Su Niang took Chu Huan's clothes into the house to sew them, Chu Huan smiled secretly in her heart, although Su Niang sometimes has a mean mouth, but her heart is excellent, which is what people often call a knife mouth tofu heart.

There was a drizzle outside the house, Chu Huan walked to the corner of the house, picked up his gray package, and didn't say anything to Su Niang, in the drizzle, he went out by himself.

At this time, the sky had already darkened, and it was very dark, Chu Huan carried the package and walked all the way to the west, but along the way, he was watching and listening to all directions, making sure that no one found his traces.

He went out of the village, passed the river at the west end of the village, and still went all the way to the west, in the night, like a ghost, the speed was extremely fast, flashing away, walking more than ten miles in one breath, and the four miles were empty, Chu Huan stopped, glimpsed a dirt slope, walked over quickly, walked back and forth along the dirt slope, and then found a place, squatted down, took out the dagger given by Wei Tianqing from his arms, and dug a deep pit on the ground, and then put the gray package into the dirt pit, and was about to bury it, Suddenly he thought of something, and took out the red stone from his waist again.

The stone started, it was unusually warm, and even had a faint red light, but unfortunately Chu Huan didn't know anything about this strange stone, and after taking a closer look, the black lines on it were still very clear.

After a deep sigh, Chu Huan finally stuffed this red stone into the gray package, and then filled the pit, but there was a new layer of soil on it, and it was easy to see that it had been dug here.

Although this place is very desolate, and there are no roads around, and people are inaccessible, Chu Huan still got up and went to find a big stone, and pressed the big stone on the new soil, which can be regarded as leaving a mark.

It also happens to be raining today, and the new soil will soon be mixed with the old soil after a heavy rain, and it will not take a day or two for it to fit seamlessly, and it is difficult to see.

Squatting on the edge of the stone, Chu Huan pondered for a long time, and finally said in an extremely deep voice: "Rest well, what will happen later...... I'll do it! After saying this, he did not stay any longer, and returned to the village like a ghost in the night rain.

The door was hidden, Chu Huan gently pushed the door open, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw dishes and chopsticks on the table in the main hall, two bowls of rice porridge, a plate of green vegetables, and a small half bowl of dog meat, which was only five or six pieces of dog meat.

Su Niang is holding her cheeks with both hands, her arms are on the table, she seems to have fallen asleep, the oil lamp on the table is flickering, and the light shines on Su Niang's fair face, but it is also delicate as a flower, very pretty, and the food on the table has no heat.

Chu Huan turned around and closed the door, but he had already woken up Su Niang, opened his eyes, and his first reaction was to reach out to his waist to touch the scissors, and when he saw that it was Chu Huan, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then frowned and said, "When is it?" Where have you been? ”

"It's okay, just go out for a walk!" Chu Huan smiled and sat down at the table, picked up the porridge bowl, and Su Niang hurriedly said, "I'll go to the hot ......!" ”

"No!" Chu Huan shook his head and said, "The cold porridge is comfortable to drink!" He raised his hand and drank a small half bowl.

Su Niang picked up the porridge bowl and said, "My mother is not in good health, I served him for dinner in the morning, and now I have slept ......!" Looking at the dog meat, his face flushed, thinking of being seen by Chu Huan when he was stealing dog meat during the day, his face was feverish, "That...... Mother likes...... Likes to eat dog meat, so ...... So I ...... all the extra meat I'll keep it all first......! ”

Chu Huan pushed the dog meat in front of Su Niang and said, "Sister Su Niang, I can't eat dog meat, as soon as I eat dog meat, I will have red spots on my body...... Well, you've eaten them all! ”

Su Niang blinked her eyes and said strangely: "There is such a thing?" But in a blink of an eye, I realized that Chu Huan's words were false, and he was just keeping the dog meat for himself.

Chu Huan didn't speak, just smiled, and drank the rice porridge in two bites, this ration was not even half full for him, but he knew the predicament at home, so he wouldn't talk much.

After eating the porridge, Chu Huan immediately went to lie down on his board bed in the corner of the house, but he had already thought in his heart, although Li Fuzi had already gone to find something for himself, he couldn't pin all his hopes on that side, and it would be winter soon, and a big man like himself would be added to the family, if he only relied on Su Niang's knitting and embroidery for some rations, it would be impossible.

Su Niang saw Chu Huan lying down, pouting, she drank porridge very gently, just ate a few mouthfuls of green vegetables, and kept not moving the chopsticks to pick up the dog meat, and when the rice porridge was drunk, the fragrance of the dog meat fluttered on the tip of her nose, Su Niang looked at Chu Huan, it seemed that she had fallen asleep, so she put a small piece of dog meat in her mouth, chewed it, put away the dishes and chopsticks in her mouth, and carefully put away the remaining dog meat, and then went back to the room to taste the taste of the dog meat in her mouth.

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The next day, until dusk, Wu Zizi did not see Liu Tianfu and others come back, Chu Huan went to the village to visit the injured villagers, and finally came to Shi's house. Yesterday, the stone and the third of Balitang went head-to-head, although he was powerful, but after all, he was not the opponent of the third child, he suffered several injuries on his body, and his left arm was fractured, but fortunately, after Xu Langzhong's treatment, this arm was saved, but he also had to recuperate for ten days and half a month.

Shi was very happy to see Chu Huan coming to visit, the family was also poor, let his wife bring a chair, Chu Huan sat down, Shi smiled and said: "Erlang, you really have you, your skills, tsk......t!" "Raised the hand that was not injured and gave a thumbs up.

Chu Huan waved his hand and smiled: "It's not worth saying." Diverting the topic, he asked: "Stone, in the past two years, you have been exploited by Feng Ergou, and the ration is only 20% every year, how can you eat enough as a young and old family?" ”

"Naturally, I can't get enough to eat!" Shi smiled bitterly: "With only those two percent of the ration, I would have starved to death a long time ago." ”

Chu Huan bowed slightly, and asked, "You also know that our Chu family's two acres of thin fields have not been harvested, and now that it is winter, there is no time to grow grain." If this winter passes, if there is no income at home, it will not be able to hold on! ”

Shi said: "Erlang, I know what you mean, you want to find a job?" ”

"That's it!"

"In fact, in addition to farming on weekdays, as long as we have free time, we go to the county seat, and wait outside the gate of the county seat, the old lady in the city will use short-term work, looking for someone to do hard work, and will go outside the city to find it, and I can also receive some work every year, helping people carry things or something, although I can't earn two dollars, but I can also make up for my family." Shi sighed: "Especially every winter, there is more work...... It's a pity that Xu Langzhong instructed that my arm can't do heavy work within two months, otherwise it will be difficult to heal from the injured muscles and bones, and it will be difficult to survive this winter. Then he smiled again: "But this title deed is taken back, and the fields will be planted in the spring next year, and it will not be a problem to feed the family by relying on the few acres of land at home...... If you can have a surplus next year, go and pull two feet of cloth back and make new clothes for your family, hahaha......! ”

Although he injured his arm, he got back the title deed, and he had hope for next year, and the stone was still very happy.

Chu Huan also sighed in his heart, these ordinary people at the bottom of society do not have much luxury, for them, they can be satisfied if they can eat and dress warmly.

But he also made up his mind that if Li Fuzi couldn't find a job, he would go back and wait for work outside the county gate according to the method that the stone said, and get through this winter first.

The two were talking, when they suddenly heard someone outside shouting: "The chief is back, the chief is back!" ”

The sound soon spread throughout the village, and the people in the village went to Liu Tianfu's house, although the stone was injured, he was very concerned about this matter, and he came to Liu Tianfu's house with Chu Huan.

Liu Tianfu's door was already crowded with people, the sky was dark, Liu Tianfu was already standing in front of the gate, raised his hand and shouted: "Everyone, listen to me, the county magistrate has decided the case, and it was Zhao Bao who killed Feng Ergou, and the documents have been posted in the yamen, and Zhao Bao is wanted everywhere." After a pause, he said: "It's just that the county magistrate also said that this happened in our village, and there are people in our village who have done it, so it can't be done!" ”

The villagers became nervous, and someone had already asked loudly: "Uncle Liu, what does the county master want?" ”

"The county magistrate said that Feng Ergou bullying men and women is not a good thing, but after all, someone is dead, if it is dealt with like this, he is worried that the other side of the city will be blamed." Liu Tianfu took the water handed over by a person next to him, took a big sip, and then continued: "He wants to go to the county seat to settle down on this matter, but it costs silver, and the county magistrate estimated that it will cost at least two or three hundred taels of silver......!" ”

The villagers were taken aback, and for the villagers, who had problems with their food rations, this was a huge amount.

"Chief Guard, he won't let us take this money, right?" Immediately, some villagers reacted and sneered: "Even if we demolish our house and sell our sons and daughters, we won't be able to make up this silver!" ”

Liu Tianfu said: "I also said this to the county master. The county magistrate hesitated again and again, and finally made up his mind to let our village scrape together a hundred taels of silver, and he took out the extra silver himself! ”

When the stone heard this, he immediately shouted: "Let go of his mother's stinky fart, he is willing to pay for his own money?" He really thinks we are fools, he is taking the opportunity to squeeze our silver, what to do with it, that's nonsense! ”

The villagers shouted and looked angry.

Liu Tianfu raised his hand and asked everyone to calm down, and then sighed: "We all know what he has in mind." But then again, Feng Ergou died in our village, the people don't fight with the officials, if we don't hand over the money, I'm afraid that he will continue to make trouble by taking advantage of this matter, and we won't be at peace after all...... Coughing twice, he said in a deep voice: "I am in charge of this matter, take the silver to eliminate the disaster, and divide the silver according to the property of each family, and now that the title deeds are back in the hands of everyone, I can always bear it." I know you don't have any cash on hand, so I'll think about it later, whether it's borrowing silver or other methods, send the silver over first, and hand over the silver that everyone is short of! Suddenly thinking of something, he said loudly: "Chu Erlang, Erlang is not here?" ”

Chu Huan stepped forward from the crowd and said, "Uncle Liu, I'm here!" ”

"This time, the village was able to get rid of Feng Ergou, and it was all due to you, and the shared silver will not be sent to your family." Liu Tianfu stroked his beard, and then asked the villagers in a loud voice: "Do you have any opinions?" ”

"No, that's how it should be!"

"Erlang is a great hero of our village, and none of us have anything to say!"

Chu Huan just hugged his fists around to show his gratitude, but when he thought of such a heavy burden sent by the yamen and shamelessly exploiting the people, his heart was full of anger.

After this incident, within two days, the weather became colder and colder, and a charcoal fire began to light in the house.

It's just that he hasn't made the trip yet, at noon this day, Li Fuzi has already come over in the carriage last time, and as soon as he got out of the carriage, he shouted very excitedly: "Erlang, Erlang, quickly pack up and go to the county seat with the old man!" ”