continuation [farming]

Ma Ming was covered by the sound of rain and did not disturb the people in Anle Village.At least in Li's house, Aunt Lin and Mrs. Li didn't hear anything.On the other hand, Xia He's ears were sharp, and she faintly sensed some animal cries amidst the sound of rain.He stood up and looked outside the house. The rain curtain was so thin that his eyes were hazy.

Old Madam Li asked strangely, "What are you looking at, Xia He?"

"I seem to hear something barking, the sound is weird, I can't tell what kind of livestock it is." Xia He said.He had never seen a horse a few times, and the sound of rain blocked the faint horse cry. For a while, Xia He couldn't figure out what it was calling.

Aunt Lin glanced at him and said, "Ma'am, did you hear me wrong, besides the rain, where else can I hear other voices outside?"

Xia He rubbed his nose, thinking, then think he heard it wrong.

It was Zhang Shixi who saw the horse.

On this rare rainy day, other people are happy to be lazy, and most of them are cats in the house.Zhang Shiyi still got up early, looked out the window, and wanted to wait for the rain to calm down and go up the mountain.

Suddenly, he saw someone galloping on the road in front of the door.

When Zhang 11 was young, he liked to ride and shoot. Now he just glanced at the horse, his eyes lit up, and he boasted: "What a horse! It is said that the horses in the north are tall and strong. This is the first time I have seen it." , as expected!"

Lan Niang was a little tired, she heard the words and didn't take a look, she said: "There are no good horses in our small place. Even in the town, it would be nice to have a few sick old horses."

"It may be a rich man from somewhere, let's pass by here." Zhang Shixi shook his head, and said, "This is really not the time, it is just catching up with the heavy rain, and the horse is soaked, what should I do?"

Apparently the owner of the horse didn't love the animal as much as Zhang Shixi did.He came here with anger, and the downpour just couldn't quench his anger.According to memory, when the man found the house he was looking for, he immediately jumped off his horse, kicked his foot, and said, "Li Yun! Get out!"

There was a jingle in the room, as if something had hit the ground, but no one answered.

The person who came was obviously a warrior, tall and big, with a scar on his face, cut from the corner of his eyebrows to his cheek, it was scary to look at.Seeing that no one came out, he frowned, and went straight into the family, only to see an old lady lying sickly on the bed in the house, and seeing him, he was terribly frightened, but there was nowhere to hide.

Sweeping around again, I caught a glimpse of a woman, huddled in a corner.Seeing the person who seemed to be murdering, the woman did not know where the strength came from, and shouted loudly: "The head of the house! Help! Murder!"

The house that was broken into by outsiders was Li Laoliu's house.

It was also a coincidence that this person came. At this time, Li's six family members, except for the seriously ill old lady, were all in the ancestral hall, and the neighbor's wife was the one who took care of the old lady at home.Aunt Li Liu was still kneeling in the hall, when Li Lao Liu saw Li Yun approaching, she scolded, "You kneel down too!"

Unexpectedly, Li Yun was disobedient, not only refused to kneel, but wanted to help Aunt Li Liu up.

Aunt Li Liu hurriedly said: "No, no, no. ——You child, what are you doing here?"

"I heard people say that someone..." When Li Yun said these two words, Li Yun glanced at Li Laoliu. It was self-evident who the "person" he was referring to, "Dirty my mother stealing money , and urged all the uncles and uncles who don't know the truth to punish my mother to kneel in the ancestral hall, how could I not come?"

Li Mu sat on the patriarchal position that had been vacant for a long time, heard the words, but remained silent.What Li Yun said was awe-inspiring, as if she came back for the sake of her mother, and she didn't want to know who was the person who was dragged out of bed by her yesterday and refused to leave.

He didn't want to expose Li Yun right away, he just looked around, the elders all frowned, confused by Li Yun's words.Li Laoliu was furious immediately, and scolded, "What do you mean?"

It was Uncle Ninth who asked Li Laoliu to be quiet first, and asked Li Yun, "You mean your mother didn't steal the money? She admitted it herself."

"Of course my mother didn't steal it. My mother took my money and just returned it to me." Li Yun listened to these words, and she was very bold.

Li Laoliu laughed back angrily, and said, "Your money?! Yes, if you pissed off your father and your grandmother, then it's your money, right?"

"How can father say that? It sounds like a child is treasonous." Li Yun had a look of sincerity and fear, but it was a pity that after putting on such an expression, he laughed the next moment, obviously the fear was feigned.

Seeing that Li Lao Liu was about to hit someone again, Li Mucai seldom opened his mouth and said, "Sixth Uncle, let Brother Yun finish. The ancestral hall is the resting place of the ancestors, I believe Brother Yun will not talk nonsense in front of the ancestors. "

Li Yun hid behind Aunt Li Liu, and after hearing what Li Mu had said, he continued: "All the elders here, do you know how much money was hidden by my father?"

"It's only about ten or so taels of silver." Li Tongcai said, "Everyone is digging in the ground, how much silver can you save?"

Li Yun let out a chuckle, shook his head, and then began to count on his fingers, as if it was a large sum of money that was hard to count.Before he could say anything, Li Laoliu yelled, "Li Yun! Do you still want to lose face?"

"Anyway, no matter how you think about it, you are the most embarrassing." Li Yun said indifferently.

On the contrary, Aunt Li's eyes were wide open, and she was still kneeling on the ground upright, but her hands were on Li Yun's arms, and she was holding tightly, as if she didn't want him to say anything.

The more the Liliu family had this attitude, the more curious others became.

Li Yun pointed at Li Lao Liu, raised the corner of her mouth, and said with a smile: "Since you can do it, I can say it. At the beginning, that fellow Qin Fan gave 500 taels. It’s only 420 taels, and there are 80 taels left. Since you said that grandma’s medicine money is not enough, I don’t know where the 80 taels have been wasted?”

He spoke these words very slowly, but he spit out word by word, as if he was beating a giant drum, which made everyone present widen their eyes. 500 taels? !The six families of Mr. Li don't seem to be rich in ordinary times, and they don't have any skills other than farming. Where did they get so much money!Who is Qin Fan?Why give this money?

After all, Anle Village is just a village. For the people here, 500 taels may be a lifetime of earning but not spending.Even Uncle Jiu, who has always been well-informed, spoke with a trembling voice, and said, "Lao Liu, you... who is Qin Fan?! He gave you so much money, didn't he tell you to do bad things?"

Li Mu is the only one who can calm down here. 500 taels is not a small number for Li Mu's family, but it is not impossible to get it.It's just that he was a little surprised, how could Li Laoliu's family have so much money?But when Li Yun mentioned a name called "Qin Fan", Li Mu immediately thought of the person Ling Rui called "Qin Fan".

Li Mu knocked on the armrest of the chair, and asked Li Yun, "Who is it?"

"Who else could it be? Mu Geer, you know that that person has no friendship with my parents, so the money he gave is naturally for me." Li Yun said with her hands behind her back.

"You... what he gave... what he gave..." Li Laoliu stumbled and wanted to defend himself, but seeing Li Yun's appearance, he couldn't say anything.

Seeing the sixth younger brother stumbling, the fourth brother Li turned to Li Yun and asked, "Brother Yun, what is the man doing for giving so much money?"

"I want to buy their Li Yun." It was an unfamiliar voice that spoke, and it came across the wall.

Immediately afterwards, a man dressed as a warrior led a horse and rushed towards the Li family's ancestral hall.After all, it was raining that day, and there were no juniors standing outside, so this man rushed in straight away. Seeing him, Aunt Li Liu glared at him with hatred, but Li Lao Liu shrank back in anger.

Li Yun jumped, this time she ran behind Li Mu, pointed at the man and said, "You... Hey, this is our family's ancestral hall, why are you breaking in! Get out!"

"Hmph, didn't I tell you to wait for me in the town, who told you to run away again?"

"I was arrested, okay! Ask this person..." Li Yun immediately confessed to Li Mu.

Seeing Li Yun's attitude, Li Mu also guessed who it was, frowned, cupped his hands slightly, and said, "This is Brother Qin?"

"Don't call me brothers and sisters, I'm the most impatient with your literati, tell the guy behind you to get out!" Qin Fan was very irritable, tied his horse, and while talking, rolled up his sleeves, and wanted to hands on.

"Brother Mu, save me! You are the patriarch!" Li Yun simply squatted down.Ever since he entered the ancestral hall, he has always used the accent he learned when he was a child, and it was only now that he finally revealed his true appearance over the years.

"Who are you, dare to come to our Li family's ancestral hall to make trouble?" Li Mu hadn't thought up an excuse yet, and it was Li Tongcai who stood up.Since what happened to Li Xiang'er, his reputation as the village head has been getting lower and lower, and he is trying to find opportunities to regain his reputation these days.

"Tch, let this old man tell me, did he take my money and promise me to let Li Yun hide less and serve me obediently?" Qin Fan pointed at Li Laoliu.

Uncle Jiu really disagreed, and asked Li Lao Liu, "Lao Liu, is what this young master said true? You...you sold your son? That is your only child! You are doing this to your father. ?”

In the golden age, it was not a family that suffered a disaster and could not eat. It would be embarrassing to make a daughter a concubine, but how could anyone sell their son.Now Uncle Ninth is fortunate that this Li Laoliu is not like Li Tongcai, who took Mr. Xue to catch Li Xiang'er with great fanfare, but kept it a secret, and didn't dare to spend the money indiscriminately, so that others could see Come on, otherwise, the Li family might not be able to hold their heads up.

Li Laoliu defended in a low voice: "No...not enslaved, but I just agreed to this Mr. Qin, not to marry Brother Yun, nor to let him hide."

"Okay... okay, you... blame Dang for urging you to call Brother Yun back these two years, so that he can settle down, you are evasive... I don't know, what evil did our Li family do? You two unworthy descendants!" Uncle Nine scolded Li Laoliu while pointing at Li Tongcai with the other, obviously scolding him too.

Li Laoliu felt wronged and lowered his head.Li Tongcai was a little unconvinced, thinking secretly, if Xiang'er had really married back then, she would be considered an official wife now, at that time, which of these mud legs would dare to scold him?

The elders of the Li family scolded, but no one dared to stop the powerful Qin Fan, allowing him to go straight to Li Mu.Li Mu had no choice but to stand up and stand in front of Li Yun reluctantly. Without any hope, he could only say: "Please invite this brother Qin out, this is the ancestral hall of the Li family, and outsiders are not allowed to do so without invitation." break."

The person surnamed Qin just said: "Don't let go, believe it or not, I will beat you together?"