Chapter 36: Reason

Yuan Anping frowned, although he didn't know the woman in front of him, but from the other party's demeanor and standing with Huo Dayu, Yuan Anping guessed the identity of the other party. Huo Xiaohan said that his second sister-in-law Yuan was a good person, but this person knew about him and Huo Xiaohan. However, he really didn't have any personal relationship with Huo Xiaohan, so he wanted to see what this person would say.

The villagers also looked at the Yuan family curiously, wanting to hear why the Liu family insisted that Yuan Anping hooked up with Huo Xiaohan.

Seeing that the Yuan family was still silent, Liu couldn't help but scold: "You useless thing, don't say it, how long are you going to rub it off!"

The Yuan clan seemed to have made up his mind, and then whispered: "I don't know anything else, I only know that Yuan Anping has always given Xiao Han food recently." ”

Liu Shi hung the corners of his eyes, with a little smugness, "Take a look, and said that you didn't hook up with our Xiaohan." Everyone knows that Yuan Anping asked Xiao Han to send firewood to his house, he simply had bad intentions, otherwise why would we Xiao Han go home later and later every day?"

Some of the people who heard it couldn't help frowning, Liu's words were uncomfortable to hear, as if Huo Xiaohan and Yuan Anping already had something, and they didn't take Huo Xiaohan's reputation to heart at all. If this word spreads, Huo Xiaohan will not want to marry in the future. Bad for your child's reputation, this is not something that a mother would do at all.

Huo Xiasheng also stumbled, "Yuan Anping, do you say this matter, if you dare to lie, you will have no son in your life." ”

Yuan Anping said calmly: "I gave him food, I admit it." ”

"Look, look, you admit it!" Huo Xiasheng looked proud, "Hook-up Huo Xiaohan, you two privately accept each other, I see how you still deny it." ”

Li Zi couldn't help but listen to it, "You are too unreasonable, Brother Anping just saw that Huo Xiaohan was pitiful to be tortured by you, and gave him something to eat, how could it be a sin!"

Han Shi opened his mouth when he heard this and said, "Li Zi, what you said is not right. Besides, Yuan Anping takes pity on Xiaohan, look at what he gives, eggs, brown sugar, and steamed buns made of fine white flour. There are many poor people in the world, why don't you see him pity others. I think he just saw that Xiaohan was young and didn't know anything, so he used some food to coax him. ”

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was right, Liu said angrily to Yuan Anping: "Yuan Anping, now this matter is clear, and you yourself admit it." Our family's Xiaohan has a bad reputation, you have to give an explanation!"

Li Zi was angry, "Your family obviously wants to blackmail Brother Anping! What about giving Huo Xiaohan some food, Brother Anping just pities him! If you hadn't let Huo Xiaohan work all day long and didn't let him eat, Brother Anping wouldn't have given him food!"

Liu Shi said in annoyance: "Li Zi, why do you have so many mouths, what does it have to do with you?

Li Zi raised his head and craned his neck and said, "I'm calling Lu Jian to draw a knife to help!"

Yuan Anping grabbed the Li character who rushed in front of him, and then looked at Liu, "Say, what are your ideas?"

Huo Yangsheng saw that Yuan Anping seemed to be compromised, so he came out to pretend to be a good person, and he said to Yuan Anping with a good attitude: "Look, my brother's reputation has also been ruined because of you, for his sake, the best way is for you to marry him." ”

Ordinary people think that this is the best solution, after all, Huo Xiaohan's reputation is gone, and he will not be able to marry in the future. Some people think that Yuan Anping is so willing to give Huo Xiaohan food, it must be interesting, and it is just right to marry. Some people feel that Yuan Anping is unlucky, and he is still relied on for doing a good deed.

Yuan Anping looked at the Huo family, Huo Laohei, the head of the household, had not spoken, Huo Dayu had been in front of that transparent person, Yuan Anping's eyes naturally skipped them, and then looked at the Liu family. He understood the calculations of these people, so his expression became even colder, "Do you think that I, Yuan Anping, am a person who is bullied?"

Liu raised his voice and was very unhappy, "What do you mean! If you ruin my son's reputation, you will naturally be responsible." ”

Yuan Anping sneered, "According to your family's statement, whoever orders food will be married." When I walked on the street, I saw a poor person asking Hanako to give alms, do you want to marry someone home?" he didn't give the other party a chance to quibble, "Whether Huo Xiaohan and I have anything unsightly is not up to you to decide." Isn't there a direct way to find him, and we'll confront each other. ”

Liu hesitated, and Han said: "Our Xiaohan likes you, so he naturally wants you." ”

"Heh!" Yuan Anping sneered, "What you said doesn't make sense. If he likes me and has such a chance to marry me, he will naturally tell the truth. Why, because you're making up all the stories, you don't dare to confront him?"

Huo Yangsheng's eyes rolled, "Mother, I'll call Xiao Han." ”

Seeing that the eldest son said this, Liu knew that the other party must have an idea, so he agreed.

The onlookers wanted to know what the situation was and waited, but they saw Huo Yangsheng hurriedly running over alone and whispering something in Liu's ear.

After listening to the gloom on his face, Liu Shi said to Yuan Anping: "Count yourself lucky, Xiao Han is not feeling well and is not suitable to go out, and when he is well, he will definitely confront you." Yuan Anping, you have ruined my son's reputation, you must be responsible. ”

Yuan Anping saw Huo Yangsheng's reaction and knew that Huo Xiaohan's situation was definitely not good. I was anxious but there was nothing I could do, my face looked ugly, and my voice was full of anger: "Don't prevaricate me with those words! You have a good calculation, splash a basin of dirty water on my head, even if I confront Huo Xiaohan and show my innocence, you will rely on me to ruin his reputation! If you want to calculate me, I really think that I am at your disposal! I sue you, I am also a scholar, this matter is a bad reputation, it is a big deal!" We don't know, tomorrow I will hand a piece of paper to the county office, accuse you of tarnishing my reputation, and let the county master break it for us!"

The Huo family's faces were ugly when they heard this, and most people were "born to enter the public gate, and they couldn't go to hell when they died", and they were most reluctant to enter the yamen to see officials.

Liu's voice became sharper, "Yuan Anping, what do you mean! There are Lizheng and patriarchs in our village, which one can't be broken, what kind of official do you see?!"

Yuan Anping pretended to be very indignant and said: "Our village can be broken, but even if I return my innocence, it will be difficult for me to get out of this evil breath!" said and threw his sleeves back to the courtyard. Li Zi hurriedly followed.

The Huo family and his entourage came violently, and went back with ugly faces, while the onlookers and villagers discussed the matter.

Li Zi cautiously looked at Yuan Anping, whose face was as heavy as water: "Brother Anping, don't you be angry?"

Yuan Anping shook his head with a solemn expression: "I'm not angry, I'm just a little worried about Xiao Han, you go and help me find out what happened." ”

Li Ziyi laughed when he heard this, and said with a little pride: "As soon as I heard that there was a movement in the Huo family, I went to inquire, otherwise it would not be too late." ”

Yuan Anping asked anxiously: "Then tell me what happened to Xiao Han?"

Li Zi saw that he was in a hurry, so he told him in detail: "I inquired with Huo Qingqing, it turned out that I ...... yesterday."

It turned out that the cause of this incident was Huo Qingqing.

Because Huo Xiaohan often gets food here in Yuan Anping, he also feels very sorry for the same poor little Huo Qingqing. Sometimes he would save some food for Huo Qingqing's mother and daughter. Huo Qingqing has also lived a happy life without worrying about hunger. Two days ago, Huo Xiaohan gave Huo Qingqing an egg, but the child was reluctant to eat it at that time and kept hiding it. I was really hungry yesterday, so I planned to take it out and eat it secretly. As a result, his luck was too bad, and he was seen by Huo Fugui, and now he was in trouble.

Huo Fugui told Liu about the matter, and Liu was very angry, thinking that Yuan had stolen her eggs. As a result, when I checked that there were no fewer eggs, I couldn't help but muttered where Yuan's eggs came from. Liu has always been a person who will figure out the greatest malice, she doesn't think that Liu is stealing the eggs laid by the chickens in the chicken coop, because the weather is cold, the chickens will not lay eggs earlier. She didn't think it was Yuan's luck that happened to the chicken and suddenly laid eggs. So she guessed around and thought that it might have been given to Liu by someone else. And this other person can be a well-wisher or an adulterer!

Liu has always looked at Yuan's unpleasant eyes, and in her opinion, a woman who can't give birth to a son is as useless as a hen that can't lay eggs. When the hen is raised, she can still kill and eat meat, and she still has to raise wasted food. Therefore, the Liu family actually wanted to clean up the Yuan family, so he used this as an excuse to take a stick and smoke it. also arranged Yuan's misdeeds with his son. Huo Dayu also complained about the Yuan family, who had never given him a son, and he wanted to save face and be filial to his mother for such a provocation, so he didn't stop the Yuan family from being beaten.

Huo Qingqing saw that her mother was beaten badly, and hurriedly told the truth. The eggs were given by Uncle Xiaohan, and her mother didn't steal anyone! Therefore, Huo Xiaohan became the next unlucky person.

As soon as Huo Xiaohan got home, he was interrogated and asked who gave him the things. Huo Xiaohan knew that his mother's beating was not a good idea, but he was not only beaten, but also punished for kneeling in the yard, scolding him for hooking up with men and being shameless!

The Liu family naturally won't stop asking about this matter just because Huo Xiaohan didn't say it. Several people got together and pondered, and then set the goal on Yuan Anping. After all, the only person Huo Xiaohan has come into contact with recently is Yuan Anping who can take out so much to eat. Huo Xiaohan didn't say that they didn't have a move, in their opinion, the Yuan family was better to clean up. So they threatened the Yuan family, if they didn't say it, they would beat Huo Qingqing. Yuan's own guilt was okay, but he was reluctant to let his daughter suffer, so he said Yuan Anping's name. As soon as they heard the same as they had guessed, several people calculated how to benefit from Yuan Anping.

If Yuan Anping was still the same as before, they would beat Huo Xiaohan at most, and they would definitely not poke things out, after all, they still wanted to sell Huo Xiaohan for a good price. But now it's different, Yuan Anping has won the appreciation of Master Zhang in the city, and it seems that he has got a lot of silver. It can be seen from the embroidery incident that it is not a problem for Yuan Anping to make money. Then it is better to marry Huo Xiaohan far away than to marry Yuan Anping. First, Yuan Anping still has two years of filial piety before he can marry a wife, so he can keep Huo Xiaohan at home and work for another two years, or he can take the opportunity to take Yuan Anping, they are very greedy when they look at the things that Yuan Anping has received. Besides, if Huo Xiaohan marries Yuan Anping, everyone lives in the same village, and it will be convenient to go to the door to fight the autumn breeze in the future. If Yuan Anping gets the silver, they pretend to be sick as their father-in-law and mother-in-law, and they dare not come to see it!

After listening to the plot, Yuan Anping understood that the reason why the Huo family calculated him was because he felt that he should have received a lot of silver, and he didn't have the heart to think about anything else, so he said directly to Li Zi: "Huo Yangsheng's reaction seems that Xiaohan's situation is a little bad, you go and help me inquire carefully, and tell me immediately if there is any news." ”

"Okay!" Li Zi was instructed to do it immediately.