"Then which of your Yun family, Wang family, and Song family doesn't live in the village, why don't you hand over your family wealth?" Rui Xue's mouth was also neat, and her rebuttal hit the nail on the head, and several clan elders were blocked and their faces turned red.

Old man Wang is the least in the heart of several clan elders, and he has long been dissatisfied with Yun Sanye's going around and around, refusing to tell the truth, at this time he was questioned by Rui Xue, and his anger hit his head, so he slapped the table and shouted, "We are all still alive, we have children and daughters, what kind of family wealth do we have, your Zhao family will be extinct immediately, you still want to take these family wealth to be slaves and maids, dream, all stay, this is all in the village!" ”

Although Yun Sanye didn't like that Old Man Wang said it so clearly, it was easy to be caught, but thinking about it, it was good to scare Zhao Niangzi, so he said, "According to the law of Wu Kingdom, a widow without a husband must report to the government and be sold into slavery." If you hand over the shop and recipes to the village, we will intercede for you and keep you in the village, and then the tofu workshop will open, and you will be able to support yourself by going in and doing a job, and you will not have to be sold as a slave. If you don't know how to lift, don't blame us for not remembering the old feelings. ”

Rui Xue was so angry that her chest was about to burst, and she said angrily, "My husband is not sick yet, you are so trying to rob the Zhao family's wealth, and you are not afraid of being accused and scolded, and you are not afraid of being struck by heaven!" ”

Old Man Wang pouted, "We are also for the good of the villagers, not for the benefit of our own family." Besides, Mr. is seriously ill and dies, maybe he will go tomorrow, this shop and tofu recipe, instead of cheapening the government, it is better to hand it over to the village, you can still avoid being sold, what's wrong? ”

Rui Xue was just about to answer, the door of the inner room creaked open, Zhao Fengnian was wearing a royal blue robe, a square scarf to tie his hair, his whole body was very clean and refreshing, he walked out, and asked lightly, "Who said that I was seriously ill and would die?" ”

Several clan elders stood up in unison, the expression on their faces was as if they had seen a ghost, the boss with a long mouth, Rui Xue could even see the missing teeth inside, she turned her eyes in disgust, stepped forward to squeeze away Yun Sanye, helped Zhao Fengnian to sit on the main seat, and then stood half a step behind the chair with Wu Yu, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid the clan elders are going to be disappointed, my husband has completely recovered." ”

"Ah, ah, healed, healed, healed." The patriarchs' faces turned white and white, and their hearts were shocked, fearful, and ashamed, and they didn't know where to put their hands and feet.

Zhao Fengnian didn't speak, just looked at them very calmly, just like in the past, but the old man who was swept by him couldn't help but want to tremble.

Yun Sanye deserved to be the thickest skinned clan elder, found an empty chair to sit on, and barely squeezed out a smile, "When did Mr. recover, why didn't you tell the villagers, these days, everyone is very worried about it." ”

"The third master is polite, and the feelings of the villagers are in my heart, especially a few clan elders, I am afraid that they are the most worried, and they came to the door in the morning."

Yun Sanye's face stiffened, and he secretly gave a look to several other people, but unfortunately, after the fright just now, where did they dare to speak again, and in the end, Old Man Wang couldn't stand his glare, and stumbled and said, "Look at Mr... The complexion is good, and I must have woken up for some days. ”

Zhao Fengnian nodded, "Just now the old man also asserted that he would definitely die in Xia, and at this time, he saw that he looked good, could it be that the old man also knew the art of disambiguation?" However, the old man's skills are not proficient, so in the future, he should go out less and read more medical books. ”

Old Man Wang laughed twice and lowered his head.

Yun Sanye was helpless, today's incident was to offend the Zhao family, looking at Zhao Fengnian's complexion, and really didn't want to hold it out, how to say that he still had to go back to a circle, so he said, "Mr. Zhao's illness is really dangerous, everyone is worried that Mr. Zhao has a long and short, and Mrs. Zhao is in trouble, so I want to set up a tofu workshop and hire Mrs. Zhao to take care of it, which can be regarded as a good settlement." When we thought that Mr. had been cured, we didn't have to worry about it. ”

"Yes, yes, everyone is well-intentioned." Song Liuye echoed in a low voice, "The children in the village will be happy to know that Mr. is cured, and the school has stopped classes for seven or eight days, so we have to let people pick up and pick up, and put two braziers, and when Mr. is in class, his writing will not freeze his hands." ”

A touch of disdain flashed in Rui Xue's eyes, she had never been to the school before, and she didn't know that the house was cold, and the village had never given charcoal pots to keep warm, Zhao Fengnian was already afraid of the cold, and he had to freeze all morning every day, which really suffered a lot of crimes. Later, she deliberately went to Qian's house to buy carbon, and Wu Yu brought two braziers on a strong day, which was much warmer. The clan elders must have heard about it from their own children's mouths, but they pretended not to know, but now in order to curry favor, they brought it up happily.

"No need, the old man's kindness is understood. It's just that I'm sparse and shallow, and after this illness, I'm not as healthy as before, and I can't teach Mengtong anymore in the future, so the old men should go to the city and hire another gentleman. ”

"Ah, how's that going to work?"

Several clan elders asked in surprise, this is really stealing chickens and rice, if you take the shop and tofu business, the village will not be embarrassed to hire a gentleman with dozens of taels of silver, but now the industry has not arrived, and a good gentleman has been lost, where do you want each family to raise money to hire Mr. again?

"My husband is weak, how can he support his family if he doesn't teach? Why don't we talk to the villagers again, how about raising some shackles? ”

"No need, my Zhao family has been a businessman for several generations, and when I first lived here, I saw that there was a lack of a gentleman in the village, and I entered the school after reading a few books when I was a child, but after all, my talent is limited, so I will not delay the villagers to hire talented people to teach Mengtong. In the future, the livelihood of our Zhao family, the clan elders don't have to worry, if they don't die, no one can take away this property, and our husband and wife will run it, and we will not starve to death. ”

Yun Sanye knew that this time he was completely defeated, thinking that after the villagers knew about it, they would definitely accuse them, Li Zheng didn't agree with it, and he wouldn't say anything about each other, then a few of them really had no prestige, he endured it and endured it, but he still didn't want to stop there, so he said with a threatening tone, "I advise Mr. to think again, after all, they all live in the same village, and they will have to ..."

Zhao Fengnian didn't let him finish, he interrupted him, but what he said was another thing that seemed to be irrelevant, "I heard that the clan elders sold their paddy fields for two bags of brown rice back then, it can be seen that they love to eat brown rice, and in the future, our husband and wife will run their business well and make money, so we must buy a few more bags and send them to the clan elders' homes, which can be regarded as a thank you gift to the clan elders for taking care of our Zhao family during this time." ”

Yun Sanye and the others suddenly gasped, their faces were a little transparent, how could he know about that incident back then, could anyone leak the secret, after all, that incident made the whole village suffer a big loss, if they knew the inside story, let alone their prestige, I am afraid that they would be drowned by spittle when they went out.

Yun Sanye gritted his teeth fiercely, and didn't pretend to be polite, and asked in a deep voice, "Do you husband and wife want to make enemies with us?" ”

Zhao Fengnian shook his head and smiled faintly, "As the third master said, everyone lives in the same village, so naturally it is not good to tear their faces, and I am just reminding a few clan elders to take good care of their days and not stretch their hands too long." ”

It was wonderful that the old men had resentment, fear, irritation, and intermingling with each other on their faces.

A few people were about to flick their sleeves and leave, when they heard someone shouting outside the gate, "Is it Mr. Zhao's house?" ”

Rui Xue was stunned when she heard this, she didn't know who else came to the door at this time, she opened the door and saw that a very wide carriage was parked outside the gate, and a red-faced old man with two offspring was standing next to the car.

As soon as the younger student who was standing a little behind saw Ruixue come out, he whispered something, and the old man's frowning brows loosened, and he arched his hand and said, "The little old man is the shopkeeper of the old store of the Dongwu family in Lingfeng City, and he specially brought his unfilial son to the door to make amends." ”

Rui Xue heard this, and carefully looked at the old man behind the hunched waist, hiding his face, sure enough, it was the person who stood in the way that day, although he wondered how they found his home, but he still stepped forward and opened the door and welcomed them in.

It turned out that the old store of the Wu family sent all the people out to look for it that day, but Lingfeng City is not a small village, how can it be so easy to find a woman who is dressed ordinarily, Cheng Lao's shopkeeper waited for a day without news, and he was so anxious that he couldn't eat, so he grabbed the ring ruler and beat Cheng Er to death, Dongsheng went to stop him, and touched the books on the ground, Cheng Er's mind flashed, and suddenly remembered that Rui Xue also had books in the basket at that time, and said that it was a token, he immediately said to listen to his father, hoping that this clue could save his life.

The old shopkeeper took out the owner's letter and looked through it carefully, and sure enough, it mentioned that the friends who came to get the dividends would hold a copy of "Travels to the Twelve Kingdoms" as a token. He hurriedly asked Cheng Er carefully, Ruixue's dress, and all the words, not half a word fell, Dongsheng was smart, and said, "Dad, listening to the second brother say this, that woman must be in a hurry to use silver, she has a wall here, can you sell that book for silver?" ”

This sentence reminded the old shopkeeper, so everyone went to the pawnshops and calligraphy and painting shops early the next morning, and sure enough, in Baohetang asked for this book, the old man Cheng personally came to the door and talked with the old shopkeeper in Baohetang for a long time, explaining that it was not bad for Ruixue, but to make amends, and the old shopkeeper told him that Ruixue wanted to buy valuable medicinal materials for her husband to treat his illness.

In this way, the Cheng family found Rendetang again, and Rendetang recognized that the prescription was prescribed by Mrs. Tian, and they chased to Tianfu again, and found the housekeeper who sent Chiyanguo to the inn that day, and finally knew that Mr. Zhao of Yunjia Village was a friend of their owner.

But the shopkeeper Cheng didn't breathe a sigh of relief at all, but raised his heart highly, because the friend of the owner was very sick, and his unsuccessful son stopped people from coming to the door to get life-saving money. This sin is really even greater, how can I apologize to smooth this matter?

So the father and son took Cheng Er to kneel in the corner of the wall, and began to study, good medicinal materials, you must bring them, good food, bring them, and even more cloth and jewelry, women like these objects, and at first sight, Zhao Niangzi's anger may be able to eliminate three points.