farmer's little girl

Chapter 41 Something Happened
It was supposed to be a bumper harvest full of joy, but Erfang didn't have any joy at all. It was obviously not about his own business, but now Lu Jiaoyue was involved.

Mrs. Mei couldn't help feeling a little regretful, if she had known this was the case, it would have been nothing to help Shang Fang back then.But she also knew in her heart that this kind of thing couldn't be hidden, the difference was only sooner or later.

I originally planned to say kiss to my daughter after harvesting the food, but now I can only put it down for the time being and wait until the wind subsides.Mrs. Mei often scolded the Du family, Du Lian, and the Hu family at home, and even the old man Lu and his wife were scolded several times by her.

Lu Minghai didn't say a word, what could he say, most of the responsibility for the incident was on his parents and sister-in-law.

At the same time, the family couldn't help being a little worried about Lu Jiaoyue, for fear that she would be overwhelmed.After all, it's hard for her to think about a big girl's family being said behind her back like this.She never thought that Lu Jiaoyue would not be affected at all. Anyway, she rarely goes out, and she can't see the strange eyes from outside. She just does housework and needlework at home every day, and a day is spent.

And she also breathed a sigh of relief, for the time being, she doesn't have to worry about her mother promising her a kiss.

During this period, Han Jin asked Lu Jiaoyue out to meet twice.

Every time they discuss about Mei Zhuangyi's business matters, Han Jin can't help being concerned about business a lot because of Lu Jiaoyue's dream, he used to leave these matters to Mei Zhuangyi to worry about, but now Also began to inquire about some specific inside information about this business.Even because of Lu Jiaoyue's words of man-made disaster, he even had the idea of ​​selecting a few people from his group of thugs, but because Mei Zhuangyi hadn't come back yet, he was just thinking about it for the time being.

Moreover, he has also learned to be smart now, and he no longer forces Lu Jiaoyue to face his feelings calmly, but every time the two of them are separated, he will always give Lu Jiaoyue some gadgets.Sometimes it's a handkerchief, sometimes it's a small incense fan, these are things my daughter likes.

It made Lu Jiaoyue's heart pounding every time, but there was nothing she could do.

After the autumn harvest, it was getting colder and colder every day, and the whole Daxi Village looked a lot more bleak.

After paying the tax, this year's work is considered finished, and only needs to plow the ground deeply, and rest and recuperate for next year's cultivation.

As time passed, the rumors that the Lu family was finally going to quell, because of an incident that happened in the upper room of the Lu family, started to spread again.

The matter started with asking someone to help with the five acres of land. Despite the rumors from outside, the Lu family hired someone to help collect the grain.It's just that the wages asked by the other party are high, and grain can be used as wages, but [-]% of the harvest is required.Of course, the [-]% of the grain is not for nothing. They not only help harvest, but also help the threshing and raising the field, which can be regarded as saving trouble for the Lu family.

The other party was a family from a neighboring village. The family was so poor that there were only a few people left.Nothing else, just that there are many men, and there is a lot of strength that can be used.Hearing that the Lu family hired helpers, they found them by themselves.

Old man Lu was already upset by the rumors outside, and he was very angry at the high wages.Originally, [-]% of the food would have been enough, but because of the rumors, the Lu family had a reputation of being rich, stupid, and taken advantage of, so the other party took the opportunity to raise the price.

Old man Lu was so angry that he didn't agree.

It's a pity that the weather is not beautiful, and the weather suddenly changed. Although it didn't rain, but the cloudy days lasted for several days, people worried that there would be a sudden heavy rain, which would damage the grain in the field.In addition, the food in the field really couldn't wait, so in desperation, Old Man Lu had no choice but to ask Lu Mingchuan to find that family again.Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough. Just as the food was put away in front, it rained heavily in the back, which made people feel lucky.

After finishing the matter, Old Man Lu also heaved a sigh of relief, and asked his family to inform the Du family to come and deliver food.

Widow Du came soon, but something happened while transporting the food.

Widow Du felt that the amount of food was wrong, and she was also from a farmer's family, so she went to Lu's land to see it in advance.She probably knew how much grain to harvest on five acres of land.But the food in front of him was much less. After asking, he found out that the Lu family was short of hands, so they hired someone to help harvest, and [-]% of the food was given to them as wages.

Widow Du's complexion changed on the spot, and she cried and made noises at Lu's house, insisting that old man Lu make up for her with the food that he gave out.

Old man Lu can be regarded as a person who has lived most of his life. He has never seen such a shameless woman. In a rage, he asked his eldest son and two grandsons to drive her out.

Since he thought it was too little, he didn't give any food. Originally, the food belonged to the family. It was he who saw the Du family's pity, and he was worried about the youngest daughter getting married, so he gritted his teeth and agreed to the Du family's request.Who would have thought that with so many moths, the other party first asked me to help take care of the land, and then asked me to help collect food.It means that the Du family not only got five acres of land for nothing, but also five acres of grain for nothing. If this is not enough, what else do you want? !
Old man Lu was not out of breath either, he lost his temper on the spot.

If you think that widow Du is kicked out, this matter is over, then you are really wrong.

After kicking people out, old man Lu closed the courtyard door, and Widow Du sat in front of Lu's house and cried.

While weeping, she said that the Lu family was not kind, cheated her relatives, and said that she trusted them, so she entrusted them to help collect the land. Who would have thought that [-]% of the food would be lost out of thin air...

Just after a while, the whole village came to watch the fun.

The front of Lu's house was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, and some of them could not be seen from behind, and they all climbed up the trees.

While crying, Widow Du patted her thigh, crying with tears and snot running down her nose.Seeing snot running down, she squeezed it in her hand, wiped it on the clothes on her body, and then continued to cry.

If someone came to see the excitement, Widow Du would not have to continue to act in a one-man show. Naturally, some people would care about her and ask her what was wrong, and they would say something with reason and evidence, as if she had been bullied by others.In just a few words, everyone understood the ins and outs of the matter.

That kind-hearted person told Widow Du that the Lu family didn't steal your food, and the food was used to ask people to help pay the labor.

Widow Du didn't respond, she just cried louder, eating as much food as she wanted.

No one laughed at her for saying that, farmers and farmers rely on farming for food, and they cherish food very much.Not to mention, he lost [-]% of the food all at once, and he would feel distressed if he changed it.

So some people said that the old man Lu was a bit too assertive in his life, so he should discuss this matter with his in-laws, so it wouldn't be like this.Some people also said that it was not their own food that they didn't care about, so it was so bad, no wonder they made such a fuss.Of course, some people say that this land is given by the Lu family anyway, even if there is less food, just treat the rest as free.This is a sensible person, but it's a pity that the words were blocked back.

Someone taught this humanity that the Lu family was willing to give them the land, and the Du family didn't force them. Why don't you marry a sick child from the Lu family because of family circumstances? , there is really no way.Since the land and food are given to others, they belong to them, so how to deal with them should always say hello to them.This has nothing to do with human feelings, it has to do with right and wrong.

That being said, it makes sense.

All in all, there are different opinions on what to say.After all, people are used to sympathizing with the weak, plus the fact that the Lu family has used land as a dowry to marry their daughters makes people feel a sense of injustice similar to jealousy. Everyone wants to see a joke, so the rumors are one-sided, and everyone Falling to Widow Du's side.

Old man Lu was sitting in the house, listening to the movement outside, his hands were shaking with anger.

Cui Shi on the side didn't know what to do, so she wiped away her tears.

Mrs. Hu sat in her room and did not show up.Ever since her father-in-law forced her husband to drive her sister out and ignored her dissuasion, she knew that things were going to be bad.really!
Sitting in her room listening, Mrs. Qiao grinned happily and scolded Widow Du for being shameless.Seeing that Lu Jiaoxing was wiping the table with her head down, but she was actually listening outside with her ears up, she glanced at him and said, "It's just such a mother-in-law, if you really married, you'll have to suffer! Your grandma used to eat After suffering such a loss, I married an only son with a widow's mother, and I was tortured all my life, so I left early. Although your mother and I usually point you to work, which family's daughter doesn't work at home? You always It's a piece of flesh that fell from my body, and I won't just watch you fall into the fire pit."

The Lu family only knew that Qiao's relationship with her natal family was not good, and they never went back to her natal family. No one knew that there was such a thing, all because Qiao never said anything.

Lu Jiaoxing didn't speak, her hands paused, Qiao Shi didn't bother to answer if she listened, she threw the melon seeds in her hand on the kang table, got off the kang, opened the door and went out.

Standing in the yard and looking around, there is silence everywhere, making it even more noisy outside.

She smiled gloatingly, tugged at the clothes on her body, and said with her hands on her hips, "His sister-in-law, Widow Du is your sister after all, and it doesn't look good to make a mess like this, or you go out to persuade her? My father wants Face, don't let your little sister smash our father's face on the ground like mud!"

When Mrs. Cui, who was in the room, heard this, she couldn't help saying to Old Man Lu, "If not, I'll let the eldest daughter-in-law go out and invite someone in. Let's talk about it. It won't be a problem if this continues."

Old man Lu had a dark face and didn't speak.

Since he didn't speak, he agreed.

Only then did Cui lift up the corner of her clothes, wiped away her tears, and walked out of the room.

"Boss daughter-in-law..."

Cui yelled several times in succession before Hu slammed the door open and walked out.

"You go and call people in, don't make such a fuss, if it continues, our family's face will be lost."

Hu roared in her heart: If I had known now, why bothered back then, when she persuaded her just now, why did no one pay attention to her?The father-in-law also faintly blamed himself!As for the matter of hiring people to work for the food, she also secretly mentioned to her parents-in-law whether she should say hello to the Du family first, but the father-in-law said no.Now people are making a fuss outside the door, but now they know it's her sister, why didn't they show her face before.

It's a pity that these words can't be said, Hu tried his best to calm down the resentment in his heart, and then said to Cui: "Mother, I'm already being splinted, you and my father-in-law blamed me, my sister also blamed me, and she blamed me again. Who will listen to me."

Only then did Cui remember that the man seemed to be angry and said something to his daughter-in-law, and his old face was slightly embarrassed: "Your father didn't mean to blame you, and he also knew that you were in trouble, look..."

Lu Mingchuan's brows tightened, and he said in the room: "Go and invite my aunt in, our two families are relatives after all, if this continues, we won't have to be relatives in the future."

Hu's eldest son, Lu Guangren, also persuaded: "Mother, just go and have a look."

The man's son had already spoken, so Hu could only go out.

Pushing open the courtyard door, loud voices rushed towards him.

Hu's face froze for a moment, and with all kinds of gazes, he bent down to pull the widow Du.

Although she tried to persuade Widow Du, she explained that her family had no intention of cheating Du's family, because the autumn harvest waited for no one, and the weather was not good in those few days, so she took care of things first.In fact, the eyes staring at Widow Du were full of warnings.

Widow Du had already been waiting for someone to step down the steps for her. Seeing her eldest sister humiliating herself in front of her, she couldn't help but feel very happy, and once again felt that it was not a loss to marry that Lu Guili.With the help of Mrs. Hu to pull her, she stood up, still twitching and said: "I thought the Lu family shouldn't be such an unreasonable person, who would have thought that my in-laws would kick me out, and I would still I once wondered if the Lu family wanted to steal my family's food, but now it seems that it is not."

Hu had a smile on his face, and said soft words: "How could it be, Dad, the old man was also short-tempered for a while, and you also know that the old man has always had a bad temper."

As the two sisters talked, they carried each other into the courtyard.

The people watching the excitement outside the door couldn't help smacking their lips regretfully, this Lu family is too good-natured, and they thought there would be some trouble, but who would have thought that it would be all right?Naturally, some people were curious about how to solve this matter, but everyone was invited in by the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lu family, and the courtyard door was closed from the inside, so everyone could only sigh in dismay.

Someone from the second room also came out to watch the excitement.

It was Lu Guangyi and Mei Shi, standing far away from the crowd, watching from a distance.

Since the courtyard wall was built at home, the front of the house has not been built.Because it was far away from here, they only came out to see what happened after hearing that there was a lot of movement outside.Unexpectedly, it was Widow Du making trouble in front of the door.
Seeing everyone dispersed, Mei Shi and Lu Guangyi also went home.

With lingering fears in his heart, Lu Guangyi said to Mei: "Mother, it's okay, you and father were not in a hurry to marry my sister, if not..."

The words were not finished, but the meaning of the words was clearly revealed.

Mei Shi nodded and didn't speak, but one could tell from her expression that she thought the same way.

After returning home, Lu Jiaoyue curiously asked what was going on in the upper room.

She also heard the movement just now, and saw that there were many people outside, so she didn't go out. She only knew that Widow Du was making trouble outside, but she didn't know the details.

Mrs. Mei didn't hide it from her, she briefly explained the matter, and said with lingering fear: "It's okay that our family didn't have any money at the beginning, if not..." She glanced at Lu Jiaoyue and sighed: "It's also my mother Your father thought about it back then, but fortunately he didn't delay you."

Lu Jiaoyue didn't want her mother to continue to struggle with this issue.The past is the past, not to mention who would have known that the Du family was such a family. In the early years, Widow Du was not like this. She was also very kind in front of the relatives of the Lu family. Although she was not well regarded outside Well, after all, a woman can be so pungent, it is also forced by this world.

This is the subconscious thought of most people. Everyone may dislike and dislike a widow, but they still sympathize deep in their hearts, so I really don’t blame her parents.

Even now, when things have turned out like this, outsiders can only say that Widow Du is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, but no one says that Du Lian is not good at all.In the hearts of everyone, Du Lian is promising and a good husband-in-law candidate. If not, there would still be people talking about her sister-in-law and her robbing the marriage. The word 'robbing' can be used, which means people's hearts Thoughts on Dullian - hot and in demand.

"Okay, mother, don't think too much, isn't your daughter unmarried? What we should worry about now is the elder brother's marriage. It's almost time now. Should we prepare to go to Pei's family to hire her?" ?”

Mrs. Mei took a look at her daughter, and said: "You don't need to say, your mother has been thinking about it for the past two days. Your brother is going to get married, and our family needs to buy something. It's okay for these two days. If you want to buy something, hurry up and go to the town to buy everything."

Lu Jiaoyue nodded repeatedly, Lu Guangyi couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when he heard that he was going to arrange a wedding for him, so he greeted the two of them, and hid outside to work.

Lu Jiaoyue joked at her elder brother's back, "Eldest brother is still shy."

Mei patted her with a smile, "You bad girl, you have a day to laugh at what your brother is doing."

Lu Jiaoyue acted coquettishly: "Mother—"

"Okay, okay, don't act like a baby to your mother, help your mother think about what to buy when the time comes, I'm getting old, and my memory is not good, lest I miss what I bought, and I have to run again."

So, the mother and daughter lowered their heads and whispered about what they wanted to buy.

Outside the door, Lu Guangyi, who was chopping wood, looked up at his mother and younger sister who were sitting on the kang in the room, smiling and discussing things face to face, and unconsciously smiled.

It's good that we are separated, and it will get better and better in the future.

Yuntian Town, Baihe Academy.

Du Lian heard that someone was looking for him outside the academy, so he walked out of the dormitory.

He thought it was his mother, or his sister, who ever thought it was a strange man.He looked about 30 or [-] years old, dressed like a countryman, Du Lian was a little puzzled, he didn't know this person.

"You are--"

"You are the younger brother of the Du family, right? I am from your Du family village. Your mother accidentally fell down on the road when she came back from transporting food from Daxi village. She probably broke her leg. We have already sent her away. It’s been sent to the town’s hospital, so hurry up and have a look.”

Du Lian knew that my mother was going to deliver food to Lu's house today, so he didn't doubt what the man in front of him said.He asked the other party to wait, and hurriedly turned back to ask for leave with his husband.After a while, the man came out and asked the other party to lead him to the medical center.

Along the way, he followed this person while asking about his mother's specific situation.

The man told him not to worry, saying that his leg was broken and nothing else was serious.

Du Lian couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and he didn't realize that he followed this person further and further away, and soon there were no pedestrians around, and he came to a remote alley.

He was a little puzzled, and was about to ask the other party, but suddenly his eyes went dark.

At this time, several people rushed out from the side, and came up to punch and kick Du Lian.Du Lian wanted to shout but couldn't, wanted to struggle but was powerless, so he could only endure it forcefully.

During the pain, he felt a sharp pain in his arm, and suddenly let out a miserable howl.

"Warning, don't offend people who shouldn't be offended, otherwise it will be more than this next time!"

Throwing away these words, the visitors dispersed in a swarm, leaving Du Lian lying on the ground alone, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

I don't know how long it took before Du Lian regained his strength. He slowly got up from the ground, shaking his hands to pull the sack on his head.

He half-closed his red and swollen eyes and looked around, but there was no one around.

Suddenly, he snorted in pain, and stretched out his hand to touch the arm that he didn't dare to put his strength on. It was red and swollen, and the swelling was abnormally high.

This is, folded?
Du Lian didn't have time to think about who was behind him, so he hurriedly stood up trembling, and staggered away.

On the street across the alley, a carriage was parked.

There was a coachman sitting in the carriage. This coachman had a cold face in a black shirt, and his face was full of masculinity. Looking closely, there were some fine and small scars.

Because of this, passers-by did not dare to look at him more.

Seeing Du Lian staggering away in a hurry, the door of the carriage was suddenly pushed open, and the person who popped out was Lu Guangzhi.

"Uncle Jin, it's so refreshing. I'm happy to see him not doing well." Lu Guangzhi smiled, changing his innocent and harmless face at home.It's not that he is bad at learning now, but that after so many things, he is no longer the bright and extreme Lu Guangzhi, but still has the simple nature of a countryman.

During the time he came to the gambling house, he learned a lot in it. He learned self-control, learned to meditate, learned to talk to people, talked to the devil, and also learned to prey on the weak.

Just like now, if he is incapable, he may only be able to watch his eldest sister being bullied.Although Du Lian didn't please him at the beginning, in Lu Guangzhi's heart, it was still his elder sister who was hurt.Although his eldest sister didn't say anything, she could imagine that a good marriage was robbed by someone, and it was my sister-in-law who robbed her.That's all, this person who is supposed to be their little uncle dares to come to the house to harass and belittle his elder sister.

Especially during this period of time, there was a lot of discussion outside, which aggravated the anger in Lu Guangzhi's heart. Forget about his sister-in-law, he didn't want to let the culprit Du Lian go without looking at his father's face.

Now that Lu Guangzhi has some small money in his hands and knows a lot of people, he wants to find someone to teach Du Lian a lesson.It's a pity that before he found a suitable candidate in the gambling shop, Han Jin found out about it. Han Jin took the matter aside, saying that Mei Zhuangyi was not around, so he couldn't just sit back and watch his niece be bullied, so he asked someone to teach Du Lian meal.

"Uncle Jin, I think there seems to be something wrong with his hand, so it won't be a big deal?" After all, this is the first time Lu Guangzhi has done such a thing, so he is somewhat nervous.

Han Jin glanced at him, and said softly, "His hand was broken."

"Folded?" Lu Guangzhi said in surprise.

Han Jin nodded and didn't think he was disobedient: "You said that he wanted to marry your sister, and that he would come to your house to propose marriage after he was admitted as a scholar. Do you really want to wait for him to be admitted as a scholar, and then continue to harass her?" Your sister?"

Lu Guangzhi was shocked.

After being shocked, he fell into thought.

Of course he is not a child anymore, of course he can hear Uncle Jin Zi pointing out something.A scholar is no better than a Tongsheng, he is a person of fame and fame, even a small Tongsheng can make the local Lizheng look at him differently, let alone a scholar.Since Du Lian dared to say such a thing in front of his sister, he must have an idea in his heart. Leaving aside the fact that his sister-in-law is still in Du's house, it would be sinister just to see what's going on inside.

Especially that Widow Du is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Lu Guangzhi has seen everything that happened recently.If Du Lian is allowed to be a scholar again, who knows if he will continue to pester his sister.Women are not like men, a small thing can ruin their reputation.If what happened last time happened again, his eldest sister would be finished.

"But we can't stop him for the rest of his life." He couldn't help but look at Han Jin, obviously a little confused.After all, it's still a bit small, not as good as the experienced Han Jin.

Han Jin smiled, and pointed out: "When your sister is married, we don't have to pay attention to him." In fact, what he wanted to say was to wait for Lu Jiaoyue to marry him, but in front of his future brother-in-law, he now Certainly can't show his 'sinister' thoughts.

Lu Guangzhi thought for a while, and said, "Uncle Jinzi, you still have an idea."

"Let's go, I'll take you home, lest you go back late and your sister is worried again."

(End of this chapter)