Flowers are expensive

187 Chapter 2 The Cao family makes trouble [-]
"I left yesterday."

"Are you willing?" Mo Xiang's delicate face flushed a little, and she said with a delicate smile: "Fourth aunt, are you trying to tease me again? I won't be fooled by that! Just order any work, and I will pay for it." Take it!"

"Exactly, there are two kinds of flower seedlings here, look, do you know each other?" Yutao brought the flower seedlings over, and the three of them sat at the stone table and discussed.Mrs. Gong went back to the kitchen with the fish, and came out again, holding her sleeves, and said, "Pear Blossom, let me cook fish at noon. I'll go to the Haizi Bridge and pick up some screws. It will taste good in the fish soup together!"

"Pick up more, and it's good to fry a plate to eat." Lihua smiled.

"Hey, I'll go right away." Mrs. Gong turned around, went back to the kitchen, took a fish basket and went out.

Not long after Yuan's visit, when Lihua was holding the flower seedlings to identify with Moxiang, Yuan came back out of breath.Yutao turned her head and took a look, then asked with a smile, "Aunt Yuan, why are you running away? Chased by mad dogs? It's already past June [-]th, where are there so many mad dogs in the village?"

Yuan's face was a little pale, and sweat rolled down his cheeks one by one.She was leaning against the wall to rest for breath, but for some reason, she slid along the wall and sat on the ground.The three of them were startled, and rushed forward to help her up from the ground.Lihua asked Yutao to make a bowl of honey water for her.

Mo Xiang took her pulse and said, "It's okay, just a little lack of energy and blood. Did you run too fast? Aunt Yuan, what are you running for? A mad dog really bit you!" Yuan drank half a bowl of honey water Finally, he calmed down and said, "Didn't you meet a mad dog? It bites anyone it sees, and it doesn't distinguish between indiscriminate!" "Really?" Yutao asked with a smile, "Where is it? Call my elder brother and little one." Brother went to call and came back to make soup."

Both Lihua and Moxiang squinted at Yutao, despising her strong taste together!Yutao blinked and said, "Have you never eaten dog meat? Dog meat soup pot is the best! Aunt Yuan, tell me, where did you meet?" Yuan waved her hand in distress and said, "It's nothing A mad dog, a madman!"

"What happened?" Pear Blossom asked.

"Ah!" Yuan Shi hesitated to speak, as if he was suffering and couldn't express it.It was not easy for Lihua to ask questions, so she asked her to go to the side to rest for a while before talking.

At lunchtime, a group of long-term laborers and women filled two tables.Lihua filled the food in the kitchen and sent it to Yuanyin's room, but when he opened the door, he disappeared.She glanced at the open window and seemed to understand something. Yuan Yin probably had something to whisper to those spies.As soon as she put the food on the table, Yutao knocked on the door: "Sister Lihua, come out quickly!"

"What's wrong?" Lihua opened the door and asked.

"The Cao family is here!"

"Cao's family?" Lihua is really surprised, what is Cao's family doing in her yard at this hour?
Lihua went out and saw that there were indeed Gao Sangu, Cao Meizhi and two other relatives of the Cao family standing at the gate of the courtyard.She stepped forward and asked politely: "What's the matter, Mrs. Cao?" Mrs. Cao took a step into the yard, looked around, and said with a sneer, "It looks decent, and there are some hostesses too." It’s a great style, but I’m not here to find you today, I’m here to find her!”

Lihua saw Yuan Shi following the direction of Cao Shi's finger.Yuan's face had changed color at this time, and he seemed a little nervous while holding the bowl and chopsticks.Lihua asked: "What does the housekeeper want her for?"

"Of course something happened."

"If you have something to say, talk about it. She is working under my hand now. It's the same if you have something to say to me."

Third Aunt Gao interrupted dissatisfiedly and said loudly: "Tell me? I'm afraid you can't control it! This matter is about human life, can you afford it?"

Hearing this, the people who were buzzing eating in the yard fell silent.Yuan's face turned completely white in an instant.Lihua glanced at her suspiciously, and asked Mrs. Cao: "Human life is at stake? Could it be that some murder happened in the village and I don't know?"

Cao's hand said: "You are busy with your flower fields all day, how do you know what happened in the village? Earlier, Xie Manxing and the others went to the rock ditch in front of the quarry to look for money bags, but they found a pile of bones. Now that the bone is picked up, who would have thought that it is my cousin who has been missing for many years!"

There was an uproar in the yard in an instant.An older man stood up and asked, "Meizhi, is it true? Is it really your cousin? Didn't you say he went out to make a fortune? He died in that ditch for so many years?"

"Oh, big brother, who would have thought of that?" Senior Aunt Gao patted the back of her hand and called Qu Qu, "It's only when he went out to earn a lot of money and didn't want to come back! Who would have thought that he would be a bone when he died there Let people see it! You say life is hard, is life hard!"

"It's so miserable!" The elder shook his head and said, "Did he fall into the rock ditch by himself? Or did someone kill him?"

Mrs. Cao snorted, squinted at Mrs. Yuan and said, "Why don't you just ask me?" Everyone looked at Mrs. Yuan in unison.Yuan Shi was a little panicked, threw away the bowl and chopsticks, and argued: "I've already told you that I don't know! Why are you Cao biting like a mad dog! Just now in the village you dragged me to talk nonsense, I didn't... ...Didn't get angry with you, you still found here? It's too...too much! Are you bullying my orphans and widows?"

"If I don't look for you, who can I look for?" Gao Sangu stepped into the yard and walked to the table, pointing at Yuan Shi and said fiercely, "The day my male cousin disappeared, Meizhi watched you flirting in the woods! After that day, there was no more I saw someone else! Tell me, if you don’t ask me, who will I ask?”

"Cough! This is so weird!" Yuan patted the table unwillingly to show weakness and asked, "Is it your Cao Meizhi who has the final say on this matter? She said she saw me when she saw me? Who would believe it? Who would give it to me?" Did she testify? Maybe she was dazzled! How old was she at that time? She was only about ten years old, what do you know?"

Cao's eyes darkened, and she shouted at Yuan: "I forgot your face, and I can't forget that mole on your face! Don't you admit it? To tell you the truth, besides me, there are other people in the village who saw it. You went uphill that day, and my cousin was right behind you! You know what you two are doing!"

Yuan's hands shook, obviously panicked, and inadvertently turned over the bowl and chopsticks in hand, fell to the ground and broke into two halves!Third Aunt Gao took the opportunity to yell: "Did you see it? We really hit the spot! If she had no ghosts in her heart, how could she be so afraid? Don't say anything, Mei Zhi, take her to your cousin's bone and ask again." Words! See if she dares to lie while looking at that pile of bones!"

After speaking, Sangu Gao walked around the table and went to pull Yuan Shi, Yuan Shi hurriedly took a step back, but was tripped by a stool and fell to the ground on his back.Mrs. Gong hurriedly helped her up, blocked Sangu Gao and said, "It's so funny! That's a pile of bones, how did you recognize it as your cousin? Could it be that the bones can still talk?"

Cao Shi said: "Gong Yutong, don't be dissatisfied! My cousin hurt his little finger when he was young, and he only has four fingers on his left hand. The same is true for the bone. Is there such a coincidence? Now that someone is killed, none of you can afford it." , don’t support the hero here, let her speak clearly!”

Yuan Shi hurriedly waved her hands and said: "No no! I won't go! What did I say clearly? You have made it clear that you have wronged me!" She hurriedly pulled Gong Shi and said: "Yutong, I have been wronged! I married your uncle all these years You should know better than anyone else how it is! How could I... how could I be confused with her cousin! This is really nonsense from the Cao family!"

"What nonsense are you talking to her!" Senior Aunt Gao said angrily, "Things that don't shed tears without seeing the coffin! You will pay for your life if you kill someone! When you were young, you were restless, no wonder you married a man and you can only be a widow! Gong Yutong, get out of the way!"

Gao Sangu said aggressively and pushed Gong Shi away, grabbed Yuan Shi with both hands and dragged her out.Yuan's life and death refused to leave, and the two women started to fight in place, swearing at each other continuously.The Gong family wanted to help, but was blocked by the Cao family and the Cao family.

Mrs. Gong shouted: "What do you want to do? You want to delay it to be buried with your cousin? You are not such a bully!" Seeing that his daughter-in-law was being bullied, Deng Kailuo stepped forward to overthrow the Cao family The two relatives shouted angrily: "Go away!"

This push is incredible!The two relatives were also angry, and rushed forward to fight Deng Kailuo.Here, Gao Sangu was still grabbing and kicking Yuan Shi, Cao Shi naturally wanted to help, but was stopped by Gong Shi, and the four of them got into a mess again.The yard suddenly became chaotic!
Half of the stools were overturned, and one of the tables was also overturned. The dishes and chopsticks were scattered all over the floor, and there were oil stains everywhere.Haitang can take care of this side but not the other side, and it is not easy to pull the four women away.

Seeing that her brother was being bullied, Yutao hurriedly stepped forward to help her, but Lihua quickly grabbed her and said, "Why are you going to join in the fun? Be careful not to spoil your face!"

"Then what should we do, Sister Lihua? Did you watch them fight?" Yutao clenched her fist and said excitedly.

Lihua didn't expect that the Cao family was not only arrogant in the farm, but also so unscrupulous in the village.Under the blue sky and broad daylight, she dared to bring people from the Cao family to rob someone, as if she didn't take her master seriously!

Lihua frowned, turned and went back to the house.Yutao and Moxiang looked at each other, not knowing what she was doing, they thought she was going to the house to call for someone!Those who don't want to get involved hide away, watching the fun while persuading them, enjoying it.

At this moment, Lihua came out with a rope in her hand, raised her hand and slapped the whip hard on the ground!

After a few "clicks, clicks", the gangsters suddenly stopped their hands and looked at Lihua together.Lihua kicked away the stool at her feet, jumped onto the table, bent down and asked Cao, "The housekeeper is really majestic today! This is the first time I have seen you beat someone up, and you are quite powerful. You didn't go to the battlefield to be a Returning to the heroine, I really owe you this person!"

Mrs. Cao let go of Mrs. Gong's hand, raised her head on her hips and asked, "What are you doing with a rope? Do you want to whip me? I'm afraid your hand will soften after a few strokes!" "In terms of violence, I can't compare to you." , I don’t have time to fight like you with disheveled hair!”

Lihua straightened her waist and walked back and forth on the table and said, "Everyone, everyone has seen that Housekeeper Cao insisted that the bone was her cousin. I wondered why she had to be the cousin with so many broken fingers." What about Uncle? Don’t passers-by from other villages or towns have severed fingers? Do you think it’s appropriate to recognize someone with just a severed finger?”

Everyone else started talking, and some shook their heads.Mrs. Cao took a breath, straightened her hair that was messed up by Mrs. Gong and said, "Then you go and ask, are there any people with severed fingers missing in the nearby villages? There are few foreigners in Zique Village." How can there be such a coincidence when people come and go?"

"So," Li Hua said, looking down at her with her head down, "Is it possible that your cousin's yamen will only know if this bone has been inspected by the yamen."

"How to test? Apart from the severed finger, there is nothing wrong with the bone!"

"If you could tell, Wu Zuo would have lost his job a long time ago. Housekeeper, I'm curious, why are you so sure that the bone is your cousin? Could it be that you watched him fall?"

Mrs. Cao was stunned, and became more angry, and shouted angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could you, a foreigner, know what happened back then?"

"Well, since it's a murder case, it should be reported to the government, and you can't be lynched to extract a confession! The government said that the bone was your cousin, and they wanted to bring Aunt Yuan for questioning, and I will send her there without further ado! But today you want to rely on your own strength to act wild here, and I will not obey! If you don’t report to the official, I will send someone to report to you! By the way, let’s forget about your breaking into a private house and beating people today Oh, that's right." Lihua squatted down, shook the rope in her hand, pointed at Gao Sangu and smiled, "Sangu, you still remember the account you made last time! You haven't forgotten it, right? As I said, you Come to my yard again to beat people and make trouble, new and old scores will be settled together!"

(End of this chapter)