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Chapter 114 Launching the Big Move
The third day of the twelfth lunar month, at noon.

Beside a pine forest at the foot of Qifengling Mountain, Ru'er and Zhang Bo were sitting outside the forest.

After walking a hundred steps into the woods, a carriage was parked alone.

Even though the inside of the car was covered with soft rugs and a heater was installed, it was freezing cold outside, and the wooden car wall alone could not retain much heat.

"So, you want to move to Shuanghe Village?" Chen Chu lay in the carriage with one hand behind his head, and he let out a thick white breath when he spoke.

"Yeah." Taking advantage of just finishing a two-person fight against the landlord, Cai Wei took the time to put on her clothes and said, "The old man wants to drive me to Zhuangzi outside the city, I might as well go back to Shuanghe Village, at least it's me own Zhuangzi."

Chen Chu felt weird.

Luliuxu originally belonged to the property of Cai's family, but after it was rented to Chen Chu, Mao'er became a big lady there.

And Shuanghe Village is the place where the cat grew up, but now Cai Wei has become the owner of the place again.
"Have you brought these things with you when you move?"

In the small compartment, there is a couch blanket, a stove, and a satin velvet quilt. It is still wet.

In addition, it is the 'cat' locked in a cat cage in the carriage.

Cai Wei failed to go to the cat bedroom in Luliuxu back house as she wished, but chose to put the little cat in the car
Is this to let 'Cat' admire her heroic appearance when she was galloping on the horse just now?
Dark enough!
"Nonsense! I was kicked out! It's not like you can bring a dowry when you get married."

Facing a small bronze mirror, Cai Hua straightened her bun and put on lip balm, saying it lightly.

The villagers of Shuanghe Village have all moved out, and now there is only an old couple arranged by Cai Wei to guard the village. They moved there today, and there is no bedding and bedding, and it is winter at this time.
"I'll bring you some quilts from home."

Chen Chu got up to get dressed, but Cai Wei raised her eyebrows and said, "You and that little wild cat used it before, I don't use it, who knows what's left on it!"

"Then go buy some new quilts."

"Alright. Let's set off now, to the next door to Langshan County."

"Langshan County? Don't you want to go to our Tongshan County?"

"You can go, as long as you are not afraid of meeting your little wild cat when you accompany me to buy bedding."

"Hehe, let's go to Langshan County. I'm not afraid of meeting my wife, but I just want to enjoy the scenery elsewhere!"

"Hey~ Most of my treasures were burned in the Caiwei Pavilion, and you need to pay for the purchases." Cai Wei looked back and said charmingly.

"Ah."

"Also, before Shuanghe Village has production, I have no money to support me, so you need to support me." Cai Wei said it as it should be.

No matter how poor she is, she will not be short of this little money.

But Cai Wei has a delicate heart, and knows that her little friend wants to be a "big man", but she is a few years older than Chen Chu, so she deliberately shows weakness in front of him occasionally, and satisfies the man with words like "you need to support me" protectiveness and vanity.

Mrs. Cai San has never lacked artifice and scheming
The two dressed neatly, called Ru'er and Zhang Bo, turned their horses and headed towards Shizipo.

Going to Langshan County, you need to turn east from Shizipo and walk fifty miles.

When passing by Shizipo, Chen Chu called for the big sword to go with him. After all, it is not uncommon to encounter roadblocks and robbers during the current journey.

Cai Hua said, "With Uncle Zhang here, it's all right."

Chen Chu looked at Uncle Zhang who was hunched over, he didn't quite believe this confused old man who often drove the carriage into the ditch, but finally he took the big sword.

When a few people set off, it was about the end of noon.

In winter, the gates of the city are closed at Xu time.

Three hours to drive fifty miles, the time is still quite tight.

After traveling for more than 20 miles, after entering the boundary of Langshan County, the villages passed by were even more dilapidated.

Looking at it from a distance, one can only see large tracts of fertile land that are barren, and there are no green winter wheat seedlings, but only withered yellow weeds.

Occasionally, there are still dusty snow left in the backlight of potholes.

Chen Chu even saw a corpse in an abandoned ditch. The face had been gnawed beyond recognition by wild dogs, and the left arm and right leg had been pulled to nowhere.

The corpse was shriveled, but there were bite marks wherever there was flesh, and there were lumps of hardened and blackened filth on the loess beside it. I don't know if it was blood or human tissue.
This is the first time Chen Chu has set foot in another county in the past year.

He thought that the people in Tongshan were the epitome of the hardships of farmers today, but he never expected that when he first entered Langshan County, it would be an even more shocking visual blow.

Chen Chu, who was sitting on the shaft of the car with Cai Wei, subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover Cai Wei's eyes.

Cai Wei was stunned for a moment before she realized that Chen Chu was afraid of scaring her.

She is no longer a little girl, and she has seen scenes that were more tragic than before, but Cai Wei just pursed her lips and smiled coquettishly, instead of pushing Chen Chu's hand away, she snuggled into her arms behind her.

It wasn't until the carriage was half a mile away that Chen Chu asked in confusion, "Why is this Langshan County so barren? It's much worse than our Tongshan County."

After hearing this, Cai Hua glanced at Chen Chu, "Is our Tongshan County poor? You know, most of the wealth of the big families in Tongshan County comes from leaks and returns, and they don't treat farmers too harshly."

'Leak ship, return easily' is smuggling.

Cai Hua's class determined her position. What she wanted to express was: because of the benefits of smuggling, the subordinate families exploited the farmers much less than the wealthy families in other counties.

According to her, Zheng Zenglu of Yinma Village in Langshan County had seven sons in his family, of which the second and fourth were former lieutenants of the Zhou Dynasty.In the second year of Fuchang, Jin Qi went south, and Zheng Er and Zheng Si surrendered to Qi State.

Later, the Qi State occupied the whole territory of Huaibei, and Zheng Erfeng was the doctor of Wulue and Caizhou's left-behind division.

With this background, the Zheng family, which already had many descendants, existed almost like an emperor in Langshan County.

In just a few years, almost all the owner farmers in the county have been turned into tenants by various means, and even some small landlords have been forced to sell their houses and land.

However, those who resisted were tied into Yinma Village by Zheng's family and lynched. Countless people were beaten, maimed or killed over the years.

"That's why there are so many people in the countryside of Langshan County who have abandoned their fields and fled to other places, so this place looks so desolate." Cai Wei concluded.

"Do the officials above not care?"

Chen Chu was puzzled.

Although the officialdom in Tongshan County is chaotic, those private activities only dare to be carried out in secret after all, and everyone at least abides by the rules on the surface.

But the Zheng family in Langshan County forcibly seized nearly half of the fertile land in the county, which is not only blatant, but lawless.

"Who dares to take care of it? Nowadays, the world is in chaos, and soldiers like Zheng Er who lead troops are the favorites in the eyes of adults. It's too late to curry favor with them. Who dares to touch their bad luck."

Cai Wei leaned on Chen Chu's body and said lazily.

Chen Chu couldn't help sighing, with a gun, he was a father, since ancient times, nothing could be more like this.

Unity time.

It's getting dark.

Twenty miles west of Langshan County, Qingfengling.

"I planted this tree, and I opened this road. I want to pass by from now on, and save money to buy roads!"

Chen Chu looked at the masked men standing in front of the carriage and laughed dumbfoundedly.
It was because he had just asked Cai Wei a quarter of an hour ago if he would encounter a scissors.

Cai Wei replied with ease and freehand, it depends on luck, if you are lucky, maybe you can see
"Hee hee, luck is really good." Cai Wei smiled charmingly in Chen Chu's ear.

Well, women who love to laugh are not bad for pregnancy.

Da Baojian, who was pulled temporarily on a business trip, took a step forward.
Well, this is the KPI delivered to your door!

The masked man in the lead was holding a stick, saw the big sword carrying a broad sword, and there were women in the carriage, so he cupped his fists and sang, "Several, we are short of money recently. If it is convenient for the guest officer, I will give you some." Money. Don’t worry, we only want money, and we won’t rob sex.”

"Pfft~"

Sitting on the shaft of the car, Cai Wei laughed, she had never seen such a cowardly man, she couldn't help being playful, and said in a loud voice: "That man Wu, what's wrong with saying he doesn't like me when he sees my old lady? Don't you think my old lady doesn't look good enough!"

Chen Chu on the side raised his hand and slapped Cai Ji Mitao's buttocks.

Cai Wei looked back, narrowed her eyes and smiled, tilted her upper body and slumped into her arms again, whispering, "What's wrong? Did my family make the puppy jealous by joking with others?"

"Respect other people's profession, okay! They are robbing!" Chen Chu said seriously.

Seeing this pair of young lovers teasing together, the masked man in the lead couldn't hold back his face, and was about to raise his stick to threaten him, when the voice of Guo Liang, the seventh sworn brother, sounded from behind.

"Dare to ask. The one in front of you is the person in front of you, Mr. Chen Tieji, who is anxious and righteous in Tongshan."

The sky was dim, and Guo Liang was not sure.

"Ok?"

Chen Chu patted Cai Wei's buttocks, signaling the latter to sit down, then jumped off the shaft, looked at him a few times, and said strangely, "You are."

As he got closer, Guo Liang finally saw the face of the visitor, and said pleasantly, "Ah! It really is Chen Tieji!"

"."

Xiaoyou, has my reputation spread to the next county?
Seeing that Chen Chu didn't recognize him, Guo Liang quickly pulled off his mask and said, "Chen Tieji, come to Xiatieshan, we met once at your Shizipo Hotel!"

"Oh..." Chen Chu vaguely remembered this person, so he clasped his fists with a smile and said, "Hero Guo, long time no see."

"Ah, in front of Chen Tieji, who is anxious and righteous, how dare I call him a hero!"

After Guo Liang finished speaking, he grabbed the masked man in the lead, and said eagerly, "Brother, this is the Chen Tieji I kept mentioning! A few months ago, my younger brother was penniless and wandered to Shizipo, Tongshan County. It was because I ate a full meal in Chen Tieji's shop and received a gift from Chen Tieji that I was lucky enough to meet my brother!"

"Ah! It turns out that it is Chen Tieji who is anxious and righteous in person! The flying bird Cao Fei has long admired his name!"

After all, the leading masked man went to cover his face, and clasped his fists together, and the rest of the men clasped their fists when they saw the elder brother doing this.

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Low oil, we also have a day when people accept their heads and worship us.

Chen Chu suddenly felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have randomly nicknamed him Iron Halberd and Silver Spear just for fun. He called him Baoyi and Jijiyu. It sounded better than this iron halberd.

At the end of the Xu Dynasty, the egret stayed in the fair.

Yunong took Cuiyuan, Hutou, and all the villagers and laborers to watch the big show outside the courtyard.

The back house was quiet, and Mao'er stood alone in front of the big case in the bedroom, with his white wrists hanging in the air, and his hands pinching the brush hairs, as if he was practicing calligraphy. But the brush in his hand hadn't dropped for a long time.

It wasn't until a drop of ink dripped that the cat, who had lost his mind, came back to his senses.

Seeing the black ink blobs gradually smearing on the clean rice paper, the cat wrinkled its nose, with a slightly annoyed expression, put down the pen and sat down on the chair.

Today I waited until noon in the city, but I couldn't wait for Cai Wei, who was expected to take the initiative to look for her.

Later, Cuiyuan asked people to inquire, and said that Mrs. Cai San left the city early this morning.

In the afternoon, Mao'er returned to Luliuxu, but heard from Dalang that Brother Chu had a temporary assignment and would not be coming back tonight.
Mao'er was suspicious, and sent Cuiyuan to talk to Yao Meili. Although the eldest son hesitated and refused to tell the truth, he accidentally said that Cai Hua's carriage had come to Zhuangzi today.

oops!Only then did Mao'er realize that she thought she was smart and went to the city to wait for Cai Wei, but her home was stolen!
While he was thinking, there was a sound of footsteps going up the stairs and Yunong's signature giggle.

Mao'er got up and opened the door, and saw two small men, one big, one small, and three small men, each carrying a pair of dwarfs, going upstairs.

This is the end of the show.

When the three of them saw the cat, they quickly turned their faces away, and looked at each other winkingly.

Before Hutou and Yu Nong separated, they still leaned on the latter's ear and whispered: "Mr. Yu, you said you would take me to the shallow lake to catch small fish tomorrow, so you mean what you say."

Yunong quietly glanced at Mao'er, then nodded at Hutou, signaling that she would keep her word.

The two dared not say it out loud, because they knew that if the cat knew about it, they would definitely not agree to Hutou going to play by the lake.

The two agreed to go back to their rooms.

When Hutou passed by Mao'er carrying the little scorpion, he still put down the scorpion, saluted like a grown-up, and said, "Sister, Hutou is sleepy, so I'm going to sleep now."

Mao'er had always wanted Hutou to be educated and reasonable, and wanted to make her look like a lady, but now seeing that the little girl had just whispered to Yunong and turned her face to her seriously, Mao'er suddenly felt a little sad.
So, Maoer and Yunong slept together that night.

It took a full hour of ramblings to lay the groundwork before, until the chatterbox was sleepy, and Maoer suddenly said, "Yunong, don't you all like me?"

"No, why did my sister suddenly ask like this?" Yunong yawned sleepily.

"Tiger Head has been clinging to you lately, and doesn't sleep with me anymore, even the officials." The cat sleeping on the outside looked sideways at the light-yellow curtain beside the bed, and said aggrievedly.

"What's wrong with him, son?" The sleepy Yunong raised his spirits somewhat.

"The official will definitely be with the cauliflower snake tonight", the cat is unwilling to say this sentence, as if she will lose if she says it.

However, the cat does feel like a failure at the moment.

The younger sister I brought up doesn't like to look for her now, and the officials who have been dependent on each other don't stick to me anymore
Thinking back to the time when the two of them were on the mountain, the officials would come to their bedroom every now and then in the middle of the night, hugging each other and talking about love, or having a good time together.

At that time, the official was the backbone of a group of brothers when he was away, but when he returned home, he was like a child, and he would compete with the tiger's head for favor, and he would always ask her to hug and sing lullabies to sleep
I always say that my cat is the cutest.

But now, he hasn't sneaked into the cat's bedroom for a long time, maybe he hasn't said the cat is cute for a long time.

Cat rubbed its slightly sore nose, turned its back to Yunong and said, "Yunong, am I not cute at all?"

"Hey." Yunong smiled and said nothing.

"If you tell me, you can say it!"

"Hey, it's not that my sister is not cute, but she always puts on airs," Yunong Xiaoyi said.

"You think I like to put on airs! But there are so many things in the Zhuangzi and workshops on weekdays. If I don't look good, how can I care about so many people? If I don't look good, others will say that our family is frivolous." !"

Speaking of this, the cat was even more aggrieved.

But Yu Nong said: "But my sister can't put on airs all the time, you will be tired, and others will be tired too. Outside, my sister is the eldest lady of the Chen family, and my sister at home can be a sister with a tiger's head. Don't be so strict with her all the time.

There is also the son, he has been leading everyone to work recently, our family can only get together for dinner at night.But my sister talked about things about Zhuangzi and the workshop at the dinner table.Didn't my sister notice that when we were eating recently, everyone talked less and less?"

"Didn't I say that to let the officials know about Zhuangzi's situation?" Mao'er was even more aggrieved.

"Sister, Yu Nong knows that my sister is amazing, but you pretend to be too many things in your heart, and you also pretend to be a lot of things in your heart. If you only talk about business when you are together, are you still a husband and wife?"

When Yu Nong said this, he carefully poked Mao'er's thin back, and whispered: "Sister, we have moved into the back house for so long, and we have never seen you in the same room with the son. Did you two quarrel?"

"No." Mao'er replied vaguely, and quickly changed the subject and asked, "Yunong, what do you and the officials usually talk about?"

"I didn't talk about anything, it was all nonsense. I scolded whoever the young master scolded, and praised whoever the young master said was good. The other side." Speaking of this, it was in the bedroom of the two of them. , Yu Nong also lowered her voice and said mysteriously: "Besides, she will say some tricks of Aolai"

"Ao Lai Hua Hua." Mao'er repeated it before realizing what Yunong was talking about, and couldn't help but spat lightly, "Sao hoof, you're not serious!"

But Yunong chirped and said grinningly: "In the past, Miao Niang, the most beloved lady in the pavilion, said that it doesn't matter if girls are beautiful or ugly, but they should be interesting."

Before Yunong finished speaking, Maoer criticized: "Don't bring the set in your attic into your home!"

"." Yunong pouted, and after a while, he murmured: "Sister, there are only our sisters in this room, and there is no one else, what can I say, you are starting to put on airs again."

In fact, Mao'er doesn't know as much as Yunong about men and women, but it's not a blank sheet of paper.

After all, where did Widow Zhao make a living back then?

She just lacked some practical experience.

But precisely because of this background, Mao'er was afraid that the officials would think he was frivolous and not dignified enough, so he insisted on "keeping the rules" which seems to be "sensible" at the moment.

But Cai Hua's appearance made her a little anxious.

That Cai Hua not only hates her, but her family is also strong and scheming. Maoer has no confidence that she can clean up like Yunong.

After thinking wildly for a while, Mao'er held back her embarrassment and decided to ask Yunong what kind of tricks Na Aolai had, since she was the only two in the room anyway.

"Yunong~Yunong?"

Unexpectedly, Yu Nong, who was lying on the inside, had already fallen asleep.
The cat was stuffy and didn't even feel sleepy at all.

After staring at the curtain for a while, Mao'er quietly got up and went back to his bedroom.

He took out the needlework basket, and found a stack of papers underneath. These papers were all the patterns left by Chen Chu when he made the costume design for "Journey to the West: The Legend of Shi'er" a few months ago.

Back then, Mao'er was not as busy as it is now, so Chen Chu handed over these patterns to Mao'er to make some extra money.

In the pattern, there are Aolai corset, Aolai stockings, fox tail, rabbit ears and other costume props.

The lowest one is the pattern of cat ears and cat tails. There is no cat demon in the big play. When Chen Chu drew this picture and handed it to Maoer, he said with a smirk: If my lady wears this, she must be cute.
At that time, Maoer refused in order to maintain a dignified image.

Now the cauliflower snake is coming fiercely.

The cat tied the door and started sewing all night.

You know it, my cat knows it, in the past, people just didn't bother to use it!

(End of this chapter)