The second son of the Lu family glanced at Yuan Rui with a complicated expression, his face full of doubts.

"Will the Lu family be so bold?"

"It is said that there should not be so many coincidences in this matter, so some things cannot be guarded against, who is behind the Lu family and what their goals are, we don't know about these, we are afraid that there will be a bigger plan in the future, and it is very passive to deal with it."

Hearing this, everyone was surprised, some big families in Yangzhou and Hangzhou did business at most to pull down relations with bandits, colluding with bandits to rob and kidnap, that is the crime of exterminating the nine clans!

"I want to ask my brother-in-law again, is the Lu family's business related to pirates?"

"It's not to hide it from you, it's true, I don't need to ask the second brother to answer this."

"Little brother, I don't tell lies, the Lu family has never done business related to pirates. Again, I can also tell you that I am also a person in the rivers and lakes, and I have never been a person with mountain bandits. ”

Except for the eldest son, a few members of the Yuan family were surprised, and the second son was from the rivers and lakes?

"I don't want to hide it from you, there was no need to say it before, my second brother is a descendant of Nanjian."

Yuan Rui didn't feel anything, and the fifth uncle was very surprised, and asked repeatedly.

To say that it is also a coincidence, ten years ago, Nanjian traveled around, and when he arrived in Tonghai, he somehow became ill and was bedridden, which happened to be in the Lu family's inn. Lao Lu's shopkeeper was very kind, and he was very pitiful when he looked at a lonely old man, so he directly found a famous doctor in the city for treatment, and it took a whole month to cure Nanjian.

In the process of Nanjian's recuperation, the old shopkeeper was busy with business, and many times it was the second son who delivered food and medicine. Next, Nanjian lived in the Lu family, and in two years, the second son's martial arts were also small. Next, Nanjian took the second son back to the nameless island in the East China Sea for three years, and then took the second son to swim in the rivers and lakes for two years, until Lu Yu was seventeen years old before returning to Tonghai.

"Second brother, think about this matter, what should be done, you take the idea, as long as we don't do anything out of line, I believe there will be no problem, the big deal is just a little money."

The second son nodded, indeed, if others are running for money, he really doesn't have to worry about it.

"Okay, I'll also ask, if there is really news of pirates, I'll see what to do."

After listening to the second son, Yuan Rui's eyes lit up, and he suddenly had a new idea, and now he is worried.

"Second brother, now is the right time, Zhuangzi like us really needs some Tuan Ding to protect the village, can you help us train it, and the bandits can also deal with it when they come."

"There is a possibility that the pirates are coming, I have also heard in Beijing, in recent years, there have been more and more pirates, and there has been no particularly good way for them to go to the court, and the people along the coast have suffered a lot of crimes, and the looted property is light, and many of them have been killed."

"Little brother's idea is not wrong, prepare in advance, just in case, it is always right."

"If that's the case, no problem, I'll find two people in a few days. The county town should also make preparations in advance, especially those nursing homes at home, it is really necessary to strengthen it, otherwise when the bandits really come, they will be decorations and useless. ”

"Fifth uncle, eldest brother, I think that like our Jijiazhuang, we must first build a team to protect the village, not to mention more, hundreds of people want it. Those few village doors also have to be repaired well, and they will fall apart if they hit it casually. ”

"We have, there are only a few dozen people, young and old, just to guard against thieves, if you really want to encounter pirates, it will definitely not work. I'll go to the patriarch tomorrow and think about what to do. ”

The few people discussed for a while before they rested.

On the afternoon of the next day, the fifth uncle's family, the eldest brother's family, and the Lu family's whole family, one or twenty people rushed directly into the gate of Yuan Rui's house, and the fifth uncle's statement was that he heard that Yuan Rui's food was very fragrant.

Yuan Rui didn't believe what the fifth uncle said, this was an excuse, they hadn't eaten anything, how could they come to their house for a meal, the most likely thing was that there were other things.

However, Yuan Rui didn't want to promise anything, since he was here to eat, regardless of the others, he would fill the appetite of these people first.

First of all, barbecue eggplant is a must, grilled fish and duck are also good, sour radish skin plus cucumber this season is just right, very refreshing, effectively solve the greasy barbecue. Coupled with more than a dozen big dishes made by Aunt Wang and Xiaohe, the big table in the courtyard was full. Because they are not outsiders, Yuan Rui directly put together two tables in the courtyard, like a buffet table in later generations.

Sure enough, everyone else was attracted by the barbecue, if Yuan Rui hadn't prepared for it, roasted three ducks, a dozen fish, and dozens of eggplants, it would really not be enough for everyone to eat.

"No matter how you look at it, your approach is like the method of the Hu people outside the Guanwai." The eldest prince is a little strange.

"No, no, brother, this is not the way of the Hu people, a bit like the Shu people, and a little bit like it."

"Brother-in-law, if you really want to say where it is, I can't say it, I saw so many vegetables in the vegetable garden a few days ago, and I didn't want to stew and eat them, so I thought about roasting them directly, who knew that it tasted good, so I did it, and tried it out randomly, how can I be so exquisite."

"Also, you taste these vegetables, I also cooked them in a direct way, and see how they taste."

At first, everyone's attention was on the barbecue, and they didn't notice the stir-fry, only then did they see that there were still a few servings of greens, cucumbers, and radish skins on the plate.

When they tried it again, they were even more amazed, and they did it casually, it tasted so much better, why didn't they think of doing it before?

Yuan Rui just smiled and directly pushed Xiaohe out, and Xiaohe was very embarrassed.

On the second day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Yuan Rui rarely got up late, it wasn't for Wang Xiaohe calling him, he didn't want to get up, he really slept late yesterday, this is a real festival for Yuan Rui in Daxia.

Last night, after a sumptuous dinner, Yuan Rui did not feel the slightest sleepiness, sitting at the stone table in the courtyard, blowing the gentle breeze, enjoying the cool spring, Yuan Rui indulged in this beautiful Jiangnan water town.

Wang Xiaohe came in with toiletry water, and it was time to rest as usual, but today, Yuan Rui didn't want to go to bed so early, so he asked Wang Xiaohe to sit down and chat with him. Wang Xiaohe smiled, agreed, turned around and ran to the front yard to get some food, including zongzi, cucumbers, and small radish.

"Xiaohe, do you know, I have always wanted to get ahead, I don't want to stay in the township to be a farmer, I study hard, diligent, hardworking, I strive for the first place every time, finally one day I see the outside world, high-rise buildings, bright lights, I stand in a tall building, I can see the scenery far away......"

Yuan Rui slept on the recliner and whispered softly, although he also drank a little wine tonight, this little wine was not enough to make him drunk, this was a rare opportunity to relax, he was drunk with his current life.

However, when I returned to that moldy room, doing repetitive work every day, with smiling faces, and not knowing what I was busy with, I realized that it was not the life I wanted. What I want is to have my own house in a beautiful place, with paddy fields and vegetable gardens on the side, fruit trees in the front and back yards, and I can go fishing in the river behind me in my spare time......"

Yuan Rui grew up in the countryside, and poverty and poverty accompanied him throughout his childhood and school life, even if he later worked and had a stable income, he still lacked that sense of security, and he found that no matter how hard he tried, it was difficult to integrate into the environment around him. He is not without ambition, he also wants to make a career, but the reality is cruel, he knows that maybe one day, there will be his own space, but the premise requires him to have enough patience.

Wang Xiaohe looked at him with a smile like this, with a gentle light in his eyes, and quietly listened to him say every word, as if every word had been memorized, and it seemed that it didn't matter what Yuan Rui said, it was all what she liked.

The soft whisper gradually turned into mumble, and finally into the sound of heavy breathing, and Wang Xiaohe had already fallen asleep.

In the next few days, Yuan Rui was a leisurely little rich man, followed by a beautiful little maid, wandering around, giving the outside the feeling that a young talent had transformed into a gentleman.

In the past few days, there have been a few small things in Tonghai, Shuyang and Yangzhou that don't seem so big!