After eating the noodles, my whole body felt much warmer.
Lin Moxuan and others who were waiting outside the door hurriedly ran into the house after seeing their uncle finally finishing the noodles.
Wanqing and Wanying also followed in.
Compared to their younger siblings who were unfamiliar with their little uncle, they still had some impressions of him.
Especially Wanqing. She was already five years old when Lin Yuanqiu left home. Naturally, she remembered many things related to her uncle. For example, the beautiful flowers in her box were bought for her by her uncle. .
It was just that after two years of not seeing each other, the little girl was a little shy, but thinking that she was the eldest sister, she had to set a good example for her younger siblings. Thinking of this, Wanqing bravely stepped forward and shouted crisply: " Uncle!"
"Hey!"
Lin Yuanqiu originally wanted to touch his niece's pubic hair like he did when he was a child, but suddenly he discovered that his niece now had a double bun on her head.
The elder sister took the lead, and the other younger ones also followed suit and called them uncle.
Especially Lin Moxuan and Lin Mohao. The shouts made by the two little guys could be heard outside the courtyard gate.
Seeing several children looking at him eagerly, Lin Yuanqiu immediately understood that they were waiting for gifts from his little uncle.
Lin Yuanqiu hurriedly asked his fourth brother to get the book box for him, then took out the small wooden box containing the hair flowers and handed it to Lin Wanqing, saying warmly, "Our Qing'er is the eldest sister, and my uncle will give these hair flowers to you. You can give it to a few sisters."
The little girl nodded her head, feeling like she was being trusted, and straightened her body.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Yuanqiu gave Lin Moxuan the task of distributing toys and asked him to give a share to his younger brothers.
Lin Moxuan, who also felt trusted by his uncle, had a face full of confidence.
Several children, greeted by Lin Wanqing and Lin Moxuan, quickly swarmed into the hall next door.
Lin Yuanqiu took out the purple clay pot and the small wooden box with the gold bracelet from the bookcase, and then handed it to Lao Lintou and Wu, "Master, grandma, my grandson bought this for you two. See if you like it."
After hearing that her grandson said she bought it for herself, Mrs. Wu quickly opened the box.
When she saw that inside the box was a solid gold bracelet engraved with the image of a magpie ascending plum blossoms, Wu couldn't help but exclaimed, "You kid, what are you doing with so much money?" Although she said this
, But Wu's joyful eyes couldn't deceive anyone.
Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu smiled and urged, "Mom, put it on quickly and let us see."
Mrs. Feng stepped forward and helped her mother-in-law put the bracelet on her wrist.
In the past few years, life at home has been easy, and there are usually no worries. Therefore, compared to the previous skinny, black and thin, Mrs. Wu is now much more relaxed and fatter.
When the face is rounded, the person will naturally appear rich. Now that she puts on the gold bracelet, she really looks like an old official lady.
After hearing that her bracelet cost more than twenty taels of silver, Wu hurriedly covered it, God, didn't this put three acres of paddy field on her hand?
Lin Yuanqiu did not take out the gifts he bought for his mother and two younger sisters. He wanted to talk to his family about buying a house in the capital first.
Always let everyone know where you have used your money at home.
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Chapter 133 House Picture
After leaving for a moment, Wu quickly came over with a wooden box.
After Old Lintou took the box and put it on the table, he said to Lin Yuanqiu, "Yuanqiu, this is the money saved by the family, totaling more than one hundred and sixty taels. I'll let you keep the scattered ones later. All the other integers will be given to you. As we said before, we will leave all the money at home to you. As for what to buy or what to buy, it is up to you!" As he said this, Lao Lintou said in front of everyone
. , and opened the box.
Lin Yuanqiu saw that in addition to a few banknotes, there were more than a dozen small silver ingots and several small pieces of silver in the wooden box.
These are the income from embroidery this year, as well as the money earned from selling persimmons last year and this year.
Old Lintou warned again, "Yuanqiu, I know you are a sensible boy. I heard from your father that after schoolwork, you often paint to earn money. What I want to say is that when you go out alone, there are already hanging lights at home. I have a good heart, so I still have to take care of myself first. To be honest, our family’s good life is also thanks to you Yuanqiu. I am not greedy, and I am very satisfied with the life I have now. So, don’t You're so tired of yourself, look how thin you are."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Wu nodded and said, "Like your father, I'm not greedy. With the good life I have now, I can't even dream of it. You can wake up with a smile."
Mrs. Zhou also said, "Yuanqiu, you have to eat more on weekdays. Look at you, you are only growing taller but not fat. My eldest wife is getting anxious just looking at you." Mrs. Zhou has
already After thinking about it, she planned to make delicious food for her little nephew starting from tomorrow.
Lin Yuanqiu really wanted to say that he was not actually thin. He was the kind of person who looked thin when he was wearing clothes but looked fat when he was undressed.
And because I often practice riding and shooting, I also have several muscles on my body, especially my arms and abdomen, which have a lot of muscles, so the word "thin" is really not suitable for me at all.
However, no one believed him after he said it many times, and he couldn't bear to take off his clothes for everyone to see in order to make his family believe him.
Among everyone present, only Lin Sanzhu knew his son's situation.
After all, it is common for father and son to squeeze into the same guest room when accompanying their son to participate in weight lifting trials, so Lin Sanzhu naturally knows that his dog's meat is hidden.
But he was too lazy to say it. Wouldn't it be nice to make everyone feel sorry for Gouzi? Besides, his Gouzi was indeed working very hard.
It can be said that Lin Sanzhu protects his precious son in his heart.
No, when Lin Sanzhu saw his mother coming over with the money box, he turned around and went to the room to get a small piece of furoshiki. So, at this moment, he was loading silver ingots one by one into the furoshiki.
Also helping with the packing was Mrs. Wu. In addition to leaving more than six taels of broken silver, Mrs. Wu counted out all the 160 taels of silver and prepared for the third child to pack them all into the baggage.
As for Lin Yuanqiu, when everyone's attention was focused on the coins in the box, he quickly scanned everyone in the room.
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for the others, Lin Yuanqiu looked over one by one. There were uncles and second uncles who should be like this, and cousins. This is what everyone should be doing, and the mother-in-law and the others have smiles on their faces.
The cousins and others, each holding the baby in their arms, were chatting and laughing with each other, and their minds were not on the money box here at all.
It can be said that looking around, there is only no resentment or dissatisfaction.
This made Lin Yuanqiu feel very gratified. He felt that no matter what happened in the future, at least the current attitude of his family would make his hard work worthwhile.
Lin Yuanqiu is not a saint, and he will never do such "noble things" as selfless dedication without complaint.
Lin Yuanqiu can be sure that if he sees a family member who is dissatisfied with him today, then his next plan will definitely not be the kind of "bringing the whole family to fight together". After all, how can a group of discordant family members work together to achieve good results? life.
Lin Sanzhu tied the small bundle wrapped with money and put it in front of Lin Yuanqiu.
At this time, Lin Sanzhu, although the pride in his heart was almost overflowing, there was a helpless expression on his face, as if his son was really worried about this family.
Of all the people present, Wu was probably the only one who understood the pride in her third son's heart at this moment. It would be an understatement to say that he was so proud that his tail was only raised to the sky.
Seeing the third child's mouth twisted because he was suppressing a smile, Wu simply couldn't bear to look at it. If she hadn't been some distance away, she would have wanted to kick the bad thing right now.
Mrs. Wu really couldn't figure it out. They said bad bamboos couldn't produce good bamboo shoots, but her little grandson didn't look crooked at all. He was good at reading, sensible and filial. Apart from his appearance, there was nothing else like his father.
Lin Yuanqiu didn't know that his mother was currently wondering why his father's bad bamboo could produce such a good bamboo shoot as his.
At this time, he was ready to tell his family about buying a house in the capital.
"Master, grandma, my grandson bought a house in the capital not long ago."
Bought a house?
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Lin Yuanqiu, with surprise and surprise in their eyes.
Surprisingly, Yuanqiu only bought a village and a shop last year. Unexpectedly, only one year later, he bought another house.
As for the reason for the surprise, needless to say, it is of course because they are happy that their family has a house in the capital.
God, this is a house in the capital!
Ms. Feng, who was originally busy with work, could not think about making shoes now. She put the cotton shoes into the basket and walked over quickly, "Yuanqiu, does our new house look good?" she thought
. Lin Yuanqiu nodded at the verandas, pavilions, flowerbeds and rockeries in the house, "It's beautiful, very beautiful."
Upon hearing that it was very beautiful, the three sisters-in-law, Feng, Zhou, and Liu, immediately grinned from the corners of their mouths to their ears.
What Lao Lintou was most concerned about was the size of the house, "Yuanqiu, is our new house big?"
"It's big," Lin Yuanqiu replied.
This is a big house with four entrances, it can't be big.
Mrs. Wu couldn't figure out how big it was, but when she thought about the house she lived in now, she couldn't help but ask, "Yuan Qiu, which one is bigger, the new house in Beijing or the one we live in now?" Huh?"
Upon hearing Wu's words, everyone couldn't help but nod along, obviously they also wanted to know how big the new house was.
But before Lin Yuanqiu could answer, Lin Sanzhu took over the conversation, "Mother, houses in the capital are not cheap." The implication is,
mother, you don't know how much money our family has for Yuanqiu, so why are you asking? If it's not as big as your family's house.
Lin Sanzhu also has a basis for saying that houses in the capital are expensive.
When he and Zhou Xing went to the capital last year, they made a special trip to Yahang to inquire about the selling price of the house.
It was only after asking that Lin Sanzhu found out that a small courtyard that sold for more than 100 taels of silver in the county town cost 700 to 800 taels of silver in the capital.
There are three identical main rooms and two identical side rooms.
Moreover, this location is relatively remote. If you want to buy something in a better location, you won’t be able to buy it without a thousand taels of silver. As for a house larger than my own, it would be almost an acre of land. Buying such a house would cost at least two thousand taels of silver.
You must know that this is more than two thousand taels, not two hundred taels. Apart from the more than 500 taels given by the family, there is still a difference of 1,500 and 600 taels. Where can the dog get it?
It is said that no matter how good his dog is at painting, he still can't afford so much money.
Therefore, Lin Sanzhu thinks that the houses in the capital should be small courtyards as soon as you enter, the kind that sell for 7, 800 taels or more than 1,000 taels. In any case, it is impossible to enter a house with more than 2,000 taels.
Seeing Lin Sanzhu's protective look, Lin Yuanqiu was moved. His father was worried that he would be young and energetic and would lose face.
How could Lin Yuanqiu be such a person? Besides, the house he bought was not small.
"Dad, my son bought a house with four courtyards, and he brought his things across four courtyards."
What!
Enter the house four times!
Lin Sanzhu stood up from his seat and said in disbelief, "Yuanqiu, you bought a big house with four Jinqiu?"
Lin Yuanqiu nodded affirmatively, "Dad, what my son bought is exactly a big house with four Jinqiu. , a total of 4,600 taels of silver was spent."
Lin Yuanqiu also added the money spent on repairing the house.
When I heard four thousand six hundred taels, no one was sitting in the room except Lin Yuanqiu.
Lin Erzhu's voice was trembling, "Child... mother, please... pinch me quickly, don't be dreaming." Ms. Liu was
also afraid that she was dreaming, so she picked up the child's father without any hesitation. Keep your energy, so the west room soon heard howls like killing pigs.
Call.
With Lin Erzhu's "reminder that it was not a dream", everyone became even more excited, because this was not a dream!
Seeing the happy faces of his family members, Lin Yuanqiu explained in more detail, for example, the entire four-in-one mansion has more than 140 large and small rooms, which is definitely more than enough to accommodate our family. For example, the eldest brother, second brother, third brother and fourth brother can all live in separate cross-yards. For another example, there is a separate large garden in the back room. We can plant some seasonal vegetables and other things in it in the future.
As expected, everyone in the room was excited.
Looking at Lin Yuanbai again, he stuffed little Mo Jun, who was still babbling, into his wife's arms, and ran out quickly.
Just when everyone was wondering what they were doing out in the snow, Lin Yuanbai quickly ran back. He was holding an inkstone and ink sticks in one hand, and a pen and paper in the other.
Lin Yuanbai shook the snowflakes on his head, and then spread out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of Lin Yuanqiu, "Fifth brother, look, just listening to this is too unsatisfactory, why don't you draw our big house now?" Yeah!"
Yes, you can draw it, so you can immediately know what the director of the big house in the capital looks like.
Now, everyone in the room, except for a few little ones who were still nestling in their mother's arms, praised the good idea.
Lin Yuanhuai patted Lin Yuanbai on the shoulder, "The fourth brother is still smart."
"That's right, you don't even know who I am." Lin Yuanbai was a little proud.
When Lin Yuanfeng looked at the white paper in front of his fifth brother, which was not much bigger than a palm, he quickly remembered the pile of paper he had just bought.
So he said, "Fifth brother, you can draw again later. Brother, go get a bigger piece of paper."
After that, he hurried to his room.
I thought that when Lin Yuanfeng said "bigger", it meant that it was really bigger. But when he came over again, everyone was stunned by the large rolled paper tube in his hand.
This is too big. This kind of paper cannot be placed on a single Eight Immortals table.
Sure enough, when Lin Yuanfeng opened the paper tube on the table, he found that it was only enough to spread out half, and the other half was still hanging on the edge of the table.
Seeing this, Lin Yuansong acted quickly and quickly moved a table from the next door hall, so that when the two Eight Immortal tables were combined, a six-foot-long table could be placed.
Lin Yuanfeng smiled and said, "Fortunately it hasn't been cut yet."
Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to find such a large piece of paper today.
Then Lin Yuanbai scooped out water, and Lin Yuanhuai polished ink, and soon the painting stall was set up in the big house.
Although this was Lin Yuanqiu's first time painting on such large-sized paper, it did not affect his performance at all.
Lin Yuanqiu first recalled in his mind the structure of the courtyard and the proportions between the several courtyards. However, when he picked up the pen to polish it and was about to put it on the paper, he suddenly remembered that, by the way, he still had paints in his bookcase.
So Lin Yuanqiu walked to the bookcase in a few steps, opened it, and took out various paints.
Paint alone is not enough without a palette. When Lin Yuanqiu leaned over to take out his commonly used multi-grid porcelain plate from the bookcase, he realized belatedly that he had left it in the Imperial College dormitory and forgot to bring it back. .
Mrs. Zhou, however, understood it and thought, "Isn't it just a porcelain plate holding paint? What a big deal, you see what I say." After that, Mrs. Zhou walked out quickly.
Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Feng were worthy of being good sisters-in-law who had worked with Ms. Zhou all the year round. They immediately understood their sister-in-law's idea, so they quickly chased after her.
Seeing her three daughters-in-law being extremely excited, Mrs. Wu always felt that something was not right.
Sure enough, after a while, I saw the three sisters-in-law coming over with a stack of rice bowls each.
"Yuanqiu, my aunt has brought sixteen in total, is that enough?"
Mrs. Zhou said with a smile on her face, as if Yuanqiu wanted to see if my aunt is smart or cunning.
Liu and Feng, who were following closely behind, also felt that their brains were quite useful.
Mrs. Wu looked at the three silly daughter-in-laws who only grinned from the corners of their mouths to their ears, and said to herself, this is the rice bowl. Do you understand the rice bowl? If it weren't for the presence of several granddaughter-in-laws, I would have waved a broomstick over.
I have to say that the one who understands me is my son.
Seeing that his mother was about to ask his sister-in-law and the others to take the rice bowl back, Lin Sanzhu moved quickly. After taking the rice bowl from Feng's hand, he lined it up on the table, and then scooped the paint from the box into the rice bowl. With a spoonful in the bowl, even if Wu wanted to take the bowl back, it was too late.
Wu gritted her teeth and prepared that from now on these bowls would be reserved for the bastards to eat.
In order to see more clearly, everyone took the oil lamps from their rooms.
More than a dozen lights were lit at the same time, illuminating the entire west room.
Everything was ready, and naturally the next step was Lin Yuanqiu's favorite splashing of ink.
After seeing the eaves, walls, pavilions and flower pavilions constantly being drawn with the pen in his grandson's hand, Old Lintou, like everyone else in the room, could not help praising him, but also finally believed that Yuan Qiu did have a good song. The painting ability has improved.
That's why I earned so much money to buy a house.
Compared with ink landscapes, residential paintings are much simpler. After Lin Yuanqiu filled every corner of the courtyard with imaginary spring scenery, a spring-filled courtyard painting was finally completed.
Just now, they were afraid of disturbing Lin Yuanqiu while he was painting, so no one dared to make any noise other than praise. Now that the house map had been drawn, everyone no longer had any worries, and they all couldn't wait to find their own place to live.
First, Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong, the four brothers, sorted by their age, quickly found their own cross-yard.
Lin Dazhu, on the other hand, pointed to a place and asked Mr. Zhou, "My dear, are we living in this room?"
Lin Erzhu saw that his eldest brother was pointing to his west wing and quickly corrected him, "Brother, this is me. In the west wing where Mrs. Liu lives, you and your sister-in-law should live in the east wing opposite."
After saying that, Lin Erzhu immediately pointed out the location of the east wing to Lin Dazhu. As
for Lin Sanzhu, he and Feng did not rush to find their three-bedroom apartment, but pointed to the second courtyard. The three main rooms to the north said to Mrs. Wu, "Mom, look, these rooms are where you and dad will live. You see, there are three rooms here. Then we will use the one at the east end as a bedroom." , this location is warm in winter and cool in summer, so it will definitely be comfortable and comfortable to live there."
After saying that, Lin Sanzhu pointed to the east wing of the courtyard behind him and said with a smile, "Mom, these are the rooms where my son and Feng live. Wing room. You see, we are quite close to each other. Hey, if my son wants to chat with his mother, he can just go through the verandah. "
Wu nodded and arrived directly through the verandah.
Also, her three children are really considerate. Look at the eldest and second child, they are just looking for their own place to live.
Unlike her third child, who still knows how to help her parents find a house first.
Thinking about it this way, the more Wu looked at her, the more she felt that her third child was filial. She really deserved that she had loved him since he was a child.
At this time, Mrs. Wu had long forgotten that when she was gritting her teeth in anger, she wished she could just let her third son eat rice mixed with paint.
That night, the family had a lively chat in the west room for a long time. When they all left the main room and were about to go back to their own rooms to sleep, they suddenly discovered that the snow in the yard was already almost a finger thick.
Old Lintou carefully put away the picture of the house, thinking that in a few days he would ask his eldest son to send the picture to a calligraphy and painting shop for framing. Then he will hang it in his room, so that he and his wife can see what the new house in the capital looks like at any time.
Also, Lao Lintou is going to give a warning to his family tomorrow so that everyone should not talk about the family's move to the capital in the future.
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Chapter 134 Chinese New Year
Although I went to bed late last night, I have always been a morning person. Of course, I woke up naturally as soon as the biological clock hit.
Lin Yuanqiu turned his head and looked at the window. At that moment, the window paper was already filled with light, which showed that it must be completely white outside.
Now that he has woken up, he must get up. Lin Yuanqiu has no habit of staying in bed, even if the kang is still warm at the moment.
Speaking of warmth, Lin Yuanqiu was sure that someone had added firewood to his kang stove in the middle of the night, otherwise the kang would not have been so warm after one night.
Lin Yuanqiu felt that this person who added firewood was most likely his father.
Because there was a lot of homework during this annual vacation, Lin Yuanqiu set a limit for himself on how much he had to complete every day. He thought that no villagers would come to his door later, so after getting dressed, Lin Yuanqiu lit the oil lamp. Start doing today’s homework.
It's almost an hour before breakfast, and I think it will definitely be enough time to write an essay and poem.
As Lin Yuanqiu expected, after breakfast, several waves of villagers came to the door, mostly from the Lin clan.
It had been snowing all night, and the road to the west of the village was not easy to walk. However, everyone wanted to see if Lin Yuanqiu had come back, so naturally they were not afraid of the knee-deep snow.
They were all tribesmen and villagers who came specially to see him, and Lin Yuanqiu always wanted to greet them.
Wu specially brought out peanuts and melon seeds, as well as cakes and snacks to entertain everyone. Speaking of which, she specially asked Lin Dazhu to buy these snacks in the town, so that they would come in handy at times like this.
From Wu's point of view, these are the dignity of her little grandson, so when they go back, they will definitely say that Master Juren is kind to others and even brings food to entertain them.
By the time the villagers dispersed, it was almost time for lunch.
The family of twenty-seven people was divided into three tables. When the house was built, the main room was specially made wider, so there was no problem at all in setting three dining tables.
Lin Yuanqiu and Lin Sanzhu sat on the same bench, but did not listen to his master's arrangement and took the top position. They are all members of the family, so there is no need to pay attention to those rules.
Not surprisingly, the fish closest to Lin Yuanqiu was his favorite fish. Today, Zhou made stewed tofu with fish. It was a cold winter, and after eating it, his whole body felt warm.
For this reason, Lin Yuanqiu specially served an extra serving of rice. This move made Mrs. Feng, who was looking forward to her son gaining more meat, very happy.
After lunch, Lin Yuanqiu went directly back to his room. He had a lot of homework and he couldn't slack off. Furthermore, it was only one year and one month before the exams were completed, and it was time for me to get ready for war.
The test comes once every three years. If you don't hurry up, it will happen three years and three years. It's scary to think about it, and it's also very tiring. So winning the first battle is the best.
At this time, the room of Old Lintou and Wu was extremely lively. It could be said that except Lin Yuanqiu, everyone else was here. As for what they were doing here, it was naturally to look at the picture of the house they drew last night.
Lin Dazhu smiled brightly, "Dad, how can the night be as bright as the day? Why don't we take out the painting and have a look at it." The
rest of the people also nodded, and they also wanted to take a closer look.
Lin Sanzhu moved the kang table to the side, patted the kang bed and said, "Dad, let's spread the painting on the kang, so we don't have to worry about it getting wrinkled." Old Lin also wanted to look at it again, so he
quickly I took out the house map that was put in the camphor wood box.
So, throughout the afternoon, everyone stayed in the east room without moving much. I never tire of seeing such a beautiful house.
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On the days when they were buying new year's goods, the villagers went to the town to buy red paper, and then they came to the door with the red paper to ask for Spring Festival couplets.
This matter was definitely unavoidable, so Lin Yuanqiu did not refuse. But this time he set a time with the villagers, that is, he would only write for them for three days. After three days, he had other things to do, so he would not continue writing for them.
It was just a matter of asking for help. How could the villagers have any objections? They naturally nodded in agreement. Then the villagers who wanted to wait a few days before buying red paper went to town that day.
I thought that writing for only three days this time would definitely save a lot of effort than before. Unexpectedly, it was only the first day, and the main room was almost packed with villagers who came to the door. Several of them came from next door.
Came here from Bicun.
Lin Yuanqiu always found it difficult to refuse when the other party approached him with a smile. Besides, it’s just a matter of writing a few words for others, so there’s nothing good or bad about it.
It's just that too many people came here. Not to mention that Lin Yuanqiu's pen didn't stop for a long time throughout the morning. Lin Yuanbai and Lin Yuanhuai had been writing ink for a long time.
By the time Lin Yuanqiu finally helped the last villager write the Spring Festival couplets, it was already dark.
The day passed in such a busy way.
Thinking that more villagers might come to visit tomorrow, Lin Yuanqiu did not dare to stay too late. After writing an essay and a poem, he got on the kang.
A dreamless night.
On the second day, just as Lin Yuanqiu expected, many more villagers came than yesterday. Just after breakfast, there were villagers waiting outside the courtyard.
Maybe it was the few from the neighboring village who went back yesterday to promote it, and today many villagers from other villages came over.
Seeing the villagers holding red papers, their cheeks were red from the cold, but their smiles were bright, Lin Yuanqiu suddenly felt like he was following his grandfather to catch an outdoor movie when he was a child. It didn't matter whether he watched the movie or not, what he wanted was for everyone to get together and have fun. atmosphere of.
Come to think of it, the same is true for these villagers. In the middle of winter, there is no work in the fields. It is so happy for everyone to gather together and chat.
The people who polished ink today were replaced by Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong. As for Lin Yuanqiu, there was naturally no one who could replace them.
Even Lin Wenyan and Lin Wenjin, who help villagers write Spring Festival couplets every year at this time, have not seen them come out this year.
Regarding the matter of Dafang, Lin Yuanqiu only heard Lin Yuanbai's general remarks in the past few days after returning. First there is Lin Wenjin. After passing the county examination the year before last, he failed to pass the government examination for two consecutive years. He is still studying in a private school in the town.
As for Lin Wenyan and Lin Wenqing, as before, they still had not even passed the county examination.
Speaking of which, Lin Wenyan and Lin Yuanfeng are the same age, already twenty-seven this year, while Lin Wenqing is also twenty-six years old. At this age, he has not yet passed the county examination, so the possibility of passing the exam is not high. Now Lin Wenyan and Lin Wenqing have returned home and no longer study in the town. As for the reason, it was naturally that they were sent back by the private school master, who said that they were allowed to go home and study by themselves. If they had any questions in the future, they could go to him for advice.
In fact, Lin Jincai and the others understood what the master meant. Didn't they think that Wen Yan and Wen Qing were older and staying in the school would affect the school's recruitment of new students? After all, when others inquired, they found that these two people had been studying together for more than 20 years. None of the children passed the exam, so I doubted the master's teaching ability.
But I understand, but it is a fact that my grandson cannot study well, and in the end he had no choice but to pack up and return home.
For Lin Jincai, the fact that his eldest and second grandson were persuaded to go home by his master sounded unpleasant, but it was actually a lot easier on his hands. After all, it was not an easy task to provide for three people to go to school. So it’s good to let Wen Yan and the others study at home.
But Jin, his son and daughter-in-law didn't think so, including Lin Wenyan and Lin Wenqing themselves. They still wanted to study in a nearby private school.
It’s just that you don’t need to guess. When the teachers from other private schools heard the age of these two people, they asked again. They have been studying for more than 20 years, and now there are several children at home, so why are they still studying? Isn’t it quite good to study at home? Okay? Of course, none of them were confiscated in the end.
The Jin family also wanted to send Wen Yan Wenqing to school, which made Lin Jincai very angry, so the old couple had a lot of quarrels over this matter.
Lin Yuanqiu thought to himself that this was probably the main reason why Dafang did not write Spring Festival couplets for the villagers this year. After all, how could he be in such a mood.
"Grandpa's house was very lively a few days ago." Lin Yuanbai made the final summary.
Although Lin Yuanbai tried not to laugh when he said this, Lin Yuanqiu could still see the gloating in his fourth brother's eyes at a glance.
It seems that this kid still remembers when Lin Wenyan and others showed off their meat buns in front of him when he was a child.
Seeing that more and more villagers came to ask for Spring Festival couplets, Lin Sanzhu quit. He couldn't bear to write them like this.
However, when Lin Sanzhu walked into the yard and was about to set the number of Spring Festival couplets for each household as before, he saw Zhou Zixu walking in, followed by him carrying large and small bags of books and inkstones.
Lin Sanzhu immediately realized that his prospective son-in-law was coming to the Yue family for a new year.
Zhou Zixu had seen this formation before, so when he saw Brother Lin surrounded by villagers and splashing ink, he sat down and drank a cup of tea. He rolled up his sleeves and quickly joined in. Writing Spring Festival couplets.
In this way, it helped Lin Yuanqiu share a lot of burdens.
Seeing how capable his eldest son-in-law was, Lin Sanzhu had no reason to be unhappy. Seeing the envious looks of the villagers, Lin Sanzhu walked very briskly.
As for asking the villagers to write less Spring Festival couplets, of course he didn't say anything. He said that people would come to ask for help. Isn't it because they fancy his son's status as a civil servant? That's why a fool would extrapolate such an honorable thing.
However, such a good mood only lasted for two cups of tea. Soon Lin Sanzhu couldn't be happy anymore because he saw a large group of people waiting outside the courtyard gate. When he asked, they were all from Zhangwang Village next door. There are about thirty to forty people in Hemiaoxia Village.
Looking at the large pile of red paper each of them held in their hands, Lin Sanzhu even wondered if these people who came to his house to ask for Spring Festival couplets were going to sell them in the town.
Otherwise, if I write so much, how can I post it at home?
Therefore, I still have to stipulate the number of Spring Festival couplets for each family with everyone. Otherwise, if I follow the writing method like this, even if my eldest son-in-law is here, I will not be able to do it at all.
However, Lin Sanzhu's rule is destined to be unable to be stipulated today, because his young son-in-law also came to celebrate the New Year with New Year gifts.
"Father-in-law." Wang Wenchang cupped his hands towards Lin Sanzhu, looking handsome and elegant.
It is said that the mother-in-law becomes more and more happy when she looks at her son-in-law. This is indeed the case. When she saw her second son-in-law coming over, Mrs. Feng immediately greeted people into the house with a smile on her face. There were many people standing in the hall. It was the first time that
Wang Wenchang saw so many people writing Spring Festival couplets. , he was a little puzzled for a moment, but when he suddenly discovered Lin Yuanqiu and Zhou Zixu in the crowd, he immediately became excited, "Brother Lin, Brother Zhou, are you two back?" Lin Yuanqiu and Zhou Zixu turned their heads and quickly saw them
. Wang Wenchang is smiling all over his face. They haven't seen each other for more than two years since leaving Fu Xue.
Lin Yuanqiu smiled at Wang Wenchang and said, "Here we come."
But Zhou Zixu greeted, "My brother-in-law is here at the right time. Please hurry up and help us write Spring Festival couplets together."
Wang Wenchang nodded, his eyes full of eagerness to try, what should I say? He has never written Spring Festival couplets for anyone, so of course he wants to try it.
Lin Yuanhuai quickly brought over a study room, while Lin Yuanbai helped grind the ink. There was a ready-made table in the hall. After a while, Wang Wenchang dipped his pen in the ink and began to write Spring Festival couplets with his brother-in-law and brother-in-law. .
Lin Sanzhu's smiling mouth never closed. He felt that there was no one more glorious than him today. He had a son, two sons-in-law, two ministers and a scholar, but they were all from his family.
Hearing that he would have to write for a whole day tomorrow, Wang Wenchang asked Caishun to go back first while taking advantage of lunch, and asked him to tell his family that he would not be going back for the time being.
Seeing this, Zhou Zixu hurriedly asked Shu Yan to go back.
The Zhou family is in the town, and it takes less than an hour to get back and forth. When Shu Yan came back, he brought the young master's toiletries and a change of clothes.
The Wang family had to go further away, and by the time Caishun returned to the county seat, it was almost midnight.
Wang Xiancheng was a little surprised to see Caishun coming back alone. After learning that his son's brother-in-law and brother-in-law had returned from the capital and that his son was going to stay at Yue's house for a few days, Wang Xiancheng naturally agreed with it. In this way, Wenchang can ask his uncle and brother-in-law for advice on articles. You must know that these two people have studied at the Imperial College for two years. Wenchang will definitely benefit from studying more with them.
So, when Caishun came back the next day, he brought two boxes and cages. One contained the pen and ink that the young master used to use, books, and articles he had written. In the other box, there were the young master's clothes and toiletries.
This is not like staying in a battle for only a few days.
Like Zhou Zixu, Lin Sanzhu arranged for his second son-in-law to live in a small courtyard on the mountain. Although he and his daughter have already decided to get married, there are still some rules that should be followed, so as to avoid gossip from others.
Because so many villagers came to ask for Spring Festival couplets, the originally agreed three days had to be added by one day.
On the night of the fourth day, Lin Yuanqiu simply moved to the mountain. In the next few days, Uncle Lang and the three of them discussed knowledge together and read articles together, which was a rare pleasure.
It wasn't until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month that Zhou Zixu and Wang Wenchang hurried back. When they left, neither of them took back a change of clothes. This was because they had made an appointment to meet at their father-in-law's house again on New Year's Eve.
The picture of the courtyard house had been framed, with a six-foot core with a scroll head and a scroll tail. It looked very spectacular. Old Lintou hung it in his room. So on this night of staying up late, the whole family had a lot of fantasies about the new house in the capital.
As before, Mrs. Wu distributed red paper packets to her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law one by one, containing each house's pocket money for the coming year.
Life at home is getting better year by year, and the pocket money given by Wu has naturally increased. The daughter-in-law has seven taels each, and the granddaughter-in-law has four taels each. Compared with last year, each room has one tael more.
Although Lin Yuanqiu is already nineteen after the New Year, as long as he has not started a family, the new year's money is indispensable, not to mention that it is not as good as a weak crown.
Therefore, including several cousins, Lin Yuanqiu received a total of eight red envelopes.
Then he, the little uncle, gave them to several nieces and nephews. Before returning from the capital, Lin Yuanqiu went to the silver house to exchange for a handful of small silver peanuts and small silver Ruyi. At this time, it was appropriate to give each child as lucky money.
After more than half a month of getting along with each other, the children had grown up with one uncle and two uncles, and they only had to go around Lin Yuanqiu every day. At this time, after receiving the beautiful New Year's money from their uncle, each one's mouth felt like it was covered with honey. It’s nice to call me uncle.
Naturally, Lin Yuanqiu did not forget the New Year's money given to the two younger sisters. After celebrating the New Year's Eve and everyone went back to their rooms, Lin Yuanqiu took out the red envelope from his pocket and handed it to the two of them.
"Thank you, brother!" the two sisters said in unison.
Chunyan touched the red paper, and it seemed to be the shapes of the silver peanuts and silver ruyi she had just seen, but the red paper seemed a little thick, so she couldn't help but ask, "Brother, what is in the red envelope?" "
Lin Yuanqiu smiled and said, "We'll find out if we go back to the room and take a look."
Upon hearing this, Chunyan and Chuncao became even more curious. After saying goodbye to their brother tomorrow, the two sisters went to the room and opened the red paper envelope. Come.
Then Chunyan and Chuncao discovered that in the red envelope, in addition to two silver peanuts and two silver coins, there was also a piece of paper folded. When they unfolded the paper, they discovered that it was actually a banknote, and in the middle of the banknote was printed the words "with a voucher" Take fifty taels of silver." Eight words.
Therefore, my brother directly gave each of them a fifty-tael banknote as lucky money.
Chunyan and Chuncao both had wet eyes. They understood that their brother was saving dowries for them in disguise, just like the previous set of jewelry, which could not be bought without a hundred taels of silver.
Chunyan and Chuncao knew that the reason why their brother did this was so that they could have their own confidence and backbone after marrying into their husband's family.
Although Xiaohong and Xiaoju were illiterate, they could guess from the expressions on their young ladies' faces that the amount on the banknote must be quite large. Thinking about the gold head and face, the young master had to say that he was very interested in the third and fourth ladies. The lady is so nice.
Thinking of this, the two couldn't help but touch the red envelope in their sleeves. It was given to them by the young master during the New Year's Eve dinner. Inside was a piece of broken silver. In addition to what the young master gave them, the old lady and the third wife also gave them red envelopes this morning.
The two sisters often think that their life is much better now than in their previous master's house. Apart from other things, at least the old lady and the other ladies never punish people at every turn.
Looking at the young master’s family, they all
They are living in harmony, so their family has found a good master.
...
On the first day of the new year, Lin Yuanqiu followed Lin Sanzhu to the clan leader and elders to pay New Year's greetings.
We haven't seen each other for two years. The hair of several elders is a little grayer, but they are all in good spirits.
In their words, that is to take good care of your body and live to see the day when you pass the imperial examination in the distant autumn.
The clan leader has not changed much. After seeing Lin Yuanqiu coming over, the smile on the clan leader's face never stopped.
This made Lin Sanzhu straighten his back a lot.
...
The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when my daughter returns to her parents’ home to pay New Year’s greetings.
Among the four granddaughter-in-laws, except Ding Ju who did not go out because her parents' home was far away, the other three took their husbands and children back to their parents' home early in the morning.
Zhou's three sisters-in-law were busy in the kitchen, while Wu was counting her fingers on the side. Today Dani and Erni will definitely return to their parents' home, as will Chunmei and Chunxiu, plus several uncles and grandchildren. , granddaughter, and by the way, there are also great-grandsons and great-granddaughters, so at least four tables need to be set up for this lunch meal.
Dani and Erni came back from the front and back. The sisters' faces looked rounder than last year. After they no longer had to pay grain taxes on their fields, the lives of the two sisters improved year by year. Now they are ten years old. Years passed, and the two of them were able to save some money.
For parents, knowing that their children are living a good life is more comforting than anything else. Seeing the smiles on their two girls' faces, Mrs. Wu also became beaming with joy.
...
Zhou Zixu and Wang Wenchang came to pay New Year's greetings on the third day of the Lunar New Year.
Then on the night of the third day of the Lunar New Year, the two brothers-in-law and their uncle lived in the small courtyard on the mountain again, and the three of them continued to live a life of writing essays and poems.
This year is a year of competition, and Wang Wenchang will definitely participate in the provincial examination in August. Therefore, in the past few days, Lin Yuanqiu and Zhou Zixu shared a lot of intellectual insights with him. In the provincial examination, writing is the key. Lin Yuanqiu gave Wang Wenchang the assessment booklet he used when he was preparing for the provincial examination. It said These are all the policy arguments that I summarized by myself, and it can be considered that I have no secrets from this brother-in-law.
Uncle Lang and the three of them stayed on the mountain for more than ten days. When they came down from the mountain, it was already the twelfth day of the first lunar month. In a few days, Lin Yuanqiu and Zhou Zixu would leave for Beijing.
Wu helped pack her grandson's luggage every time, and this time was no exception. In addition to a few newly made clothes, Mrs. Wu also packed more than 20 kilograms of persimmons, which she prepared for her grandson to send some to the teacher.
Lin Sanzhu and Lin Yuanfeng were going to go there with Lin Yuanqiu. The wing room in the east cross courtyard was about to be rebuilt, so someone had to keep an eye on it to feel at ease.
Wanqing was a little excited when she learned that her father was going to the capital.
Lin Yuanfeng had always cherished this girl, so he agreed when he thought that Qing'er was already eight years old and didn't need to be carried or carried, so she wouldn't annoy anyone when she was taken out.
This made the other children in the family envious.
Seeing this, Wanqing patted the small purse hanging around her waist and said with a smile, "Sister, I will buy you a lot of fun things!"
...
Lin Yuanqiu got up early on the day he returned to Beijing. Having a carriage at home makes traveling much more convenient.
Old Lintou and Wu continued to urge them to take good care of themselves when going out, and Lin Yuanqiu nodded in agreement.
Ms. Feng began to cry quietly, thinking that it would take a long time for her son to come back. She hadn't even left home yet, so she began to look forward to the day when she would return home.
"Mom, my son will definitely work harder." Lin Yuanqiu said softly to Feng.
Mrs. Feng knew what her son meant. She meant that he would work hard to pass the Jinshi exam, so that he would not have to study away from home all year round and worry his mother.
So she couldn't let her son study desperately in order to pass the Jinshi exam.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Feng hurriedly wiped away her tears, "Mom, you are not in a hurry, you are not in a hurry at all. Yuanqiu, I have no other requirements. I only hope that you will take good care of yourself and be well outside." "Son, I understand
. "Mom, you should also take care of your health at home and don't stay up late doing embroidery work."
Ms. Feng nodded, she didn't stay up late, otherwise she would ruin her eyes and how would she be able to take care of her grandchildren in the future.
After meeting Zhou Zixu in the town, the group got on the carriage to Fucheng, and then headed north along the waterway.
What made Lin Yuanqiu happy was that Wanqing didn't feel any discomfort on the boat. Until the official ship docked at Tongzhou Pier, the little girl didn't feel dizzy or uncomfortable except that she was a little bored after staying on the ship for a long time.
Lin Yuanqiu did not find another inn to sleep in, but took his father and cousin directly to the new house.
The masons had already repaired the second and third courtyards years ago, and were currently overhauling the back room of the last courtyard.
Seeing the huge house, Lin Sanzhu and Lin Yuanfeng walked back and forth many times in the yard. The high walls, gray tiles, pavilions and verandas, the surprise in their eyes was self-evident. But Wanqing, after seeing the swing hanging under the sycamore tree, didn't want to leave.
"Uncle, our yard is so beautiful, Qing'er really likes it."
This is what the little girl said several times today.
Lin Yuanqiu asked Zhang Gui to buy bedding and then settled his father and cousin in the renovated second courtyard.
It is indeed much easier to have helpers. After leaving the matter of repairing the courtyard house to his father and his cousin, Lin Yuanqiu never worried about it again.
...
Xiu Mu's day soon arrived, and she thought that her father and cousin should be at Mo Linxuan at the moment, so after coming out of the Imperial College, Lin Yuanqiu took Zhou Zixu to his shop.
Just when he was approaching the shop, Lin Yuanqiu discovered something was wrong. There were so many people surrounding the door of his shop.
Did something happen?
Zhou Zixu also saw it and was worried that something had happened.
So the two of them walked forward quickly. As a
result, before reaching the door of the shop, Zhang Gui's wife, Lu, rushed out from the crowd, "My lord, the young lady is missing!"
The young lady?
Lin Yuanqiu was stunned for a moment before he realized that the young lady was talking about Wanqing.
But why did Wanqing disappear?
Lin Yuanqiu said anxiously, "Tell me quickly what's going on?"
Mrs. Lu didn't dare to delay, and quickly explained the matter clearly.
Because the kitchen in the house was re-installed, Lin Sanzhu and Lin Yuanfeng came to the store to eat in the past two days.
After Wanqing had lunch today, she still stood in front of the store as she did yesterday, watching the people coming and going. It was normal for children to like to watch the excitement, as long as they didn't run around, so Lin Yuanfeng didn't take it seriously, thinking about her daughter's future. He will also wait for me at the door obediently like yesterday.
But after a while, Zhang Gui found that the young lady standing at the door was missing. He hurriedly ran to the door to look for her, but found no one, so he ran into the inner hall to call the master and the eldest son.
Lu continued: "Master, the shopkeeper Xu who was selling lanterns just now said that he saw a man holding a little girl and running toward the intersection. After hearing this, the master and the eldest son hurriedly chased after her.
" At that time, Mrs. Lu was so frightened that her face turned pale. The young lady had been lost under Zhang Gui's nose. If something really happened today, the young master might not be able to spare their family.
Lin Yuanqiu couldn't care about this at this moment. What he thought at this moment was that he must be more familiar with the city's terrain than his father and cousin, so he had to hurry up and chase the talent, otherwise he would be transported by human traffickers. If you leave the city, you will be looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Zixu, go and report to the official!"
Before he finished speaking, Lin Yuanqiu ran towards the intersection.
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Chapter 135 Beating the Kidnapper
Hefu Street is located in the south of Beijing and is a very old street.
Most of the shops here are engaged in the business of cloth and ready-made clothes, and there are also a few embroidery workshops open. The remaining ones include those selling pastries, groceries, tea and powder, which can be considered a variety.
Zhong Yurou came to Hefu Street today for the ready-made clothing store open at the corner of the street.
When the family went to Jingzhou, the Zhou family gave several of their dowry shops to Uncle Zhong to take care of. Uncle Zhong is the husband of Zhou's wet nurse, and the whole family is Zhou's companion, so it is reassuring to leave the shop to him.
Facts have proved that this is indeed the case, and the profits of these shops have been pretty good in recent years.
It's just that Uncle Zhong is old, so after Zhou returned to Beijing this time, he handed several shops back to his master.
Ms. Zhou thought that her dowry would be divided among several children sooner or later, so she might as well take advantage of this time to simply distribute the shop so that her two daughters-in-law and her own daughter could take over management earlier.
Especially Yu Rou, although she had taught her a long time about taking charge of the middle school, she never had the chance to get started. Therefore, Mrs. Zhou handed over the two shops that she originally planned to use as a dowry to her daughter, as a way for her to practice her skills first, so that she would not be in a hurry to get the details when she was ready to give them to her later.
Zhong Yurou came here today just to see the specific situation in the clothing store.
Although my mother said that the shop usually has a shopkeeper and a clerk, she should be in charge of the profit and income of the shop. But Zhong Yurou didn't think so. She felt that since it was her own shop, she must have an idea of how it was run and how the goods were. Don't ask questions at that time and don't know anything about it, and you don't even know it when you are blinded by the people below.
"Miss, there should be more styles of clothes in our shop."
Liu Ye expressed her thoughts. Just now she saw that there were more clothes for men and children in several other ready-to-wear shops, and they The shops only sell women's clothes, so a lot of business has been lost.
Zhong Yurou shook her head and said with a smile, "I think this is good. Think about it, if a girl comes to our shop to buy clothes, and now a strange man comes in who wants to buy clothes, what will happen to that girl? "
What will happen? "
Liu Ye thought for a while, if it were her, she would definitely continue to buy her own clothes. Although men and women are not intimate with each other, she, as a maidservant, does not have so many taboos.
But if it were any other girl, she would have left on the spot. Then thinking about the fact that she hired a female shopkeeper and a female clerk in her shop, Liu Ye suddenly said, "Miss, I understand, if our shop only sells my daughter's clothes, she will let her My daughters all like to come to our shop to buy clothes!"
"Yes, that's exactly the reason. You see, although the shop next door also sells clothes and skirts, many female customers still like to come to our shop, don't they?" Zhong
Yurou She doesn't mind teaching her personal maid a little more. Although she figured it out herself, she thinks this is the reason.
No, while she was standing here for a while, several women walked into her shop. Although it is not possible to make a business with just one customer, when someone comes in, the shop will always have the opportunity to make money.
Come to think of it, this is also the reason why the store's profits have been good over the years.
I have to say that Uncle Zhong is just like his name, loyal and sincere. He has managed his mother's dowry shop so well over the years. It's no wonder that as soon as her mother returned to Beijing, she released Uncle Zhong's family's deeds and gave him enough money to support him in his old age.
Now that they have seen the ready-made clothing shop, the master and servant are going to Yunjin Street, because another shop is opened there.
But when the master and the servant walked out of the street and walked onto the stone bridge, they saw two men on the opposite side almost running onto the bridge. The man running in front was holding a straw handle with a mask on it, while the other man seemed to be carrying a child on his back.
Afraid of being hit, Zhong Yurou leaned against the stone railing on the side.
When the man carrying the child passed by, she specifically glanced at the little girl on his back. This glance shocked Zhong Yurou. Isn't this Wanqing?
Why did she come to the capital?
Also, who is the man carrying Wanqing on his back? He can’t be Wanqing’s father, right?
No, Zhong Yurou quickly realized that the man was making quite a lot of noise when he was running and jumping. It was impossible for a normal child to fall asleep unaffected, so there was a high probability that Wanqing was drugged.
Let’s talk about Zhong Yu
The reason why Rou knew Wanqing was because several times when she invited Sister Chunyan to visit Zhou Mansion, she would bring Wanqing and Wanying over, so Zhong Yurou was already very familiar with these two children. .
Liu Ye also saw it, but she still couldn't believe it when she saw Miss Wanqing in the capital. "Miss, is that Miss Wanqing?" Zhong Yurou
nodded, although she didn't know why Wanqing appeared. In the capital, there is no time to think too much now.
At this time, the two men had already got off the bridge and were running forward quickly. Then Zhong Yurou saw another person running towards the stone corridor about a hundred meters away from the bridge. It seemed that he was going to chase the two men just now, and he could also hear the other person shouting Words like "catch the kidnappers" and "stop them".
Without any time to think, Zhong Yurou turned around and chased ahead.
Seeing the young lady getting off the bridge very quickly, Liu Ye became anxious and quickly ran up.
There is a saying, "Have you never eaten pork and never seen a pig run away?" This is the case with Zhong Yurou right now.
Although she never practiced sticks with her father, she would often watch from the sidelines when her eldest and second brothers practiced martial arts with her father when they were young.
After being exposed to it for so many years, it is not difficult to learn a few moves, but compared to the eldest brother and the second brother, Zhong Yurou only knows the fur of the skin.
However, even though it is only superficial, if you want to protect your own safety, you should still be able to do it.
So after seeing the two men running into an alley, Zhong Yurou did not hesitate to grab the bamboo pole used by the grocery store to support the oilcloth, and then quickly chased them into the alley.
The alley seemed particularly quiet without the noise, so quiet that you could clearly hear the messy footsteps coming from not far away.
Zhong Yurou's heart was pounding, it was impossible to say she wasn't afraid, but that was Wanqing, and she definitely couldn't watch her being abducted.
Furthermore, these two men are the most hated human beings. Over the years in Jingzhou, Zhong Yurou has seen too many mothers who went crazy after losing their children.
Therefore, we must not let them go!
Zhong Yurou didn't know where her courage came from, and she didn't consider the fact that she only knew stick moves but had no practical fighting experience. At this moment, she only stared at the two people in front of her and chased after them.
But after all, this is a girl's house. How can it outrun two men? I can only watch them running farther and farther, and then they disappear after turning a corner.
This is another alleyway.
Zhong Yurou did not give up. The bamboo pole she was dragging in her hand made a clicking sound on the ground paved with bluestone slabs.
Not many people are nosy these days, especially something like this that might bring disaster to themselves. Therefore, after Liuye chased him into the alley, there was no one following him.
The two traffickers were also in a panic. When they thought they had finally gotten rid of their pursuers, they looked ahead and found that they had actually run into a dead alley.
What a hell it was today.
The short man holding the grass handle was breathing heavily. The handle that was originally full of people had no one left.
As for the black-faced man carrying Wanqing, he was out of breath and not much better. In the past, they didn't have so much trouble kidnapping children. When they got to a deserted place, they put the child in a cloth bag. That's it.
By the time anyone found out and went to report to the official, they had already left the city.
But today, the two of them never expected that a man in his forties who was at least a round older than them would run so fast, as if he didn't have any strength. If they hadn't fought In order to get familiar with the terrain there, I tried to get rid of the person, fearing that he would have caught up with me.
But they just breathed a sigh of relief, and someone else caught up with them. Although the boy who came after him couldn't run as fast as the fast-legged guy, but with such endurance, alas, it was really a bad start today.
"Come on, let's rush out of the dead alley!"
The black-faced man, who was still breathing, moved the Wanqing he was carrying to his left shoulder. To be honest, if it weren't for this little girl's dewy appearance, she would have been sent to the old madam. You can definitely get a good price there. When he was chased, he had already thrown him away.
When his accomplice said he wanted to rush out, the short man nodded repeatedly. If he didn't rush out, he would definitely be blocked here.
Thinking of this, the short man grasped the straw handle tightly, thinking that fortunately he didn't lose it no matter how fast he ran. Now that he had it, he might as well use it as a fighting weapon later.
The two people here rushed towards the entrance of the alley at high speed.
But Zhong Yurou had already dragged the bamboo pole and ran into the alley entrance.
When she left the capital, Zhong Yurou was only a little over five years old, so she naturally had no chance to become familiar with the capital. But now, she had just returned to the capital after ten years away. Of course, she was even less likely to be familiar with the alleys and alleys of the capital, so she didn't know that she was entering a dead alley.
That's why I was startled when I saw the two traffickers rushing out from the opposite side.
But she quickly calmed herself down. Looking at the two men, one short and one dark, Zhong Yurou grasped the bamboo pole tightly with both hands.
The black-faced man and the short man were immediately happy when they saw that the person who came was just a girl. When did the people chasing them change again?
Where was that tall and skinny guy just now?
But these are not the main point. For now, didn't this girl give them money?
You see, the skin is white and tender, the eyebrows are pretty, and the figure is good. If this is sent to Madam Wang in Yingchun Garden, it will not sell for five or sixty taels of silver, and they will guarantee that it will be named after a dog.
As for the bamboo pole in the pretty girl's hand, the short man and the dark-faced man just pretended not to see it. With such a small body, it is not worth a finger of them, and it is useless to have a bamboo pole.
So the black-faced man nuzzled at the short man, indicating that he would take action and he could just watch from the side.
The short man naturally had no objection. He even felt that he could throw away the straw in his hand and deal with a girl's family with nothing.
But before anyone could take action, Liu Ye, who called Miss, also ran into the alley.
Then the two kidnappers who were originally frightened by Liu Ye were relieved when they heard her say, "Miss, what should we do?" It seemed that there were no "pursuers" behind them. .
However, for safety reasons, they had to make a quick decision.
Now the black-faced man didn't dare to let the short man have sex alone. Since there were two girls, they could catch one each.
Thinking like this, the black-faced man put Wanqing on his back on the ground, and then took out a handkerchief from his lapel, preparing to catch the person and stun them directly. .
All these actions of his were seen in Zhong Yurou's eyes, and she also knew that there must be something fishy about the handkerchief on the other person's hand.
However, she had no time to think too much at this moment, because Zhong Yurou knew that if they really fought, she and Liu Ye would definitely not be the match of the two kidnappers.
Therefore, Zhong Yurou quickly remembered what her father often taught her brothers, that is, attack the enemy when they are not prepared and strike first!
Recalling the preemptive moves taught by her father, Zhong Yurou suppressed her pounding heart, took a deep breath, and rushed forward with the bamboo pole.
Then Liu Ye, who was astonished, heard the mantra chanted by his own lady, "The strength of the waist comes first, with the belt on the shoulders, and the shoulders on the arms...".
What closely followed the formula was the young lady's movements. She picked up the bamboo pole and swung it left and right at the short man. When the straw pole in his hand could not be parried, Zhong Yurou suddenly slid forward, and then He quickly slapped the short man's right wrist with the bamboo pole. The short man felt the pain and wanted to rush forward regardless. Then, Liu Ye saw his young lady swinging the bamboo pole and quickly slashed the short man's head.
Only a scream of "Ouch" was heard, followed by a "plop" of the short man falling to the ground, fainting.
Then came Willow Ye's surprise.
As for the black-faced man, his dark face was full of disbelief.
After reacting, the black-faced man immediately bent down and quickly pulled out a gleaming dagger from his boot. At this time, when he looked at this man's eyes, the fierceness was revealed.
Zhong Yurou's hands were shaking a little, but she knew that she had no way out. She also knew that when dealing with people who come prepared, just like her father said, she must strike hard, and when the physical strength of the two sides is greatly different, she can win with one move. That's the key.
At this time, the ruthless black-faced man would never have thought that the seemingly weak girl in front of him would be the instructor who taught all the soldiers in the military camp how to use sticks.
So when he waved the dagger, thinking that he would definitely make the other party cry father and mother, the bamboo pole in his hand was directly pressed against the wall.
Although the round head of the bamboo pole didn't hurt anyone, it still caused severe pain when it was pressed hard against the chest. Now the black-faced man didn't care about any tricks. He shouted "Ouch, ouch" and picked up the dagger. Just chop on the bamboo pole as hard as you want.
Seeing this, Liu Ye hurriedly picked up the straw on the ground and wanted to hit the opponent hard twice, but was a little scared when he saw the dagger in his hand.
At this time, Zhong Yurou felt that her strength was almost exhausted.
However, she must not let go, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
That's right, let go!
Seeing the opponent rushing forward with all his strength, Zhong Yurou suddenly remembered what his father said about beating a dog with a stick.
She took a deep breath, and then mentally encouraged herself while silently reciting the stick method formula, "Wrap a ribbon to tie, twist the ribbon to pick, pass it up and down, roll it to the left and right, let go! Beat the dog!" I saw Zhong Yurou
quickly The bamboo pole was twitched, and when the dark-faced man staggered forward with the force of his inertia, she immediately picked up the bamboo pole and swatted at the opponent's front door with lightning speed.
Although the move was not wrong, because Zhong Yurou was a little exhausted, the black-faced man was slapped in the face. Except for his nose bleeding, he did not faint. After squatting on the ground for a while, he saw him shaking. She was about to stand up.
At this moment, Zhong Yurou had no more strength. If it hadn't been for the support of the bamboo pole, she would have collapsed to the ground.
Also, Zhong Yurou can be sure that if these two people didn't know a little bit about boxing today, she wouldn't have had the chance to beat them.
He looked at his young lady who was gritting her teeth and holding on, and then saw the villain whose face was covered in blood, staggering and about to stand up. Liu Ye gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, raised the straw handle and waved it over the head of the black-faced man.
"Let you be fierce, let you be ruthless, let you kidnap Miss Wanqing, beat you to death, the kidnapper who is causing harm to people! Beat you to death, beat you to death..." At this time, I asked passers-by in the alley and was told that someone was running away
. Lin Yuanqiu, who entered the alley, had already followed the sound and came here.
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Chapter 136 By coincidence,
the black-faced man finally fainted.
The straw in Liu Ye's hand had already been beaten to pieces. Seeing the person lying motionless, not knowing whether he was alive or dead, Liu Ye felt a little scared.
But thinking that she was beating a kidnapper who was causing harm to others, she felt a little more at ease.
Zhong Yurou had calmed down, and she no longer paid attention to the two people lying on the ground. She just wanted to hug Wanqing and leave here quickly. The alley is remote, and if the kidnapper's accomplices come again, then the three of them will be in danger.
Seeing the young lady going to hug Miss Wanqing, Liu Ye hurriedly ran over to help her.
Perhaps it was because they had exerted too much force just now. At this moment, both the master and the servant felt that their arms were weak, and they could not lift Wanqing up from the ground for a while.
When Lin Yuanqiu ran into the alley, what he saw was this scene: two kidnappers lying on the ground with blood on their heads and faces. Not far from them were two girls with messy hair. Lin Yuanqiu saw that at this time, the two people were bending down and trying to pick up the child on the ground.
And this child should be Wanqing.
Could it be that these two girls saved Wanqing?
Lin Yuanqiu looked at the two men lying on the ground and couldn't believe it.
When Zhong Yurou and Liu Ye heard the footsteps, they quickly stood up. Worried that the person coming was an accomplice of the kidnapper, Zhong Yurou was also ready to get the bamboo pole leaning against the wall.
Seeing this, Lin Yuanqiu hurriedly explained, "Girl, don't get me wrong, I am this child's uncle."
Uncle?