Li Zheng and several old men felt a little strange when they heard this, so they came to the door to ask for an understanding. I don't want Zhang Erzheng to drink the little steward and the little maid picking up the things at home with a shy stomach, and when I saw them coming, let alone saluting, I didn't even bring out the bowl of water.

Chen Lizheng endured his anger and carefully told him not to travel far away. Zhang Er has always felt that he can't hold his head up in the village all these years, and he was rectified by the old man Tie some time ago, and no one in the village stood up to support him, which made him even more annoyed. At this time, I finally got the opportunity to raise my eyebrows, how could I still bear it.

So he opened his mouth to confront the clan elders for eating salty radishes and worrying about it, and even ridiculed them for seeing their own development, intending to take some benefits. was so angry that several clan elders jumped to their feet and scolded, and the Zhang family was not allowed to return to the village to live in the future.

Zhang Er was looking forward to going to Western Xinjiang to be an old lady, eating and drinking spicy food, glory and wealth, where would he still be nostalgic for such a "poor country", and immediately shouted that he would never come back.

Chen Lizheng called a descendant with a black face to ring the bronze bell, and spread the word to the whole village that the Zhang family sold the yard and the field, and never returned from the village.

The old Ma family in the south of the village happened to have a son who was about to get married, and he was worried that the family was crowded and crowded, so he took the money and came over to inquire when he heard the news. Li Zhenghe held his breath in his heart, the left sentence of the Zhang family is not bad for these taels of silver, and the right sentence of the rich and noble family is generous, and Zhang Er only received three taels of silver and handed over the deed. The old man of the Ma family was naturally happy to smile, but Zhang Er endured the distress and tried his best to raise his chin higher.

But when it was the turn to sell the two acres of dry land that did not grow seedlings, the people in the village shook their heads, and no one planned to take over, for fear that they would be infected with bad luck and mistakenly take the retribution from God.

It was when she was embarrassed that Chun Nier went to the door with a big belly, threw down two taels of silver and took the title deed. The villagers naturally knew that when their husband and wife separated from each other, they were almost out of the house, and it was reasonable to buy land like this. Of course, the kind-hearted villagers did not stop it, and later saw that Chunni smiled and insisted on buying it, so she kept silent.

The second day was a sunny day, Zhang Er's family wore satin clothes, all red faces, got into the carriage with their heads held high, waved all the way out of the village, and ran towards their rich days.

The villagers stood on the side of the road, looking at the carriage from afar, shaking their heads and pouting as they whispered, and their hearts were not the slightest reluctance, but much more relaxed. Without this family in the village, there are definitely only benefits and no harms.

Pucao opened the two wooden doors of the hall and let the warm sunlight shine in. She just sat at the table like this, smiling and sorting out the household accounts, Chun Nier held her waist with one hand and handed over the yellowed title deed with the other, and complained, "I really don't know what you are doing with this silver, even if you can make that piece of land grow seedlings, this solar term can't catch up with sowing." ”

Pu Cao casually clipped the title deed into the account book, and said with a smile, "It's only two taels of silver left and right, so I will put it away first when I buy it." If you can't plant it this year, it's the same if you plant it again next year. ”

Chunni grabbed a straw hat and buckled it on her head, and said angrily, "I mean, but you, the landlord's wife, have moved away, and you can't return even if you want to." Let's go, I'll go with you to the fields. My son said that there are finger-length cucumbers hanging on the cucumber racks. ”

Pu Cao glanced at her big belly, stepped forward and took off her straw hat and said with a smile, "Don't go around, I promised my aunt to take good care of you." You can do the needlework at home, and I'll go around and come back. ”

Chunni pounded her sore waist, and felt that it was extremely inconvenient to walk because her belly was big, so she nodded helplessly.

Pu Cao came out of the courtyard gate just when Fang Jie and his faction came over leisurely shaking a fan, she remembered the scourge of the family that had just left the village, and asked in a low voice with curiosity, "Did you send someone to pretend to be the little steward?" This trick is too powerful, why didn't I think of it. ”

Fang Jie smiled proudly, closed the fan and knocked it in his hand, and said with a smile, "I'm a serious businessman, how could I do such an evil thing as impostoring?" Didn't the Zhang family shout for a long time to reunite with their son, maybe God opened his eyes and fulfilled their wish. ”

"Treacherous!" Pu Cao naturally didn't believe his words, but she didn't ask any more. The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked side by side to the vegetable field outside the village. When you meet villagers on the road, you will inevitably have to stop gossiping. When the two of them walked by, a straightforward little daughter-in-law said, "Pucao and Fang Gongzi always go in and out together like this, and they look really right." If only they could become a family, they are both equally smart, and they can make money together..."

Before she could finish her words, the mother-in-law who was sitting on the side with the soles of her shoes stared at her and hurriedly stopped her words, and scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about, shut up for me!" Let outsiders hear it and don't know what rumors are spreading, Fang Gongzi is a righteous man, Pucao is also a measured person, and the two of them go in and out together because of the vegetable business. Besides, what are you afraid of walking together on this sunny day and day, what's so unsightly? ”

The little daughter-in-law pursed her mouth aggrievedly, and whispered a defense, "Mother, I didn't say anything bad, I just..."

"What's it? Why don't you hurry up and go home with me, Zhang Er's broken mouth has just left, and you still plan to take her mantle? ”

The old lady also had a neat mouth, pulled her daughter-in-law and went home, leaving everyone without much thought, and the laughter dispersed.

Not to mention how every household in Nangou Village carefully tended to those few acres of bud valley land that entrusts the whole family with food and clothing all year round, how they lived a trivial life noisily. It is only said that Zhang Er's family traveled all the way in a carriage, eating and drinking when they were hungry, and resting in the inn when they were tired, and they were very at ease.

On this day, the carriage finally entered the grassland of Western Xinjiang, and as far as the eye could see, it was completely different from the ice and snow in the north, and the scenery had a vast atmosphere, which made the family exclaim and sigh from time to time.

Zhang Er and his wife were anxious to reunite with their son, urging the little steward to hurry up, but the little steward said that this place was still fifty miles away from the city, and he should rest for one night before hurrying. Zhang Er's family was used to enjoying it all the way, so they naturally refused to endure hardships, so they agreed.

The inn where the group stayed was built very magnificently, and the food was good. The little steward was also very attentive, a mouthful of an old lady, a mouthful of a young master how to endure, coaxed Zhang Er and his wife more and more happy, Mei Zizi drank half a jar of local specialty mare's milk wine. In the end, the family rested and had a sweet dream all night.

When he woke up early the next morning, Zhang Er shouted more than a dozen times and didn't call the little butler to come into the house to serve and wash, so he was angry and wore clothes all over the inn to find someone. It's a pity that this search made his heart cold, not only the little steward and the little servant were gone, but also the two carriages parked in the backyard were also missing.

Zhang Er sat on the ground in horror, as if he had been hit by five thunderbolts, and his ears were buzzing. The young man at the inn kindly stepped forward to help him ask a few questions, but he pushed him aside, then got up and stumbled back to the room.

Needless to say, the silver taels he hid under the pillow, along with the jewelry of Aunt Zhang's second aunt, all disappeared out of thin air.

Zhang Er's aunt was sleeping with drooling, and she was very angry when she was suddenly woken up, and when she was slapped by Zhang Er's mouth and heard that she had lost her wealth, she immediately opened her mouth and cried, scolding her son for choosing such an unscrupulous slave, causing them to suffer such twists and turns.

The shopkeeper of the inn got the report and rushed to hear that the family had been stolen by the slaves, half sympathetic and half to recover the house money, so he took the young man and rode on a fast horse, and went to the city to find the eldest young master of the Zhang family according to the name of the restaurant provided by Zhang Er.

It's a pity that the dog leftover has been reincarnated for many days now, and it is not sure which woman's belly to practice swimming in, so naturally there is nowhere to find it.

Therefore, at sunset, the young man who was half tired and half dead brought back the news that there was no such person, and the restaurant searched all over the city and did not find it.

Zhang Er's family couldn't believe this result, grabbed the young man's collar and scolded him for lying, and almost hit the young man's nostrils with blood. The innkeeper also changed his face at this time, called out three or five guys, stripped Zhang Er's family of silk clothes, felt that it was still not worth the money of the accommodation, and sold this family of four to a big rancher passing by.

Zhang Er's family naturally scolded and resisted, but it was a pity that the strong dragon still didn't suppress the head snake, not to mention that they would only disgust people's toads. So they were forced to press their fingerprints, put their brains in wooden cages, and dragged them to the pasture hundreds of miles away.

Originally, their family still wanted to run away into the city to find their son, but the people of Western Xinjiang were even more arrogant than those in the north, but if they caught the fugitive slave, they would end up with broken hands and feet.

Zhang Er and his wife were frightened, and they barely managed to save their hands and feet by knocking on their foreheads with blood, of course, they didn't dare to give birth to any external heart, and honestly worked hard.

Zhang got up early and returned late on the second day, took the black baby, and drove a group of sheep to wander around the grassland. Zhang's second aunt took her daughter to milk goats, sweep sheep dung, and serve the lord's family to eat and drink. Busy and tired during the day and idle at night, the couple hoped that their son would suddenly appear one day to pick them up and escape from the sea of suffering. It's a pity that day by day, they still have to work endlessly, and occasionally one night they return to Nangou Village in a dream, and when they wake up, they are already tear-wet pillows.

There are all kinds of medicines sold in the world, but regret medicines are nowhere to be found. It grows the cause of the day, eats the fruit today, and knows itself bitterly...

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the annual Dragon Boat Festival has arrived again. Just hoeed the weeds for the bud grain, and every household happened to have a few days of leisure, so the women worked hard to turn out the little pork and salted fish left at home during the New Year, and Zhang Luo made some good dishes and meals, and the family gathered in one place to celebrate the festival.

Even the men put down their strict father's shelf and took their naughty sons to the ditch outside the village to pick up a lot of mugwort. The old people received the little people with pasted colored gourds tied in their hands, small people skewered with black beans and small brooms of one inch size, and finally inserted them under the eaves, swaying in the wind, provoking the children to clap their little hands and applaud, which was very lively and joyful.