"Li Quan has seen General Wang."

Without waiting for the man to speak, Li Quan, the housekeeper of the Li Governor's house, took the lead in opening his mouth.

"Steward Li, this is...?"

"My adult's niece is in this village, and I heard that there were bandits in front of her, and my lord and lady were not at ease, so they sent me to the village to see Miss Cousin."

"Lord Li's niece lives here?"

It seemed that these words were just repeated, but when he said this, the man's inquiring eyes looked at the village chief Wu Tangzhi.

"Yes, my lord. Miss Guo has been in our village for more than half a month, and she lives in the courtyard not far from the village. With that, he also stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the Xiao family's courtyard.

While the few people were talking, Chen Lianhua had already met the five mothers who were carrying the basket down the mountain.

"Sister Guo, hurry up and go back to the village, someone came to the village to look for you, saying that they are from Qingyang Mansion."

"Qingyang Mansion?"

Guo Xiaoxiao muttered suspiciously, and then responded: "Hey, I'm going back, thank you, sister-in-law." ”

Several people hurried to the village, Guo Xiaoxiao saw the person from afar, and knew in his heart.

But looking at the bags of things, he asked in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, why are there so many bags?" ”

"Well, don't mention it. Oh, the tall one standing over there, the one who collects grain, most of these are rations hidden by the villagers. If they are all taken away, how will the people in the village live..."

Hearing this, Guo Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered the half bag of grain he had put at home, and immediately looked for it in those bags.

After a while, Guo Xiao narrowed his eyes and walked towards Wu Tangzhi, "Uncle Village Chief, I heard my sister-in-law say that someone is looking for me, do you know who is looking for me?" ”

"The daughter-in-law of the Xiao family, it's Steward Li of Lord Li's family in Qingyang Mansion looking for you." As he spoke, he looked at the two who were still talking.

Guo smiled and said, "Thank you, uncle." ”

Li Quan, who had been paying attention to the movement, talked to General Wang for a while, then turned to Guo Xiaoxiao and arched his hand: "Miss Biao, the old lady sent you something to come." ”

"Well, I'm sorry for you."

"It's not a good thing."

"Let's go."

"Hey."

Looking at Li Quan, who was driving the carriage and leaving behind Guo Xiaoxiao, General Wang thought for a while, and then walked to the ox cart, "Half of the grain is left." Also, can you find food from the yard over there? ”

Glancing at the direction of General Wang's finger, several men looked at each other.

Without waiting for General Wang to ask again, a man responded, "My subordinates found a small half bag of black noodles and two catties of brown rice there." ”

"That's all?"

"That's all. That one didn't even have a cellar. ”

Belch...

As soon as these words came out, General Wang was taken aback.

Who in this peasant family doesn't have a cellar?

Just a small half bag of black noodles?

Just now, he could see that the woman was accompanied by four dolls, and the village chief also called her "the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family"...

The niece of this dignified prefect's family actually married a widower and became a stepmother for several dolls?

This seems to be a bit incompatible with the character of that Governor Li...

After thinking for a while, the man looked at the direction of Guo Xiaoxiao's departure suspiciously again, and said: "The grain in this village is calculated according to the outside price, and it must be calculated clearly for the general, and it can't be missing!" ”

When the three of them heard this, they were a little confused for a while.

Recently, I went to the village to "collect grain", although I gave money, but only half of it was given.

Seeing the man looking at them with a straight face, the three of them didn't dare to ask, so they hurriedly responded, and then turned around and got busy...

Half an hour later.

Wu Tangzhi looked at the silver money stuffed in his hand, and felt a little panicked in his heart, and wanted to ask, but before he could say anything, he saw a group of people pulling food and leaving.

Seeing this, the villagers also became uneasy.

The style of painting is so weird that they are a little overwhelmed.

Until Li Quan drove the carriage away, Wu Tang looked thoughtfully at the direction he left, and then turned his head to look at the Xiao family...

Xiao family.

Guo Xiaoxiao looked at the grain that was sent back untouched, and saw the broken silver on the table, and she couldn't cry or laugh.

She knew that it must be because of the appearance of Steward Li, otherwise the food would not have been returned, let alone the silver.

"Ziqing Ziyang, move these to the stove room, and the stepmother will make food for you in a while."

"Ziqing, come and help the stepmother move these into the house."

"Okay."

Li Quan didn't send much, twenty catties of white flour, ten catties of millet, five catties of meat, and a large piece of plate oil, plus two catties of coarse salt.

However, when he was leaving, he carried a few children on his back, took out a few silver tickets from his sleeve pocket and handed them to Guo Xiaoxiao, "Miss Cousin, Madame instructed that wealth should not be exposed, and it is the best policy to take care of yourself." ”

"Hmm. Uncle Li, thank you uncle and aunt for me. ”

"Miss Table, if those who collect grain come again, give them food or something, and write down the appearance of the person. The person surnamed Wang who came today, although he is a deputy general, his identity is not bad. ”

Hearing this, Guo smiled and smiled happily, and nodded obediently: "Okay, thank you Uncle Li." ”

"Hey, let's go. Remember to send a message if you have something. ”

"Okay, Uncle Li is slower all the way."

"Gotcha."

Seeing Li Quanyuan go, Guo Xiaoxiao looked at the sky, turned around and entered the stove room with a low laugh.

picked up the large piece of oil and cut it into small pieces, and then spoke: "Ziqing, come and help light the fire." ”

"Hey, here we are."

"Ziyang, wash two radish. Ziqing sorted out the green onions and peppers. ”

"Okay."

Seeing that her brothers and sisters were all arranged by Guo Xiaoxiao, the little girl stood at the door of the stove room, poked her little head and asked, "Mother, what is the fourth child doing?" ”

"Little four, Xiao Si is responsible for watching his brothers and sisters do things, and they are not allowed to be lazy, okay?"

"Humph! Mother's deception. The fourth child is already four years old, not a three-year-old doll, and the fourth child can also help his mother do things. With that, he turned around and walked to his sister, squatted beside her and carefully sorted out the green onions.

Guo Xiaoxiao ignored the little girl's angry expression, but used a shovel to turn over the raw oil cubes in the pot while cutting the meat.

Slowly, Bai Shengsheng was replaced by a yellowish color, and the smell of meat wafted in the stove room.

Xiao Ziyang brought in the washed radishes, peppers and green onions, "Stepmother, you look at the pot, I'll cut the radish." ”

"Okay, slow down."

"Uh-huh."

Seeing that there was more and more oil in the pot, Guo Xiaoxiao took out a crockpot and began to hold the oil.

Putting the oil residue into a large bowl, Guo Xiaoxiao directly scooped a scoop of water and poured it into the pot, put in two slices of ginger, and poured the cut radish into the pot, and then said: "Ziqing, look at the fire." ”

"Uh-huh."

"Stepmother, the peppers and green onions are also cut."

"Okay, thank you Ziyang."

Xiao Ziyang blushed and said "no thanks", and then sensibly walked out of the stove room with his two younger sisters.

Under the eaves, Xiao Ziyang looked at his two younger sisters seriously and said: "Sister, the stepmother is very good, we have to be obedient, we can't be greedy, we have to help the stepmother do things." ”

"Big brother, I know."

"Well, my mother is very good, and the fourth child also has to help my mother do things."