"Oh——" Cao Xiangnan woke up when he heard the rooster crowed. This sleep was the most satisfying one he had had in a long time. The person in his arms was still asleep when he woke up. Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, he did not want to wake him up. He gently pulled out his arm. His hand was numb after being pressed for so long, but he was unusually satisfied in his heart.
He kissed the person who was still sleeping, and without even turning on the oil lamp in the room, he tiptoed out of the room and closed the door.
"Uncle Xiangnan." In another room, the child who got up early also opened the door and came out.
"Boy, you got up so early too." Cao Xiangnan touched the child's head. He was so sensible. Since the child was hardworking and knew that he should give back after enjoying, he did not refuse his help. "Come on, wash your face. We'll go grind rice to make rice noodles. Your Wanfeng Momo is still sleeping. Let him sleep a little longer."
Someone outside the door also came. Cao Xiangnan opened the door to let the person in and greeted the person who came in.
Thick white smoke came out of the chimney, the fire in the stove was burning, and the rice noodles in the pot were steaming.
Cao Xiangnan listened to Sun Ji telling him about the business in the shop during his absence. He was not worried because Sun Ji was in the shop. The only thing he didn't expect was that his family would come to hold him back, but fortunately he is back now.
He told everyone about some of the things that happened in Nanyang, and Cao Xiangnan also told everyone about the things at the night snack stall. He also had his own plans and ideas about this. He has been leading Sun Ji for so long, and it is time for him to be useful. "Sun Ji, go to your tribe and pick out a few people who can help. It doesn't matter if they are men or boys, as long as they can do the work."
Sun Ji was stunned when he heard this, and stared at Cao Xiangnan in a daze. He didn't expect that he would let him go back to his tribe to find them.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I'm kidding?" Seeing Sun Ji looking at him in surprise, Cao Xiangnan said, "Find a few people you trust, and they will be under your charge in the future. If any problems arise, I will come to you."
"Okay." Understanding what Cao Xiangnan meant, Sun Ji nodded solemnly, full of joy. He already had several candidates in his mind. If Cao Xiangnan hadn't pulled him over to do business, his family would probably not know when they would be able to pay off the debts they owed. Now that their family's debts have been paid off, he and his father have saved money and are preparing to build a house. There is meat on the table at home, and his grandma and grandpa are smiling every day.
Now that his family is living a good life, Cao Xiangnan also gave him a chance to bring people from the clan together, so that everyone can live a better life in the future.
Seeing Cao Xiangnan asked his cousin to go back to the clan to pick people, Sun Bailian was also very happy.
Cao Xiangnan followed the carriage to the town early in the morning. The things he brought back from Nanyang were still in the backyard of the shop. He brought back a lot of seeds, all of which he planned to plant in Caojia Village. He also brought back a lot of cotton.
"Wanfeng, you're awake, Xiangnan also followed the carriage to the town." When Sun Bailian was busy in the kitchen, he saw Wanfeng coming. Knowing that he was sleepy now, he also wanted him to sleep a little longer.
Now life is getting better, life is not as hard as before, and it is not so hard even when pregnant. If Wanfeng hadn't insisted on helping, Sun Bailian would have wanted him to stop coming and just do some easier work, but this guy wouldn't stop just because he was told not to.
"Oh, OK." Qi Wanfeng felt a little embarrassed for sleeping late. He had to tell his husband to wake up when he got up. He blamed his husband in his heart for not calling him to get up.
"Wanfeng, mommy." Xiangzi called out when he saw Wanfeng's mommy coming.
"Wanfeng, mommy." Kang Kang also woke up early every day and followed his father and mother to do the work. He was a very sensible child. Adi was still young and was still sleeping in the room. But even if Adi came, he would make trouble. He didn't want to be like that troublemaker Adi!
Qi Wanfeng reached out and touched the child's head, then went into the kitchen and started to help make rice noodles, chatting with Sun Bailian while working.
Speaking of his mother and second brother being locked up in the ancestral hall, Sun Bailian said they deserved it. He shook his head, not wanting to say more about those people, as long as they didn't come to his place to make trouble.
But he also knew that his husband and his father and mother had made such a fuss, and there would definitely be a rift in the future. He thought that maybe he shouldn't send his second uncle to the government, so that his husband and his father and mother might be better off. But if they didn't report to the authorities, his second uncle would bring people to their house to steal things. If his mother and second brother were not locked up in the ancestral hall, they would come to his door to make trouble. So their family could not have peace all day long. People's hearts are selfish.
At dawn, the men working in the bamboo house got up. Breakfast was prepared here, and someone came over to carry the food away. After eating, they started to work. The house was built very quickly, and it would be completed soon.
The little ones in the family also got up, and the yard suddenly became lively.
They also put down their work and sat down with the little ones to eat breakfast together. After breakfast, it was almost time. The little ones put on their schoolbags, and the big ones took the little ones to school.
Yipinzhai is now serving morning tea. Quite a few customers come to the restaurant to have morning tea early in the morning, so the business is pretty good.
Cao Xiangnan came over and sat down with Manager Liu to have morning tea, and they also talked about some things in Nanyang. Manager Liu asked about his family affairs, and he knew that the person who sent him home yesterday had told Manager Liu about it, so he just said it was nothing.
Even an honest official could not settle family affairs, and Liu the shopkeeper was not in a position to interfere in other people's affairs. Knowing that Cao could handle it himself, he just said, "What's the use? Just ask me in your place. We are all family, so there is no need to be polite to you."
"Thank you, brother. Xiangnan will serve tea instead of wine here. Thank you, brother." Yesterday, Cao Xiangnan hurried back and had not yet thanked Liu the shopkeeper for helping him. Today, he served tea instead of wine here to thank him for his help.
Later, he also talked to Liu the shopkeeper about opening a night snack stall in Nanyang, but Fenshui was not suitable for night snacks, so Liu the shopkeeper also said that he understood. The two of them had a cup of tea and chatted for a long time. There were still many things to do later, so Cao Xiangnan said goodbye to Liu the shopkeeper and left.
Knowing that his second brother was beaten with a stick and was still locked up in the yamen, Cao Xiangnan didn't really want to kill Cao Laoer. Being lazy and stealing things wouldn't warrant a death sentence, but it was certainly disgusting. Even though he was disgusted in his heart, he still went to Doctor Luo to buy medicine and went to the yamen.
Several little thieves who were beaten with a stick and locked up in the dungeon were lying there groaning. On weekdays, some of them were lazy and it was like they were half dead after being beaten with a stick.
After giving some money and saying hello outside, Cao Xiangnan easily entered the dungeon. When he smelled the smell, his face turned black, and he still followed the yamen runners in.
Fenshui Town was a relatively peaceful place, and there were no wicked people. There were only a few petty thieves in the prison, so it was no wonder that people working in such a poor government office could not make any money. Here, it was easy to get things done if you had money.
"Bang!" The yamen runner knocked on the door with his saber and shouted, "Stop shouting, someone is here to see you."
Cao Laoer was still lying on the ground pretending to be dead. When he heard the voice, he looked up and found it was his fourth brother. He rolled over and crawled on the ground, begging at the door, "Fourth brother, I know I was wrong. Please let someone release me. I will never dare to do it again. It's all my fault. Please forgive me and let me go home."
"Mom and dad are still waiting for me to come home. I have young children to take care of at home. Fourth brother, please let me go. Please let the county magistrate release me and go home. I will never dare to do it again..."
Voices for mercy were heard from several other places. "Cao Silang, please spare us. We promise we will never dare to do it again..."
Cao Xiangnan glanced at the yamen runners who were following him. The yamen runners immediately understood what was going on and knocked on the door with a knife. "Shut up!"
The men fell silent.
"Brother, you still don't know you're wrong." Cao Xiangnan shook his head, looking at the people who admitted their mistakes, and said, "If you knew you were wrong, you wouldn't bring people to my house to steal things again and again."
"You've never done anything decent in your life. You never go to the fields with your father and brother. You just want to eat and do lazy things. Why don't you change your temper?"
"Don't use the excuse of taking care of father, mother and children. You haven't taken care of father, mother and your children for so many years. Your family has been raising you, your wife and children all these years. Cao Laoer, when will you be able to take responsibility? Live a decent life for a few days. Second brother, go over there and reform yourself, cleanse your heart and turn over a new leaf, and come back to be a new person."
"Go over there and take care of yourself. When you come back, tell me that you will take care of father, mother and your children. As for father, mother and your children when you are not at home, I promise you here that I will not let them starve to death."
Hearing his fourth brother's words, Cao Laoer's face turned pale and he sat down with a thud.
"And the rest of you, go and make a good change and come back. If you can make a good change, I will give you a bite to eat." Cao Xiangnan was not a kind-hearted person, but he felt that they were not really hopeless.
He opened the food box in his hand, took out a bag of dry food from it and gave it to his second brother, and then divided the rest among the others, "There are some medicines here, if you have any wounds, just wipe them yourself."
"Cao Silang, I beg you, I beg you to take care of my mother for me, I, I will definitely make a good change and never do these things again, please, take care of my mother for me, I, I Liu Erzi will be your slave for the rest of my life." A skinny boy over there knelt on the ground, begging while kowtowing.
"Okay." Cao Xiangnan agreed immediately.
Seeing Cao Silang agree to the request of his sixth son, the others also entrusted their families to Cao Xiangnan. Only now did they regret it.
After walking out, Cao Xiangnan stuffed a few taels of silver into the jailer's pocket and asked him to take good care of them. He sighed and left. But they are all pitiful people. There must be something hateful about pitiful people. If they had known this would happen, they would not have done it!
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