Chapter 92: The Lu family’s little moves
Chapter 92 The Lu family’s little moves
Gu Yumei was really frightened this time and hid in her room crying.
Mrs. Chen accompanied her in the room, jumping on her feet and scolding He San and others. After scolding, she scolded Gu Yumei: "A few days ago, you laughed at Xiu Jie's self-defense moves, saying that the girl was holding a knife to show off. The strokes are ugly! Why are they ugly? The moves I practice can save lives. You can go to Sister Xiu’s house for me tomorrow and practice with her."
“Woohoo~” Gu Yumei just cried.
Mrs. Chen was upset by her crying. After Gu Dafu and Gu Dagui came back, she ran to Luo's house and asked Aunt Tian's family to move quickly to the front of their house to block their house so that the gangsters from the village would not come to the end of the village. , the first one ran to stroll outside her courtyard wall.
Uncle Tian and Aunt Tian's family were driven by the Chen family, so they packed up their things and moved to the newly purchased dirt yard that day, living above the house of brother Gu Dafu and Gu Dagui.
That night, the third grandfather was worried that something would happen, so he called several men over and told them about keeping people on guard.
Gu Dafu was the most agreeable and immediately said: "Tonight our family will start the vigil first. The noble man will keep watch for the first half of the night, and I will keep the second half of the night." One person will keep watch for half the night, and it will not delay tomorrow's work.
The men didn't have any objections, and lined up the people who would be keeping watch next.
After they finished discussing the vigil, Gu Jinli took the opportunity to talk about He Dacai and the gangsters: "There must be someone behind them, and someone is instructing them to cause trouble for us, otherwise they wouldn't dare to be so arrogant. We should check and find out who is behind them?”
Mr. Qin nodded and said: "We should really check them out. Such ordinary gangsters would not dare to be so arrogant in the village. The village wants a reputation and will not let a few gangsters ruin the reputation of the village, but He Dacai and He San Lezi They are obviously not afraid of this, and Village Chief He can’t control them. There should be someone more powerful than Village Chief He behind them.”
“It’s the Lu family,” Gu Jinli said.
In addition to the village chief's family, the Lu family has the most power in this village. The Lu family has a daughter who is a concubine for the county magistrate. People in the village are afraid of their family. It would be very easy for their family to bribe a few gangsters to do work for them.
“But why do the Lu family want to cause trouble for us? We have never offended them at all?” Gu Dafu didn’t understand.
Mr. Qin said: "I don't know, but there is a high possibility that the Lu family will cause trouble for us. It may also be that the village chief wants to beat us again. This matter will only be known after investigation."
Mr. Qin looked at Sanlang Qin and said to several family members: "You don't have to worry about this matter. Let Sanlang investigate. He is very skilled and is good at these things."
On the way to escape from the wilderness, Qin Sanlang went to check out the news at every place he went. Several families knew his abilities well, so they left the matter to him.
Qin Sanlang kept an eye on He Dacai and He San Leizi's gang of gangsters for more than ten days, but found nothing.
Neither the Lu family nor the He family went to find He Dacai and the others, and He Dacai and the others also never went to the Lu family and the He family. After being severely beaten, they became a lot more honest and stayed at home.
During this period, in addition to being more wary of villagers, several families also continued to engage in the tofu business. In order to make more money, they set up stalls every day.
Although the weather is so cold that people’s teeth are chattering, their business is doing very well and they already have a regular customer base. Many families in the town come to their stall every day to buy several portions of fried spiced tofu and golden bean cakes.
White tofu has also been sold, and seasonings and spices are also selling well. Families in the town, as well as stalls selling food, would buy their spices for cooking. Their stall can earn three to six taels of silver every day, and the business is very good. Gu Jinli was still thinking about Gu Jinan's schooling. While he was running a stall in the town, he and his third grandfather ran to Xuanhufang and asked old doctor Wu where there was a good private school in Qingfu Town.
Old doctor Wu thought for a while and asked them: "Are you studying to read or to test your fame?"
Third Grandpa said: "It's to test for merit. We are outsiders and have no support, so we have to provide a scholar. Only by passing the test, our family will not be bullied."
Old doctor Wu said: "If you want to test for fame, then go to Shangjia Village to find Shang Xiucai. Although Shang Xiucai is just a scholar, he is a capable person. He is very proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, policy theory, and the rule of the Spring and Autumn Period."
The third grandfather was very surprised when he heard this, but Old Doctor Wu added: "However, Shang Xiucai has a weird temper. He has only taught a few nephews and nephews of the Shang family over the years, and has never taught any other outsiders. And his ancestors were landlords. , My family has a small income and is not short of money, so I won’t accept students because of Shu Xiu.”
"What can we do?" The third grandfather heard anxiously: "How can we make Shang Xiucai accept our brother An?"
Dr. Wu gave him a post from Xuanhufang and said to him: "I have seen Shang Xiucai's family several times and we know him well. You take An Ge'er and the post from Xuanhufang to Shang Xiucai." Let’s visit him in Jiacun and see what the result is.”
Dr. Wu also reminded them: "Shang Xiucai hates people who don't mean what they say. Why do you let your children go to school? You must explain it clearly and don't hide anything."
The third grandpa took the post and thanked Dr. Wu: "Thank you so much, Dr. Wu. You have done us a big favor again."
Old doctor Wu touched the white beard on his chin and said with a smile: "Thank you, we have eaten a lot of your tofu and bean cakes, it's just a small favor, we don't deserve thanks."
The Gu family's pan-fried five-spice tofu and golden bean cakes are so delicious that the people in Xuanhufang will panic if they don't eat them for a day. The Gu family is a good person and will send them a few portions every day as a disguised payment for storing tables and stools.
After Gu Jinli and Grandpa San got the post from Xuanhufang, they said goodbye and returned to the stall.
It is noon now, and the stalls are doing very good business. Many people in the town come out to buy pan-fried five-spice tofu and bean cakes.
“Here, take your three portions of fried five-spice tofu, six golden bean cakes, and two packets of seasonings.” Luo’s father handed the wrapped things to the guest.
Since it is not a festival, there are not as many customers as there were on the Lantern Festival, so they redistributed their staff and divided them into two groups, and everyone took turns to serve at the stall.
Luo's father, Mr. and Mrs. Chu, Uncle Tian and his wife, and his wife were in one group; Mr. and Mrs. Gu Dagui, Mr. Chen, and Mr. and Mrs. Gu Damu, Mr. Yan were in one group.
As for Third Grandpa, he comes every day and is responsible for collecting money. Gu Jinli only comes occasionally and no longer follows the stall every day.
After they were busy at noon, they could finally take a breather.
When the stall was about to close in the afternoon, two customers came. One had a shrewd look and was wearing an excellent new blue long coat; the other had a rich face and wore a pair of gray cloth sleeves.
After the two of them sat down, the man with a shrewd look said, "Bring a piece of pan-fried five-spice tofu, two golden bean cakes, and a packet of spices."
(End of this chapter)
