Wen Yi was escorted by her uncle to Zhuangzi on the side of the mountain, and stayed in the backyard of a wealthy family.

It is said that it is a solid family, but in fact, it is just a slightly richer peasant household on the village, and the two courtyards before and after are all earthen wall tile houses, six or seven rooms, and there are fourteen or fifteen people, respectively, an old couple with two sons, as well as daughters-in-law, grandchildren, etc., plus a little daughter. Because the Nie family temporarily rented his house and promised a lot of money, the old couple hurriedly instructed their daughters-in-law to clean up the house, so they took the whole family to the house of relatives and friends in the same village to borrow it.

The Nie family brought eight or nine young men on this trip, and there was also a girl and a girl. This Ah Ying is a clever and capable person, and soon cleaned up the main room in the backyard, welcomed Wen Yi into the house to rest, fetched water and waited for the clean face, and immediately ran to the kitchen to boil water to make tea, and took advantage of the gap between waiting for the water to boil, and went outside to find two peasant women from the village, gave a string of money, and asked them to help prepare dinner and wine.

Wen Yi looked at it coldly, nodded secretly, thinking that in her home, there was no capable helper, and Mama Zhao was so old, and she always had to work hard to do the rough work of laundry and sweeping, so she was a little gloomy. She thought in her heart, when she got home, would she ask if there was any money left at home, if not, she would save the cost of making new clothes in the autumn, or do some needlework by herself and secretly ask Mama Zhao to take it out and sell it, but if she can get three or four taels of silver and buy a rough girl who is older and has a little strength, Mama can also save more, and she doesn't have to rely on Aunt Zhang for everything.

Just thinking about it, Ah Ying came in and said that the old man had invited Miss Cousin to the main room to talk. Wen Yi hurriedly sorted out her appearance and followed Ah Ying over.

The nephew and uncle recounted their separation and cried again. Speaking of what happened in the past few years, Wen Yi couldn't remember everything, and she didn't want her uncle to worry, so she just picked up some innocuous things and talked about them. But Nie Jiachang lived to be in his forties, and he saw the world with his father in office, even if Wen Yi is a human being in two lives, she is just a young girl's family, where can she hide it, in less than half an hour, he asked his uncle to try it out, and he was so angry that he rushed to the crown: "The Gu family is a century-old family, and it has a good reputation outside, but I didn't expect it to be so unbearable!" A widow and a weak woman have no man to rely on, isn't it the one who takes care of his family?! How much effort does it take to protect some?! Pity my niece's daughter is also of Gu blood, but she has been bullied so far! They think my uncle is dead?! Speaking of this, looking at Wen Yi, he only felt full of pity: "It's all because my uncle is not good, no matter how angry you are, I shouldn't leave you alone, you have suffered so much over the years, all because no one supports you." ”

Wen Yi shook her head with tears in her eyes: "No wonder uncle, it turned out that my grandmother was a little stubborn, and she had always been tough outside, even if she knew that she was at a loss, she refused to bow her head first." My uncle has sent people to see my nephew's daughter all these years, and my niece's daughter knows it well and has already come to ask my uncle for peace. It's just that the filial piety was guarded before, and the rules in the clan were strict, and the girl's family couldn't go out easily, so it would be delayed until today, and it was thanks to the blessing of the uncle's birthday that the niece's daughter could come out. ”

Nie Jiachang snorted coldly: "What about strict rules?" The Gu family thinks that if the rules are stricter, it is decent for the Wang family? ! If the heart is not right, no matter how many gifts you have, it will be empty! Looking at Wen Yi, his gaze softened a little more: "You kid didn't get stained with those sour and rotten gases, he really knew etiquette." ”

Wen Yi's face flushed, but she lowered her head and didn't dare to say anything. If she hadn't been reborn and hadn't thought about coming to see her uncle, where would she be a person who knows etiquette? Fang Cai's words are also mostly untrue, and her uncle praised her so much, but made her ashamed: "My nephew's daughter...... I don't deserve my uncle's praise......"

Nie Jiachang waved his hand and looked at Wen Yi, only thinking that he saw his sister's docile, cute and shy appearance when she was a child, and his heart was a little sour, but also a little relieved: "I haven't seen you for a few years, you have grown taller and more like you, but you are more and more like your mother." That year, my uncle went to study in Cannes, your mother was about this age, bowed her head, shed tears, pulled your uncle's sleeve and told your uncle not to go, and my uncle persuaded her for a long time before she coaxed her, and when she went home at the end of the year, she would slap me every day, obviously so old, and still like a child......"

Wen Yi's nose was sour, and she cried with him again.

After a while, Ah Ying asked outside the door when the wine and food would be served, Nie Jiachang hurriedly wiped away her tears, ordered her to serve the food, and instructed that there was no need to serve wine, and even the people below would not drink much, so as not to make a mistake in the middle of the night or delay the trip tomorrow morning. Ah Ying answered one by one, but in a moment, she took the two little girls and brought the prepared meals.

What was sent was four dishes and one soup, fresh mushroom chicken slices, gourd strips fried shredded pork, small fish and dried eggplant, stir-fried cabbage, plus an egg soup, which was not sumptuous, but they were all materials that could be found in the village, because they were fresh, they smelled fragrant, and made people appetite.

The two little girls are eight or nine years old, their hair and clothes are neatly tied, they should be the children of the village, and they have an innocent and simple smile, plus a little curiosity, two pairs of eyes are looking at Wen Yi, one of them is looking at the beaded flowers on her head with some envy, and the other is staring at her embroidered skirt feet.

Sakura glared at them and quietly made a gesture to signal them to go out. The two girls were reluctant, begging her with their eyes, she had a headache, pursed her lips and pulled the sleeves of the two children and pulled them out. Soon, there was a little girl's cheerful laughter outside, and the footsteps went out of the door, and the obedient head seemed to have a good-looking head flower, and then it was Ah Ying who greeted the family members at the second gate and conveyed the owner's instructions.

Wen Yi said with a smile: "The girl in my uncle's family is really capable, only one person can top three or four other people's families." Nie Jiachang raised his eyebrows: "That's right, this is what your aunt specially picked for your sister, but it's a pity that she is a little old, and she will have to match someone in a few years, otherwise ......" Suddenly realized that he was speechless, and he was busy.

Wen Yi was thinking, no wonder this girl is capable, it turned out that her aunt chose her cousin, she is really a mother's heart, if her mother is alive, will she also love herself so much? Thinking about it like this, it is sad in my heart.

Nie Jiachang suddenly had an idea, thought about it, and felt that it was better to discuss it with his wife, so he beckoned his nephew and daughter to eat first.

Wen Yi was already tired for a day, and when she saw her uncle again, she let go of half of the important things in her heart, so this meal was extraordinarily delicious. After eating, Ah Ying came up and removed the dishes and chopsticks, and brought hot tea, and the nephews and uncles began to gossip again.

Wen Yi remembered the young robber, so she told her uncle and asked, "Has your uncle ever seen him?" Is it really the big cousin's little girl? ”

Nie Jiachang snorted coldly: "He's not lying. He has been working with your eldest cousin since he was eight or nine years old, and he has been working hard for three or four years, and I saw that he was stupid and honest, and your aunt and I were planning to give him a salary after the New Year, and then ask him to accompany your eldest cousin to the academy, if you can recognize a few words, your eldest cousin will also have a helper in the future. Unexpectedly, last month, he said that his mother was seriously ill and had to go home to serve the sick. Our family didn't stop people from doing their filial piety, so they let him go, and they didn't even ask for the price, so they rewarded him directly. Unexpectedly, after only a few days, he left his sick wife alone and ran out to rob the road! And robbed my own niece! What a white-eyed wolf! ”

Seeing that he was angry, Wen Yi hurriedly stepped forward to pour tea for him, and persuaded him a few words before he said: "I listened to the meaning of his words, which was that his mother's illness urgently needed money to grab medicine, but he had no money, so he was instigated to do something wrong, but fortunately, he was restrained the first time and did not cause evil." He was confused for the sake of his mother, and he had the idea of changing his ways, uncle...... Just spare him......"

Nie Jiachang sighed: "You kid, who is not good at learning, you are as soft-hearted as your mother!" You only said that bastard was pitiful, but you didn't think that if you hadn't met a good person to save you, you would be more pitiful than him! ”

Wen Yi lowered his head and didn't speak, Nie Jiachang saw her like this, so he had to sigh: "That's it, in the end, I have grown so big in front of me, and if I send it to the government like this, I will only lose my life, and in the end, his family will have no way to live, so I will accumulate virtue." He called a housekeeper and ordered him to tell the two benefactors that the robbers were the mountain people in the vicinity, and if they had not lied and had the heart to change their ways, they would be left to the disposal of the two sons, but he also told the housekeeper to tell the little man that after he returned to the city, he would report to the governor that there were bandits in the governor's mansion, and if they dared to come out to rob the road again, they would be caught by the government and would definitely die, even if he begged his old master to take care of his family, he should not be. He also ordered the official family to give the little guy a penny and told him not to come to the door again.

Wen Yi watched the housekeeper take the order and left, and looked at Nie Jiachang with some apprehension: "Uncle......" Nie Jiachang smiled: "Uncle is not just for you, your eldest cousin has always been sick and calamito over the years, and he insists on going out to study, where can his body get better?" Your aunt and I only wish him peace and well-being, and donate a lot of money and materials to the temple every year, this time it is just a good deed! ”

Wen Yi was a little relieved at this time, thought of the two benefactors again, and said with a smile: "Liu Gongzi and Luo Gongzi are both good people, if it weren't for them, my nephew's daughter would have suffered this time." That Liu Gongzi is still a person from Heng'an, and he is still close to the Gu family. ”

Speaking of the two teenagers, Nie Jiachang was also full of gratitude: "Really? Then we need to prepare a thank-you gift. Speaking of which, they were classmates with your eldest cousin, but your eldest cousin didn't return to Cannes after the New Year, so they cut off contact, but I remember that it's still far from the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they should be taking classes at the academy, so why did they come here? ”

Nie Jiachang wondered why Liu Luo and the others left the academy in their studies, and was thinking about whether to invite them home as guests the next morning, firstly to thank them, and secondly, to let his son know some things in the academy and relieve him of boredom, but he didn't expect that after dawn, both of them had already left Zhuangzi, taking the three robbers with them, and they didn't know where to go. When asked about the family and the farmer, they all said that they did not know when they left, but there was a farmer who lived on the edge of the village, and the old man was used to getting up early, and he once saw a few figures going to the other side of the mountain at dawn.

Nie Jiachang had no choice but to sigh and order his subordinates to pack up their things and prepare to return to the city.

Wen Yi got up early and learned that the two teenagers did not say goodbye, so she was stunned and sat by the window in a daze. She had already discovered that the black-clothed young man who claimed to be Liu Guanhai had the intention of hiding his origin from her, but what was this for? There are many children in the Liu family, and she is just a side branch daughter in the Gu clan, one of the in-laws of the Liu family, and she has never had anything to do with the Liu family, so what's the point of him acting like that? !

Ah Ying came in with a tray and said softly: "Miss Cousin, the master ordered the slave maid to bring you breakfast, you can use some, in half an hour, it will be time to leave." ”

Wen Yi woke up and hurriedly thanked her: "Sister has worked hard. ”

Ah Ying's face was full of smiles: "I don't dare to take this seriously." Miss Cousin has killed the slave maid. ”

Wen Yi sat at the table and looked at the breakfast she served, which was a bowl of millet porridge, two small and fluffy white flour steamed buns, and two small plates of pickles. She took a few bites and was a little moved: "This is a sauce made from dried fish?" Did my sister do it? Are you using all the things that are on the bank? ”

Ah Ying said with a smile: "The porridge is boiled by the slaves, the dim sum is made by the aunts in the village, and this pickle is also made by them themselves." If Miss Cousin likes it, she can buy a jar and take it home. ”

Wen Yi didn't have this idea, but just asked: "This is on the side of the mountain, how can there be dried fish?" It doesn't have the fishy smell that other dried fish often brings. ”

"I heard that it was a small fish caught in the lake on the mountain, one was only as long as a finger, because it was too small and there was no meat, so it was fried and made into a snack, and there were not many people who used it to make sauce."

Wen Yi's heart moved, and she hurriedly asked about some of the products in the village, but Ah Ying was not a local and her knowledge was limited, so she could only bow her head to eat in the end, and then pack up her things, and when she heard that Ah Ying was invited, she went out and got in the car.

Stepping on the car board, she took advantage of the turn to glance into the distance. When I came last night, it was already dark, so I couldn't see clearly, but now I found that this Zhuangzi is not very big, but it covers a wide area, separated from Taiping Mountain by a road, and there are thirty or forty families scattered around it. In the distance is a golden rice field, about half the size of Guzhuang. Across the mountain road, on the opposite slope is a gentle slope, and the originally dense forest has been cut to pieces, revealing yellow-brown earth.

"Kid, what are you looking at? We're leaving. Nie Jiachang urged, Wen Yi hurriedly answered, retracted his gaze, walked into the car and sat down, but his heart was open......

In my previous life, when I was observing filial piety, I seemed to have heard that there was a rich man from outside, who bought a large soil slope in the northwest of Taiping Mountain at a low price after the civil unrest, and reclaimed a hundred hectares of fertile land and a large fruit forest. There are still people in the Gu clan who have made up their minds, but because the place is far away and not cheap, forget it.

Could that outsider buy the mountains in this area? Speaking of which, it's very close to my uncle's house, but I don't know how much these lands are worth now......