Li Lao Er naturally returned empty-handed, and when he didn't want to walk to the city gate, he suddenly saw an old man next to him and fell down, and he naturally wanted to help with his enthusiasm, but unfortunately he didn't wait for him to step forward, but two ruffians ran out of the oblique stab, and one pulled his sleeve and didn't let go.

They insisted on pointing to the cloth bag on his shoulder that had broken at some point, saying that he deliberately sprinkled beans and caused his father to fall.

Li Lao Er hurriedly opened his mouth to defend himself, but the two of them just didn't listen, and insisted that they would pay 20 taels for the injury medicine to their father, otherwise they would take him to the government to fight a lawsuit. Under the argument between the two parties, passers-by came to watch the excitement, and the city gate was blocked a little difficult.

The little pipe guarding the city gate was upset when he heard this, and opened his mouth to snort a few times, so frightened that the two ruffians hurried forward to make amends. Li Lao Er was rarely clever once, and took the opportunity to throw the mung bean bag and ran away.

When the two ruffians were out of breath and chased for several miles, they couldn't find anyone, so they scolded and said that they would find his hometown and collect debts. Li Lao Er hid behind a low tree and heard it clearly, and when he went home, he told his father and brother that the family was so frightened that they panicked.

After all, his family also sent beans to the dim sum shop and the grain shop twice in the autumn, and if those two people had a heart, they could inquire about his family's residence. If the time comes, they will not be able to get twenty taels of silver for smashing pots and selling iron, even if the government is in a lawsuit, they will use the silver to make some official errands up and down. No matter how you think about it, this thing is difficult, and the family has gray hair and no good idea.

In the end, Li Lao Er could only hide well, and the family should always guard the door and be more vigilant. This is also the reason why Pucao was turned away from the door today, and he was almost beaten by a flat shoulder.

Pu Cao felt a little familiar after hearing this, as if those scammers who "touched porcelain" in the previous life often used such methods, and the targets of selection were all honest people, half scared and half false, and it was very easy to succeed.

"Auntie, if my guess is right, I'm afraid that the second brother has met a liar in this matter. They must have secretly cut the second brother's cloth bag in advance, and then pretended to fall and wanted to extort a sum of money. However, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, and I don't necessarily know for sure. You still have to inquire carefully in the city, if there are other victims like the second brother, then they are undoubtedly liars. If the old man really fell and injured himself, we can't hide, and it's serious to rush to heal others. ”

Li Lao Er frowned and thought about it, then interjected and said, "Pucao girl, that old man doesn't seem to have fallen hard, I turned my head and looked twice when I ran away, and he jumped up and chased me for a while." ”

"That's easy, they must be liars." Pu Cao turned to Fang Jie and asked with a smile, "Fang Gongzi has lived in the city for a long time, have you ever heard of such a thing?" ”

Fang Jie slowly put down the pottery bowl and replied gently, "I've been busy these days, I haven't stayed in the restaurant for long, but I haven't heard of it." However, the little pipe guarding the city gate is familiar with Dongzi, so let him inquire a few words to make it clear. ”

After speaking, he motioned for Dongzi to step forward and instructed, "Go back in the afternoon and take my post out for a walk, if it is really someone who does not open their eyes to do such a scam, just throw them in prison and let them wake up." ”

Dongzi's eyes swept over the surprised villagers, and there were three points more pride on his little face, and he replied loudly, "Don't worry, the little one will handle this matter properly." ”

Fang Jie waved his hand to signal him to step back, then turned to Pu Cao and said, "Send Dongzi to deliver a letter to you tomorrow, don't worry, it's just a trivial matter." ”

Pu Cao smiled gratefully, "I'm tired of Young Master Fang." Fang Jie raised his eyebrows, obviously disliking her to be so polite, but because everyone was present, he chuckled and stopped talking.

Everyone in the room was stunned when they heard the two of them reply, in their opinion, it was a catastrophe, and the noble son of the family actually ordered the little guy to say two words, and it was solved with a wave of his hand. Who is this son, and does any restaurant owner in the city have such a method? What kind of shit luck did this little widow and Chunni's family take to climb such a high branch?

The two old men of the Li family glanced at each other, their hearts were crackling, and they secretly thought that they would be closer to the Li family in the future. Who knows when something happens in the village, and they may have to come forward and ask someone to solve it?

The father and son of the Li family did not have these careful thoughts, and when they saw that the big stone pressing on the family's hearts was moved away like this, they were all grateful.

The family stepped forward to salute Pu Cao and Fang Jie, and in a panic, Pu Cao hurriedly reached out and helped them up one after another, "Uncle Auntie, sister-in-law, what are you polite!" It's all a family, so you don't have to do it. ”

Mrs. Li pulled her hand, and insisted on waiting for her son and daughter-in-law to thank her before responding, "Pucao, you are really a noble person in our family!" Not to mention the good news, it also eliminated a catastrophe for our family, which is really like Guanyin Bodhisattva..."

Pu Cao couldn't laugh or cry when she heard the old lady praise like this, and I don't know if she will become a Buddha if she continues to talk about it. She was not interested in such a high-minded existence, so she hurriedly ripped away from the conversation and said with a smile, "Auntie, I have been out for half a morning, and I am really worried about the children at home." Auntie will see what she wants to bring to Chunni, so let's quickly pick it up, let's just go back and catch up with Chunni for lunch. ”

"Oh," Mrs. Li patted her head when she heard this, and said in annoyance, "You see my memory, I only care about my own happiness and forget that there is still a mess in your family." I'll clean it up, you sit down and drink a bowl of water, and we'll leave right away." ”

After the old lady finished speaking, she shouted to the two daughters-in-law who opened the house, and found twenty eggs here, and half a bag of mung beans there.

Several women sitting in the room also went home one after another to get half a scoop of hawthorn or a handful of frozen crystal clear mountain red, and shouted that Mrs. Li would bring Chunni to satisfy her hunger. Mrs. Li was not polite and accepted it happily.

The old men were not good at mixing with these trivial matters, so they smoked dry cigarettes and drank tea and gossiped. Naturally, the words were all quoted to the things in the city, but unfortunately Fang Jie didn't know whether he was annoyed that they had despised Pucao before or if he was so arrogant that he disdained to be with the peasants, except for Uncle Li's occasional words when he spoke, the rest of the time he was mostly smiling and silent.

Everyone tried a few times and then stared at Pu Cao, wanting to ask her how Chunni's family was doing, and whether they had made a fortune somewhere.

Pucao is naturally not easy to deal with, and the method of shifting thousands of catties is to use the perfect fire, only talking about the climate, crop harvest and other gossip, and nothing else will be answered. In the end, she remembered another purpose of this trip and turned to ask about Uncle Li, but she got the news that he had not returned.

Second Brother Li was grateful to Pu Cao for helping to calm down the trouble he caused, and he realized that he knew some carpenter's work, so he volunteered to convey his request to Third Uncle Li for Pu Cao.

Pu Cao didn't plan to do anything new this time, they were all ordinary kang cabinets, windows, wardrobes, bookshelves, etc., the only requirement was that Uncle Li even came out with wood, and she just paid more for the materials.

Li Lao Er carefully wrote down her words, took the deposit handed over by Pu Cao, stuffed it into his arms quickly, and then patted his chest and promised that he would go to Uncle Li's house more to help, and keep the cabinet good and strong.

Pu Cao smiled and thanked her, and Mrs. Li also picked up the basket and changed into a big padded jacket at this time, and greeted with a smile, "Pu Cao, we can hurry." ”

Pu Cao and Fang Jie were tired of being ptalked by everyone for a while, and when they heard this, they immediately got up and said goodbye to the Li family.

Dongzi had already led the jujube red horse and stood in the middle of the yard, smiling and removing the linoleum from the plough, revealing three or five brocade mats and a thick woolen blanket.

Li Lao Taiji touched them one by one, and patted the cotton jacket and cotton pants on his body with his hand, and felt that there was no dust and dirt, so he sat down cautiously and said with a smile, "Thanks to the blessing of the son of Fang, my old lady will also enjoy the blessing today." ”

"When the eldest lady is happy, she is still behind." Pu Cao answered the sentence and sat beside her, and when she raised her eyes, she saw that the second sister-in-law Li was anxious on her face, and it was obvious that she also wanted to go with her and it was difficult to speak, so she smiled and said, "Brother Liu spends the night in the greenhouse at night, and Nizi is with me again, and the house at home is often empty." If the eldest lady doesn't have any urgent work here, it is better to let the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law go with her. There are a lot of places to live, and Dongzi will come to deliver the letter tomorrow, and I will send his two sisters-in-law back. ”

Dongzi, a clever boy, was naturally willing to be a favor, and said with a smile, "It's only six or seven miles away from Nangou'er, and it will take half an hour to run back and forth." The sisters-in-law want to go to take care of themselves, and I am responsible for the round-trip pick-up! ”

Second sister-in-law Li laughed so much that her thin eyebrows were about to fly, staring at her mother-in-law, for fear that she would stop her again.

Mrs. Li glared at her daughter-in-law in disgust, and scolded with a smile, "Don't be that weird, people who don't know still think that I have detained you on weekdays, if you want to go, hurry up!" ”

As soon as the second sister-in-law Li heard this, she immediately turned around and pulled Sister-in-law Li, who was obviously more careful and steady, and hesitated, "If I go too, there will be no one at home to cook." ”

Mrs. Li made up her mind to be gracious to the end, and waved her hand and said happily, "There are still cakes in the stove, just let the eldest and second cook the porridge at night." Besides, you'll be back tomorrow, and they'll starve to death." ”

Boss Li is also a daughter-in-law, so he gently pushed behind his back and said with a smile, "Go ahead, come back early." ”

Sister-in-law Li laughed at this time and instructed, "The two children are still at the fifth grandmother's house, don't forget to pick them up." ”

The horse crawling plough finally carried five or six men, women and children, slowly drove out of the gate of the Li family, and ran farther and farther away in the eyes of everyone who were either envious or jealous.

The two old men of the Li family coughed twice, said a few more words, and shouted this kind of smooth favor when they had something, and then slowly walked away with their backs. Seeing this, the villagers also dispersed one after another, and those who were really happy for the Li family and knew each other very well on weekdays clamored for the Li family to invite wine, and Uncle Li naturally did not mention it.