Mrs. Liu used everyone carefully, not even daring to let them know what they were doing.
Liu Gui came soon. This time, Nanny Liu was still guarding the door. The voices in the room were very soft. Even if she listened with all her concentration, she could only hear a few words.
But Grandma Liu didn't want to hear it. She would walk a little further, sit directly outside the railing, and then look at the blooming flowers in the yard in a daze, so that she would not hear the sound inside.
"...The younger one took the others and carefully searched for places where things might be hidden along the way, but couldn't find anything. Recently, we went into the mountains every day and started searching the land, intending to dig through it bit by bit."
"How long will that take?"
"I don't know," Liu Gui lowered his head and said, "Mianshan is very big, and there are many places with dense trees. Even people can't get down there, so the search is very slow."
What Liu Gui didn't say was that finding a package of things in this mountain was more difficult than finding a drop of water in a river, and you might not be able to find it in your lifetime.
Mrs. Liu closed her eyes and said, "I understand, just do your best."
"Yes." Liu Gui quietly stepped back.
Aunt Liu smiled when she saw him and sent him out personally, "It's too hot. Don't always bask in the sun outside. Walk under the trees more often..."
Liu Gui responded and also cared about his mother, "You are not young anymore. You just came back from Yizhou with the old lady. You need to have a good rest."
"I know, I know. I didn't do anything with the old lady, just holding cups of tea. I have a little girl to take care of me. How can I be so hard?" Grandma Liu looked at his face and said: "
It's you, why do I look at you darker than when you were in the first grade of junior high school?"
Liu Gui's silly joy.
Aunt Liu was extremely worried, "It's only been a few days and you've become so dark..."
Aunt Liu sent Liu Gui to the gate of the courtyard and ran into three children. The two parties couldn't help but pause. Bai Shanbao had already seen Liu Gui, rubbed his eyes, and simply ran over and stared at him.
He asked with a straight face, "Isn't this Uncle Liu Gui? When did you come to the house?"
Liu Gui smiled and said: "Master, you have forgotten, I came here years ago, and now I am in charge of the land behind you."
"Ah? How can you take care of these few acres of small land if you leave the big farm at home?" And it was done quietly. You must know that before the Great Autumn Festival, Bai Shanbao and Liu Gui were the best.
He looked at Liu Gui suspiciously, "You didn't make a mistake, did you?"
Liu Gui's face froze.
When Bai Shanbao saw it, he thought he was embarrassed to admit it.
He sighed and said, "What mistake did you make? Do you want me to help you intercede with your grandmother?"
"No, no need," Liu Gui said quickly, "Master, I just can't bear to leave you and the old lady. Besides, my mother is here too. There's nothing wrong with being here. She usually works on the land and runs errands for the old lady."
Bai Shanbao rolled his eyes and said, "What if I ask you to come over and you become the head of the village for me?"
Manbao, who was just standing aside in a daze, was not happy when he heard this. How could the leader of the village be changed casually?
So he stretched out his hand and tugged at the corner of Bai Shanbao's clothes. Bai Erlang was not too happy either. He and Bai Zhuangtou were having a good time, so he didn't want to change people.
Moreover, Liu Gui looked fierce at first glance, and he didn't like it.
Bai Shanbao also reacted, frowning in distress.
Liu Gui refused with a smile and said: "The young master of Bai Village also knows that he is an honest village leader, and he was given to the young master by the old lady. How could the young master change without going through the old lady?"
Bai Shanbao rubbed the back of his head and smiled, a little embarrassed.
He watched Liu Gui and Aunt Liu walk away with some regret, "Uncle Liu Gui is very powerful, he can do anything. I was bullied when I was in Longzhou, and he helped me get back on my feet many times."
After saying that, he glanced at Man Bao, meaning, you will regret not using him.
Man Bao said, "But Zhuangtou Bai didn't do anything wrong. If you suddenly replaced him, he would be very sad. And what should I do if the long-term workers in the village refuse to obey?"
She said: "When it comes to matters in my family, as long as I take the lead, my father always calls me eldest brother, and my mother always calls me eldest sister-in-law. My second brother and second sister-in-law are never allowed to pass over eldest brother and sister-in-law. My mother said that this is the only way.
Only my eldest brother and sister-in-law can instruct people in the family."
Bai Shanbao was surprised. He didn't expect that his family, so small, would be so particular.
Man Bao said: "For example, my fourth brother doesn't like to listen to my second brother, and my fifth and sixth brothers don't like to listen to my fourth brother either."
While the three of them were talking, they went to visit Mrs. Liu in the main courtyard. Mrs. Liu took the three children and looked at them again and again, and then said: "You guys go to rest first, wake up later and have some snacks before going to class. School will be over in the afternoon.
When you come home again, I will ask the kitchen to prepare delicious food for you."
Man Bao agreed first, but in fact she told Bai Shanbao and ran home as soon as she went to school in the afternoon.
If something big happened at home, she would definitely go home and take a look.
But after one afternoon, the mood of Lao Zhou's family members had stabilized, and Lao Zhou had even received a signed letter of guarantee.
He discussed it with Mr. Qian and decided that he still had to buy a coffin. He whispered: "We will pick up their bones overnight and put them away. We will only tell the public that the coffins we put there are clothes."
Mr. Qian nodded and asked, "What about breaking pots and beating flags..."
Lao Zhoutou thought for a while and said: "Let Lao Liu go, he is the youngest, or we can discuss it with the boss and everyone. If they agree, let Datou go and Manbao also wear mourning clothes..."
Old Zhoutou's voice was almost inaudible, "In the future, Erlang's funeral will definitely be done by Datou..."
He is the eldest grandson of the eldest family, and Man Bao will always get married.
Qian thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask the boss and the others."
Of course Zhou Dalang had no objection. He also said: "He saved Datou's life. It should have been done in the first place."
Xiao Qian also nodded.
The matter was settled like this. When Man Bao came back, Lao Zhoutou was worrying about the food at home. As soon as he saw her coming back, he immediately waved her over and said, "Man Bao, what's left of the young master of the Bai family?"
Have you sold those three bags of wheat?"
"No, dad, what's wrong with you?"
"Oh, it's fine if you don't have it, it's fine if you don't have it," Lao Zhoutou said with a smile: "There is something big going on at home, and many people will come to eat at home, so the food at home is not enough. I plan to use the remaining three bags of wheat.
Bought it."
Lao Zhoutou smiled tenderly at his daughter, "Manbao, go and ask the young master, what is the price of food outside now? If it is cheaper, can you sell it to us cheaper? The summer food will be low soon.