embarrassment for man and wife

Xie Junnan was ill, so he invited a doctor to come over to take his pulse, but he said it was cold and he needed a resting prescription to recover. He left the prescription and explained a few more words, the doctor got up and left, leaving only Li Mu and Ziqing standing in the room Inside, they all looked at each other, staring at Xie Junnan who was still unconscious on the bed.As for Zhuo Hua, he stood directly outside the door, leaning crookedly against the door, staring at the situation inside.

After pondering for a while, Li Mu suddenly asked: "You said earlier that this young master lived with the village chief?".

Ziqing nodded in surprise: "Yes, I heard from the village head that he and his friends have been living with the village head since they entered the village."

Li Mu nodded: "You go and invite the village chief over, and see how this young man sends him back."

Ziqing nodded, turned around and walked out, but just passed the door, when he saw Zhuohua like this, he was slightly startled, then raised his hand to pat Zhuohua's head, and then walked out without saying a word walked out.

Zhuohua was still leaning against the door, he rubbed the top of his head that had been patted by the quilt, frowned, and looked into the room again...

When the village chief was invited over, he looked a little flustered, but when he saw Xie Junnan like this, he couldn't help but sighed again.

Li Mu asked him directly: "Big Brother, do you see this Young Master?".

The village chief nodded: "That's right, that's right, Mr. Xie has been staying with me since he entered the village. He came to the village to investigate some things, but now, why did he suddenly become ill?" so?".

Li Mu glanced at Ziqing and Zhuohua outside the door, frowned slightly and said, "This young master must have been exposed to the heavy rain last night, so he fell ill."

The village chief nodded, he sighed, and reached out to touch Xie Junnan's forehead. The scorching temperature made the village chief frown: "The doctor has come to see it? What do you say?".

Li Mu replied: "The doctor said that this young man is suffering from cold and needs rest."

"Retreat..." The village head frowned even tighter, he pondered for a while, and then suddenly said: "If you need to rest, then my place is not suitable, as you know, my place usually comes to look for me There are a lot of people, and it’s a busy time recently, that’s all, it’s just that there are three generations in my house, the population is large, especially those children are more noisy, I’m afraid it will affect Mr. Xie’s recuperation.” .

Listening to Li Mu's words, something was not quite right in his heart.

Standing by the door, Zhuo Hua also stared instantly.

"Let's see it this way. Since Mr. Xie was rescued by you, why not let him live with you temporarily, and I will take him back when he recovers."

really……

Li Mu nodded secretly.

Zhuo Hua exploded, "How about letting him live here?".

The village head was a little surprised, he looked at Zhuohua: "But Zhuohua, I am also in a dilemma, you see, Mr. Xie is so sick now, if I take him back by force, let's not say whether I will let him The illness is getting worse, if you come to my place and your rest is disturbed by my mischievous grandsons, I am afraid Mr. Xie will not recover for a month or two, then this...isn't something wrong?" .

Just as Zhuohua wanted to argue, he suddenly remembered something.

Xie Junnan, a son of a noble family, has delayed here now, in order to find out about the abnormality of the village chief's paddy field...

For a moment, Zhuohua was a little speechless.

Li Mu didn't know what Xie Junnan was doing here. Hearing what the village chief said, he couldn't help becoming suspicious: "What is the reason for Mr. Xie to stay in our village?".

The village head let out a long sigh: "I think there may be a problem with the military rations handed in by the village head."

Ziqing was startled, and subconsciously looked at Zhuohua.

Li Mu was also very confused: "What's wrong with the military rations? What's the problem?".

"This is also my guess." The village chief shook his head: "In the past few days, a few villagers in Xiaba Village have been sick. I was sick, and the symptoms were the same as those of those families in Xiaba Village. I asked the doctor, but the doctor couldn’t tell what their cause was. I only guessed that it might be caused by something they ate. If a family is sick, they all have one thing in common, that is, they all eat new rice.”

In rural areas, it is common for villagers to prepare their own cellars to store rice. The newly produced rice, except for the ones that must be handed over when they are first produced, or when they are expropriated, can usually be sold at a very good price. The rest, or those left on purpose, will be stored in the cellar, so that more and more rice will be stored in the cellar, and because of these relationships, the villagers will subconsciously eat the old rice first. If you want to eat new rice, it is only after the old rice has been used up, and these villagers, because of the same symptoms and multiple attacks, will attract the attention of the village chief, but the recent investigation Coming down, the village chief only felt a chill down his back.

Li Mu's expression became gloomy when he heard it.

Li Mu instantly understood the village chief's concern.

This year, the new rice in several villages in Taocheng has been handed over for military rations, but the village chief didn't expect that there are still people in the village who dare to hide it privately. If this matter is reported, those few families are afraid of being destroyed Second, if the water source in the village is not thoroughly investigated and the court cannot give an explanation, I am afraid that the surrounding villages of Taocheng may face extinction.

Thinking of these connections, Li Mu's face was very serious. He took a deep breath, looked up at Xie Junnan, and then nodded: "In that case, let him live with me temporarily. Although my population is not large, less, but fortunately, Hong'er and those two younger sisters are obedient and sensible, so they won't disturb his recuperation."

Hearing this, the village head immediately let out a big breath: "Okay, okay, then I will ask my wife to send here all the clothes used by Mr. Xie, and the accommodation money given by Mr. Xie. Bring them together."

Li Mu was taken aback, and just about to say no, the village chief said again: "You don't know, when Mr. Xie came to my house, he gave me some silver taels, saying it was for the expenses during the stay, I know, Your family is not very well-off. Now Mr. Xie is sick and needs to spend money to take medicine. It just so happens that I haven’t touched the accommodation fee he gave before, so I will take it now and you will keep it for him and buy it. Medicine and medical treatment are also good."

After hearing this, Li Mu didn't say anything more. He nodded, and he accepted the village chief's words. After all, taking medicine and seeing a doctor is the most expensive thing. If it's necessary, why should he continue to be polite?

After negotiating with Li Mu, the village head let out a big breath, turned around and left.

When Ziqing walked to the door, he glanced at Zhuohua, and with a signal from his eyes, he led Zhuohua to the back yard.After sitting down, Ziqing asked him suddenly: "Third brother, when you were with him before, did you hear him talk about the families that hid rice?".

Zhuo Hua frowned slightly: "I haven't heard him mention this, but I think... maybe he doesn't know about it?".

Ziqing took a deep breath: "If he doesn't know, that's the best. If he knows about it and reports it, I'm afraid... then almost everyone will..." Ziqing raised his hand and made a gesture. The action of wiping the neck.

Zhuohua also knew that this kind of thing was not a trivial matter, and once found out, he would be severely punished. He kept silent and did not speak, only thinking secretly, whether Xie Junnan had found out about this in the past few days...