There is a Wangfu wife at home

Chapter 449 Losing Money, Bonfire Banquet (Part [-])
damn it!
After he returned to Lin'an, how would he explain to his family?
With a flick of his sleeve, Mu Xuan strode towards Zhuangzi with a gloomy face.

The two attendants looked at each other and quickly followed.

When he arrived at the firewood room, Mu Xuan found many people standing there.

A group of beggars, the family of Li Jiaoniang's medical clinic, and the prefect of Chen, Li Guanshi from Mu's village, were guarded by two yamen guards with knives on the left and right.

Hu Laoqi from Hujia Village is also there.

Seeing Mu Xuan approaching, Hu Laoqi said loudly, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, Mr. Mu?"

Mu Xuan ignored Hu Huiqi and didn't respond.

He has always disliked the villagers, especially this reckless Hu Laoqi.

Chen Zhifu came on horseback, his face turned pale by the cold wind, he was holding the small stove handed by Li Jiaoniang's men to warm his hands, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Mu Xuan.

"Young Master Mu, the government has already investigated the matter. The matter couldn't be simpler. The people in your village stole 120 sheep from the Hu family village. Now there are all witnesses and evidence. How to deal with this matter? Is it official or private?"

Of course, it goes without saying that someone in the village must go to a prison cell.

private...

Then make some money.
If he becomes an official, unless Guanshi Li is killed, he will be confessed.

But right now, the crime of stealing a sheep is not enough to be beheaded.

Mu Xuan took a hard look at Li Guanshi, and suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked, "Master Zhifu, it's my Mu family's lax management, I wish to be private!"

"Then it's easy to handle. There are people from Hu's Village here. They say that one sheep costs fifty guan, and if there are 120 sheep, you can pay [-] guan." Chen Zhifu glanced at Hu Laoqi and said to Mu Xuan.

Before Mu Xuan could speak, Manager Li immediately yelled, "How can sheep be so expensive? The city only sells five sheep for one sheep!"

Mu Xuan was so angry that he cursed, "Shut up!"

The matter of stealing sheep and losing money is a trivial matter, but when it comes to the officials, it is a major matter, you idiot!
The servant in charge quickly bowed his head.

Li Jiaoniang sneered at this time, "Is it too much? Why do you have to pay 120 yuan? Let me tell you! Of the [-] sheep lost in the village, [-] were ewes! Sheep give birth to sheep, and sheep give birth to newborns." Sheep, sheep produce milk again, do the math, it’s more than six thousand? One year later, there will be more than sixty thousand of these hundred lambs!”

The steward was taken aback, such a way to lose money?
"Have you heard clearly? Six thousand is too much, right? Not much at all!" Chen Zhifu shook his head, "Mr. Mu, I also negotiated with them for the good of your family, so I negotiated this six thousand." The same amount of compensation. I said, it will be the twelfth lunar month soon, and the noise is too much, and it is not good-looking, is it? His Royal Highness also agreed, young master Mu, can you be more refreshed? "

Can you not be happy?
Otherwise, she would have to pay [-] yuan if she was tricked by Li Jiaoniang and other cunning people!

Kill him, and there is no [-] yuan!

"Okay, we will pay!" Mu Xuan gritted his teeth secretly, he will pay first, and when he returns to Mu's house, he will come to deal with this manager Li!

Mu Xuan happened to be carrying the bank note with him, and compensated Li Jiaoniang with six thousand coins, "Take it!"

Worried that Li Jiaoniang and the others would play tricks, he asked Li Jiaoniang and Luo Cheng to write a receipt.

"No matter how poor we are, we won't do such things as stealing and cheating, Mr. Mu!" Li Jiaoniang collected the banknote and gestured to Mu Xuan, "Thank you for the banknote, Zhuangzi, you too It's empty, Mr. Mu, can you go? The King of Pu'an County has to clean up Zhuangzi, and it's getting late."

Don't be shy.

Mu Xuan turned around, snorted and flung his sleeves away.
When he walked over to his steward Li, he scolded, "Don't you want to get rid of the shameful thing? Waiting to be punished, right?"

The steward lowered his head and quickly followed Mu Xuan's footsteps.

"Young master, we lost our money too, should we take the mutton away?" the steward asked in a low voice.

"What to bring? You won't be afraid of being laughed at if you take it away?" Mu Xuan gritted his teeth and was furious.

Six thousand strings, buy a pile of mutton?He can't afford to lose that person!
But the person in charge was still distressed, and muttered, "If you don't want it, it will be a big loss."

"Shut up!" Mu Xuan gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice.

The manager quickly lowered his head, not daring to say any more.

When the two arrived at Zhuangzi's gate, they took all the other servants away. As for the baskets of vegetables, Mu Xuan was ashamed to ask others to take them away.

Moving away a few baskets of cabbage, if this matter spreads to Lin'an, I'm afraid they will be laughed to death.

After Mu Xuan and his party left, the prefect of Yuezhou disliked that the village was colder than the city, and it was already halfway through the afternoon, and if the ink continued to smear, it would be dark.

He also left Zhuangzi immediately, and took the servants back to the city.

Hu Laoqi clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "We're all gone at last, it's much quieter now, hahaha."

Li Jiaoniang gave Hu Laoqi the six thousand silver notes.

Hu Laoqi insisted on giving half to Li Jiaoniang.

Li Jiaoniang smiled and waved her hands, "I didn't lose the sheep, why did you give me money?"

Hu Laoqi said, "Miss Li, if it weren't for your wit, we wouldn't even lose a penny. So, you have to take half of the benefits."

Those one hundred sheep were worth at most five or six hundred guan, but Li Jiaoniang asked for six thousand guan for the villagers of the Hu family.

Li Jiaohua resolutely refused, "If you really give it to me, I will send it to the village if I take it, and give everyone money for the New Year."

She would not ask for anything.

Hu Laoqi had no choice but to accept it, and called Juan, "Go and invite Lizheng to come here, let's register how much the goat is lost."

"Okay." Juan ran away happily.

Li Jiaoniang rubbed her frozen hands and said with a smile, "This Zhuangzi is spacious and suitable for a campfire banquet. How about we have roasted game tonight? Brother Luo Cheng?"

I ate a hearty breakfast in the medical hall, and it was already noon when I came to the village.

Everyone was not familiar with the situation in the village, so Luo Cheng went to a farmhouse outside the village to buy some cooked food and warm wine, and dealt with it casually.

Now that the members of the Mu family are all gone, they can cook and eat freely.

Luo Cheng smiled slightly, "Okay, I'll go hunt wild game."

Hu Laoqi immediately smiled and said, "Why are you hunting wild game? There are a lot of sheep in the village, so you can just take one? The sheep stolen by the Mu family are still piled up in the house, so there is not enough to eat?"

Luo Fucai only ate some pancakes given by A Sheng. He was not full. When he heard that he was eating roasted sheep, he immediately said happily, "That's right, that's right. If you don't eat those sheep, they will spoil."

Chunya sneered and said, "It's so cold in this winter, how could it be broken?"

"You damn girl, you wish I could starve to death, don't you?" Luo Fucai waved his fist and wanted to hit someone again.

Zhao Cong walked over, stood in front of Chunya, didn't speak, just looked at Luo Fucai so coldly.

Luo Fucai shrank his neck, and didn't dare to speak any more.

Luo Cheng looked at the sky, "There is still an hour to go, and it will almost be dark. Taking advantage of the dawn, everyone will act immediately, tidy up the Zhuangzi, and rest at the Zhuangzi at night."

Hu Laoqi rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "I'll go and invite Li Zheng to come and talk about the money."

Li Jiaoniang nodded, "Lao Qi should go get busy first. Brother Luo Cheng will be here to arrange things in the village, and tomorrow will be in your charge. You will be busy then."

Hu Laoqi said with a smile, "It's better to be busy, too busy to grow belly fat." He laughed and waved away.

Next, Li Jiaoniang will arrange other people's affairs.

She discussed with Luo Cheng that there is not much time today, and the horses placed in Lujiazhuang cannot be transported today, so we will talk about it tomorrow.The main thing today is to clean up the room in the village and arrange for everyone to divide the work.

Zhao Cong stood beside them, listening to their discussion, and suddenly said, "Father, mother, do you want me to draw a picture of Zhuangzi's house?"

Luo Cheng looked at him, "House drawing?" He acted like a child drawing for fun, waved his hand and said, "No need."

Li Jiaoniang's eyes flickered, "Cong'er, draw a picture, what kind of house picture is it?"

"That's it..." Zhao Cong picked up a branch and drew it on the mud, "This is the gate, this is the road, keep going, here is a bamboo forest, here is another road... here is a forked road, There is a small courtyard here…”

A decent picture was drawn quickly.

Luo Cheng was surprised.

Li Jiaoniang smiled and said, "Okay, okay, the painting is really good." She said to Juan, "Juan, I remember that there is a pen and paper in the inverted room at the entrance of Zhuangzi, you can find it quickly to draw for Conger. "

"Okay." Juan responded and ran away quickly.

The young boy had quick legs and ran back quickly, holding a pen, ink and inkstone, "Here we come, here we come."

Zhao Cong took it and spread it on a stone.

Hu An grinds, Zhao Cong draws without thinking.

In just a few moments, he drew the layout of Zhuangzi.

Where is the gate, where is the firewood room, where is the kitchen, and where is the living yard, all clearly drawn.

"Good memory!" Li Jiaoniang praised in admiration.

(End of this chapter)