahai knew that his own mother was sick again.

"Mother, don't add to the chaos." Xu Dahai said bitterly, "Now the world is not peaceful, we don't hear you say this at home, if you go outside to talk nonsense, then people who have relatives in Lotus Village will definitely make trouble for you after hearing it." ”

The two villages are close to each other, and there are many marriages to each other.

There are many people in Lianzi Village who have relatives in Lotus Village, and they often move around on weekdays.

If the Chen family really talked nonsense outside and was discovered, they would be beaten directly.

Chen pursed his lips, knowing that he was at fault.

She glanced at her and suddenly said, "Am I not worried about this?" If you don't make it serious, how do you juniors know how powerful horse thieves are. ”

"Grandma, have you ever seen a horse thief?" Xu Dawa asked.

"I've seen it." Chen said in fear, "When I was a child, the village was attacked by horse thieves, and my mother hid me in the water tank...... Recalling the scene back then, Chen's face turned pale, "I don't know how long I stayed in the water tank, I was so hungry that I couldn't do it, so I crawled out." ”

"Outside...... There are dead men lying on the ground......"

"More than half of the people in the village are gone."

Hearing this, Xu Dawa was so frightened that she hid behind Zhang's back.

Xu Lan also frowned.

This time, Chen didn't make it up.

Xu Lan knew that the Chen family had been a horse thief when she was a child, and she originally had five brothers and sisters in her family, but only two were saved.

Later, the village became too dead, which caused a plague.

It's miserable.

The tragedy of that year will often be mentioned by the old people in the village to warn the younger generations.

"Lotus Village is not far from our village, and those horse thieves may steal our village at some point." Chan said.

"Didn't Ke Lizheng say that our village is poor, and people don't look down on it?" Xu Dahai asked.

"He's talking about the king's law?" Chen shouted, "He's not a horse thief, how do you know what a horse thief thinks?" It's a good talk, but there's not a case in everything. If one day the horse thief has a temperament and has to come to our village, can he be an old man who can't stop people? ”

"This ......" Xu Dahai grabbed his head, and suddenly felt that what Chen said was quite reasonable.

"So what can we do?" Xu Dahai said helplessly, "We don't have a cellar or anything, and now the weather is getting colder and colder, and the soil is getting harder day by day." When the cellar is dug well, I'm afraid it will be next year. ”

"What a cellar to dig into." Chen looked confident, "I have a good idea." ”

"What's the solution?" Seeing her like this, Zhang immediately asked curiously.

Xu Lan also looked at Chen.

She always felt that today's Chen seemed to be a little different from the past.

How so?

It's like suddenly you're getting a little smarter.

This made Xu Lan quite surprised.

Chen, who has always liked to pay attention, can he really come up with a good way?

I heard Chen say: "Now many people in the county have gone to the state and county for refuge, and many houses in the city are empty. ”

"We can't afford to rent it if it's empty." Xu Dahai said worriedly, "The people who can take refuge are all big families, their houses, can we still rent them?" I'm afraid it's going to cost one or two pieces of silver a month. ”

"What are you renting?" Chen said, "Do you think those big families are like ordinary people, and they can still rent out their houses? But they were afraid that the house would be empty for too long, so they went into the wild cats and wild dogs and made the house dirty. Besides, if the rain blows into the house and destroys all those books and treasures, it won't work. ”

"But they still have to pay for honest people to live in and help look after the house."

When Xu Dahai heard this, his eyes lit up suddenly.

"Mother, are you telling the truth?"

"Is this still fake?" Chen smiled, "I have an old sister, but I know a big family, and they need an honest family to help take care of the house. ”

"Check the doors and windows every day, drive away the wild cats and dogs, and sprinkle and sweep them again."

"They also give us a tael of silver every month."

"Just doing this little work, not only can you live in the county house, but also get the silver?" At this moment, even Zhang's heart was a little moved.

If what Chan said is true, then this is really like a meatloaf in the world, and it is an excellent errand.

Not only can you have a good house to live in, but you can also avoid possible horse thieves.

What's more, as long as you look at the house, you can get silver.

Such a good thing, Zhang thought that it would only appear in a dream.

Xu Lan was silent.

Chen is right, there are indeed big families who do this.

After all, their house is big, and it doesn't work if there is really no one inside.

But for some reason, no matter how fanciful Chen said, she always felt that something was strange. Why is it that Chen, who usually only knows how to scold the street, is so neat today.

It was as if someone had taught her to say that.

However, who would bother to bother with this old woman like Chen?

Xu Lan shook her head, feeling that she must have too much prejudice against the Chen family, so she felt suspicious no matter how she looked at it. Maybe this time, Chen really just wants to help and do something good for this family?

Suddenly, Xu Lan found that everyone was looking at her.

"What's wrong?"

"You take your grandmother into town." Xu Dahai said.

"Me?" Xu Lan asked strangely, "Why did I bring my grandmother into the city?" Wouldn't it be more appropriate for you to go with your grandmother and see if the situation is more appropriate? ”

"No, your dad is going to fix the windows for me." Chen said, "My window is broken, and if it is not repaired today, the wind will pour into it at night, and I will not be able to live in it." ”

"If you are told to go, you will go." Xu Dahai didn't like Xu Lan's evasive attitude, "You go to the county seat the most times in our family, your mother has to do housework and cook, and your brother has never been to the county seat, and he went in vain." ”

Xu Lan had no choice but to agree.

Who told her that she has indeed been to the county seat many times recently, and she has almost run most of the roads.

She is really the only one in the family who is most suitable to take the Chen family.

A gleam flashed in Chen's eyes.

"Alright, go change your clothes, don't wear tattered clothes."

"Why?" Xu Lan was puzzled.