farmer's little girl

Chapter 80 Han Jin Returns
Qi Chunshang was not surprised by this situation, he thought of it after he escaped by chance.

Don't worry about scarcity but unevenness. Everyone's goods have been robbed, and they are the only one left with nothing to do.If it were him, he would also be suspicious.But no matter what, it was better than being robbed and dying. Who told them that they were the leaders in the first place? Qi Chunshang and Li Congfa could only cheer up to deal with these people.

But they didn't tell the truth, but they talked about a heavy fog, and the boat they were on lost contact with other boats, and they didn't dare to mention the encounter with the water bandits.

Back then when they were on the boat, Qi Chunshang and the others had discussed it. When they met the water bandits who escaped by chance, they could not mention it again after they were killed. Just pretend it never happened and let everything disappear.If he really told the truth, he would really be unable to remove the shit pot from himself.People will ask, why did the water bandits let you go? Do you have anything to do with the water bandits?
The water bandits were strictly encircled and suppressed by the imperial court. As long as these people were caught, their heads would be lightly lost, and no one else could touch them.No one is stupid, so naturally they will not find trouble for themselves.

And these people who were robbed by the water bandits naturally didn't believe it in their hearts, but there was nothing they could do if they didn't believe it. They had no evidence at all to prove that Qi Chunshang and others were related to the water bandits.

Especially since they landed, Qi Chunshang and the others were busy, busy helping to settle down, and helping to report to the government.Seeing this, these people are also embarrassed to talk about anything, and can only blame themselves for their bad luck.After discussing with Li Congfa, Qi Chunshang and Li Congfa proposed that some of their shipments would be distributed to other people after they returned, and they could pay on credit for the time being, and they would settle the bill later and pay according to the cost.

Qi Chunshang and the others wanted to report to the officials, but they would be interrogated, but the local officials didn't ask for details, they just said that their fate was good.You must know that there are many passing merchant ships robbed by water bandits, and they rarely come back whole.The lost goods are small, and some are directly sunk in the river, and when they are discovered, even the bones and dregs are gone.

And their local government often dispatched officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress, but unfortunately many times they returned without success.These water bandits have killed and killed, just like weeds in the wasteland, they can't be burned cleanly.

When it comes to this, it is necessary to talk about the incompetence of those in power.

Today, the Holy Majesty is obsessed with cultivating Taoism, and the government is dominated by courtiers, so that the people are in dire straits.The north and other places are alright, they are barren, and naturally there is not much profit to be scraped, but the south and other places are different. As a tax-heavy place, exorbitant taxes are repeatedly levied under various names.

It is true that the South is richer than other places, but like everywhere in the world, there are rich and poor.Those who are rich and powerful naturally feel that it is nothing, but many ordinary people can't live on, and there are not a few people who sell their children and daughters, which is why there are frequent bandits in the south.

The so-called bandits are not just ordinary people who are struggling to live and looking for another way out.Of course, there are also people who are inherently treacherous and fish in troubled waters, but such cases are rare after all.

Therefore, the local government is also very helpless. There are water bandits in places near the water, and bandits in places near the mountains.Their place is backed by both mountains and water, and there are many bandits infested, and they can't be suppressed.

At the end of the matter, of course it was nothing.They were delayed here for some more days, seeing that there was really no hope, and all the talents set off to return home.And the reason why these people rushed to find Qi Chunshang and the other two was because they were afraid that they would slip up and forget about lending the goods to their family on credit, so they hurried over to make sure.After all, because of being robbed this time, not a few people went bankrupt, and they even thought they could turn over with these goods.

Pressing the button and not mentioning it, Qi Chunshang and the others didn't care about talking, and went to deal with those people, and Han Jin and others also left the pier.

Lu Jiaoyue is feeding the chickens.

In the spring of this year, Erfang’s family took another litter of chicks. After two or three months, they have already grown to half-sized.These half-sized chicken cubs are the most edible. When they are hungry, they will chirp and scream, and the voice sounds fierce and harsh.

Lu Jiaoyue sprinkled the chicken food while thinking about something on her mind, whenever she thought about Gui Ya and her eldest brother, she felt a headache.

But the key point is that she can't intervene in this matter, she can understand what Gui Ya is thinking, Gui Ya has always had her own opinions, if she interrupts, it will only be self-defeating.

"Sister, is the meal ready?" Goro ran in with sweat on his forehead, "Dad, mother, are they back? I'm hungry."

Lu Jiaoyue put down the chicken food bowl in her hand, wiped her hands on the apron, and said, "The rice is ready, but the leftovers haven't been fried yet, and father and mother haven't come back yet. If you're hungry, there's someone on the stove For the leftover pancakes in the morning, you can eat some padding first. What about your second brother, why didn't you come back with you?"

"Second brother was left in the school by the master to talk, and Liu Lang and I came back first." While talking, Wu Lang went into the kitchen in a hurry.

"There is water on the table, eat slowly, don't choke."

Standing outside, one could see Goro picking up pancakes and devouring them hungrily in the kitchen, Lu Jiaoyue couldn't help but say something.

"Let you snooze and skip breakfast in the morning. Didn't I bring you cake in the morning? Didn't you eat it?"

Wulang finally swallowed the cake in his mouth, panted and said: "It's not Liulang, he is greedy. Seeing that I brought the cake, he wanted to share it. I shared more than half of it with him."

After hearing this, Lu Jiaoyue didn't say anything.

Liu Lang has learned much better now than before, but the habit of sleeping late has not changed, and her third aunt is careless, seeing that she is going to school late, she completely forgets that her son did not eat breakfast, and hastily let him go. The son hurried to school.And Lu Jiaoyue knew that the younger brother was growing up now and had a big appetite, so she would bring him some dry food and snacks every day. Wu Lang didn't eat much, and all of it went into Liu Lang's mouth.

But these two brothers are having a good time recently, as long as they don't disagree with each other, no one else will say anything.It's just some food, especially the relationship between the two families.

"I'll bring you some more tomorrow."

Just as she was talking, Lu Jiaoyue saw two chicks running out of the courtyard out of the corner of her eyes. When Wu Lang just entered, he forgot to close the courtyard door.

She didn't dare to delay, so she chased him out.My chickens have never been released outside, and I don’t know the way home. If I don’t find them now, I’m afraid they will get lost.Although the atmosphere in the village is not bad, there are inevitably some people who are greedy for petty gains. It was the same last time, when the two chicken cubs ran out, Lu Jiaoyue followed closely and did not find them.

When Lu Jiaoyue went out, she happened to see two chicks crawling into the grass beside the path.She cooed twice, then bent over to catch it.It's a pity that this little chick is very agile, and it is clearly about to catch it, but it escapes it time and time again.

It was also Lu Jiaoyue who moved too slowly.

Just as she was sweating profusely from work, suddenly a figure appeared beside her, stretched out a big hand, and grabbed the little chick very accurately.

"Hold tight."

After leaving this sentence, the owner of this big hand went to catch another chick running beside him.

Lu Jiaoyue was holding the chicken, and she was stunned. There was an indescribable excitement and excitement all over her body. She could feel her hands shaking. She wanted to say something, but her words were out of tune.

It wasn't until he brought another chicken cub to her with its wings that she trembled and said, "Are you back?"

She felt a little heat in her eye sockets. Even though the sun was not strong, it was dazzling, so she couldn't help but stretch out her hand to block it.

"Well, I'm back."

Tears flowed out immediately, and Lu Jiaoyue looked at the other person's face in a daze.

He's darkened and seems to have lost weight, so the journey must be very hard.Mingming told herself that he and his little uncle would come back safely, but whenever she was free, she couldn't help thinking about messy things. Fortunately, there were many things at home and very busy these days, and it was rare for her to If she is free, she really doesn't know how to live.

"Why are you crying?"

As soon as the words fell, Lu Jiaoyue felt her hand being pulled, and she couldn't react to what happened next.She was quickly brought into the carriage by Han Jin, and then he drove himself away in the carriage.

After a while, Goro ran out of the house, looked around, and muttered, "Hey, where is my sister?"

Arriving at the hillside again, it is still surrounded by green trees and the breeze is gentle.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Lu Jiaoyue was hugged tightly by Han Jin.

Licking, entanglement, snorting blending with each other, Lu Jiaoyue felt that she was almost out of breath, and there was something struggling in her arms, so she stretched out her hand and pushed him.

"Let go of me first, the chicken is still in my arms!"

As these words were spoken, there was a rooster crowing from a corner of the carriage. It turned out that Han Jin took Lu Jiaoyue away in a hurry, and even brought two chickens along.One was casually thrown in the carriage, and the other was struggling fiercely in Lu Jiaoyue's arms.

It might be uncomfortable being squeezed, the chicken was going crazy, struggling desperately in Lu Jiaoyue's arms.It was a little rooster with a crooked comb and a lot of feathers. As soon as Han Jinfang let go, it wanted to peck at people to vent its hatred, but Han Jin grabbed the rooster's neck with one hand and threw it aside.

It seemed that he also knew that the big man in front of him was not easy to mess with, and the little rooster who was jumping up and down stopped jumping up and down, and went to the side and squatted down listlessly.

Seeing this scene, Lu Jiaoyue couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Han Jin had a chicken feather on his face, looking a bit embarrassed, "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at you." As she said, Lu Jiaoyue stretched out her hand and gently brushed the chicken feathers off his face.

Only then did Han Jin know what happened, and poked the innocent little cock with his eye knife.Fortunately, he made a special trip back to the gambling house, changed his clothes, and took care of his appearance. He wanted to appear in front of her in a decent manner. It started off pretty well, but he was ruined by this chicken.If this chicken could talk, it would probably be aggrieved, obviously you were so impatient that you almost crushed me to death.

The ambiguous atmosphere was swept away immediately, and Han Jin sat down beside Lu Jiaoyue dejectedly.His long legs were slightly bent, leaning against the wall of the car, holding Lu Jiaoyue's small hand with one hand.

"Are you all right along the way?" This is what Lu Jiaoyue has been thinking about the most these past few months.

"Fortunately."

Han Jin slowly told Lu Jiaoyue what happened along the way.

When she heard that they encountered water bandits on their way home, Lu Jiaoyue covered her heart with one hand and her mouth with the other, and almost screamed out.When she heard that her little uncle had made a mistake and retreated from the enemy with just a sharp mouth, she couldn't help but praise again and again.When she heard that they were entangled by those fellow merchants who had been robbed, she was very worried about them.

"Fortunately, those people didn't chase after him. It's also because the owner of Hongfa Trading Co., as you said, is a person who knows how to choose." After hearing this, Lu Jiaoyue said with lingering fear.

Indeed, those people went bankrupt overnight, and their moods were not easy to calm down.I still think of Sanchilang for nothing, not to mention that I have no one, so it is conceivable to be jealous.It's also Qi Chunshang and the others who know how to be human. What they did so that those people have nowhere to choose, and gave everyone a glimmer of hope for a comeback. If these people continue to make trouble, will the local government arrest Han Jin and others for their connection to the water bandits? It's hard to say if he is taken to the government.

After all, there are many corrupt officials in the south, and Qi Chunshang and others brought such a large batch of goods. It was just an excuse to arrest them, and the entire ship's goods could be taken into their pockets.Even if they were released afterwards, the government would have countless excuses to sell the goods without returning them.

"Lao Qi did this after careful consideration. First, he wanted to gain a good reputation in his circle. Second, he didn't want to cause trouble and wanted to come back as soon as possible. Although he lost some profits on this trip, he will trust those who cooperate with him in the future. There will be more people. After all, as a businessman, reputation is the most important thing.”

Lu Jiaoyue didn't understand business matters either, so she could only nod her head.

Then, she told Han Jin some recent events at home.

When Han Jin heard Hu's false accusation of Mei's, causing his future mother-in-law to go to jail, his face darkened on the spot.

"Such a person should not be let go, who knows what kind of moths she will make in the future."

Lu Jiaoyue explained: "If it wasn't for thinking about not getting rid of her crime, Uncle's side couldn't do it, so we wouldn't help her. But she is living a very difficult life now, and she deserves what she deserves."

Han Jin thought for a while and said: "You are doing the right thing. Your grandfather is not a sensible person. Without the boss, your father will take over. If it really gets into the house, there will be troubles in your house in the future. "

The two talked for a while, Lu Jiaoyue looked at the sky, and then realized that she didn't explain to her family, maybe her family was looking for her at this moment, and hurriedly told Han Jin that she wanted to go back.

Although Han Jin was a little bit reluctant, he also knew that he had been a little sloppy before, so he drove her back in a carriage.

When he was about to get off the car, Han Jin said to Lu Jiaoyue: "You wait at home, I will let my eldest sister come to your house to propose marriage in a few days. But before that, I have to go to your little uncle. Matchmakers are indispensable."

When Lu Jiaoyue thought that the two of them would be engaged soon, she couldn't help blushing and hummed softly.

When Lu Jiaoyue went back with the two chickens that Han Jin had tied her feet, everyone else in the second room came back and was about to go out to find her.Seeing her come back with the chicken, Mrs. Mei immediately said: "Wu Lang said you went out to look for the chicken, but you haven't come back. We are planning to go out to look for you."

"The chicken ran a little far away, and I searched for it for a long time before I found it."

Mrs. Mei didn't say anything more, they just came back, and they don't know how long Lu Jiaoyue has been out.On the contrary, Lu Guangyi came back early, knowing that his sister had been away for a long time, so he looked at Lu Jiaoyue suspiciously.

When Lu Jiaoyue tidied herself up and went to cook in the kitchen, Lu Guangzhi looked at no one and asked her in a low voice, "Sister, where did you go just now?"

Lu Jiaoyue paused for a moment, "Uncle Jinzi is back."

"Uncle Jinzi is back?" Lu Guangzhi said in surprise.

In an instant, I realized that my voice was a little loud, so I stopped it quickly.The two of them listened to the movement outside, and seeing that no one was paying attention, Lu Jiaoyue gave him an angry look, "Speak softly."

Lu Guangzhi pinched his throat and whispered, "The little uncle is back too?"

Lu Jiaoyue nodded: "I'm afraid Grandpa will send a letter to our family about this soon."

When Han Jin turned his head and remembered Mei Zhuangyi, Mei Zhuangyi was still staying at the pier at the moment.

Once the food was brought back, it couldn't be kept on the ship all the time. Fortunately, Mei Zhuangyi had prepared in advance and rented a warehouse in advance, otherwise there would really be no place to store these things.

Seeing Han Jin appearing, Mei Zhuangyi pulled a dirty face.

Before getting off the boat, Hu San and the others rushed home to report safety, greeted the two of them, and left.Mei Zhuangyi originally thought that Han Jin should at least stay and help him, but he turned his head and ran away, so Mei Zhuangyi was very angry.

"Where have you been? You didn't even say hello, and you ran away."

Han Jin didn't hide it from him, "I went to find Jiaoyue."

Mei Zhuangyi wanted to say something angrily, but he still didn't say it.After all, it was about her niece, so Yue'er must have missed this brat too.

"Then why are you coming back?" Mei Zhuangyi didn't like anyone right now after being left here by himself to exhaustion.

Han Jin said honestly: "I plan to let my eldest sister go to Lu's house to propose marriage after a while. You promised me before, so hurry up and help me with the opportunity."

The fire that Mei Zhuangyi had finally suppressed suddenly flared up again.I would think of him when I was co-authoring something. If there was no such thing, would he have forgotten that he was still here at the pier?

"I'm going home. You are here to watch. When I am in a better mood, I will go and tell my sister about it."

After leaving this sentence, Mei Zhuangyi patted his ass and left.

Leaving Hanjin alone, he continued to supervise those coolies transporting grain into the warehouse bag by bag.

As Lu Jiaoyue expected, a letter came from the Mei family on the second day, informing the Erfang family that Mei Zhuangyi had returned.

Mrs. Mei has been thinking about this matter all the time, so she discussed it with Lu Minghai, planning to stop the business for a day tomorrow and go back to her mother's house.

Lu Minghai has no objection. The family has been very busy recently, and almost everyone is constantly on the move. It is good to have a day off.Including Lu Guangzhi and Wu Lang, they plan to ask for leave from the school tomorrow, and plan to go to grandpa's house with their parents.

The next day, the Erfang family came to Mei's house dressed in new clothes.

When they arrived, Mei Zhuangyi was also at home.

After being away for many days, Mei Zhuangyi has changed a lot. He has lost weight and darkened. It can be seen that he has suffered outside.

Mei Zhuangyi was whom the Mei family had grown up with, saying they were siblings, but in fact their relationship was more like a mother and son.Seeing his younger brother like this, Mei's eyes turned red on the spot, and he took Mei Zhuangyi's hand, each of them became black and thin.

Mei Zhuangyi was very helpless, and said: "Sister, I really didn't suffer. I ate and drank well along the way. It was my first time on a boat. I was a little seasick at the beginning, so I lost weight."

This is a scandal that Mei Zhuangyi is very unwilling to mention. Thinking back on the boat, Han Jin and the others were all alive and kicking, but he fainted like a chicken suffering from the plague. He survived for dozens of days before he came back alive. .

"After you come back from this trip, don't go out in the future. You don't know that my mother is always worried that something will happen to you outside."

Mei Zhuangyi murmured, but only God knows what he thinks in his heart.

Today, the Mei family is all at home, and it was hard for the family to reunite. The old man Mei made a special decision to make a meal at noon.

So the men went to talk aside, while the women gathered together to talk and busy with the noon meal.

Mei Dahu's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu, is a good hand in the stove, so she is the main one, and others will help her.Although Mrs. Mei is the aunt of the family, she has never been a person who just waits for food and does not work, so she helps chop vegetables on the sidelines.

"Mo Lan, what about Yue'er's marriage?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Mei paused for a moment, sighed and said, "Recently, the family is busy, and the limelight has just passed, so I haven't found a marriage for her yet. It's also Ming Hai and I who value this child too much. Those from a poor family are reluctant to marry her, and those from a good family always think about whether the other person is good-natured. But if the family is good and good-natured, I can't find it for a while. To be honest, this really makes me worry. "

"That's true, Yue'er is a good child, her marriage cannot be settled casually, there is no need to wrong her."

That time because Dafang's two daughters-in-law were jumping up and down at home, Mrs. Mei went home and got angry. Although she didn't name them, she also gave Mrs. Liu a shame.Mrs. Mei originally thought that her relationship with her sister-in-law would weaken in the future, but when she returned home, she found that Mrs. Liu still treated her as before.

In fact, sometimes people's minds are just so weird.If Mrs. Liu doesn't give Mrs. Mei a good face, Mrs. Mei should think better.But precisely because Mrs. Liu was not like that, Mrs. Mei always seemed a little uncomfortable seeing her sister-in-law.The words I said that day were vivid in my mind, but I thought about it later and felt that it was a bit too much, and I couldn't help but feel guilty.

Especially after the Lantern Festival incident, when Mrs. Hu poured dirty water on Lu Jiaoyue, Mrs. Mei went back to her natal family for help, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Liu, came to Lu's house to help her regardless of previous suspicions, and Mrs. Mei blamed herself even more.In fact, thinking about it another way, regardless of other things, my sister-in-law has always been very kind to me, but I got angry for a while and made things like that that day.

It's just that she couldn't say an apology after all, and Mrs. Liu didn't give her a chance to say it, but since then the relationship between the sister-in-law and sister-in-law has become closer than ever.That's why when Mrs. Liu mentioned this matter, Mrs. Mei didn't feel ashamed and chose to hide it from her.

"If my sister-in-law has a good family, remember to help us Yue'er to pay attention."

"What kind family?" Mei Zhuangyi walked in, "Sister, are you talking about Yue'er's marriage?"

Mei nodded and said: "I asked my sister-in-law to keep an eye on it for me. If there is any good family, please tell Yueer about it."

Mei Zhuangyi said: "Eldest sister, come out for a while, I'll talk to you about something."

Hearing this, Mei took off her apron and went out with him.

The two went to Mei Zhuangyi's room, Mei Zhuangyi didn't go around in circles, but cut to the chase and said, "Sister, what do you think of Jinzi?"

Mei was stunned for a moment, "You want to tell Brother Jin to Yue'er?" Then she stood up and said anxiously: "This is impossible, Brother Jin is a generation older than Yue'er."

"The two families are not relatives, and there is no such thing as seniority. It's just because he and I are friends that he calls himself an uncle in front of Yue'er. Don't talk about that first, what do you think of him?"

Mrs. Mei couldn't answer the question correctly, "Besides, his reputation..."

Mei Zhuangyi sighed helplessly: "Elder Sister, do you believe this too? The one who is not famous is not someone spreading rumors! It's the same as others spreading rumors about our Yue'er. Could it be that Yue'er is really what others say? !"

Lu Jiaoyue is Mei's Nilin, and no one can say anything. Hearing this, she became even more excited: "Those people have nothing to do, they talk nonsense everywhere, there is no need to rot their mouths."

"You know it's nonsense, and it's not that you don't know what Jinzi is like, so why hesitate about his reputation?"

Seeing that Mrs. Mei didn't speak, Mei Zhuangyi said again: "Jinzi and I have been friends for many years. I can trust him as a responsible person. He used to work in the gambling house, and it was a bit harsh to say it, but now he and I I am in business together, and I have not been involved in the gambling house for a long time, so you don't have to worry about this issue. As for supporting the family, Jinzi has the ability and brains, isn't he better than those ordinary farmers? Don't dare to say anything else He said that it would be no problem for Yue'er to live a life without worrying about food and clothing, even if he bought two maids to serve Yue'er every day, Jinzi could do it."

(End of this chapter)