When he woke up the next day, Chen Mo reluctantly went to hug Qin Xianglian and found that she had gotten up without knowing it.
When we came outside, the leftovers from last night were already hot.
Qin Xianglian was standing in the yard, drying her clothes in the morning sun.
The sunlight hit the slim figure, making the lotus-like arms appear whiter and whiter. When he turned around to see Chen Mo, his pretty face turned red like a morning glow.
"Sir, how did you sleep last night?"
Asking, Qin Xianglian recalled the storm and rain last night.
He walked with his head lowered and his legs trembling slightly, obviously he didn't dare to take big steps.
"My husband slept well, but you, my wife, seem to be ill." Chen Mo joked deliberately.
"No, it's not because of the officials?"
Qin Xianglian took two steps and pressed her forehead against Chen Mo's chest, her voice filled with sadness and self-blame.
"It's a pity that in the next year, the slave family will not be able to serve the officials like last night."
"Why?" Chen Mo was shocked.
Okay, what's wrong?
"When my mother was still alive, she said that the slave family would become pregnant after receiving the rain and dew from the officials, and they were not allowed to have sex before giving birth to an heir," Qin Xianglian explained.
puff……
Chen Mo almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. Isn't this woman too cute?
So I deliberately made a joke.
"If you can't have sex for a year, aren't you afraid of dying as a husband?"
"The slave family..."
Qin Xianglian raised her head, panicked, gritted her teeth and made up her mind.
"Otherwise, how about the slave family finds a matchmaker later and takes a concubine to comfort the officials?"
puff……
This time, Chen Mo finally couldn't help but squirt out.
Taking concubines?
Good thing she figured it out!
"Xianlian, let's not talk about the actual conditions of our family, but what if we just take a concubine? You can't take another concubine every time you have sex, right?"
"..."
After Qin Xianglian listened, she didn't know how to answer.
Seeing this, Chen Mo lowered his head and kissed Qin Xianglian's cheek, then hugged her into the house.
"Come, let's talk while we eat, and my husband will tell you a good story about husband and wife."
Bang bang bang...
At this moment, there was a rapid banging on the door outside.
"Chen Mo and Chen Shimei, get out of here."
Qin Xianglian's pretty face changed, and she said hastily: "My lord, your voice sounds like that scoundrel from Zhao Shan. How could he come to your door now?"
Zhao Shan?
Chen Mo frowned, remembering all kinds of things about this person.
A second-rate idler in Baijiazhuang, a scoundrel known to everyone in Qingyang Town.
Not only is he addicted to gambling, he is also very lustful.
When his own father died, he was using the money to buy a coffin to visit a brothel and drink wine, which was enough to show how bad his character was.
The most important thing is that because "Chen Shimei" was too weak, Qin Xianglian was often bullied and teased by him.
Chen Mo didn't have to think twice when such a person suddenly came to his door, and he knew that something bad was going to happen.
"Xianlian, you wait in the room, I'll go out and take a look."
"Officials, be careful."
Qin Xianglian warned, closed the door and looked through the gap.
"Chen Mo, if you don't get out, I'm going to tear down the door."
Outside, Zhao Shan was still howling at the top of his lungs.
"Whichever hand you use to open the door, I will chop off your hand."
Chen Mo responded coldly and opened the door.
He doesn't care what happened in the past, but from now on, Zhao Shan won't be able to get even the slightest advantage.
But what Chen Mo didn't expect was that Zhao Shan was accompanied by the village chief and two stickmen. Judging from their solemn expressions, they looked quite ready to attack the enemy.
"Why is the chief here? Please come in quickly."
Facing the head of a village, Chen Mo still had to show some courtesy. After all, under today's social system, the only people who can serve as village heads are wealthy gentry.
If you ask him to do something, you may not be able to get it done, but if you offend him, it will definitely disgust you to death.
Wang Fuxing waved his hand, glanced at Zhao Shan next to him, and took a step forward with a smile on his face.
"Shimei, whether you let me or not, I will definitely enter this door today. But it has nothing to do with the neighborhood and nostalgia, it's all because of official business."
Business?
Chen Mo was suspicious.
"you say."
"Yes, Li Chang."
Zhao Shan responded and stood directly in front of Chen Mo.
"Yesterday I came back from the county town and lost some money. Did you pick it up?"
After hearing this, Chen Mo laughed directly.
First, he was disdainful. Zhao Shanshan's method of playing rogue was a bit too clumsy.
The second is anger. How did Zhao Shan know about selling charcoal in exchange for ten taels of silver?
There is only one possibility. He was here last night and heard the sound coming from the wall.
In other words, all the conversations between himself and Qin Xianglian were heard.
"Zhao Shan, do you want to die?"
Chen Mo said and grabbed Zhao Shan's neck.
"Chief, help, help." Zhao Shan shouted at the top of his lungs, "Countrymen, come and see, Chen Shimei took the money and refuses to pay it back, and wants to kill people to silence her."
It didn't matter that he shouted, many people immediately heard the sound and rushed over.
"Chen Mo, are you really going to commit murder in front of the chief?" Wang Fuxing warned, "Also, did you get some money yesterday?"
roll!
Pushing Zhao Shan away, Chen Mo faced Wang Fuxing directly.
"If you go back to the village, I did get ten taels of silver yesterday."
Wow...
After Chen Mo finished speaking, there was an uproar on the scene.
Ten taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family to spend for a year.
Chen Mo is a bookworm who has never managed a living, so naturally he can't make any money.
As for Qin Xianglian, that is even more impossible.
Unless you sell your skin and bones on the strength of your extraordinary beauty.
Zhao Shan, on the other hand, hangs around in gambling houses all day long, so it is inevitable that he will have bad luck sometimes.
It seems that what he said is right, it is indeed Chen Mo who picked up the money and lost it.
It turns out that the minds of scholars are also evil.
Hearing that public opinion was on his side, Zhao Shan showed a proud and evil smile.
Last night, he went to a neighboring village to gamble and lost everything. He planned to steal Chen Mo's old cow and sell it, but he accidentally ran into something that made him even more excited.
Chen Mo not only made a fortune, but also slept with Qin Xianglian.
Zhao Shanna was envious and jealous, so he planned a plan overnight, so he led the village chief to find him early.
Today he wanted to get the money first, and then get Qin Xianglian into bed when Chen Mo was brought to justice.
"Chen Mo, since you admitted it, why don't you hand over the money quickly?" Wang Fuxing scolded.
"Why do I have to hand over the money I earned myself?" Chen Mo asked back.
"you……"
Wang Fuxing concluded his words and nodded angrily.
"Okay, okay, then tell me, how do you make money?"
"Selling charcoal." Chen Mo said bluntly, "If the mayor doesn't believe it, he can go to the three-acre peach orchard in the back mountain to have a look, or he can go to the county market to find out."
boom……
After Chen Mo finished speaking, the scene suddenly became commotion.
Why, are you reading like crazy?
Can you sell charcoal for ten taels of silver?
Go ahead and dream!
Let alone three acres of peach orchard, even ten acres would not be sold for half the price.
As for going to the county market to find someone to prove it, that's even more nonsense. It seems that Chen Mo is determined to be a villain who wants money but not morality.
"Chen Mo, even if you make it up, make it decent. Are you trying to fool the mayor into thinking he's a fool?" Zhao Shan shouted, fanning the flames.
"If you can't speak, just shut up."
After scolding Zhao Shan, Wang Fuxing's face turned colder.
"Chen Mo, you have seen the reactions of the neighbors. If burning charcoal can produce ten taels of silver, wouldn't everyone in our Baijiazhuang become a wealthy gentleman?"
"As for your suggestion of going to the county market to inquire, it is even more ridiculous. Then will you say that it is difficult to find witnesses there due to the heavy flow of customers?"
"What the chief means is that I am found guilty, right?" Chen Mo's voice was also a bit colder.
"You know best whether you are guilty or not." After Wang Fuxing finished speaking, he looked at the two stickmen and said, "Go in and search. As long as you find the silver, it will be irrefutable evidence."
"yes."
When the two responded, they were about to step forward with sticks.
Just when Chen Mo was about to step forward to stop him, a cold shout suddenly came from outside the crowd.
"The king is so powerful that he even dares to rob the old woman of her money?"