Traversing the good life of a peasant woman

Chapter 91

In the woods outside Luoshui Town, several burly men were sitting together. They looked out of the woods from time to time, "Boss, why hasn't anyone come yet? We have been waiting since the morning, so we can't miss it." .” One of the men waited a little impatiently, and said to the man sitting in the middle with a scar on his face.

"Could it be that the family didn't believe it, so they didn't come?" Another person guessed.

Scar face turned his head to the side with a smirk, and said coldly: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, just wait a little longer, if the person doesn't come today, I'll cut off one of his fingers and send it over."

"But Boss, what if they still don't come?" A man sitting at the outermost corner asked without winking.

"It will come, it will come, my son is a filial son, he will definitely come. Don't cut off my fingers, just let me write a letter in my own hand, he can recognize my handwriting, and he will give you whatever you want Yes." In the corner, a man curled up on the ground said in an extremely humble begging manner
Seeing the scarred face, he laughed a few times, picked up the bowl full of wine, walked up to Fang Tongye, and lifted Fang Tongye's chin with his toes, "Your son probably committed a lot of crimes in his previous life." , Only in this life can I meet a father like you. Of course it’s best if he comes, but it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t come. I will sell you to the mine to be a coolie. Mosquito legs are meat even if they are small, I will not dislike you.” As he spoke, he poured all the wine in the bowl on Fang Tongye's head.

"Boss, you can only get some money by selling mines, so let's just kill him." Someone booed at the side.

Scarface glared at the man and said: "Liuzi, let me tell you, you should stop talking about killing people in the future. We are only asking for money and not life. I have never thought of going back after I got out of prison."

The person named Liu Zi chuckled and said, "Brother, I know, I will definitely keep my mouth in check from now on."

"Brother, Lian Xin is back." Liu Zi said halfway through, pointing to Xiaolu.

"Brother Chai, I didn't see the Fang family coming." The woman named Lianxin stood obediently beside the scarred face, and said a little gloomily.

Brother Chai was silent for a while, then looked at Fang Tongye who was lying there and said, "It's okay, it's fine if you don't come, I'll go back later and ask him to write a letter himself before sending it. If he still doesn't come, we have to leave. This Luo Water Town is too small, we can't stay long."

"Then what should he do?" Lian Xin pointed to her colleagues below.

The six sons said with good intentions: "Miss Lianxin, the boss said that he will be sold to the mine to work as a coolie."

Lian Xin glanced in that man's direction, just in time to meet the man's embarrassed gaze, the man shouted as if grasping the last straw: "Lixue, please help me, Please help me beg them, let me go, I didn't do anything to apologize to you."

It turned out that this woman named Lianxin was Guo Lixue. At this time, she was much more glamorous than when she was with Guo Liniang, but the biggest change was not her gorgeous clothes and shining gold and silver jewelry, but her mental state.In the past, she always walked with her head down, with a look of sadness on her face, but now, whether she is walking or standing, her chin is always slightly raised, and the corners of her mouth are always perfectly curved.When standing next to that brother Chai, there is always a touch of spring in his eyes, looking like a happy woman.

"Brother Chai, how much is it worth selling him to the mine? I think it's better to send him to Guo Liniang. I envy the two of them back then when they were glued together." Guo Lixue smiled and leaned on Brother Chai. Damn, the six sons on one side stared straight at the seemingly invisible Meitai.

Brother Chai hugged her and said with a smile: "As long as you are soft-hearted, no matter how cheap it is to sell it to the mine, you can make more money than selling it to the secret door. You treat him as a young man."

After more than ten days of demolition and construction, the courtyard wall of the Fang family, which was more than one foot high and wide, appeared in front of everyone in an eye-catching form. Densely covered with sharp iron picks.At this moment, even if a thief climbed up the wall, his hands and feet would be bound into honeycombs by these iron signs.

Fortunately, the Fang family is located in the innermost part of the Lijiagou. Apart from a few tenants scattered around, there is no one else, otherwise it will definitely attract more onlookers.But even so, the tenants were surprised for several days. They didn't understand why the owner built such a courtyard wall, but the Fang family's explanation to the outside world was that they had seen wolves and blind bears walking around the house, and they were worried. That's why I thought about raising the courtyard wall.

Although this explanation makes sense, it still seems too exaggerated. The mountains behind Lijiagou are indeed full of wild beasts, and occasionally some wild beasts will come down the mountain for a walk, but no matter how ferocious the wild beasts are, they are afraid of people. There are so many foods in the mountains, and there are few Incidents of wild beasts.However, Fang's family is rich, and it's their own home, so they can do whatever they want, so what does it matter to them?So everyone has been fresh for two days, and they all turned their attention to other places.

Wen Yue found that in recent days, Mrs. Li had to go to the entrance of the main courtyard almost every day. At first, Wen Yue thought that she went because the newly changed gate was particularly grand and liked it.But even after seven or eight days, Mrs. Li still had to go every day, which made Wen Yue feel very puzzled. She didn't do it for guarding the door, but because she had something on her mind.

But for Li Shi, who rarely walks around and has no friends, what can make her so restless that she needs to go to the front yard to guard the back every day?She wanted to ask a question, but Li always avoided answering. In desperation, Wen Yue could only tell Shi Quanfu, who often walked around the front yard, to be more careful.

"Yue Niang!" Fang Dachuan walked in excitedly after going to the store to collect the bill, "I have good news for you."

"What's the good news? Our store's revenue has increased again this month?" Wen Yue, who was arranging building blocks with Man Er, asked with a smile.

Fang Dachuan shook his head, nodded again and said: "You can also say that, guess what I saw in the town today?"

"It must be a good thing. Seeing how happy you are, tell me quickly." Wen Yue asked Man'er to play by herself while she sat down beside Fang Dachuan.

Fang Dachuan said with a smile: "The grocery store in Zhou Qingtan is closed. I heard that he is looking for someone to redeem his store."

"It's normal. His shop is in short supply, and the things it sells are expensive. It's a matter of time." Wen Yue pouted, thinking of Zhou Ji's long-standing reputation of the grocery store, and after what happened last time, It will definitely not work.

"Yue Niang, I have something to discuss with you." Fang Dachuan took the building blocks that Man'er gave her, and helped her shake them while saying, "Let's convert that shop down."

"What are you doing with it?" Wen Yue never thought about buying another shop. "The monthly income of the store is just enough for our family's pocket money. If we exchange it for another shop, what shall we sell?"

"Let it out!" Fang Dachuan looked at Man'er and said, "Our Man'er is growing up day by day, so you never thought about preparing more dowry for her when she leaves the house?"

After Wen Yue heard Fang Dachuan's reason, she couldn't help laughing: "How old is she, you think so far!"

"Why is it so far away? I heard that the big family started preparing the dowry after their daughter was born. We are all three years old." Fang Dachuan felt guilty as he spoke, "Although we are not a big family She is not short of money now, so prepare more for her children, so that she will be confident when she gets married in the future."

"What? Who dares to bully us? Let's try to use some courage? With you and your sons around, you can't beat him to death." Wen Yue stared at her almond-shaped eyes as if it really happened. fierce look.

Fang Dachuan was amused by Wen Yue's appearance of protecting the calf, "Yue Niang, I really didn't realize that you are so fierce."

"That's right." Wen Yue nodded as a matter of course: "As a mother, I am strong. I can even allow myself to be wronged, but I absolutely cannot accept my children being bullied."

Just when Wen Yue and Fang Dachuan chatted more and more, from buying a shop to saving a dowry, from saving a dowry to asking for a future son-in-law, Ge Yan held Ge Dan'er's hand and stood on the ground. The doorway said politely:

"Master, Madam, Steward Shi said that someone sent a letter just now, and the old lady took it away at the door."

Hearing Ge Yan's voice, Man'er immediately pushed the building block in his hand, stood up and ran to Ge Yan's place. Wen Yue didn't stop them, and let them go with a warning.

After Man'er left, Wen Yue said to Fang Dachuan: "It seems that mother has been waiting for this letter these days, Dachuan, do you know that mother knows anyone other than people from our village?"

Fang Dachuan shook his head and said, "No, definitely not. The only thing she has a good relationship with is Fourth Aunt Sun. The point is, she can't read. Who will write to her?"

That's right, Wen Yue was also silent. Since Mrs. Li was illiterate, why did she take the letter away instead of sending it to herself?Wen Yue looked at Fang Dachuan, looked at Fang Dachuan with suspicion on her face and asked, "Isn't your mother literate?"

Fang Dachuan froze for a moment, then kept shaking his head and said, "What are you thinking! This is simply impossible."

"That's right!" Wen Yue also felt that her thoughts were a bit too fantasy, "Then why do you think it is? Who is it? Dachuan, there must be something wrong, she is always restless these days, do you want me Go ask again."

Li Shi is like a domesticated rabbit, timid and quiet. Suddenly one day this little rabbit became different and did many things that were not in line with her personality. As her relatives, how could she not behave like this? Worry?
"It's fine to ask, but if Mother doesn't want to talk, don't force her. Let's observe for a few more days." Fang Dachuan thought of Li Shi's meek temper, and didn't dare to ask too much.

In the room, Mrs. Li sat on the side of the paper tightly holding the paper in her hand. On this letter paper written in blood, the content was exactly the same as that of the previous letter, but there was a change in time, and it became two letters. sky.

The appearance of this blood letter made Li even more disbelieving that Fang Tongye had been kidnapped, because the Fang Tongye she knew was a cowardly man who would faint at the sight of blood.Let him bleed a drop, and he will fall on the kang for several days and refuse to get up, open his mouth and shut his mouth to death, so that others will follow and live in peace.

Just when she secretly hated Fang Tongye for doing everything for money, someone knocked on the door, "Mother, are you there?" Wen Yue knocked on the door.

"Oh, yes, yes." In a panic, Li crumpled the paper letter in her hand, stood in the room and looked around, not knowing where to throw it, "Mother, can I come in?" Wen Yue and others After a long time, Mrs. Li did not come to open the door. She pushed the door lightly but it was locked, so she could only ask outside the door.

"Wait a minute, I'm changing clothes, I'll be ready soon." After Li Shi burned the letter paper to ashes, she sprinkled the ashes along the window, and then opened the door quickly, with an undecided expression on her face. Wen Yue came in.

(End of this chapter)