Chapter 12: A Mystery of Origin

As soon as those people left, Situ Cheng immediately returned home. I saw the backs of the group from afar, shouting loudly, thinking that these rabbits didn't know where to go.

When she entered the door with her washed clothes, she fainted and fell to the ground, so shocked that her legs were weak and the wooden basin containing the clothes in her hand fell to the ground.

Ignoring the mess in the courtyard, she first carried Mi'er back to the kang in the house, and gently called him while cutting her thumb into Mi'er's human acupoint.

After half a day, she frowned and opened her eyes, and cried out when she saw Situ Ming.

Situ Cheng hugged him, and she didn't comfort or stop him, but just said:

"Cry, cry loudly, my son, it's all gone."

Mi'er cried and said intermittently:

"Sister, Ah Hua was snatched away by them, and they beat me."

"I know, don't worry, I'll take Ah Hua back!"

She said with a look of anger on her face.

blamed myself for waking up too late this morning, and I was delayed a little longer when I was doing laundry because of Xiaoyu. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let my child be bullied by those people.

She secretly blamed herself and checked to see where her child was injured. I saw that there were many bruises on his body, but fortunately they didn't hurt his muscles and internal organs.

She was distressed and burst into tears, after these days of getting along, Situ Cheng had already regarded her as her own flesh and blood that had been taken away in her previous life. Hatred overflowed in his chest, and he secretly planned in his heart.

Mi'er's crying voice was hoarse and her body collapsed, so Situ Ming first boiled some boiling water and served him to drink some. Then he asked Qing Er'er Shi and his wife where they were, and they had to go to the field and call them back.

When Aunt Shi heard the news, she trotted all the way home, and when she entered the door, she picked up the child on the kang and screamed heartily, tears falling down her cheeks.

"I'll just say that the plagued chicken will get into trouble sooner or later, and you know that if you hadn't been persuading me in my ear, I would have taken him to the market and sold it, so that I could have added some clothes to the children."

She complained to Uncle Shi.

Uncle Shi said:

"Mi'er cares so much about that chicken, you know that selling it will definitely break Mi'er's heart. Why would you say such things when this has come to this? ”

"You old stone, your own son has been bullied like this, what has come to this, is this matter just over?"

Mrs. Shi said angrily.

"Then what do you say, I'll take a hoe to Shanggezhuang to the rich family and beat his son."

As he spoke, he turned around and went to the courtyard to pick up the hoe that was erected at the base of the wall.

Aunt Shi was busy in the house to dissuade:

"You stinky stone, how can we mess with that kind of person, hey, I'm so angry. Shi Zi'er go and stop your father. ”

Situ Cheng also helped persuade Aunt Shi:

"Godmother, don't worry, don't be angry."

Over there, Shi Zi'er didn't stop his father, but picked up a scythe, shouting that he had to fight with Wang'er's gang.

"It's really a hard stone with no brains for a family, and they can take the rooster they want to take it, what do you have to stop."

Aunt Shi did not forget to count the children in a panic.

In fact, Uncle Shi is not a dull and impulsive person, and he just uses his power to block Aunt Shi's broken mouth. I don't want Shizi'er to get involved, it's really difficult to ride a tiger, and I can't really take the guy to the upper villages. Not to mention that the rich man is a villain, even if he is a reasonable master, it is difficult to convince people without evidence.

The loud noise of this house alarmed the neighbors, and some people came to dissuade them.

Uncle Shi and Shi Zi'er were robbed of the farm tools in their hands, and everyone listened to Aunt Shi tell the truth of the matter with a lot of tears and snot.

"Those little cubs have mothers who don't care about them, they robbed my only big, not to mention, and injured my young son, they really can do it. There is no place to reason for this great grievance. ”

"Did the rangers do it? They are also too much, this is not what robbers are. Go to the county and tell them to go to the yamen, there is no king in this world. ”

A neighbor said.

"I said his sister-in-law, why don't you add firewood to put out the fire, if you can sue it, those people won't mess around and have no fear."

"That's right, there are a lot of chickens and ducks in our village, who doesn't understand what's going on. When you see anyone begging to come back, it's all a weasel. ”

"Hey! What is a chicken and duck, Shi Daliang's family was trampled on half an acre of land a few days ago, do you know? ”

A neighbor lowered his voice.

"Didn't you say that a few wild boars came in the middle of the night to gnaw?"

One asked.

"How is it possible, do you want the corn cob to grow tall and have a wild boar like a foal? I sue you, and it is the same people who have caused the evil. I don't know which of the second- and third-class masters above was greedy for this tender corn cob, and they took off their filial piety. ”

"You said that they can eat a few just fresh ones, but this season for eating tender corn has passed, and the corn has gradually matured, and Shi Daliang, who has picked and picked this time, has harvested a lot less."

Situ Cheng was very puzzled in her heart and asked:

"Why are you all so afraid of him, but he is just a caretaker of the fruit forest."

Everyone's eyes looked at her, and her expression was as usual.

"Sister-in-law of the Shi family, this is your nephew from afar, right?" A neighbor asked.

In fact, the words of the distant nephew here originally came from Shi Zi'er's mouth, and this time Aunt Shi looked at Situ Cheng and didn't know how to answer. My family has lived in Shijia Village for generations, and where did I get a nephew with a foreign accent.

Situ Ming didn't want to embarrass Aunt Shi, so she whispered to her:

"Godmother, you don't have to worry about the concubine, it's better to talk about it from the neighbors."

Mrs. Shi is an honest person who can't make up lies, maybe one more person knows about this matter, and there is also more hope for Situ Cheng to find relatives, which is not a good thing. Then he slapped his thigh with both hands and said:

"Hey, I'll tell you the truth, this little girl isn't any nephew of mine, it's a pitiful thing."

Then he told everyone how the two of them found Situ Cheng in their own land, how they carried him back, and how Situ Cheng woke up and didn't know about it.

"It's really a poor child, I don't know if it's separated from my family and ended up with us."

"Girl, don't worry, there will definitely be relatives looking for you."

Some people sighed, some people comforted, and a neighbor who was open-mouthed said:

"It can't be that I was abducted here, if that's the case, it's going to be difficult, listening to the little girl's accent is a foreigner, how can the family find it."

One of the people next to her hurriedly touched her elbow to stop her from talking.

People often hear that there are abductors who specialize in abducting beautiful and handsome little girls, or raising them themselves and selling them for a good price when they become adults, or selling them to large families as maids on the spot, or selling them in the land of fireworks. Rumor has it that they used all kinds of tricks against the little girls they had been kidnapped until they forgot about their biological parents and what they had done before.

And Situ Ming's amnesia gives those neighbors more room for speculation, such as her speech and demeanor are generous and decent, not like a girl from a small family. If it is said that it is in a big household, it doesn't make sense, have you seen a lady who is so unsuspicious in life. She is also quite handy in doing some labor in the farmhouse, and she is a hard-working person, which is not like a young lady at all. But she can indeed read and write, and has knowledge that the peasant family does not have.

Situ Cheng faced all kinds of eyes from those male and female neighbors, and did not show any shame at all, so indifferent to himself made everyone wonder.

"The kindness of my godfather and godmother is greater than heaven for me, if it weren't for them, I would have become a lonely ghost with no place to die. I also know that my relatives are difficult to find, and my own background is a mystery, so it is better not to force it to go with the flow. If possible, all my uncles and aunts will treat me as a native of Shijia Village. I will also be filial to my godfather and godmother like a daughter, and I don't want to mention the matter of finding relatives again. ”

After listening to Situ Ming's words, the Shi family and his wife were moved to tears, such a girl could catch up with her own child.

"Old Shi'er is really blessed to have picked up such a decent and filial daughter." Everyone said this, and naturally the fight just now was not mentioned.

Shi Zi'er didn't want to just leave it at that, he was just about to speak, but was pulled down by his neighbor Aunt Cao and whispered in the corner:

"Child, I know you are unwilling, and I can't wait to go to the door and beat up Nawang'er and his gang. But you have to think about it clearly, if nothing else, just think about how the second child of the stone flute in our village is lame. ”

After saying that, he patted him on the shoulder and went home to cook lunch.

Shi Stunned's second child used to play with them a lot, because he once had a conflict with Wang'er, who was walking alone, he punched Wang'er twice. Unexpectedly, the next day, Wang'er brought a group of people over to discount his leg.

For this matter, Shi Zhizi first went to the rich family to discuss the explanation, and was also chased back, and then went to the county office. dragged on like this, and the yamen made excuses, and finally got it done. Shi Lengzi almost scattered his family property in order to fight a lawsuit, and the strictest thing is that he will always be subjected to a lot of difficulties when he pays taxes and tribute, and his experience is embarrassing.

Shi Zi'er was a little depressed after thinking about it, and saw Situ Cheng approaching him and whispering in his ear for a long time.

Shi Zi'er nodded yes again and again, with an excited look on his face.