Something happened. This is not going to be bloody.

The Yao family's yard and house are now in ruins. The couple sat in silence in the dilapidated house. Most of the furnishings in the house were rearranged after their marriage, but now they are all destroyed.

Yao Qing thought for a moment and broke the calm atmosphere. He said with a slightly hoarse voice:

"My lady, your arrow today will make people jealous and talk about it. Village Chief Lin did not mention the election of a second village chief. It seems that there will only be one village chief in Sanyuan Village in the future. This is good, and it saves some trouble. I am not interested in this anyway."

Zhou Leng heard the other party quickly change the subject, so she didn't point it out, but followed the other party and said:

"Sir, you are a man of foresight. I want to open an inn by the official road at the foot of the mountain. What do you think?"

Yao Qing frowned slightly and said:

"Why is that? You don't have to worry too much about what happened today. Although Village Master Lin is thoughtful, today we are helping him. There is no conflict of interest between us."

Zhou Leng replied:

"My shooting of Han the village chief today will certainly cause discussion among the people in the village. I don't want to be watched by everyone all day. There are also people in the village who make a living by robbing and pillaging. If we open an inn at the foot of the mountain, there will be merchants passing by to stay overnight. We can buy more fruits and meat from the mountain, which will increase the income of the village. If someone comes to recruit us in the future, they will also see that we are good people in Sanyuan Village."

Yao Qing frowned and thought for a while before saying, "My lady has her own reasons. I will go to discuss with Village Master Lin tomorrow. I think he won't object if we leave now, but we still have to clean up the house first."

"Thank you for your hard work, sir."

Zhou Leng stared at the man who was standing there with a thoughtful look on his face. She carefully reviewed what happened today. She was indeed eager for revenge and had somewhat lost her character, but this opportunity was rare, otherwise she would never have another chance in the future. If she didn't take action today, Han Shaoyong would die at the hands of Lin Qiushi.

Forget it, if you have doubts, just make do with it for now. If it doesn’t work out, then divorce. This is a good opportunity for me to find a more handsome young man to amuse myself.

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About a mile away from the foot of Sanyuan Mountain is the official road leading to Lin'an Prefecture. Because the people in Sanyuan Village have been busy with civil strife in the past six months and have not come down to intercept people, some brave merchants have begun to travel to Lin'an in groups from here.

Yao Qing brought Han Shaoyong's five trusted confidants to the official road and watched the minions build the inn. This was the cleverness of the Lin village chief. However, Yao Qing and his wife did not want to go against the other party, otherwise they would not have given up their checkpoint work and came here to open an inn.

Yao Qing and Lin Qiushi wrote a letter of commitment, and the people in the village helped build the inn. The village owner funded the decoration, and the village would take 50% of the inn's profits in the future. The financial accounts were calculated by Uncle Zhong and Yao Qing and his wife.

The minions in Sanyuan Village don't care at all about how the village leader Han died, whether the head village leader was replaced, or whether there will only be one village leader in the future. What they care about is building an inn at the foot of the mountain and asking everyone to help, providing daily meals and paying copper coins to increase their own income. They will only be active when it is related to their own interests.

Strength lies in numbers, and work can be done quickly. In more than half a month, the yard was basically completed.

Sanyuan Mountain is located in the south, and it may only snow once or twice in winter, so most houses are wooden houses. Zhou Leng did not build a pure wooden house, but a rammed earth wooden house.

About 20 meters away from the official road is a main gate house with two side rooms. One of the side rooms is a teahouse with a wooden sign hanging on the door that reads "Sanyuan Loose Tea". The gatehouse is set up as a restaurant with a wooden sign hanging on the door that reads "Sanyuan Restaurant". The other side room is set up as a kitchen.

On the doorpost of the main room hung a wooden board with a couplet engraved on it. The top couplet read: Come in early or late, come in early or late; the bottom couplet read: Eat more, eat less, eat as much as you want; in the middle hung four words: Qingrong Inn.

There are five square tables and benches in the restaurant, and a counter inside. Behind the counter should be a wooden rack for wine, but it is temporarily empty.

Behind the gatehouse is a yard, and the only way to enter the yard is through the back door of the restaurant. In the middle of the yard is a newly dug well, and the ground has been compacted according to Zhou Leng's instructions. Because the land can be used freely and there are many people working on their side, they built a few more rooms.

There is a corner door on the earthen wall on the east side of the courtyard. Through the corner door is the new residence of Zhou Leng and his wife, so that they can take care of the inn while being separated from the guests. The five people who followed Yao Qing were arranged by Zhou Leng in an independent courtyard on the west side. Each of them also has his own independent room, so they can live separately if they get married in the future.

Gui Yan, one of the five guards, became the cook of the inn. After half a month of cooking for the minions, he can now cook simple home meals very well. The other two guards named Ju Yan and Ju Zheng have changed from swordsmen to waiters.

The other two were named Xiao Guan and Xiao Peng. One was the owner of the teahouse and a part-time waiter, and the other was a service staff in the backyard guest rooms. In short, these five people were considered to be wasting their talents by staying in this inn.

After all, these four men are very good at boxing and martial arts. In order to show his kindness, Lin Qiushi did not kill them, but he did not dare to use them. He could push them to Yao Qing and move them to him, killing two birds with one stone.

It was officially opened on the third day after the completion of the construction. Many people from the mountain came to watch the fun. Uncle Zhong came with his family, and Lady Wang came with her maidservants.

Madam Wang took Zhou Leng's hand and walked to the courtyard where the couple lived. The two were very close to each other. She whispered:

"Sister, please don't blame Village Chief Lin for not being able to come and congratulate you. There are many trivial matters in the village, and there are also things left by the Han thief to deal with."

Zhou Leng replied:

"Sister, what are you talking about? It's a great honor for you to come here. Sister and I won't talk about other things. My husband and I left for a peaceful life. There are always more disputes in this village. Besides, after what happened that day, Yao Qing came down the mountain. Who would dare to talk about merits? Soldiers cannot move without a general, and snakes cannot move without a head. I only hope that the village owner can take us, who are like floating duckweed, to settle down."

Madam Wang patted Zhou Leng's hand and whispered:

"Don't worry, sister. Village Master Lin has a plan in mind and will definitely lead everyone to live a good life. I'm just worried that you and your wife will suffer down here in the mountains."

Zhou Lenghui shook her hand and said, "Why do you say you have to endure hardships? Sister, you forgot that I can fight a little bit."

The two of them supported each other and naturally changed the topic, starting to talk about the furnishings in the courtyard.

At noon, Gui Yan prepared some simple hot meals, and brought out the fruits that Zhou Leng had prepared in advance for the guests to taste. As for those who came to watch the fun, there was no such benefit to be had, and they were reluctant to spend money to eat, so they all went back to the mountain in groups.

After Uncle Zhong had eaten the food, drank the tea and ate the fruit, he said:

"This skill won't be a problem for the merchants. It seems that Manager Yao is knowledgeable and experienced. This is more reassuring than robbing. We will become merchants in the future, and you will have to pay me, the Tailiang, to buy food."

Yao Qing smiled and replied: "Brother Zhong, you are joking. But I will inevitably trouble you more in the future. I just want to let the brothers on the mountain shed less blood and live more peaceful days."

Uncle Zhong nodded with emotion.

The female members of the family were sitting at another square table. Zhou Leng poured tea for Madam Wang and Madam Zhong, and invited them to visit often.

On the opening day, apart from the people coming down from the mountain, there were no merchants passing by on the official road. There were only seven people and a dog in the huge courtyard, which seemed a bit empty.

Gui Yan was very used to his role as a chef, but today's dinner was made by Zhou Leng. The five people looked at each other and felt very uncomfortable.

After Yao Qing saw the five people sitting down, he said to Zhou Leng, "Madam, you go and have a rest. We brothers will drink more today."

Zhou Leng bowed, bowed, closed the door and left. Only the other five people in the hall exchanged glances.

Yao Qing took out a jar of wine and put it on the table. He said loudly: "This is homemade wine from a farmer in the village. Our restaurant has ordered the wine from him. How about you all come and try it?" He wanted to pour the wine for everyone.

Gui Yan hurriedly took the jar of wine, stood up and poured wine for Yao Qing first.