3. Chapter II

On the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, Jiang Ling slept until midnight and woke up to go to the thatched house. Although her body is now a nine-year-old child, her soul is an adult woman, and she has been a wandering ghost for more than a year, so she is bold enough now. I didn't bother to ask Caihe, who was sleeping soundly outside the screen, to take the night pot and tiptoe out of the door by himself.

When he came out of the thatched house, Jiang Ling heard a noise outside the quiet backyard wall in the night. Curious, she quietly walked up and leaned against the wall to listen to the corner.

"Brother Azhu, tomorrow night, I will wait for you under the big willow tree in the canal."

"Well, we'll see you tomorrow night, I'll take you back to the countryside, they can't find us, it's just that you've been wronged."

"As long as I can be with Brother Azhu, I am not aggrieved at all."

"Then be careful when you come out tomorrow night, you will be found by your father."

"Hmm."

There was no sound in the back, only a faint and ambiguous sound. Jiang Ling can also be regarded as a person who has come over, and he can guess that this pair of mandarin ducks must be in the shape of a neck at this time.

Her tender old face flushed slightly, and she tiptoed back to her room.

I don't know if it's because of the spirit for a long time, she made this subtle and light movement, and she really didn't make a sound at all. From going out to lying in bed, Caihe still slept unknowingly, and only occasionally uttered one or two dream whispers.

Jiang Ling was lying on the bed, but it was a little difficult to fall asleep. The scene she overheard just now made her feel very familiar, but after a long time, she couldn't remember it for a while.

After pondering for a while, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared.

Just now, Ah Zhu was a husband of the Jiang family, and the reason why he didn't think about it for a while was because Ah Zhu, the husband of the Jiang Mansion, left the Jiang family after the Dragon Boat Festival in the previous life, and it is said that he was immersed in a pig cage and sunk in the pond in a few days, and lost his life.

If this is a normal thing, it is not a trivial matter. But at that time, it was only a short time since the glutinous rice dumplings tragedy, and the whole Jiang Mansion was revolving around Jiang Ling who woke up, and the fate of a subordinate was naturally not put in the hearts of the Jiang family.

The cause of this incident was that Ah Zhu had an affair with a girl in the city who was working in an iron shop, but the girl had already promised the family in the clan. The two originally agreed to elope on the night of the Dragon Boat Festival, but somehow they were discovered by the girl's future in-laws, and they took people to the door of the Jiang Mansion early in the morning to cry and asked the Jiang family to hand over Ah Zhu.

Jiang Hongwen, the master of the Jiang family, felt that this was an insulting matter, and he didn't want to get involved in these people's bad things, so he handed over Ah Zhu. Soon after, he heard that Ah Zhu and the girl had been immersed in a pig cage by the people of the clan and sunk in the pond. In short, the end is tragic and embarrassing.

This made Jiang Ling, who was nine years old at the time, understand one thing: that is, fornication has no good end.

However, time has passed, and the mood is different, but now that she thinks about it, Jiang Ling feels that her father has not done it properly. It is said that the daughter of the blacksmith shop looks like a flower, and the husband of the Jiang family, Ah Zhu, is also a young man from Peugeot, Lang has a lover who is interested, the two of them look at each other and make a private decision for life. But the girl was promised by her greedy parents to an old man in the clan who had lost his wife. Ah Zhu's subordinates couldn't afford to pay the compensation for the dissolution of the marriage contract by the girl's family, so they could only think of a way to elope. Unexpectedly, the East Window incident happened, and in the end, the two had to go to Huangquan Road together. If the Jiang family had helped a little at the beginning, the result would not have been so miserable.

Jiang Ling lay on the bed and thought for a long time, and secretly decided that this time she would work hard to see if she could change the ending, if this matter became different, it would also show that her fate in this life could be written again.

With such an expectation, Xiao Jiangling gradually fell asleep.

The next morning, she was woken up by the sound of Cai He's babbling.

"Oops, something happened to Miss!"

Jiang Ling rubbed his eyes: "What's wrong?" ”

Caihe said: "Ah Zhu in the gang had an affair with the daughter of the blacksmith outside, and the girl's future husband's family found out, and now he is leading people to make trouble at the door, asking the master to hand over Ah Zhu." ”

"Where's my dad?"

"The master was so angry that he asked someone to escort Ah Zhu out and hand him over."

"What?" Jiang Ling was excited, and the little drowsiness in his mind disappeared immediately, and he hurriedly got up, put on his clothes and ran out.

"Miss, why are you going?"

"I'm going to find my dad."

When she hurried to the front yard, she happened to see Ah Zhu, who was tied up with five flowers, being escorted out by two family members.

"Wait!" Jiang Ling drank the two of them.

When the two saw that it was a young lady, they listened to the steps as smoothly as possible.

"Ling'er, what are you doing?" Jiang Hongwen stepped forward from behind with a calm face.

"Dad, what are you doing here? Do you really want to hand over Ah Zhu to the people outside? ”

Jiang Hongwen frowned and shouted: "Adults do things, what is the mess of children's families?" The style of the Jiangfu is strict, and we must not let an adulterous subordinate insult our Jiangjia style. ”

Ah Zhu broke free of the restraints of others, knelt down with red eyes and puffed: "Master, Xiaolian and I really love each other, please save us." ”

Jiang Ling glanced at Ah Zhu, ran to Jiang Hongwen's side in small steps, and held his hand coquettishly: "Dad, Ah Zhu has been in the Jiang family for many years, and he has always done his duty, and everyone sees it." If you hand him over, it will be a dead end, and he has done wrong, but he will not sin unto death. Ling'er just woke up a few days ago, it is a great blessing, I know that my father and mother have begged the Bodhisattva to burn incense for me, if the father really loves his daughter, it is better to save Ah Zhu, as a virtue to the Bodhisattva to repay the wish. ”

Jiang Hongwen's brows furrowed even deeper. Before he could answer, Mrs. Jiang Zhao walked up at some point and said softly, "Master, I think Ling'er is right." This time Ling Er finally woke up, we should do some good deeds as fathers and mothers, thank you Bodhisattva for your blessing. ”

Jiang Hongwen said: "Then if the family outside is indomitable and crying at the door of our Jiang Mansion, where will our Jiang family's face go?" ”

Jiang Ling thought for a while: "Ling'er has a way, that family is so reluctant because of the money, as long as the father accompanies the family as the master of Ah Zhu's family, accompanies the family to double the dowry money, let him break the marriage contract with the girl, and then let Ah Zhu marry his sweetheart." There is no reason for the two families to quarrel. ”

Mrs. Jiang smiled and nodded: "Ling'er is right, they are just ordinary people, do they really dare to make a big fuss at our Jiang doorstep?" ”

Jiang Hongwen's brows loosened slightly: "Okay." He waved his hand, "Uncle Zhang, you go outside and ask, how much do they need to break off the engagement with that girl?" If the lion opens his mouth, bring a few guards to scare them, and after the negotiation is done, don't forget to write a note to draw a charge. ”

Uncle Zhang is the old housekeeper of Jiang Mansion, and after listening to the master's orders, he only responded and walked out quickly.

When Ah Zhu heard this, he was busy kowtowing: "Thank you, master, thank you, thank you, madam, thank you, miss!" ”

Jiang Hongwen snorted: "You have always done something wrong, now you are kneeling here, and you will get up again when the housekeeper negotiates the matter, as for what to do with you, let me think about it again." ”

Jiang Ling breathed a sigh of relief, a little incredulous, things were so smooth. Of course, the wave of people outside has not been sent away, and this matter is not over.

She looked at Ah Zhu, who was in tears, and said in her heart No matter what, at least Ah Zhu was not sent out, which was already different from her previous life.

"Little sister, why are you laughing so much that your mouth is about to crack?" Jiang Sangongzi, who was late to see the excitement, saw his sister standing in the front yard and played silly, and smiled and flicked it on her forehead. As he spoke, he saw Ah Zhu who was still kneeling on the ground, "Huh? Didn't Dad send Ah Zhu out? Why are you still here? ”

Jiang Ling said: "Send Ah Zhu out, and you can't let that clan tie up and soak the pig cage?" Dad asked Uncle Zhang to talk to the people outside. ”

Jiang Yu said: "I'm also thinking about this, how can Ah Zhu say that he is also from our Jiang Mansion, I have seen the fiancΓ© of his sweetheart, he is older than our father, the female girl is really wronged when she marries, I think she is quite compatible with Ah Zhu." ”

Jiang Ling laughed, thinking that when his third brother passed away in his last life, he didn't even marry her a sister-in-law, but now at a young age, he talked about these doorways, and couldn't help but quip: "Third brother, where did you learn these tunes?" Could it be that you have already been to Manchun Tower with your second brother? ”

Jiang Yujun's face flushed, and he pulled his sister's face: "What nonsense, if my father and mother listen to it, I will have to be trained." ”

As the two were talking, the housekeeper hurriedly ran in, and Jiang Yu stopped him: "Uncle Zhang, how are you talking?" ”

Uncle Zhang wiped his sweat: "That family lion opened his mouth, and he had to pay fifty taels of silver to do it." As he spoke, he pointed to Ah Zhu on the ground, "You little brute! ”

Jiang Ling grabbed Uncle Zhang: "You go and report to your father first and see what he says." ”

Jiang Yu said: "Although fifty taels is not a small amount, it is really nothing to our Jiang Mansion. After all, it's a matter of two lives, and since Dad wants you to negotiate, you won't be reluctant to give up the money. ”

Ah Zhu kowtowed again and again: "Thank you, Third Prince." ”

Jiang Yu held his head high: "Thank you, no need, if you are lucky this time, and you can marry your sweetheart again, you can develop more delicious snacks in the future to honor my son." After that, he glanced at Jiang Ling, who was puffing out his mouth, and grinned: "And our Miss Jiang." ”

After his words fell, Uncle Zhang ran out of the house with sweat wiped his sweat again, glared at Ah Zhu, and breathed a sigh of relief to Miss Gongzi: "The old man is kind-hearted and agreed." ”

Jiang Ling almost jumped three feet high.

Jiang Yujun frowned lightly and slapped her with a smile: "Are you so happy?" ”

Jiang Lingguli raised his eyebrows strangely: "I'm extremely happy, but the third brother of the fool won't understand." ”

"Who do you call stupid?"

"What do you say, Jiang Ayu?"

When Mrs. Jiang was pregnant with these three sons, she had a small illness, and Jiang Yu was born thin and thin, like a monkey with a small illness. The fortune teller said that it was easy to make a living by taking an ugly name, so Master Jiang gave him a small character called Ah Yu.

Jiang Yu listened to her teasing his small words, and made a straight face to pinch her. Jiang Ling ate and laughed and ran away, and the sound of two children chasing and fighting sounded in Jiangfu.

Third brother, you won't understand how happy I am, Ah Zhu is saved, our fate will be different from the previous life, I will not let you die in battle at the age of eighteen, you have to live a long time in this life, marry a beloved woman, and live to the full house of children and grandchildren.