Chapter 256 257 Xingfu Town

Ji Xiang smiled mischievously and poked Zhao Cai: "Quickly, tell me the truth about you and that girl."

There is a story; Li Yu and Zhou Jia both looked at Zhaocai, and Zhou Jia smiled and joked: "Hey! It seems that we have found a good wife for Zhaocai! Tell me which girl it is from."

"You're the only one with a quick mouth!" Zhaocai patted Jixiang and said with a blushing face: "Sir, it was the day after the Spring Festival when you released the results. Ruyi and I went to see the results and met a boy. In the end, we found out that it was actually a boy. Girl. After you left, I gave something to Master Lin, and I found out that she was Su Xiazhi, the daughter of Master Lin’s nanny. I'm the ruler."

Zhou Jia grabbed Zhaocai and laughed loudly: "Fool, it's been three years, why don't you write to me and tell me? Come on, I'll write to Brother Yuxuan to ask for my hand in marriage." "

"I just persuaded Xia Zhi's mother to agree." Zhaocai blushed and followed Zhou Jia to the study.

Li Yu looked at Jixiang and smiled: "Jixiang, where are you?" Jixiang glanced at Gu Yu who was standing aside, picked up Yangyang, and said with a smile: "Madam, please spare me! I don't want to trap myself. A bridle, right? Master Yangyang?"

Li Yu looked at Ji Xiang playing with Yang Yang and said with a smile: "The boss is not young anymore, he is still like a child."

Li Yu was thinking about going to Dafeng Mountain tomorrow, and said to Guyu who was standing aside: "Gu Yu, get ready. I will take Jixiang and you to go to Dafeng Mountain early tomorrow morning."

Gu Yu looked at Li Yu and thought she heard wrongly: "Madam, are you going to the Dafeng Mountain I told you about?"

Li Yu smiled and said: "Yes, I will take you and Jixiang to see it together?"

Guyu thought Li Yu was going for fun, so he waved his hand and said: "Madam, there is nothing interesting to see in the mountains at this time of year. It is colder up there than in the city, and the mountain roads are not easy to walk. In autumn, scholars occasionally go to the mountains to see the maple leaves. Most of them go there once." I don’t want to go there anymore, the road is really difficult.”

Li Yu did not explain, nodded and said: "Go and prepare!"

"Yes, madam." After Gu Yu responded, he thought that there were no extra beddings in the mountains, and he had to bring two thicker beddings. He had to go to Sister-in-law Xiaoyu to get these.

Li Yu told Jixiang about going to Dafeng Mountain tomorrow and asked him to prepare two changes of clothes. Jixiang agreed and packed his things.

"Come, son, mother will take you to take a bath." Li Yu picked up Yangyang and walked toward the bathroom, saying to him, "Does Yangyang like daddy?"

Yangyang raised his little hand: "I like it, daddy will take Yangyang to ride a big horse, hold it high!"

"Oh! Mom has to go out for a few days for something. Can Yangyang stay at home with daddy and ask Po Liu to prepare delicious meals for daddy?"

Yangyang looked at Li Yu and pouted: "Where is mom going? Yangyang is going too!"

"With Yangyang and Mom gone, no one will prepare Daddy's favorite meals. Daddy will be hungry when he comes home!"

Yangyang pouted her lips and nodded aggrievedly: "Mom, please come back soon."

Li Yu kissed him distressedly: "Mom must come back soon, my dear baby is still at home!"

Early the next morning, Zhou Jia and Yang Yang sent Li Yu out. Li Yu took Guyu and Jixiang and walked toward Xingfu Town under the warm sunshine of early spring.

Xingfu Town is a big town not far from Yunzhou Prefecture. The post road is flat. Several people arrived at the town at the beginning of the day. It happened to be the market in the town. The streets were crowded with people, including those carrying bamboo poles, carrying burdens, and villagers. They were so crowded together that the car couldn't move even after halfway through the journey. Li Yu simply asked Jixiang to find an inn at the entrance of the town, and stored the car and luggage in the inn. He said to Jixiang: "Jixiang, go buy a few stones of grain." , Gu Yu and I went to the vegetable market to buy some meat and vegetables."

"Yes." Jixiang responded and took the horse to buy food.

Li Yu and Guyu bought some sugar at the grocery store and walked to a place selling meat and vegetables in the town. When they arrived at the meat stall, they bought a hundred pounds of fat pork and asked the butcher to cut it into pieces of two or three pounds. They were going to give it to the old people on the mountain. weak.

When Gu Yu saw that what Li Yu bought was all fat meat, and knew that Li Yu was buying it for the folks in the village, he was moved to tears. The butcher cut the meat into strips and put them in the baskets they brought. Grab the bamboo pole and carry it on your back. Li Yu helped her lift the bamboo pole and put it on her back: "Okay, let's go buy some food or something, and then we'll go up the mountain."

Guyu said: "Madam, there are radishes, cabbage, taro and so on in the mountains. There is no need to buy vegetables and bring them up."

"Okay! There's no need to buy groceries. Let's go back to the inn and ask Jixiang to go up the mountain." The two of them turned around and walked back. They saw four gangster-looking men surrounding a gray-haired old vegetable seller to collect protection money. The old farmer He pointed tremblingly at the sauerkraut in the barrel and begged: "Brothers, please do well. The old man went out late. He didn't see any copper plates when he arrived in town. I'll make up for it later when I can sell the copper plates. But good?"

A ruffian with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks kicked the wooden barrel containing pickled cabbage and sneered: "Old man, do you know the rules? Everyone who comes to the town to sell vegetables has to pay a protection fee of 20 yuan. You can get it later. Who do you think your grandfather is?"

The old farmer bowed and begged: "Old man has never come here to sell anything. It's really because the old lady at home is sick and we don't have money for medical treatment, so I thought of selling some sauerkraut and give her some supplementary medicine. Please help me."

"Get out." A gangster kicked the bucket. The old man rushed to protect the sauerkraut in the bucket and said angrily: "Don't kick it over. I'm leaving now. I won't sell it."

The gangsters surrounded the old man in a arrogant manner and laughed wildly: "Do you think this is your home? You can come and leave whenever you want. If you want to leave, you can give the money first."

Li Yu saw that the people around him had packed up their things and hid far away. He knew that these people had been running rampant in the town for a day or two. He thought that it was only more than an hour away from Yunzhou City, so why was there no one there? Come on, I'm afraid someone is using these people to make money.

Li Yu stepped forward and asked, "Who allowed you to charge protection fees and act tyrannically in this town?"

When the old man saw Li Yu coming to help her as a woman, he was afraid that she would suffer a loss. He quickly let go of the barrel and said to Li Yu: "Thank you sister-in-law for helping me. I won't sell it to you, old man. You'd better leave quickly!"

When several local gangsters saw Li Yu, their eyes lit up and they surrounded him. They turned around and smiled and said, "Brother Cai, when did such a beauty come to this town?"

Guyu hurriedly stepped forward with a bamboo pole on his back, stretched out his arms to protect Li Yu, and shouted: "Go away, you dare to be rude to my wife!"

A ruffian laughed and said, "Hey! Brother Cai, listen to this. When did a lady come to town? Do you guys know about it?" Li Yu looked at the people coldly.

The gangster named Brother Cai glanced at Li Yu, stepped forward and held him in his ear: "Sledgehammer, look at her, she is more powerful than Mrs. Zhencheng, I'm afraid she has some background."

Sledgehammer chuckled and said, "Brother Cai, you are just too timid. Think about it; when have you ever seen a lady from a certain family come to the vegetable market to buy vegetables?"

"There's nothing wrong with being careful. Let's go! If we offend someone we shouldn't offend, Master Zhencheng won't be able to protect us." Brother Cai turned around decisively and said to several people: "Let's go."

The sledgehammer pointed at the old man and said, "I'll let you go, old boy." Several gangsters left in a show of force.