next day Li Ying, with her face covered with scars, played with her good friends Shuanzi, Niuer and Shitou. She glanced in the direction of the well from time to time to see if any strangers were approaching the well.
Li Xueer sat under the honey locust tree with a storybook in her hand, looking at Li Ying who was playing in the mud not far away, with a trace of regret in her eyes.
If she didn't provoke Li Ying yesterday, the jade medallion Li Ying wore around her neck would be hers.
As soon as Li Ying raised her head, she met Li Xueer's eyes and glared at Li Xueer fiercely before looking away.
For four days in a row, Li Ying did not find any strangers approaching the well. It was all the villagers who came to carry water, especially Jiang Cheng, who was very diligent and carried four loads of water every day. Every time, he would stand by the well smoking and staring at the well. Look inside.
Today is the fifth day. Li Ying, Shuanzi, Shitou and Niuer are sitting under the peach tree in boredom.
Shitou said: "Ying'er, I'm tired of playing here every day. I won't come tomorrow."
Shuanzi liked to wander around. If he hadn't been with Li Ying, he wouldn't have been able to stay for a day. After listening to Shitou's words, he quickly said: "I won't come either."
"Me too!" Niuer echoed.
"You don't want any money?" Li Ying asked.
Shitou, Niu'er and Shuanzi all shook their heads. Even if they had money, they wouldn't want to come here to play every day. Every day they would either play in the mud or climb trees and they couldn't go far. It was too boring and boring.
Lin Zi and Liu Yang each held a cloth bag and ran to Shuanzi excitedly, "Shuanzi, let's go up the mountain to pick peaches and yellow peaches. Do you want to come with us?"
When Shuanzi heard that Linzi and the others were going to pick peaches and yellow bubbles, he immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Go."
Shitou and Niuer also stood up and said in unison: "We are going too."
Lin Zi looked at Li Ying and asked, "Sister Ying'er, do you want to come with us?"
"I'm not going, you go ahead!" Li Ying said.
"Ying'er, I'm leaving first. You can play here slowly by yourself." After finishing speaking, Niu'er left with Shitou and the others.
Li Ying watched the stones grow further and further away, and lowered her head dejectedly. She also wanted to play, but she didn't want to stay by the well. It was too boring.
Li Xueer looked at Li Ying's depressed look and smiled!
A brat is a brat, and he can't sit still after only four days.
Li Ying sat under the peach tree. No one talked to her or played with her. She was so bored that she went crazy. She planned to go to the village committee to find the village chief in the evening and tell him that she was quitting and asked the village chief to take over the job. Give her money.
Jiang Cheng put down the bucket, came to Li Ying with a smile, and asked with a smile: "Ying'er, why are you alone today, where are Shitou and the others?"
"Did they go somewhere else to play?" Li Ying replied.
Jiang Cheng asked again: "Why don't you go play with them? Don't you get tired of playing here every day?"
"I'm tired of it too. I'm going to go somewhere else to play tomorrow. Brother Jiang, can you carry so much water every day and use it all by yourself?" Li Ying asked curiously.
"I like to be clean, so I use more water." Jiang Cheng said slightly shyly.
Jiang Cheng and Li Ying talked for a while, then returned to the well, filled two buckets of water with a smile, and left carrying the water.
There were two men sitting in the main room of Jiang Cheng's house. They were the two men Li Ying saw by the well. The older man, named Lu Junyu, was engaged in geological surveying when he was young. The younger man , named Jiang Jinghua, Jiang Cheng’s cousin. They saw Jiang Cheng coming back carrying water and asked, “How is the situation?”
Jiang Cheng carried the bucket to the kitchen and put it down. He wiped the sweat from his face and said with a smile: "Three of those children couldn't bear the loneliness and stopped guarding the well. Now there are only two girls guarding there. Well, I guess the youngest girl won’t be guarding the well tomorrow.”
Lu Junyu and Jiang Jinghua breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Junyu said unhappily: "I've been sitting in the house, suffocating to death. If it weren't for the golden toad, I would have left long ago."
"Old Lu, you think I like to stay here. There is no entertainment at all. As soon as we catch the golden toad, we will leave this ghost place in a remote mountainous area." Jiang Jinghua said with disgust on his Cheng looked at Jiang Jinghua with indifferent eyes, without any warmth in his eyes, and said calmly: "Brothers will settle the score. We are the ones who told the ugly story. We caught the golden toad, and [-]% of the money from selling the golden toad is mine. If you If you dare to default on your debt, I will definitely make your life worse than death."
"Do you want too much?" Lu Junyu said dissatisfied.
Jiang Jinghua also felt that Jiang Cheng wanted too much, and there was a trace of displeasure on his face.
"If you don't want to, you can leave my house now. Also, if you are caught by the villagers, don't confess me. Even if you confess me, I won't admit it." Jiang Cheng said indifferently.
Jiang Jinghua and Lu Junyu looked at each other and said nothing, but they both made up their minds. Once they got the golden toad, they would leave without giving a penny to Jiang Cheng. They still wanted [-]%. It was really a big deal. Whimsical.
Jiang Cheng saw the expressions of the two people in his eyes, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he walked out of the house calmly, looking at the green mountains, a touch of enthusiasm flashed in his eyes, and he listened to the sounds of disgust coming from the house. He cursed, and the corner of his mouth curled up with a sharp look.
The sun was about to set, and Li Ying ran towards the village committee impatiently.
The village chief and village party secretary packed up the materials and were about to go home when they saw Li Ying running into the office.
"Ying'er, did a stranger appear at the well?" the village chief asked.
"No." Li Ying said and stretched out her hand towards the village chief, "I guarded it for five days, and Shuanzi, Shitou and Niuer guarded it for four days and gave us the money."
The village chief took out the money generously and said, "Three yuan and forty cents. This one yuan is yours, and these three parts belong to Shitou and the others. Give them the money."
Li Ying put the money into her pocket and said to the village chief: "Village Chief, I won't go to the well tomorrow to guard it."
"Why, do you think the money is too little?" asked the village chief.
"It's too boring." Li Ying replied.
The village chief knew that Li Ying was still young and restless. It was not easy for her to persist for five days just to get two cents a day.
"Ying'er, have you noticed anyone's behavior is unusual these days?" the village chief asked.
"Yes!" Li Ying said.
The village party member wrote a note of joy and asked: "Who is it? What's so unusual about it?"
Li Ying said: "Brother Jiang carries water four times a day. Every time he comes to carry water, he will stand by the well and smoke, looking at the well."
"Brother Jiang talked to me today."
The village party secretary quickly asked: "What did you say?"
Li Ying recounted her conversation with Jiang Cheng, and the village chief narrowed his eyes. No matter how clean a person is, he cannot use eight buckets of water a day. There is definitely something fishy about this Jiang Cheng.
The village chief grabbed a few candies and gave them to Li Ying, telling her to go home quickly.
Li Ying smiled and thanked her, and went home happily.
The village chief said to the village party secretary: "Tomorrow, let Granny Liu and your wife take turns with the children to watch at the well. The day after tomorrow, let Aunt Li and my mother guard it. Don't let down your guard at night. I guess they will soon." Are you taking action?"
"Village chief, did you say that Jiang Cheng was responsible for the map?" the village party secretary asked.
"I can't say for sure," the village chief said.
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(End of this chapter)