After reading the shop, Lin Yunxuan and Zhao Dalin returned to Gangtou Village together.

When the ox cart passed by a jewelry shop, Lin Yunxuan saw a figure dangling at the door of the shop, and the back seemed a little familiar. She turned her head to look at He Cuifang and Zhao Dalin, the two of them didn't react, one was looking intently at the ox cart driving ahead, and the other was whispering next to him, as if he didn't see the back.

Lin Yunxuan glanced thoughtfully at the jewelry shop, then withdrew her gaze and continued to think about the division of labor.

When the sunset stained the sky red, the three returned to Gangtou Village.

Aunt Zhang had just cleaned up the sweet potato vermicelli hanging in the yard and was about to go home to cook.

"Zhu Ziniang, don't go yet, I have something I want to tell you." He Cuifang jumped out of the ox cart and said to Aunt Zhang with a smile.

"What's the matter?" Huang looked at He Cuifang with a smile.

"Didn't you say last time that Shi Niang wanted to find some work to subsidize the family? We want to ask two more people to do things now, but we want to be trustworthy, you are more familiar with her, do you think she can do it? ”

He Cuifang was not polite to Aunt Zhang, and directly explained her intentions!

"Stone Lady?" Lin Yunxuan looked at Aunt Zhang curiously, she didn't seem to have heard of this person!

"Oh, this stone lady, it's Zhao Chun's daughter-in-law next door to me, she rarely goes out on weekdays, it's normal if you don't recognize her, I see her very diligent in doing things on weekdays, she is a good hand at work, and she doesn't like to break people's mouths. I look good! Aunt Zhang smiled heartily and looked at Lin Yunxuan and explained.

"Okay, since the aunt said yes, then it's good! Go talk to her and see if she's willing, and if so, two days later. The salary is the same as your aunt's, you settle the bill on half a month, 20 yuan a day, take care of a meal, if you don't want to do it, just talk to Aunt Fang a day in advance. Lin Yunxuan said.

Since she earned more money, Lin Yunxuan saw that Aunt Zhang and the others were doing more and more work, so she gave Aunt Zhang and their wages increased. She also plans to pay the same wages to the newly recruited workers this time, without discrimination.

"Girl, this day is twenty yuan, but it's a lot......" Aunt Zhang was slightly surprised after listening to Lin Yunxuan's words. Counting themselves, Lin Yunxuan and they have now hired two and a half workers, and the three sisters and brothers of the jade girl can only be counted as one and a half workers combined, and now they have to continue to hire people, how much does it cost.

"Auntie, you don't have to worry about wages. I want someone to live with, and as long as I can rely on people, I will soon earn back the money I spent. In the future, if my business grows bigger and I earn more, I will also increase everyone's salary. Lin Yunxuan knew what Aunt Zhang was worried about.

"Yes, Zhuzi Niang, Xuan'er's door is very clear, the key is that people are reliable, and everything else is easy to say." He Cuifang said with a smile.

Aunt Zhang nodded and didn't bother with these anymore, thinking that this family is not a person who can't afford to pay the silver now, and he is also a rich master.

Think about the house they are building now, but it will cost hundreds of taels of silver! That's enough to buy two nice houses in town.

Lin Yunxuan saw that the matter of inviting people was almost over, so she went to make dinner, leaving He Cuifang to continue to discuss the details with Aunt Zhang.

The next morning, it was already dawn, and Lin Yunxuan and the others had already started to work, but they hadn't seen the three sisters and brothers of the jade girl coming.

"It's really strange, the jade girls, they have always arrived earlier than me, why haven't they come to this point today, could it be that something happened?" Aunt Zhang muttered while killing fish.

He Cuifang heard it on the side, glanced at the outside of the house worriedly, and said: "Yes, the jade girl has always been very measured, if she didn't plan to come today, she would have told me yesterday, and she didn't say yesterday that she wouldn't come today." ”

"No, I'll take a look, otherwise I won't be sure." Aunt Zhang put down the kitchen knife, washed her hands in the water tank next to her, wiped her hands casually on her apron and walked out.

After the time of the small half pillar of incense, Ting girl ran over in a panic, and as soon as she entered the door, she cried and shouted: "Uncle, aunt, help!" Save my sister! Please, go and save my sister! ”

Zhao Dalin and He Cuifang heard Ting's voice, and hurriedly left the work in their hands and ran to the door.

"Girl Ting, what did you say? What's going on? He Cuifang hugged Ting and asked anxiously.

"Sister, the bad guy wants to arrest my sister, my aunt called me to ......" Ting girl said while crying, although the words were incoherent, but everyone understood, so they hurried to the jade girl's house.

The Yu girl and brother are poor households in the village, so their family also lives in the west of the village, two or three hundred meters away from Zhao Dalin's house, and there are a few scattered families living around, and they live relatively scattered.

Before he reached the door of the jade girl's house, he heard a quarrel mixed with crying and shouting from the courtyard.

Zhao Dalin and the others ran to the door in three steps and two steps to see that the yard was already in a mess.

Aunt Zhang was scuffling with a slightly chubby woman, and her bun was pulled a little loose. And the slightly chubby woman's bun has been torn apart, and her hair is draped over her shoulders. I vaguely heard Aunt Zhang's voice: "The jade girl is from our village, and it is not your turn to call the shots......"

At the door of the hall, a thin black man pulled the left hand of the jade girl with one hand and pulled it out of the door, and slapped Huzi's head with the other hand, Huzi sat on the ground with his head down, holding the man's calves with both hands, and shouted loudly: "Don't take away my sister, don't take my sister..."

The jade girl cried and shouted while holding the door frame of the hall tightly with her right hand: "I won't go, I won't go......"

Zhao Dalin shouted, "Stop!" He quickly stepped forward and grabbed the thin black man's arm from behind. The man didn't expect Zhao Dalin to appear suddenly, his arm was grabbed by Zhao Dalin, and as soon as his hand was released, the jade girl immediately retracted her hand and turned back to hide behind the door of the hall. Huzi looked up and saw Zhao Dalin and them coming, and burst into tears with excitement, only then did he let go of the hands holding the man and stood up from the ground.

He Cuifang also hurriedly stepped forward to help Aunt Zhang take down the fat woman.

The thin black man looked back at the few people who suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and whispered vigilantly, "Who are you?" ”

"That's what we should ask you. dared to abduct a child in broad daylight. Lin Yunxuan looked at the thin black man coldly and said.

"Who said we kidnapped children. We are the uncles and aunts of these children. The fat woman struggled out of Aunt Zhang and He Cuifang's hands and said in her throat.

"I, what kind of uncle and aunt are you?" Aunt Zhang was furious, pointed at the fat woman's nose and scolded: "Are there any uncles and aunts who pushed their nieces into the fire pit?" I think you're human traffickers. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about! Who said we pushed our niece into the fire pit. The fat woman pulled the hair on her forehead back of her head, and said with a stalk around her neck, "We told her about this good family business for the sake of their sister and brother, and we were really kind enough to treat it as a donkey's liver and lungs." ”

Family affairs? Lin Yunxuan and Zhao Dalin looked at each other, which one is this singing?

"What are you guys doing! What are you yelling about here in the morning! Suddenly, a man's voice with hidden anger came from the gate of the courtyard.

Everyone in the courtyard turned their eyes to the gate of the courtyard.

It's Rizheng coming!

It turned out that the jade girl's house was noisy early in the morning, and the villagers who lived nearby secretly ran to ventilate and report to Li Zheng when they saw this. After receiving the news, Li Zheng hurried over.

"Captain, you're just in time, you're here to judge." Aunt Zhang saw that the elder was coming, as if she had seen a savior, and her eyes lit up.

These two people claimed to be the uncle and aunt of the jade girl, and they wanted to marry the jade girl to the landlord Chen of Xitou Village, and said that it was for the good of their sisters and brothers. What kind of uncle and aunt do you think they are? Who doesn't know that the landlord Chen in Xitou Village already has five wives, and they are all almost sixty years old, and half of his body is buried in the loess. The jade girl is only eleven years old, marrying the jade girl, isn't it pushing her into the fire pit, what is that? The more Aunt Zhang spoke, the more angry she became, and she glared at the fat woman and the thin black man fiercely.

"Uncle Lizheng, please call the shots for me." With a plop, the jade girl knelt down in front of Li Zheng.

It turned out that she saw that the chief and Zhao Dalin's family were here in the house, and she knew that the uncle and aunt could not take her away so easily, so she dared to come out.

"I don't want to marry Landlord Chen, Yu'er has hands and feet, she can support herself, and she can also support her younger brothers and sisters, I don't want to marry Landlord Chen." The jade girl cried and said.

"Jade girl, you get up and speak." Li Zheng helped the jade girl up, paused, and said, "You tell us what happened in detail." ”

The jade girl cried while telling a rough story about what happened.

It turned out that the two so-called uncles and aunts were the cousins and sisters-in-law of the jade girl's father. After the death of Jade Girl's parents, they came once, and that time they wanted to take Huzi away, but Huzi refused to go with them, and finally they gave up.

Some time ago, they secretly came to find the jade girl again, saying that they had found a good way for their sister and brother to make a living, as long as the jade girl was willing to marry the Chen landlord of Xitou Village as a concubine, Huzi and Ting girl would be able to live a good life. Although the jade girl didn't know who the landlord Chen was, she knew that being a concubine was not a good thing, so she refused it. The two of them did not give up, and secretly came to find the jade girl twice, and persuaded the jade girl to change her mind.

The jade girl privately asked Aunt Zhang about the matter of the landlord Chen, and after knowing the situation of the landlord Chen, she even more firmly rejected the kindness of the uncle and the aunt. Who would have thought that this uncle and aunt would come to the door before dawn this morning, and wanted to take the jade girl away directly. The jade girl resisted desperately, and Huzi and Ting girl also desperately pulled the two of them to prevent them from taking the jade girl. Just when they brought the jade girl to the gate of the courtyard, they met Aunt Zhang who came to the door.