On the other side, Yao was running around chasing those villagers. She was almost mad!
The wedding candies and wedding money cost her a total of two hundred taels!
One hundred taels of wedding money and one hundred taels of wedding candy!
Not only that, in order to welcome this imperial decree, her family paved the road in the village, hired people to clean the bluestone roads in the city, bought many lanterns to hang in every household in the village and the city, donated countless oil-saving lamps, and bought high-yield grain from people in other counties at a high price... ...
In order to welcome the imperial edict this time, they spent thousands of taels of silver to create momentum, not to mention the dress Shen Mingzhu was wearing, which was also worth thousands of taels...
But the imperial edict does not belong to them!
All the money has gone down the drain.
She didn't catch up with anyone, and when she ran back, she saw Shen Mingzhu running away like crazy. She was so scared that she quickly chased after her: "Mingzhu! Mingzhu! Where are you going? Come back! You are injured! Where did you run to?"
Shen Mingzhu ran madly towards the county town.
Zhang Ruohua ran forward as fast as he could.
There were also two guards following behind her.
The horse is extremely fast!
She had just come down from the mountain. This morning she had spent an hour trying to break through the formation. Suddenly she thought of a key point, and now she was going down the mountain to go back to the inn to study it.
Zhang Ruohua saw from afar a woman in gorgeous clothes running on the road, followed by a woman and a maid.
The woman stepped forward and grabbed her: "Mingzhu, where are you going?"
"I want to go to the county magistrate and find out why that bastard stole my credit and got the emperor's reward! It's obviously mine! My reward cannot be given to her! I want to go to Beijing! I want to take part in the selection! My future cannot be ruined..." Shen Mingzhu struggled hard.
Yao and the maid held her tightly, "Mingzhu, Mingzhu, calm down..."
Zhang Ruohua had no intention of paying attention to them, but when she was approaching on horseback, she happened to hear these words, and she recognized at a glance that these were the mother and daughter she saw in the yamen that day.
"Whoa~" She pulled the reins, the horse neighed, raised its two hooves high, and then stopped.
The two guards behind also pulled the reins, and the two horses neighed and raised their hooves high and stopped!
So ostentatious!
Zhang Ruohua likes this kind of free and easy feeling, but unfortunately, she can't do this in the capital, so she can only satisfy herself in this small county town.
Shen Mingzhu and Yao were shocked.
Shen Mingzhu immediately calmed down.
Zhang Ruohua sat in a red BMW and looked up at Shen Mingzhu.
She wants to be selected into the imperial palace
The bastard she was talking about was the disciple that Master Tang accepted? The pariah who had somehow made her the apprentice sister of the crown prince
"Just now you said who stole your credit and got the emperor's reward? Or I can help you..."
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Peach Blossom Village
The villagers happily divided the basket of wedding money and candies.
The basket of wedding money was mixed with red dates, longans and other things. It was not all copper coins.
But all together it amounted to 20,000 copper coins, or 20 taels of silver.
The villagers divided the copper coins into eighteen parts, one part for each family, and each family received 1,111 coins!
More than one or two taels of silver!
Everyone was so happy!
The village chief said happily: "Let's go! Let's go to Xingnong's house to cook! Don't go home until you are drunk today! I'll pay for the wine!"
Gu Yuxia: "I have an old hen and a jar of wine at home that Gu Ping brought back last time. I'll take them over!"
Gu Yudong: "I have an old duck at home, I'll take it!"
He Yong: "I just happened to hunt a roe deer. I'll take it with me."
He went into the mountains to hunt a while ago and only came back yesterday. Then he learned that she had moved to Taohua Village.
I saw her being so quiet today. So many people didn’t get sick. So is her illness cured
... ... ..
Others also said what they would bring over.
The village chief happily swung a bag of copper coins and candies that he had reserved for Xingnong's family. He said in a loud voice: "Let's go... Let's go to Xingnong's house to eat meat and drink wine~"
This was the first time that the people of Taohua Village had received rewards from the emperor, or it was also the first time in Futai County. Of course, this great event had to be celebrated well.
So, a few days after moving, Xingnong's house became lively again.
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Early the next morning
At the stream at the foot of the mountain, the village chief led a dozen villagers to pick up stones.
Yesterday he discussed with the villagers and planned to help Xingnong build the courtyard wall with stones before the autumn harvest.
After winter came, there was nothing to eat in the mountains, so wild boars would run down. It was dangerous for their family, the elderly, the weak, the women and the children, to live at the end of the village.
Xingnong only found out about the villagers going to the stream to pick up stones to help build their courtyard wall when his cousins Gu Xijiang and Gu Xihe pushed a cart of stones to his house.
You can't just let others do the housework for your own family, so she came too.
When we got to the stream, we saw many people carrying stones onto carts on the roadside. Some people even used a big hammer to break the larger stones into two pieces.
There was a violent storm a while ago, and a lot of rocks of various sizes were washed down from the mountain.
Xingnong silently joined the stone picking team, picked up a stone and moved it to the cart.
Everyone then saw Xing Nong coming.
Village Chief Gu: "Xingnong girl, why are you here? These stones are very heavy, go back quickly! We can do it!"
"You girl, this is not a place for girls, go back now!"
Other villagers also said:
"Xingnong girl, this is not a job for girls, go back quickly!"
"Yes, Xingnong girl, the stone is heavy, don't hit your feet! Hurry up and leave!"
... ..
"It's okay, I'm strong." After putting down the stone, Xingnong went back to the river and easily picked up a big stone and looked back.
Seeing that they couldn't persuade her, and that she was indeed very strong and moved the things more easily than them, everyone warned her with words like "Be careful, don't hit your feet, and don't move if you're tired," and then let her do it.
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Cartloads of stones were sent back to the village, and the number of stones suitable for building the courtyard wall near the river gradually decreased.
"Okay, there are no suitable stones here. Let's fill up this car and go to the front to find some more." said Village Chief Gu.
"Okay." Everyone responded.
Anyway, along the way up this mountain stream, you can find many stones that have been washed down from the mountain.
At this time, Gu Xijiang was trying hard to pry open a stone that was stuck in a crevice.
"Cousin, don't!" Xing Nong saw it, immediately spoke out to stop him, and rushed over.
But it was too late. Gu Xijiang broke the stone out of the crevice with force.
The huge rock above suddenly moved!
Everyone's expression changed!
“Run!”
“Run!”
... ...
Gu Xijiang felt mud falling on his head. He subconsciously looked up and his face changed. Just as the boulder was about to crush him, a hand grabbed his clothes and he flew out!
Then he saw a petite person holding up a huge rock with both hands: "Xing Nong~!"
When Gu Xijiang fell into the arms of Village Chief Gu and Gu Yuxia, he screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Xing Nong!"
"Girl!"
... .
Countless landslides came down...
At this moment a dark shadow flew by... ..
"Oh my god! Who is that?"
"I think I saw someone flying in?!"
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