Jiangmen's direct daughter is busy farming

Chapter 71
It wasn't until dawn that Leng Mei came back from the outside. At this time, Jingyue had already learned from Guanshi Liu that the pressurized water well in Tongjia Village had been stolen by someone in the dark, and she had even boarded a new carriage that she bought. .

Thieves in the village, this is something that Tongjia Village has not encountered for a long time.According to Liu Zheng, who went to Tongjia Village to inquire about the news, Tong Laoshi from Tongjia Village got up to go to the hut at midnight. Because the pressurized well was not far from his home and it was relatively quiet at night, he heard noises.

After opening the courtyard door, he saw a few dark shadows sneaking beside the well, and the stone bricks that built the well were dug up by them. These well thieves were moving the iron guys of the well to the carriage. !In a hurry, Tong Laoshi picked up the gong in the yard and started to beat it. When the thieves were discovered, they hurriedly loaded the water well device onto the carriage and ran away.

It was later discovered that Jingyue lent the stolen carriage to Tongjia Village to carry things, and it was tied to the patriarch Suo's grandfather's house.

"Lengmei, have you caught up with those thieves?" Jingyue is not worried that more people will know about the pressurized well. What she wants to know more is: who stole these things.

Leng Mei said: "Miss, it is Zhang Dashao, the son of Zhang County Magistrate. He gave a sum of money to a man named Lai San in Tongjia Village to steal things, and this Lai San called Zhang Mazi, Li Si and others in the village." He stole the carriage and the pressurized well, and now the pressurized well has been sent to Ling Languang in the Duke of Ling's mansion by Young Master Zhang early in the morning."

Liu Fang often went to Tongjia Village. He saw Leng Mei talking about Lai San and the others, and saw Jing Yue's puzzled face, and hurriedly said: "Second Miss, this Lai San is a lazy rascal who likes to sneak around. Zhang Mazi and Li Si were refugees from Huazhou. The old marshal saw that they were pitiful, so he rented them a few acres of land and let them live in Tongjia Village. These people have similar tastes, and Grandpa Suo has long wanted to drive them out. They left the village, but because Zhang Mazi and the others were refugees rescued by the old marshal, they endured it."

"Liu Fang, so how many refugees are there in Tongjia Village in Huazhou?" Now that she has not established a firm foothold in the southern suburbs, if there are thieves inside and out all day, Jingyue thinks that she will not have so much time to take care of these things. , it is better to solve it all at once now, so as to avoid future troubles.

Liu Fang replied: "Second Miss, most of the refugees rescued by the old marshal are in the farms in the western suburbs of Song's family. There are only thirteen families in the southern suburbs, with a total of five or sixty people."

Jingyue asked again: "Do you know what kind of temperament these people have? How many people like Lai San are there in Tongjia Village?"

Liu Fang thought for a while and replied: "There are only seventeen households in Tongjia Village, less than 100 people. In fact, the people in Tongjia Village are very simple and simple. He is the only one like Lai San. He is a bachelor and also Without parents and brothers, Grandpa Suo and the villagers are kind-hearted, and they let him live in the village knowing that he is not doing business. Zhang Mazi, Li Si and others are refugees from Huazhou. They all have families. Zhang Mazi’s family also has a 70 old mother."

While Liu Fang was talking, Grandpa Suo, the old patriarch of Tongjia Village, came to the village accompanied by his grandson Tong Daniu.

Walking into the house, Grandpa Suo actually knelt down towards Jingyue, claiming that it was all his fault, for not educating his clansmen well, nor taking good care of the carriage that Jingyue handed over to her.Now, everyone in the village realizes that it has something to do with Lai San and the others.

Jingyue quickly helped the old patriarch up, and comforted her: "Grandpa Suo, you don't have to blame yourself. This matter has nothing to do with you. If you want to blame it, you have to blame Lai San, Zhang Dashao and others for their evil intentions."

Grandpa Suo felt even more guilty after hearing Jingyue's words. Many people in the clan persuaded him to drive Lai San out of the clan before. Leaving him in the village, who would want to bring such a disaster to the village.

"Second miss, don't worry, I will open the ancestral hall after I go back and drive Lai San out of the clan." Grandpa Suo didn't have any scruples this time, Lai San did too much, and even stole the pressure that the whole village depended on for survival. Well, he not only angered the public, but also chilled the hearts of the whole village.

"As for Lai San, Grandpa Suo, you can do as you see fit! Liu Guanshi, you will follow Grandpa Suo back to Tongjia Village later, and gather together the refugees from Huazhou that Grandpa rescued, and discuss the incident of the thieves in Tongjia Village. Tell them exactly. In addition, you told them that if they want to go back to their hometown in Huazhou, the Song Mansion will pay them money, and if they want to live in Tongjia Village forever and regard this as their new home, then we will also They are welcome, and the fields will be leased to them as usual. Their village will be called Tonghua Village in the future. However, if anyone dares to do something wrong to the villagers of the two villages in the future, then don't blame my Song family for being ruthless. If you agree to stay, you Let them all write a letter of guarantee, sign and pledge!" There are "cancers" in the village that should be cut off earlier, although Jingyue doesn't like to kill them all, but she has neither the time nor the mood to play tricks with these people.

After Guanshi Liu and Grandpa Suo left together, Jingyue immediately wrote a letter to Grandpa Song, asking Leng Mei to ride home on a fast horse.

Two days later, Jingyue heard from Liu Zheng that Lai San was expelled from the clan by the unanimous consent of all the villagers, and Zhang Mazi, Li Si and others were ashamed to stay in the village and left with their families.

According to Jingyue's prior instructions, Guanshi Liu would rent a carriage for all the families who left, as long as there were old people and children at home, and take them to where they wanted to go. Zhang Mazi was no exception.

Most of the Huazhou refugees rescued by the Song family in the southern suburbs were willing to stay under Xiaoer Mountain forever, and they were willing to sell themselves to the Song family. Not only did they sign a guarantee, but they also signed a contract of sale to show their loyalty to the Song family.But Jingyue refused, she never thought of turning them from free people into slaves.

Under the call of Grandpa Suo, the people in Tongjia Village all signed the guarantee with the people in Tonghua Village.In this way, the relationship between the two villages has become closer, and they have really begun to blend together.

Jingyue thought that the insider thief was dealt with cleanly, but there was still Zhang Dashao, an outsider thief, and she didn't know how grandpa dealt with it.However, after another day of waiting, what Jingyue waited for was the sad news that more than a dozen members of County Magistrate Zhang's family had been wiped out.

"How could this be?" Jingyue said incredulously.In her letter, she did not ask the magistrate Zhang's family to be dealt with in this way at all. Did something go wrong?So, she immediately called Leng Mei and asked, "You go back to the Song family immediately and ask what's going on!"

"Yes, Miss!" Leng Mei turned around and was about to go out. At this moment, Song Jingqi who came in from outside the house stopped her and said, "No need to go, let me tell you!"

"Brother, why are you here? What's going on here?" Jingyue asked puzzled.

Song Jingqi asked Leng Mei and Leng Yu who were in the room to go out to guard, while he and Jingyue talked alone in the room.

(End of this chapter)