Chapter 173: Return to the Abandoned Village

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Previously, he had earned more than 600 taels of snowflake silver in the gambling stone workshop, and Lu Ren tasted the sweetness, and he was even more reluctant to give up gambling stones.

On this day, he took fifty taels from his home and entered the gambling stone shop again, and the shopkeeper in the shop recognized Lu Ren, and saw that this scholar surnamed Lu had changed into a satin dress, and his face became a little ruddy, and he knew that this person had also lived a good life for a few days.

Beckoning the guy to welcome the person to the front of the shelf, the shopkeeper glanced over there, and saw that Lu Ren picked two pieces of wool and went to Master Li to solve the stone.

At present, there is no discount at the time of opening, and it costs one or two silver to solve a stone, and the money bag hanging around Lu Ren's waist is full of silver tickets, so naturally it is not bad for two or two taels of silver, so he immediately waved his hand and asked Master Li to open the two pieces of wool.

Today, Lu Ren's luck is still good, he has opened a piece of spring ribbon color, and the other piece is violet, but unfortunately the two pieces of jade are not large, looking at the size, at best, he can make a jade pendant, and the loss is all glutinous ice seeds, and it is worth seven or eight taels of silver, so calculated, Lu Ren still has to earn.

took two pieces of jade rough back home, as soon as Lu Ren entered the door, he saw a woman in a pink shirt standing in the yard, this girl was young, only fifteen or sixteen years old, her face was even, her waist was like a willow, although her chest was flat, but there was an indescribable charm between her hands and feet, although Lu Ren had already married a wife, she couldn't help but look at it a few more times when facing such a young and beautiful woman.

The woman's face is really small, and although her facial features are not very delicate, she looks very delicate because of her soft skin, which is much stronger than Zhang's yellow-faced woman.

The man's palms were itchy, and he wanted to reach out and try to touch it lightly on his fair cheeks, but Lu Ren was a scholar, and he couldn't throw away the courtesy, righteousness and shame, even if he had pickled thoughts in his heart, he couldn't show it on his face.

Yulian blessed Lu Ren and said softly, "Yulian has seen Lu Gongzi. ”

As the two spoke, Lu's mother walked out, tried her eyes at Lu Ren, and said softly: "Yulian is the daughter of Liu Yuanwai in the west of the city, you send the family back quickly, the elders in the province are worried." ”

Being a flower messenger is also a good errand for Lu Ren, and he naturally has no reason to refuse.

"Miss Liu, please."

Seeing her son and Liu Yulian walking out on their front and back feet, Lu's mother's mouth couldn't close with a smile, the Liu family has rich assets, and there is only one only daughter of Liu Yulian, as long as the son marries Liu Yulian through the door, and when the family kicks his legs, won't all the family wealth become their Lu family?

The more she thought about it, the more beautiful she became, Mother Lu secretly wondered how to take the Zhang family away, the kind of hen that couldn't lay eggs stayed in Zhang's house for one more day, and Mother Lu felt unlucky.

Liu Yulian is also a famous beauty in the west of the city, Lu Ren sent people back to the house all the way, her white face was full of smiles, and her demeanor was intimate, but she didn't know that this appearance was all in the eyes of Zhang Rui, who came back from the academy.

Zhang Rui was angry in his heart, but he was about to take the township test, and if he had a dispute with someone, he was afraid that his future would not be saved. He figured it out in his heart, knowing that a person like Lu Ren was a good person, and his sister should reconcile and leave him as soon as possible, the mother and son of the Lu family were very bad from the root, and he didn't believe that the Lu family could have any good end.

Speeding up his pace and returning home, Zhang Rui did not hide it, and told Zhang the scene he saw on the street.

Seeing that the blood on Zhang's face had faded, Zhang Rui also felt a little unbearable in his heart, but he didn't open his mouth to persuade him.

The so-called ten years of cultivation in the same boat, a hundred years of cultivation to sleep together, to be able to become a husband and wife, itself is a very fateful thing, if a woman is divorced or abandoned by her husband's family, the reputation is not good, but compared to the fire pit of the Lu family, what can a few words in other people's mouths be counted as painless?

Zhang Rui felt sorry for Zhang's family, so he didn't speak.

The woman's face flickered blue and white, and after a while, she heard Zhang's dejected voice: "Lu Ren is staying with the Liu family now, I think I have already planned it, and when he says about leaving, I just need to take the nannan." ”

Zhang's mother was working in the yard, and couldn't help but sigh, and didn't interject, just pushed the stone mill hard.

Pan'er didn't know about the affairs of the Lu Zhang family at all, she opened a gambling stone shop just on a whim for a while, where did she think that she would break up a couple? After returning from the border city, Pan'er has been living in the Hou Mansion, at first for the convenience of raising a baby, and after the summer, she was a little tired of the sultry weather, and she thought about going to live in the abandoned village for a few months.

Chu Liang has to go to the camp in the north of the city every day to be on duty, the camp is not far from the city gate, and it is also made to rush to the abandoned village every day.

Turning this thought in her heart, Pan'er mentioned her thoughts to Chu Liang.

The man sat on the Eight Immortals chair, heard the words of the little daughter-in-law, thought for a moment, and then nodded in agreement.

The squeamish one in front of him was unwilling to deal with those ladies in the capital, and Ning Chuan's house was like a dog skin plaster, and he couldn't wait to stick to Pan'er's body, so it was better to let the little daughter-in-law escape the summer in the abandoned village, and also save those cats and dogs from making trouble.

told Chu Liang about moving to the abandoned village, and Pan'er worked with Luan Yu to pack up all the soft clothes and other things.

Recently, there were guests at Mr. Liu's house, and it was not convenient to continue to take Xiaobao to the house to teach, so he simply arranged his homework, and the whole family sat in the carriage and rushed directly to the abandoned village.

The old marquis is now over seventy years old, but because of the perennial drinking of medicinal wine, his body is much harder than that of ordinary old people, at this moment he is sitting in the carriage, holding Xiaobao in one hand and Yuxiu in the other, he is so happy that he can't close his mouth, and his rigid and serious face also shows a very strong joy.

Pan'er poured a glass of honey wine for the old marquis and took Yuxiu into his arms.

Xiaobao had a sharp nose, smelled the sweet taste of honey wine, and stared at the clear yellow wine.

Chu Liang sat firmly on the side, and when he saw his son's stupid appearance, he couldn't help but pout.

The old marquis was in a good mood, and when he saw that his grandson wanted to drink, he dipped some wine with chopsticks and let Xiaobao taste it.

Before the entrance of the honey wine, Xiaobao thought that this thing must be like a hundred flowers of nectar, sweet and delicious, how to lick the chopsticks, the hot feeling burst out in the mouth in an instant, the child's white face was flushed, the tongue stretched out, panting.

Seeing this scene, Pan'er hurriedly poured a bowl of water, stuffed it into Xiaobao's hand, and said with a sullen smile: "Drink some water to suppress the spicy taste." ”

Xiaobao held the bowl in both hands, swallowed all the water into his stomach, and it took a while to ease up.

"Mother, are the big gray and wolf teeth fat again?"

Pan'er paused, she hadn't been in the abandoned village for almost a year, and she really didn't know much about the big gray and the wolf tooth, after all, when she first returned to the capital, she was still pregnant with Yuxiu in her belly, and it was really difficult to move the place, so she ignored the animals raised in the village.

In addition to the two big ones, the palm-sized slow loris Pan'er was handed over to Liu's care before leaving, Liu's heart is careful, and the slow loris looks cute and cute, and they get along very well.

After leaving Beijing, the mountain road is not easy to walk.

The wheels clumped on the ground, making a creaking sound, and Pan'er lifted the curtain to see the smoke rising in the distance, and knew that she was almost there.

This whole year, the waste village is taken care of by Zhou Zhuangtou alone, after marrying the Wan family, Zhou Zhuangtou did things more calmly than before, although there are dozens of more Zhuang households in the Zhuangzi, but the recruited people are all honest and duty, not only work quickly, but also have a good character, never dare to do such a bad thing as stealing chickens and dogs.

The Zhuang households guarding the entrance of the village naturally recognized the sign of the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and immediately put the carriage in.

In the past, the small courtyard where Pan'er lived was in the depths of Zhuangzi, and the carriage had to pass through a rouge rice field and a fruit forest.

Unexpectedly, when I just passed through the peach forest, there was a deafening dog howling wolf outside the car.

As the sound became closer and closer, Chu Liang lifted the pale cyan curtain, and as soon as he jumped out of the carriage, the black mastiff opened his mouth and pounced on him.

This mastiff eats raw meat with aura every day, much stronger than ordinary dogs, thanks to Chu Liang's perennial martial arts, his strength should not be underestimated, otherwise if he was thrown to the ground by his own wolf teeth, the face of the dignified general Dingbei could not be saved.

"Whew! Whew! ”

Pan'er opened the curtain and took a look, and found that the mastiff's two earthy yellow front paws were on Chu Liang's shoulders, and his pink tongue was full of saliva water, and he licked the man's face suddenly.

Seeing this scene, the little woman laughed unkindly: "General, it's only been a year since you left, why is the wolf's tooth barking wrong?" ”

Chu Liang glanced at Pan'er, and said a little depressed: "Isn't it the big gray that is crooked?" ”

A wild wolf and a mastiff stay together all day long, the wild wolf is cunning and cunning, the mastiff has a slightly stupid brain, even if he drinks the spiritual spring water, he is not smart, it is good to remember not to talk to the tenant farmers in the Zhuangzi, how smart he really is, Chu Liang himself does not believe it.

Xiaobao had seen mastiffs and big gray before, children are used to crazy nature, at this moment he stretched out his hand and touched the gray hair on the neck of the wild wolf, and the prickly edges were a little prickly.

The big gray green eyes stared at Xiaobao, scaring the little baby enough, just when Xiaobao trembled and wanted to withdraw his hand, Da Gray grinned, showed his sharp fangs, and licked the child's delicate palm with his tongue.

After that, the wild wolf stared at Pan'er, his eyes didn't roll, and the horns of his mouth fell down, wetting the wheels.

Seeing the greedy appearance of the wild wolf, Pan'er was not a fool, and after sighing, he took out the porcelain bottle filled with spiritual spring water from his arms.

The wolf held the porcelain bottle in his mouth, nimbly bit off the lid on his head with his teeth, and drank the spring water of the porcelain bottle with a few sucks.

Not a single thing left for the mastiffs.

The dog's nose is very smart, although the spiritual spring water is not as sweet as honey, but it has a clear smell, after smelling this smell, the mastiff abandoned the owner who had not seen him for a long time, and went straight to the carriage, but unfortunately the spiritual spring water was all drunk by his companions.

After the Tibetan mastiff found out about this fact, the dog's eyes were covered with a layer of water, and it looked as if it was crying urgently.

Pan'er couldn't cry or laugh, took out a bottle of Nanguo pear wine in the car, and poured it into the bowl.

The pitiful look on the dog's face disappeared in an instant, and the Tibetan mastiff snorted and licked the porcelain bowl quickly.

Zhou Zhuangtou got the letter and quickly rushed over.

Even if this year, it was the raw meat he prepared for the two fierce beasts, but Zhou Zhuangtou still didn't dare to get too close to them.

At this moment, the man stood far away, saluting several masters.

When the two beasts had eaten and drunk their fill, they lazily spread themselves on the ground, and at noon the sun was just right, and the light cast down, and they all gilded their furs with a layer of gold.

Luan Yu took the maid to drive the carriage to the small courtyard, ready to pack up first and put the luggage in order.

Zhou Zhuangtou walked in front of Pan'er, his dark face was full of joy that he couldn't hide:

"Madame, you don't know, the business of the gambling stone workshop is very good, the more expensive the stone, the better the jadeite, after the guests know this truth, they are willing to spend silver to buy stones, this day can have a few hundred taels of money, compared to Rong'an Fang is not bad at all."

Gambling on stones is a huge profit, and now the shop has just started, and the money earned is not too much, and when it becomes bigger in the capital, the income must be more considerable.

The carriage had already gone away, and Pan'er was sitting in the car with a sore back, and she could relax after getting down and walking for a while.

Now the peach trees have been hung with fruit, and these peach trees have all been brought back from the south by the dart masters, and the peach hanging on the branches is full of juice, and the taste is fresh and sweet, and the people are also hungry.

Suddenly, a light came over, Pan'er squinted, walked to the front of a peach tree, looked at the mucus overflowing from the rough bark, which looked extremely crystal under the sun, she couldn't help but ask:

"What is this?"

Zhou Zhuangtou stared at it carefully and said, "This is peach gum." ”

Pan'er has been married into the Hou Mansion for a long time, and she has been drinking some soup and water on weekdays, and she has not eaten less peach gum.

She had also heard Ge Zhichuan mention it before, saying that the peach gum bought in Hou's Mansion was not good, the color was light, and the taste was brittle, indicating that the age of the peach tree was not enough.

And these peach trees in the waste village are all thirty years old, and now the peach gum has just overflowed from the bark, even if it has not been sun-dried, smelling the faint aroma, Pan'er feels a lot more comfortable.

"It's not the busy season for farming recently, you find some thoughtful little daughters-in-law, let them scrape off the peach gum on the bark before it rains, and how much you will be paid a day is up to you to decide Zhou Zhuangtou."

Zhou Zhuangtou nodded hurriedly, and after sending the masters to the house, he took the gong and walked to the courtyard where the tenants lived, and struck the gong fiercely.

Those five big and three rough men and the little daughter-in-law who was busy feeding the chickens all came out, and just wanted to get angry, but after seeing that the person who struck the gong was Zhou Zhuangtou, a smile immediately appeared on their faces.

"Zhou Zhuangtou, what are you looking for us?"

Zhou Zhuangtou is not the kind of grinding person, he cleared his throat, and his voice was no worse than the gong: "Call everyone out, there are two things together."

First, the lady has just come to Zhuangzi, and our brothers can't collide with the masters. ”

The croppers at the bottom were all anxious, and they hurriedly asked at this moment: "What is the second one?" ”

"There is peach gum in the peach forest, I am going to find a few people to scrape the peach gum off the bark, no one has 30 wen a day, and the person who does the most has an additional reward of 100 wen."

The waste village is planted with fruits from the south, and there are some rare things, such as Yutian rouge rice, the previous harvest was not too good, after all, the fruit trees have just been transplanted, and it is not easy to hang fruit in the first year or two, even if there is aura in the ground, it can't change this.

Over the years, the abandoned village has gradually stepped into the right track, and the life of the village owner is much better, so naturally he will not take these thirty articles in his eyes.

But now the strong man has nothing in his hands, he is idle and idle, and it is good to earn some money.

Thinking about it this way, many people took a few steps forward and wanted to do the work of scraping peach gum.

"Wait, I haven't finished my words yet, Madame told me before, as long as women, not men."

Immediately, some people were unhappy and shouted strangely: "What's wrong? The man also delayed taking the bamboo plank? Why can't you scrape peach gum? ”

The person who spoke was called Niu Er, and his daughter-in-law twisted his arm, gritted her teeth and said: "The peach gum is all coming out of the bark, you men are working and opening and closing, and there is no count in your hands, what if you hurt the peach tree?" That peach forest produces peach nectar when it blooms in spring, and it can also produce peach gum when it bears fruit in summer. ”

was reprimanded by his daughter-in-law for splitting his head and covering his face, Niu Er was silent and silently took a few steps back.

The women in Zhuangzi took the bamboo planks at home, followed Zhou Zhuangtou, and walked in the direction of the peach forest.

The strong men watched their daughters-in-law follow the head of the village, even if they knew that these people were going to make money, they still felt a little bad in their hearts.

"Isn't it just peach gum? When it's time to pick peaches, we're not allowed to work. ”

"That's it! Look at what makes them angry! ”

Several men muttered in whispers in each other's ears, and they didn't dare to make their voices too loud, for fear that their daughter-in-law would hear it, so they wouldn't let them go to the kang at night.

The women of the peasant families were generally thrifty, because they knew that the abundant life was not easy to come by, and they were very careful when they worked, and the bamboo planks scraped on the bark of the peach tree, and did not hurt the branches at all.

Seeing that everyone was busy, Zhou Zhuangtou looked around with satisfaction, walked out of the peach forest, and returned to his small courtyard.

Wan Shi was busy in the kitchen, heard the movement and hurriedly turned around, and saw Zhou Zhuangtou coming in, she came out with a bowl of big leaf tea, put it in front of the man, held a handkerchief cut out of muslin, and gently wiped the sweat on Zhou Zhuang's head.

"You've been busy all day, drink water and rest."

Putting the strong distress in Wan's eyes into his eyes, Zhou Zhuangtou was like drinking a bowl of hot soup in winter, and the warmth poured all over his body, and he felt how comfortable he was, and he only felt that this daughter-in-law was really well married.