Upon hearing this, Su Qingluan knew something was up, so she stepped forward and squatted down: "How is this matter related to 'Hu Laoliu'?"
Not only was Su Qingluan very confused, but everyone behind her was also talking about it. After all, everyone still had a very deep impression of the incident when Hu Laoliu made a scene in Su Qingluan's yard.
Wu Dani kicked her brother again. "What brotherhood are you still talking about? Others are using you as a tool, and you're still talking about brotherhood?"
Wu Erman hadn't originally thought of talking about brotherhood—there wasn't any such thing, so what was there to talk about? He just felt that even if he confessed to Hu Laoliu, he wouldn't get any good results, and he might even be hated by people like Hu Laoliu.
But at this moment, Wu Erman should have understood that Hu Laoliu was making a fool of him, so he told him everything about how he had gone to the other party's house to drink alone, how the other party had persuaded him, given him the medicine and lied to him that it was just an ordinary laxative.
This matter involved quite a lot of issues, so Su Qingluan went to the village head in person and asked him to bring people to escort Hu Laoliu over, and everyone went to see the official together.
In court, Hu Laoliu naturally refused to admit any involvement with Wu Erman. Hu Laoliu and Wu Erman, once good brothers, were now at loggerheads in the county yamen. If the county magistrate hadn't stopped them, they might have come to blows in the yamen, a full-blown brawl.
However, the frail woman who had been following Hu Laoliu silently came forward to testify, "I can testify that the bottle was indeed given to Wu Erman by my head of the family."
The person who spoke was not someone else, but Hu Laoliu's wife.
At that time, everyone, even Hu Laoliu, was caught off guard by this incident.
This incident wasn't a big deal, but it wasn't a small one either. After all, while the "Shenxian Powder" was harmful, it wasn't a poison. Furthermore, it was discovered in good time, so no one was harmed. According to the law, the two men could be sent home after a few beatings and a period of imprisonment.
However, for some unknown reason, both of them died of illness in the cell. It was said that they were beaten with boards and their wounds festered. No one came to treat them, so they just died.
When this happened, it was already the beginning of spring of the following year. At that time, Su Qingluan just sighed and didn't feel much.
But now, Su Qingluan has an even bigger headache - the big pot of jam that had already been made was ruined, so she had to make it again.
So everyone had to continue working overtime because of Wu Erman's momentary impulse.
Initially, Su Qingluan was a little worried that Wu Dani would be ostracized because of this incident. But it was clear that most people understood the situation. Moreover, everyone knew that Wu Erman had betrayed Wu Dani countless times, both overtly and covertly. She was truly unlucky to have such a troublesome brother.
So instead of taking their anger out on Wu Dani, many people kept trying to enlighten her.
The old lady of the Wu family was a little angry because her son was locked up, but fortunately she was a sensible person and knew that her son deserved it. She was sick and finally got through it.
Wu Dani was worried about the old lady, so she discussed with her husband and decided to take her mother to her home to support her. Of course, this is all a story for later.
This incident caused quite a big stir today. Not only did the entire Su family know about it by the evening, but even the Xie family sent people to investigate the next day.
Su Qingluan immediately said that the Xie family could send someone to "supervise" and ensure quality, but they were not allowed to interfere with the production of jam.
Although Xie Deshun and Zhang Ma originally wanted to do this, they were concerned about the unidentified force behind Su Qingluan, so they gave up with a wry smile.
Su Qingluan was happy to have some peace and quiet, but the workload that was originally planned to be completed within 20 days would have to increase again.
Su Qingluan is not afraid of increasing the production of jam - as she said, the more work she does, the happier she is.
But now many fruits are already overripe and fall off the branches and rot, and many of them have quality problems.
In order to find qualified fruits as quickly as possible, Su Qingluan had to work overtime with everyone. They would go up the mountain in the morning mist at dawn and return home after dark, for fear that frost would make the fruits inedible.
Fortunately, the weather was good, and Su Qingluan finally managed to make all the fruit jams before the first large-scale frost came, and sent them to the Xie Mansion.
At this time, a month had passed since the first batch of jam was shipped to the capital, and good news came from there - as expected, the first batch of 25 sets of jam were sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves, and some people even paid ten times the price just to try this "Four Seasons" series.
When Su Qingluan learned about this, she was distributing the finished winter clothes to the villagers who had received the second round of "benefits".
She didn't know what price the Xie family sold "Su Ji" for in the capital, but even based on the reserve price she gave to the Xie family, ten times the price was an astronomical figure.
Seeing the villagers around her so happy just because they had a set of winter clothes, Su Qingluan couldn't help but feel sad: "It's true that there are always rich people enjoying wine and meat, while there are people freezing to death on the road..."
The third and fourth waves of benefits both include a large amount of food, both meat and vegetables, all suitable for making pickled foods.
However, after the "baptism" of the previous two rounds of welfare benefits, the benefits that should have been cheered for seem a bit dull and accustomed.
The most important thing is that after a period of overtime work, the wages Su Qingluan paid out were enough for everyone to buy enough food, so they no longer envied those who received welfare.
During this period, Su Qingluan walked on the road in the village. Every household was either filled with the sour smell of pickled kimchi, or the salty and fragrant smell of bacon.
This time when she went to Mu Xing's house, Su Qingluan sighed: "All the way here, all kinds of smells hit my nose. I'm almost being pickled."
Although this was a complaint, Su Qingluan was not really angry - rather, this was the scene she hoped to see.
As expected, Mu Xingzhi laughed and said, "Qingluan, you're probably not being sincere. Don't you just want everyone to have enough food to survive the winter so they don't freeze to death?"
Su Qingluan sighed, "Yes, now everyone in Huaxi Village should be able to survive the winter safely - their houses have been repaired, and they have winter clothes and food."
Even for those families who did not receive welfare, Su Qingluan gave them a lot of subsidies under various pretexts such as distributing "hard work awards". At least this winter, the villagers no longer have to worry about going hungry or freezing.
Mu Xingzhi looked at Su Qingluan: "But you don't look particularly happy?"
"I'm not unhappy, but..." Su Qingluan sighed, "I thought about some things and felt that all I can do is help the people in front of me, while there are so many more people who are beyond my reach."
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