Chapter 152 A Dumb Man Eats Coptis chinensis
The next morning, the Yun family acted as if nothing had happened and continued to do what they were supposed to do.
After a day's break, the snow had almost melted, and the five helpers from the village all arrived on time. The two bricklayers and three helpers who were absent yesterday also arrived.
One of the bricklayers was a little embarrassed: "Auntie, it's not that we didn't want to come yesterday, it's just that the road was too difficult to walk on. We were halfway there when our car got stuck in the mud and snow. We couldn't move on, so we had to go back and fix the car."
"Nothing," Zhao Zhilan said. "We didn't start work yesterday, and I was just worried about not being able to tell you."
"That's good, that's good. I was worried that it would delay your work."
The snow has almost melted today, and He Chunxiu and Yun Sanlang have already driven the ox cart to the town.
Fortunately, they didn't go yesterday, otherwise the car would probably get stuck. There is a section of gravel road from their Feishui Village to Ping'an Town. It is very difficult to walk on, and it is even more difficult with the heavy snow.
As the sun rose, the craftsmen began to work.
Wang Cailian was still making tofu with Yun Dalang, while Zhao Zhilan and Li Rongyue were preparing ingredients for lunch.
After breakfast, the children ran to the back door to see what happened to the snowman they had built last night.
When I looked up, sure enough, the snowman was kicked to the ground again.
But this time it was obviously only kicked once or twice, because there were two obvious small shoe prints on the collapsed body of the snowman.
"He must have kicked a rock." Yun Yue pointed at the snowman's collapsed body and said, "I think the kick was pretty strong. He must be limping."
"She's so mean," Baoya wrinkled her nose, "Why did she kick our snowman so hard?"
"You don't like us." Yunhua said.
Yun Chenglu picked up the small basin and dried chilies that had fallen on the ground.
Said: "Never mind her, if it snows again, we'll just do as Hua Ya said and pile it up in the yard. Anyway, we can vent our anger this time!"
"Yes!" Yunyue clapped her hands in agreement.
At this moment, Baoya saw Zhang Xiuer, who had come to their house for meals two days ago, and walked towards their house in a hurry.
She raised her little hand and said, "Aunt Zhang, you're here again! My lunch isn't ready yet! Did you bring us something delicious this time?"
Zhang Xiuer: ...
She looked embarrassed, then grinned and said to Baoya, "Haha, it's Baoya, Auntie... Auntie has something to do this time, so I'm not here for dinner."
After saying that, he rushed into the Yun family without daring to stay for half a second.
Yunyue looked at her anxious expression and rolled her watery almond-shaped eyes.
"Tsk, what could possibly happen to her! Her man hasn't come home all night, so come find him!"
Just as he finished speaking, Yunhua curled up her finger and tapped him on the head: "You are so young, but you are acting like a man. Aren't you ashamed to say that?"
"Ouch," Yun Yue covered her head and frowned, "Sister, didn't you just say that? Besides, Li Fugui is a man, could he be a woman?"
"Shh!" Baoya quickly went over and covered her mouth with her little hands.
She lowered her voice and said, "Fourth sister, please keep your voice down. Aunt Zhang can't hear you."
Yunyue widened her eyes and nodded, and Baoya let her go.
After checking the snowman, the four children returned to the yard.
I saw Zhao Zhilan and Wang Cailian standing in the yard, talking to Zhang Xiuer.
Zhang Xiuer: "Sister Cailian, Aunt Zhao, are you starting work so early?"
Wang Cailian squinted at her and teased, "Sister Xiu'er, why are you here so early to give Li Chengyong something? What are you giving him today?"
Zhang Xiuer: ...
From the beating at the back door to the teasing she received twice when she entered the yard.
Not only did Baoya, the little girl, choke her, but Wang Cailian also came over to choke her.
But when she thought about how Li Fugui had said last night that he would come to the Yun family to check on the situation, but had not returned until dawn this morning, she could only bear it and find out what was going on.
"Well, it's... nothing." Zhang Xiuer forced a smile.
Zhao Zhilan frowned: "Then what are you doing here? There are enough helpers at home, and we don't need you."
Zhang Xiuer: ...
Could she even finish her words? Every time she spoke, she was choked.
"I'm just a little worried about Cheng Yong, so I came to check on him."
She took a deep breath, afraid of being interrupted again, and quickly finished her words: "I heard something yesterday. It was said that a family in the neighboring village was building a house. I don't know what happened, but the blue bricks on the wall were not tamped firmly, and they fell down with crackling sounds, injuring the helpers."
Not daring to say that someone had deliberately placed the stones on the wall, Zhang Xiuer changed her words slightly.
"Oh, that's the worker's own lack of skill, and the master can't be blamed, right? Besides, if it's really the helper's negligence, then it's not a bad thing. At least the man is not a bad person."
Zhao Zhilan looked at Zhang Xiuer coldly: "I'm afraid that someone is deliberately putting rocks on the top of someone's wall, and the rocks fall and injure someone. That would be terrible!"
Zhang Xiuer was startled by her cold gaze, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back: "Haha, yes, yes, Aunt Zhao is right."
"Our masons and helpers are all dedicated to their duties. There's no way this could happen. You can rest assured, Sister Xiu'er."
Wang Cailian patted Zhang Xiuer's shoulder and said, "But, as I said, I don't know which wicked person would do such a heartless thing."
"Injuring someone is the least of it. If someone died, I'm afraid no one can bear the responsibility! If you ask me, this bastard did something so harmful to others and himself. Hey, she deserves to give birth to a child without an anus and burn down the whole family with a fire in the stove! Don't you agree, Xiu'er sister?"
Zhang Xiuer was so shocked by her slap and the indirect scolding that cold sweat dripped down her forehead.
But she didn't dare reveal the truth, so she forced a smile and said, "Yes, yes, Cailian, you're right. This...this kind of person is so hateful."
She held on to her appearance, but she was complaining in her heart because she and Li Fugui didn't have any children yet.
They originally wanted to take advantage of the cold snowy weather to freeze the stones on the top of the Yun family's wall. The next day when they started work, Li Chengyong was in charge of building the wall, and he was stupid, so he would definitely take down the stones first.
If they slipped and fell off the wall, they could make a fortune from the Yun family. But who would have thought that the Yun family had stopped working yesterday.
She was afraid of being discovered, so she asked Li Fugui to sneak over last night to check whether the stones on the wall were still there and whether they had been discovered by the Yun family.
As a result, Li Fugui never came back. She couldn't sit still early in the morning and came to find him.
Seeing her face pale and sweat pouring down her forehead, Wang Cailian deliberately said, "Xiu'er, what's wrong with you? You don't have to worry about your Chengyong. My family is very safe. There are no bricks or stones on the wall."
Zhang Xiuer's heart skipped a beat. It was all over. The Yun family must have found out! Her family's wealth and status must be with the Yun family!
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