Ji Yu brewed tea and brought it into the main room, only to see that the room was quiet.

The fourth brother and the fifth brother Jingyuan sat dryly, and no one spoke.

What's the matter?

Fourth Brother doesn't like to talk, he understands, but Brother Xiao Wu and Brother Jing Yuan both love to talk and laugh, so they are so silent today, are they still embarrassed by the matter of Taohua Village?

Seeing him coming, Tong Jingyuan smiled all over his face as if seeing a savior, and quickly got up and handed him a large bag of money: "Sister-in-law, this is a pen, please accept it!"

Ji Yu glanced at his fourth brother, saw him nodding with a smile in his eyes, and then happily accepted it.

He weighed it secretly again.

This must be at least fifty taels, right?

Tong Jingyuan smiled all over his face: "It's really thanks to my sister-in-law, I'm finally lucky."

Pointing to the money bag again, he said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, this is just the dividend from years ago. After the first month, there will still be a lot of money!"

An Si pulled Ji Yu to sit beside him, the corners of his mouth were raised, and his eyes were full of smiles.

Brother Yu is really amazing!

Ji Yu was also happy in his heart.

There is even a dividend?

Tong Jingyuan took out another letter: "Sister-in-law Fulang, this is from Miss Zhuang."

Ji Yu quickly handed the money to An Si, took the letter and asked, "Brother Jingyuan, how is your way to the state capital?"

Tong Jingyuan was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear: "Okay, thanks to my sister-in-law, the contract has been signed. We will publish the book and they will help sell it. The largest bookstore in the state capital, five to five cents."

Seeing him happy, Ji Yu was also happy, and asked again: "Brother Jingyuan, have you seen Miss Zhuang?"

"I see, didn't she ask me to deliver a message to you?"

"Miss Zhuang, how is Mr. Zhuang?"

"Okay, everything is fine, they should be back soon. Isn't Zi Yan Xiao Wu going to take the county test soon? Mr. Zhuang is coming back as a guarantee."

The An family brothers looked at each other, and then An Wu spoke, "That's kind."

Tong Jingyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Wu didn't ignore him completely, as long as he didn't mention that matter, Xiao Wu would still be the same as before.

He talked about the meeting's going to the state capital, and then talked about the An family's family.

Tong Jingyuan patted his thigh and said with a smile: "Xiao Wu Ziyan, you are right, there is really no need to go through the muddy water for those family businesses. Do you know that the things left by your father are not as complete as before."

The An Family brothers were taken aback.

An Si asked incredulously, "How is it possible?"

In less than four years, where have so many businesses gone?

Tong Jingyuan shook his head and sighed: "I also met an acquaintance on the way back and found out about it. He is a broker and sold a lot of land, shops, and antiques for the An family's big house..."

An Si frowned slightly: "When did this happen?"

Tong Jingyuan thought for a while and said, "It was probably the first time you went to the bookstore to find me and asked me to read my sister-in-law's story book."

An Si pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "I'm afraid I sold these money to frame our brothers."

An Wu sneered: "There are a lot of places to spend money! It costs a lot of money to hire murderers to kill people, it costs a lot of money to bribe those bitter witnesses, and it takes a lot of money to deal with those people in the yamen. I still remember whenWhen our brother was acquitted, Master Tongju said that the case of Dafang’s hired murderer will be retried at another date, but it has been so long since the date has been chosen, and I don’t know how much money has been stuffed into it?”

Tong Jingyuan nodded and said, "Once the county magistrate leaves, no one will protect her, and she will suffer disaster soon."

Ji Yu couldn't help asking: "Then who is the next county magistrate?"

In case the next County Magistrate is also greedy for money, it will be difficult to handle.

Tong Jingyuan shook his head and sighed, "I don't know yet."

Seeing that Ji Yu was quite nervous, An Si held his hand tightly and comforted him, "Don't worry, brother Yu, you don't have to be afraid of whoever he is. I'm here!"

The couple were talking intimately next to each other, while Tong Jingyuan looked at An Wu: "How is Xiao Wu?"

After a while, An Wu nodded: "It's okay."

No, if it wasn't for the fourth elder brother's wife-in-law who pressured him to study, he would probably go crazy.

He was sorry for Brother Jingyuan, but he didn't want to face Brother Jingyuan.

Let him live with a man, especially at night, how can he do it?

Tong Jingyuan was also helpless with his resistance, and wanted to talk to Xiao Wu alone, but Xiao Wu just didn't want to, so he could only return in a bad mood.

The day Xin County Magistrate left was the day before New Year's Eve.There was only one new county magistrate who came to hand over, but the new County Magistrate was not seen.

In the evening, Ji Yu went to the small courtyard to pick up Brother Yun and Liu Fulang and the others, fearing that Xinzhi County would leave and no one would restrain him, and the big house dog would jump over the wall and do something excessive.

Brother Yun and Brother Shui came back to An Family for the first time. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw that he was really big and magnificent.

The two brothers were so cautious that they didn't dare to move around and look around, for fear of losing Brother Yu's face and making Yu's life difficult in An Family.

But Mother An didn't know anything about their brothers. Now that she didn't go out, and she didn't have a little sister to send her a message, the old woman Kong only listened to An Sijiyu, so she didn't know any news from outside.

Ji Yu would not take Brother Yun and Brother Shui to confront Mother An, anyway, Mother An would not come to the kitchen, they would just stay in the kitchen washing and cutting vegetables.

Brother Yun worked quickly and helped chop the mince. Brother Shui was also sensible at a young age, sitting on a small bench and helping peel garlic.

A few people talked and laughed, and there was a feeling of family reunion and laughter before the new year.

An Wu was very hungry after practicing the exercises, and came to the kitchen smelling the smell of meat: "Sister-in-law, what do you eat for dinner? Is it so delicious?"

Seeing Fifth Brother, Brother Yun's heart beat like thunder, and he blushed and didn't dare to look up.

Ji Yu smiled and said, "Eat fried meatballs tonight, it will be ready later. If you are hungry, drink a bowl of pork ribs and radish soup first, it will be stewed long ago."

Brother Yun hurriedly wiped his hands and went to help serve the soup.

An Wu refused: "Brother Yun, don't worry about me, I'll do it myself."

After finishing speaking, I happily filled the ribs soup with a big bowl, and went to the dining room to eat alone.

Brother Yun looked at his back in disappointment, feeling very sad in his heart.

The fifth brother didn't even look at him...

For dinner, two tables were opened in the dining room.

Just as the dishes were being set, Mother An came suddenly, and when she saw Brother Yun and Brother Shui, her face immediately sank.

"Why are they in my house?"

That look of disgust scared Brother Yun and Brother Shui into not daring to move.

An Wu hurriedly explained: "Mother, I invited them here. You forgot, Brother Yun helped Brother Jing Yuan's people find the village chief Internal Head."

Mother An didn't continue to say bad words.Seeing Cheng Si look at her coldly, and Liu Fulang again, he could only force a smile, and took Liu Fulang's hand: "Mother-in-law, please sit down."

She had a smile on her face, but she was about to die of anger in her heart.

Her two sons of debt collectors were born for others. One was protecting the two country brothers, and the other only had her husband and mother-in-law in her heart. She had a miserable life...

Liu Fulang came to the table, but Brother Yun and Brother Shui didn't dare, no matter how much Ren Ji Yu tried to persuade him, he kept his head down and didn't move.

Helpless, Ji Yu had no choice but to let Mrs. Yang take the two brothers to sit at another table, separated by a screen.

Brother Shui dared to eat with chopsticks when he couldn't see the scary Mother An.But even though Brother Yun took the chopsticks, he didn't have any appetite.

Although Fifth Brother protected them just now, Mother An looked down on him...

If you know those things about his family, you will only look down on him even more...

After dinner, Mother An went back to the house to rest, and Fulang Ji Yuliu took Brother Yun and Brother Shui to the East courtyard.

"Brother Yun, Brother Shui, don't worry about what happened just now." Ji Yu held a plate of snacks to coax Brother Shui to eat.

Brother Yun felt very uncomfortable, but still pretended not to care: "Brother Yu, it's fine."

He squeezed out a smile again and said, "Brother Yu, the shoes I made for you need to be sewed on a few more stitches tonight, and it will be fine."

"Really?" Ji Yu hurriedly said, "Show me..."

Brother Yun is so young, how can he still make shoes?

Liu Fulang said with a smile: "Brother Yun is clever and dexterous, once you teach him you can, you see..."

He raised his foot to show Ji Yu his shoes: "Brother Yun made them for me, isn't it pretty?"

Ji Yu quickly praised: "It looks good."

After being praised, Brother Yun's mood immediately improved a lot, and he quickly took out his needle and thread, talking to Ji Yu while rushing to work.

At the end of Xu hour, it was time to rest, so Ji Yu got up, when suddenly he heard commotion from outside, and the dog at home was also barking wildly.

That voice, noisy, gave people a very bad feeling.

The An family brothers who were silently writing martial arts scriptures in the main room looked at each other, An Si put down his pen, picked up his bow and arrow and ran towards the east wing: "Brother Yu, mother!"

An Wu ran out of the hospital to check the situation.

"Fourth Brother..." Ji Yu took the crossbow in his hand and asked nervously, "What's going on outside?"

"Brother Yu, don't be afraid!" An Si put his arms around him and comforted him in a deep voice, "I'm here!"

Then he said to Liu Fulang and Mrs. Yang, "Go to the main courtyard!"

A few people rushed to Mother An's room in the main courtyard, and An Wu came back, out of breath, and said, "Fourth brother, they are refugees, they sneaked into the city to grab things."

"Refugees?" Ji Yu's heart sank, the disaster of being a refugee finally came.

Mother An was so frightened that she hugged An Wu and cried, "What should we do? Our orphans and widows..."

Liu Fulang's mother-in-law Yang's wife Yun Ge'er and Shui'er were also very scared, Ji Yu quickly put his arms around Liu Fulang's Shui and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, there is a fourth brother, Xiao Wu!"

An Si's face sank, he waved his big hand, and ordered: "Gather everyone in the main courtyard. Xiao Wu, you go to guard the front door, and I'll guard the back door. Block the door and place traps every ten cloths on the courtyard wall.Prepare a lot of arrows, and shoot if you dare to climb the wall! Brother Yu, protect your mother and grandma!"

Before Ji Yu could speak, Mother An howled: "Cheng Si Xiao Wu, you can't leave me alone..."

An Si put his arms around him and comforted him: "Mother, this is the only way to do this in an emergency. Our brothers will protect the front and back yards."

Come to hug Ji Yu again: "Brother Yu, don't be afraid, just like in the mountains, just hold the crossbow. Unless our brother is dead, otherwise the bad guys will not come in and hurt you!"

Ji Yu hugged him tightly: "Fourth Brother, I believe in you, you must be careful!"

He can't wait to help fourth brother, but he also knows that he has to protect the family members.