However, there are more than 200 people in a village, and there are always those who don't remember to eat, or even have a vicious heart, and the Wu family is the number one.

Last time they changed the dumpling filling, after eating the dumplings with three days of big meatballs, this mouth was raised, and then they felt tasteless when they ate anything, every time the cereal porridge and cakes and pickles were brought to the table, the father and son of the family sighed and sighed, which provoked Wu San's sister-in-law to scold him and was not angry.

Because of that, she didn't dare to go out for many days, and her sister-in-law Cuilan took a detour when she saw her, and her mother-in-law also sneered, she cried behind her back I don't know how many times, regretting that she had done something wrong that day, and was pointed at by the villagers and said.

It's a pity that Wu Laosan's father and son not only did not reflect, but blamed the Zhao family and his wife, the tofu sent by Zhang's sister-in-law the day before yesterday, they wiped their mouths after eating, turned their faces and scolded others for being stingy, selling hundreds of yuan a day, only four pieces for his family. They don't want to think about it, if it weren't for the large number of people, all over the village sent them, and only their family was left behind, they would be embarrassed by this ugliness, enough for the long-tongued women in the village to idle for half a year.

Wu San's sister-in-law was so angry that her chest hurt, so she simply didn't care, washed her head and washed her head, thinking about how to have a good New Year.

The father and son of the Wu family had nothing to do all day, so they each found a pastime, and the eldest pillar hooked up with a few equally idle offspring in other villages these days, I don't know what he did, he came back with a mouth full of oil every night, and he couldn't run away from stealing someone's chickens and ducks.

The second and third children ran to their grandmother's house when they saw Tian'er, hoping to rub some good food and drink, only Wu Laosan's east family came out and entered the west house, complaining from time to time that no one in the village threw dice, which annoyed everyone.

He put his sleeves on his hands, strolled around the entrance of the village, and had the intention to go to another village to play with two handfuls, but he was suffering from having no money in his pocket, and was annoyed, when he saw a green cloth carriage coming up on the dirt road outside the village.

He was curious about whose distinguished guest this was, standing on the side of the road to see the novelty, but he didn't expect the curtain to be lifted by the cold wind, revealing a sharp-beaked monkey's cheek face, his eyes lit up, and he ran forward with a fart, and shouted while trotting with the carriage, "Steward Zhang, I'm Wu Laosan, why do you have time to come to the village." ”

Zhang An heard his familiar voice in the car, and told Chen Laoshi to stop, then picked up the curtain to take a closer look, and recognized it as Wu Laosan.

Speaking of the two acquaintances, it is not because of any good thing, in the autumn of last year, the people in the village were busy harvesting crops, the Wu family had a bad harvest, naturally there was nothing to do, the boss pillar made the mistake of holding the sheep by hand, and took a few bundles of rice from the Chen family in the next field home at night, and the Chen family followed the traces to find it, and the two families almost moved.

It happened that this Zhang An came to collect rent, and the Chen family was stolen and naturally couldn't hand it over, so Zhang An was furious and wanted to send Dazhu to the official, Wu Laosan begged his father and mother to bribe Zhang An with a silver tael or two, so that Dazhu was spared from prison, and returned the rice to reveal the matter, so the two were also familiar with each other.

Zhang An was thinking about how to explore the details of the Zhao family, but he happened to meet this Wu Laosan, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and he sent a pillow when he was sleepy. Idle all day long, no more than those villagers who are busy with farm work, they are not more in the field, and naturally they can hear better information.

So he opened the car door, let Wu Laosan get in the car, and went all the way to Wu's house.

It is said that the old man Zhang took his wife and uncle back to the city that day, delicious and entertained, and heard that the uncle just went out to inspect the shop and met his wife by chance, and sent her back by the way, so he was relieved, you know, of course, when he came to the door to ask for marriage, only the uncle did not agree, this person is a strict and capable, he was stunned from the heart, delicious food and drink, and waited for the uncle to be sent away, it was already six or seven days later, and the silk brought back by his wife was only a hundred, his face sank, and he felt that he did not take advantage, scolded his gentle and weak wife, went to the concubine's room to drink and relax, and suddenly remembered the shop on the dock.

If you buy that shop, there will be a hundred and ten taels of silver every month, which is not comparable to a cloth village in the city.

So he found Zhang An and asked him to go to Yunjia Village to explore the Zhao family's background before making a move, after all, the husband of the Zhao family is a gentleman, and it is difficult to guarantee that there are some forces that outsiders don't know about.

Zhang An did personal management under Master Zhang, and he didn't make any less effort, but he didn't eat or drink well, and he didn't have any benefits, so he was tired of it for a long time, and he took this errand and almost jumped up with joy, thinking that he really bought the dock shop, and he begged the master to be a shopkeeper when the time came, wouldn't it be many times stronger than being a steward, so he patted his chest and guaranteed that he would definitely get this done.

The two arrived at Wu's house in a car, and Wu Laosan shouted that his daughter-in-law had washed the best handful of tea leaves in the house and brought it to Zhang An to drink, and then asked, "Steward Zhang has a heavy hand with Mr. Zhang on weekdays, and he can't leave for half a time, how can he have time to come to the village today." But those paddy fields outside the village are going to be tenanted again? ”

Zhang An sneered in his heart, he hadn't heard of the character of the father and son of the Wu family, did he know that the paddy fields were tenants, and he would not be able to plant a few acres of land, and in the end, I was afraid that the wild grass would grow more than rice.

He thought like this in his heart, his face was not revealed, he took a sip of tea on the shelf, and then shook his head and said, "Our master said that the family has enough manpower, and next year we will not go out to share paddy fields, and we will keep our own crops." ”

Wu Laosan was a little disappointed, he was still counting on some friendship with this steward, tenanting back a few acres of cheap paddy fields, and then subleasing them to the villagers to earn a few buckets of poor grain.

Steward Zhang saw that his face was not good, and said, "However, I have something to do today, if you can help a little, it will definitely be indispensable to you." ”

Wu Laosan heard it well, and a pair of small eyes immediately lit up cautiously, and asked repeatedly, "Even if you have something to do, as long as I, Wu Laosan, can do it, I will do my best." ”

Steward Zhang nodded, "There is a family surnamed Zhao in your village, the husband is a gentleman of Mengxue in the village, and his wife has opened a shop on the dock?" ”

Wu Laosan was stunned, he didn't expect that what he asked was about the Zhao family, and he couldn't figure out what he meant for a while, so he said perfunctorily, "There is such a family." ”

"Our lord has taken a fancy to the shop on his dock and wants to buy it, but I don't know if there is some obstacle here?"

Wu Laosan's heart moved, thinking of Zhang Dahu's usual behavior, and guessed that this matter was definitely not a good thing for the Zhao family, he hated the Zhao family in the first place, and he could find some trouble for their family, even if it was just to add to the blockage, he was very willing.

So he hurriedly responded, "Master Zhang has taken a fancy to the dock shop, so just buy it." Mr. Zhao didn't know where he was from, he was originally sick to death, and he was picked up by the villagers to save him, but who knew that he only taught for two months, and then fell ill again. The elders of the village didn't want to invite other gentlemen with more bouquets, but they happened to meet a woman who was thrown in a mass grave, so they also picked it up, and made the decision to give them a kiss. ”

"And there's this, but it's bizarre." Zhang An's eyes widened when he heard this, he had heard of saving people, he was so happy, and they were both alive, but it was the first time.

Wu Laosan slapped his thigh, "Isn't it bizarre?" That Mrs. Zhao conjured up a sum of money out of nowhere and opened a shop on the dock, which angered the village elders, who thought that she had ruined Mr. Zhao's reputation. ”

"So, shouldn't it be difficult for our master to buy this shop?"

"Well, you can't say that, then Mr. Zhao is obedient to that Zhao Niangzi, and the clan elders come to blame, and he refuses to let Zhao Niangzi close the shop." Wu Laosan regretted that it seemed too easy to say things, for fear of missing his benefits, so he went back to the circle, "This Zhao Niangzi also has a secret recipe in her hand, which can be eaten with cow beans, and the food made is white and tender, and the taste is good. ”

Zhang An remembered the kind of egg custard he had eaten in the shop that day, I am afraid that it was made by the cow beans that Wu Laosan said in his mouth, and he was even more happy in his heart.

"In this way, there must be a high price, so that Mrs. Zhao is willing to sell the shop?"

Wu Laosan leaned in front of Zhang An, and said with a wicked smile, "I don't know anything about things, I have some friendship with the Zhao family, if I go to say yes, I think I can save some silver for Master Zhang." ”

"Oh, you have a relationship with the Zhao family?" Zhang An obviously didn't believe it, he knew what kind of character this Wu Laosan was, looking at Zhao Niangzi's appearance at the dock that day, she was not easy to deceive, how could she have a relationship with such a lazy man?

Wu Laosan saw that he didn't believe it, so he hurriedly swore and swore and said, "Of course there is friendship, a few days ago, the Zhao family also sent five hundred dumplings to our family, and our family ate it for three days, and the stuffing is sauerkraut and pork, not to mention how fresh." ”

Zhang An heard him mention dumplings, so he believed half of it, after all, he also knew the price of the dumplings, sixteen and sixty wen, the Wu family would definitely not be able to afford it, if it wasn't for the Zhao family really sending it, Wu Laosan would not have been able to say it so clearly. Of course, he didn't know about Wu Laosan's immoral methods.

"Okay, then you go and talk about it, I'm waiting for your news."

Wu Laosan laughed twice but didn't move, rubbed his hands, and actually talked about buying New Year's goods and other miscellaneous things, Zhang An was such a shrewd person, he immediately understood his hint, and couldn't help but glared and said angrily, "You can just say that our Zhang Mansion has a lot of money, can we still lose your little benefit?" ”

Wu Laosan got the quasi-letter, so he smiled and flattered, and went out of the house.

He walked all the way to Zhao's house, and he also played a little drum in his heart, after all, he did something sorry for others that day. But after thinking about it, the Zhao family suffered a loss, not only did not find him to theorize, but sent tofu again, obviously afraid of their family, Mr. Zhao went to the school in the morning, it should not be at home, he went to scare the Zhao lady, the woman is timid, this matter may be done.