"I came, and I borrowed five taels of silver, and I asked him to write an IOU and press his handprint before leaving!" Gu Qing handed the IOU to Zhang.

Zhang's anger almost threw away the children in his hand: "Meng'er, it's not that the third aunt said you, for your sake, I went back to my mother's house under the sun yesterday, and I went to inquire clearly, and when I came back, I told me not to deal with Sui Ran anymore, why didn't you listen?" ”

Gu Meng lowered his head and kept silent.

Zhang's anger is not in one place, but after all, it is not her own biological child, and she can't say too much, she has to let Song come back and deal with it herself.

After a while, Old Lady Gu, Old Man Gu, and the Song family and others all came back.

It's time to come back for breakfast after a busy day.

Zhang took the IOU to Song, and Gu Qing told the ins and outs of the matter on the side.

As soon as Song heard this, he raised his hand and was about to give Gu Meng a slap in the face, but Gu Qing caught him.

Gu Qing always felt that things were not so simple.

"Meng'er, tell me the truth, how did you fall in love with Sui Ran, is it because he is good-looking?"

Gu Meng shook his head, "A month ago, I came back from a trip to the cattle farm, and on the way I met a few people from other villages teasing me...... It was Sui Ran who appeared in time to save me......"

"Wait!" Gu Qing was tired of hearing it: "As the county lord's own cousin, it is impossible for such a short-sighted person from another village to dare to tease you, and when you came back from the cattle farm, shouldn't Sui Ran have already gone home from school?" ”

As soon as Gu Qing said this, Mrs. Gu immediately understood: "Okay, he's a powerful little offspring, and he actually calculated on the head of the old lady!" ”

Song pointed at Gu Meng's nose and scolded, "Say quickly, apart from these things, there is nothing else?" ”

"Another time, I passed by the lotus pond, and somehow, I fell into it, and it was Sui Ran who pulled me up......"

"What?" Song grabbed Gu Meng's arm: "Have you two ever avoided suspicion?" ”

"Avoiding suspicion? How to avoid it? Mrs. Gu sneered: "Fortunately, the initiative is in our hands, as long as we don't agree, he can't turn the sky upside down, and he wants to stick to our Gu family with this means, he is dreaming!" ”

The old lady looked at Gu Qing and continued: "Qing'er, this matter still depends on you, you let Meng'er send Meng'er to work in Fucheng, as long as Meng'er is sent away, I don't believe that he can still come to the door." ”

"Yes, that's it!" Zhang Shile said: "Tomorrow, I will take this IOU to Sui Ran and his mother to ask for silver!" ”

Gu Qing glanced at Gu Meng, this cousin is usually boring and talks little, she is commonly known as an honest person.

Such people are often the most likely to be preyed.

The love she thought was just a bait given by others, and if this matter was not dealt with in time, she was afraid that it would ruin Gu Meng.

"Meng'er, you come out for a while, let's talk to the two sisters alone!"

Gu Qing walked in front, Gu Meng followed, and the two went all the way to the pavilion in the lotus pond on the side.

"Come and sit!" Gu Qing patted the vacant seat next to him: "Don't be afraid, I am your sister, and I will only stand on your side unconditionally." If you think about it, if he calculated on you these two times, do you still like him? Even if he's just using you as a cash cow. ”

"I, I don't know." Gu Meng shook his head and muttered: "On the first day he went to the academy to study, he didn't have rice paper, I lent it to him, how could he calculate me like this......"

Gu Qing patted her on the shoulder and comforted: "It's right that you are kind, what is wrong is that you meet someone who is not worthy, okay, don't think so much, you go back and pack your luggage, I will ask Xia Zhu to send you to Fucheng tomorrow, and when you open your eyes in Fucheng, many things will naturally be put down." You're still young, you're only a teenager, don't ruin your entire youth just because of a rat droppings. ”

"Eldest sister......" Gu Meng's eyes were red, "I'm sorry for you!" ”

"What nonsense? We have nothing to lose, so why are we sorry? Gu Qing said: "This is just a little episode of your adolescence, it's not a big deal, you are the cousin of the county lord of Rongchang." Can't you bear this little thing? ”

"Okay, it's weird that the sun is rising, so let's go back."

Sending Gu Meng home, Gu Qing took Xia Zhu and walked back. After just one day of exposure, the water in the rice fields has dried up completely, and the surface has begun to crack.

In the afternoon, Li was hula up the mountain with a large group of people.

In addition to labor, the women of the village also volunteered to go up the mountain to help, digging a ditch and not having so many tools, so they surveyed in advance where there were big stones, and then used the methods of the previous night to blow the stones away and remove them.

Even the children are enthusiastic, collecting firewood and water, and the progress of the work is much faster.

After two days and one night, and half a day, the laborers went from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain.

A half-meter-wide cement ditch stretches from the mountains to the fields, crisscrossing to the rice paddies of every house.

Li is leading people up the mountain, the beginning of the ditch is still a slap away from the location of the water source, and the most critical hoe is naturally handed over to Gu Qing, with a solemn and solemn sense of ceremony.

Gu Qing raised his hoe and dug it down fiercely in the midst of all the attention.

The soil was so soft that it didn't take much effort for the gap to be opened, and the rapids poured out of the ground and rushed down the ditch down the mountain.

The children cheered and followed the current down the mountain, where the people could run through the water, and in a short time the water flowed to the foot of the mountain.

Countless croppers are looking forward to it.

The spring shimmered in the blazing sun.

Like a silver dragon.

Like hope spewing out and rolling in.

Obviously it was only a half-meter-wide ditch, which was inexplicably magnified, and it looked like the sea was rolling and huge waves were coming.

The eyes of the old people in the village were red, and tears trembled and fell.

"There's really water!"

"The water is coming!"

"The rice is saved!"

"No one will starve to death!"

The water flowed into the rice field on the edge of the ditch, and the cracked loess opened its mouth to swallow all the water, and the dry field frantically absorbed the water, and the water flowed into the rice field, and instantly sank into the cracked mouth, and then there was a steady stream of water.

The shriveled ears of rice seemed to be infused with hope, swaying in the scorching sun and the summer breeze.

The farmer who stood on the ridge wept bitterly with joy.

There was a fool who couldn't dig a ditch, and while everyone was not paying attention, he dug a gap in his own ridge, and the water instantly flowed into his own rice field.

Someone saw this scene, but at this exciting moment, no one wanted to be the first to come out and deal with this kind of scoundrel, and besides, there was still a labor force in that person's family...... In the same village, everyone doesn't want to make things too ugly.

Just when everyone was rejoicing, a discordant voice rang out.

"! Why is there really water flowing down! ”

When the villagers turned around, they saw that several people from Zhangjia Village had blended into the crowd at some point, and a man had spit into the ditch.

This time, it can be regarded as a public outrage.

(End of chapter)