332. Redemption

Shi Gui heard this, he couldn't move in place, if he met him on the road, he was afraid that she would really not recognize her, and blamed Qiu Niang for stopping her, only then did he know why, Shi Dad was dark and thin, and at first glance, he looked like an old man.

When Shi Gui last saw him when he was still ten years old, he ran away with him at that time, and his hard work showed that he was old, but he didn't look like an old man at first sight, his waist was bent, his hair was white, his shoulders were collapsed, he had no energy at all, standing with Qiu Niang, where he still looked like a husband and wife.

Shi has been waiting by the door of the Shen Mansion, he didn't dare to go in, the first time he sent something and said his name, the second time he went to throw down the basket and left, for fear of causing trouble for Qiu Niang, she could call the shots and invite herself to go in for a meal, presumably she had a good life in this mansion.

Shi still remembers the day he saw Qiu Niang, she was fatter, and her face was white, Qiu Niang turned out to be very white, the girls from Lanxi Village were all white, and the woman who gave birth to two or three children also had a tender face.

But since marrying him, the days have not stopped, the family has little land and thin land, and the rent is not enough every year, if it is not for her spinning and selling cloth, the life is not as rich as later.

Qiu Niang is capable, if it weren't for her ability, Mrs. Yu would not have refused to give the dowry that Qiu Niang's sister-in-law asked for, and when she couldn't even live her life, she didn't take out the golden cloves when she got married, and asked for a daughter-in-law for her son, but she sent it away.

I don't know how many years I have been talking about this matter, and when I think about it, Shi feels that he owes his mother, so he has to double it up to her, but he has not let his mother live a good life, nor has his daughter-in-law been able to follow him without suffering.

After selling Shi Gui, the sound of the spinning wheel every day will sound until after the third watch, and you have to pick tea in the spring, and the young woman will go to pick tea, which will inevitably make people talk, and Qiu Niang does not wear a hat, and the sun makes people red and peeled, and there are still five or six points of color, so that the sun is not eye-catching.

The stone saw that she was white, plump, her face was smooth, her clothes were refreshing, she had a silver hairpin on her head, a silver lantern pendant in her ears, because of Duanyang, she still pinched the eight treasures and flowers on her head, and when she was the bride, she didn't dress up so well, Xiao Niangzi also called her the owner, how could she not believe that this was Qiu Niang.

He also thought that although the children were in one place, how could the mother have a good life, as long as he thought that they were suffering, his heart turned over the river and the sea, he couldn't speak, there was no one to say, and he couldn't cry, and he sat on the deck all night, and the more he thought about it, the more gray his hair became.

Now that he meets Qiu Niang, the pain is different from what he thinks, but in the end, it is bitter, even if the Shen family is a good person, how could he be willing to send Xizi to study, the stone is not good at words, and another person will be tied to the porter in one day, and the situation of Qiu Niang Shi Gui will be asked clearly.

But he was never wooden, he didn't dare to ask or speak, he only dared to look at it like this, shrunk in the alley, didn't dare to raise his head, just like an idler on the street, waiting for them to go out, and followed Xizi to a private school, knowing that he didn't have to worry about food and clothing in the Shen family, but he was still afraid that he wouldn't be able to eat enough, so he didn't let him eat a meal of meat during the festival, so he led him to eat fish and meat wonton.

Shi Gui couldn't open her mouth in place, and Shi was scared when she was scared, so she quickly lowered her voice and carefully pulled out a smile: "Don't be afraid, it's Dad." ”

When they met at a glance, Shi Gui was suffocated in his chest in one breath, and when he heard such a sentence, he immediately turned his face away, biting his lip tightly, so that he could bear to cry when he was not on the street, his chest rose and fell for a while, and he couldn't see Shi treating her in such a low voice, her fingernails were tightly embedded in the flesh, and she couldn't slow down in one breath.

Seeing her like this, the stone lowered his head more and more and did not dare to raise it, moved two steps forward, opened his mouth, and couldn't say anything, and said after a while: "You sue sΓΉ father, how much is the silver of your identity with your mother?"

Shi Gui grew up, Qiu Niang is in the right year, the mother and daughter add one plus, sixty or seventy taels are always wanted, Suizhou is not cheaper than the disaster year, Qiu Niang Shi Gui has craftsmanship, and the master is willing to let him redeem if he is not sure.

Shi Gui choked in his throat, his heart churned for a while, and he only felt trembling all over, wanting to ask him what he was redeeming now, and wanted to ask him how he could hurt his mother's heart like this, how he could keep the word filial piety, regardless of his wife and children, but she didn't say anything, endured it for a while, turned her head to look over, and asked with trembling lips: "Does Dad eat herbal tea?" ”

Shi waved his hand again and again, refusing to follow Shi Gui into the herbal tea stall, and was afraid that she would be sunburned, so he stood in the shadows, waiting for Shi Gui to tell him that he was worth silver.

Shi Gui couldn't say anything, he had been separated from him, it was Qiu Niang's idea, according to the law, Qiu Niang could go back to her mother's house to sue Yu Pozi, this is also Shi Gui's good method, if Yu Pozi came to entangle, she said that she had written a letter back to her uncle, they came to the way out, and promised some gold and silver, so that her uncle would fight the lawsuit for Qiu Niang.

Qiu Niang's sister-in-law saw the money open, how could there be no reason, that is, if Mrs. Yu wants to make trouble, she has to think about the prison lawsuit later, "Reunion" is widely circulated in Suizhou, and there is no one in the teahouse tile shop who does not play the reunion story, and it has been changed to a tune, not only a storyteller, to

At the time, as long as it is said to be the bitter memory of the reunion, which official will not judge such a case.

Lu Xian achieved "The Story of the White Tower", and "The Story of the White Tower" achieved Xu Qingtian, his reputation became louder and louder, which refused to touch such a light, which is more effective than the book and the table.

Qiu Niang and Shi are not husband and wife for a long time, but Xizi is still the Shi family, but this is irrefutable, he is not yet an adult, if Yu Pozi really wants him to go back, he will send himself to prison.

Shi Gui made a good calculation, but it was a set for Yu Pozi, and it was different for Shi Dad, at this time he bent his shoulders and asked for silver, but Shi Gui couldn't tell him that he had redeemed himself, only shook his head at him, turned around and bought two tea fruits and a bamboo tube of five-flower tea from the herbal tea stall, and handed it to Shi.

Worth sixty or seventy taels of silver, he may not be able to earn it for a lifetime as a coolie, Shi Gui didn't want to watch him sell blood and sweat, stuffed the tea fruit over, took a breath and said: "Dad just take care of himself, we can save money ourselves." ”

This is true, Shi also knows, at that time Shi Gui became a little girl, and he had money to make capital for him, he was fine when he went to sea, but he didn't want to come back when he was seriously ill, if it wasn't for the Xiren Hall to survive, his body would have been buried in the loess.

Even so, there is still a small surplus, but the remaining money is also used on her mother, and no one takes care of her at this time, otherwise she will run another boat and redeem her daughter first, she is old, and she is born well, and the more she thinks about it, the more she can't keep her as a slave in another family.

When Shi Gui said this, Shi Gui was actually happy, with a slight smile on his face, but it disappeared for a moment, and nodded to his daughter: "Your mother can always protect you, let's save money together and redeem you all." ”

Shi Gui's heart was sour, the blunt knife cut the meat, the more she listened, the more distressed she became, she nodded indiscriminately, Shi only thought that she agreed, her body was straight, her collapsed shoulders were raised, pinching the tea fruit, she was reluctant to eat it, and went to the street to find a livelihood in her arms.

Shi Gui stood on the side of the street, watching the stone go farther and farther, followed at his feet, watched him cross the overpass from a distance, squatted on the edge of the stone bridge, and waited for the job to come to the door, he honestly would not take the work, the mason bricklayer would have done everything, but someone came to look for work, and he immediately rushed up, only he took two steps back, and was almost squeezed out.

It's easy to find a job, and the price is pressed again, and he is willing to do eighty yuan a day's hard work, how can Shi Gui get by in his heart, and when he sees him go away, he goes to the restaurant in a daze, and he has to cheer up, for fear of making Qiu Niang see through.

Mingyue's meals, clean towels, and two large jars of water, Qiu Niang took Mingyue as her son-in-law, naturally everything was properly prepared, full of a basket, and told Shi Gui to give him a small sip of water, put half a spoonful of salt in the water, and prepared a clean shirt, let Shi Gui take the dirty one back, wash it in the small courtyard, dry it and send it to him the next day.

"How can his cloth coats withstand such sweating, there are salt flowers on the top, and they fade after two or three times in the sun, and the more they are washed, the harder they are, and they are not comfortable to wear, so you take them and wash them, let him wear them cleanly. ”

Shi Gui responded vaguely, Qiu Niang did not suspect it, she was busy all morning, she was busy with food, and she had to play furniture, and asked Shi Gui if she measured the screen, Shi Gui came back to her senses: "I forgot to be busy." ”

Qiu Niang took off her apron: "You go, I'll measure it, make a bamboo one for you to put in the house, if it's good, I'll make one, look cooler, and then go to the cloth shop to cut some cloth, yesterday I saw someone else wearing a kind of yarn, it's very cool, and I'll do it for you." ”

Shi Gui couldn't say that he had just met Shi Dad, nodded in response, put everything in the round basket, Dafa pushed the cart, followed Shi Gui, and pushed the cart to the shore.

These days' work is light, you don't have to sell, you don't have to count the money, you come back immediately after delivering the food, and then load it into a car, eat quickly, and the food will be clean in a while.

Today, Shi Gui was a little absent-minded, she was carrying such a heavy basket in her hand, and she didn't know how to put it on the car, and she wanted to open her mouth a few times, but she didn't dare to talk to her, so she only pushed the cart with her head, and when they arrived, they hadn't set the dinner bell yet.

Shi Gui sat under the big stone and waited, when she was alone, she couldn't bear it, buried her face in her knees, and felt uncomfortable for a while, before she wanted to take out a handkerchief and press her eyes, Mingyue came over, he saw Shi Gui burying her head from a distance, and when she was not good, she rushed over, but she was crying.

Mingyue put her shoulders on her shoulders with both hands, squatting in front of her, and sparks could come out of her eyes: "Which one bullied you, I'll look for him!" He also thought that Shi Gui was bullied, it was not easy to make a living on the dock, and Shi Gui was a woman, so she was the easiest to suffer.

Shi Gui looked at him, couldn't take a breath, with tears in his eyes, shook his head and said, "No one bullied me." The eyelashes trembled, tears fell on the sand, Mingyue was about to get anxious, she slowly leaned her head over, her forehead against Mingyue's chest, grabbed his clothes with both hands, and choked and cried.