Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 256 Casting Nets to Harvest Fish (Part [-])
Jin Xi guessed that it was almost time, coughed lightly, then walked out, the conversation in the hall in front stopped abruptly.When he saw Jinxi coming out, Liang Yuzhong naturally sat firmly on the chair, but Zhang Tuhu stood up abruptly from the chair, looking at Jinxi with respect and gratitude.

Zhang Tuhu's posture seemed to be welcoming an elder who had been kind to him, but the other party was only a 12-year-old girl.

Liang Yuzhong was very surprised, and was about to tell Butcher Zhang to sit down, but he didn't expect Butcher Zhang to take two steps forward, and Chao Jinxi bowed his hands and made a long bow, trembling in his mouth: "Girl Xi, accept my favor first." Bless!"

Now, not to mention Liang Yuzhong and Dong Ma who followed Jinxi, even Jinxi herself was taken aback, and quickly stood aside, not daring to accept the big gift from Zhang Butcher.

"Oh, I said Brother Zhang, what are you doing? Why do you give her a big gift from a junior? It will break her!" Liang Yuzhong quickly stood up and said.

"No, third brother Liang, don't stop me, I have to give this gift to girl Xi, she deserves it!" Butcher Zhang said loudly.

"Uncle Zhang, speak slowly if you have something to say, my father is right, you will break me like this!" Jin Xi laughed, she refused to go forward to accept his gift no matter what.

After a lot of tugging and tugging, finally the three of them sat down on the chairs, and Jin Xi was relieved.

Butcher Zhang couldn't help but said: "Girl Xi, if you hadn't acted cautiously, give me some advice so that I can make early preparations. This time, my old Zhang will really put his wealth and life on the line! Okay!" Dangerous, so dangerous!"

Jin Xi sat upright, Liang Yuzhong also looked at Butcher Zhang in astonishment, to be honest, Liang Yuzhong didn't know about the black pig in Yunzhou, everything was planned by Jin Xi and Butcher Zhang in secret.

"Uncle Zhang, don't be in a hurry, drink some tea and speak slowly," Jin Xi said.

Butcher Zhang drank a bowl of tea, wiped the corners of his mouth, and began to talk about the things he had done in the past few days.

Ever since he bid farewell from Jin Xi's house that day, he has been making preparations without stopping.First go home to find his wife and son together, and the family split up and act quickly.

The Zhang family took the eldest son to other towns to find and buy a plant seed called 'Mozi', soak it in salt water, and then grind it to a black juice, which has no smell.

Butcher Zhang went to another remote village and quietly bought back a local pig that was almost the same size as the black pig that had been slaughtered, and then used the ink squeezed from the ink seeds to dye the purchased pig black... …

Immediately afterwards, Butcher Zhang went to the county government office, found Liang Lihui, and told Liang Lihui about Jin Xi's plan with him, and with Liang Lihui's assistance, Butcher Zhang exposed the lean black pig in Yunzhou The magistrate of the county government.

Coincidentally, an hour before the butcher Zhang went to report the report, the magistrate of Wanghai just received a secret report from Yunzhou, saying that a group of unscrupulous pig dealers had recently appeared in Yunzhou. A kind of dense pill, which causes the meat quality of the pig to change.In Yunzhou, five or six people have already suffered from strange diseases of varying severity due to eating too much of that kind of lean black pork.

Now, those in power in Yunzhou have ordered the arrest of unscrupulous pig dealers, but one or two escaped. According to reliable sources, they fled to the Wanghai area.Therefore, Yunzhou sent a secret order to Wanghai County Magistrate, ordering him to arrest the fugitive with all his might!

The county magistrate here was at a loss, and when he couldn't find where to start, Liang Lihui took Zhang Butcher to find the magistrate...

"Girl Xi, do you know? Fortunately, we were prepared for this trip and went to the county government to report it. If it is a day or two later and the county government finds out about my family, then I will become a suspected trafficker." The pig's accomplice is gone, and he must be questioned!" Zhang Tuhu said, his voice trembling, he was talking about Zhang Daqiang and Chun Ni'er before, but now he is talking about it, he has lingering fears!

"I didn't come back from the county office until noon. I didn't come back alone. I came back with the guards who were photographed by the county magistrate. They were ordered to arrest Zhao Mao and shopkeeper Yuan! Girl Xi, if it wasn't for you Plan ahead, let me deal with it early, I am afraid that I will be the one who comes to arrest me this time! I saved my old Zhang’s family, tell me, should I salute and kowtow to you?” Butcher Zhang said excitedly.

Liang Yuzhong was at a loss when he heard it at first, but then he gradually came to his senses, and then contacted the three people who came to Qianlixiang to make trouble this morning, Liang Yuzhong felt palpitations after he realized it.He patted his thigh, and said: "I understand now, cooperating with those people, they want to kill two birds with one stone! It's dangerous, it's really dangerous!"

"Third brother Liang, I, butcher Zhang, don't like to praise others. You gave birth to a good girl, you are the best! If it weren't for her, the good life we ​​have just had for a few days will be ruined!" Butcher Zhang said sonorously.

Liang Yuzhong looked at Jin Xi with a complicated expression, and nodded heavily.

Jin Xi shook her head and chuckled, she was not concerned with this issue, and asked, "Uncle Zhang, during the two days you stayed in the county, did you hear that the Mao brothers were arrested?"

"The two traders who came over from Yunzhou were caught. Mao Shiqi hid in an inn to recover from his injuries and was imprisoned again, but his younger brother Mao Shiba slipped away. The government is now in the streets and alleys of the county town. An arrest warrant was posted with a portrait on it."

"Brother Lihui asked me to tell you that Mao Shiba is a man of skill. He has always been ruthless and scheming, so that in case he seeks revenge on you, it is best for you to stay in the village during this period of time. Here, it is best not to go to the county seat, even if you go to the town, bring as many people as possible to protect you!"

Is that so?Jin Xi thought to himself, from this plot, it is not difficult to see that Mao Shiba is not a rough man, he is very calculating, and he is ruthless.Now that he is a bereaved dog, he is naturally more and more vicious.Jin Xi is not afraid, at worst she stays at home these few days, even if she is going to the town, she always brings Ah Cai and Ah Wang by her side, so there is nothing to be afraid of!

"Aren't my uncles and aunts in danger in the shop in the county town?" Jin Xi immediately thought, frowning, and Liang Yuzhong was the same, anxious and worried, unable to sit still, walking back and forth in the main room.

"Brother Lihui said that there are plainclothes guards everywhere in the Qianlixiang shop at Xiaobeimen, and they are watching twelve hours a day. I'm afraid he won't go!" said the shopkeeper.

In this way, the frowning of Liang Yuzhong and Jin Xi's frown was slightly relieved just now.

"By the way, what kind of place is Yunzhou? The county seat? Or the prefectural city?" Liang Yuzhong asked suddenly.

Butcher Zhang was stunned for a moment, he was a pig butcher, he didn't know a few big characters, and he didn't know.

This era is not like the world Jin Xi lived in in her previous life, where transportation and communication are all well-connected.In this era, especially the peasants in these mountain villages, most of them probably have never been to the county town in their entire lives.It's not bad to go to the town to buy once during the Chinese New Year and the festival.Rural old women like Tan's even came to the town a handful of times.

In this way, Lao Liangtou has been a knife and pen official in the county for decades. In the eyes of the villagers, he is remarkable and knowledgeable. Liangtou still has a status in the village.

Of course, even if those bad things happened to Lao Liang's family, the villagers didn't dare to do anything to Lao Liang's family, and Li Zheng didn't mention expulsion. There was another reason.

That is the rise of the third house of the old Liang family. In addition, Liang Yuzhong and the Sun couple are well-mannered and wealthy, and they have not forgotten to take care of the villagers in the same village.The eggs and sideline crops saved by the villagers will be received in Jinxi's shop at a price slightly higher than that of the rice store in the town, or a platform for consignment will be provided, which provides convenience to the villagers in many ways.

"Yunzhou, it should be in the south of our place. It is said that it is hundreds of miles away. I am afraid that many mountains will have to be climbed?" Closer to home, Zhang Tuhu said with a half-knowledge.

Liang Yuzhong was surprised: "How many mountains do you have to climb?"

Jin Xi pursed her lips and smiled, recently she was reading Dayue Guozhi, during which Yunzhou was mentioned. "It should be nearly a thousand miles south of us, facing the sea in the east, and the size should be almost the same as that of Qing'an Prefecture! I heard that the climate there is a bit different from ours. We wear big cotton-padded jackets like rice dumplings in the winter, and the cloud I only wear spring and autumn single jackets in the winter in the area of ​​Zhouzhou, I heard that the rain over there is richer than ours, and the skin color of the boys and girls over there is fresh, just like the water chestnut peeled off the shell!"

Seeing Zhang Tuhu and Liang Yuzhong looking at her with admiration, Jin Xi coughed lightly, and said a little embarrassedly: "Well, I also read it from the book, that's what it says, what's the truth? That way, I don’t even know!”

"No wonder people say that a scholar knows everything about the world without going out. Our eldest lady has read the book, and she knows a lot!" Cai Butler came in from the door with two big jars, and answered with a smile.

"Miss, you are really right, the area in Yunzhou is really similar to what is written in the book!" Cai Butler laughed.

"Oh, from Uncle Cai's words, could it be that you have been to Yunzhou? Tell me about it!" Jin Xi asked, butler Cai used to be the housekeeper of a large family in Qing'an Fucheng, so he must have a lot of experience.

Liang Yuzhong and Zhang Tuhu also waited with wide-eyed amazement for Butler Cai to say that Mama Dong had been refilling tea for everyone at any time. Hearing this, she pursed her lips and said, "My boss asked you a question, and you were also hidden. Come on, hurry up and say it!"

Butler Cai squinted his eyes, as if trying to organize his words, and only said one sentence: "Yunzhou, it's a good place!"

"I can't say what a good method is. I also heard from my previous boss. However, I heard that Yunzhou was not such a rich place in the past. The common people couldn't eat enough to eat and wear warm clothes. Since the emperor After the old man allocated Yunzhou to the first Lord Yun as his fiefdom, now this Yunzhou City, under the governance of two generations of Lord Yun, is completely different from before!"

(End of this chapter)