Xu Qinyu actually did not expect that Old Lady Luo would be beaten stupid and 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 cling to 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 make trouble, Lin was not afraid at all.

Compared with Mrs. Luo, Xu Qinyu hates Mr. Luo more because he is incompetent and abusive.

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 hands, "It's okay, but just in case, you should let Aunt Yuan go back with you for two nights, in case Luo Dagen takes the money and tries to cheat you. Now there's no one in the Luo family to take care of Luo Dagen and his son, and Mrs. Luo is paralyzed and stupid, so she needs someone to take care of her. I'm afraid he'll be desperate and force you back to the Luo family."

"Don't worry, Boss." Lin said, "I won't let him have his way."

Even if Luo Dagen dared to drag her back to the Luo family, she would turn the Luo family upside down.

Xu Qinyu nodded, "Then let's finish the sweeping. 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 the master were saying, and his brows were furrowed.

In Xu Feng's view, the entire restaurant is a family. Lin is also very kind to them on weekdays. Sometimes when their clothes are torn, 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'm going to go out for a while."

"Go ahead."

Xu Feng has been recuperating in the restaurant for more than a year. He has become much taller, about the same size as Cheng Ge'er, and taller than Xu Qinyu. He also wears an eye mask and doesn't like to laugh, 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, the three men turned over a new leaf and first helped the master to farm, then worked as odd jobs in the winery and dug wells. After finishing these jobs, they occasionally helped the restaurant to deliver some goods. If the restaurant did not need them much, they would go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and spring bamboo shoots, or hunt, and the restaurant would accept them. Or they would go to the dock to work. In short, they did not continue to do 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 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 powerful, so they kept calling him Brother Feng and wanted to get jobs 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, just tell me what you want to say."

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 family and the Luo family had both made a fuss at the government office. Yuanbao Town was not that big, and any incident would spread quickly. To be honest, who would not despise such a man? He had no responsibility at all.

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 she won't be able to resist. She is not afraid of anything else. Aunt Lin will call for help, but it is Luo Dagen who beats her, and Aunt Lin will suffer. So these few nights, after Aunt Lin gets off work, please help her, Brother Tao, follow behind Aunt Lin, and don't let Aunt Lin find out. Just send her and Da Niu back safely."

Tao Qi said: "Don't worry, Brother Feng, I'll take care of this matter."

Xu Feng nodded, and then told Tao Qi, "The wild grapes in the mountains will be ripe next month. You go to the mountains every day, so you must be familiar with it. The grapes will be picked in time, and it will take a lot of manpower. I have told Uncle Zhen that you three will also be the employees of the winery, and your wages will be paid according to the weight of grapes picked."

Tao Qi smiled and said, "Thanks, brother!"

After Xu Feng left, Tao Qi looked for 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 boys to go to bed early and bolt the door.

She still treated them as her children.

The three women, along with Da Niu and Er Niu, came out of the restaurant and locked the door behind them.

There is a small door at the backyard of the restaurant, which is usually locked from the inside. When Xu Feng and his friends want to go out at night, they can go out through the back door. Deliveries are also made through the back door on weekdays.

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 there was a woman beside Lin, Luo Dagen, who had originally wanted to appeal to her emotions, could only say fiercely: "Hurry up and return the money 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. Then I'll return the remaining twenty-three taels of silver to you. The eldest and second girls will have absolutely nothing to do with your Luo family anymore."

Luo Dagen said in a rough voice, "Hurry up, don't delay my business."

After Lin led the two girls in, Yuan started to criticize Luo Dagen, "Tell me, how come you don't even act like a man? At first, you swore that you would have nothing to do with Sister Lin and the two girls after you took the money. Now all the money in the house has been taken away. What's the matter? Are you thinking about our Sister Lin again? Do you still think that our Sister Lin is the same as before? You are dreaming. You are too evil and you are suffering the consequences!"

"You bitch, just shut up." Luo Dagen was furious but didn't dare to hit anyone.

"Why, you won't let me tell you?" Yuan sneered, "Your family is suffering retribution! Be careful, you'll be the next one!"

Luo Dagen was so angry that he raised his hand to hit someone. "You stinking bitch, who are you cursing? Believe it or not, I will beat you to death."

The two of them were arguing so loudly that the neighbors came out and stood at the door, looking at the two of them and pointing.

Luo Dagen did not intend to bring people around him out. It was already embarrassing enough that such a thing had happened to his family. He originally thought that even if Lin could borrow money from her employer, he did not consider that Lin had already saved thirty taels of silver. He only thought that if Lin wanted to pay off the remaining money, she could only borrow from her employer. If she could borrow the money, and he would take the money by force without anyone seeing it, Lin would have to suffer the loss. She would owe him more than twenty taels and her employer more than twenty taels, and she would have to go home with him.

Seeing that the neighbors in the alley had all come out to join in the fun, how could he forcefully take the money away? He angrily yelled, "Shut up!"

"Hey, you still want to hit someone, right? Come on, come on, try to touch me and I'll scratch your face. I'm a polite girl 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 the paper, but actually she went back to her house to get the silver. She took out twenty-three taels of silver and took out another piece of paper. When she heard the quarrel outside, she hurried out.

When Luo Da saw the silver in Lin's hand, he didn't care about Yuan and the neighbors around him, and went forward to snatch the silver from Lin.

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 location 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 daughter was repaid in full. From then on, the two daughters would have nothing to do with the Luo family. After writing the receipt, 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.

Luo Dagen had no choice but to put his fingerprints on the document before Lin gave him the twenty-three taels of silver. He had no choice but to leave the Lin family.

Seeing Luo Dagen leaving with the silver in his hands, the neighbors couldn't help but talk about it, "How can the Lin family come up with twenty-three taels of silver? How much did the boss of Xu's pay you?"

Although Yuan knew that the money belonged to Lin, she was afraid that someone might have his eyes on Lin's sister, so she said hurriedly, "What are you thinking? We work at Xu's and get 800 wen a month. Sister Lin gives 500 wen to Luo's family every month, and the remaining 300 wen is for living expenses. There is not much left. This 23 taels of silver was lent to Sister Lin by our boss out of kindness. We have to use our wages to pay off the bills every month."

The neighbors suddenly realized, "I said that no matter how generous Xu's is to you, the boss can't pay you more than 10 taels of silver a year. But the boss Xu is kind-hearted and is willing to lend you more than 20 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 during the New Year, he would also increase the wages every year!

After seeing Luo Dagen leave and finishing their gossip, the neighbors 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 he should stay with Lin or not. He had not expected Lin to be so heartless. He had thought that Lin should have a marital relationship with him, but it turned out that her two daughters did not have any feelings for him at all.

Luo Dagen spat on the ground and cursed in a low voice: "You two bastards, you little ungrateful bastards."

Tao Qi and the other two escorted 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 saw Luo Dagen's shamelessness with their own eyes 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 a word while beating people, they just kept hitting them on the head.

Luo Dagen thought that someone had seen him carrying such a large 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 secluded route. Plus, North Street was a mixed crowd, so he really thought someone was trying to steal his money, and those people really pulled at his arms and sleeves, trying to steal his money.

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 if he robbed money he would be a robber.

He is just standing up for the Lin family now.

Luo Dagen was so panicked that he screamed, fearing that his money would be stolen.

He was beaten and dragged for a while, and then he heard a rough voice, "Someone is coming, run."

Luo Dagen only felt the punches and kicks on his body stop, and then he heard the sound of several people running away. When he lifted the sack over his head, the people had already run away and 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. He was completely courageless and just wanted to go home quickly and save the money.

Tao Qi and the other two had already run away without a trace, and even the voice he was shouting just now 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 went to 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. A sack was put on his head again. The man's punches 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 began to rob him of his money.

Luo Dagen struggled hard, and the man saw that he was still resisting, so he raised his foot and kicked him on the 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 stole the silver and ran away.

Luo Dagen was hit on the head and his legs were broken. He was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat. He wanted to scream but found himself extremely dizzy and he didn't have any strength at all. After a short while, his eyes went dark and he passed out completely.

Fortunately, someone passed by in the morning, found Luo Dagen, and reported the case to the police.

Luo Dagen cried to the county magistrate in the government office and told him that he had collected the bill last night and was robbed by two groups of people. He was also beaten twice and 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 cheated on her husband for marriage and a male thief who committed robbery in Yuanbao Town. The case had to be investigated further, so Luo Dagen had to go back first.

Luo Dagen was sent back to Guihua Lane by the yamen runners, and 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 were thinking of selling their granddaughter and daughter to that kind of place, and now both of them have broken their legs and can only lie at home. I'm afraid that this family can only rely on old man Luo in the future. This is really difficult.

The bailiff sent the man back and then 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 his leg was broken when he was robbed when he was trying to get the money back last night.

After beating his old wife silly, Old Man Luo didn't feel he had done anything wrong. But now that he saw 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 had fallen.

Besides, Luo Dagen was his son. Even if he refused to prescribe medicine for Old Lady Luo, he couldn't 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 more than 20 taels of silver that his son asked Lin for were also robbed. He was helpless and wanted 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 with a stick 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 where did Old Man Luo have the money to hire a doctor for his son? He only had a dozen coins on him, so how could he afford to hire 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 is injured and has a broken leg, and his wife is also stupid. The family still has a donkey cart, but he can't sell it. He used it to transport goods for others. With the donkey cart, he can have food and clothing, so Mr. Luo plans to sell the house. After selling the house, he will take his son and wife to settle down in the village of his hometown. The money from selling the house is enough to treat his son's leg. The houses in the village are cheap, so he will buy a house to live in first...

Otherwise, if he stayed in the town, he would not be able to take out the money, and he could not even borrow from the neighbors.

Because of old lady Luo, the Luo family has very bad popularity in Guihua Lane.

Old Man Luo went to the pawnshop. It would be difficult to sell the yard immediately, so he had to sell it to the pawnshop for 65 taels of silver, which was 70 to 80 taels cheaper than the market price.

The real estate agent was quite reasonable. After paying the money, he received the house deed and was given a few days to move out.

When Mr. Luo got home, he told his son that he wanted to sell the yard and go back 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 money and first hired a doctor for his son. After the doctor's visit, he used a donkey cart to carry the luggage to his hometown one trip at a time.

His hometown is quite far from Yuanbao Town, and it takes almost a day to go back and forth.

…

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 rack was built, and there were some seedlings of flowers and plants. Some were planted in pots, and some were planted directly in a row under the corridor. Look at these flowers and plants. When they grow up, they will surely fill the yard with flowers and plants. It will be particularly beautiful and quiet.

Baiyu and Moyuding also like it very much.

The oil lamp in the kitchen was still on. Xu Qinyu went into the kitchen and saw 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 made that mess outside the yard?"

She just nagged her fourth brother a few words, and he remembered everything and bought seeds to get everything ready.

Ning Jieer smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, Fourth Brother is planning to build a wooden pavilion on the open space next to the grape trellis. We can stay inside to drink tea and appreciate the flowers when we rest on weekdays."

Xu Qinyu's eyes lit up when she heard this.

When she takes a rest on weekdays, she can lie down under 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.

I 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 is still a lot of open space there."

Xu Qinyu thought for a moment and said, "Why not buy some grape seedlings and plant some grapes along the wall behind the back house?"

Grapes are delicious, but I haven’t made any money from them yet. The other fruits I’m growing are pears and dates, which are more 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 the water to be boiled for washing.

Pei Weixuan saw that his family was there, so he said, "In a few days, I will also go out with the caravan. The colored glaze jewelry and colored glaze crafts collected from overseas need to be transported to other wealthy states and sold, so I have to go with the caravan as well."

When Wen heard this, he became worried, "Will he not come back for more than a year this time?"

"Don't worry, mother." Pei Weixuan said, "We should be able to return in three months."

Before leaving this time, he would make arrangements for his home and find a few secret guards to stay here for protection, just to be prepared for the worst.

Only then did Wen feel relieved.

Pei Weixuan gave a few more simple instructions, saying that they should not tell outsiders that these matters concerning Liuli had anything to do with him, even though he was just a thug escorting the goods for the caravan.

Wen, Ning Jie'er and Xu Qinyu naturally would not say anything further.

Sister Yan is even worse at it, she doesn’t even 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 money was stolen.

It was Chen who told Yuan and Lin.

The Chen family lives in Guihua Lane. Now everyone in Guihua Lane knows that the Luo family has suffered retribution. Both mother and son have broken their legs, and that old man Luo has sold his house.

After Chen finished speaking, she patted Lin's hand and said, "Sister Lin, you don't have to worry about the Luo family coming to your house to make trouble in the future. Today, Old Man Luo invited a doctor for Luo Dagen, and someone secretly asked the doctor, and the doctor said that Luo Dagen's leg was seriously injured. Even if he recovers in the future, he will not be able to use the leg. He needs a cane to walk. He is completely useless! 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 in the future and save money to buy a house as soon as possible!"

Lin's eyes were red when she heard this, but she was not sad. She was not worried at all about the fact that Luo Dagen also broke his leg. She was just happy and satisfied.

She was just so excited that she wanted to cry.