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Cheng Ang shrunk his neck, his eyes cold, "Of course it's your young master. Young master, did Lady Tian make you unhappy today? Look at your face, ever since I followed you, I have never seen how you could be so angry." Cheng Ang probably understood that the young master probably didn't get anything good in front of Lady Tian, which was why he was so angry.

She couldn't help but admire Lady Tian.

Lady Tian had good kung fu. She actually made the young master, who had not had a temper for so many years, become so popular. What kung fu!

"Don't mention her to me in the future. She's just an iron rooster." Su Yuzhe drank all the salt water in one go: "I want to paint, go out."

At this moment, he could only rely on painting to ease his mood.

Tian Xiaomeng sang along the way.

He hummed whatever song came to mind. He was overjoyed.

Returning to the Tian Village, the sun had yet to set.

Tian YouFa was waiting for Tian Xiaomeng at the village entrance. This was Tian Xiaomeng's first time going to a county town alone, so it made sense that he would be worried.

"Dad, why are you here?" Tian Xiaomeng saw Tian Youfeng from afar.

"I'm afraid you'll be late, so I'm here to take a look." Tian You gave a simple and honest smile.

"Dad, I've grown up, and I'm not a little girl anymore. Don't worry, I will know what to do. Dad, I'll go return the ox-cart from Elder Brother Ersheng's family." Tian Xiaomeng lashed her whip toward the Ersheng house.

Ersheng still hasn't come back from work.

Ersheng's mother was also not there.

At this moment, only Uncle Ersheng and his grandmother were at home.

Tian Ersheng's grandmother, Mrs. Gao, was sitting in front of her house. When she saw Tian Xiaomeng bring back an oxcart, her face instantly turned ugly. "Xiaomeng, you went to the county."

"Yes, Grandmother, I've used the ox-cart to borrow and now I'm returning it to you. Thank you so much." It wasn't that Tian Xiaomeng didn't notice Ersheng's granny's expression, it was just that she had borrowed his things after all. No matter what, she had to return the things first.

"Thank you?" Uncle Ersheng walked out of the room, his mouth still chewing on something, "There's nothing at all, that's called gratitude. Our oxcart belongs to the Gong family, anyone who wants it can use it, if you use it, just send it back and pretend nothing happened."

Tian Xiaomeng glanced at the mother and son.

Ersheng's granny and Mrs. Lee were the same age, and because they had been working in the fields for a long time, the flesh on their faces looked a little fairer than Mrs. Lee's. As for Uncle Ersheng, he was even lazier, since he was already in his early forties and hadn't even talked about a daughter-in-law yet.

"That's right. If everyone's like that, who would still be buying cows? Just use someone else's." "Little girl Xiaomeng, don't blame our grandmother for being hard to talk about. In fact, it's the truth, since we're so far away from the county, our family's cattle will definitely be exhausted, and if we're exhausted, we won't be able to use it when we need to plow the fields, which would delay matters. How about this, since we're all from the same village."

"It's not like that. This cow is quite strong. Without this cow, we can't do anything about it. We must give you some silvers." "Yes," Uncle Ersheng, Uncle Tadashi, agreed.

Tian Xiaomengwei lowered her head.

After listening for a long time, she had a rough understanding of what Ersheng's granny and Uncle Ersheng meant.

He was asking for money.

This was considered as the payment for the cow's hard work.

"Grandma, what you guys said makes sense. How about this, I'll give it to Ersheng when he comes back." It wasn't like these two people had spent money to buy the ox-cart. Tian Xiaomeng knew that even if she stayed and argued with them, she wouldn't be able to come to a conclusion. She might as well wait for Ersheng to come back first.

In fact, when she borrowed the oxcart this morning, she took a piece of meat from her family and gave it to Ersheng, but Ersheng didn't leave anything behind.

Why wait for Ersheng to come back? If you really want to give us money, why don't you come along with us? Our family has a poor reputation, so naturally, we won't accept your money. Ersheng doesn't dare, but that doesn't mean we don't want it. Ersheng's granny put her hands on her hips. She had heard that someone had been paid ten taels of silver for Xiaomeng's marriage.

Ten silver was a huge sum of money.

Besides, it wasn't the first time that Xiaomeng had used her family's oxcart. She should have asked her for some money, even if Ersheng had come back with the same intention.

"Yeah, if you want to give it to him now, then give it to him now. Why are you waiting for Ersheng to come back?" Kennit Boy firmly agreed with his mother.

Tian Xiaomeng pressed her temples. This Uncle Ersheng was really incompetent. No matter what his mother said, he would just say it. The two of them had very similar personalities. They were both lazy eaters.

"Grandmother, how about this. I still have a piece of meat at home. I'll bring it over for you." Tian Xiaomeng thought for a moment. After all, she was the one who used Ersheng's oxcart first. It was normal for her to have something important. Thinking of the piece of meat that Ersheng did not have that morning, she couldn't help but speak up.

Ersheng's granny's eyes lit up when she heard this.

Meat. Their family had not eaten meat for a long time.

If there was meat, that would be perfect.

"That's fine too." Ersheng's granny nodded.

At this moment, Tian Youfeng had already brought a piece of meat over.

"Auntie, please don't take offense. Xiaomeng has an urgent matter to attend to so she has to make a trip to the county. We're in the wrong here. Please don't take it to heart." Not to mention these two times, Ersheng had also been around a lot when something happened to his family.

They remembered all these things, and did not forget them.

Ersheng's granny took it over and snorted coldly. "At least you know your place. Well, then, why don't you tie up our cattle and feed them to the cows? Kid, go and bring some straw over for them to eat."

Straw was the rice seedlings left over from harvesting rice. The farmers would usually dry the rice seedlings and pile them up in a place to feed the cattle.

"Mom, just let Xiaomeng go. It's not like I'm using an oxcart." As he spoke, he entered the house as if Ersheng's granny wasn't calling for him.

Ersheng's granny didn't mind. Her eyes narrowed as she said, "Oh, that Xiaomeng girl. Go and get some straw and come over here to feed the ox."

"I'll go. Xiaomeng is tired after a day of walking." Tian YouFa's body had already recovered quite a bit. He could now do some simple physical work.

"Then go quickly." Ersheng's granny happily carried the meat into the kitchen.

As soon as he entered the kitchen, he began to chop the meat.

"Kid." She shouted, "You dead child, come over here and start a fire. When the sky turns dark, don't say you can't eat meat."

When she heard the sound, she immediately appeared in the kitchen. Seeing Mrs. Gao's actions, she grinned and said, "Mother, what are you doing?"

"Of course it's to make meat. We're home right now, so we should hurry up and cook. When Ersheng and the rest come back, there will be so many people eating. How can we eat any more meat?" Mrs. Gao's actions were not slow.

"Your mother has thought it through. Alright, I'll start a fire right away." When she heard that there was meat to eat, her entire body brightened up.

He couldn't remember when he had last eaten a piece of meat. Ersheng's mother was really stingy. She might not even be able to buy meat back in two or three months. If that wasn't the case, how could he not have the strength to go to work in the fields?

Therefore, he couldn't go back to work. He couldn't be blamed for that. The only thing he could do was to say that he ate too little meat and didn't have the strength to do so.

Mrs. Gao's movements were extremely quick. In a short while, a plate of fried meat was ready.

On the chopping board, there was less than one or two pieces of meat.

The plate was half full.

"Mom, this meat smells so good." He was salivating while his chopsticks were continuously spinning on the plate.