Xie Hong's family background is good, although not as good as Gu Shao's, but there are more than a dozen people in the Xie family serving as officials in the court, and his father is the Minister of War.
Now Xie Hong is about the same age as Gu Shao. He has many concubines, but none of them are married.
Suddenly a father-in-law appeared, and everyone looked over.
Xie Hong had an unpleasant expression on his face, but because of Gu Shao's presence, he didn't say much.
Gu Shao stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"
When Ding Ruiming, the magistrate of Shawan County, heard the voice, he looked up and saw Gu Shao, dressed in black and with a cold face, standing behind him.
There is also Xie Hong with a sullen face.
Ding Ruiming didn't know what was going on. His legs went limp and he knelt on the ground: "General Gu, your subordinate...your subordinate..."
At this point, his tongue began to get tied.
If so, Ding Ruiming himself doesn’t know what he did wrong.
But Chen Dawei didn't have good eyesight. Seeing his backer coming, he immediately put on a flattering smile and said, "Thank you, General. Why are you here? Look at me. I haven't had time to get ready. General, please come to my house and have a seat."
Xie Hong's face turned pale and he said nothing.
Gu Shao glanced at him and said, "Let's solve it. Don't forget the purpose of our coming. Beat up those women in your room and don't let anything happen."
Xie Hong's eyes were full of anger. He saluted with gritted teeth and replied respectfully, "Yes."
This scene left Chen Dawei dumbfounded.
Aren’t these people refugees?
Refugees are helpless, how can they have a big backer? !
Seeing how respectful Xie Hong was to the young man in black clothes, he was still on the side of the Lin family...
Chen Dawei was stunned for a moment.
Xie Hong's heart was filled with resentment. He lost such a big person and was furious. Originally, he was suppressed by Gu Shao in every way. Now that such a scandal had happened, how could he hold his head up in front of those children from aristocratic families in the future?
Xie Hong raised his foot and kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying with one kick.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Who do you think you are? How dare you call yourself my father-in-law?"
Chen Dawei didn't expect things to turn out like this. He panicked for a moment and quickly knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
Just kidding, he has seen how Xie Hong tortured people, and he dare not challenge Xie Hong's bottom line.
Chen Dawei doesn't want to die yet.
Xie Hong threatened: "If you dare to mess around in my name again, I will skin you alive."
Xie Hong then looked at Lin Jinyue unhappily: "Are you satisfied?"
Lin Jinyue is not afraid of him.
She whispered, "They also secretly slashed our boat, which cost 150 taels of silver."
As for the fact that her brother brought people to Chen Dawei's house early this morning, smashed his tables and chairs, and beat him up, she didn't mention a word about it.
Xie Hong gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let him pay you double."
Chen Dawei wanted to argue, but when he saw Xie Hong's murderous look, how could he dare to say anything?
No matter how dissatisfied he was, Chen Dawei had no choice but to swallow his anger.
Xie Hong just felt ashamed and embarrassed. Why didn't he notice that Chen Dawei was a restless person?
He also held a grudge against Lin Jinyue's family.
If Lin Jinyue hadn't come to complain, would he have lost such a big person?
Lin Jinyue saw his eyes and didn't care at all.
At worst, once she had earned enough money, she could teach Gu Shao how to make ice in exchange for a favor.
Gu Shao and his group did not come empty-handed. They brought mutton, pork, and a basket of vegetables.
Lin Jinyue said to her father, "Dad, General Gu said he wanted to eat the barbecue you made, and they even brought their own mutton."
A crisis was resolved so easily, Lin Shucheng smiled and rubbed his daughter's head.
This family would fall apart without a daughter.
Lin Shucheng said happily: "Okay, I also said that I would do barbecue business in Shawan County, and I just asked Blacksmith Li to make a few barbecue racks for me."
Lin Shucheng looked at the magistrate of Shawan County again and said, "Sir Ding, why don't you stay and have a quick meal? Look at this. You came here at noon, but you haven't eaten yet, right?"
Ding Ruiming was a smart man. He knew that General Gu was optimistic about the Lin family, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to establish a good relationship with the Lin family, so he stayed.
Lin Jinyue said: "Then I'll take you guys to have a look around?"
Gu Shao nodded.
Lin Jinyue was wondering which piece of land to choose this time.
The county magistrate happened to be there too, so she could ask for a few more plots of land, even if she had to pay. But she had to wait for the villagers to grow large quantities of crops and give her farm some experience.
Lin Jinyue took them to the forest.
Dongyang has a keen nose and smells it: "What a nice smell."
Lin Jinyue explained: "There are many insects in the forest, so my mother made medicine bags and hung them on the trees to repel the insects."
Walking further, I saw a few little kids peeking out of the school.
Lin Jinyue became serious and put her hands on her hips: "Why don't you study?"
Shitou said, "Sister Erya, the teacher just said he had something to do and left in a hurry, so let us look at it ourselves."
But these kids were already very hungry.
The adults were all arguing with Chen Dawei in the front and had no time to cook.
These kids had no mind to study, they were hungry, and there was a lively scene not far away, which they couldn't bear to see and felt anxious.
Lin Jinyue: "You guys study on your own, there will be mutton barbecue later."
Lin Jinyue was afraid that the children would be hungry, so she gave them a bag of pastries for them to share.
Gu Shao looked at the simple bamboo house and laughed, "You have made it look quite presentable."
Shitou stopped reading and said, "These were all drawn by my sister Erya. She is so amazing."
The little child's eyes were full of admiration.
At this time, Xie Hong couldn't help asking: "Why do they all have to study, but you don't?"
If this child had studied, why would he have encountered such an embarrassing situation today?
Lin Jinyue said, "I have other important things to do, and I can read, so I know everything they read."
Xie Hong didn't believe it.
This little girl is only eight years old and she is still a girl. How could she have read so many books?
Looking at the people in the village, all of them are boys in school, and Xie Hong felt that Lin Jinyue was lying.
Xie Hong insisted on testing her: "You said you can do it, then why don't you recite the Analects?"
Lin Jinyue ignored him. She just felt that this man was very strange and had a sense of inexplicable malice towards him.
She turned to Gu Shao and asked, "General Gu, let's go ahead and take a look. I like a large piece of land over there, by the lake. Can you give it to us?"
Gu Shao looked at it and asked, "Which one?"
Lin Jinyue pointed at the lake and said, "Can I have all the ones around it?"
Gu Shao was rarely silent.
The lake was quite large, and there was a lot of land around it. He asked again uncertainly, "Is it... from the other side of the river all the way to the lake?"
Lin Jinyue: "Can we also enclose the lake and the fields over there?"
Lin Jinyue also wanted to say that she could exchange some other things for the land.
But Xie Hong interrupted her: "Little girl, you have a big appetite. This is a large piece of land, probably about 5,000 acres. Can you finish planting it?"
Lin Jinyue: "I can finish planting them. Besides, I have to keep some for planting fruit trees. I'm worried that it won't be enough."
Xie Hong knew that all the money Gu Shao had had was invested in the military camp, and now he was running out of money.
It is not difficult to get a few smaller pieces of land, but such a large piece of land has to be registered, and the court has to collect taxes, so it costs a lot of money to buy the land.
There is no doubt that the people in Linjia Village have no money to pay, and Gu Shao also has no money.
Xie Hong was unhappy that Lin Jinyue ignored him just now, so he said: "Well, I'll just bring a few books over. If you can memorize one, from the riverside to the lakeside, about 2,000 acres, I'll pay for it for you."
"If you can memorize two pieces, I will buy all the land you like."
"If you can carry three taels, I can get you a piece of forest land on the other side of the river, three thousand acres."
Lin Jinyue's eyes lit up: "Is this true?"
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