Pastoral little master

Chapter 396 Stolen
Luhuapo has achieved great success, and the ancient county magistrate specially held a commendation meeting at the gate of the county government office.

Of course, the commendation conference was held for Qiduo.

In order to turn the barren hills and wastelands of Tonglin County into oases and add luster to his political achievements, the ancient county magistrate took great pains.
As soon as the gongs and drums sounded, the gate of the county government office was immediately crowded with spectators.
When the common people saw that it was a ten-year-old girl whom the magistrate of the ancient county was going to praise with great fanfare, they repeatedly expressed their surprise.

Within a day, Qiduo's name spread throughout Tonglin County, and she soon became a celebrity.

Many people even came to Qiduo's house to learn scriptures and asked how to make crops grow in barren mountains and wasteland.

All of a sudden, Qiduo changed from a celebrity to a busy person.

For the people who came to ask for advice, she warmly received them and took them to participate in Luhuapo. At the same time, she did not hesitate to give away her own high-quality vegetable, melon and fruit seedlings.

"Thank you, Miss Seven."

"Miss Seven, you are so kind."

"Miss Seven, when these tomatoes bear fruit, I will be the first to bring them to you for a taste."
Faced with Qiduo's enthusiasm and generosity, the people were also very moved, using the simplest language to express their most sincere emotions.
Qiduo responded with a smile, "Hehe, good, I must try the tomatoes you planted, Madam, it must be very delicious."

Everyone smiled and left, Qiduo's kind and gentle image penetrated into their hearts.
It didn't take long for Luhuapo's reputation to become a household name, and inadvertently led to Luhuapo's business chain, and more people came to buy vegetables and fish.

The business is on the right track, and with the help of the Xu family, Qiduo doesn't have to run away from Luhuapo in Tanjiazhuang, Tiantian County, as before.

She writes and calculates at home every day, draws up some plans, and sometimes goes to Luhuapo to have a look, or goes to the county town to communicate with customers to enhance relationships, and other times to go to Shen's house to see the chickens and ducks raised by Shen's family , to talk to Zheng Wanru.

The three Shen Nan brothers will be in autumn in two months, and Zheng Wanru's mood has also become inexplicably nervous.

The sons have studied hard for ten years, and they will soon see the outcome. How can a mother not be nervous.

One son from another family participated in Qiuwei, but she participated in three at the same time, and she was more disturbed than usual.
This time, if the three of Qiu Wei can win the Juren, then they will go to Beijing to take part in the examination, which is a big step closer to their official career.

Of course, after winning the exam, even if you can pass the exam, you still have status in the county. When people see him, they will respectfully address him as 'Master Juren'.

"Miss Seven, Madam sees you, and I feel much better. From now on, you should spend more time at home to talk with Madam. Recently, Madam has been having trouble sleeping and eating. Madam is worried about the three young masters." Seeing that Zheng Wanru was in a better mood, Mrs. Li was also happy, so she called Qiduo privately and said so.

"Don't worry, Aunt Li, I will often come to accompany my aunt. It's normal for my aunt to not eat well and sleep well. Any family with three sons taking the exam together will be nervous." Qiduo said softly.

Participating in Qiuwei is somewhat similar to the college entrance examination in the previous life.

I remember that my parents were more nervous than me when I was taking the college entrance examination.

So now I can especially understand Zheng Wanru's mood.
Knowing that Zheng Wanru was nervous, Qiduo specially talked to her more to relieve her mental pressure.
With Qiduo's company, Zheng Wanru's attention was diverted, and her mood was no longer so depressed.

Into the midsummer, the weather is getting hotter day by day.

I don't know if it has rained too much in the past few months. It hasn't rained for more than ten days recently, and the land is almost dry.

The weather is too dry, but it is hard for the farmers, who have to be busy carrying water to irrigate the fields every day.

In a few days, there will be double robbing, and every household is busy preparing straw ropes for binding rice and sharpening sickles for cutting rice.

The Tan family compound is also busy.

In the future, Mr. Tan will take the lead in doing these things, and now Tan Decai is in charge of leading them, while he himself is busy in the sauce shop.

This year's double grab, he is going to hire people to do the work in the fields.

"Hey, second child, why are you back?" Tan Decai, who was sharpening his knife, heard footsteps, raised his head, and saw Tan Deyin, who was wearing a blue shirt and carrying a bundle in his hand, entered the yard, he couldn't help asking curiously.

It's about to grab the rice harvester, and Tan Deyin ran back at this time, isn't he afraid of being caught by the old man to harvest the rice?

Tan Decai secretly slandered in his heart.

"Oh, it's okay, come back and have a look." Tan Deyin waved his hand, and his slightly loose blue shirt swayed a few times with his movements, as if he had lost some weight.

Not only is the person thinner, but there is also a hint of sadness between his brows and eyes.

After Tan Decai nodded, he continued to sharpen his knife with his head down.

Tan Deyin walked towards the main hall with his hands behind his back.

After a while, he walked back to Tan Decai and asked, "Third brother, why aren't father and mother at home?"

"Oh, dad went to the soy sauce shop, and mother brought sweet-scented osmanthus to the old man's house. It seems that he will have dinner at the old man's house at noon." Tan Decai said oh again.

Tan Deyin nodded slightly, his shrewd eyes rolled around.

"Well, it's so hot, I'll go sit in the house for a while, and then go to the old man to find my father." Tan Deyin nodded, and then entered the main room again.

Tan Decai snorted lightly, did not speak again, but sharpened his knife seriously.

About half an hour later, Tan Deyin came out from the main hall again, still carrying the blue cloth bag from before.

"Third brother, I'm leaving." Tan Deyin greeted Tan Decai, and then hurried out of the compound with his bag.

Tan Decai didn't stay with the guests either, so he put down his knife and went to the kitchen to drink water.

Wu, who was cooking, asked curiously, "What did the second son come back for, and where did he go now? I don't know what's in that bag?"

"You don't care what those do." Tan Decai glanced at Mrs. Wu, and responded very calmly.

Wu frowned.

No one took Tan Deyin's sudden return home to heart, so what to do.

After lunch, Mr. and Mrs. Tan brought Tan Guihua back from the sauce shop. Within half an hour, his mournful roar came from the main room.

This roar startled Tan Decai, who was sitting under the dripping eaves with his eyes closed, and almost fell off the stool.

He hurriedly opened his eyes, looked towards the direction of the main room, and then ran over.

"Father, dad, what's the matter?" Tan Decai shouted at the top of his voice as soon as he entered the room.

There was no one in the hall, and there were faint crying sounds from the inner room.

"Third son, you bastard, did you come into our house?" Mrs. Zhao lifted the curtain and rushed out with a broom in her hand.

She bared her teeth and grinned ferociously, as if she wanted to eat Tan Decai.

"Mother, I don't have any. I'm busy with straightening grass ropes and sharpening sickles all day today. I even eat in my room. I don't enter the main room at all. Besides, there is still a door on your door. If the lock is locked, even if I want to go in, I can't get in." Tan Decai was very aggrieved and complained.

Mrs. Zhao looked at Tan Decai coldly with squinted eyes, and then threw something at his feet, "Lock? Bah, you ruined the lock, and you can't help entering the inner room. Dead thing, give it to my old lady." Kneel down, kneel down, take out the stolen thing to my old lady, and my old lady can let it go, otherwise, don't blame my old lady for being ruthless."
"Mom, what are you talking about? What are you stealing? I... don't know what you mean at all." Tan Decai was stunned, not knowing why he became a thief after being so good.

When Tan Decai was arguing with Mrs. Zhao, Mr. Tan came out from the inner room.

The old man was stooped, his eyes were red and swollen, and he seemed to be ten years old all of a sudden.

Wu and her sons heard the quarrel here, and they all ran over to see what happened.

"Erlang, go and call your uncle and Qiduo over." Mr. Tan pointed at Erlang feebly, his voice was trembling, his eyes were cloudy, and he lost all his usual vigor.

Seeing his grandfather like this, Erlang was startled too, and didn't dare to ask why, so he hurried out of the courtyard and went to Qiduo's house.

"Uncle, Seventh Sister, something happened at home, Grandpa please go over quickly." Erlang came to Qiduo's house and explained the reason.

Every move is very calm, not like the previous sloppy appearance.
Years later, Erlang and Shiro began to work in the sauce shop. Although they did not do well enough, they did not make any big mistakes. This was really not easy for them.

Seeing this, Qiduo agreed with them to stay, and the monthly salary was the same as others.

Seeing that his grandson has made progress, Mr. Tan is also happy, and his eyes have changed when he sees them. He will ask them to help out if there is anything in normal times.

Perhaps because of the attention of their grandfather and family members, the inferiority of Erlang and Shiro has gradually subsided, and they have made great progress compared with before.

"Ah, what happened?" Qiduo and Tan Dejin asked at the same time.

"I don't know, but Grandpa seems to be crying, it should be a big deal." Erlang shook his head lightly.

Both Tan Dejin and Qiduo's heart sank, the old man cried, this matter is really not a trivial matter, they didn't dare to delay, they said something to Mrs Xu, and hurriedly followed Erlang to the Tan's compound.

The atmosphere in the main room was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe. Mr. Tan's face was as cold as water, and Mrs. Zhao's eyes were spitting fire, with a cannibalistic expression.

"Father, mother, what happened?" Tan Dejin asked very nervously.

Seeing that his parents were all well, he felt a little relieved, no matter what happened, as long as he was safe, everything else would be easy to solve.

Qiduo also thinks the same as him, as long as people are fine.

Old man Tan's shoulders were shaking, he raised his tearful eyes and glanced at his children and grandchildren, his lips moved, and then he lowered his head again.

This hesitant look is even more worrying.

Qiduo was impatient, so anxious that she almost shook her grandfather's shoulders to ask what was going on.

"Old man, it's already at this time, let's talk." Mrs. Zhao sighed and said sideways.

Mr. Tan nodded, and then said, "All the money in the house has been stolen!"

As soon as these words came out, Tan Decai's family took a deep breath. All the money was stolen, so how should they live in the future?
(End of this chapter)