The darker the night, the colder it becomes. The winding river flows through Qingxiang Village, and a bright moon disk falls on the clear river water.
Master Zhan Ba and Lin Shuanglan waited for a long time and finally expected Master Zhan Jiu to come back.
The lights in the courtyard of the Zhan family's courtyard were dimly lit, and Master Zhan Jiu's steps were slow. When he saw Master Zhan coming up to him, Master Zhan Jiu waved his hand, unwilling to speak, and went back to his yard directly.
"This..." Master Zhan looked at him.
"Will we drive Ah Li away?" Lin Shuanglan asked anxiously.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhan Jiuye, who had just left after seeing him, reappeared.
"Uncle Jiu!" Lin Shuanglan ran quickly.
Master Zhan Jiu came to call for someone. He called the housekeeper and asked the housekeeper to call Master Mo Wu.
"Why are you calling him?" Zhan Baye was confused.
"He has the list of names in the village," Zhan Jiuye said solemnly, "I want to choose someone."
"Choose someone?" Zhan Baye said.
"Go quickly," Zhan Jiuye looked at the housekeeper, "go back quickly!"
The stars are gathering more and more, and they are getting fainter.
At dawn the next day, with cocks crowing and dogs barking, several village stewards headed by Mo Wuye went door to door and started knocking on the door.
When the sun was high in the sky, all the militiamen in the village, as well as the women in their prime, gathered in the large open space in front of the village ancestral hall.
Qingxiang Village is a large village with nearly a thousand people.
Mo Wuye cleared his throat and said loudly: "I called you here today to deal with the woman who came to make trouble in our village yesterday. Although we shouldn't be so aggressive, this woman is domineering and arrogant..."
"Everyone!" Zhan Jiuye's voice rang out, overshadowing Mo Wuye, "I called you here today because of important matters! When I leave Miss Ali behind, she will select a hundred people from you to do the work.
If you are selected, please do not embarrass our Qingxiang Village!"
Mo Wuye paused and looked at him with his eyes open: "What?"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. They didn't know why and started talking about it.
"Miss Ah Li is a distinguished guest in our village. What happened last night, whether you were present or not, you all need to know that it was us who were rude first and we could not forgive her! Ah Hui's family should be thrown away!" Zhan Jiuye
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"What are you talking about!" Mo Wuye pulled him aside and whispered, "That's not what you said last night!"
"If I didn't say that, would you be so active in calling people here this morning?" Zhan Jiuye replied.
Mo Wuye took a breath: "You are kidding me!"
"We'll talk about this later!" Zhan Jiuye was about to walk back.
Mo Wuye pulled him: "No, you have to explain clearly, why do you want to keep that woman again?"
"I can't explain it to you!"
"But that woman..."
"Stop calling me that girl," Zhan Jiuye said seriously, "call me Miss Ali!"
"Miss Ah Li?" Mo Wuye looked at him in disbelief.
Master Zhan Ba is an outrageous person, and Master Mo discovered for the first time that Master Zhan Jiu is even more outrageous.
Zhan Jiuye turned back and continued mobilizing, with some warning.
Mo Wuye listened in a daze, stood for a while, then turned around and ran to find Zhan Qiye, who was in charge.
But next to Mr. Zhan Qi, there is also the lustful Mr. Zhan Ba, and the Mr. Lin who is always out of character.
Mo Wuye slapped his head with a headache when he was halfway through the run. What's wrong with this!
The sound of mobilization came in the distance, and Lao Tong didn't know whether to continue organizing things.
Zhi Changle was still sleeping, and so was Xia Zhaoyi.
Zhi Changle was very tired after traveling for days, while Xia Zhaoyi almost suffered from insomnia.
Although Xia Zhaoyi didn't say anything and her expression remained cold and calm, Lao Tong knew that she felt uncomfortable.
The mountains of corpses we saw were shocking, and the mountains and rivers we looked at were devastated, which would make anyone feel uncomfortable.
When she stopped to rest while on the road, Lao Tong often saw her looking at the dilapidated villages for a long time.
The light in her eyes seemed to be burning.
Just for now, should we organize it or not?
Xia Zhaoyi's door was opened at this time.
When Lao Tong heard the movement, he turned around and said, "Ah Li!"
When I saw her, she didn't look like she had just woken up.
"No need to sort it out," Xia Zhaoyi said, "They will be here soon."
"...Then we want to stay?"
"Um."
Lao Tong nodded and said, "Ah Li, are you hungry? I made some steamed buns!"
"Okay," Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "I'll go eat."
The smile was light, but I saw that she really wanted to laugh.
Alas, Lao Tong sighed, she used to love to laugh so much, but now she really doesn't even smile anymore.
Master Zhan Jiu will soon bring someone to find him, and Master Zhan Ba will also come.
Not only did Lin Shuanglan insist on coming, she also roped in her two little sisters.
A group of nearly twenty people stopped outside the courtyard.
Old Tong had not packed up the half-packed carriage yet. Seeing the appearance of the carriage, Master Zhan Jiu became anxious. Before Old Tong could come out, he pushed open the wooden door of the courtyard and went in: "Miss Ali!"
When Master Zhan saw this, he quickly followed suit.
"What are you doing!" Lao Tong came out of the kitchen and shouted angrily.
"Where's Miss Ali!" Zhan Jiuye said, looking up towards the kitchen.
The girl is sitting at the Eight Immortals table in the kitchen, eating.
He was eating a steamed bun slowly, and the spoon in his hand was slowly stirring the thin rice porridge.
She raised her eyes and looked outside.
Master Zhan raised his hand to touch his chest, how can he look so elegant and good-looking no matter how he eats!
"Miss Ah Li!" Master Zhan Jiu went straight in, "Miss Ah Li, please stay!"
"Yes! Stay!" Lin Shuanglan ran in and said.
The two little sisters who were following her didn't dare to come in and looked at her quietly outside the house, their eyes were filled with amazement.
It's not that they haven't seen good-looking people before. Those sisters from the Shi family are all famous beauties in the village, but their temperament and charming skin, as well as their dewy skin like shelled eggs, have never been seen by them before.
How could anyone be able to shine?
"Now that we have selected the person, you can also choose the land," Zhan Jiuye said. "The price is negotiable. Miss Ali, please stay."
"Okay." Xia Zhaoyi said.
She agreed so readily that Mr. Zhan Jiu didn't react.
"...So, Miss Ali agreed to stay?!" Zhan Jiuye said happily.
"Yeah, but Master Zhan Jiu, can you give me some time? I'll finish breakfast first and then we'll talk about drafting the contract later."
Master Zhan Jiu looked at her table and suddenly felt embarrassed: "That's natural. Miss Ali still invites you, so I'll go outside now."
"She is really different," Lin Shuanglan's little sister Bai Wuniang whispered, "What a special girl."
"She is so beautiful that she looks like she stepped out of a painting." Guo Suyun on the other side also said in a low voice.
When Lin Shuanglan heard her personal promise to stay, a big stone dropped in her heart.
"Miss Ali is very nice," she said. "She can read and is willing to teach me. I will definitely learn to write from her. When the time comes, I will teach you again! I want all the sisters in our village to learn it!"
"Yes!" Bai Wuniang nodded happily.
Guo Suyun glanced at them and then looked at the girl in the room.
She frowned slightly, feeling a little sour in her heart.
