novelhk Chapter 195 Pay me back the money quickly!
Chapter 195 Pay me back the money quickly!
After hearing Jiang Yuwei's instructions, everyone lost their appetite and quickly ate the wontons in their bowls, then went home to prepare.
As Liu stood up to leave, Jiang Yuwei grabbed her hand and said:
"Liu, it's too chaotic outside right now. I'm worried about you and your widow living in the old house. Let's live in the small courtyard tonight. There are empty houses here anyway. Let Goudan live in the idiot's room first. When the idiot comes back, let them live in the same room."
Jiang Yuwei pointed to another room and said:
"I was planning to turn this room into a study for Zhao'er, but let's not think about that now. You can stay here first. It's getting dark now, so you don't have to go back. Tomorrow morning, you can take Goudan back to pack your luggage and move here first. We can talk about it after this storm is over."
Liu was panicked when she heard Jiang Yuwei's words. She didn't even have a man in her family. If bandits really came, she would be powerless to resist. She didn't expect Jiang Yuwei to have made plans for her. So she was grateful and pretended to pull Goudan to kneel down in front of Jiang Yuwei.
Fortunately, Jiang Yuwei was quick to support Liu.
"What are you doing? Get up quickly."
Liu said with red eyes:
"Yuwei, I will never forget your kindness. You helped me when I was in the most difficult time. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to hold on until now. Don't worry, I will listen to you in the future. I will do whatever you say, and my dog Dan will do the same."
As Liu spoke, she patted Goudan on the head. Goudan nodded and said:
"Aunt Yuwei, I will listen to you too!"
Jiang Yuwei burst out laughing when she saw the two of them doing this:
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Go back to the house and clean up first. We still have to go to the backyard to dig a tunnel later."
After hearing this, Goudan scratched his head and said:
"Aunt Yuwei, what is the underground?"
Jiang Yuwei touched Goudan's head and said with a smile:
"You'll know in a minute."
After Jiang Yuwei settled Liu's mother and son, she went to the backyard to find Ning Daya.
"Daya, we may have to flee at any time in this situation. I am most worried about you here. If one day we are forced to move our family, are you willing to go with us?"
After hearing this, Daya hurried forward, grabbed Jiang Yuwei's hand and cried:
"Sister Yuwei, Daya will go wherever you go. Daya is willing to work as a farmhand for Sister Yuwei for the rest of her life. I only ask Sister Yuwei not to throw me into that den of tigers and wolves again."
Jiang Yuwei looked at Ning Daya with pity and said:
"Daya, I've been wanting to tell you this for a long time. If you want to go with us, why don't I just go and tell your grandma that I want to buy you, so that she won't accuse me of kidnapping her child. It will be very troublesome to explain it later, and I'm afraid I won't be able to bear such a crime by then."
After hearing this, Ning Daya said with red eyes:
"I, I really don't know how to thank you, Sister Yuwei, you are so kind to me. I am willing to follow you around in the future and work for you like a cow or a horse!"
Seeing Ning Daya's red eyes, Jiang Yuwei couldn't help but patted her hands with a smile and said:
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. We have cows at home, so there's no need for you to work like a slave for me. Go pack up and come out to dig a tunnel with us."
After hearing this, Ning Daya nodded in agreement.
Jiang Yuwei went out again to close the doors to the front and back yards, and then went to the front yard to check whether the crossbow mechanism she had made in the afternoon was working properly. After everything was done, Jiang Yuwei called everyone into the yard.
"Huaizhi, you and Ning Wan will be responsible for holding the lantern for us. Liu, Daya and Goudan, the four of us will dig the tunnel according to the blueprint I drew. If we can't finish it tonight, we can continue digging tomorrow. This tunnel will be our escape route in the future, so we must hurry and dig it to avoid emergencies."
After hearing Jiang Yuwei's instructions, everyone went to the backyard to dig a tunnel. Jiang Yuwei boiled several large pots of hot water in advance, so that everyone could go back to the house to take a bath after finishing their work, so that they could sleep more comfortably. In order to help everyone relieve fatigue, Jiang Yuwei added a lot of spiritual spring water into the pots.
Jiang Yuwei thought it was time to give Ning Zhao a medicinal bath, so she moved the bathtub into Ning Zhao's room first. Seeing that Ning Zhao's spirit had recovered well, Jiang Yuwei was most relieved that Ning Zhao's fever had subsided and he did not become a fool. He just needed to take another medicinal bath to consolidate his condition.
Seeing that Ning Zhao was able to take care of himself, Jiang Yuwei let Ning Zhao take a bath by himself.
"Zhao'er, soak for a while, dry yourself, and get into bed to warm yourself up. Don't worry about the bathtub. Wait for me to come back and clean it up. This is honeysuckle water. Drink more after you take a bath, and you'll be fine tomorrow."
Ning Zhao nodded obediently.
Jiang Yuwei went to the kitchen to add a few pieces of wood to Ning Zhao's kang, and then went to the backyard to dig a tunnel with Liu and the others. They stayed up until midnight, and Jiang Yuwei told everyone to fetch water, take a bath, and go back to the house to sleep.
next day
Jiang Yuwei just got up and saw Ning Zhao practicing in the yard, so she smiled and said:
"Zhao'er, are you all right? Wear enough clothes, don't sweat and catch a cold again."
Ning Zhao nodded and said:
"I feel fully recovered now, thanks to my mother's caring care. My father told me about the bandits. I need to practice more martial arts now so that I can protect my mother and Wan'er in the future."
Jiang Yuwei saw Goudan coming out of the room and said to him:
"Goudan, go learn some life-saving skills from Ning Zhao, so that you can have some self-defense skills in the future and protect your mother."
After hearing this, Goudan happily stood behind Ning Zhao and followed Ning Zhao to practice basic skills.
Jiang Yuwei prepared breakfast and said to Ning Huaizhi:
"I won't go to the shop today. You can put all the goods from the backyard warehouse there, and then stop processing memberships. Just say that the membership quota is full and you can come back to apply when it's open in the future."
Ning Huaizhi naturally knew Jiang Yuwei's plan, so he nodded in agreement. Jiang Yuwei saw that the lotus flowers in the backyard pond were in bloom, so she called Liu and Daya to the backyard to pick the lotus flowers and lotus seeds, and then went to the front yard to demonstrate to Ning Huaizhi how to make a lotus bouquet.
Jiang Yuwei thought that since the shop had been open for just one day, she had to run it well, otherwise the money spent on buying the shop would be wasted.
After Jiang Yuwei finished giving instructions about the matters in the store, she asked Liu to take Goudan and Ning Zhao to move to the old house, while she took Ning Daya to Grandma Sun's house. As a result, as soon as they reached the gate of the courtyard, they saw Grandma Sun pouring a basin of dirty water outside the door.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei grabbed Ning Daya's hair and yelled at Grandma Sun with a fierce look on her face:
"You are such a black-hearted granddaughter! You knew very well that your granddaughter was a useless person who could do nothing, yet you still sent her to work for me as a farmhand! You even cheated me out of two taels of silver a year. I have sent her back to you! Pay me back quickly!"