"Yes!" Qiao's eyes lit up again, and he snorted triumphantly: "In my opinion, you must have sold all the food secretly, but you deliberately pretended to be pitiful and came to our house to blackmail you! Hmph , you two brothers and sisters have a good abacus, selling food to put money in your pockets, and at the same time asking for food, is there such a cheap thing!"
"Although your parents are gone, you still have to have a conscience! Don't be so mean!" Lian Li also continued: "Originally, you can't make it through as nephews and nieces. Let's help you if you are struggling. It's not impossible, but if you play tricks, it's too outrageous for the lion to open its mouth and give it a thousand catties!"
"You, you—" Lian Ze was so angry that he couldn't speak, his chest rose and fell, and his breath was a little messy.
He was really surprised and disappointed.
He never thought that his own uncle and aunt would have such a face. What kind of family affection, what kind of bloodline, I'm afraid they are worthless in their eyes!
At this moment, the sadness in my heart was far greater than the anger.
Lian Fangzhou gently tugged on Lian Ze's sleeve and patted him on the shoulder to express his comfort. He was neither anxious nor annoyed, and asked steadily and calmly: "So, uncle and aunt are iron friends?" Are you determined not to return the food to us?"
"You think beautiful!" Joe snorted.
Lian Li was obviously better than his bastards, and immediately said: "Repay what? We don't owe you anything at all, so how can we pay it back!"
"Yes, that's right!" Qiao Shi immediately agreed.
"Hehe," Lian Fangzhou said with a faint smile, "Anyway, I came here when my mother asked me to come, and I said what my mother asked me to say. But even if my uncle and aunt refused to admit it, there was nothing I could do. By the way, my mother told me that if you don't give it, she will ask you in person! We, sister and brother, will leave first!"
Lian Li and Qiao Shi were taken aback, and for a moment they didn't know what to say: it's obviously not a good thing for this girl to be sharp-tongued and confront each other when she comes. Look at that posture, it's menacing, so she ended up like this
Lian Fangzhou's words of giving up were so clear that Lian Li felt unreal.
"You, just leave like this?" Lian Li couldn't help asking.
Lian Fangzhou smiled lightly and said, "I didn't just leave like that, I just believed in my mother's words, you will definitely return the food to us!"
"Ha!" Lian Li sneered towards the sky, watching the Lian Fangzhou siblings leave with fixed eyes.
"Master, this, why do I think this is a bit weird!" Mrs. Qiao also couldn't believe it, and stammered.
"You think so too?" Lian Li turned to look at her and asked, "Then tell me, what's so weird?"
Qiao said "Blind!", and said, "I can't tell if you tell me, but I just think it's weird! Didn't you see how arrogant that dead girl was when Mrs. Yang came to retire that day?" Reasonable, why suddenly today—this is not right!"
"Hmph!" Lian Li sneered, and said unhurriedly: "Didn't she say that her dead mother would come to find us? Then we'll just wait."
Mrs. Qiao was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Bah, bah, bah! What are you talking about, the head of the house! Okay, why did she come to us! We didn't harm her!"
"What are you afraid of!" Lian Li glanced at her calmly: "I don't believe it!"
Qiao's heart was still beating a little, she forced a smile, but didn't say any more.
"Sister," Lian Ze said sadly to Lian Fangzhou after leaving Lian Li's house, "I really didn't expect my uncle and aunt to say that! When my parents were here, they took advantage of our family for nothing. How can they say that! Are they really our uncles and aunts?"
Lian Fangzhou smiled lightly and said, "Did you see it all? Well, don't be sad, feel sorry for them, how silly!"
"I'm not..." Lian Ze himself didn't know how to express his mood at the moment, he lowered his head sullenly as soon as he spoke.
"Sister, did Mother really give you the dream?" Lian Ze couldn't help asking, and sighed, "So what if it's true? I said a long time ago that Uncle and the others won't return the food to us! Sister Don't worry, we won't starve to death, as long as we get through this winter, when the grain is harvested next year, I will watch closely and never ask them to help again."
"When is this? It's still a year away from next year's autumn harvest!" Lian Fangzhou rolled his eyes at him, couldn't bear to see his sad expression, and said softly: "Okay, don't worry, we will definitely take care of this thousand catties of grain." Come back if you can! The premise is that you have to listen to my arrangement!"
Lian Ze looked at her suspiciously, and Lian Fangzhou smiled lightly, confident.
Early the next morning, Li Damu took the ox cart and called Lian Ze to accompany him to Shiwan to buy bricks and tiles.
Before the bank note was cashed, Lian Fangzhou grabbed a handful of two or three hundred copper coins and wrapped them in a handkerchief, planning to pay the deposit first.
Even Fangzhou will go with her. Her eyesight is smeared now. It is good to take this opportunity to go out and have a look at the mountains, rivers, landforms, soil, vegetation and crops here.
Li Damu thought for a while, nodded and smiled.
Lian Fangqing saw her, and wanted to play with her too, but Lian Fangzhou refused, telling Lian Che to stay at home with her and take good care of her. Lian Fangqing pouted, not happy.
Lian Fangzhou couldn't bear to see her pitiful little grievance, so he pulled her and leaned over and whispered: "You stay at home with third brother obediently, and sister will cook eggs for you again in the evening, okay?"
Lian Fangqing's eyes lit up, she subconsciously licked her lips with longing, but she shook her head and said, "No, the eggs should be saved to buy food."
Lian Fangzhou was heartbroken, and said softly: "My sister will earn the money to buy food, so I don't need to sell eggs. From now on, all our eggs will be eaten by you and Che'er."
"Really!" Lian Fangqing became happy at this moment, nodded quickly with a hum, and said, "Sister and second brother also eat together."
"Okay, let's eat together." Lian Fangzhou said with a smile.
Lian Fangzhou and Lian Ze were sitting in the bullock cart, Li Damu was driving the cart, and the three of them went slowly to Shiwan.
After leaving Dafang Village, Lian Fangzhou began to pay attention to observe the situation on both sides. There were mostly rolling hills on both sides of the road, or a small hill protruding from the middle of the flat ground, covered with various lush trees. She took a rough look and found that most of them were fir, pine, fir, maple, and camphor. , Quercus and other common tree species in Southwest China.
On the gentler slopes, many places have been reclaimed into dry land for planting crops. At this time, the land is also withered, and half-yellow sweet potato vines and taro seedlings can be seen, as well as some bits and pieces of beans.
In places with water sources, paddy fields have been developed long ago. At this time, there are only rice stubbles everywhere, withered and yellow covering the entire field.
Lian Fangzhou didn't need to ask, he already understood the general idea in his heart.