Chapter 65: The Fire
Qu Xiaobai smiled awkwardly, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Mu Gongzi just said that he was joking, as the little son of General Zhenyuan's family, where is there still a shortage of these little money?" "I can't hold back my laughter in my heart, Yang Ling, you are a liar, does Oscar owe you a little golden man!
Mu Nanyun smiled: "The military actually doesn't have much money, and my son doesn't give me much money to spend, and I also go up the mountain with a Luo pot, and the money is tight." ”
"Mu Gongzi is really good at laughing."
Who is the person who spends a lot of money in the brothel to listen to her songs? Why didn't you cry poor at that time? It can be seen that it is just pretending.
However, according to his spending hands and feet, it is not surprising that he is short of money.
The carriage walked for a quarter of an hour and stopped in front of a courtyard, Chen An raised the curtain and said, "Mu Gongzi, Lang Jun, Madam, it's here." ”
Mu Nanyun got out of the car first, and then Yang Ling.
When Yang Ling got out of the car, he suddenly felt a strong force dragging him, and his heart sank, and he didn't resist, so he went down the car with that force.
Qu Xiaobai was behind him, and he exclaimed: "Brother Ling! "I reached out and fished but didn't get it.
Mu Nanyun also turned around and reached out to help, but he could only hold one of his arms, but he couldn't stop him from falling to the ground.
Yang Ling sat on the ground and shouted, Qu Xiaobai hurriedly stepped forward to appease, "Brother Ling, why are you careless?" This is a horse-drawn cart, but not an ox-cart, which is a lot taller than the ox-cart, so you will have to pay attention to it in the future. ”
Yang Ling arched into Qu Xiaobai's arms, shouting aggrievedly while arching, Qu Xiaobai was speechless in his heart, Nima, you are a fool, just act, don't go too far.
Mu Nanyun also said: "Brother Yang, be careful, when you get off the car in the future, slow down." ”
Chen An hurried to apologize: "Madam, son, yes, I'm sorry, I couldn't hold Lang Jun." ”
Qu Xiaobai said: "It's none of your business, it's him who is too reckless." She dragged Yang Ling up from the ground and patted the soil on his body, "It's okay, don't make trouble Brother Ling, I'll take you to eat something delicious when I go back." ”
Yang Ling stopped making trouble.
Mu Nanyun pointed to the courtyard in front of him and said, "It's this courtyard, how about it, Mrs. Yang?" ”
The courtyard is a half-old courtyard, with high walls and wide courtyards, it looks not small, Mu Nanyun let them in, after entering the door, it is a bluestone road, there are flowers and plants in the yard, green shade Fusu, it seems that there were people living not long ago.
The inside is a three-in-one and three-in, and there are many houses.
Mu Nanyun introduced: "There are many wars in the borderlands, and in recent years, there have been many people who have moved south here, and this family has just moved away. Mrs. Yang, do you still like this courtyard? ”
Qu Xiaobai exclaimed: "I didn't expect there to be such a big yard in the town, it's good, it's good." ”
"Actually, there are a lot of rich people in the town. It is adjacent to Diyi, and in the early years, when there was no war, there were still trade contacts between people and Diyi, and many people made a fortune. ”
"I see."
"Take you to see the house."
Mu Nanyun took Qu Xiaobai and Yang Ling to go inside, and walked around the courtyards in front of the three entrances, although it was a half-old yard, the houses were all well repaired, and it was okay to move in immediately.
After walking around the first three courtyards, a mother-in-law led about seven or eight women in, some were slightly older, around thirty or forty years old, and some were younger, about twenty years old, and the mother-in-law led them to several people, kneeling and kowtowing, "I have seen all the masters." ”
Mu Nanyun said: "Mrs. Yang, these are all embroidery girls with good craftsmanship in the town, you see if these people are enough, if they are not enough, I can recruit them again." As for whether their craftsmanship is qualified, you can test it yourself, and if you don't qualify, you will be sent away. ”
"For the time being, that should be enough. Mu Gongzi, your efficiency is really fast. ”
Qu Xiaobai knew these embroidery girls one by one, so he asked the tooth woman Zhang who brought them to take them down and settle down. Mu Nanyun said: "Actually, it's not bad to live in this courtyard. Anyway, the yard is big enough, if Mrs. Yang doesn't dislike it, she can move in with Brother Yang and live there, and the three courtyards in the backyard are better than the three in the front. In the past, they were all lived by the women of this house. ”
Qu Xiaobai said: "It just so happens that our family is going to rebuild a house, and I was worried that there was no place to move, Mu Gongzi, you are really timely rain." That...... My husband and I will temporarily borrow for a period of time, and we will pay as much rent as we want, Mu Gongzi, don't be polite to us. ”
"What, you're going to rebuild a house? As far as I know, you live in the middle of nowhere, so why don't you move to town? I can resell this yard to you, this yard was not expensive when I bought it, and it was a big bargain. ”
Qu Xiaobai refused: "Alas, Mu Gongzi, you look at my husband like this, I'm afraid he is not suitable to live in the town." Besides, I like the view in front of my house, there are mountains and rivers, and it is quiet, and it is good to live there. ”
"If that's the case, then I won't force it, what does Mrs. Yang need, just ask, we can be considered partners now, aren't we?"
"Mu Gongzi, don't worry, if I need anything, I won't be polite."
Qu Xiaobai and Mu Nanyun said a few polite words, and at noon Mu Nanyun was the east and invited her and Yang Ling to dinner.
Because she was grateful for the kindness of the shopkeeper of Tianxianglou, she still chose to eat there. Shopkeeper Yu was already very familiar with her, exchanged a few words of greeting, and was very warmly entertained.
After dinner, he said goodbye to Mu Nanyun, Mu Nanyun's private house has a place in each county, he is used to living in a house in the county, and before leaving, he told Qu Xiaobai the address of the county, and said that if there is something to do, he can go there to find him.
Qu Xiaobai thanked him and sent Mu Nanyun away, before getting into the car with Yang Ling and rushing to Yangshutun.
When I got to the entrance of the village, I heard someone shouting: "Is the carriage of the little white brother and sister in front?" ”
The voice was very anxious, she heard that it was Zhao Yuanjia's voice, and hurriedly lifted the curtain, and said, "It's me, sister-in-law Dayuan, what's wrong?" ”
"Go and see, there's a fire in your house! I'm in a hurry to find you, Da Yuan and a few of them are fighting the fire! ”
The first thought that popped into Qu Xiaobai's mind was her safe. That little dilapidated house, the only thing worth it is her safe. She pulled Yang Ling and jumped out of the car, and ran home.
Zhao Yuan's family also hurriedly followed, and Chen An tied the carriage under the big locust tree and ran over there.
When Qu Xiaobai and Yang Ling arrived, the momentum of the fire had weakened, and the hut burned to the point that only a pile of black earthen walls remained.
Yang Ling grabbed her and stopped her with his eyes: You are crazy!
Zhao Yuan also rushed up, "Little white brother and sister, it's still burning inside, don't you want to die?" ”
"All my belongings are in it!" Qu Xiaobai broke free of Yang Ling's clamps, saw Zhao Yuan holding a shovel in his hand, snatched it over, ran to the position of the firewood room and began to shovel.
Because there is a pile of firewood in the firewood room, it is the place where the fire burns the most, and there is an open fire burning, Qu Xiaobai doesn't care about it, braving the heat wave to shovel in a hurry, Yang Ling grabbed the shovel in her hand, carried her aside, and waved the shovel to shovel the fire.
An accident, the flame licked his clothes, Qu Xiaobai was dumbfounded, and he was about to slap when he pounced, but fortunately, Yang Zhuzi was quick and splashed a bucket of water in his hand on Yang Ling, extinguishing the flames.
"You two dolls, don't you want to die?" Yang Zhuzi angrily reprimanded, "Except for life, it's all outside the body!" ”
As soon as the flame hit Yang Ling's body, Qu Xiaobai was really panicked, and at this time he was still in shock, holding Yang Ling's hand tremblingly, and even his lips turned white: "Brother Ling, you, are you okay?" It's all my fault. Are you hurting somewhere? ”
There were seven or eight people who came to fight the fire, all of whom were summoned by Yang Zhuzi and Zhao Yuan, and when they saw Qu Xiaobai being so affectionate to a fool, they couldn't help but sigh secretly, this fool was also a little better, how could he marry such a good woman.
Yang Ling lowered his eyebrows and looked at the embarrassed Qu Xiaobai, and was silent. There are too many people, and he can't say anything or do anything, but how much he wants to rub Qu Xiaobai into his arms and hug her tightly.
Yang Zhuzi and others carried dozens of buckets of water, splashed them in the ruins, and completely extinguished the fire.
Yang Zhuzi said: "Anyway, it's going to be flipped, if it burns, burn it, this adobe house is not worth anything." You two come with me to my house and settle down first. ”
"Uncle Zhuzi, thank you. I've already rented a house in the town, and I'm going to move to the town for the time being. I don't have to bother you. Qu Xiaobai thanked him gently, "Everyone has worked hard, the fire has been extinguished, everyone please go back, Yang Ling and I will pack up and go to the town in a while." ”
"Okay, you guys pay attention to safety, we'll go back first."
Everyone comforted Qu Xiaobai again, Yang Zhuzi and Zhao Yuan led the people to withdraw first, and only Qu Xiaobai and Yang Ling and Chen An who chased after them were left on the ruins.
Qu Xiaobai said to Chen An: "The carriage hasn't been settled yet, right?" There's nothing going on here, you go and set up the carriage first. I turned around and lost the carriage again, but there was really nothing. ”
"Oh. Good. Lang Jun, madam, are you all right? ”
Qu Xiaobai waved his hand: "It's okay, you can go." ”
Chen An wanted to stay, but he didn't dare to make too much trouble in front of Qu Xiaobai, so he could only leave first.
Breaking away Chen An, Qu Xiaobai picked up the shovel, and naturally, Yang Ling took the shovel away.
Yang Ling turned over the soil on the ruins, accurately found the location where the safe was hidden, and shoveled it. Qu Xiaobai watched behind him, for a long time, a corner of black things was revealed in the ruins, it seemed to be a corner of the safe, Yang Ling shoveled hard, and used a shovel to pull out the thing, and it was indeed a safe.
Although it had been burned black, the safe was not deformed, Yang Ling carried a bucket of water and poured it on the safe, there was a loud sound, and a white smoke came out of the box.