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Su Niang took Chu Huan's clothes and went into the room to mend them. Chu Huan smiled secretly. Although Su Niang sometimes has a mean mouth, she has a very good heart, which is what people often say.

There was a drizzle outside the house, Chu Huan walked to the corner of the room, picked up his gray package, and without telling Su Niang, went out in the drizzle.

At this time, the sky had already darkened, and it was very dark. Chu Huan carried the package and walked westward all the way. Along the way, he watched all directions and listened to all directions, making sure that no one found his trace.

He left the village, passed the river at the west end of the village, and still headed west all the way. In the night, he was like a ghost, with extremely fast speed, passing by in a blink of an eye. He traveled more than ten miles in one breath, and the surrounding area was empty. Then he stopped, saw a dirt slope, walked over quickly, walked back and forth along the dirt slope, found a place, squatted down, and took out the dagger that Wei Tianqing gave him from his arms , he dug a deep pit on the ground, and then put the gray package into the pit, and was about to bury it, when he suddenly thought of something, and took out the red stone from his waist.

The stone was unusually warm and moist, and even had a faint red light, but unfortunately, Chu Huan knew nothing about this strange stone. When he took a closer look, the black lines on it were still very clear.

After pondering for a while, Chu Huan finally stuffed the red stone into the gray package, and then filled up the pit. It's just a layer of new soil on top, so it's easy for people to see that it has been dug here.

Although the place is very desolate, and there are no roads around, and there are few people, Chu Huan still got up to find a big rock, and pressed the big rock on the new soil, which can be regarded as leaving a mark.

It also happens to be raining today, and the new soil will soon be mixed with the old soil after heavy rain, and within a day or two, it will fit seamlessly, making it hard to see.

Squatting on the edge of the stone, Chu Huan pondered for a long time, and finally said in an extremely low voice: "Rest well, the rest... I will handle it!" , and returned to the village like a ghost.

The door was ajar, and Chu Huan gently pushed it open. As soon as he entered, he saw bowls and chopsticks on the table in the main hall. It's only five or six pieces of dog meat.

On the other hand, Su Niang rested her cheeks on the table, her arms resting on the table, she seemed to be asleep, the oil lamp on the table was flickering, and the light shone on Su Niang's fair face, which was as delicate and charming as a flower, while the table The food on the table was no longer hot.

Chu Huan turned around and closed the door, but Su Niang had already been awakened. He opened his eyes, and his first reaction was to reach for the scissors at his waist. Seeing that it was Chu Huan, he was relieved, and then frowned and said, "What time is it?" ?where did you go?"

"It's okay, just go for a walk!" Chu Huan sat down at the table with a smile, picked up the porridge bowl, and Su Niang hurriedly said: "I'll go to reheat...!"

"No need!" Chu Huan shook his head and said, "The cold porridge is very comfortable!" He raised his hand and drank half a bowl.

Su Niang picked up the porridge bowl and said: "Mother is not in good health. I served him for dinner early in the morning, and now he has gone to bed...!" Looking at the dog meat, her face flushed for a while, thinking of stealing dog meat during the day When Chu Huan saw it, her face was hot, "That... mother likes... likes to eat dog meat, so...so I... I saved all the extra meat...!"

Chu Huan pushed the dog meat in front of Su Niang, and said, "Sister Su Niang, I can't eat dog meat. If I eat dog meat, red spots will appear on my body... Well, you ate all of these!"

Su Niang blinked her eyes, and wondered, "Is there such a thing?" But in a blink of an eye, she realized that what Chu Huan said was [-]% false, and she was nothing more than saving the dog meat for herself to eat.

Chu Huan didn't speak, just chuckled, and finished the rice porridge in two mouthfuls. This ration was not even half full for him, but he knew the plight of his family, so he wouldn't talk too much.

After eating the porridge, Chu Huan immediately lay down on his plank bed in the corner of the room, but he was already thinking about it. Although Mrs. Li had already gone to find something for him, he couldn't pin all his hopes there. Winter is coming soon, and a big man like myself is added to the family. It is absolutely impossible to rely on Su Niang's knitting and embroidery for some rations.

Seeing Chu Huan lying down, Su Niang curled her lips. She drank porridge very politely, but only ate a few mouthfuls of vegetables, and kept picking up the dog meat with her chopsticks. When the rice porridge was finished, the smell of dog meat wafted from her nose. Wang Chuhuan seemed to have fallen asleep, so he took a small piece of dog meat and put it in his mouth, chewed it, put it in his mouth, cleaned up the dishes, carefully put away the rest of the dog meat, and then went back to the room to savor himself The taste of that piece of dog meat in my mouth.

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The next day until dusk, Liu Tianfu and others did not come back. Chu Huan went to the village to visit the injured villagers, and finally came to Shitou's house.Yesterday Shitou had a head-to-head fight with the third child of Balitang. Although Kong Wu was powerful, he was still no match for the third child. Rest for ten days and half a month.

Shitou was very happy to see Chu Huan come to visit. His family was also poor, so he asked his wife to bring a chair, and Chu Huan sat down. Shitou smiled and said, "Erlang, I really have you. Your skills, tsk tsk...!" He raised his uninjured hand and gave a thumbs up.

Chu Huan waved his hands and smiled, "It's not worth talking about." Changing the subject, he asked, "Shitou, you have been exploited by Feng Ergou for the past two years, and your rations are less than [-]% each year. How can your family get enough to eat? "

"Of course I can't get enough to eat!" Shitou smiled wryly, "Only relying on the [-]% ration, I would have starved to death long ago."

Chu Huan nodded slightly, and asked, "You also know that our Chu family's two acres of Susukida have not been harvested, and now it is winter, so there is no time to grow food. If this winter goes on, the family will not be able to survive if there is no income!"

Shitou said: "Erlang, I know what you mean, are you looking for a job?"

"That's it!"

"Actually, apart from farming, whenever we have free time, we go to the county seat and wait outside the gate of the county seat. The old men and women in the city want to use part-time jobs to find laborers, so they will come outside the city to look for them. I can also receive some jobs, such as helping people carry things, although I can’t earn two yuan, but I can still make ends meet to supplement the family.” Shitou sighed: “Especially every winter, there are more jobs... It’s a pity Xu Langzhong told me that my arm should not do heavy work for two months, otherwise it will be difficult to recover from the injury, and this winter will be difficult." Then he laughed and said: "But the land deed has been taken back, and the spring planting will begin next year. Tian, ​​relying on the few acres of land at home, it is not a problem to support the whole family... If there is any surplus next year, go and pull two feet of cloth back, and make new clothes for the family, hahaha...!"

Although he hurt his arm, he got back the title deed, and there is hope for next year. Shitou is still very happy.

Chu Huan also sighed in his heart, these people at the bottom of society do not have too much extravagant expectations, for them, they can be satisfied if they can eat enough and dress warmly.

But he also made up his mind that if Mr. Li couldn't find a job, he would follow the method Shitou said and go outside the county gate to wait for a job, so that he could get through the winter first.

The two were talking, when they suddenly heard someone shouting outside: "The Chief Bao is back, the Chief Bao is back!"

The voice soon spread throughout the village, and everyone in the village went to Liu Tianfu's house. Although Shi Shi was injured, he was very concerned about the matter, and insisted on coming to Liu Tianfu's house with Chu Huan.

The gate of Liu Tianfu's house was crowded with people, and the sky was dark. Liu Tianfu was already standing in front of the gate, raised his hand and shouted: "Everyone, listen to me, the county magistrate has settled the case, and it was Zhao who killed Feng Ergou." Bao, documents have been posted in the yamen, and Zhao Bao is wanted everywhere." After a pause, he continued: "It's just that the county magistrate also said that this happened in our village, and someone in our village did something. Can't get rid of it!"

The villagers became nervous, and someone already asked loudly: "Uncle Liu, what about the county magistrate?"

"The county magistrate said that it's not a good thing for Feng Ergou to bully men and women, but he died in the end. If it is handled like this, he is worried that the other side of the city will blame him." Liu Tianfu took the water that was handed over by the person next to him, After taking a big sip, he continued: "He's going to the county to take care of the matter and calm down, but it will cost money. The county magistrate estimated that it will cost at least 300 taels of silver...!"

The villagers were all taken aback. For the villagers whose food rations were a problem, this was a huge sum.

"Baochang, he won't let us take this money?" Immediately, some villagers reacted and sneered: "Even if we demolish our house and sell our sons and daughters, we can't make up the money!"

Liu Tianfu said: "That's what I said to the magistrate too. The magistrate hesitated again and again, and finally made up his mind, let our village contribute 100 taels of silver, and he will take out the extra money himself!"

Hearing this, Shi Shi immediately shouted: "Fucking stinky fart, he is willing to pay for the money himself? He really thinks of us as fools, he wants to take the opportunity to squeeze our money, what to do with it, that is nonsense!"

The villagers shouted one after another, and they all looked very angry.

Liu Tianfu raised his hand to calm everyone down, and then sighed: "We all know what he was thinking. But having said that, Feng Ergou died in our village. People don't fight with officials. We don't fight with officials. If the money is not handed over, I am afraid that he will continue to make trouble with this matter, and we will not have peace after all...!" After coughing twice, he said in a deep voice: "I am the master of this matter, use the money to eliminate the disaster, according to the rules Now that the land deeds are back in the hands of everyone, you can always bear it. I know you don’t have cash on hand, so I’ll think of a way later, whether it’s borrowing money or other methods, first transfer the money Send it over, the money that everyone lacks will be handed over later!" Suddenly thought of something, he said loudly: "Chu Erlang, is Erlang here?"

Chu Huan stepped forward from the crowd and said, "Uncle Liu, I'm here!"

"It's all thanks to you that the village was able to get rid of Feng Ergou this time, and the shared money will not be sent to your family." Liu Tianfu stroked his beard, and then asked the villagers loudly: "Everyone have no comment?"

"No, it should be like this!"

"Erlang is a great hero in our village, we have nothing to say!"

Chu Huan just hugged his fists to show his gratitude, but when he thought of the yamen assigning such a heavy burden and exploiting the people shamelessly, his heart was full of anger.

After this incident, within two days, the weather became colder and charcoal fires began to be lit in the house. Chu Huan saw that there had been no news from Mrs. Li, so she made preparations to go to the county seat with a few strong laborers from the village to find work.

It's just that the trip has not yet taken place. At noon that day, Master Li came over in the same carriage as last time. When he got out of the carriage, he shouted very excitedly: "Erlang, Erlang, pack up quickly and follow me to the county seat!"