Sure enough, the next day, rumors rang out in the village.

"You know what? I heard that yesterday the boss of the Zhang family went to Zhang Jihan's house and was driven out by Liu Meiniang with a knife? ”

Under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, a group of peasant women sat together, chatting while enjoying the shade.

"I've also heard that this Liu Meiniang is not a thing, right, now that she has a little money, she doesn't recognize anyone?" Peasant woman A said, but it was not difficult to hear the sour meaning in her words.

Indeed, the Zhang family has been moving a cart of things to their home recently, and I heard that they have all eaten white rice and white noodles.

When the Zhang family was so poor before, they were full of sympathy for the Zhang family, and there was some sense of superiority among them, because the Zhang family's life was the worst in the whole village.

But people just can't get used to seeing others better than you, especially the kind of people who are not as good as you, and suddenly they are richer than you and better looking at you.

So the Zhang family suddenly became the target of public criticism.

"Who's to say it isn't? But this Liu Meiniang is really fierce enough, I heard that she drove the two bosses of the Zhang family out with a kitchen knife, and threatened to kill them. Peasant Woman B continued.

"Is that true?" The third peasant woman asked in surprise, pulling her hair.

"How can this be fake? Zhao Guifen said she heard it with her own ears. ”

"How did Zhao Guifen know?" Peasant woman B asked rhetorically.

"I said that I went to wash clothes with Lotus yesterday, and I heard it when I came back and passed by Zhang's house." As soon as the words came out, everyone had a clear expression.

The Zhang family's house is at the foot of the mountain, although it is not far from the river, it is a little upstream of the river, but Zhao Guifen's family is in the middle of the river, how can they go to wash clothes.

Speaking of which, this Zhao Guifen is also a wonder, trying her best to pass by the Zhang family's house every day, it used to be to see Zhang Jirin, but now, it is to see Liu Meiniang, she has always felt that a person like Liu Meiniang who looks like a fox, how can she not steal a man, so she stares at the Zhang family almost every day, but she didn't find it once.

Yesterday, when she went back, she saw the boss of the Zhang family coming out of Liu Meiniang's house in a panic, she secretly leaned on the fence wall, and saw Liu Meiniang standing under the eaves inside, holding a kitchen knife in her hand.

"Oh, it's really a loss to the ancestors, this Liu Meiniang is like this, why can't the Zhang family stop her?" Everyone was talking about it.

"I see, eighty percent is because the Zhang family is too poor, Zhang Jihan gambles and is idle, so it is estimated that he can't talk about his daughter-in-law, Liu Meiniang is afraid that it is ......." The peasant woman did not finish the rest of the words, but everyone almost understood, this is to let Zhang Jihan marry his sister-in-law, and even save the bride price.

"Tut-tut, this Zhang family is really ......," everyone said disdainfully.

Although there will be brothers and wives in that kind of poor village, there has not been such a situation in Liuhe Village, if Zhang Jihan really marries Liu Meiniang in the end, everyone in the village can drown the Zhang family with a mouthful of spit.

"Alas, in the final analysis, it is Liu Meiniang, the mourning star, who harmed the Zhang family and killed Zhang Jirin, not to mention, and now he is still doing such a thing, the Zhang family is also unlucky and married such a daughter-in-law."

One of the reasons why Liu Meiniang was hated by the married and unmarried women in the village was that she married Zhang Jilin and killed him, and the second reason was that Liu Meiniang was really good-looking, and once a woman became jealous, it was quite scary.

It's true that rural people are simple, but in this kind of thing, women all over the world are the same, jealous of those who are better looking than themselves, and jealous of those who live better than themselves.

"That's it, Liu Meiniang is really a bad spirit." One person gloated and said, what about being good-looking, her reputation has become like this, look at how she Liu Meiniang still has the face to go out.

The discussion of everyone under the big tree became more and more intense, but Liu Meiniang didn't know anything about it, and still took Zhang Jihan's brothers and sisters to the mountains to wander around, what was different was that now Zhang Tongtong would occasionally follow with a stinky face, and from time to time mock Liu Meiniang twice, Liu Meiniang didn't take it to heart.

Seeing that everything is getting better and better, Liu Meiniang is also happy in her heart.

Zhang Li heard the rumors in the village, every time he came home from outside, his face was not very good-looking, and he heard someone say that Liu Meiniang, she would go up to explain to others, but every time she was exchanged for greater ridicule from others, Zhang Li couldn't eat the angry meal.

In fact, what Zhang Li didn't understand was that rumors often settle down on their own after a period of time, but if they are explained, they will become more and more intense, and it is better to do nothing.

"Sister-in-law, why do we have to fish out the fish?" Zhang Jihan held the fishing net and asked puzzled while fishing.

"I'll explain it to you when I'm done."

Liu Meiniang stood on the edge of the fish pond with her trouser legs and said.

The last time I brought the fry back, I threw them down from the four sides of the fish pond, and in the past few days, no fish have died in the fish pond, which proves that these fish are still very adaptable.

But Liu Meiniang ignored one thing, the people who came to work in the village cleaned up the fish pond properly, but the fish pond was not clean enough, and in the past few days, a lot of garbage has accumulated in the fish pond. The most disturbing thing is that the flooding area under the fish pond seems to be blocked by silt.

When dealing with this fish pond before, Liu Meiniang found that there was a spring under the fish pond, which has been coming out of the water, which is why Liu Meiniang is so sure that she wants to raise fish, as long as there is living water in the fish pond, the fish can grow well, but now the spring is blocked, if it is found a few days later, the water in the fish pond will become stagnant water, and none of these fry will survive.

It seems that we should not only expect the springs in the fish pond to flood, but also find a way to divert living water into the fish pond.

Liu Meiniang walked around here for an afternoon yesterday and finally thought of a way.

The location of the fish pond is at the bottom of the mountain, and a tributary of Liuhe Village happens to flow here, but there is still some distance from the fish pond, Liu Meiniang is going to dig a road to divert the water of the tributary to the fish pond, and inject more living water into the fish pond, so that even if the spring at the bottom of the fish pond is blocked again, there is no fear of fish dying in it.

The more water in the pond, the more oxygen, so that the survival rate of the fry is higher.

The work of Liu Meiniang and Zhang Jihan today is to fish out the fish fry first, then clean up the fish pond, and then dig a small river channel to bring in the water in the river, and finally put the fish fry back.

The project was still very huge, and several people worked hard all morning to get almost all the fry out of the fish pond.

"I'm quitting! Why bring the river water again, there is water in this fish pond! Zhang Tongtong threw the hoe in his hand and wiped the sweat on his face.

"You just deliberately let us work, what kind of fish do you want to raise, do you think you can do anything? Uncle Li's family is so powerful, and the fish are all raised to death, is it possible that you can still feed it? ”

Zhang Tongtong rebuked one sentence after another.

After she and Zhang Jihan and others went up the mountain, they learned that Liu Meiniang was not only planting mulberry trees, but also raising fish.

Zhang Tongtong, who had been working all morning, held back his stomach for a long time.

Isn't it a fool's errand to take out the fry and put them back in the end?

Zhang Dandan was sent by Liu Meiniang to watch the fish fry, but she wanted to dig the river together, and Liu Meiniang obviously deliberately tossed herself.

"Why are you losing your temper again, everyone is working the same!" Zhang Jihan stopped and looked at Zhang Tongtong and said.

Zhang Tongtong had already said many times in the morning that he would not do it, and the good-tempered people were also annoyed to death by Zhang Tongtong.

"Believe it or not, fish fry can only grow better by bringing in water from the river," Liu Meiniang said with a heavy hoe.

She had never actually done farm work, and in modern times, at most, when she was a child, she would go to the countryside to live with her grandparents during the summer vacation, and she saw people there doing farm work.

I remember the first time I worked, when I came back from hoeing, I was almost tired and paralyzed, and I didn't want to move as if I had been beaten by someone.

"Impossible! Why do you say that? Zhang Tongtong is going to contradict Liu Meiniang.

"Science!" After Liu Meiniang said a word, she continued to work and was tired.

Zhang Jihan and Zhang Tongtong on the side were stunned, what is science, they remember that Liu Meiniang has never gone to school.

Zhang Jihan shook his head and continued to work, now Liu Meiniang said some strange things from time to time, he sometimes has doubts, but he will not question it anymore, maybe just like Liu Meiniang said, people who walk around before the ghost gate will always be a little different.

"It's sick!" Zhang Tongtong no longer paid attention to Liu Meiniang, and threw the hoe to rest under the big tree.

Liu Meiniang shook her head helplessly, she would also feel sorry for the children in the family, they were all in elementary school in modern times, but they had to follow her to work in the fields when they arrived here, but if they didn't work, the family didn't eat or drink.

Liu Meiniang also stopped talking and worked on her own.

In the afternoon, the river was finally dug up, and Liu Meiniang dug an outlet on both sides of the fish pond to ensure that the water in the fish pond could be replaced in time.

"Sister-in-law, I'm going to find the blacksmith Li in the village to make two iron nets."

Zhang Jihan was also very happy to see that the river water was successfully introduced into the fish pond, and his brain was spinning rapidly, and he suddenly thought of what to do next.

"Well, I've already told the big blacksmith brother, you can go directly to their house and get it after lunch." Liu Meiniang gave Zhang Jihan a teachable look, Liu Meiniang had already imagined it before digging the fish pond, she went to the blacksmith's house to order two iron nets after she surveyed the terrain yesterday and went back.

"Sister-in-law, you are so thoughtful."

"Huh." Liu Meiniang smiled slightly.

Zhang Jihan is a man of action, and after eating, he went to the blacksmith's house to get the iron net.

Liu Meiniang's estimate was very accurate, and the iron nets just blocked the drainage outlets on both sides of the fish pond.

"Sister-in-law, so that the fish won't run out." Zhang Dandan looked at the iron net and said with a smile.

"yes, it won't be long before the fish grow." Liu Meiniang also said with a smile.

"What's the big deal!" Zhang Tongtong's unwellness voice sounded.

Several people stopped talking when they heard Zhang Tongtong's words.

"The iron fence is put like this, and if the river rises, it will not be washed away? Idiot! Zhang Tongtong said disdainfully.

Zhang Tongtong's words made Liu Meiniang's mind flash.

Zhang Tongtong is right, if there is a big water in the river or something, the iron net will definitely not be fixed like now.

So Liu Meiniang took a few people to rebuild the drainage outlet of the fish pond and reinforce the iron net, I have to say that this time Zhang Tongtong "did a good job with bad intentions." ”