Chapter 74 A Nobleman Arrives
There had never been any horses in Shizi Village, and the entire village was so poor that there wasn't even an ox cart.
Now not only did horses come, but there was not just one horse, but a whole team.
The sound of horse hooves was particularly abrupt in Shizi Village in the evening.
The villagers, who were already bored, opened their doors and walked out when they heard the noise. They stood at the gate of the yard and stretched their heads to look towards the entrance of the village.
There are more than a hundred households in Shizi Village. The whole village is rectangular in shape, facing south and north.
The whole village is divided by more than a dozen paths. There is a row of neat houses beside each path, and there are about a dozen courtyards in a row. The village can have such an appearance, and the credit of the village chief is indispensable.
The village chief is a native resident here. His ancestors for eight generations have been villagers from the Northwest. There are still many of the village chief’s clansmen in this village.
The first to come out were of course the village chief's family at the entrance of the village. There hadn't been any horses in their village for many years.
The village chief's grandson screamed excitedly: "Grandpa, it's horses, so many horses." The village chief's grandson stared at the horses entering the village with sparkling eyes. He had only seen horses a few times when he followed his father to the market in town. This time, so many of them came at once, and he also wanted to try riding one.
The village chief was supported by Jinniu and stood at the entrance of the village with a cane, looking at the newcomers with wide eyes.
The villagers who were curious about the topic had already walked to the door of the village chief's house in groups of three or four and started talking in low voices.
"Who is this?"
"I don't know, but since I was demoted here, I have never seen anyone riding a horse in the village. These people look either rich or noble."
Amid the discussion among the crowd, the cavalry gradually approached.
There were a dozen people in total, led by a big man and a small one. Both of them were wearing sable cloaks, fox fur hats on their heads, thick brocade robes underneath, and a pair of deerskin boots on their feet. They looked very comfortable and warm.
"Who is this person? He looks like someone very important."
"Yes, he is dressed more elegantly than the mayor."
"Pah, can the mayor compare to this? Not even a finger can compare to this."
The people who came were Lu Changxin and Lu Jingyu, followed by Qiu Shi, the newly appointed town mayor yesterday, and Shen Qinghan, the leader of the Golden Axe Gang.
Behind them were the people from the Golden Axe Gang who came together to protect Lu Changxin and Lu Jingyu. Shen Qinghan was afraid that something unexpected would happen again, so he sent people to protect them closely.
The group dismounted at the entrance of the village.
Lu Changxin led the horse to the door of the village chief's house. Seeing that the village chief was wearing thin clothes and leaning on a cane, he asked, "Old man, I'm sorry to bother you. May I ask if there are a group of new villagers who have been settled in your village today? I wonder where those people are now?"
The village chief was a little reserved. After all, he had never seen such a wealthy young man. He was careful with his words and bent his body unconsciously. He said, "Excuse me, sir, what do you want from these people? A group of new villagers did come today. I have asked my son Jinniu to take them to the vacant temporary house for resettlement."
"Those people are my nephew's lifesavers. We came here to thank them. Could you please find someone to show us the way?"
Lu Changxin glanced at the onlookers and deliberately raised his voice.
In fact, he did this so that the Wan family would not be bullied in the village. It was also an invisible way to give the Wan family a leg up, so that the villagers in the village would think twice before they wanted to bully the Wan family.
Jinniu handed the village chief to his son, and then hurried forward and said, "Sir, I know the way. Can I lead the way for you?"
"In that case, I'll have to trouble you, big brother." Lu Changxin was gentle and polite, which immediately made Jinniu's reservedness disappear a lot.
Jinniu smiled innocently and walked forward first. However, thinking that Widow Wang's family seemed to be still pestering him when he came back just now, he prepared to remind Lu Changxin and others in advance.
He followed behind Lu Changxin, slowing down by half a step. Every time he needed to turn a corner, he would remind him in advance, saying as he walked: "I just came back from there, but they had some minor troubles just now. I wonder if they have solved it now..."
"What? What's the trouble?" Lu Jingyu became anxious when he heard it.
He wished he could grow two wings and fly over there immediately.
Upon hearing this, Jinniu quickly turned around and explained to Lu Jingyu: "Don't worry, young master. There is a widow in our village who is notoriously difficult to deal with. Although she is difficult to deal with, she relies on the fact that she has many sons and bullies the weak. However, no one has ever died."
Jinniu heard that people would die from time to time in other villages, but their village was relatively peaceful under the leadership of his father, which was always something he was proud of.
Qiu Shi also interjected at this time: "Who is the head of your village? Doesn't he take care of these village affairs?"
Jinniu looked at Qiushi and saw that it was a strange face, but this person had some similar temperament to the nobleman, and both had some elegance, so he also said carefully: "The village chief is my father. Because my father is not in good health this year and broke his leg, I am temporarily in charge of the village affairs. It's just that I don't have great talent and I can't make Widow Wang's family quiet. I am really ashamed."
"That's true that I'm not very talented, but I do have some self-awareness." Lu Jingyu said without hesitation.
Jinniu was already nervous, and now he was embarrassed when a little kid called him incompetent in front of so many people. What's more, there were so many people around watching the fun. Jinniu's heart immediately turned red from his ears to his neck, and he wanted to find a hole to crawl into, but he couldn't lose his temper, so he could only endure it.
Lu Changxin immediately turned around and scolded Lu Jingyu, "Jingyu, don't be rude."
Lu Jingyu curled his lips, didn't say anything shocking, and slowly followed behind him.
Qiu Shi felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward, so he coughed and said, "I am the new mayor. My surname is Qiu. If there is anything in the future, your village can directly come to me for handover."
Jinniu was finally rescued from the embarrassment by Qiu Shi, but he was also shocked. Who are these people? Even the mayor was there to accompany them.
Jinniu was originally told by his father to go to the town to inquire about the situation tomorrow, but now it seems that there is no need. No wonder the people from the Wan family were sent to their village not long after being detained. It turned out that the mayor was changed. However, he could not find out why the mayor was changed.
"Hello, mayor." Jinniu quickly saluted Qiu Shi.
Qiu Shi nodded politely. Jinniu didn't have time to say a few more words to the mayor. As soon as they turned a corner, Lu Jingyu saw Old Lady Wan and her group standing in the yard, arguing with people outside the yard.
It was mainly Old Lady Wan and Sister Wan, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were scolding the old woman outside the yard.
Moreover, there were several tall men surrounding the old woman, all of whom were looking at Old Lady Wan's family with anger on their faces, but they did not dare to step forward, with fear in their eyes.
"Sister, grandma, aunt, uncle, Brother Mo, I'm here."
Lu Jingyu and Old Lady Wan and others had only spent more than a day together, but in Lu Jingyu's heart, these people were like his relatives. They had played servants together and eaten roasted sweet potatoes together.
These were unprecedented experiences for him.
The attention of the whole family was drawn to the child's joyful cry.
Widow Wang also looked at the group of gorgeously dressed people who suddenly appeared not far away. These people looked like they were not easy to deal with.
Widow Wang only took a look, and when she heard Lu Jingyu greeting these newly arrived exiles so warmly, she immediately understood the situation. If they didn't leave, they would suffer. This was also her experience from many years of fighting, so Widow Wang rolled her eyes, stopped cursing, and pushed Wang Dazhu next to her.
"Dazhu, hurry up and pick up our things. These people are not easy to deal with. Let's go back and slowly make plans. Anyway, I have never suffered a loss in this village. This time I was defeated by these new criminals. I can't swallow this breath. We will take revenge when they are all asleep at night."
Wang Dazhu felt that what his mother said made sense, so he nodded and told his brothers to retreat quickly.
When Old Lady Wan saw these people finally leave, she spat at Widow Wang's back and said, "Don't you know what you are? You still dare to fight me?"
Without the annoying group of Widow Wang, Old Lady Wan felt relieved and immediately went out to the yard with her sons.
Through Wan Xingmo's analysis to Old Lady Wan yesterday, Old Lady Wan realized that Lu Jingyu's status was so high.
She wanted to gain a firm foothold in this new village immediately, so she had to rely on this big support temporarily.
Old Mrs. Wan was still thinking that she would never see the little guy again, but she didn't expect that the little guy would come to see them when it was dark.
Old Mrs. Wan sighed and said: My Fubao is right, today is a good day to settle down, isn't it? A noble person is coming to visit us.
Zhao and Wan Xingmo did not move, as they had not yet adapted to this kind of fawning identity.
After all, they had been the objects of flattery in the past few decades. Even though they were prisoners now, the pride in their hearts still made it difficult for them to lower their noble heads. Wan Jinshu, on the other hand, adapted quite quickly.
He had experienced life and death several times on the battlefield and had long since lost interest in fame and fortune. Only the passion to defend his country kept him going. If he hadn't been bad at judging people, he would have been a man of steel.
Old Lady Wan welcomed Lu Jingyu and others into the yard, but saw more and more people gathering outside the yard to watch the excitement.
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