There is a white bone spirit in the village

Chapter 32

When Yang Jingxuan heard this, it was as if he had been hit by a sap, and he was speechless for a long while.The first thought was: "She already has someone she likes?"

Seeing him in a daze, Widow Shi hurriedly reached out her hand and shook it in front of him a few times. Yang Jingxuan came back to his senses, suppressed all the feelings in his stomach, and asked in the calm tone that a patriarch should have: "Auntie knows who that man is?" See Widow Shi His expression seemed to become weird following his questioning, and he was suddenly a little nervous.

Widow Stone raised her eyes and looked around, because the door of her house was open, and there were occasionally one or two people passing by the door, so she dodged behind the eucalyptus tree, beckoning Yang Jingxuan to come over, and then said in a low voice: " It's a shopkeeper!"

Yang Jingxuan was greatly surprised.I remembered that Huang Erpi's mother-in-law ran away with the shopkeeper in the past, but now this Chunjiao of Lao Yang's family also got together with the shopkeeper?

Widow Stone no longer kept her secrets, and continued to report her experience after careful observation.I used to suffer from knowing the secret but not being able to discuss it with others, but now I finally don’t have to keep it in my heart, which feels great.So he said: "Master Yang, when A-Jiao told me about this before, she only mentioned this point, and when I asked again, she was so shy that she refused to open her mouth, so I stopped staring at her and asked. Our village happens every now and then. There were shopkeepers who came to pick up the burden. There were fat ones and thin ones. There were no less than five or six in total. Which one was it? I paid attention to it when I was free for a while. As her father, I guess not, there are two younger ones, but I inquired a few things while buying needles and thread, and said that he was married, and of course he was not. So there is only the last one left, I know his name My name is Li Guoer, I am 23 this year, and I am from Xilin Village, dozens of miles away. I used to be married, but the girl died of a sudden illness before she got through the door. The girl’s family said that he suppressed his wife, and his family was poor, so it has always been like this It dragged on. This Li Guoer not only matched Gillian's age, but also had thick eyebrows and big eyes. I deliberately talked to him a few times, and I felt that he was indeed honest and honest, not as oily as some people who walk around the streets. Slippery. And it just so happened that the day before yesterday I saw Li Guoer park his burden at the door of Gillian's house from a distance, and Gillian came out and talked to him for a while, both of them smiled so much that honey was smeared on their faces. Like. Tell me, who else is there besides him? Mr. Yang, it’s really great that you bring this up now. Shall I go to A-Jiao right now and talk about it, how can I find a way to let them pass the show? Son, get things done soon..."

Widow Stone kept talking non-stop, her eyebrows beaming, but Yang Jingxuan's mood became more and more depressed, and he didn't want to listen any more, so he casually responded with a few pretexts and said that he would talk about it later, lifted his feet and left.When I was squatting on the roof alone and repairing the roof at night, Widow Stone's words kept rolling back and forth in my heart.

Since she already has a man who looks right to her, why did she find herself and ask him to help her find a man to marry?Could it be that she was afraid that if the shopkeeper found out that she and she had spent a night in the Earth Temple, he would dislike him and be angry with him, so she couldn't help but come over to question him?Thinking about it on a deeper level, did she actually want to help her and that peddler achieve good things, but she was too thin-skinned to speak up, so she agreed to let her find a man for her in a roundabout way, and when the time was right, she would take the opportunity Talk about her and that salesman?
The more Yang Jingxuan thought about it, the more she realized that it made sense. He raised his eyes and looked in the direction of her house at the entrance of the village. Suddenly, his mood was so bad that he didn't want to repair the roof anymore. In the big circle, when I passed by her family's several acres of land, I saw the river flowing on the side, and the corn that had been replanted in the field with others had already pulled out tender seedlings.It's just that the owner obviously didn't care too much, and the weeds in the field were as high as the corn seedlings.

Yang Jingxuan got down to the ground, under the bright moonlight, weeded all the weeds in the three acres of land, after a busy work, when he straightened up, the depression in his chest had disappeared.Only then did he wash his hands and feet by the river, and led the horse back to the village.When he went back, his feet seemed to be tied by a rope, and he gave up the shortcut to go home, and went around the village near Lin Jiao's house.When I got on the stone bridge, I could see that her house and surroundings were pitch black from a distance. At this hour, except for him who was still wandering around, everyone had gone to bed early.After standing in a daze for a moment, a gust of cool wind blew by, and the whole person's mind suddenly became clear.

Yang Jingxuan, Yang Jingxuan, what's wrong with you?Since she promised to help her find a man, and now there is someone so soon, isn't this a great thing?What are you still thinking about here?She is your niece and daughter-in-law. You should be happy for her. According to what you promised earlier, let them get things done sooner.

Yang Jingxuan said this to himself several times in his heart, and finally felt relieved.He took a long breath, stopped looking in the direction of her house, led the horse and went home under the bridge.

What Lin Jiao said to Widow Stone back then was just to completely dispel her doubts about herself.After such a long time, I had already forgotten all about it. How could I expect the speaker to pay attention to the listener, but the stone widow was still obsessed with it, and even locked the suspicious object?She did indeed recruit Li Guoer, a shopkeeper, a few days ago.Because of the flood last time, some small items such as the sewing basket and steamer at home were washed away and needed to be repaired.Of course there are shops in the county town, but the price is expensive. The quality that the peddler picks and sells is similar to that in the shop, but the price is much cheaper.I am not a rich man yet, and I can save a few copper coins, so the last time I saw Li Guoer carrying a burden out of the village, I beckoned him to come over and want to buy it.I don't want the spot to be bought by others.Li Guoer was young and unmarried, so he had noticed Lin Jiao a long time ago, and there was inevitably a feeling of admiration in his heart.Seeing that she wanted to buy something from him, he was naturally overjoyed, and promised to deliver all the things she wanted in two days, absolutely high quality and low price.

There is no need to send Neng Wu to the clinic today, so Lin Jiao asked Li Guoer to be today.I went to the field early in the morning to pull out the weeds, but was surprised to find that the weeds had disappeared. I went around and saw that there were only fresh corn seedlings left in the field, so I suppressed my doubts and went home.

The matter of moving to the county town has gradually begun to take shape.Lin Jiao found out that there was a foot shop in the south of the city. The person who originally opened a foot shop had to go back because of a major accident in his hometown. Because the location of the foot shop was out of the way, and the usual business was barely maintained, she wanted to sell it.Lin Jiao went over with Yaren and took a look, and saw that the place was indeed a bit out of the way, not the facade of the street, and it was dilapidated and sloppy, and there was a strange smell when entering.But the facade is passable, there are a dozen large and small rooms on the upper floor, and dozens of shops below, and a yard.Lin Jiao felt that if it was put down, decorated, and carefully managed, and then raised the banner of Yang Jingxuan in the yamen to attract those caravan mule team guests who were away from home but wanted to be safe, Lin Jiao felt that there was still something to be done.So it's tentatively settled.The Naya people and the seller saw her as a young woman at first, so they inevitably felt a little contemptuous of her.When she saw that she was shrewd in every way, and knew that Yang Jingxuan was her clan uncle, who would only see her every few days, she immediately got up and dealt with it seriously.Everything else was pretty much the same, except that the other party insisted on asking for 100 taels of silver, which was the price of more than ten acres of fine river and river fields. Lin Jiao wanted to press her down again, but she didn't agree, she just said that she would think about it when she went back.

According to the current land price in the county, the foot shop is indeed worth about this money.But 100 taels is not a small amount. Rich people would not look at such a shabby shop, and those without money would not buy it, so Lin Jiao was sure that she had no strong competitors.Seeing that the seller seemed to be anxiously waiting to use the money, if he dragged on for a while, he couldn't wait any longer, so he would naturally let go.

She has already made up her mind that when the store is sold, she will go to Widow Stone and ask her to help find someone to plant the three acres of her own land, and the harvest will be distributed in proportion.Because the place is good, it is definitely not difficult to find people who are willing to pick them up.After finishing the decoration of the foot shop, they moved into the county together with Nengwu.Although she is a woman, as long as she pulls Yang Jingxuan in and out a few more times, with his uncle under her wing, she probably won't dare to find fault with her.

After Yang Jingxuan went back last night, he lay on his back on the kang with his eyes open for a long time before falling asleep.Today, I told the third uncle all the daily chores of the clan, and told him and the other old people to figure it out, and then they took the cannon out of the village and went to the county town.A few days ago, he heard the news from Li County Magistrate that the state government would increase the salt tax, and the increase would not be small.It is said that some counties have already received the official document, although Qinghe County has not yet received it, but it will be a matter of time.

Salt tax accounts for the bulk of the court's revenue and has always been strictly controlled.In the past few years, taxes have been raised several times, which has caused complaints from the people.Now that there is such news again, this is by no means a good thing.What's more serious is that, according to his inference, the tax increase this time is very likely not just from the court's intention, but that someone has used the power in his hands to deceive Jinsheng and secretly seek profits.Seeing what Li Guantao meant, he wanted to borrow his remaining power in the court to write a letter secretly, and make a big effort so that the emperor can see the face of the man clearly.

He has always been a fighter, upright and uncompromising, and has a deep hatred for the British kings who exercise power, which is why he has fallen here from the elders of the former prime ministers of the two dynasties.And it was precisely because I admired his integrity that I accepted his invitation to become a yamen catcher and clean up the place.In his eyes now, Li Guantao is both father and friend.But the opponent is too strong, he is worried that if Li Guantao exerts his strength now, not only will he not be able to overthrow the opponent, but he will completely irritate the opponent and cause trouble to him-although that stubborn old man has long looked down on life and death, and put on a posture ready to die at any time, but since several After witnessing the murder of General Li Yuan years ago, he didn't want him to die like this.So today, after explaining everything in the village, he planned to go to the county seat, and he was relieved to see the old man. He probably wouldn't be able to return every day.As for the promise to that woman, since she already has someone, there is no rush, and we will talk about it after a while.

When Yang Jingxuan rode out of the village to Banyuepo, he saw a peddler walking quickly with a load in the distance.When he got closer, he saw that the shopkeeper was very young, smaller than himself, with broad shoulders, thick feet, and looking at his face, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, exactly as described by the stone widow, he couldn't help but rein in his horse and look at him.

This shopkeeper is Li Guoer.He made an appointment with Lin Jiao to deliver the goods today. In addition to the original agreement, he specially bought some velvet flowers from women's hair clips and placed them on top. He thought that as long as she liked it, he would be willing to send a few, excitedly to pick up the burden.Suddenly, he saw a man on horseback approaching from the opposite side, which is rare in the countryside, and when he got closer, he saw that he seemed to be wearing the clothes of a man from the government, and he had a knife on his waist, so he took a second look. I saw the problem at a glance. Seeing that the man stopped the horse and stared at me unblinkingly with a stern expression on his face, his heart became frightened. He hurriedly lowered his head and quickened his pace, wanting to hurry over.

Yang Jingxuan turned his head and stared at Li Guoer's back for a moment, and finally called out: "Are you Li Guoer?"

Li Guoer was startled, stopped and turned around, hesitated for a while, and finally nodded in agreement.

Hearing his confession, Yang Jingxuan felt mixed feelings for a moment.Not knowing what was going on, he dismounted and walked towards him, asking, "What are you doing in the village?"

Li Guoer thought to himself that I am a shopkeeper, and I will naturally sell goods when I enter the village, so why not ask?Seeing that the man's expression seemed to be unfriendly, and he looked like a member of the government, he didn't dare to talk too much, and hurriedly said: "Hi, sir. I came to the village to sell goods."

"To whom?"

Li Guoer was stunned, wondering: "The official asked this question... Most of the women in the village come to buy it, so it's hard to tell who it is... Oh yes, I came here today to go to the old Yang's house at the entrance of the village, so I just bought it from the village. That uncle can't see. His wife Chunjiao asked me to bring the goods, so I came here on purpose."

It's nothing at all for a country girl to be called by her name, but now hearing him call "Chunjiao" smoothly, Yang Jingxuan felt it was very harsh, followed his fingers and glanced at the things in the burden, suppressing the inexplicable unhappiness in his heart, After thinking for a while, he said, "My surname is Yang, and I am the patriarch of this village. Some time ago, there was a flood, and the county government not only ordered people to drink medicine, but also prohibited the villagers from walking around each other. Not long ago, This ban is still in effect, so don't come here again in the short term."

The ban Yang Jingxuan mentioned was not created out of thin air.It's just that the flood has passed for nearly a month, and the ban has been loosened long ago.

Li Guoer saw that this person claimed to be the patriarch, and he was very serious with a straight face. Although he was unwilling, he did not dare to refuse. He nodded hurriedly, looked in the direction of Lin Jiao's house, and flattered him: "I know Yes, I get it. But now you see...I have made an appointment with her, if I don't worry about her waiting in vain. Can you be more flexible, I will only go to her house, and I will leave after delivering the goods? "

Seeing his eyes staring down the slope, Yang Jingxuan felt even more unhappy, and said, "Give me the things, and I'll give them to her. I'll pay for her too."

Li Guoer had no choice but to take out the object tied with a thin string and hand it over, and quoted the price. Yang Jingxuan touched the money from his side and gave it to him. Seeing that he hesitated, he suddenly took a new-style flower from the burden in front of him. He handed over the velvet flower again, startled, looked up, and saw that Li Guoer's dark face seemed to have a little blush, and said: "My lord, this is what she said she wanted, the money is in it." Please pass it on for me, too." After speaking, he turned around, picked up the burden and left quickly.

Yang Jingxuan looked down at the velvet flower in his hand, pinched it and turned it around a few times, then looked back at the direction of Chunjiao's house at the entrance of the village, hesitated for a while, and finally turned around and went back.

(End of this chapter)