farmer's little girl

Chapter 73

Just as Mrs. Mei thought, Dafang is indeed fighting to the death.

In fact, Lu Mingchuan didn't intend to grab his second brother's business at first, but he couldn't help Mrs. Hu always whispering in his ears, and the family is really struggling recently.

The Du family asked their own family to help with the spring plowing, so naturally the big house had to pay for the seeds and seedlings.Generally farmers don’t buy seeds, most of them keep their own seeds, but last year’s autumn harvest, the big house also kept enough seeds for their own use, and suddenly three acres of land were needed for seeds. How are you?

Fortunately, most of the country people have the habit of saving more seeds. Lu Mingchuan went to several houses, but he will probably get them together, but he has to spend money to buy them.

There is also the matter of Lu Guangren, the Qian family asked the Lu family for 20 taels of silver, but the big house doesn't have 20 taels of silver now.More than half of the money saved earlier was spent on Lu Guili's marriage. Widow Du borrowed a couple of taels from Lu Mingchuan, but has not yet returned it. Then the old man fell ill again, and had already spent a lot of the family's money.

In order to please the family, Hu took over the matter and went back to her mother's house to borrow ten taels.For the ten taels of silver, the Hu family almost didn't break the face with her natal brothers, and finally borrowed the silver back.

Because Mrs. Hu has solved the family's problems, and she has been a low-level nurse for so long, the old man Lu and Lu Mingchuan can't blame her anymore.Otherwise, with Lu Mingchuan's attitude of ignoring her all the time, it would be a ghost to listen to her.

However, the borrowed money must always be repaid. With such a large debt all of a sudden, not only Old Man Lu panicked, but also Lu Mingchuan.For so many years, this is the first time that the family has borrowed money from others, and because of this, more and more people in the village are engaged in the soy milk business. In addition, Mrs. Hu bewitched that others have done it, and they can do it themselves. , anyway, it's cheap and not going out, so Lu Mingchuan and Old Man Lu agreed to come down.

They were very cautious at the beginning, and only made a small amount to buy, but they didn't expect to sell them all.Just like other people who started to taste the sweetness, they began to increase the amount of production. Beans are not cheap, and the fine noodles used to make steamed buns require money to invest.

However, there are examples of making money before, and Dafang dares to invest money in it.

But overnight, business went bad.On that day, Dafang poured out two full barrels of soy milk, and the unsold buns and steamed buns were not thrown away. They were put on the steamer to heat up, and they could be sold the next day.The weather is still not hot now, and it can still be kept for two days.

The people in Dafang didn't understand what was going on, they just thought it was their bad luck, they made the same amount the next day and sold it in the county, but the business was still not good that day.

It's like a vicious circle, the worse the business is, the more money you lose, and the more money you lose, the more unwilling you are.The owner of the first room really had no choice, so he moved the stall to the street where the second room was located.

Mrs. Hu had already visited the place where Erfang set up a stall. There were more people shopping here, so it was better than the place where they set up a stall.Mrs. Hu didn't think it was because of her lack of craftsmanship, but that it was a matter of location. There were too few pedestrians on the street where they were.

Lu Mingchuan and the old man Lu were unwilling at first, they felt that it would be too much to move to the side of others to do business after they had already robbed the business of the second child's family, especially Ben was a little guilty.But he couldn't stand Hu's talk, let alone the loss day by day, so he agreed.

The business was really good on the first day. Many people came here to buy 'Chengnan Lu's Soymilk'. They were in the south of the city and their surname was Lu.Asked by others, naturally he answered without blushing or panting.

When a person is at the end of his life, how much is his face worth compared to silver?

On this day, all the items picked by the Lu family were sold out.Old man Lu and Lu Mingchuan had a drink that night, and felt that they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.After sleeping all night, waking up early the next day, the whole family was busy going in and out, with unlimited hopes for the future business.

Today's business is also very good. It took less than an hour to open the stall, and more than half of the things were sold.After finally being free, Mrs. Hu was about to take a drink and rest when she suddenly saw a man walking in front of the booth.

It was a middle-aged man, who looked and dressed like an ordinary resident of the county.

"You are Lu's soymilk here?"

Lu Mingchuan was about to say no, but Mrs. Hu squeezed over, nodded, and said, "Guest officer wants to buy something..."

Before she finished speaking, she heard the man say that it was here, and a group of men and women came from behind him, old and young, it seemed that the whole family came out.These people rushed forward and tore down the stall of the big house without saying a word.

The soya-bean milk pot was overturned and flowed all over the floor, the steamer was picked up and smashed, and the steaming steamed buns inside rolled everywhere.

Hu's face turned pale with fright, and she hurried forward to stop her, but two women came up to block her.Lu Mingchuan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, he was at a loss, and asked repeatedly: "What's wrong?"

"He also asked us what's wrong, a peddler with no conscience, selling spoiled soy milk for my father to drink, and my father has been suffering from diarrhea since returning home yesterday." The middle-aged man's eyes were red, and he said angrily: "Here I'll smash it, smash it hard, and I'll tell you, if you don't give us an explanation today, I'll take you to the court!"

The onlookers were in an uproar, but Hu's heart skipped a beat.

Everyone in the village knows that soy milk cannot be left overnight, and if it cannot be sold that day, it can only be dumped to feed pigs.At first, Dafang also dealt with it in this way, but as the family became more and more stretched, Hu stopped doing so.Of course, she also specially tasted the soy milk that was left overnight. The weather is not hot now, and the sourness is not too bad. It is almost impossible to taste it, but the taste is not good.

Of course, Mrs. Hu didn't dare to buy all the overnight soy milk, and would make some fresh ones, but would mix in half of the unsold soy milk from the previous day.In this way, it will not be able to drink, and it will not affect the taste. She has been doing this all the time, and has never had any accidents.

For a moment, she was sweating profusely, and her face turned blue with horror.

Over there, Lu Mingchuan was still explaining to others: "How is this possible? It is absolutely impossible. The soy milk that my family can't sell every day is used to feed pigs."

This matter was done by the Hu family without telling the man, and Lu Mingchuan didn't know it.Hu's eyeballs rolled rapidly, thinking about how to solve this matter.

At this moment, a young woman ran over, saw the group of people smashing things from a distance, and cried out like mourning.

"Father, mother, second uncle and second aunt, grandpa, grandpa, he's out of breath..."

The sound was like a thunderbolt from the clear sky, hitting the heads of this group of people.The middle-aged man at the head looked pale, and his body shook for a while. The middle-aged woman beside him hurriedly supported him, called her husband nervously, and then asked his daughter-in-law anxiously: "Why is he out of breath, isn't he Have you been sent to the hospital?"

The young woman wept uncontrollably: "My husband and I were guarding grandpa in the hospital, and the doctor gave me medicine, but it didn't work. I don't know what happened. The doctor said that I was getting old and vented again." If you are ruthless, you will..."

The middle-aged man forced himself to stabilize his swaying figure, glared at the big house couple with tearing eyes, and shouted: "Report to the officer, hurry to report to the officer, watch these two people, don't let them run away!"

The onlookers were in an uproar.

I thought it was just someone coming to make trouble, but I never expected that it would kill people.

Mrs. Mei, who was standing outside the crowd watching the excitement, did not expect this to happen, and her gloating mood suddenly became serious.After all, there was a life, and I am afraid that this time the big house will be miserable.

As soon as he heard the death, Lu Mingchuan's legs went limp, and he sat down on the ground on the spot.Hu Shi was also frightened to death, just when she was about to fly away, she suddenly saw Mei Shi in the crowd, and a thought flashed in her mind.

"I-I found the wrong one..." She let out a voice from her throat, and her upper and lower teeth were still chattering when she spoke.It's not hot tomorrow, but she feels like she's in a steamer, and she can't even breathe. "I got it wrong. We are not Lu's Soymilk. We are pretending to be someone else's name. We just set up a stall on this street yesterday..."

The middle-aged man frowned at her, and then at the other onlookers.

A person who is also doing business here said, "This stall really just came here yesterday."

"That person, that person is the authentic Lu's soymilk!" Panting heavily, Hu finished pointing at Mei.

Mei's expression froze, and she was about to speak out to scold Hu, when someone in the crowd called the official to come.

Three yamen servants came over.

"Who reported it to the official? Which family did the victim eat and killed?"

Before everyone could speak, Mrs. Hu hurriedly said: "It's her, it's her! It's really not our family! Our family is not Lu's soybean milk!"

A trembling finger pointed at Mei Shi in the crowd, and the people around Mei Shi suddenly dispersed, and everyone looked at her and whispered.

"It's you?" One of the yamen servants frowned, "Then come with us to the county yamen!"

Lu Jiaoyue didn't go to watch the excitement because people couldn't leave the stall.

When someone came to tell her that her mother was taken away by someone from the county government, she thought he was joking.She didn't know it was true until she heard that the dispersed crowd was discussing eating dead people and pointing fingers at her house.

Why did someone come to smash someone else's stall and take her mother away?
Lu Jiaoyue was so anxious that tears were about to come out, but she was at a loss. It was Chen Xiaosi, the guy from the antique shop, who came to tell her, and she didn't know what was going on.

"Girl, go back and find your lord, this county government office is not a good place to go." Uncle Chen, the owner of the antique shop, said to her.

"Uncle Chen, it's impossible for my family's food to eat dead people. It's really impossible. That family is my uncle's family. His family has fallen out with my family long ago, and they came to steal my business again..."

Uncle Chen sighed: "I believe you. If there is a problem with the food I ate at your house yesterday, I wouldn't be standing here now. But the officials don't believe it, especially if there are witnesses, you should go home and call Come on your father, you are a girl from every family, it doesn't matter!"

Lu Jiaoyue nodded again and again, she looked at her stall hesitantly, and Uncle Chen said again: "Go quickly, I'll let Xiaosi look at these things for you."

"Thank you, Uncle Chen!"

Not much to say, Lu Jiaoyue hurriedly walked out of the street.

When passing Dafang's stall, it was still a mess, and Dafang and his wife were squatting on the ground to pick up things.

Lu Jiaoyue stopped in her tracks, and stared at the two men with eyes wide open.

"Yue'er..." Lu Mingchuan stood up with a pale face, a little at a loss.

Lu Jiaoyue took a sip, "Unconscionable, stinky and shameless, the things in my house can't possibly eat the dead, you just wait for me, the injustice has its owner and the debtor, who did it, God is watching with open eyes! "

After leaving the words, she walked away quickly.

Lu Mingchuan turned around and slapped Hu's face, stomped his feet and sighed: "The evil you did, the second brother will never forgive you!"

Lu Minghai hurried to the county when he received the news that his daughter had brought her home.

Not only he came, but also Lu Guangyi, and the three-bedroom couple.

A group of people went to the county office first, but they couldn't even get in. It was Lu Guangzhi who went up to the gatekeeper and stuffed a tael of silver with him, and the other party let them in.

After entering, no one greeted them, and they finally stopped a yamen servant and stuffed some money in the past. Only then did they know that Mrs. Mei had indeed been arrested, and was detained in the prison at this time.

As for the others, as well as the current situation of the Mei family, that person doesn't know, because this matter is out of his control.Lu Minghai asked to see Mrs. Mei, but the other party also said that there was no other way, and told them to leave quickly.

After leaving the gate of the county government, Lu Minghai squatted on the ground, covering his face.

In the big prison, let alone Mei, even he has never seen what it would be like for a wife to stay in it.

Lu Mingshan sighed, and persuaded: "Second brother, don't mess around, I've heard people say that the guy at the head here is a money-seeking master, so the people below have learned how to behave." Don't panic, hurry back and collect money, first find a way to meet the second sister-in-law, and figure out the situation before you talk about it. As for the Mei family, you should send someone to send a message, one more person will have more strength, and I can come up with an extra idea."

Qiao interrupted and said, "I still don't know what's going on. Didn't you hear what Yue'er said? The couple in Dafang are really wicked, and this kind of thing is also blamed on the second sister-in-law. I dare not bear the evil I have done." , to implicate innocent people!"

"You mother-in-law, don't interrupt. Now that things are like this, it is natural to find out all aspects in order to help the second sister-in-law get rid of the crime. What's the use of complaining? Even if the second brother goes back and strangles Mrs. Hu, the second sister-in-law will You can’t get out if you’re still inside, the most important thing now is to get people out.”

Lu Minghai stood up, forced himself to be calm and said: "The third brother is right, I'll go home and collect money. Boss, you go to Mei's house and tell your grandfather and two uncles about this matter. You have to hide it from your grandma, your grandma is not in good health, she must not be able to bear the news after hearing the news."

Lu Guangyi nodded, and they split up.

Lu Minghai's father and daughter went home to collect money, and because Lu Guangzhi and Wulang hadn't finished school yet, Lu Jiaoyue asked Guiya to help look after the house.

Seeing Lu Minghai's father and daughter come back, Guiya hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is Auntie?"

With a pale face, Lu Jiaoyue shook her head and briefly explained what happened.

Gui Ya said: "If you want to bribe the county government, you probably need a lot of money. I have saved some money, and I will bring it to you later."

"I can't ask for your money for my family's affairs."

"Human life is at stake, why are you still talking about this? If it weren't for your family, I wouldn't be able to save that money. Just wait, I'll go home and get it." After leaving these words, Gui Ya didn't say anything to Lu Jiaoyue Given the opportunity, people just ran away.

Lu Jiaoyue went back to the house and collected the money she had. Originally, it was 50 taels of silver, but she bought a small donkey for 12 taels, and she still had nearly 40 taels of silver in her hand.Lu Minghai also took out all the family's money. The second house has been doing business for a while, and after deducting the usual expenses, he has also saved nearly 30 taels of silver.

Adding up to 70 taels, it seems like a lot, but thinking about the reputation of the county magistrate, Lu Minghai, father and daughter felt a sense of despair.

Guiya soon came and gave Lu Jiaoyue 20 taels of silver.

Lu Jiaoyue touched her hand, she knew that this was all the money Gui Ya could come up with.

"Jiaoyue, don't worry, my aunt will be fine."

That being said, how could it be possible not to worry.What kind of place is that prison?In the minds of the country people, it is a place where people cannibalize, and the people who go in first do nothing, just beat them.Although Mei Shi is not very old, she is a woman after all, how can she bear it.

Thinking of this, Lu Jiaoyue was in a state of confusion.

Soon the Mei family also came, the two brothers Mei Dahu and the old man Mei.

"Lu Minghai, is this how you take care of my sister? Because of your Lu family, my sister has been swallowing her anger for the past few years, and now because of your Lu family, my sister has been arrested and thrown into prison!"

Mei Dahu rushed forward and punched Lu Minghai without saying a word.

Lu Minghai staggered from the beating. He covered the corner of his mouth with a look of pain on his face: "Brother, it's all me, I'm the one who killed Mo Lan!"

"You know, tell me, who are your Lu family members? Before, because you two had a good relationship, and there were righteous boy and girl Yue, so I, the eldest brother, turned a blind eye to it. eye, but now you look at..."

The old man Mei interrupted in a deep voice: "Okay, what do you say now, don't forget that your sister is still in prison!"

Several people sat down and discussed for a while, but they couldn't do anything, and they all looked sad.

Mei Xiaohu sighed and said, "Our family doesn't know any capable people. It would be great if the third child is here. He knows a lot of people in the county, and he has a wide range of people, but he is not at home at this time."

Lu Jiaoyue, who had been sitting blankly beside her, couldn't help shivering.

"I know who to turn to to save my mother!" She suddenly said loudly.

The crowd couldn't help looking at her.

Lu Jiaoyue was so excited that she burst into tears, she was almost incoherent.

"Uncle Jin's elder sister, yes, Uncle Jin's elder sister. Father, grandfather, uncle and uncle, Uncle Jin's elder brother-in-law is Li Butou from the county, we can definitely rescue mother if we find him!"

Mei Dahu hurriedly asked: "Yue girl, are you talking about Han Jin?"

Lu Jiaoyue nodded repeatedly.

The old man Mei stroked his beard and pondered for a while: "The third child knows Han Jin, but we don't know Han Jin's eldest sister."

Lu Minghai, who had just shown a happy face, became worried again: "Then where should we find Han Jin's eldest sister?"

"It's okay, I know how to find her." Lu Jiaoyue wiped away the tears on her face and smiled.

First went to Lu Guangzhi, asked him to take him to Gou Da, and then asked Gou Da to take him to Li's house.

"Sister-in-law, the boss won't let us show our faces in front of the eldest sister, so I won't go in."

Lu Jiaoyue nodded, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door of Li's house.

"Who?"

A female voice came from inside, and the door creaked open, and it happened to be Han Lamei who opened the door.

Han Lamei looked at the girl in front of her curiously, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"You are Uncle Jin, right? I am, I am Lu Jiaoyue..."

A look of joy flashed across Han Lamei's face, and she grabbed Lu Jiaoyue's hand, "You are Jiaoyue? Why are you here? Come in and sit down. I told you about you before I left. I wanted to go to your house to propose marriage. But he insisted on waiting for him to come back..."

As she spoke, she pulled Lu Jiaoyue into the door.And Gou Da had already stepped aside when the door opened, and didn't return to the carriage parked not far away until he saw Lu Jiaoyue enter the gate, waiting for Lu Jiaoyue to come out.

Han Lamei kept pulling Lu Jiaoyue into the room and sat down, only to realize that there was something wrong with her face.

"What's the matter? But what happened? Tell the elder sister if you have anything to do."

Although it was the first time they met, Lu Jiaoyue was completely moved by Han Lamei's enthusiasm and the concern on her face.At this time, she was so panicked that she didn't know what to do. Although she wanted to ask Sister Jinzi for help, she was extremely nervous before she came.

If Uncle Jinzi doesn't know herself, how should she introduce herself?If Uncle Jin Zi is too indifferent, how can she ask her for help?
Before coming here, Lu Jiaoyue had done countless psychological constructions for herself in her heart. She was already prepared that the other party might not help her, but at this moment she was so moved that she couldn't cry.

It's because of Han Lamei's enthusiasm that doesn't go unnoticed at all, and it's because Han Jin arranged everything before he left.

Uncle Jin, where are you now?

Obviously these days, she can't help but think of him, but at this moment, she misses him crazily.

If only you were here, my heart will definitely not be so flustered.

Holding back tears, Lu Jiaoyue told Han Lamei what happened at home.

Han Lamei didn't have time to think, so she said, "Don't worry, I'll find someone to call your brother-in-law back."

She went out and told Mrs. Liu, then turned back to the room, first poured a cup of hot tea for Lu Jiaoyue, then took her hand and said: "Don't worry, although we don't know how your mother is now, but your brother-in-law is here Well, nothing will happen to your mother in prison. When we find out what's going on, the rest will be easy. You drink your saliva first, sort things out, and tell your brother-in-law the details when he comes back. "

Lu Jiaoyue nodded, picked up the tea bowl and drank tea.After drinking a sip of hot tea, she felt less tense.

Li Shuicheng came back soon.

Because Mrs. Liu told him that there was an urgent matter at home to find him, he thought something happened at home.After returning, he saw a strange girl sitting at home, he gave his wife a questioning look, Han Lamei patted Lu Jiaoyue's hand, and walked aside to talk to him.

"You mean that this matter has nothing to do with your family, but your uncle's family caused the disaster and pushed it on your mother's head?" After a while, Li Shuicheng walked into the main room, sat on the armchair opposite Lu Jiaoyue, and asked .

Lu Jiaoyue nodded, and said with tears in her eyes: "My family has been doing business in the county for so long, and there has never been a situation where customers eat bad stomachs. My father has been making tofu for more than ten years, and he knows that this thing cannot be put away. , they are made and sold every day, so how can they sell the broken soy milk to others. And my uncle’s family didn’t do this business before. They started doing it when they saw my family making money. They used to It was a stall set up elsewhere, and it took two days to move here, but just after moving here, this happened."

"Besides, I heard people say that his family secretly used my family's signboard, so I suspect that the dead person did not eat my family's soybean milk at all, but his family's. Otherwise, how could those people smash his family's stall? It's a pity that those yamen servants arrested my mother indiscriminately."

Li Shuicheng pondered for a while: "How about this, I'll go to the county government to ask, you wait for news from me at home first."

Lu Jiaoyue stood up and blessed Fushen gratefully: "Thank you..." She didn't know how to address her, so she paused for a moment, then Han Lamei interjected: "You're welcome, just call me brother-in-law."

She blushed a little, but still whispered: "Thank you brother-in-law."

Li Shuicheng nodded, "We're all a family, so you're welcome."

After speaking, the person left.

"Okay, don't worry, since it has nothing to do with your family, your brother-in-law will definitely be able to rescue your mother, he's in charge of it."

Lu Jiaoyue nodded and hummed softly.

Han Lamei grabbed her hand and said with a smile: "Come on, tell me about your following son, this kid keeps a secret and won't tell me anything..."

(End of this chapter)