Chapter 206 Taking in 1
I saw more than twenty people, including men and women, and without exception they were all strong and powerful people.
The men have strong muscles, with muscle lines faintly visible on the upper arms, while the women have broad shoulders and round waists, stronger than many men in their Shanshui Village!
After hearing Bai Manshan's shouting, they swarmed forward quickly but not chaotically.
The men stood in small groups, one group reached out to grab Uncle Huang's hands, snatched the old hen from his hand that was tied tightly with a straw rope, and carried him out of the chicken shed; the other group did the same thing.
With the absolute advantage of strength, they were lifted directly out of the chicken shed.
Just as Fan's mother was about to shout, two big-bodied and round-waisted women stepped forward with smiles. One on the left and one on the right stretched out their hands to support Fan's mother's creaking nest, and lifted her feet out of the chicken coop without touching the ground.
Fan's mother was still shouting: "My son! This belongs to my son!"
Bai Manshan didn't care about the people he brought. He acted as if he didn't hear anything and just followed Bai Manshan's instructions to 'send' the people to Fan Qian's yard before letting go and leaving.
Li Wen and the others were all stunned.
I secretly thought that no wonder Magistrate Wu wanted to hire servants. This is so useful!
Hit wherever you point.
Fan's mother sat on the ground in the yard, slapping her thighs and crying.
Uncle Huang and Uncle Huang were yelling at each other.
The old village chief walked slowly on crutches, glanced at the situation in the yard, and heard the men in the village who followed his son lively explaining what happened, and he felt confident.
He said to the people in the yard: "We are two families after we separate. If we go to catch other people's chickens and just send you back instead of hunting them out, it is already considered a great kindness."
The onlookers kept nodding.
Mother Fan's face was covered with tears and snot, she scratched her neck and said: "That's my son, what's wrong if I eat one or a few of his chickens!"
Grandma Xu shook her head, "Then why are we still splitting up? Besides, even if we don't split up, the chickens at home are very valuable, so we can't just eat them as long as we want."
Not to mention chickens, even eggs are reluctant to part with them. Most of them are saved and exchanged for coarse salt.
"Aunt Fan, are you willing to eat your eldest son's chickens, ducks and geese like this?" the young daughter-in-law couldn't help but ask.
From hatching to hatching, if ten cubs emerge from more than ten or twenty eggs, it is considered a great success.
When I still have cubs, I am worried about dogs, cats, rats and weasels... It is not easy to grow up to the point where I can lay eggs.
Who would be willing to eat it if it’s not the New Year or the festival?
There are still a few to eat.
Aunt Fan relied on sister-in-law Shui Qing's family to have many chickens, but the chickens were fed by others, not because of Aunt Fan's mother-in-law!
In the busy discussion, not a single one of them agreed with Fan's mother's actions, and the older and more senior ones even made some accusations.
Uncle Huang and Uncle Huang didn’t expect that the third sister’s popularity in the village was so poor!
Before, I expected everyone to come together to accuse the unfilial son and unfilial daughter-in-law.
Now, people are attracted to criticize them.
Unable to get angry, Erjiu Huang shouted angrily: "As elders, we can eat whatever we want!"
The villagers in Shanshui Village were not all gentle and kind. They stood up fiercely, pointed and cursed: "You are an uncle from your natal family, how dare you lick your face and follow them to catch chickens! Isn't it a shame?"
"I can tell you that those chickens have a purpose. People in our village used to worry about you being an elder, but it's different now. Have you seen those men just now?
If you try again, I'm afraid you won't be able to be as polite as you were just now. "
"Hurry up and play tricks again. I will really cripple you. We will only say nothing when the government comes and we didn't see it!"
"Government? How serious are the floods nowadays? How can the government have time to take care of such a mess in our village?"
Although you can't use your hands, you can still use your mouth. The people surrounding him are not polite.
Uncle Huang realized that he really couldn't take advantage of his little nephew, so he rolled his inverted triangular eye in a circle and landed in his eldest nephew's room.
He waved to Uncle Huang, and the two of them secretly looked at each other to signal that they would no longer talk to the villagers.
No matter whether we try to rob him again or count on the villagers in the village to criticize us, it seems that it is impossible.
The villagers in Shanshui Village did not help Sanmei, the mother-in-law, but instead helped Fan Jin's family. This was really unexpected.
But it's okay, there is nothing for the little nephew, and there is the third sister and the eldest nephew, so I can't go back empty-handed.
Fan's mother and Fan Qian in the room suddenly felt chills on their backs...
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The Shuiqing courtyard was buzzing with people at the moment.
There were originally more than ten people in the family, plus the more than twenty people brought by Bai Manshan. Everyone did not enter the house, but sat casually on the wind and rain corridor in the yard, chatting in the breeze.
Mother Hu, Qin Yi, Lin Ding Jiajia were busy in and out to help bring tea out.
Bai Ziqian asked Bai Manshan about his recent situation. Bai Manshan gave a brief explanation and introduced the people he brought to Shui Qing and Fan Jin.
Twenty-three people, eighteen men and five women, all in their prime and are good at work.
Shui Qing and others were originally wondering how Bai Manshan knew they were short of people? It just brings the most lacking strength.
After hearing their experiences, I realized that all the young and old had died in the flood.
If these five women had not relied on their strength to cling to the broken trees, they would have died without knowing how to swim.
The scene suddenly fell into silence.
"Well, we who are still alive have to look forward. Thanks to Master Bai this time, otherwise, if we stayed in Zhulin Village, we who are still alive would only become refugees from disaster victims." A woman said with all her strength.
With the beginning, it was much easier to open up the rest of the heart: "Yes, if Master Bai hadn't woken us up regardless of his own safety, even we wouldn't have survived."
"Master Bai is a good man, and he took us to the owner of Nanning Prefecture to redeem the indenture."
"Without Master Bai, we don't know how to live in the future."
Bai Manshan waved his hand hurriedly, and quickly told his son Shuiqing Fan Jin and his group that Hong Daniu had also saved him.
Bai Ziqian stood up and bowed solemnly to Hong Daniu.
Hong Daniu stood up awkwardly, not knowing where to put his hands and feet.
The brothers Hong Mancang and Hong Manku hurriedly stood up and came up to help Bai Ziqian, "No, no, it was Master Bai who saved us first!"
"If we talk about saving lives, he saved the three of us, father and son, so his kindness is even greater."
Bai Manshan said loudly: "Mancang and Manku, let him worship, your father deserves it!"
The previous depressing atmosphere finally improved a little.
Bai Manshan asked Shuiqing again: "Big sister, is there anything to eat? It doesn't matter what, just make something to fill your stomach, I'm so hungry!"
When the flood came, his horse and the package of silver on the saddle were all washed away.
Fortunately, the merchant sewed gold pieces on the collar of his coat, and it was thanks to the sewing of the gold pieces that he bought the indentures of these people from their boss.
Otherwise, when he took the silver and returned, I'm afraid they would either become refugees or be sold to other families by their boss.