Chapter 34

The patriarch nodded: "yes, we all saw it when Uncle Cao took out the jade pendant. It's white jade. There's no flaw. It's half the size of a palm. The patterns on it are exquisitely carved! "

Li Changting: "that's strange. When officials come to arrest people, why doesn't uncle Cao show the jade pendant and say that Mrs. Cao's money is actually his?"

The patriarch thought: "I also feel strange. At first, uncle Cao was silent in the court. When the county master wanted to beat them and sentenced them to one year in prison, uncle Cao suddenly said that the money was his."

Li Changting: "moreover, Mr. Cao should have known for a long time that Mrs. Cao stole his jade pendant and took it to pawn. But after such a long time, he didn't go to the Yamen to sue Mrs. Cao or ask her to return the money to him."

Xu Qing also said: "yes, if Cao Laowu didn't report to the official today, he might have been hiding the jade pendant and didn't tell anyone. But he doesn't look like a person who will suffer losses. If the jade pendant doesn't come back, he will find another way to get compensation from Cao Pozi. "

Li Changting: "for example, it's natural to take Cao Pozi's money for your own. It's not just money. It's also Mrs. Cao's house and fields. "

Xu Qing clapped his hands and said with a smile, "in this way, Mr. Cao will have the motive to instigate Mrs. Cao."

The clan leader and Li Jinmei were confused: "what what? What are you talking about? "

Xu Qing explained: "the so-called one mountain does not allow two tigers, and it is difficult for a family to accommodate two masters. You see what it was like when Mr. Cao just moved back to Changxi village. He was alone and old, and now he is the master of the whole Cao family. There are a group of people competing to be his filial son and grandson."

The patriarch still didn't quite understand: "so?"

Xu Qing and Li Changting looked at each other, Xu Qing said: "Uncle Cao's character should be considered to understand it?"

Patriarch: "that's nature."

I have lived in a village for decades, can I not understand it.

"Mrs. Cao bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard. Whenever she has a chance to give her confidence, she can be arrogant to the sky." Xu Qing said, "for example, on the day of land exchange, she was carrying a knife to kill people. If there was no instigation behind her, I would not believe it."

The patriarch was shocked: "do you mean Uncle Cao instigates Mrs. Cao to kill people? "

Xu Qing chuckled: "of course it's not. It's hard to talk about killing people, but it makes sense to teach some lessons."

The patriarch nodded: "that's true. Since that's the case, why didn't Cao Pozi say that she was abetted and used?"

Xu Qing: "Cao Pozi must be so clever. If you want to get this, you can see that today Cao Laowu went to beat the drum to complain because their mother and son had no brains to suffer."

Li Changting: "Mr. Cao designed to drive Mrs. Cao away. It's natural that he took charge of the Cao family and got two hundred taels of silver from Mrs. Cao, killing three birds with one stone."

Patriarch: -- Sure enough, ginger is old and spicy.

"I'll visit Cao's house." Li Changting got up and looked at Xu Qing with a slightly unnatural tone, "go back to cook early."

"Oh." Xu Qing answered and took Li Tinghui home.

At noon, Xu Qing came back and shared half of the sheep bone soup with Li Jinmei. The rest of the sheep ribs were cut into pieces by her and all of them were stewed in brown sauce, for fear that they would be damaged if they were put down again.

So in the evening, we just need to heat up the mutton ribs and fry two vegetables.

She said hello to Xiaohui in the yard, carrying a vegetable basket to wash vegetables by the stream, and went into the space when there was no one.

Before feeding the chickens at home, there was still a lot of millet left. Xu Qing grabbed a little millet in a small bowl and added water to the newly bought chickens.

Six yellow fluffy chicks were scrambling for food in a small bowl. They were obviously very hungry.

It is another small rabbit in the fence, slowly chewing the tender leaves on the ground, while jumping around in the new environment, looking very comfortable.

Xu Qing picked a handful of peppers and made room.

In the evening, Li Changting did not move a piece of a large pot of braised lamb ribs.

"Why not? If you don't eat this big pot, who can finish it? " Xu Qing doubts.

Li Changting

Xu Qing coughed softly: "if you are afraid of fire, there is no need to worry. Today I asked my sister for some herbs with herbal tea and cooked a large pot."

Li Changting was silent for a while and asked, "did you go to town today?"

"Well."

"Is there any danger?"

“…… No

Although she always felt as if someone was staring at her, this kind of groundless thing, in the final analysis, may also be her illusion.

"Next time you want to go out and tell me, I'll go with you. If you want to buy anything, you can tell me. I'll bring it back for you on the way." Li Changting said, "recently, there is some chaos in the nearby mountains. Try not to go out alone."

"Ah? Is it dangerous for you to hunt? "

"No, I'll avoid it."

"We still have a lot of money. Why don't you rest for a while?" What Xu Qing didn't say is that in case of danger, you will not be able to run away.Li Changting thought, "all right."

"By the way, I'm going to make an oven in the yard. Today, I went to the town to ask about the master who can make an oven, that is The price is not very cheap. "

"Oven?"

"With the oven, we can make roast duck, roast chicken, roast fish and so on in the future. We can also make snacks, steamed buns and so on."

"OK, I'll go to the town tomorrow and invite someone to come over. It happens that I also plan to build another room."

Xu Qingxiao: "you finally find that it's not suitable for a single man and a few girls to sleep in the same room?"

"It's not that I found out, but in other people's eyes, it's strange if the newly married couple don't sleep together. At that time, we have to say that the house is built for hui'er."

The next day, Li Changting went to the town and invited an old master to come over. The teacher stopped in their yard and knew where to build the house and how to build it properly.

The family started to work again. The last time was to build a pig shed, now is to build a new house.

Xu Qing ponders that after the new house is built, it's time to invite relatives and friends to dinner.

But Li Jinmei's family and the patriarch's family are the only relatives of their family. There are 11 people in the family, and the adults are just at the table.

Most of the vegetables in the space bear fruit. If so many vegetables are not removed, they will rot in the field.

Before planting, Xu Qing didn't expect to grow so fast. Now there are a lot of vegetables waiting for her to deal with. She doesn't know what to do. Even if she takes them out of the space, she can't eat much.

So many dishes can't be eaten at all. The space doesn't have fresh-keeping function, and it will be bad after a long time.

It's better to keep your own food, sell the rest and buy some poultry.

She has long wanted to dig a small pond in the space to raise some fish and ducks, which is more worthwhile than growing vegetables.

With poultry and meat at home, Li Changting would not have to hunt in the mountains every day.