There is a white bone spirit in the village

Chapter 30

Lin Jiao went home with the strips of meat tied with straws, and cooked a large pot of braised pork.I don't know if it's because my craftsmanship has really improved, or it's been too long since I tasted the meat, and the pot lid hasn't been lifted yet, and the ecstasy smell of meat wafting out of the pot made her almost drooling.Ah Wu knew that he would eat meat at night, and he also heard that he would go to the city to see his eyes tomorrow. At first, he was so happy that he could only smirk, but soon he asked worriedly, "Sister-in-law, where did our family get the money?"

Lin Jiao smiled and said, "Didn't Uncle Jingxuan give you ten taels of silver to look at your eyes last time? At that time, you asked me to pay it back. I didn't pay it back. I used it to start a small business with someone. Now I've made some money." Money. As long as our ancestors bless us, money will continue to be earned. You can rest assured to look at your eyes, sister-in-law is planning to move to the county town later.” Said, put the braised pork on a plate in front of him Pushed, put a piece of meat into his mouth, and said: "Eat it with confidence. From now on, my sister-in-law will let our family eat meat every day, so much that you will feel like throwing up when you smell the meat!"

After Lin Jiao finished speaking, she quickly ate a piece.The delicious taste instantly melted on the tip of the tongue, almost swallowing it whole.As soon as he looked up and saw Nengwu Fudo, his eyes were red again, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you? Doesn't the meat taste good?"

Nowu wiped his eyes and said, "It's delicious. Thank you sister-in-law!" After speaking, he bowed his head and ate.

Lin Jiao knew that Neng Wu had always been sensible, and she was also happy to see that he was eating deliciously. The two of them ate the dry rice that they hadn't eaten for a long time, and swept a plate of meat upside down, and finally even mixed the soup with the rice.Lin Jiao cleaned up the dishes and told Nengwu not to tell others about her business, so she took the bowl of meat she had just brought out and headed towards Widow Shi's house.

It turned out that on the way back to the village, Lin Jiao not only thought about Yang Jingxuan, but also thought about her future plans.According to Xu Shun from the medical center, Nengwu needs golden needles once every three days, and it takes more than half a day to go back and forth on the road, which is very inconvenient for a long time.Moreover, she never thought of going through the prison of Taohua Village. She just had no money before.Now she has 150 taels on hand, after deducting the 20 taels returned to Yang Jingxuan and the 30 taels used for Neng Wu's treatment in the first three months, she has set aside an additional 100 taels, and if counted as 100 taels, there are more than [-] taels left.Although the more than [-] taels is not a lot of money, it is more than enough to rent a house in the county town and gradually find suitable opportunities to start some small business.

Lin Jiao had already figured it out, starting a small business, firstly, to earn a living, and secondly, to deceive others.Luo Hu's side will make money from time to time in the future, that's the big head.But these are only preliminary ideas, and need to be slowly planned.Now when she goes to see Widow Shi, she doesn't immediately say that she is going to move into the county seat, but to let the villagers know that she suddenly has money to show Neng Wu's eyes, and if she moves to the city in the future, she is afraid that they will suspect Qian. There is a lot of discussion behind the scenes.Lin Jiao fully understood the power of saliva.

Seeing that Lin Jiao brought a bowl of braised pork, Widow Shi was very surprised: "A-Jiao, where did you get the money to buy the meat?"

Lin Jiao put the bowl on the table, leaned close to her and said in a low voice, "Auntie, I'll tell you secretly, don't tell it. Didn't the flood last few days soak in for several days? The water receded After I went home to clean up the house, I saw that the ground under the table in my main room was soft and sunk into a hole, so I wanted to fill in the mud and ram it up. Unexpectedly, when I dug the ground, I dug out a small earthen pot, and only found it when I knocked it open. I actually hid the old silver. I weighed it, not much, just twenty or so taels. Nengwu is the pillar of our family. In the past, there was no money and nothing to do. Now that the silver comes out of the ground, he is naturally the most important. No, I went to the city today to find a doctor, and I agreed to take Ah Wu to see his eyes tomorrow."

Widow Stone was both surprised and envious, and shouted: "20 taels is not much! Could it be that an ancestor of your old Yang family buried it? This time it was your mother-in-law who instructed it to come out? Ah Wu's eyes are serious, It should be, it should be..." After muttering a few words, he suddenly slapped his thigh: "Oh, I can't say this, if your house uncle finds out, maybe he will come and make a fuss."

Lin Jiao sneered and said: "The family has been separated long ago, what are they doing now? If the money is dug up, they will have to divide it. If the IOUs are dug up, they will not be able to divide it? I used to be timid and fearful, but now I go away with my aunt It's getting closer, and my courage has grown. If they dare to come, I will dare to beat them out with a stick!"

Stone Widow nodded in agreement.Lin Jiao chatted with her a few more times, then took her leave and left.

All kinds of panic and panic after the flood in the village gradually passed, and the aftermath was on the right track.The distribution of public grain, the orderly prevention of plague, and the repair of damaged houses are coming to an end, and the busy figures of farmers leading bullocks to plow and replant can be seen everywhere in the fields.

A few days ago, Yang Jingxuan finally had time to go to the county yamen, report the damage and post-disaster recovery situation of the townships he learned to Li County Magistrate, and then visited the townships with him.This afternoon, when I had time to ride the old horse back to the village, I saw a strange thing.Along the way, I saw lumps of soil, big and small, piled up on the walls and yards of every house. Only after I asked, did I find out that when he was away in the first few days, that Chunjiao from the old Yang’s house at the head of the village dug out the dirt under the hall. Twenty taels of Lao Yin brought Neng Wu into the city to see his eyes the next day.The news was like a spring breeze blowing across the wild, and like sparks starting a prairie fire, the villagers were envious, and their minds were hooked.Someone went home and closed the door, and then secretly took a pickaxe and picked to dig into the land of their own house. That night, someone actually dug out several strings of copper coins from under a wild jujube tree in the yard that would break when lifted.Now the villagers' eyes were completely red, and they stopped sneaking around. As soon as they came back from the field, every household dug the bottom of the bed to dig the yard, and dug the yard to dig the pigsty.

Yang Jingxuan is not worried about the villagers' enthusiasm for treasure digging.It's normal to see people digging out money and jealousy, and I want to try my luck. This is normal, and it will naturally disappear after two days.He was just a little surprised that the instigator of this incident was Chunjiao again.I remember that when she borrowed money from herself, she said it was for Neng Wu's eyes.Later, he passed by Fenglin Medical Center once, out of concern, he went in and asked Xu Shun about Neng Wu's treatment, but Xu Shun said that Neng Wu hadn't come to visit.At that time, he wanted to ask Chunjiao, but then he thought, if she had other secrets, if he, the borrower, asked this in person, would she think it was a disguised form of duress?So I never asked.Now that I hear such news, I don't know why, but my first reaction is to be skeptical.But the black and white eyes that she looked at him when she was talking to him appeared in front of her eyes, and she immediately thought of the deer by the mountain stream.The deer also has such a pair of beautiful eyes that reveal purity and docileness.All doubts were immediately dispelled.

"Anyway, it's always a good thing that she's actually sent Notake to see her now."

Yang Jingxuan said this to himself in his heart. When he passed by her house, he couldn't help turning his head to look at it. He could vaguely see that the gate of the courtyard was closed. Remembering that he hadn't seen her for several days since we parted on the field row that day, he suddenly felt a little bit Disappointed.After returning to my own home, I discussed with the villagers who came over after hearing the news that when the ancestral hall was rebuilt during the slack season, I also built a school together and invited the teacher. All school-age children in the village can go to school, and the husband's rations for repairs will come from the public land.He had mentioned this idea with Yang Taigong before, but it has been dragged on.Now that it is brought up, there are almost no people who say it is not good and make a decision.With a school in this village, firstly, those who used to go to school do not have to go to the private schools in other villages every day, and secondly, there is also a chance for children to be able to read.Even if parents don't expect their children to be able to glorify their ancestors by studying in the future, it is a good thing to be able to write their own names.

It was almost evening, and the villagers gradually dispersed.When the last person also disappeared in the gap outside the courtyard wall, Yang Jingxuan raised his eyes and saw smoke rising from the roofs of houses far and near in the setting sun, but the large square courtyard enclosed by his own courtyard wall was empty. It was empty and there was no trace of popularity, and the only company beside him was Cao Pao.But it is also getting old day by day, and just lost a tooth yesterday, I am afraid it will not be able to stay with me for a long time.For the first time in history, there was a little loneliness in my heart.Feeling something pressing against his back behind him, he turned around and saw that his head was rubbing his face, turned around and touched its ears, and said with a smile: "First fill your stomach."

At night, when the half-bent crescent climbed to the top of the willow, Yang Jingxuan was squatting on the roof.The heavy rain and flooding some time ago completely scrapped the old house in disrepair.While you are free now, let's patch up the roof of the front house first.

Yang Jingxuan lowered his head and kept busy, when he suddenly noticed something strange, as if someone was coming.Although the footsteps were extremely light, they couldn't escape his ears. He looked up and was stunned.Seeing that it was the woman coming, he walked slowly from the gap in the courtyard wall surrounded by the future, and stopped when he saw himself looking up.Under the moonlight, the figure was slim, and he looked over with a smile on his face.The two looked at each other up and down, his chest tightened suddenly, and the similar feeling of surging blood came back again.Slowly put down the tile in his hand, jumped from the roof and fell in front of her.

Lin Jiao just accompanied Neng Wu back from the acupuncture treatment in the clinic today. Hearing that Yang Jingxuan had returned to the village, she settled down in Neng Wu. When the night fell, she deliberately turned around Tian Road.Seeing his figure on the roof from a distance, he came in lightly, and he noticed him before he got close, and immediately smiled at him.

Smile is a weapon, the smile of a beautiful woman is a hidden weapon, and the smile of a beautiful woman under the moonlight is the three-step smile, the ultimate poison in martial arts that can kill a man and make him leave with a smile on his face.Lin Jiao knew this well, so before she could speak, she sent her a sweet smile first.

Yang Jingxuan's last memory of her smile was when the fields parted that day, when she looked at him with an obviously cold and distant smile.The indifference and alienation in the smile made him scratch his heart for a while, he didn't seem to offend her, he couldn't understand why she did that suddenly.Now I finally saw this honey-like smile again, my heart was three points sweeter, I suppressed the sudden joy in my heart, looked at her and asked: "I heard that you sent Neng Wu to see your eyes? How about it?"

Lin Jiao hummed, with a soft nasal tone, she took two steps closer to him, looked up at him and said, "This is why I came here. Uncle Jingxuan, thank you for lending me the money before, in my heart I always remember it. No, I just got the money, and when I heard that you went back to the village, I immediately came over to pay you back the money." While speaking, he untied the veil in his hand, and saw under the moonlight that it was a large ingot of silver. Yuan Bao, with a little bit of silver on the side, "There is still some money, don't be too little, Uncle Jingxuan, take it."

Yang Jingxuan hurriedly said: "No need, no interest, no need for interest. And I'm not in a hurry to use the money, it's important to be able to see the eyes, you just use it well, don't rush to pay me back."

Lin Jiao shook her head solemnly and said, "That's not okay. If you have a loan, you have to pay it back. It won't be difficult next time. If I ask you to borrow money but don't ask to pay it back, Uncle Jingxuan, even if you don't tell me, I still feel that I owe you a favor. I didn't have any money before. I have to owe it, and now I have money and don’t pay it back, so who am I?”

Seeing her resolute attitude, Yang Jingxuan seemed to have ulterior motives if he didn't want it anymore, so he had no choice but to take Yuanbao and said, "From now on, if you have any difficulties, just ask me. You can take the interest back."

Lin Jiao wrapped the loose silver back in a handkerchief and thanked Yang Jingxuan repeatedly.Yang Jingxuan was also very happy to see her joyful appearance like a child who got candy.Suddenly she looked back at the gap in the eye wall, the smile disappeared when she turned her head, she looked at herself and said seriously: "Uncle Jingxuan, I have been thinking about one thing these few days when you were away, and I can hardly sleep. , I felt so sad that I was about to die..." After a pause, he said quickly, "It's about you."

Yang Jingxuan was taken aback. Just as she was about to ask what was the matter, Lin Jiao said, "I hesitated for a long time. I didn't want to mention it to you, because I was afraid that you would be in trouble. But the fact is too big, and it will affect the rest of my life. That's it. If I pass without an explanation, I won’t feel at ease for the rest of my life. It’s not convenient to talk here, so take me to a place where I won’t be seen.”

Yang Jingxuan heard that her tone didn't sound like a joke. Although he didn't know what it was, it was not only related to the rest of her life, but most importantly, it involved himself, so his heart ached slightly.

Taking her to a dark place where no one else would see him under the night, he would never do such a thing in the first place.But seeing that she was looking at him solemnly at this moment, when she said that last sentence, it didn't look like a pleading, but more like an order, and he couldn't help but refuse.After hesitating for a while, he finally nodded slightly, washed his dirty hands when repairing the roof in the water tank in the yard, and then turned to the corner of the stable in the backyard, where the wall was blocked, and no one else could see it.

(End of this chapter)