Yongxiu County was originally a small place located on the southeastern border of Maozhou, but after the sage of Tianhe issued a special decree allowing trade between Yidi in the southwest and the Celestial Empire, Yongxiu County also became an important trade transit point from a poor and backward small mountainous area because it was located at the intersection of trade routes.

Among them, there are no less than thousands of people who come and go to trade in a day, including Hu merchants who sell goods and Han people who buy goods. The population living in the city has also grown rapidly from a few hundred to tens of thousands, and its prosperity is close to that of Maozhou City.

There are many houses in this crowded place, and most of the people who trade are wandering around and will not live for a long time, so the real estate sales in Yongxiu County have also become one of the main sources of local tax revenue, and the industry of Zhuang Zhai Yazi has also flourished in Yongxiu County.

"Lu Yunque, let me tell you, don't think that if you don't open the door, I won't know that you are at home. If you don't pay back the money today, believe it or not, grandpa, I'll set your house on fire in the middle of the night. In an alley in Yong'an Fang, Yongxiu County, a rough-clothed man with a full face stood in front of a dilapidated wooden door and shouted.

The alley was quite narrow, and the voice of the big man was loud, and most of the neighbors on the side poked their heads out and pointed at the man, but no one dared to step forward to stop it.

The man shouted for a long time and didn't see any movement in the house, and the people around him were very noisy, and he was already hungry after shouting for a long time when he was close to the meal, so he became even more annoyed for a while, and made a gesture to kick open the small broken door with his foot.

Just as the man's foot was about to land on the small broken door, a wooden stick flew straight from a distance, and it was about to hit the man's foot. The man was startled and hurriedly took two steps back.

"Tu Ergou, if you break my door today, I will make you unable to eat and walk around." Ten paces away stood a neat woman, dressed in a light blue linen shirt, with her cuffs tightly tied with strips of brown cloth, and her shiny black hair tied with a wooden hairpin with no pattern of pattern, looking at the big man calmly.

Tu Ergou heard the murderous words, and subconsciously took two steps back. As if he remembered something, he quickly took out a yellowed piece of paper from his arms and shook it off.

Raising his head and said proudly: "Lu Yunque, don't try to bluff me, I'm not here to fight with you today." Well, the black and white words are clear, your grandfather owes my family twenty taels of silver. Today I'm here to ask you for an account. Why do you still want to owe money and not pay back the creditor? After that, he showed off the note and raised it around.

"Tu family Ergou, don't you know in your heart whether this note is legitimate or illegal? The lark's grandfather has been dead for so many years, and it's really interesting that you only took a note he made before his death to collect the debt today. A short and fat woman in a light brown short coat behind Lu Yunque looked at Tu Ergou with disgust and said mockingly.

Tu Ergou also sneered when he heard this, and said loudly by accusing the note in his hand: "Third aunt of the Zhang family, don't say anything slanderous to me. This note is clearly written, Lu Yunque and her grandfather borrowed twenty taels of silver from my grandfather in the seventh year of Tianbao. There is still his seal on it, is it possible that you still want to cheat? ”

"Eh! This seal seems to be really the father of the Lu family. "This Daddy Lu is too, everyone is gone and he still leaves his daughter's debts, isn't this adding to his daughter's blockage?" …… The sharp-eyed people around saw the seal on the note and began to whisper again.

Lu Yunque walked towards Tu Ergou without a sound. Seeing this, Tu Ergou thought that Lu Yunque wanted to grab the note, so he hurriedly took a few steps back and put the note into his arms. Lu Yunque didn't pay attention to him, just picked up the wooden stick he had just thrown over, and looked up at Tu Ergou, who was not far from him.

Tu Ergou was a little flustered by this look. A little weak-hearted, he said, "You... Don't think you've got something on your hands, I'm just.. I'm afraid of you. In broad daylight, you still dare to commit murder on the street. After that, he looked at the entrance of the alley, hoping that a patrol guard would see the movement here and come and take a look.

This Lu Yunque has always been Lu Ziye, and he is a character who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he is really afraid that she will lose her mind on the spot and beat herself up.

"If this is really a note made by my grandfather, I will pay you back the money my grandfather owes. It's just that I can't scrape together so much money for a while, and I hope you will give me more time to scrape together enough money. Lu Yunque looked at Tu Ergou with a weak face and said calmly.

Tu Ergou saw that although Lu Yunque was talking about discussion, there was no discussion on his face, and he was a little annoyed.

However, the main purpose of his coming today was to let Lu Yunque recognize this note, since Lu Yunque had already recognized it, would he still be worried about not getting this silver.

Tu Ergou didn't want to argue with Lu Yunque anymore, and put on a smug face. Swaggering out of the alley.

It's just that when I passed by Aunt Zhang's side, I deliberately paused, and pulled out a mouthful of yellow teeth with a thin stick that I picked up out of nowhere.

"Phew", Tu Ergou pretended to spit out. "Aunt Zhang, this Lu Yunque has already recognized this note. You're getting older, so don't go around every day. Let's take someone to see the house. ”

The third aunt of the Zhang family was so angry that her face turned red when she heard this, and she raised her hand and grabbed Tu Ergou's ears and pulled them down, "Your father is in the same class as me." How dare you stinky boy talk to me like that. See that I will not teach you a lesson. ”

Tu Ergou was grabbed by the ear and squeaked for a while. "Aunt Zhang, let go of Aunt Zhang, I was wrong." Aunt Zhang didn't embarrass him too much when she saw Tu Ergou admit his mistake. As soon as he let go, Tu Ergou ran out of the alley without looking back.

Looking at the back of Tu Ergou walking away in a hurry, the third aunt of the Zhang family sneered.

"Scattered, scattered, scattered. If you don't go home to cook, what are you doing here? Aunt Zhang San waved her hand to disperse the onlookers, and when she turned her head again, Lu Yunque had already opened the door of her house, and was looking up at Aunt Zhang with some apologies and said: "I am tired of many things today, and I am tired when I go home, and I am tired of Aunt Zhang to help take care of this mess in my house, Aunt Zhang will come in and sit down if she doesn't dislike it, and I will make a pot of swallow tea for Aunt Zhang to dissipate her anger."

The third aunt of the Zhang family sighed, and followed Lu Yunque into the house.

"If you want me to say that Tu Ergou is a splash, who knows how that piece of writing came about. Your father has been dead for so long, and this pranky came to the door with a note, and asked me to say that eighty percent of the note was forged by Tu Ergou. The third aunt of the Zhang family chattered as she walked.

"Aunt Zhang, don't be angry, come and sit down first." Lu Yunque took the third aunt to the front of the hall and sat down.

"You're also careless, what did you just recognize that note? Hurry up Ming'er, I'll go and tell your Uncle Zhang, and ask him to bring a few officials and brothers to teach that puffy a lesson, and see if he dares to do these blackmailing things. Aunt Zhang San'er sat in front of the hall and took the tea handed over by Lu Yunque, and said a little indignantly.

"That note is true," Lu Yunque said with a wry smile as he sat next to Aunt Zhang.

"What? It's true! The third aunt of the Zhang family gasped for a while.

"Skylark, this can't be nonsense! Twenty taels of silver is not a small amount, what we do is errands and mouth work, and after a year of hard work, we don't eat or drink but only seven or eight taels of silver. I'm afraid you won't be able to pay off these twenty taels of silver for three years! The third aunt of the Zhang family put down the teacup and said solemnly.

"Although my grandfather left early, I can also recognize his seal." Lu Yunque sighed. "In the early years, my grandfather accidentally broke a corner of the seal, and the Tu Ergou also looked for me in private before, and I carefully read the note, and it was indeed my grandfather's. It's just that I didn't pay attention to him at the time, but I didn't expect him to come to my house today to make trouble. Lu Yunque touched his forehead and felt a little headache.

"This ......" The third aunt of the Zhang family didn't know what to say for a while.

Lu Yunque took a cup of tea and drank it all, raised his head and said firmly: "I will definitely pay back my grandfather's account, I can't let others go and end up with a reputation as a scoundrel."

The third aunt of the Zhang family looked at Lu Yunque with a bitter but firm expression, and was angry and sorry for this little lady.

The Lu family was originally a good local family, and the father of the Lu family was originally called Lu Qi, who was a teacher who treated people humbly and politely, and won the respect of the people around him.

Lu Yunque's mother is also a wealthy lady from a small landlord surnamed Li, named Li Ruyue. Later, the family accidentally fell into trouble, and the relatives and servants in the family fled to death, leaving only this one young lady to live hard by sewing and washing some money.

This Lu Qi is a kind-hearted person, and he often helps Li Ruyue do some trivial things at home, and the two of them who come and go are also eye-catching. After the two got married, they were also harmonious, but they gave birth to a Lu Yunque in a year.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances on this day, and people have good fortune and misfortune, this Lu family's father accidentally contracted a disease when Lu Yunque was seven years old, and he left after only three months.

Lu Yunque was born by her aunt and was beautiful, virtuous and virtuous, and soon a good family asked the matchmaker to come to kiss.

It is not easy for women in this world to make a living, and there is a child who has not grown up, since Lu Qi's death, the life of the mother and mother has not been as good as day by day, and what they see can't live anymore.

After the matchmaker left, Lu Yunque and her aunt thought about it for a whole day and a night, and finally made up their minds not to let the child starve to death with her, and the next day the trustee brought a message and agreed to this family business.

Lu Yunque, the child, is a sensible person, knowing that it is not easy for her mother, and also knowing that it is a burden for her to remarry herself, so she told her that her mother would not go to that family with her to live, just ask her mother to send some food every month. Where is Li Ruyue willing to do this, she agreed to this family business for Lu Yunque, how could she ask her to leave Lu Yunque and marry herself.

That night, the candles at Lu Yunque's house were lit all night, and the two talked all night. I don't know how Lu Yunque persuaded him, Li Ruyue finally agreed to Lu Yunque's proposal.

At first, the people around thought that the mother was too cruel and left a nine-year-old doll at home alone. Isn't it a heart not to give the child a way to live?

But what I didn't expect was that Lu Yunque tidied up his home at a young age, not at all like he didn't look like there were no adults, but he was more powerful than those lazy women.

During the New Year's holidays, Lu Yunque would also visit the house where his mother remarried, but at most they had a meal together, and they didn't cause too much trouble to others, so they grew up to sixteen years old.

When Lu Yunque was fifteen years old, he began to learn to do the work of the third aunt of the Zhang family, and after earning his first silver, he never asked for the food sent by his mother every month.

However, in just one year, Lu Yunque has become a well-known Zhuang Zhaiya person in Yongxiu County.

Besides, although the third aunt of the Zhang family is a civilian household, she can be regarded as a person with a head and a face. Her husband works as an errand in the county government, and she is also one of the best mothers-in-law in Yongxiu County.

This mother-in-law is very arrogant on weekdays, but she is very important to this Lu Yunque, and everyone else says that Lu Yunque has given the third aunt of the Zhang family any benefits. Otherwise, this third aunt of the Zhang family is such a slippery and sophisticated person, why is she so good to a little lady who doesn't have any hair.

Whenever I heard those people talking about these things in private, the three aunts of the Zhang family didn't bother to talk to them. It's true that I love this child, but it's not because of any benefits.

Lu Yunque, this child is a heart. I have suffered and tired, and I am also very polite to treat people and things, I have been mixed in this house for so many years, and I have seen all kinds of people, Lu Yunque is one of the people who are most in line with his heart.