Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 16 A false alarm

Luo Tian always had the feeling that when he was walking well on the road, disaster suddenly fell from the sky. It was really unreasonable to encounter such a blatant robbery.But she knew that today, no matter what, she couldn't be taken advantage of, otherwise her family would really drink the northwest wind this year.

She regained her composure and said, "Uncle, my second uncle didn't give you any money after eating your wine. Since you know my second uncle, you should send someone to get money from your second uncle at home. We have no money. It is unreasonable for you to detain us, mother and son."

The guy let out a "bah" and said: "It's not the first time for those shabby settlers to eat free food in our restaurant. They all look like dogs, but they look like scoundrels. They are also scholars. I'm so embarrassed! The face of scholars all over the world."

This fellow has a long history of resentment towards Luo Baihan and his group of sour scholars. Not to mention being poor, he doesn’t even get a single reward on weekdays, and he’s also picky in every possible way. Scoundrel, I have no money but I still want to come to the restaurant to eat wine. I ordered the expensive dishes. That table cost a full two taels of money. I took out two slings of money, so I had no choice but to call the matchmaker, and the two little girls of your family are worth a lot if they are sold."

"Two pennies?" Luo Tian almost exclaimed, "Isn't it only five hundred coins?"

"Five hundred Wen?" The guy sneered, "The four poor scholars ate a dime of wine, and ordered seven or eight kinds of meat, and they were all fresh game that just arrived today. You say five hundred Wen is enough not enough?"

Food is not cheap these days, and wine made from food is also expensive. Four liters of wine costs 160 renminbi, and seven or eight fresh game, including tea and rice, is indeed almost two dong.

Luo Baihan asked them for five hundred Wen earlier, fearing that he had made an appointment with some other scholars to share it equally, but he didn't want the three of them to take the opportunity to slip away.

Luo Tian was so angry that the top of his head was smoking, but this Luo Baihan was good, he ate two dime for a meal.He flicked his sleeves and left after drinking and eating, leaving their mother and daughter to pay the debt. Isn't this trying to force them to death?From the looks of it, "Jufulou" really intends to make them lose money.

Luo Tian didn't come up with any good solution yet, but Fang's eyes widened when she heard that the matchmaker wanted to sell Luo Mingdu and Luo Tiandu.

She was so forced that she couldn't think about it, she broke her heart, rushed to the side of the road, lifted a stone, pointed it at her forehead, and said: "Whoever eats the wine, who do you ask for money, our mother and I have never touched it before." You have a sip of tea in your house, you don’t have to leave it to the master, but you ask us for money. If you insist on forcing me today, I will be killed, but if you dare to touch a hair of my two daughters, I will Even if you are a ghost, you will not be spared."

Luo Tian didn't expect that a free meal would lead to troubles to the point where Fang was forced to die. She really hated Luo Baihan to the bottom of her heart. She was afraid that Fang would really hit her head to death, so she even ran over. She was short and could only He hugged Fang's thigh and said, "Aniang, don't do stupid things!"

She couldn't persuade Fang Shi, so she turned around and said loudly to the crowd: "Uncles, aunts, aunts, all of you come to comment, Luo Xiucai from Luojia Village ate wine and didn't pay for it, even though my mother is in his name My sister-in-law, our family was separated early on, but their 'Jufulou' insisted on forcing us to pay for the drinks, is there such a reason in the world?"

Luo Mingdu hugged Fang's other arm, crying in fright, so pitiful.

At this moment, a young man in green clothes pushed aside the crowd and called out, "Sister Fang, what happened?"

Luo Tiandu's eyes lit up when he saw someone coming, and it was Tang Han, the servant next to County Magistrate Tang, who came.County Magistrate Tang came to Qiushui Town to supervise the construction of embankments, and he landed in the "Jufu Tower". The staff in the restaurant naturally recognized Tang Han, knowing that he was a close friend of County Magistrate Tang who was always with him. The guy in the building changed his attitude in an instant, and even the shopkeeper Liu in the building lost his mind and came out in person, with a smile on his face and said extremely flatteringly: "So it's Manager Tang, please sit inside."

Tang Han ignored him, walked up to Fang, and asked, "Sister Fang, what are you doing? Hurry up and put down the stone, it's frightening the child."

Fang seemed to have lost her soul, and said dully: "Even if I die, I won't let them sell my daughters. Whoever you are, don't even try to touch them."

Tang Han saw that Fang seemed to be in a daze, and Luo Mingdu was sobbing again, so he asked Luo Tiandu, "What happened? Why did your mother behave like this?"

Luo Tian saw Tang Han and knew that today's misfortune had been avoided. His eyes were sore, and the tears that he had endured for a long time also fell. At this time, she realized that her hands were shaking all the time. She had to calm down, but she was still afraid in her heart, for fear that Mrs. Fang would really run into her and die in front of her.

She wiped her tears with her sleeve and said: "My second uncle ate wine here and didn't give any money. We were just passing by. They insisted on forcing my mother to pay back the wine money, and said that if there was no money to pay, they would call the toothmaid. Sell ​​me and my eldest sister."

Although she is thin and small, she is white, tender and cute. She is holding Fang while crying and talking. She is very pitiful and painful. At that moment, a young lady walked over and took out a handkerchief to wipe her. With tears in his eyes, he sighed: "This child is really pitiful, and it's not the wine you drink, so why ask you for money!"

This sentence went to Luo Tian's heart, if the father's debts were repaid, she would admit it, and even Luo Baihan's debts would be forced to pay them. These days, the influence of the family is too great, even if they don't live in the same house, If you don't eat at the same table, as long as you are a family in the genealogy, you have to count on the family if you owe a debt, which is really unfair.

Now that Fang has regained his composure, he hugged the two children tightly with each hand, fearing that if he let go, the two children would really disappear, and tears fell down.

At this time, Tang Han also listened to the people in the restaurant clarifying what had happened, and his impression of Luo Baihan suddenly fell to the bottom.The adults of his family also came from serious imperial examinations, and they had a difficult time when they were young, but no matter how difficult it was, the adults of his family never did such degrading things, this Luo Baihan really embarrassed all the scholars in the world.

But he didn't come here today to be the master of Qingtian. Thinking that he would ask Fang for a while, he wanted to express his anger for her, so he said to shopkeeper Liu: "Luo Baihan is Luo Baihan. Although Mrs. Fang is his sister-in-law, but It's two families, there is a grievance and a debtor, so if you want to collect debts, you should go to Luo Baihan, what's the matter with bullying a woman? Your 'Jufulou' is also a time-honored brand, so don't smash the signboard! ”

Shopkeeper Liu said yes again and again, and then stepped forward to apologize to Fang with a wink.

She cried for a while, felt much more at ease, and felt a lot better. Now shopkeeper Liu nodded and bowed to her to apologize, and his attitude was arrogant and then respectful, which made her a little at a loss.But she was forced to die by the people of "Jufulou" before, and she really had some palpitations. She refused to speak up to Shopkeeper Liu's flattery, and only held the two children tightly by her side, not allowing them to leave one step further.

Tang Han knew that the owner of "Jufulou" had some backers. The Fang family was a country woman, so it would be better not to offend shopkeeper Liu too much, so he came out to smooth things over and said, "You are also the ones who are suffering. I still have something to do with Mrs. Fang." , you go to Luo Baihan to ask for the drink money."

Shopkeeper Liu saw that Tang Han knew Fang, and acted as if he was calling the shots for Fang. He just envied Fang's good luck and was able to climb into the thigh of the county magistrate. At this time, it was too late to curry favor, so he didn't have the heart to ask for the two diao money. .

Fang was a little surprised. She didn't understand what Tang Han wanted her to do with a country woman, and she felt a little uneasy.

Seeing Fang's nervous face, Tang Han smiled and comforted her: "The rice cocoon made by my sister-in-law, my young master likes it very much. I ate half a bowl more for dinner last night. The old lady was very happy, so I specially sent me to ask my sister-in-law to teach me how to eat it." The cook in the mansion makes the rice cocoons."

When Fang heard that she was going to the county, she was a little embarrassed. After what happened today, she was unwilling to let the two children out of her sight. Besides, Luo Bai lived in the dike, and she was not at home. No one has done it, but if you don't go, you are afraid of offending others, and you are in a dilemma.

After hesitating for a long time, she said: "The recipe of the rice noodles is not difficult, why don't I tell you the recipe, and you go back and tell the cook in your mansion?"

Tang Han followed Tang County Magistrate since he was a child, and he had a wink. He couldn't guess what Fang was thinking, so he said, "I don't know anything about the kitchen. I should ask Mrs. Fang to teach her in person, and bring the two of you with her." Little lady, just treat it as going to the county town for two days."

Fang still hesitated.Although she has a strong temper, like everyone else, she has an instinctive fear of the government, even if it is not a bad thing, she would not take a step into the county government.

"Now there is only one young master in the mansion, who is the heart of the old lady. As long as he treats the young master well, the old lady will like it." reward.

As far as this is concerned, Fang couldn't refuse, so he could only respond: "Then I'll go back and clean up, and explain to the child's father."

What Fang said is also human nature, Tang Han nodded, and made an appointment to send someone to Luojia Village to pick Fang up tomorrow morning, and then drove away.

Shopkeeper Liu wanted to curry favor with Mrs. Fang at this time, rubbing his hands and greeted with a smile on his face: "Sister Fang, you haven't eaten yet, come in and have a bowl of hot rice, don't starve your two little nieces." The attitude was as natural and friendly as before. The persecution of the Fang family has never happened.

Luo Tian couldn't help mocking: "We don't dare to eat your family's food. We didn't eat it before, and we were going to force my mother to death. If we really ate it, why don't we pay for it with the lives of our whole family?!"

Shopkeeper Liu's face turned red immediately, he really didn't expect Luo Tiandu to speak so badly at such a young age.He has been the shopkeeper in Qiushui Town all his life, and he has never been ridiculed by a little girl like this before. Besides, he also figured out that the county magistrate Tang has nothing to do with the Luo family, and he doesn't bother to make hot faces now. Stick their cold asses, snort coldly, and then ignore Fang's mother and daughter.

(End of this chapter)