Chapter 8: Unintentionally Revealing Truth
Seeing her look so relieved, Ah Chen was very puzzled:
"Miss Lu, women all over the world pursue beauty, your appearance is so outstanding, you should be happy, why do you have to go to great lengths to cover it up?"
Lu Baitao smiled bitterly: "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty, my appearance was born in a wealthy family of Gaomen, which may be the icing on the cake, but my family is a small family, which is really not a good thing......
Ah Chen was silent.
That's right, if this Lu girl has always shown her true face, if she is seen by some powerful people who like beauty, they will immediately try their best to kidnap her.
The two looked at each other speechlessly, and the scene fell into embarrassment again.
Lu Baitao hurriedly turned around and walked to the side of the bed: "I want to see what dares to scare me!" ”
"It's an ash worm!"
She recognized it at a glance, slightly larger than soybeans, with thin white wings and long mouthparts with distinctive characteristics, she had seen pictures in books before crossing, but she had never seen the real thing, but she didn't expect to see the real thing after crossing, and she was a little curious.
Ah Chen followed behind her and watched her use a wooden hairpin to play with the dead insects on the ground, and her eyes were a little indescribable: "Aren't you afraid of insects and going to die?" ”
Lu Baitao was confident: "Live insects may bite me, so I'm afraid, now that they have been killed by you, I am naturally not afraid!" ”
Chen: What you said is so reasonable, I am speechless.
At Lu Baitao's request, Ah Chen checked the room again and made sure that all the ash worms were dead, so she thanked her and fell asleep with confidence.
The night of chickens flying and dogs dancing has finally passed.
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Lu Shengguang was injured by Lu Baitaoqi's internal injuries and had not gone out for several days.
"Uncle, my nephew has come to see you!"
A young man walked in from outside the door and smiled and saluted.
This person is in his twenties, his eyes are slippery with a bit of evil intent, and his whole body is full of breath, it is Lu Shengguang's wife and nephew Zheng Qing.
Before Lu Shengguang could speak, Zheng Qing had already rubbed himself over, salivating and smiling:
"Uncle, didn't you say a few days ago that you were going to marry Lu Baitao's girl to me, how is the matter?"
Lu Shengguang glared at him, and said angrily: "What's the matter?" People don't look down on you! ”
Zheng Qing was not happy, jumped up all of a sudden, and shouted: "Hey, I don't know what to do with the little girl, what's wrong with the master, why doesn't she look down on the master?" ”
Lu Shengguang couldn't see him like a ruffian, and scolded: "Who are you calling Ye with?" Look at you, you are a bear, you are idle every day, except for drinking and gambling money, you deserve that Lu Baitao would rather buy a slave than marry you! ”
Zheng Qing was scolded, and he was a little unwilling, so he sat down and begged Lu Shengguang:
"Uncle, can't you help me figure it out again? That girl is good-looking, and she has a family property, and my mother and I are very satisfied. ”
Lu Shengguang pondered for a moment, his eyes flashed, and he deliberately glanced at Zheng Qing: "Do you really want to marry that Lu Baitao?" ”
Zheng Qing nodded again and again: "It's true!" When I marry her into the door, I must clean it up and see if she dares to show off like she is now! ”
These words just poked Lu Shengguang's heart, he touched his beard and laughed: "Speaking of which, I still have a way." ”
Zheng Qing hurriedly said: "What way, uncle, teach me quickly!" ”
"You come here." Lu Shengguang commanded.
Zheng Qing hurriedly came over, the two muttered for a while, and Zheng Qing left happily.
The next day, Lu Baitao was pestering Ah Chen to teach him martial arts, and suddenly saw Xiao Liang running over panting:
"Miss, Miss, there are a lot of tenants in our Zhuangzi, clamoring to see Mrs."
Lu Baitao was shocked in his heart, and soon calmed down, walked out quickly, and instructed Xiao Fence as he walked:
"Mrs. is not in good health and can't be frightened, you go and tell Uncle Wang, let him hide this matter first, and I'll go out and have a look."
Ah Chen followed without hesitation: "I'll accompany you." ”
Lu Baitao knew that he was worried about his safety, and nodded at him gratefully.
The tenants who came were all tenant farmers from Lujiazhuang, and when they saw Lu Baitao coming out, they immediately rushed up and surrounded them, shouting gossipily:
"Miss, you have to call the shots for us!"
"Miss, you want to save us!"
The noisy voice was messy, Lu Baitao couldn't hear a word clearly, and his brows were furrowed.
Seeing this, Ah Chen kicked lightly with his toes, kicked up a fist-sized stone on the ground and held it in his hand, and then slammed it into the brass beast head knocker of the Zhuangzi Gate.
The sound of the "bell" was like a golden bell exploding, which immediately quieted everyone down.
Lu Baitao breathed a sigh of relief, and then raised his voice and said:
"Uncles and brothers, I don't know what everyone is doing today, but there are many people who can't understand it, so it's better for everyone to nominate a few people to come out and explain it clearly, and let's discuss a solution together!"
The tenants looked at each other, and sure enough, a few people were promoted, and after an explanation, Lu Baitao understood, no wonder all the tenants in Lujiazhuang came to the door, it turned out that the crops in her field were destroyed overnight!
An old tenant of about sixty years said with a sad face:
"The crops in the field have been destroyed by eighty or ninety percent, not to mention paying rent this year, it is estimated that the rest of the harvest will not even fill the stomach! We have all farmed for the Lu family for generations, please be kind, Miss, and find us a way to live! ”
The old man was full of bitterness, tears were in his eyes, and he was about to kneel down for Lu Baitao.
This time it was terrible, Hula lala knelt down behind him, and begged one after another: "Please Miss save us!" ”
Lu Baitao hurriedly held the old man and didn't let him kneel, and comforted: "Old man, don't kill me, I will try my best to help everyone think of a way, and I won't make everyone starving!" ”
From the description just now, the damaged crops are all owned by Lujiazhuang, and the slightest bit of others has not been affected, obviously they are rushing to the Lu family, and she should indeed bear this responsibility.
The tenants were assured of a thousand thanks.
Lu Baitao and Ah Chen told Uncle Wang that he didn't have to worry, and then followed the tenants to the fields to check.
Sure enough, the crops in the field were completely destroyed, most of them were uprooted, and there was no room for remedy.
Lu Baitao frowned and asked: "My Lu family's land is not small, I want to destroy all the crops like this overnight, it is impossible that there is no movement at all, is it not that no one has seen it, and there is no clue at all?" ”
Ah Chen replied: "I went around and asked about it just now, and everyone insisted that they didn't see it." But there were a few people whose eyes flickered, and they knew something at a glance, but the person who committed the crime made them jealous, so they didn't dare to say it. ”
Lu Baitao reacted almost instantly, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "It must have been done by the patriarch!" He is still using my family's idea, deliberately coming to this play, just waiting for me to come to the door and follow him! Dream! ”