After watching the excitement and eating candies, the villagers went home to work.
When the village chief was about to leave, he was grabbed by Lin Xiao:
"Village Chief, please stay here. If you don't mind, could I please have lunch with you?"
In the Daxia Dynasty, many people only ate two meals a day.
If you have breakfast when you wake up in the morning, you will not have lunch until the second meal in the evening, and go to bed directly after eating.
If you don’t have breakfast in the morning, you will have a long lunch, so that you can have dinner in the evening and work together!
As for Lijiacun, everyone basically eats two meals in the morning and evening, and no meal at noon.
It’s not that I’m not hungry, it’s that I’m really poor!
The village chief hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders. I also rely on my sister-in-law's blessing!"
Lunch is fragrant rice, stir-fried wild boar with wild vegetables and fish soup.
Not to mention Mother Li and others, even the village chief has never tasted such sweet and delicious rice. Coupled with the blessing of salt brought by Lin Xiao, the taste of the dish is also extremely delicious.
Therefore, everyone enjoyed the meal and their happiness soared.
After dinner, Lin Xiao asked the village chief to be a witness.
If Li's mother had been alive, she would have asked Li Yuyan to come over from time to time to deliver daily necessities such as rice, salt, and sugar.
If Mother Li dies, she will immediately cut off the supply of these things.
How can Liu Ruyan, who has eaten fine food, be willing to eat glutinous rice again?
She repeatedly promised that she would take good care of Mother Li in the future and worship her as a Bodhisattva.
On the way back, everyone who saw Li Yuyan smiled.
Thinking about the face he avoided when he came just now, Li Yuyan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He admired Lin Xiao more and more.
It was obvious that he was inviting the village chief to a meal, but in reality he was asking for something but remained calm. Instead, he let the person being asked take the initiative to offer help.
Furthermore, with the most respectable person in the village serving as a witness, Liu Ruyan and his wife did not dare to make things difficult for Li's mother anymore.
The method is really clever!
"Thank you for what happened today. In fact, there is really no need for you to do this. They... they are not that kind to me."
Li Yuyan thought for a while and decided to tell the truth to Lin Xiao. He was afraid that Lin Xiao would respect Mother Li and the others because of him in the future.
He is not a holy lady, and he will never do anything like repaying evil with kindness.
"Don't worry, I will only do some superficial things. At least they raised you. We have to repay this favor, don't we?"
How could Lin Xiao, who has a clear mind like a mirror, not know what kind of life Li Yuyan lived in Lijiacun?
Liu Ruyan can be so unscrupulous in insulting and even openly attack Li Yuyan (Li Yuyan), obviously because she has the support of Li Yugua, a half-hearted guy.
Even though he is not too old or too young for his mother, it can be seen how mean he was to the unmarried Li Yuyan (Li Yuyan)!
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao felt very sorry for Li Yuyan, and she said seriously:
"It doesn't matter if we don't go back to my parents' house in the future! I can let anyone deliver the things when the time comes. In short, you can't go back and be wronged!"
Lin Xiao's heart-warming words went straight to the softest part of Li Yuyan's heart.
He suddenly felt that his nose was sour, and he turned his head away with a slight "hmm" to prevent Lin Xiao from seeing the crystal tears in his eyes.
Without the gift for Mother Li, the two of them walked much faster.
Within half an hour, the two of them had returned to Linjia Village.
As soon as I entered the village, I saw Aunt Wu standing at the entrance of the village with an anxious face, looking out of the village, as if she was waiting for someone.
Seeing Lin Xiao, Aunt Wu's eyes lit up and she hurried forward:
"It's not good, it's not good, Xiao Linzi, go back and take a look, your house is in trouble!"
Water leakage means fire.
As soon as Li Yuyan heard that there was water in his home, he immediately ran back, followed closely by Lin Xiao.
The courtyard had been completely burned, and the three large rooms were ablaze.
The villagers who came to put out the fire stood not far away with wooden basins and buckets in their hands, with helpless expressions on their faces.
The black charcoal dust on their faces and muddy shoes showed that they had tried their best.
"Xiao Linzi, you are finally back!"
Lin Xiaowu came up to him and said:
"Don't worry, you two. I've asked my mother-in-law to go to my house and clean up the empty room. You two can stay in my house temporarily!"
How could such a good person lose water?
And when I went to Lijiacun today, looking at Li's mother's expression, I knew that she obviously didn't expect to see Li Yuyan (Li Yuyan) again.
So who actually spread the word that Li's mother was terminally ill and wanted to see her daughter for the last time?
The person who spread the word obviously wanted to keep them away so that he could enter her home and achieve his ulterior motives!
And this ulterior purpose must be related to money!
Lin Xiao made a lot of money by killing giant pythons and making salt.
In this feudal society with little food, clothing or warmth, there are obviously many jealous people.
Since that person has already committed robbery and arson, let’s take this opportunity to draw out this scourge and uproot it!
As a result, Lin Xiao pretended to be anxious and was about to rush into the fire. Fortunately, Li Yuyan lazily hugged her.
She waved her two helpless hands, imitating Liu Ruyan and cried and sang:
"My money~~My hard-earned money~~My life-earned money~~"
This cry made everyone present unmoved.
They all saw the money Lin Xiao earned, it was indeed hard money, and they even gave them a share of the pie.
"Xiao Linzi, don't be afraid. Silver is not afraid of fire. Wait until the fire is out before you go get the silver. The money will definitely be there."
A village woman consoled her.
"Yes, they say that real gold is not afraid of fire, and silver is certainly not afraid of fire, so don't worry!"
"Yes, when the fire is out, aunt will help you search for it."
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Other village women also expressed comfort.
Firstly, they really felt sorry for Lin Xiao, but secondly, they were also afraid that Lin Xiao would never recover from the fall. Where would they go to "pick up" money for nothing?
"Aunts, do you really think this fire was an accident?"
Lin Xiao pretended to be sad and angry.
"Master, do you mean that someone set this fire on purpose?"
Li Yuyan naturally knew that the fire must be man-made, but he still pretended not to know anything and deliberately sang in harmony with Lin Xiao.
"Let's not mention that we have extinguished all the sparks before going out. Let's just talk about the intensity of the fire. How can it be that the fire in the back room is stronger than the fire in the kitchen?"
The villagers couldn't help but nod when they heard this.
"Yes, I was the first to notice the fire. It was indeed that the fire in the back room was stronger than in other places."
One villager said.
Lin Xiao nodded and continued:
"Why is the fire in the back room stronger than in other rooms?"
"Obviously the person who set the fire first went to the back room and stole the money, and then set the fire. The purpose was to destroy the corpses and eliminate traces!"
"And I dare to guess that the person who set the fire must be an acquaintance. Otherwise, how would he know that I put the money in the back room instead of the kitchen or study?"
Don’t pick up the red envelopes on the roadside!
This is what I heard from a master.
It is said that a man was walking on the roadside and saw a hundred-dollar bill with a red string and a piece of red paper tied to it.
He picked up the hundred dollar bills just for the sake of convenience.
I opened the red paper and saw it said "I'll lend you five years of great luck".
The man didn't pay attention. He thought it was nonsense and threw away the red paper. He took the money and went to have a nice meal.
The next day, he started to feel something was wrong...