farmer's little girl

Chapter 49 Lu Guifang, are you out of your mind? !
Zhaojiawa said whether it was big or small, the Zhao family had been in trouble for a long time, and many people from the village came to watch the excitement.

It stands to reason that every family is clamoring for relatives, and someone should come forward to speak for the Zhao family.But country people have always hated bad gamblers. If someone came to find trouble with the Zhao family for no reason, it goes without saying that someone would come forward to help, but they came to ask for debts.

Since ancient times, debt repayment has been a matter of course, so no one came forward to speak for the Zhao family.

Everyone just stood outside the courtyard and watched, talking about how the Zhao family's mother-in-law always boasted about how capable her eldest son was, but they didn't expect it to be so capable.

Zhao Guodong's face stiffened after being ridiculed by the two thugs.

When the two daughters-in-law of the Zhao family heard that they wanted the land deed, they immediately sat down on the ground and cried, "It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable for the gambling debts owed by the uncle, let us go bankrupt and pay back."

"That's right, he doesn't think of us when he's enjoying the blessings, but he thinks of us when he pays back the money. When he was eating hot food in the county, we couldn't even bear to eat fine grains at home..."

Not only they were crying, but a few children were also crying around their mother.For a while, the courtyard of the Zhao family was full of crying.

The thugs were a little annoyed by crying, and it was not easy to hit women, so they went forward to drag Zhao Guodong, intending to beat him.

At this time, Lu Guifang stepped forward and said anxiously: "These brothers, the boss Han Jin you mentioned is not a relative of our family, but our family does know each other. The brother of my brother and sister's natal family belongs to Boss Han." friend."

The thug gave her a suspicious look: "Friend?"

"My surname is Mei, and my name is Mei Zhuangyi." Lu Guifang said hastily.

She had heard about the youngest son of the Mei family, who was idle all day long, and often mixed with Han Jin, a well-known local ruffian from all over the world.At that time, when she heard the rumors, she secretly laughed at Mrs. Mei, laughing that such a brother came out of her natal family.

In the past, Lu Guifang looked down upon and loathed them, but now she can't care about them. She just wants to escape the disaster temporarily, and I'll talk about the rest later.

The thug looked her up and down: "You won't lie to us, will you?"

Lu Guifang knew it was right when she saw this expression, so she laughed, "How can I use this kind of thing to deceive people? If you don't believe me, go around and visit. My natal family is from Daxi Village, and sister Mei Zhuangyi's husband's family is from Daxi Village. Yes, she married my natal brother."

The boss pondered for a while, and said: "You'd better make sure you're not lying, otherwise we won't be polite next time you come here. This time, for Mei Zhuangyi's sake, I'll spare you, and I'll give you three days Time, let's come back in three days."

These people are also neat in doing things. If the front leaves a word, the people behind will leave.

The Zhao family didn't care about crying anymore, and hurried forward to close the gate of the courtyard, blocking all the onlookers outside the gate.

Zhao Guodong came up to his mother and asked, "Mother, second aunt's younger brother is really friends with Boss Han? Hey, why didn't you say it earlier, and I wouldn't be afraid of this if you said it earlier. You don't know, so Guangji Boss Han of the gambling shop can be half of the owner. Those loan sharks in the gambling shop are all begging for food under his hands. Go and talk to the second aunt, let her tell Boss Han to forgive the money I owe, and avoid Our family has to sell the house and land..."

Lu Guifang slapped him and slapped him, weeping and cursing: "You still say, you still say, you useless thing, my mother thought you were doing business in the county, but you dared to go there!" Gambling, our family's face has been lost by you..."

Zhao Guodong was beaten until he ran away with his head in his arms.

But after the fight, the matter still needs to be resolved. The Zhao family is reluctant to sell the house and land, so they can't help but think of what Zhao Guodong said before.In fact, if it is possible, Zhao Guodong's two younger brothers would like to divide the family house and live in another place, but Lu Guifang and his wife disagree.Now that there is a way to solve the debts of the boss without selling the house or land, it is inevitable to put all hopes on this.

The family sat together and made up their minds. Lu Guifang didn't want to show weakness to the Mei family anymore. She hesitated at home for a long time, and finally decided to go back to her mother's house.

This is why Lu Guifang came to the door today.

It's a pity that Mrs. Mei didn't know.

She looked at the eldest sister-in-law who came to the door with a smile on her face with some doubts.

It was because of Lu Guifang's rare smile that she didn't drive her out.After all, she is the man's eldest sister, and she doesn't want to do too much, so as not to hurt the man's heart.

But she didn't have anything to say to her, just kept silent.

Lu Guifang forced a smile, pretending to be nonchalant, "Why isn't the second child at home? Where are righteous boy and girl Yue?"

"Ming Hai has gone out to sell tofu, and the two children are not at home. Are you busy?"

"It's nothing, just take a look. I was wrong last time. I beat Yueyue girl indiscriminately. She is also the eldest daughter-in-law. She is really scheming. She only said half of what she said, which made me misunderstand. Otherwise, I would Absolutely not like that."

Although she had thought about how to bow her head when she came here, but when things came to an end, Lu Guifang found it difficult.She has been arrogant in front of Mei Shi for most of her life, so how can she be willing to be humble in front of her.But there is no way, for the sake of her eldest son and everything in the family, she can only do this, so she seems to be saying apologetic words, but her facial expression is very stiff.

At first glance, it is unwilling.

Mrs. Mei was weird, no one forced her to come to the door, but she was so crazy.

Because she was curious, Mei didn't put on a cold face, but just answered her a few polite words that were not sincere.

Lu Guifang was a little annoyed, she even came to apologize, why did Mrs. Mei give her a cold face.But thinking about family matters, she suppressed her annoyance again.

When Lu Guangyi and Lu Jiaoyue entered, they saw such a strange scene.Her eldest aunt talked to her mother with a smile on her face, but her mother seemed to be indifferent.

Before the two of them could say anything, Lu Guifang smiled kindly and looked at the two of them, and asked Lu Guangyi when he planned to get married with concern, and said that Lu Jiaoyue was getting more and more beautiful as she grew older.

It's a pity that the horse's ass was slapped on the horse's leg. Lu Guangyi's marriage just went wrong, and Lu Guifang asked like this, isn't it just looking for trouble?But Mei's seizures are not easy, so she can only keep a cold face and say nothing.

At this moment, Lu Minghai came back.

He carried an empty tofu load and walked in from outside the courtyard.Mei immediately stood up and walked out of the main room, "His father, why did you come back so early today?"

Lu Minghai put down the pick on his shoulders with a look of joy: "I'm lucky today. I met a family that has a wedding, so I bought all the tofu from our family."

"Second brother, are you back?" Lu Guifang also came out and greeted Lu Minghai.

Lu Minghai was a little surprised, but the other party was his eldest sister after all, and seeing the other party smiling, he finally understood why his daughter-in-law had such an expression just now.

The elders were talking, so the two younger ones were naturally not suitable to listen. Lu Jiaoyue and the elder brother left the main room.

"Brother, what do you think my aunt wants to do?"

Just now when all the people went back to the main room, the aunt sat there and talked with Dad, she talked a lot, and also said a lot about Dad and the others when they were young, wiping away tears while talking.

Such an aunt is too weird, not to mention Mei's, Lu Jiaoyue also accepts incompetence.

"My aunt probably wants to ask my father for something." Lu Guangyi said sharply.

Lu Jiaoyue thought the same way, so she asked curiously, "What do you think Elder Aunt wants to ask our father to do?"

Lu Guangyi shook his head.

Lu Guifang pulled Lu Minghai to talk, Mei was worried, so naturally she didn't dare to leave, so I left the cooking for lunch today to Lu Jiaoyue.Lu Guangyi helped her.

One of the two brothers and sisters chooses vegetables, one washes them, one cooks them, and one makes a fire. Soon the meal is ready.

Just when the two were about to invite their family to dinner, they heard Mei's violent shouting from the main room: "Lu Guifang, are you out of your mind?!"

The two brothers and sisters couldn't care less, and hurried out of the kitchen.

Seeing Mei push Lu Guifang out of the door, "Hurry up, I know that there is nothing good about you coming, your family's business has nothing to do with us, how can you have the face to make such a request. Besides, it is only natural to pay back the debt, I don't have such a big face, and neither does my younger brother, helping you to ask someone for such a thing."

Lu Guifang was staggered by Mei's push, she couldn't help but dragged her neck and shouted into the room: "Second son, son, you will let your daughter-in-law treat your sister like this?"

Lu Minghai also came out of the house, and said with a sullen face: "Sister, what you said is too unbelievable, and our family doesn't have that much face. My daughter-in-law is right, it's only right and proper to pay back debts. There is no reason not to pay back the debt.”

"Isn't it just a matter of one sentence, why is there a big reason? My family Guodong said that those loan sharks in the gambling house and the gambling house are all in the same group, and the money they borrowed is also lost to the gambling house." , In fact, there is no such thing as borrowing money at all, it's just a debt, and this kind of empty debt can be settled casually." Lu Guifang said angrily.

The reason is true, everyone knows that the people who lend usury in the gambling shop are the people of the gambling shop, but no one has such a big face to say that this is just a matter of one sentence, and the empty account can be settled at will.Moreover, Lu Guifang's statement is like a restaurant owner taking home-grown vegetables and frying them to sell them for money. Can you say that because this dish doesn't cost a penny, you won't give money?
It must be impossible,
Mei used to think that Lu Guifang had high self-esteem and looked down on others, but now she realizes that not only does she look down on others, she is also shameless.What she said was all nonsense, and even if what she said was true, how could she have the face to go to brother Jin to beg for this favor?

"Go away quickly, you are not welcome in our family."

Mrs. Mei forced Lu Guifang out, and then slammed the courtyard door.

Afterwards, the family of four looked at each other in blank dismay, and Mrs. Mei couldn't help complaining to Lu Minghai about who his family was.Seeing that the situation was not right, Lu Jiaoyue hurriedly called for dinner, and went to serve food with Lu Guangyi, then called Wulang, and the family sat down to eat together.

The dinner table was very quiet, Lu Jiaoyue still wanted to ask what was going on, but seeing her parents' expressions, she didn't dare to ask.

But she soon knew what was going on, because Lu Guifang saw that Mrs. Mei didn't give her face, so she went to Shangfang for help.

The upper room asked Lu Minghai to come over, and specifically told Mei to go with him, but it was a pity that Mei didn't go.From Mei's complaint, Lu Jiaoyue knew what happened.

It turned out that my aunt's eldest son, that is, the cousin Guodong who worked as a shopkeeper in the county and always looked above the top in front of the Lu family, had become addicted to gambling.Not only did he lose his job in the county, but he also emptied all the money he had accumulated over the years, and even owed usury.

It is said that there is a lot of money owed, and the eldest aunt's family may have to go bankrupt to pay it back. I don't know where the aunt learned that my uncle and Han Jin knew each other, so she asked to come to the house.

After hearing this, Lu Jiaoyue was a little dazed, she always felt that there was something tricky about this matter.

Thinking of Du Lian who was beaten for pestering her last time, she couldn't help wondering if this had something to do with Uncle Jinzi.That time he knew that he was beaten by his aunt, so he bought her a bottle of wound medicine.Could it be that he really did this?But Lu Jiaoyue couldn't figure out how he made her cousin addicted to gambling, and lost so much money to borrow usury.

Maybe it's really a coincidence?
When Lu Minghai came back, his face was very ugly.

I can't help him not being ugly, it turned out that Shangfang and Lu Guifang had the same idea, and felt that one sentence would make things better, so why did they need to sell the house and land.Lu Minghai's explanation was useless, and he was run over by Lu Guifang and the same family, so they broke up on the spot.

Seeing that Lu Minghai came back angry, Mrs. Mei was not angry, and even had a thought, let him realize how difficult the person in the upper room is, so as not to always treat her as a villain, and the man's mouth is not good. Said, probably the heart is also uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Mei became even happier, glanced at the dark-faced Lu Minghai out of the corner of her eye, and called her daughter to cook dinner in the kitchen.

After dinner was ready, Lu Guangzhi came back.

He was wearing coarse clothes and carrying a firewood basket in his hand, because Mrs. Mei was at home every day, before he went home, he would change the clothes he wore in the gambling house and put on the clothes and pants he usually wears at home.Fortunately, he has a little friend to help him cover, otherwise he will be exposed sooner or later.

Feeling the strange atmosphere in the house, he couldn't help but froze. He looked around, and when he saw Lu Jiaoyue, he couldn't help showing a questioning look.

Lu Jiaoyue shook her head nonchalantly, and gave him a peaceful look, and he was relieved.

After the meal, Lu Jiaoyue helped Mrs. Mei pick up the bowl, and went back to the house.

She didn't close the door, sure enough, Lu Guangzhi got in.

"Sister, what's the matter? What happened at home today, I see that my parents look weird."

Lu Jiaoyue didn't hide anything, and told the story again.

After Lu Guangzhi heard this, his expression became very strange.

Lu Jiaoyue glanced at him, and couldn't help but wonder: "Could it be that you did something in the middle?"

How could Lu Guangzhi admit it?You can't even admit it to death, because Uncle Jin Zi said that this matter is different from others, so it's best to treat it as an accident.However, he also felt that the world was a little unpredictable. Why did the aunt think of the little uncle and make trouble at home.

"What can I do? Sister, don't wrong me, I'm not that capable." Lu Guangzhi pretended to be innocent.

But she couldn't hide it from Lu Jiaoyue. Although Lu Jiaoyue didn't see anything from his face, she was not stupid.

"Tell me honestly, did you do something in the middle? Otherwise, Cousin Guodong always goes to the casino to gamble money. You work in the casino, why didn't I hear you tell me about it?"

Lu Guangzhi couldn't help being stiff for a moment, he actually forgot about this, and said: "Well, big sister, I won't hide it from you, I do know that Cousin Guodong went to the casino to gamble. I am in the casino I met him twice, but I was afraid that he would tell his family, so I kept avoiding him. The reason why I didn't tell you is because I didn't bother to take care of the Zhao family's affairs. If you think about it, if I told you, you would definitely not Turn a blind eye, but how can we explain to our parents why we know that Zhao Guodong gambled in the casino. Besides, I still haven’t forgotten that when he was a child, he always looked above the top in front of us, so much older than us, He also allowed Zhao Guobang and Zhao Guoquan to bully our elder brother. Don't forget, if someone hadn't met him that time, our elder brother would have drowned."

When this matter was mentioned, Lu Jiaoyue fell silent immediately.

Not to mention that Lu Guangzhi didn't forget, Lu Jiaoyue, who was two years older than him, naturally didn't forget either.At that time, they were all young, and the Zhao family was rich. Every time the aunt brought a few cousins ​​back, she would always bully the children of the Lu family.Especially the children of the second bedroom, who made Lu Guifang and the Mei family have a bad relationship.

At that time, there was no Goro in Erfang, only three siblings, Lu Guangyi. Lu Guangyi was older than the next two siblings, so he had to protect them.Zhao Guodong was older than them, so naturally he would not participate in the children's pranks, but every time Zhao Guobang and Zhao Guoquan bullied the second-bedroom children, he always watched with a smile on the sidelines, and even helped them cover up.

Once Zhao Guobang and Zhao Guoquan played a prank and threw Lu Guangyi into the river. After the throwing, they stood aside and clapped their hands.Zhao Guobang and Zhao Guoquan were still young, so they thought they were ignorant children, but Zhao Guodong was already in his teens at that time, not too young, and he was watching from the sidelines.It was someone from the village who passed by and saw Lu Guangyi and rescued him.

Naturally, nothing happened after this, because all three were children, and Zhao Guodong was too clever, and when he saw someone coming, he sneaked into the woods.But Lu Guangyi still remembered that when he returned home, he told his parents that the Mei family would not follow him at that time, and went to quarrel with Lu Guifang.The old man Lu and his wife were at odds, saying that the child must have read it wrong, and the children of the Zhao family refused to admit it, so Mei could only suffer from this dumb loss.

Because of this incident, the second bedroom couple vomited for nearly a month, and it was Lu Minghai who apologized, so Mei let it go.From then on, she never confronted Lu Guifang, because she knew very well that she would not break up with a man just because she had an uneasy sister-in-law.Discord and separation, life must go on, for the sake of her own children, she usually endures as much as she can, and lets go as long as she can.

"So eldest sister, the Zhao family has treated us like this, and they still point me to be a good person? Zhao Guodong went to gamble, but I didn't drag him to steal money from the store, and I didn't force him to hold his hand." Let's do it. If we go to tell our aunt that her most capable son is a bad gambler, if you say whether my aunt believes in us or her son, I'm afraid you will scold us, and it will be light. This is called Karma retribution, self-inflicted crimes cannot live!"

Lu Jiaoyue saw her younger brother who was a little excited, and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, I didn't say you didn't say it was wrong, why are you so excited."

Lu Guangzhi was a little embarrassed, and scratched his head, "I'm not afraid that my eldest sister will say that I don't care if I watch something happen to my relatives?"

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Lu Jiaoyue straightened her face, "I've wanted to tell you about this a long time ago. It's not a big deal for you to work in a gambling house. There are so many people in our village. There are so many relatives in every household, maybe you will be bumped into, and when our mother finds out, you will definitely be beaten. And doing this is not a long-term solution, you have to find a different way out."

"What way out?" Lu Guangzhi couldn't help but feel a little dazed. He had thought about it for the future, and he would continue to work in the gambling house for the future.But for the future, he didn't have a plan in mind.

"Have you considered going to school?" Lu Jiaoyue said, "Although you are a bit older, it is not uncommon for people at your age to be enlightened. Before the separation, the elder sister thought about it and wanted to start the spring." I will send you and Goro to study."

"Study?" Lu Guangzhi froze on the spot.

Lu Jiaoyue nodded: "Our family is separated, and life will gradually get better in the future. Although sending two people to study, the family's money may be very tight, but isn't the elder sister doing embroidery work, and it will be sold when the time comes The money will definitely be enough for you and Goro to go to school."

"But--"

"I've said this, you should think about it in your heart first. Although the eldest sister doesn't have the idea that everything is inferior, she only has the idea of ​​being high in school. After all, I remember that you liked it when you were young, so I still hope you can try it. You are only this year Fourteen, two years of study will not delay things, and if it is really not enough, it will not be too late to find another way out."

Lu Guangzhi fell silent, his eye sockets were slightly moist, but he didn't want his elder sister to see him, so he could only turn his face slightly sideways.

After a while, he said: "Sister, you are not too young, and you will get married in the next two years. There is no reason for a married girl to help her mother's family earn money for her brothers to study. Let me think about what you said first. I will continue to go to the gambling house, even if it’s not for other reasons, I will save some money and Goro and I will go to school, which will reduce the burden on the family.”

Lu Jiaoyue agrees with her younger brother's idea very much. It is not necessary for a scholar to be raised like Du Lian and not to eat grains. Self-reliance and self-improvement are the right way.

Don't mention this matter, Lu Guifang came again the next day.

Not only she came, but old man Lu and Da Fang also came.The people from Sanfang followed closely behind, they didn't come to speak for Lu Guifang, they just came to see the situation.

In front of the couple in the second room, Lu Guifang cried miserably, completely forgetting what face is at this moment.

"Second brother, you are too cruel, and you just watched your sister's family fall apart?"

Lu Minghai knew that this matter was not finished, so he didn't go to sell tofu today, but let Lu Guangyi go out with the tofu, and he stayed at home.

He looked at the group of people in front of him with an ugly expression, his heart was weak, but he didn't know what to say.Mei's complexion was also very ugly. She wanted to stand up and speak several times, but was held back by Lu Minghai.The two of them just sat there watching Lu Guifang cry, watching Hu's face sweetly persuading him to make peace, and watching the old man Lu and his wife sigh with sorrow.

In fact, they only do this for one thing - to force them to submit.

"Are you finished?"

Suddenly, Lu Minghai's voice sounded.

Immediately, those who cried stopped crying, those who persuaded others stopped, and those who sighed stopped sighing, and all looked at him.

"You think highly of me. I, Lu Minghai, am just a farmer. I don't know anyone from the county or from the casino. There's really no need for you to do this."

"You don't know each other, but your wife's younger brother does. It's just a word from one of them. You should go and talk to that kid Zhuang Yi." Old Man Lu said.

Lu Minghai took a breath, and said: "Let's not mention whether my brother-in-law is at home or not, just one sentence can save more than 100 taels of silver. 100 taels, that's not more than 100 Wen. What kind of ecstasy did you take to make you think that with just one sentence, you don’t have to pay back the more than 100 taels of silver.” He looked at Old Man Lu, “Father, if someone owes you more than 100 taels, my uncle will come and call you. Say hello, can you not?"

Qiao Shi on the side curled her lips, "How is it possible, father is not stupid."

The room suddenly fell silent.

Yes, people are not stupid, no one is stupid! More than 100 taels, not more than 100 wen, who doesn’t want it? It’s only natural to pay off debts.

Mrs. Hu interjected with a smile: "Others can't make it, but his second aunt and brother will definitely succeed. Who doesn't know that his second aunt and brother have a lot of face outside and have a lot of friends."

Lu Minghai glanced at Mrs. Hu who had been fanning the flames in the middle, and said, "Sister-in-law, since you said yes, anyway, I don't have such a big face, or you can go and talk to others, so that they don't ask the Zhao family for the 100 yuan." Is there two more silver?"

The Mei family also ran on: "I have heard that there can be a guarantor in the middle of such a usury loan. As long as there is a guarantor as a guarantor, they will not make trouble to the point of selling the house and land. Of course, if it ends up The guarantor has to pay the money back for the other party. Sister-in-law, why don’t you act as a guarantor for your elder sister’s family, so that the elder sister doesn’t have to ruin her family.”

(End of this chapter)