Xu Qinyu actually didn't expect that Old Lady Luo would be beaten so hard that she was paralyzed in bed. Since Old Lady Luo was paralyzed, the father and son of the Luo family had no one to take care of them, so they would naturally pester Lin. However, Lin had worked at Xu's for more than a year and had gained her own confidence. She could earn twenty taels of silver a year. This was Lin's confidence.
So even if Luo Dagen came to harass her, Lin was not afraid at all.
Compared with Mrs. Luo, Xu Qinyu hates Mr. Luo more because he is incompetent and commits domestic violence.
She even hoped that the father and son of the Luo family would soon receive retribution.
Seeing this, Lin hurriedly thanked Xu Qinyu, "Thank you, Master."
Xu Qinyu waved her hand. "It's okay, but just in case, you should let Aunt Yuan go back with you for two nights. That Luo Dagen might try to cheat after taking the money. There's no one in the Luo family to take care of Luo Dagen and his son. Old Mrs. Luo is paralyzed and mentally retarded, so she needs someone to look after her. I'm afraid he'll get desperate and force you back."
"Don't worry, Boss." Lin said, "I won't let him get what he wants."
Even if Luo Dagen dared to drag her back to the Luo family, she would turn the Luo family upside down.
Xu Qinyu nodded and said, "Then let's finish the cleaning. You all should go home early."
After saying that, she went back to Laixi Lane first.
Xu Feng, who was standing behind, had been listening to what Aunt Lin and Master were saying, and frowned.
In Xu Feng's view, the entire restaurant is a family, and Lin is very kind to them. Sometimes when their clothes are torn by mistake, Lin helps them mend them.
Hearing that Luo Dagen was still pestering Aunt Lin, he thought for a moment and said, "Aunt, you guys wash the dishes first. I'll go out for a while."
"Go ahead."
Xu Feng has been staying in the restaurant for more than a year and has grown a lot taller. He is about the same size as Cheng Ge'er and taller than Xu Qinyu. In addition, he wears an eye mask every day and doesn't like to smile much, so he looks quite intimidating.
Xu Feng went to find Tao Qi and the other two.
Tao Qi went to his master's workshop to steal ham, and was almost scared to death by Mo Yu and Bai Yu.
Later, the master sent the three men to the yamen. After being beaten with a stick, they turned over a new leaf and first helped the master to farm, then worked as odd jobs at the winery and dug wells. After finishing these jobs, they occasionally helped the restaurant deliver some goods. If the restaurant didn't need them much, they would go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and spring bamboo shoots, or hunt, which the restaurant would buy, or go to the dock to work. In short, they stopped doing such bad things.
Xu Feng has never lost contact with them. Next month, when the grapes in the mountains are ripe, they will continue to pick grapes from the mountains and send them to the winery.
Yesterday, Tao Qi brought two other people to deliver a batch of dry goods to the restaurant, including red dates, seaweed, kelp, and black fungus.
Xu Feng quickly found where Tao Qi lived. When Tao Qi saw Xu Feng, he immediately asked, "Brother Feng, why are you here so late at night?"
Although Xu Feng didn't let the three of them call him Brother Feng, the three of them didn't listen. They thought he was very capable, so they kept calling him Brother Feng and wanted to work under him.
Xu Feng said: "I need your help with something."
Tao Qi hooked his arm around Xu Feng's shoulder, and the two of them walked out the door. "Brother Feng, if you have anything to say, just tell me."
Xu Feng told Tao Qi about the feud between the Lin and Luo families.
Tao Qi knew about this matter. At that time, the Lin and Luo families had even taken the matter to the government office. Yuanbao Town was not that big, so any incident would spread quickly. To be honest, who wouldn't despise such a man who has no sense of responsibility?
Xu Feng told Tao Qi again, "Now Aunt Lin's mother-in-law is in trouble. She was beaten stupid by the old man in the family. The whole family needs someone to take care of her, so they want to take Aunt Lin back. Of course, Aunt Lin doesn't want to, but she is a woman after all. If she is really dragged away by the Luo family, they are worried that Aunt Lin will not be able to resist. She is not afraid of anything else. Aunt Lin will call for help, but if Luo Dagen beats her, Aunt Lin will suffer. So these few nights, after Aunt Lin gets off work, I ask Brother Tao and you to help her. Follow Aunt Lin and don't let Aunt Lin find out. Just send her and Da Niu and the others back safely."
Tao Qi said: "Don't worry, Brother Feng, I'll take care of this matter."
Xu Feng nodded and told Tao Qi, "The wild grapes in the mountains will be ripe next month. You go there often, so you must be familiar with them. The grapes will be picked, and it will take a lot of manpower. I've told Uncle Zhen that you three will also be hired as winery employees, and your wages will be calculated based on the weight of grapes you pick."
Tao Qi smiled and said, "Thanks, brother!"
After Xu Feng left, Tao Qi went to find the other two.
The three of them live close to each other and have known each other since they were kids. They are closer than brothers.
When the other two heard this, they immediately agreed to help.
The three of them went to the restaurant first, hid in an alley, and waited for Lin, who worked in the restaurant, to get off work.
After waiting for half an hour, Lin finally came out. When she came out, she told the Fengtiaoyushun brothers to go to bed early and bolt the door.
She still treated Feng Tiao Yushun and the others as her children.
The three women, along with Da Niu and Er Niu, came out of the restaurant and locked the door.
There is a small door in the backyard of the restaurant, which is usually locked from the inside. If Xu Feng and his friends want to go out at night, they can go out through the back door. Deliveries are also usually made through the back door.
After they came out, Chen went back to Guihua Lane by herself, while Yuan sent Lin, her mother and daughter back to North Street.
Seeing Lin come out, Tao Qi and the other two followed not far away. It was completely dark at this time. They followed behind two women and two little girls, and they could not notice anything.
Soon they returned to Lin's residence. Luo Dagen was already waiting at the door. Seeing that Lin was accompanied by a woman, Luo Dagen, who had originally wanted to appeal to her emotions, could only say fiercely: "Hurry up and return the silver to me."
Lin said, "Wait a moment. I'll go in and get some paper and ask the literate scholar next door to write a testimony. I'll return the remaining twenty-three taels of silver to you, and then the eldest and second daughters will have nothing to do with your Luo family anymore."
Luo Dagen said in a rough voice, "Hurry up, don't delay my work."
After Lin led Da Niu and Er Niu inside, Yuan began to criticize Luo Dagen, "Tell me, how come you don't even act like a man? Back then, you swore that you would have nothing to do with Sister Lin and Da Niu and Er Niu after accepting the money. Now all the money in the family has been taken away. What's the matter? Are you thinking about our Sister Lin again? Do you still think our Sister Lin is the same as before? You are dreaming. You are so cruel and you are getting the retribution!"
"You shrew, shut up." Luo Dagen was furious, but he didn't dare to hit anyone.
"Why, you won't let me speak?" Yuan sneered, "Your family is suffering retribution! Be careful, you might be next!"
Luo Dagen was so angry that he raised his hand to hit someone, "You stinky bitch, who are you cursing? Believe it or not, I will beat you to death."
The two quarreled so loudly that the neighbors came out and stood at the door, pointing and talking at the two of them.
Luo Dagen didn't want to lure the people around him out. It was already shameful enough that such a thing had happened to his family. He originally thought that even if Lin could borrow money from her employer, he didn't consider that Lin had already saved thirty taels of silver. He just thought that if Lin wanted to pay off the remaining money, she could only borrow from her employer. If she could borrow it, and he took the silver by force without anyone seeing it, Lin would have to suffer the loss in silence. She would owe him more than twenty taels and then owe her employer more than twenty taels, and could only go home with him.
Seeing that all the neighbors in the alley had come out to join in the fun, how could he possibly take the money by force? He angrily yelled, "Shut up right there."
"Hey, you still want to hit someone? Come on, come on, try to touch me and see if I don't scratch your face. I, Sister Lin, am polite and won't bother with you. I'm not someone you can bully."
Yuan was a hot-tempered person and was not afraid of Luo Dagen at all.
Lin went back to get paper, but actually she went back to the house to get silver. She took out twenty-three taels of silver and went out to get a piece of paper. When she heard the quarrel outside, she hurried out.
When Luo Dagen saw the silver in Lin's hand, he didn't care about Yuan and the neighbors around him, and walked forward to snatch the silver from Lin's hand.
Yuan grabbed Luo Dagen's sleeve and said, "What do you want to do? The receipt hasn't been written yet, so don't even think about touching this money."
Lin nodded, took the silver and paper and went to ask the old scholar next door to help write some data.
The old scholar was also standing at the door watching the excitement. Seeing this, he naturally wanted to help, so he wrote a receipt with the specific place and time. Luo Dagen accepted twenty-three taels of silver from Lin, and from then on, the thirty taels of silver owed to Luo Dagen for selling his daughters was repaid. From then on, the two daughters had nothing to do with the Luo family. After writing, he asked Luo Dagen to put his fingerprints on it.
Looking at the receipt, Luo Dagen was reluctant, but if he didn't put his fingerprints on it, he wouldn't get the money. What the Luo family lacked most now was money.
There was no other way, Luo Dagen could only press his fingerprints, and only then did Lin give him twenty-three taels, and he had no choice but to leave the Lin family.
Seeing Luo Dagen walk away with the silver in his hands, the neighbors couldn't help but talk about it, "How can the Lin family come up with 23 taels of silver? How much did the boss of Xu's give you as wages?"
Although Yuan knew the money belonged to the Lin family, she was afraid someone might be interested in the Lin family's daughter, so she quickly said, "What are you dreaming of? We work at Xu's for eight hundred coins a month, and Sister Lin pays the Luo family five hundred coins a month. The remaining three hundred coins are still needed for living expenses, so there's not much left. This twenty-three taels of silver was lent to Sister Lin by our employer out of kindness, and we have to pay it back with our wages every month."
The neighbors suddenly understood. "I was told that no matter how generous Xu's family is to you, it's impossible for them to pay you dozens of taels of silver a year. But Mr. Xu is kind-hearted and is willing to lend you these twenty or so taels of silver."
Yuan would never tell them that Mr. Xu was not only kind-hearted but also generous. In addition to the red envelopes for the New Year, he would also increase the wages every year!
After seeing Luo Dagen leave and finish gossiping, the neighbors around him dispersed.
Yuan was still worried about Lin and her two daughters, so she stayed at Lin's house for one night.
Luo Dagen put the silver in his sleeve and hurried back to Guihua Lane.
He was unsure whether to continue pursuing Lin. He didn't expect Lin to be so heartless. He had thought that Lin should have a marital relationship with him, but his two daughters didn't have any feelings for him at all.
Luo Dagen spat on the ground and cursed in a low voice: "Bitch, two little ungrateful wolves."
Tao Qi and the other two sent Lin home, and saw that Lin had returned the money and returned to the house.
The three of them turned around and continued to follow Luo Dagen. They had witnessed Luo Dagen's shamelessness and cursed him in their hearts. Tao Qi even wanted to beat him up, and the other two also planned to beat him up to teach Luo Dagen a lesson.
When Luo Dagen walked into a darker alley, the three men took a sack, rushed over, put it on Luo Dagen's head, and started punching and kicking him.
The three men didn't say anything while beating people, they just kept beating them.
Luo Dagen thought that someone had seen him carrying such a big bag of silver and wanted to steal it, so he held the silver tightly in his arms and started shouting.
In order to take a shortcut, he took a more remote route. In addition, the North Street was already a mixed crowd, so he really thought that someone wanted to rob his silver, and those people really pulled his arms and sleeves, trying to rob him of his silver.
This was also Tao Qi's idea. In order to prevent Luo Dagen from thinking that the person who beat him was related to the Lin family, he pretended to want to rob him of his money.
But he wouldn't really rob, because that would make him a robber.
He is just standing up for the Lin family now.
Luo Dagen screamed in panic, fearing that the silver would be stolen.
He was beaten and dragged around for a while, then he heard a rough voice, "Someone's coming, run!"
Luo Dagen only felt that the punches and kicks on his body stopped, and then he heard the sound of several people running away. When he took off the sack on his head, the people had already run away and disappeared. He didn't even see their backs.
Luo Dagen curled up on the ground for a while before he slowly got up and walked back, enduring the pain in his body. At this moment, he had lost all his courage and just wanted to go home quickly and save the money.
Tao Qi and the other two had already run away without a trace. Even the voice he was shouting at was fake, so he was not worried about being found.
After beating the man, Tao Qi felt relieved. He went home with his two brothers, washed up, and had a good sleep.
Luo Dagen was continuing to walk forward. The alley was too remote and pitch black. It was not a full moon today, so he could not see anything clearly in the alley. He groped his way forward. Before he walked out of the alley, he suddenly heard footsteps again and a sack was put on his head again. The man's fists were more fierce, and he punched him on the head again and again, making him, a grown man, a little dizzy. He wanted to open his mouth, but was punched in the nose again. Seeing that he could not resist, the man started to rob him of his silver.
Luo Dagen struggled hard. Seeing that he was still resisting, the man raised his foot and kicked his calf with all his strength. There was a cracking sound, and Luo Dagen let out a scream. The strength in his hand loosened, and the silver in his sleeve was immediately snatched away.
The man grabbed the silver and ran away.
Luo Dagen was hit on the head and his leg was broken. He was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat. He wanted to scream but found that he was very dizzy and had no strength at all. After a while, his eyes went black and he fainted completely.
Someone passed by in the morning and found Luo Dagen, and helped report him to the police.
Luo Dagen cried to the county magistrate in the government office, saying that he had collected a debt last night and was tried to be robbed by two groups of people. He was also beaten twice. He begged the county magistrate to help him.
County Magistrate Yang still remembered this man and even knew what had happened to the Luo family recently.
However, there was a female thief who committed marriage fraud and a male thief who committed robbery in Yuanbao Town. The case still needs to be investigated, so Luo Dagen had to go back first.
Luo Dagen was sent back to Guihua Lane by the yamen runners. He found that there was an old woman lying in the Luo family's house. They all looked strange and thought that the Luo family might have really suffered retribution. The mother and son had both thought of selling their granddaughter and daughter to that kind of place. Now both of them had broken legs and could only lie at home. I am afraid that this family can only rely on old man Luo in the future. Things are really going to be difficult.
The bailiff sent the man back and left.
When Old Man Luo came back at night, he found his son lying on the bed. He then heard that his son was beaten and had a broken leg when he was trying to get the money back last night.
Old Man Luo didn't feel that he had done anything wrong after beating his old wife silly. Now that his son's leg was broken, he was afraid that even if his leg healed, he wouldn't be able to continue working as a peddler. He had to take care of two people by himself, and he felt like the sky was falling.
Moreover, Luo Dagen is his son. He refused to prescribe medicine for Old Lady Luo, but he could not ignore his son's life or death.
He only has this one son.
But more than 40 taels of silver in the family were taken away, and the more than 20 taels of silver that his son asked Lin for were also robbed. He had no choice but to go to Lin to make trouble, but Lin had no connection with their family anymore. If Lin reported him to the police, he would be arrested and beaten in the yamen.
Old man Luo doesn't know what to do now.
Inside the room, his son was still wailing in pain, "Dad, Dad, please go get me a doctor! My legs are hurting so much."
But Old Man Luo didn't have the money to hire a doctor for his son. He only had a dozen coins on him, which was not enough to pay for a doctor for his son.
Old Man Luo was at a loss. He looked at the yard where he had lived for more than 20 years and had other ideas in his mind.
Now his son was injured and his leg was broken, and his wife was also stupid. The family still had a donkey cart, but he couldn't sell it. He used it to haul goods for others. With the cart, he could make ends meet, so Old Man Luo planned to sell the house. After the house was sold, he would take his son and wife to settle down in the village where they had come from. The money from selling the house would be enough to treat his son's leg, and houses in the village were cheap, so he bought one to live in first...
Otherwise, if he stayed in the town, he really couldn't afford the money, and he couldn't even borrow money from the neighbors around him.
Because of Old Lady Luo, the Luo family has a very bad reputation in Guihua Lane.
Old Man Luo went to the pawnshop. It would be difficult to sell the yard immediately, so he had no choice but to sell it to the pawnshop. He sold it to the pawnshop for sixty-five taels of silver, which was seven or eight taels cheaper than the market price.
The real estate agent was quite reasonable. After paying the money and obtaining the house deed, he was given a few days to move out.
When Old Man Luo returned home, he told his son that he wanted to sell the yard and return to his hometown to make a living.
No matter how unwilling Luo Dagen was, there was nothing he could do. When he was well, Lin was not afraid of him. Now that his leg was broken, Lin was even less afraid of him. Now the family of three could only return to their hometown village.
Old Man Luo took the silver and first hired a doctor for his son. After that, he used a donkey cart to carry his luggage back to his hometown.
His hometown is quite far from Yuanbao Town, and it takes almost a day to go back and forth.
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Not to mention that the Luo family sold their house and moved out of Yuanbao Town.
Xu Qinyu returned to the house in Laixi Lane that day. As soon as she entered, she saw that the patio had changed a lot. A wooden frame was built, and there were some seedlings of flowers and plants. Some were planted in pots, and some were planted directly in the row under the corridor. Looking at these flowers and plants, when they grow up, they will surely fill the yard with flowers and plants. It will be very beautiful and quiet.
Bai Yu and Mo Yu must like it very much too.
The oil lamp in the kitchen was still on. Xu Qinyu walked into the kitchen and saw that it was her fourth brother, Ning Jie'er, Yan Jie'er, and Feng Ge'er.
There is hot water boiling on the stove.
Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Fourth brother, was it you who did that outside the yard?"
She just chatted a few words with her fourth brother, and he remembered everything and directly bought seeds and got everything done.
Ning Jieer smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, Fourth Brother is planning to build a wooden pavilion in the open space next to the grape trellis. We can rest inside and enjoy tea and flowers on weekdays."
Xu Qinyu's eyes lit up when she heard this.
When she takes a rest on weekdays, she can lie down in the wooden pavilion and look at the flowers and plants. It is very comfortable.
Xu Qinyu didn't thank her fourth brother either. They were all family. If her fourth brother treated her well, she would also treat the Pei family well.
"Fourth brother, you are so capable!" However, Xu Qinyu still couldn't help but praise Pei Weixuan.
He can even do carpentry work.
Pei Weixuan looked at Yu Niang helplessly and said, "Yu Niang, do you want to plant some other fruit trees in the back room? There's still a lot of open space over there."
Xu Qinyu thought for a moment and said, "Why not buy a few grape seedlings and plant some grapes along the wall behind the house?"
Grapes are delicious, but I haven’t sold them yet. The other fruits I grow are pears and red dates, which are quite common here. So I might as well continue growing grapes.
"Okay, then I'll buy a few more grape seedlings tomorrow."
Not long after, Wen also came back.
The whole family gathered in the kitchen, waiting for water to boil for washing.
Seeing that his family was all there, Pei Weixuan said, "In a few days, I should also go out with the caravan. The glass jewelry and glass crafts I collected from overseas need to be shipped to other wealthy states and sold, so I have to go with the caravan as well."
Hearing this, Wen became worried, "Will he not be back for more than a year this time?"
"Don't worry, mother." Pei Weixuan said, "We should be back in three months."
Before leaving this time, he will make arrangements for his family and find a few secret guards to stay here for protection. It is better to be safe than sorry.
Only then did Wen feel relieved.
Pei Weixuan gave a few more simple instructions, saying that he should not be told to outsiders about the Liuli matter, even though he was just a thug escorting the goods for the caravan.
Wen, Ning Jie'er and Xu Qinyu naturally wouldn't say anything further.
Sister Yan is even worse at it, she doesn't like to talk.
The hot water was quickly boiled and the family washed up and went to bed.
The next day, at night, Xu Qinyu heard that Luo Dagen was beaten twice by thieves when he returned from North Street last night, and his silver and money were stolen.
Chen told Yuan and Lin.
Chen lives in Guihua Lane. Now everyone in Guihua Lane knows that the Luo family has suffered retribution. Both mother and son have broken legs, and that old man Luo has sold his house.
After saying this, Chen patted Lin's hand and said, "Sister Lin, you don't have to worry about the Luo family coming to make trouble in the future. Old Man Luo even invited a doctor for Luo Dagen today. Someone also secretly asked the doctor, and the doctor said that Luo Dagen's leg injury is serious. Even if he recovers, he won't be able to use the leg and will need a cane to walk. He will be completely disabled! When the Luo family returns to the countryside, they will no longer have anything to do with you, Sister Lin. Let's live our own lives well from now on and save money to buy a house as soon as possible!"
Lin's eyes were red when she heard this, but she was naturally not sad. She was not worried at all about the fact that Luo Dagen also had a broken leg. She was just full of joy.
She was just so excited that she wanted to cry.
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