Chapter 345 Tell the Truth

“Cough cough cough…”

Suddenly, there were bursts of coughing sounds in the room.

A Cui hurried back to the house and quickly poured warm water for A Niang.

"Didn't you feel much better after taking the medicine yesterday? Why are you coughing again?"

Song lowered her head guiltily. She just wanted to hear what her daughter was talking to that boy Jinshan, so she moved closer to the wall and ended up choking on the wall dust.

She certainly didn't dare to tell her daughter the truth, so she quickly changed the subject and said, "I seemed to hear Jinshan talking just now. What did he say?"

Ah Cui paused, her expression unchanged.

“I didn’t say anything, just that the coconut oil had been sold.”

"Is it really sold?! Is his performance up to standard?"

The Song family was quite surprised.

After all, Lian Jinshan was notoriously lazy. If his maid hadn't secretly helped to clean up the stall at home, it would have been full of bugs.

"Mother, Jinshan just didn't figure it out before. Now that he has figured it out and is working hard, it's a good thing."

"If you hadn't scolded him to wake him up, would he have figured it out?"

Song curled her lips, still not having much good feelings towards Lian Jinshan.

He is a grown man, but he stays at home all day long and his bad reputation is known everywhere.

"Cui Er...you said that Jinshan's coconut oil has been sold. Will he do this in the future? You..."

She was interrupted by A Cui before she could finish her words.

"Mother, he and I have nothing. How he lives is his business. We never helped him in the past, and we don't need to take advantage of him in the future."

"Hey...you girl!"

Mrs. Song looked at her daughter who walked out without looking back, and she couldn't tell what she felt in her heart.

She knew her daughter liked the boy next door. She didn't know what was wrong with Cui Er, she fell in love with the boy who was regarded as a plague by everyone in the village.

They either secretly helped people clean the yard, or secretly delivered water and food.

Although it happens very rarely, it is not normal for my own girl to do so.

If Jinshan could make more progress, she wouldn't have stopped him. But it's embarrassing to talk about how Jinshan was in the past few years.

How can such a person be the head of a family?

Song leaned on the bed and sighed silently.

I am still a burden to my daughter. Otherwise, at least there are other guys to choose from. But now, I have offended all the matchmakers and no matchmaker has come to my house for half a year.

Both mother and daughter were in a bad mood, and the whole yard seemed to be shrouded in a layer of gloom.

Lian Jinshan next door was only depressed for a short while, but he soon got over it.

The most important thing at the moment was to renovate the house. In a shabby house, even if Ah Cui was willing to marry him, he would be too embarrassed to come and propose marriage.

Wait until he has repaired the house, and then he will formally invite a matchmaker to come and propose marriage.

Even if A Cui didn't like me, she certainly couldn't refuse the conditions I proposed.

As for feelings, they can be cultivated slowly after marriage.

There are many families like this in the village.

Some couples were engaged by their parents without even having met each other, and they only met for the first time when the veil was lifted.

Just like my own parents, they lived happily together for most of their lives.

Lian Jinshan put away and moved everything in his house, and after he had finished, he ran to the village chief's house.

He is such a close elder, who else should I go to if not the village chief?

He had no idea who in the village knew how to build a house, and had to ask the old village chief to introduce them to him.

So Hu Toudy received two orders at once.

Of course, Jiang Wan's expansion is more attractive.

Working for Jiang Wan, he was paid well and had plenty of food to eat. He even wanted to build a house for the little girl for her lifetime.

But he would not give up the job at Jinshan, as he had many brothers who were building houses with him, so he could just give some of the work to them.

The next morning, Hu Tou's father divided the work with his brothers, and then took the tools to Jiang Wan's house.

Normally Jiang Wan would follow and supervise the work on the first day of work, but today was a little different.

Because Lord Qin came home.

The Li people selected their clan land and sent a letter to Lord Qin. Originally, they had agreed to send a few clerks to handle household registration for the clan members, but Lord Qin was not busy with government affairs that day, so he simply followed the clerks to the village.

They wanted to go up the mountain and needed Anan to lead the way, so they came to Jiang Wan's house first.

"Uncle Qin, you came to the village without bringing Sister Yue with you. You will be in trouble when you return."

Qin Zhen's eyelids twitched. How could he forget about his daughter?

He had said several times that he would bring her to the village, but this time he didn't. Thinking of his daughter's aggrieved look, Lord Qin was at a loss.

"Xiao Wan, please make a bowl of that pollen thing later. Ah Yue keeps saying that yours is the most delicious. If I bring that pollen back to her, she won't be angry anymore."

Jiang Wan: “…”

What a real dad.

"Okay, we'll do it when you come back from the mountains."

Jiang Wan turned around and called Anan out, asking her to lead Lord Qin and others into the mountains.

Baozhu looked at it eagerly and tugged at the sleeve of her dear master.

How could Yin Huaixi understand what this meant?

"Go ahead, I'll give you two a day off."

“Yeah yeah yeah!!”

As soon as Baozhu shouted, she saw the master's eyes narrowed, and immediately changed her words: "Master is the best!"

Yin Huaixi poked his little disciple on the forehead, snorted and said nothing.

Baozhu jumped to Anan's side with a smile, and the two of them went out first. Lord Qin and others followed behind, walking slowly into the mountain.

The new territory of the Li ethnic group is not far from the village. It can be seen after walking up the mountain for more than half an hour.

At this time, Li Xiao had already led the tribesmen to clear the new land. Clearing it out early would facilitate official measurements, and they also wanted to quickly build houses for the tribesmen.

As soon as the clerks Qin Zhen brought arrived at the place, they immediately took their tools and started measuring the land.

During this time, the remaining two clerks began to process household registration for the tribesmen.

Li Xiao looked at his cheerful tribesmen and felt a little happy too.

Everyone said that they liked their previous tribal land, but they still yearned for life outside.

Now we are just closer to the foot of the mountain, and everyone is so happy.

Perhaps it was not just because of the new clan land, but also because everyone's identity was accepted by the new dynasty. With a household registration, they were no longer refugees and could go down the mountain and into the city openly in the future.

He knew that his tribesmen had been coveting cloth and food from the mountainside for a long time.

I hope they are doing better and better in their new tribe.

Li Xiao has already chosen the successor to the clan leader. After teaching him for another two years, he will be able to put down the burden here. He feels a little disappointed but also expectant.

I don’t know what Huaixi is doing now…

"Brother Li, what are you thinking about?"

"Master Qin, I just happen to have something to tell you."

Li Xiao gathered his thoughts and looked serious.

"We, the Li people, will be moving our clan land soon, but there are still many things in the old clan land that cannot be moved. The tribesmen have discussed it and plan to inform you before making a decision."

Qin Zhen didn't care.

"Is it food? You can wait until it's ripe before harvesting it. Or is it a fruit tree? You can just dig it up. We don't stipulate that you can't come back after you move out. As for the house, if you can't bear to part with it, you can take it apart slowly."

Li Xiao shook his head. Sir Qin didn't get to the point.

"I mean, there are still a lot of mines in the tribe's territory..."

Qin Zhen's eyes widened suddenly.

It’s actually a mine!!