Nongmen Shenjue

In the quiet night, the two lanterns in front of the inn door shone brightly, and there were occasional shouts at the berth not far away, but it made the night even quieter.

As predicted by outsiders, the business of the inn is not good. Since its opening till now, there have not been many guests.However, from the shopkeeper to the waiter, every day is step-by-step, without any worries, as if he doesn't care whether he makes money or not.When someone asks, they will sigh and say that business is not good, but the sorrow does not enter the eyes.

In the small courtyard behind the inn, the windows of the study were illuminated by candlesticks.

Wen Jixue held the pot in one hand and the cup in the other, drinking alone and admiring the moon, which seemed very elegant.

"A rumor about ghosts two years ago was found out in just a few days."

"His ability to investigate cases is very peculiar, but it should not be unlimited."

Wen Jixue recalled that day in Dayu Village, the other party's suspected "heat stroke", said it was heat stroke, more like the weakness of a martial arts practitioner after exhaustion of internal energy.

His gaze looked in the direction of Mu's restaurant, as if it had penetrated the courtyard wall and landed on that person.

Wait a little longer, it's not yet time.

As the weather gets hotter and hotter, most people who come to eat in the shop will order cold noodles. The sauce has been prepared a long time ago, just like eating at home before.The vegetables in the vegetable garden are also plentiful. As long as there are some, guests can order them at will. The portion is fixed and the price is the same.

Mullin came here, mainly to talk about building a house.

This matter should be handed over to Brother Wang and the others. Mu Lin came to discuss how big the house should be, and it was agreed to buy bricks, tiles and wood, which was different from the original rice shop.Everyone in the family expressed their opinions, and finally decided to build a courtyard and make a big yard.

The Mu family's homestead is not small, and if it is expanded to the left, the site will be large enough.There are five rooms on the front, the main room in the middle is for guests, and there are two bright and dark rooms on the left and right.There are two left and right wing rooms.Instead of a front house, a rear house was built, mainly as a warehouse to store grain.

There are many brothers in the family, Mu Lin, Mu Wen, and Mu Wu, they will get married in the future, just enough to live.

Nowadays, I don't think too much about it. It is still early for Mu Wen and Mu Wu to get married, Mu Wan will get married in a year or two, and Mu Qingyan has also become independent.In fact, it was Mu Qingyan who proposed the addition of a rear-facing house. After all, it was agreed to buy more land and landlords, and the grain harvested every year can't be sold. Besides, if you have more money, you have to hire two long-term workers.

While listening, Mu Lin pondered in his mind: "There are so many houses in such a big yard, it can't be built without more than a hundred taels of silver."

Since the debt was paid off, Mullin has been saving money.

He spent a few taels of food and food as a catcher throughout the year, which was basically negligible, but he collected some fees for various fees, which amounted to two to thirty taels in total.Furthermore, when he helped Ge's family find a finger puller, he divided 30 taels. In Li Liangji's case, he got another 20 taels, and Mu Qingyan returned Mu Wan's 20 taels.

If farmers want to save money when building a house, they always have their own way, at least they can save a fortune on wood.

Maybe I can get some more money in the next few days.

After all, the house at home can be built.

After the calculation, when you have the number, you will no longer be embarrassed, and talk about another thing.

"By the way, second brother, I also inquired about buying land. There are quite a few people selling land, but most of them are one or two acres, three or five acres, and they are not in one place. It is too scattered. Recently, some people want to sell The land in my hand is paddy fields connected together, with a total of 35 mu.

I went to see it in person. They are all good fields, and the asking price is not high, seven taels per mu, but the other party refuses to split them up. If they want to buy them, they have to buy 35 mu together. "

Mu Lin couldn't help sighing, those paddy fields are really good, and they are connected in one place, so it is very convenient to cultivate and take care of them.

However, seven taels per mu, 35 five taels for 240 mu.

Mu Qingyan said earlier that he would pay for the land purchase, but Mu Lin didn't object, but in the budget, he bought up to [-] mu. Now that the amount is so much larger, he really thinks it's inappropriate to spend more money.

"Second brother, eldest brother knows that you have money in hand, why don't you buy this paddy field. If you don't want to grow it yourself, just rent it out. No matter what the future holds, it's always a way out."

Mu Qingyan is someone who doesn't care about money, especially where he doesn't spend money.

But Mu Lin knew the feeling in his heart, even if it is a brother, it is not good to give blindly.

After thinking for a while, he said, "How about this, elder brother will buy those paddy fields for me. The ten acres will be in elder sister's name, and the rest will be in my name. It will be my dowry saved for elder sister."

"Okay." Mu Lin didn't refuse this time, but was as happy as if he had won a field.

Mu Qingyan remembered something: "Brother, I heard that someone introduced you to marriage?"

Now that Mu Lin is very popular, there are a lot of matchmakers coming to the door, Mu Wan asked Aunt Zhao and others to help consider it, and only mention it to Mu Lin when she thinks it is appropriate.In addition, even in the county town, there are people who are interested in Mu Lin, and there are many merchants with small assets.

"Well, there's no rush." ​​Mullin was a little distressed by this.

Although I feel that I have no right to pick and choose, but at least the temperament and temper of each other must be suitable, otherwise we will not be able to get along together.Those who talk about marriage, even if they praise how virtuous and beautiful the woman is, how much wealth the woman has in her family and how much dowry will be given as a dowry, the good conditions make him feel unreal, and he doesn't want to have such a relationship at all.

He is not stupid, those people are not looking at him, but his second brother Mu Qingyan.

Of course, there were still many people who talked to him and wanted to introduce Mu Qingyan to their marriage, but he declined them all.In his opinion, his second brother's appearance is the only way to learn everything. Ordinary girls really don't deserve it. For marriage, he has to let his second brother find a suitable one.

Himself...

Mu Qingyan was surprised to find that Mu Lin didn't know what he thought of, but his mind wandered.

"Brother, what are you laughing at?" Mu Qingyan asked suddenly.

"Ah? I, did I laugh?" Mu Lin regained consciousness, quite embarrassed, and quickly changed the subject: "Ah, by the way, the second brother, the Gathering Tea House has added new books these two days, and that Mr. Chang talked about ghosts. The story of the mother stealing the child, you have been passed on amazingly. The credit of Young Master Chen is indispensable for this."

Chen Shiliu admired Mu Qingyan as one, and at the same time, he also used the opportunity to make a name for God.

Since the investigation of the ghost mother stealing the son was completed, the business has been out of business again.

He has almost used up the ten taels of silver that Mrs. Yu gave.

Chen Shiliu sighed a long time: "I can't even earn money by opening the door to do business. Brother Mu is sitting at home, and people come to the door. I worked hard for a few days to get ten taels. Brother Mu's remuneration is ten taels of mine. Times. Sure enough, I'm still far behind."

He Chuan said comforting words at first, but now that he has figured out his temper, he just smiles.

Chen Shiliu asked, "Did the person who came today say anything interesting?"

Nowadays, no one cares about God's Endgame anymore, but the people who come here are either watching the excitement or talking about trivial matters, which is far from the situation Chen Shiliu imagined.He didn't want to help people find the stolen piglets, why did he suspect his wife of stealing someone, and wanted to know what kind of goblin the man in charge had found outside, it was all a mess.

He Chuan asked: "Has the silly girl coaxed you yet?"

Sha Gu refers to the beggar woman.

Ever since Chen Shiliu brought her back and arranged room and board, people had been watching her.The silly girl is quiet, as long as she is full every day, she doesn't make a fuss, but Chen Shiliu wants to find out the secrets of the silly girl, so he has to coax her to talk every day, but it is a pity that the silly girl ignores him.

Just as he was talking, he suddenly saw Xiaoju running over. Xiaoju was the servant girl serving Chen Shiliu.

"Master, the idiot has spoken!" Xiao Ju looked excited, she knew very well that Chen Shiliu attached great importance to this matter, and spent a lot of energy on the idiot every day.

"What did you say?" Chen Shiliu was equally excited.

"Let the idiot tell you." Xiaoju waved to the door as she spoke, and when she saw the idiot come in, Xiaoju pointed to Chen Shiliu and said to her: "This is the young master, a friend of Mu Shenduan, the young master can take you there." Find Mu Shenduan, Mu Shenduan is very powerful, and can find out everything."

The silly girl nodded as she listened: "Well, Mu Shenduan is powerful. He can judge the underworld and judge ghosts and gods. I want to find him. Dad has treasures. He only told me one person, but I forgot." Dazed for a moment, he muttered: "Looking for Brother Qi, I'm going to find Brother Qi..."

Treasure!

These two words are enough to make the heart beat faster, especially against the background of Shagu's mysterious background.

He Chuan took a deep breath: "Master, this can't be true, can it?"

Don't look at Shagu as a lunatic, but she is not the kind of lunatic who talks nonsense. Once she says something, it is still very valuable.

Chen Shiliu's eyes lit up: "Let's go, let's go find Brother Mu!"

When he went, he took Sha Gu with him.

It was noon, and when we arrived at the ferry, Mu Qingyan was not in the shop.

"Second Brother went out with Boss Wen." Mu Wu said.

Mu Wen added: "They went to the gravel beach."

"The gravel beach? What are you doing there?" Chen Shiliu couldn't figure it out.

After waiting in the shop for a while, but no one came back, he couldn't sit still with something in his heart, so he went directly to the gravel beach to find someone.

The gravel beach was not far in front of the ferry, and Chen Shiliu found a small fishing boat to paddle across.

After a while, the small fishing boat docked, and there was a willow tree lying on the water on the bank, with its branches hanging down, which was very interesting.

The three went ashore and looked around to find someone.

The gravel beach is a buffer zone for the bend of the river. It is full of large and small stones, with a radius of several feet. There are many reed bamboo and calamus and unknown weeds. The weeds spread all the way to the steep cliff.This place usually doesn't even stop for small fishing boats, it's very secluded and desolate, that's why there have been dead people appearing here one after another before.

"Where is he?" Chen Shiliu wondered.

"Master, listen! There is the sound of the piano." He Chuan reminded.

Chen Shiliu paid attention, and sure enough, he heard the sound of the qin, and suddenly felt strange: "Why is there someone playing the qin in this place?"

"It seems to be on the cliff." He Chuan pointed upwards.

Chen Shiliu frowned, and looked at He Chuan uncertainly: "Could it be Brother Mu and the others? Who do you think will be playing the piano?"