The sun was warm, and Wen's mother was lighting a fire to cook on the earthen stove in the courtyard. Suddenly, there was a sound of horses honking outside the courtyard.
"law!"
"My dear, I, Zhu Kaishan, am back!"
Bang!
Hearing the cry that she had been thinking about all day and night, Wen's mother trembled, and the spatula in her hand fell into the iron pot with a clang.
In a daze, Wen's wife thought she had heard wrongly. It was not until Zhu Kaishan's voice reached her ears again that she was convinced.
The man she longed for day and night is back!
Wen Ta Niang ran out of the yard excitedly. When she saw Zhu Kaishan and Li Jie, the tears in her eyes were like bursting from a dam, and they flowed down.
Zhu Kaishan got off the carriage, walked up and wiped the corners of Wen's mother's eyes.
"My dear, what are you doing?"
"You're finally back." Wen's mother gently hammered Zhu Kaishan's thick chest and replied complainingly: "You are an unconscionable person. You don't even send a message home. Do you know how many we have?" Worry?"
Zhu Kaishan laughed and hugged his old wife.
"I'm not back."
"Look!" As he spoke, Zhu Kaishan let go of Wen's mother and stood in a circle: "Are you missing any arms or legs?"
"screw you!"
Wen Tainiang touched the corners of her eyes, and happened to catch sight of Li Jie beside her. Only then did she remember that her son was still there, and her face suddenly turned red. Fortunately, her skin color was darker, so even if she blushed, she didn't blush too much. You can see it.
Li Jie took a step forward and greeted with a smile: "Mom, I'm back."
At this moment, a smell of mushy smell came from the courtyard, and Wen's mother slapped her head.
"Oh, the food in my pot!"
The Zhu family now has a total of five acres of land, and it is the busy farming season. It is certain that Chuanwu, Wenta Niang, and Xian'er alone will not be able to cultivate it all. In order to finish the plowing as soon as possible, the Zhu family hired several day laborers in the town. help.
As usual, the Zhu family not only had to pay, but also had to provide lunch for the day laborers.
This time the Zhu family hired a total of eight part-time workers, plus three people at home. It would take a lot of food to cook for more than a dozen people. The key is that what Wen's mother just cooked was meat.
Although Lao Zhu's family is much better off now, Wen's mother, who is used to living a hard life, still adheres to the habit of being prudent with money.
This big pot of cooked food made her feel so distressed that she couldn't care less about the joy of reunion and hurriedly rushed into the courtyard gate.
Seeing this scene, Li Jie and Lao Zhu couldn't help but look at each other and smile.
The two of them had put a lot of thought into bringing those boxes of gold with them when they came back this time.
Before setting off, the two bought a carriage at the market, and also bought a batch of worthless herbs for cover. In addition, they also made a large circle to avoid the bandits as much as possible. The place.
However, even so, the two of them encountered several groups of bandits on the way. Fortunately, the two of them were fully armed and had enough ammunition, and they were able to repel these bandits without any danger.
Not only that, they also robbed these bandits.
However, there is always a price to pay for taking a detour. No, the two of them walked for more than a month on a road that could have been completed in less than half a month.
"Chuan Wen, you go to the kitchen and look at the fire. Mom, go to the fields and call Xian'er back."
After a while, Wen's mother ran out again in a hurry.
"Xian'er would be so happy if she knew you were back. You don't know how much she has missed you during this period, and the people she missed have lost weight."
Speaking of Xian'er, Li Jie couldn't help but smile warmly.
This girl, I haven’t seen her for a long time, and she has some weird thoughts.
Not long after Wen's mother left, Li Jie heard a crisp shout from outside the door.
"Brother Chuanwen!"
"Brother Chuanwen!"
Hearing this familiar voice, Li Jie put down the spatula in his hand, wiped his hands, and walked towards him with small steps.
"Brother Chuanwen!"
Xian'er's eyes immediately turned red when she saw the figure she thought about day and night. Like a swallow returning to its nest, her delicate body swayed and she threw herself into Li Jie's arms and hugged Li Jie tightly.
At the same time, the tears in his eyes couldn't stop flowing down his reddish cheeks.
Li Jie's eyes were full of tenderness, he gently stroked her silky hair, lowered his head and whispered in her ear.
"I'm back."
"Brother Chuanwen, I...I miss you so much."
Xian'er rarely boldly revealed her true feelings, and then she leaned into his arms coquettishly.
"How much do you want it?"
Li Jie gently pushed Xian'er away and lowered his head to look at the shy woman in front of him. After not seeing each other for a while, Xian'er looked even more dewy. Coupled with her pink and peach blossom cheeks, she was really pretty.
As a woman of the old times, Xian'er had never been teased like this before. What's more, she saw Zhu Kaishan standing in the courtyard out of the corner of her eyes. Upon discovering this, Xian'er immediately lowered her head shyly and said like a mosquito.
"Brother Chuanwen, you always tease me."
Inside the door, Zhu Kaishan saw the intimate interaction between the two and couldn't help but nodded, his brows filled with joy.
This is the day he has dreamed of.
The family is reunited, the place does not need to be big, just enough to live in, and the money does not need to be much, just enough to support the whole family.
However, the next second, Zhu Kaishan's expression suddenly changed, adding a hint of worry. Immediately, his eyes turned to the sack on the side, which contained not only herbs, but also hundreds of 'big yellow croakers'.
If he had known what the boss was thinking, he might not have wanted to transport the money back.
Now in his eyes, the money is no longer money, but trouble.
Perhaps, it is still the root of the problem.
On the way back, Li Jie once told him where the money would go in the future.
As the saying goes, a fire at the city gate affects the fish in the pond. Japan and Russia have been at war in the three eastern provinces for a long time because of this sudden war and a cowardly Qing government.
The people in the three northeastern provinces have suffered a lot, and countless people have been displaced.
The world is in chaos, the common people cannot survive, and more and more people are going astray. Nowadays, there are countless bandits, large and small, in the Northeast. Banditry has seriously threatened the daily life of the common people.
At the same time, those defeated soldiers are not a good person. Since ancient times, bandits have passed like combs and soldiers have passed like grates. The harm of defeated soldiers is far greater than that of bandits.
Therefore, when Li Jie told Zhu Kaishan that he planned to use the money to raise a team, Zhu Kaishan did not refuse because the reasons given by Li Jie made Lao Zhu unable to refute.
It coincides with the troubled times, and if a group of defeated soldiers comes to Yuanbao Town one day, without sufficient strength, not only the people in the town will be robbed, but the property that the old Zhu family has worked so hard to save will also be difficult to preserve.
In this day and age, the establishment of security forces is not uncommon in the Northeast. After all, no one wants to die or be displaced. Self-protection is completely necessary.