Beloved Plantation King

Zhao Xiu'e went home worried. She was worried about her son's love affairs, and also worried about what the woman by the river said. She was so out of her mind that when she was drying the clothes, she accidentally kicked the tub and almost fell down.

"Aniang, are you alright?" Shuizhu came back with a few bamboos on her shoulders, and hurriedly asked when she saw that Aniang almost fell down.

"It's all right." Zhao Xiu'e came back to her senses, stood firm and continued to dry the clothes, while asking Shui Zhu: "How much did you chop? I'll go over to dry the clothes later."

During dinner last night, Yin Peinan said that he heard from Zuo An that next year they will grow rice in a different way to increase production, and they will need a lot of bamboo or twigs to make fences, so they should prepare as soon as possible.

Zhao Xiu'e asked carefully, although she was skeptical when she heard the method, but after hearing that Zuo An read it from the book, it can indeed increase production, and what she said made sense, so she agreed.

The world is so big, and the people in their village have little knowledge, but Zuo An grew up in the capital, and has read a lot of books, so he has a wide range of knowledge, so he must be right.

Besides, they also agreed that Zuo An and the others would plant with her family, which made her feel more at ease.

There was nothing to do in the past few days before the Chinese New Year, so they started to cut bamboo in the Houshan Bamboo Forest to prepare.

When we arrived at the bamboo forest in Houshan, there were large tracts of bamboo growing here, all of which were wild.Usually everyone in the village wants to weave basket mats and the like, they are all cut here, and after they are chopped off, many bamboo shoots will come out in the next spring.

Wen Yi and the two younger ones were chopping bamboo.

"It's about to fall, it's about to fall! Sister Yingying, come here quickly!" Brother Ning's voice was heard from afar.

"Oh." Zuo Baoying got to know Ning Ge'er a little better and started talking to him.

"Get out of the way." Calling the two little ones to his side, Wen Yi cut the last knife.

"Wow——" A large bamboo plant that was three or four feet high fell down with a clatter, and two small exclamations greeted it.

"How is it? Brother Yi, are you tired? I'll come." Zhao Xiu'e and Shuizhu approached, saw the sweat on Wen Yi's forehead, and said quickly.

It's really embarrassing for Wenyi, he never did this kind of rough work when he was young, and he still has to do farm work when he is middle-aged.

"It's okay, sister-in-law, I'll do it." Wen Yi replied with a smile, shaking his hands that were numb from the vibration when chopping the bamboo.After all, he is also a man, he thinks he can do it.

"Then take a rest when you're tired." Zhao Xiu'e didn't say any more, and picked up the hatchet to the side to cut off the branches on the bamboo.

Zhao Xiu'e was pretentious and a little absent-minded. She wanted to ask about Wen Yi's family several times, but she felt that it was their family's business and it was not good for her to ask.

Moreover, after these two days of getting along, she really felt that Wen Yi and Zuo An were very nice people.They are gentle and polite, and they are really well-bred. It looks like they are from a wealthy family, and they are fundamentally different from country people like them.

Zhao Xiu'e felt that Wen Yi and the others were not like the people in the rumors.

But she thought again, if that incident was true, would it bring disaster to her family?Their family has just gone through a difficult time, and finally they can live a more relaxed life. If...

Very confused.

After Wen Yi cut down two more bamboo plants, Zhao Xiu'e finally made up her mind, she had to ask and figure it out earlier.

If you misunderstand, you should get rid of the knot in your heart as soon as possible, if not, you should make plans early.

She took a deep breath and asked Wen Yi: "Well, brother Yi, why did you come back from the capital? The rural area of ​​our village is not like the city, but it is very hard."

Wen Yi heard the words, wiped off his sweat, and stopped to rest for a while.

They haven't told others about the family affairs when they came back. They were supposed to tell Zuo Tugen before, but before they could talk about it, they collapsed.

He knew that many people in the village must be guessing wildly.They didn't want to explain more, but now that they are staying at Zhao Xiu'e's house, it is necessary to let others know, so as not to make others worry.

He sighed, and replied: "Oh, sister-in-law, we can't help it. Little

An's father lost his official position, so we couldn't live in the capital, and we had to go back to our original place, which was stipulated by the court. "

"What about the rules?" Zhao Xiu'e, a woman from a Taoist family, was completely ignorant of these court rules.All she knew was that if they went to places outside the jurisdiction of the county, they would need to go to the Yamen to open a way, otherwise they would be easily arrested as refugees.

Wen Yi explained to her: "Yes, officials from other places who do not have a permanent residence in the capital city can live in the capital city with the documents of taking office from the imperial court. But if they lose their official position, they must move out of the capital city. This is to limit the number of residents in the capital city. "

"So that's the case." Zhao Xiu'e nodded, and then asked: "Then, Brother An's father..."

Hearing what the two said, Shui Zhu also pricked up his ears to listen.

Zuo Baoying stopped suddenly when she heard this, and silently walked to Wen Yi's side, grabbing the hem of his clothes.

Brother Ning didn't speak when he saw it. He was sensitive to what important things he might be talking about, and stood there with a small bamboo branch looking at the two adults at a loss.

Seeing Zhao Xiu'e hesitating, Wen Yi knew what she wanted to ask.

He touched Zuo Baoying's head to comfort her, thought for a while, and said, "Sister-in-law, Shigui did commit some crimes and lost his official position. But don't worry, after he leaves, all these things will be over. There is no family involved. We came back clean."

Hearing this, Zhao Xiu'e was obviously relieved, her brows relaxed, and she felt that her behavior was particularly bad for a moment, so she said with some embarrassment: "You, don't blame me for asking around."

Wen Yi shook his head, and said sincerely: "It's okay, others forget it, but you and Anan Shuizhu have the right to know. Sister-in-law, we are really grateful that you are willing to take us in at this time, and we will remember it forever Don't worry, we won't be so heartless and bring disaster to you."

Seeing Wen Yi being so frank, Zhao Xiu'e really felt that she was judging the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.She apologized and said, "I'm sorry, Brother Yi, I heard some people in the village say that you escaped back."

Wen Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's our fault that we didn't explain to you in advance. Anyone who encounters this can't calm down. I can understand. Sister-in-law, you can still ask me directly instead of driving us out. I am very happy."

Zhao Xiu'e said embarrassingly: "It's all my fault, listening to rumors."

Wen Yi thought for a while, and asked, "Sister-in-law, who did you listen to?"

Zhao Xiu'e recounted what happened when she washed the clothes before.

"Oh, I see." Wen Yi was thoughtful.

Knowing that Wen Yi and the others were fine, Zhao Xiu'e really let go of a big stone in her heart.

The other big rock, although not as heavy as this one, was still somewhat troublesome.Moreover, Zhao Xiu'e really didn't know what to do.

She is a very soft-hearted person, because her marriage is not happy, she especially hopes that her children can have a happy marriage.And the basis of this must be that the children must find someone they like.

After thinking twice, she decided to observe and observe first.

Coincidentally, Yin Peinan thought that he seemed to have offended the captain several times in the past two days, and was afraid that his performance would be too obvious to be annoying to the captain, so he decided to take a break recently and get the farm tools done first.

So, after Zhao Xiu'e observed, she found that, apart from holding hands that day, her son and An Ge'er hadn't had any overly intimate behavior in the past two days, and she couldn't be sure for a while.

However, in the past two days, gossip about Zuo An's family has become more and more in the village. Even two villagers who helped Zuo An's house build a house were afraid of being implicated, so they refused to do it after paying their wages.

Zuo An didn't know what was going on at first, but after Wen Yi talked to him, he realized that there was such a thing.

Yin Peinan also knew.

He had been at the carpenter's side for the past two days. On the way home, he overheard a few women chattering. One of them was holding him back and asking him about Zuo An's family, but he immediately stopped him.

"Auntie, it's the Chinese New Year soon, you have the merit

Husband, go back and mend Zhu Zi's cotton-padded jacket first, okay?I think the cotton in his padded coat is about to fall out, which is a pity. "

"Hey, you brat, you don't know what to do, don't blame your aunt for not reminding you when you are unlucky."

"Thank you so much."

The most indispensable thing in the village is gossip, which can be talked about in anyone's family, let alone such a big matter.

Three become tigers.

Rumors have been circulating for two days that Zuo An's father has become a traitor in collusion with the enemy, and Zuo An Wenyi and Zuo Baoying have become prisoners who killed officers and soldiers and escaped from prison.

Back home, Yin Peinan went to the captain specifically to talk about it.

"Captain, this is so annoying, do you know who first reported it?"

"Well, who?" Zuo An was drawing a wardrobe with a wooden board, and planned to ask a carpenter to make it out.

Yin Peinan sat beside him and said angrily: "My mother heard about it, and said it was Li Guihua who first passed it on."

Li Guihua is the wife of Uncle Zuo'an.

"Oh, it's not surprising, I also think it's her." Zuo An was very calm.

"Captain, aren't you angry?" Yin Peinan looked at him puzzled, and if he wanted others to spread such rumors about him, he had to punish those people.

"The mouth grows on other people, why don't you tell everyone to shut up?" Zuo An glanced at him, and said again: "And, isn't this a good thing, no one dares to offend us, after all, we are even officers and soldiers. Kill the escaped one."

Yin Peinan was dumb, then lowered her head and laughed sullenly.

His captain is actually still the same, never caring what outsiders think.

"Of course," Zuo An added, saying, "The one who takes the lead in spreading rumors can't just let it go."

Yin Peinan's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Captain, what do you want to do?"

Early the next morning, they heard that a big pit suddenly collapsed in the hall of Zuo Tugen's house last night, which was three feet deep.Li Guihua accidentally stepped on the edge and twisted her foot. She fell face down and hit the threshold, knocking out four teeth.

Rumors spread in the village again, saying that Zuo Tugen's family was punished for their ingratitude, and that the collapse of the main house was a warning from their ancestors.Because the collapsed place is just facing the tablets of the ancestors.

Especially Li Guihua, miser, it's all over now, I don't have a good tooth to eat meat during the Chinese New Year.