Chapter 204: Pessimism

"The ancestral inheritance is the most important thing."

Li Zhiping looked like he hated iron but not steel, and said coldly to Lin Yi: "In front of the interests of the family, anything can be sacrificed, Lin Lao is also a generation of Lin family heroes, he must think so, if you use the Lin family's family resources to save Lin Lao and ignore the interests of the family, do you think Lin Lao will be happy?" ”

Lin Yi's eyes did not change in the slightest, he raised his head with a flat expression, and looked at Li Zhiping without fear:

"This is my Lin family's business, so I won't bother with the head of the Li family."

After a pause, he said again: "And I, Lin someone, do things, I have always only asked for a clear conscience, not for anything else, if the head of the Li family is not used to it, then out of sight is pure." ”

With that, he turned around directly.

"That's all I have to say, farewell!"

After the words fell, without waiting for everyone to respond, he took a step without hesitation and left the restaurant.

"Humph!"

After Lin Yi left, Li Zhiping snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: "The old man kindly warned him not to be rash, as the head of the family, everything should be the family first, but he was so bent on doing his own thing, and he didn't take the old man's words to heart at all." ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately relieved: "The head of the Li family is angry, this Lin Yi doesn't know what to do, and when he is in trouble, he will naturally know how good the head of the Li family is." ”

"At that time, he will definitely wake up and admit his mistake to the head of the Li family."

"Alas, if it weren't for such a big mess in the Lin family, and the people of his father's generation were almost dead, how could the Lin family be reduced to the point where this kind of person who has no overall view and can only do things will be the head of the family?"

"It's really embarrassing that the former Taihe first family has fallen to this."

"Lin Jia. Alas."

At this time, Li Zhiping suddenly turned his head and looked at Zhao Dafu on the side.

"Zhao Yuanwai, this Lin Yi is so reckless, without the demeanor and quality of a child of the family, according to the bottom of the look, this son is definitely not a good match, if he marries him, sooner or later he will cause trouble, for the long-term plan of the family, we still have to discipline our children more, what do you think?"

Zhao Yuanwai groaned for a moment, and then sighed inexplicably.

"The head of the Li family is reasonable, but the marriage between Yu'er and the head of the Lin family was decided by the father before his death, and now it is more than half a hundred, but there is only one daughter under her knees, Yu'er, and she is extremely strong, since she has identified the head of the Lin family, she really can't interfere in the next, so she can only let her go."

Hearing this, a subtle look quietly flashed in Li Zhiping's eyes.

"Then Zhao Yuanwai, you are going to do it."

"I'm going to go to the Lin family and persuade the Lin family master."

Zhao Dafu shook his head and said helplessly: "If the head of the Lin family doesn't listen to the good words and persuasion of the subordinates, then the subordinates have no choice but to go with the flow." ”

Although the backers behind the Zhao family are somewhat capable, the Zhao family is essentially an emerging merchant family, with an average background, and does not have as many rules and regulations as the family, and the concept of the supremacy of family interests is not very strong.

Therefore, Zhao Dafu's situation is still fundamentally different from Li Zhiping's.

Hearing Zhao Dafu say this, Li Zhiping was silent for a moment, and then arched his hand at him.

In the next few days, Taihe County became more and more restless.

As the county magistrate of Taihe County, Li Yongcheng officially issued a notice to relocate more than 400 households to settle in villages near Montenegro, that is, to become the people of Taihe County.

As for the specific candidates, the government will carefully check the household registers of Taihe County, investigate the living and property conditions of each household, and then make a judgment based on their comprehensive situation, and determine the people who should go to the villages near Montenegro to settle down.

The local heroes of Taihe County have shown their "sincerity" to support Li Yongcheng's decision to relocate the people to Montenegro to make up for the food shortage.

Immediately afterwards, there was news among the people that if they did not want to move to Montenegro to settle down, they would have to provide some money and food for the people who went to settle in Montenegro.

And those people who have nothing, who really can't get anything, can only close their eyes and wait for the unknown fate that is coming.

At this time, it was in Heishi Village, which was dozens of miles away from Taihe County.

"I'm talking about Daddy Bao'er."

A tall man stood at the door of a dilapidated farmstead, squinting at a one-armed farmer with a slightly rickety figure and only one hand not far away.

"Why are you so stubborn? I said it, as long as you promise to marry Bao'er to me as a concubine, I will help your family with this mutual aid fund, ensuring that you and my future uncle do not have to go to the ghost place in Montenegro to suffer, and in the future, I will send some rice noodles to your family during the New Year's holidays, so as to be filial to your old man. ”

"You also know that in our countryside, a dozen catties of rice can beg for a wife, and I am giving money and rice noodles, and this transaction is already worth it! Let me tell you, just me, Pan, someone is righteous, emotional, and willing to give this price, if it is another family, let alone mutual aid, they can take out dozens of catties of white flour, and my Pan Fugui's name is written upside down! ”

When the farmer called Bao'er Dad heard this, his face was full of coldness.

Some of the dry lips opened slightly, and slowly spit out a word-

"Get out!"

Hearing this, Pan Lao Er's face suddenly turned angry.

"Daddy Bao'er, I advise you to think about it!"

His patience was obviously very poor, and when he heard that the other party actually dared to let him go, he directly stopped politely saying: "I know, before Bao Er Niang was seriously ill, you sold all the fields in your family cheaply, and as a result, the silver, savings and surplus food in exchange for selling the land were all used up, but you still couldn't save Bao Er Niang, and now your family is poor, not to mention mutual aid, and even whether you can live is a problem." ”

"If you refuse me, your whole family will have to gnaw on the bark sooner or later, and even if I like Bao'er again, I won't make this price again, after all, my family's money and food are not blown by the wind, right?"

In the face of Pan Laoer's "kind words and persuasion", Bao'er's father did not hesitate to pick up the wooden stick on the side.

"Are you going to get out?!"

His response remained short and powerful.

Seeing Bao'er's father's cold face, his eyes showing a fierce light, and he looked like he was about to do something, Pan Laoer's neck suddenly shrank.

Ever since he fell in love with the famous pretty women in Heishi Village, he had carefully inquired about the situation of the family, and naturally knew that this honest and honest Bao'er father had joined the army, killed people, or returned from the battlefield.

Although he broke an arm, his murderous appearance made people have no doubt that if he was provoked, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The hero does not suffer immediate losses, and Pan Lao Er decided to avoid the edge for the time being.

So he took two steps back.

But he didn't give up.

Then I saw that his eyes rolled, and he spoke again:

"Bao'er father, the notice of the government has spread all over Taihe County, with the situation of your family, if there is no second brother of my Pan, I will definitely be transferred to Montenegro to fill the food yip, as long as I go to Montenegro and become the food of the Taihe County Prince, your family will be finished, I advise you to think clearly about the stakes!"

"Now that I'm the only savior of your family, don't you think about yourself, don't you think about my eldest brother? Are you so obstinate, don't think about your eldest brother, are you worthy of Bao'er Niang, whose bones are not cold? ”

Seeing Pan Lao Er mention his son and deceased wife, as if he remembered his wife's entrustment before she died, Bao'er's father couldn't help but tremble his shoulders, and a hint of hesitation quietly flashed in his fierce eyes.

The hands holding the stick loosened slightly.

Seeing this, Pan Lao Er was immediately overjoyed.

However, it seemed too early for him to rejoice.

Just as he was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, a rather thin figure suddenly walked out of the farmhouse.

It was a boy who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old.

He was dressed in a patched but very neat green coat, his hair was tied up, he held a thread-bound book in his hand, and he was dressed as a reader, but his thin face was full of cold color, and his bright eyes were full of anger.

"Surnamed Pan, shut up for me!"

He walked up to his father and glared angrily at Pan Laoer.

"My sister Chu, it is impossible for you to be a concubine like a scoundrel in this life, you have died of this heart!"

At the same time that Chu Chu said these words categorically, a small face of incomparably beautiful popped out of the corner of the wall not far away.

The moment the words fell, Pan Laoer's face suddenly changed.

He looked at Chu with a somewhat ugly expression.

"Uncle, you can't say that......"

He tried to get closer, but in exchange for a thicker fury.

"The surname is Pan, you clean my mouth!"

Chu said loudly: "I want to find your eldest brother and go back to your wife's maiden house to find it, there is no your eldest brother here, if you dare to talk nonsense, believe it or not, I will fight with you now!" ”

As he spoke, he subconsciously wanted to snatch the wooden stick from his father on the side.

Chu Zhan naturally wouldn't let his son be rough.

Seeing that his son was so resolute, he was very relieved, but he clenched the wooden stick in his hand again.

"Pan Lao Er, you listen to Lao Tzu!"

He spoke coldly.

"Although our family is poor, and even to the point of exhaustion, no matter what, we will never sell our daughter, even if we starve to death, die outside, and jump from the Black Mountain, we will never let our daughter be a concubine to anyone!"

Hearing this, Pan Laoer's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

"You..."

He opened his mouth, but Chu Zhan suddenly raised the wooden stick in his hand, and the green tendons in his hand burst open.

"I'll say it again!"

Chu Zhan's eyes were calm, and he locked on to Pan Lao Er not far away.

"Get out of here!"

Click...

Facing Chu Zhan's forced gaze, Pan Lao Er couldn't help but tremble, and took a few steps back again, but he didn't dare to look at Chu Zhan again.

I don't even have the courage to stay here and entangle.

"I don't know what to do!"

He gritted his teeth and said hatefully:

"Lao Tzu is kind enough to help you and give you a way to live, but you are so kind to Lao Tzu, hum! Lao Tzu wants to see if you can be as arrogant as you are now when the official documents come down, and you will definitely regret it then......"

Boom!

Before he could finish his sentence, a three-finger-thick wooden stick flew past his ear and landed straight on the earthen wall behind him.

I only heard a muffled sound, and the wooden stick was directly embedded in it!

Accompanied by a strong wind, an angry voice suddenly sounded.

"Get out!"

Pan Laoer, who reacted, suddenly shrank his pupils, and then hurriedly turned around.

"You... You wait for Lao Tzu! ”

Leaving this cruel remark, Pan Lao Er ran away, and soon disappeared.

"Hoo ......"

After driving Pan Lao Er away, Chu Zhan's body suddenly weakened, and he almost stumbled to the ground.

Fortunately, Chu Yan on the side was quick and directly stretched out his hand to support him.

"Dad, are you alright?"

Chu Zhan shook his head.

"Daddy's fine."

So saying, he stood up, and then tremblingly walked over and closed the courtyard door.

Don't look at his tough and vicious attitude just now, in fact, that stick has exhausted his strength.

He is not a master of martial arts, just a pawn who survived the battlefield by luck.

Although the various wounds left by the battlefield and the sequelae of a broken arm did not kill him, they also made him suffer from dark injuries, and his body was already almost overdrawn.

Looking at his father's back, Chu couldn't help but feel a little unbearable.

"Daddy."

At this time, a soft voice suddenly remembered behind him.

"Otherwise, my daughter should go to the Pan family to be a concubine......"

With this voice, a girl dressed as a village girl slowly walked over.

"Shut up."

Seeing his daughter coming over and hearing her say this, Chu Zhan frowned.

"Don't say such stupid things! Since my father drove the man surnamed Pan away, it is impossible for him to come back, and I, Chu Zhan, will never do anything to be sorry for my children in my life! ”

Hearing this, Chu Bao'er couldn't help but have a sour nose and a slight redness in her eyes.

"But Daddy, if our family can't come up with the mutual aid money, we will be driven to Montenegro......"

"Then go and settle in Montenegro!"

Chu said without hesitation:

"Anyway, we have already sold the field, this house, the buyer is about to come and take it, our family has nothing here, in this case, it is better to go to Montenegro to find a way to live."

After a pause, he didn't know whether to comfort his sister or comfort himself, he continued: "Besides, the county prince of Taihe may be kind to the people of the fiefdom, and he will not squeeze us like those noble lords, if this is the case, it may be a good thing to go to Montenegro." ”

"No matter how bad the situation is, it will not be worse than it is now, in that case, it is better to gamble."

Seeing his son see it so clearly, Chu Zhan's serious face suddenly relaxed slightly, revealing a hint of a smile.

"What Er'er said is right, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, Bao'er doesn't have to worry."

For the relief of her father and brother, the worry in Chu Bao'er's eyes did not decrease.

"Alright."

Chu put away the thread-bound book, turned around and walked towards the house.

"No matter what, if you have a brother and a father, you will never be wronged, Bao'er, you can relax, not to mention, didn't the government say it? This mutual aid fund will finally fall on the people who have settled near Montenegro, no matter what, if there is still a mouthful of food to eat, there will definitely be no starvation to death, in this case, what else is there to worry about? ”

Hearing this, Chu Bao'er tilted her head slightly and thought for a moment, and then nodded as if she didn't understand.

The two entered the house one after the other.

However, they didn't notice that the moment they turned their backs, the smile in Chu Zhan's eyes suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a deep sense of powerlessness and sorrow.

There was a hint of apology in his gaze when he looked at Chu.

"Alas"

After a moment, he sighed inexplicably.

settled in Montenegro and became the food of a certain magnate, how can it be as simple as Chu said.

(End of chapter)