Chapter 30: The Death of Miss Distress (6)
Unconsciously in the autumn, Shi Lan pondered that she should go to the county with Li Tiezhu recently, during this time her stomach swelled rapidly, those clothes were a little tight in the past, and two of Li Tiezhu's clothes were also small, she wanted to buy some cloth and come back and make a dress for both of them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
That night, after dinner, Shi Lan cleaned up the bed, sat on the edge of the kang and touched her bulging belly, and said softly: "Xianggong, I'll go to the county with you tomorrow." ”
Li Tiezhu was wiping the bowstring with his back to her, and when he heard her words, his broad back stiffened slightly, and he remembered the words that had been circulating in the village recently, and fell silent.
Shi Lan lowered his head and finished thinking about what he was going to buy tomorrow, and when he saw that Li Tiezhu didn't speak, he thought he hadn't heard, so he said it again.
Li Tiezhu knew that he couldn't hide it for long, but he still wanted to delay it for a few days as much as possible, "Daughter-in-law, you are heavy, don't follow me to toss." So you tell me what you want to buy, and I'll bring it back for you tomorrow." ”
Shi Lan hasn't been out much since she fell into the water, especially during this time, Li Tiezhu can't wait to tie her to her home, so she doesn't know, and rumors suddenly spread in the village that she was a fugitive slave from a big family.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Tiezhu repeatedly told her to bolt the door and reluctantly leave the house.
Shi Lan looked at him with a smile and turned back three times in one step, and asked him in a loud voice, if he was not at ease, let her go with him.
As soon as Li Tiezhu heard her say this, he hurriedly turned his head, and a pair of long legs walked quickly, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Shi Lan couldn't help but smile brightly when she saw it, she was really a solid eye, she just said that, he took it seriously.
After laughing, Shi Lan obediently bolted the door and returned to the house.
During this time, she has been cultivating the magic technique, and the original owner's body is too weak, and if she wants to survive the production stage safely, it is a little difficult to rely on the backward medical technology here.
After several tasks, Shi Lan faintly felt that the set of magic given by Ming Xiao could not only enhance the divine soul, but it was also good for the body, but this benefit was not obvious, and it would take years of accumulation to feel a little, but for Shi Lan at this time, the benefits were a little bit better than nothing.
After practicing for two weeks, there was a faint sound of a man talking outside, and occasionally the sound of banging on the door panel vigorously.
Shi Lan frowned, got up and walked out.
There are no people around Li Tiezhu's home, and she can't hear any other sounds except birds and insects, and she has been here for so long, except for those who buy prey, no one else comes to the door.
"Who?" Shi Lan stood in the courtyard and shouted towards the door.
The sound of conversation outside was quiet for a moment, and a female voice came in through the door panel, "Tiezhu's family, someone from the government came to check the household registration." ”
Shi Lan blinked, and said in her heart that it was quite strict, but isn't this kind of thing checking household registration a job that Li is doing? Why do you need people from the labor government to check it?
Although she had doubts in her heart, Shi Lan still opened the door, and a middle-aged man in the uniform of a servant held a long knife hanging from his waist and stared at her with a scrutinizing face, "Name, place of origin, who else is in the family." ”
"Official, what are you ......," Shi Lan felt that the situation was a little wrong, and she was afraid that she would not be pleasing to answer rashly, so she turned her eyes to look at the official and the two men of some age standing behind him, as for the woman who was three points similar to Li Chunni, Shi Lan directly ignored it.
Xu was too frightened to speak when he saw Shi Lan, and one of the old men in a dark blue short coat and a dry tobacco pouch around his waist behind the official stepped forward with a smile, "Tiezhu's family, two days ago, someone went to the county to report to the official, saying that there are fugitive slaves here, no, the official in the county attaches great importance to it, come and ask, don't be afraid, the official is very kind, if you have anything, just say that the official will not wronged a good person." ”
Shi Lan heard what he meant, answered in a low voice, and slowly reported the names of himself and Li Tiezhu.
The official wrote down her name with a straight face, and when she was about to inquire about her place of origin, she saw Shi Lan holding her waist and her face turned pale, and her mouth let out a low cry of pain, seeing that she was about to lie down, she was startled, and hurriedly took two steps back, looking at the old man who had spoken to Shi Lan beside her, "Li Zheng, what's going on?" ”
The old man who was called Lizheng by the official had a condensed face, but he replied to the official without stumbling in his mouth, "The Tiezhu family fell into the water when he was carrying the baby some time ago, and I think it was because the fetus did not sit firmly, so I think it is better to let her go back and lie down." Deyun's family, you go to find a doctor to come and take a look, Deyun, you go to find the iron pillar, and ask him to come back and watch her daughter-in-law quickly. I'll take the official to go to other homes to have a look, and I have to check it out. ”
After Li Zheng sent out the two people who were staring at him while he was talking, he glanced at Shi Lan while people were not paying attention, and then took the official into the village.
Shi Lan screamed a few times, saw that the person was far away, hurriedly closed the door, and began to wonder what was going on.
It's good, how could the government send someone here to check the household registration, and it is also a skip-the-line inspection, which is very abnormal. Suddenly, Shi Lan thought of Li Chunni, who had disappeared for a long time, could it be that she thought that her life was too leisurely, so she specially made some trouble to make herself unhappy?
Thinking of the madness of Li Chunni after pushing the original owner into the water in her memory, coupled with the fact that she was Li Chunni's father and mother who accompanied her today, Shi Lan felt that she was the truth.
Deducing this, Shi Lan was angry now, and said that I wanted you to live happily for a few days, but you yourself caught up to find death, so it's no wonder to me.
In the evening, Li Tiezhu hurriedly ran back, threw down the basket full of things as soon as he entered the door, and ran quickly to the house, "Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law, how are you ......?"
Shi Lan listened to him call continuously, and rolled her eyes angrily, "What are you shouting, I'm not here." ”
Li Tiezhu looked at Shi Lanhao's appearance of sitting on the edge of the kang, and the second half of the sentence in his throat choked back, and a cool face that was anxious and purple immediately smiled, "Daughter-in-law, you're okay, it's really good," said crookedly and came over to hug her.
Shi Lan turned around, dodged his bear hug, and slammed him with his eyes, "Don't pretend there." You tell me, what's the matter with the seizure of fugitive slaves? ”
During this time, Shi Lan spoke slowly, gently and submissively, delicate and weak, so that the appearance of his face suddenly changed, which made Li Tiezhu stunned, lowered his head, and did not dare to make a sound.
Shi Lan's face changed, just now she wanted to cheat, to see if he knew about the fugitive slave, but now seeing his stunned appearance, she is just stupid during pregnancy and figured out that something is wrong.