Traveling through famine years, peasant girls hold space in their hands to store food

Three days later, Tiantian set off with everyone's advice and advice. Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Lu stared uneasily at the carriage going away, feeling worried all the time.

Jingyi dragged her pregnancy belt and the maid took the bundle and walked quickly towards the door.

"Mom, grandma, is Tiantian gone?"

Jingyi looked at her mother-in-law and asked, with a thin trace of sweat on her forehead. Ms. Liu reminded her distressedly: "Jingyi, be careful. Look at this sweaty head, Tiantian just left."

Jingyi looked at the baggage in her hand with regret on her face, Mrs. Lu persuaded her.

"It doesn't matter, the child. Tiantian also knows your sister-in-law's thoughts. When she left, she kept telling your mother-in-law to take good care of you. Don't worry, she has brought everything she should take with her."

Mrs. Lu comforted Jingyi, Mrs. Liu also echoed, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law turned around and walked towards the inner courtyard.

Jingyi handed the bundle in her hand to the maid next to her. Inside was a new cloak that she had made for Tiantian. She sighed that if she hadn't been snoozing, she wouldn't have missed sending her second sister off.

At this time, Mr. Lu and his son came to Lu Qingqing's village outside the city early in the morning. Today, the manager of the village has been reporting that there were thieves in the village and a lot of vegetables in the greenhouse were lost.

Only then did Mr. Lu follow Lu Jiang to take a look.

The father and son arrived at the village, and the steward and his servants all stood outside the gate to greet the master's family.

"Old Master, please come in, please." The steward leaned forward and said with a flattering face.

If she hadn't known that the people in her granddaughter's village were all her carefully selected people, she might have been suspicious of this steward.

"Manager Wang, tell me what happened in Zhuangzi?"

The father and son who had just sat down in the front hall looked at the steward and asked in a deep voice.

Manager Wang was frightened by Mr. Lu's aura. He quickly stepped forward, knelt down, and told the master in detail what had happened in Zhuangzi recently.

At first, they didn't notice the missing vegetables. However, as more and more vegetables were lost, people on the farm also discovered it, and they also found signs of strangers climbing around the greenhouse.

Only then did they realize that there was a thief.

Mr. Lu slammed the table and scolded them. Lu Jiang's expression was not very good. He didn't expect someone to be so bold and sneak into their village in Lu Mansion. Who is there within a few miles around? I don’t know that this is Zhuangzi from Lu Mansion.

"Did you catch the thief?"

Lu Jiang asked in a deep voice.

"The master has caught him, but I always feel that this person is not responsible. No matter how much I interrogate, I can't find out. I want to report to you first before sending him to the official."

Mr. Lu asked who did it. Manager Wang raised his eyes cautiously and said, "It was a long-term worker at Zhuangzi."

Mr. Lu frowned, and asked him to take people to the yard to play thirty big boards, and let the entire Zhuangzi's servants watch, and then send them to the government.

After hearing the master's instructions, Manager Wang knew what was going on and nodded in agreement.

After a while, the yard was filled with people, and with the sound of crackling boards, there were screams.

The surrounding servants and long-term workers stood and watched, with fear on their faces, and many also had a hint of sympathy. It felt like every blow sounded like a warning bell to them.

After the 30th meeting, Manager Wang gave an order to the servant to send the person to the Yamen prison and hand him over to the county boss for interrogation.

Then he turned around and beat the servants and long-term workers on Zhuangzi before letting them go back to finish the work at hand.

Lu Jiang watched everyone disperse, and the courtyard became quiet again. Manager Wang leaned over and stood in front of the hall to report back.

"Dad, do you want to go outside and take a look?"

"Let's go, but let's see what our granddaughter has achieved."

Mr. Lu stood up and strode outside. The servants in the yard leaned over and saluted the two masters.

They also knew that the master was away and had recently taken over the management of Zhuangzi. They were afraid and respectful of Mr. Lu. This old general was very vigorous and resolute in his work.

The father and son came to inspect the land on Zhuangzi and some vegetable greenhouses. Mr. Lu gave a final wave of his hand.

Let Lu Jiang go look for Lao Hu to find some retired soldiers who are disabled and unable to support themselves. Send them to Zhuangzi. This can be regarded as a guarantee, and it can also find a place for these disabled soldiers to settle down. .

"Dad, this is a good idea. This way Zhuangzi is protected. Although the disabled soldiers cannot go to the battlefield, they are still more alert than some ordinary people who have no power to restrain a chicken."

Lu Jiang agreed with the old man's approach and excitedly shouted to Xia Bai behind him, asking him to do this first.

"It's the master, the younger one will go first." Xia Bai bowed his hands and bowed to leave.

The long-term workers who were working in the greenhouse saw the master coming and quickly stood up and saluted the two of them.

"I've met my boss!"

Mr. Lu waved his hand and signaled everyone to continue working. Lu Jiang introduced the crops in the field to the old man.

After listening to his son's detailed introduction, Mr. Lu raised his head and glanced at him, then reached out and patted his shoulder.

"You suffered a lot in the past..."

Lu Jiang froze, realizing that at this moment his father was remembering the suffering he suffered before he found him.

He shook his head helplessly and comforted the old man, don't think too much, isn't it good now?

The father and son chatted for a while and then gave Manager Wang a few words before leaving the village.

It was already past noon when the father and son returned to the mansion, and Mrs. Lu asked worriedly about the situation.

I felt relieved when I heard that everything was resolved. My granddaughter had only been away for a few months before something like this happened. She told the old man to go around more often when he was fine, but not to let that bad scoundrel take advantage of the situation.

"Don't worry, old woman."

Mr. Lu stroked his beard and squinted his eyes slightly in response. Mrs. Lu rolled her eyes at him, turned to her son and said, "You must keep an eye on the shops in the city if Qingqing is not around."

"There must be no mistakes."

Lu Jiang nodded seriously. His daughter had told him before when she left that something like this could never happen again no matter what.

Seeing the resolute attitudes of the father and son, Mrs. Lu felt relieved and asked her son to go back first.

Lu Jiang stood up and bowed respectfully to leave.

Ms. Liu was playing with her two children in the yard at this time. The weather was pretty good today, so she simply sat in the yard with her children for a while.

Seeing that Lu Jiang was back, Mrs. Liu handed the Jiebao in her arms into the hands of the wet nurse and asked Lu Jiang if everything went well.

"Well, it's been solved. Don't worry. These two little things didn't bother you today, did they?"

Lu Jiang stepped forward, stretched out his hand to tease Xiao Yingbao, and asked Ms. Liu softly.