20demayo Chapter 176 Your face, what happened?
Chapter 176 Your face, what happened?
Lin Chang'er shouted, "Stop the cart!" The constable hurriedly urged the donkey cart to stop.
Chunhua and her brother caught up and knelt down in front of the donkey cart with a thud, kowtowing.
The constables sitting on the carriage shaft were startled. They were only ordered to escort someone home, and they couldn't accept such a grand gesture.
He quickly jumped out of the car to avoid it.
Lin Chang'er leaned out of the car door, "What are you doing?"
Wu Qingfeng also dismounted. "If you have something to say, get up and talk." His intuition told him that Lin Chang'er didn't like kneeling and kowtowing. He didn't know why, but he just knew.
Lin Chang'er stepped forward to help Chunhua up, saying, "Speak properly, don't kneel haphazardly, it will shorten your lifespan."
Chunhua's tears fell in a steady stream. "Miss Lin, please take me back! I know you left that silver ingot for us to live on because you saw that my family was in difficulty."
“We do need that money. Miss, just think of it as buying me. I was originally a maid. I can serve tea and water, plant flowers and sweep.”
"No, I can learn anything if the girl asks me."
Lin Chang'er was dumbfounded. What kind of talk was this? She was just lamenting their family's plight. Seeing that her brother and sister-in-law, although they had complaints, were still filial people, she offered them a helping hand.
What happens next depends on them. Why are they making her sell herself again?
At this moment, another person got off the donkey cart and knelt down in front of Lin Chang'er with a "thump". "Miss Lin, please buy me too. My parents are gone and I have nowhere to go. I come from that kind of place and can only go to such dirty places."
"There's no other way out..."
Seeing this, He Chunhua knelt down next to Xiaomei again, pleading, "Miss Lin, please buy us!"
After saying this, the two of them leaned on each other and began to sob.
Lin Chang'er was at her wit's end and gave Wu Qingfeng a pleading look.
Wu Qingfeng raised his eyelids and looked at He Chunshan first, "Your sister wants to sell herself to improve the family's conditions, what do you think?"
He Chunshan's eyes were full of conflict. After a moment of silence, he said, "Although my family is not wealthy, my younger sister was spoiled by her family as she grew up."
"I was forced to take on the job of serving people because I encountered a beggar."
“Miss Lin has been very kind in helping me. Please consider this money as a loan. I will definitely repay it in full once my family’s situation improves.”
After pausing for a moment, he continued, "On the way here, Chunhua told me that you are in business. If you need to hire workers, I can pay off your debts with the wages."
Anyway, we accept your kindness, but I won't take the money for nothing; I'll find a way to pay you back.
Wu Qingfeng closed his eyes and looked at Lin Chang'er. Lin Chang'er nodded, thinking that He Chunshan was not a fool, nor was he fussy about returning the silver.
You must survive before you can talk about the future.
Lin Chang'er said, "I heard from the village head that your family were hunters?"
He Chunshan replied, "My father was a skilled hunter, and I followed him into the mountains since I was a child. I dare not say that I have surpassed my father, but I can barely support my family."
Lin Chang'er said, "If you hunt any wild game later, you can come to me. I also have a share in the Sihai Restaurant in town. In addition, our Linshui Village has set up a small market. If you have any mountain products, you can set up your own stall, or you can use them to exchange for rice and flour."
After saying that, Lin Chang'er pulled He Chunhua and Niu Xiaomei up, patted He Chunhua on the shoulder, and said, "Go back and spend some time with your mother. When she is feeling better and there are more people at home, she can come to Linshui Village to work."
He Chunhua wiped away her tears and looked at Lin Chang'er, "Miss Lin..."
Lin Chang'er turned her face away, "I dislike crying the most."
He Chunhua immediately stopped sobbing, "I understand. I'll go to Linshui Village to find the girl after I've settled things at home."
Then he looked at Niu Xiaomei and said, "Sister Xiaomei, I'll come see you later."
Niu Xiaomei, with tears in her eyes, nodded and said, "Okay."
After bidding farewell to the He siblings, Lin Chang'er and her group set off again.
Lin Chang'er leaned against the car window and spoke to Wu Qingfeng, "Given Xiaomei's situation, shouldn't her house be returned to her?"
Wu Qingfeng said, "Now we don't know whether her family occupied the house or the village took it back. If the village took it back, that would be easy to explain."
"If our family takes it, we'll inevitably have a quarrel, and besides..."
"What?" Lin Chang'er looked at him, annoyed by his stammering, and gave him a look that said, "Speak quickly."
Wu Qingfeng said, "Our dynasty doesn't have the concept of female households, which is why people dare to openly exploit those who have no male heirs, so..."
Lin Chang'er frowned, "So if the house is occupied by the main family, we have to find Xiaomei a brother or a son-in-law to register the household before we can get it back?"
Wu Qingfeng nodded, "That's correct in terms of procedure."
Lin Chang'er pursed her lips. She had plenty of houses, but they were all on the other side of the river, given to her by the Lin family as debt repayment.
The remaining Lin family members have all been reassigned to new houses, all near the village entrance and the area near the village exit belongs to her.
She just hasn't decided what to do yet, so it's just sitting there for now.
However, since Xiaomei is a girl living alone and was found from outside, it's inevitable that there will be gossip in the village.
But now that she has him in her hands, she can't just let go of him if she doesn't want to.
Lin Chang'er scratched her head, and Wu Qingfeng smiled and said, "I do have an idea."
Lin Chang'er looked at him, "What?"
Wu Qingfeng beckoned to her, and Lin Chang'er peeked out. Wu Qingfeng leaned over and whispered a few words in her ear.
Lin Chang'er felt hot air around her ears, which made her feel itchy and numb. Her earlobes were burned red, and her cheeks were flushed.
So much so that she almost didn't hear what he said.
Finally, the man turned around and looked at her, asking, "What happened to your face?"
"It's from the sun." Lin Chang'er suddenly covered her face and hid back in the carriage.
Wu Qingfeng was about to ask her what her idea was, but seeing her fleeing in panic, he suddenly paused, and then the corners of his lips unconsciously turned up.
Even water dripping on stone can wear it down; she may not be heartless or cold-blooded.
Thinking this, Wu Qingfeng's smile widened.
Lin Chang'er leaned against the carriage, pondering Wu Qingfeng's suggestion.
He said that Niu Xiaomei could be added to the He family's household account.
They were short of an archer in their coastal defense team, and he thought He Chunshan was suitable.
Of course, this is on the premise that he has excellent skills.
This still needs to be tested in practice.
Although He Chunhua's sister-in-law grumbled and cursed, she didn't have any bad intentions.
Otherwise, those bed sheets could have been left unwashed, or even worse, she could have simply abandoned her husband and children, but she didn't.
Instead, she complained because she was worried about the family's food supply, and because she was tied down by her elderly relatives and couldn't find a way to make a living.
He also said that if He Chunshan was truly capable, they could be allowed to join Niu Xiaomei's household and move to Linshui Village, which would be more convenient...