More than a dozen households are moving in today, but based on yesterday's experience, Village Chief Li didn't go to do anything else. Instead, he stayed with Li Dachui to strictly question the people who were moving in when they entered the village, in order to prevent yesterday's incident from happening again.
Fortunately, all the dozen or so households that came today were those that had already made arrangements, so everyone was happy, and the stalls at the village entrance were set up again.
Today, Chen also brought out some bamboo products that Old Man Lu had made in the past to sell.
"Auntie, these things aren't worth much money, why bother with all this trouble?" Chen Xiuer said unhappily as she followed beside Chen Shi.
Mrs. Chen glanced at her and said, "Even the smallest mosquito is still meat. A family is built up little by little like this. You should start learning from this."
"Oh." Chen Xiuer lowered her eyes, inwardly unconvinced.
Her older cousin, Lu Yanzheng, is already a general. She will be a rich young lady in the future. Why would she need to worry about something that costs only a few coins?
However, she couldn't say these words aloud, since she was currently living under someone else's roof and there were many things she couldn't say.
Fortunately, she finally discovered Jiang Qinyu's secret: as long as Jiang Qinyu was rejected by the Lu family, her opportunity would come.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiuer couldn't help but look at Lu Yancai's door. Why hadn't Ma Shi shown up yet?
Meanwhile, at Lu Yancai's home, Madam Ma was racking her brains to get Lu Yancai and Lu Tianbao out of the house.
"Aren't there still a lot of work to be done in the fields? Aren't you planning to go today?" Ma asked anxiously, looking at Lu Yancai who was taking off his shoes and getting ready to lie down on the bed.
Right now, everyone in the village was at the village entrance, and Jiang Qinyu was there too. It was the perfect opportunity for her to ask for something in return, but she didn't dare to ask for it in front of Lu Yancai!
"I was exhausted the other day, so I'll rest today before going. Tianbao is still young, so we can't let him suffer. Go make him some sweet egg soup. I remember we have three eggs at home, so make two!" Lu Yancai instructed as he lay down.
Upon hearing this, Ma almost jumped up. "What? You only have three eggs left and you want to make two for Tianbao? What if people come over? We don't have anything else to offer!"
Lu Yancai turned to look at her. "Who would come to our house? If we don't give it to Tianbao, are we going to save it for you? Besides, I didn't say I wouldn't get it replaced when it's gone!"
Why did he feel that Mrs. Ma was acting a little strange today?
He sensed it when he left home in the morning; it was as if this woman couldn't wait to get rid of him.
Now he has this feeling again, is she going to cause some trouble again?
The thought flashed through his mind, but Lu Yan was really sleepy at the moment, so he didn't ask any more questions. He turned his head, closed his eyes, and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
Mrs. Ma was furious! She turned to Lu Tianbao with a dark expression and said, "Do you want to eat eggs?"
If the child says he doesn't want to eat, she won't make it, so Lu Yancai won't blame her. She can then keep the food for herself.
Lu Tianbao replied confidently, "Since Dad has spoken, of course I have to eat it!"
During his time being kidnapped, he did learn something. For example, he realized that a person's health is very important. If he is not healthy, he might die at any time. Therefore, he had to eat these two eggs.
Mrs. Ma choked on her words, then went to the kitchen grumbling, "That little bastard, all he does is eat, eat, eat..."
Lu Tianbao watched her retreating figure and sighed, despite his young age.
Although Madam Ma was his biological mother, he had to admit that she was indeed a lazy and good-for-nothing mother!
Even after Ma had cooked the eggs for Lu Tianbao, the lively atmosphere at the village entrance continued.
Her eyes darted around, and she smiled and coaxed Lu Tianbao, "Bao, you just ate something, you can't go to sleep right away. Why don't you go to the back mountain and gather some firewood?"
Lu Tianbao glanced at the woodshed and, seeing that the firewood in the house was indeed running low, nodded, "Okay."
"My Tianbao is so good!" Mrs. Ma was overjoyed.
She could hear Lu Yancai snoring loudly; he probably wouldn't wake up anytime soon. As long as she could get Lu Tianbao away, she could go find Jiang Qinyu.
Lu Tianbao went out with a small basket on his back. Ma Shi stood at the door and watched him disappear at the end of the village. Then she immediately rushed to the village entrance.
Jiang Qinyu was helping Chen Shi tidy up. Most of the things she brought had been sold, with only a few left for their own use.
Just then, Ma ran up to Jiang Qinyu.
"Hey, Auntie Tianbao, my Tianbao saved your Pan'er this time, didn't he?" Ma said, sounding a little nervous as she rubbed her hands together, her eyes looking unsure of where to look.
Jiang Qinyu glanced at her and gave a faint "hmm".
“My Tianbao saved your Pan’er’s life, and you think you can just dismiss us with a ‘hmm’?” Ma’s voice suddenly rose, no longer tense or at a loss.
The thought of Jiang Qinyu giving her family a thank-you gift made her unable to back down at all.
Her shout drew the attention of everyone at the village entrance, especially the newly moved-in families.
"What's going on? Aren't the people of Dingshui Village supposed to be very united?"
"I'm confused too, let's see what they have to say first!"
“You newcomers don’t know, but this troublemaker, Ma, already had a bad reputation in our village. I think she’s definitely doing this on purpose…”
These scattered whispers reached Madam Ma's ears, and she immediately straightened her back, looked directly at Jiang Qinyu and asked, "Sister-in-law, just tell me, do you admit that it was my Tianbao who saved your Pan'er?"
"Lu Tianbao did indeed save Shufan and Pan'er this time, so what?" Jiang Qinyu replied indifferently, and even elevated Lu Tianbao's contribution.
She wasn't the type to take advantage of others. Lu Tianbao's actions had indeed saved Shufan and Pan'er, and she had asked Qin Shen to prepare a thank-you gift. However, some things needed to be brought back from the county, which was why she hadn't given them to Lu Tianbao in time.
Originally, she thought Lu Tianbao's performance had changed her opinion of him, and she was thinking of taking better care of him in the future. But now that Madam Ma was asking her for this thank-you gift, Lu Tianbao's future development was no longer within her consideration.
Madam Ma had no idea what Lu Tianbao had lost because of her. Seeing Jiang Qinyu admit it, she became even more self-righteous and asked with her hands on her hips, "So you really don't have any thanks at all? Our Tianbao risked his life to save your Shufan and Pan'er!"
That's great. Before, I thought she only saved Pan'er, but now that Jiang Qinyu herself said she also saved Shu Fan, then don't blame her for wanting more benefits.
"Who said I didn't make a move?" Jiang Qinyu raised an eyebrow and looked towards the village entrance. "Didn't they come?"
Everyone followed her gaze and saw Qin Shen leading a caravan of six carriages toward them!
"My God! Is A-Zheng's wife going to give all those truckloads of stuff to Lu Yancai's family?"
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