Chapter 72
After asking about the addresses of these children, Jiang Wanbai found that one of the children who was about seven years old turned out to be from Xiawa Village, and his surname was Zhong.
Hurriedly asked the child what he was doing at home, and the child said that he was a craftsman at home, Jiang Wanbai immediately realized that this child should be Zhong Laohan's grandson.
But this matter is a little strange, she bought Zhong Laohan's cattle that day, didn't Zhong Laohan have already scraped together enough money, why haven't he redeemed this child yet?
Did the robber break his promise, or did there be something wrong with Zhong Laohan, Jiang Wanbai tried to ask the child, but the child said that he didn't know, Jiang Wanbai had to put this question in his heart first, and went straight to the nearest address with everyone.
After half a cup of tea, in Linjia Village, outside the gate of a house full of chrysanthemums, Jiang Wanbai reached out to knock on the door, the sound of knocking was very obvious in this silent night, but it was very strange, she detained it for a long time, and no one answered, as if there was no one here.
Jiang Wanbai frowned and asked the child who was being held in Tian Laoer's arms, "Is this your home?" ”
The child was only four years old this year, combed two buns, and when he heard Jiang Wanbai ask, he didn't answer, but stretched out his little hand and patted the door, looking impatient.
It should be here, but how can there be no one? Jiang Wanbai hesitated while continuing to knock on the door, "Is there anyone?" ...... at home"
She hadn't finished saying this, and suddenly, thirty or forty people came up next to her, some of them were holding hoes, some were holding iron pickaxes, and they all looked at Jiang Wanbai and a few people, including a woman in her early twenties, who pounced on this side and said with tears in her eyes: "Jinbao, Jinbao......"
As soon as the woman took two steps, she was stopped by a young man next to her, "Don't go over, it's dangerous." ”
But the woman didn't give up, she had to go over, and the young man had no choice but to hug the woman to death. The woman cried out as she saw her son in front of her and couldn't pass it, "Let go of me, my Jinbao ......," and she bit the young man's arm with her teeth.
The young man's eyes were full of guilt and pity, and while letting the woman bite, he said to Jiang Wanbai: "You can't run anymore, let go of my son." ”
At this time, an old lady snatched out next to the young man, and the old lady knelt on the ground with a puff, kowtowing to Jiang Wanbai and them, and said: "Please, please let my grandson go, as long as you let him go, we will agree to whatever you want, just ask you not to hurt him." ”
"Old woman, what are you doing here, they can't run away." An old man came out next to the old lady, and while he stretched out his hand to help the old lady, he said these words that he had no confidence in. Jiang Wanbai couldn't run away, but his grandson was still in their hands, how dare they do it.
These things happened very quickly, and it was almost until Jiang Wanbai had a chance to speak now, knowing that the two couples, one old and one young, must be the child's father, grandfather, and grandmother, and also knew that they must have misunderstood, Jiang Wanbai hurriedly said: "We are not robbers, the robbers have been taken to prison by the government, this time, we are specially sending children to you." ”
As she spoke, she motioned to Tian Lao Er to return the child to the person opposite.
Although Tian Lao Er had no children himself, he understood the hearts of those parents very well, and hurriedly walked over with the children in his arms.
As soon as the child saw that his relatives were in front of him, he raised his little hand and shouted in a milky voice: "Father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, Jinbao is so hungry!" ”
In a word, the tears of the four people on the opposite side fell, the woman took the child in her arms first, and the man guarded the mother and son outside, and the family couldn't cry.
Jiang Wanbai looked at the family who was crying on the other side, and felt a little uncomfortable, the child is not only a child, there is a family behind him, without this child, this family is like a rotten wood without hope, panic and no attachment.
Therefore, whether in modern or ancient times, those who do it to children are the most cruel people, and they should be killed with a thousand knives and Ling Chi.
"Jinbao is so hungry!" After the child named Jinbao finished speaking, he also cried aggrievedly, he hadn't eaten for two days, and his crying was soft when he was hungry.
"Good, Jinbao, grandma is going to make you egg custard......" said the old lady and walked into the alley next to her. The front door of the house was tied from the inside, and she was going to enter through the back door.
The young man, Lin Xing, tried his tears with his hand, and then walked over and kowtowed to Jiang Wanbai.
"Don't do that, it's just a gesture." Jiang Wanbai hurriedly stopped Lin Xing.
Lin Xing didn't listen to her, kowtowed a few times, and then said, "Guys, what's going on?" ”
Jiang Wanbai roughly said the previous incident, and then pointed at Tang Shaozheng and said: "This is actually his credit, if you want to thank him, thank him!" ”
When Lin Xing heard this, he wanted to kneel down Tang Shaozheng again, but he was supported by Tang Shaozheng, and then, he said in an ominous voice: "If you thank her, it will be regarded as thank me!" The woman in his words is, of course, referring to Jiang Wanbai.
When Lin Xing and the others heard this, they thought that Tang Shao was Jiang Wanbai's junior, so they were polite again, and then came back to continue talking to Jiang Wanbai.
Jiang Wanbai glanced at Tang Shaozheng, and when she found the smile on his face, she knew what his idea was, and took the opportunity to have a relationship with her! You must know whether he and Tian Yinfeng can succeed or not, she plays a decisive role.
Really didn't miss any opportunity, Jiang Wanbai glared at him, and then asked Lin Xing, "What's the matter with you, so many people, and the door is still locked." ”
As soon as Lin Xing was about to speak, the door behind Jiang Wanbai opened, and the old lady who ran in just now said a little embarrassed: "I only cared about cooking for Jinbao, I forgot to invite my benefactor in, hurry, come in." ”
Jiang Wanbai shook her head, pointed to the children in the car and said, "We won't go in, we have to send them home as soon as possible, you say, don't you?" ”
The old lady was deeply touched by this, she didn't see the child for a minute, and it was like roasting on a hot fire for a minute, so she quickly nodded, and then shook her head again, just let Jiang Wanbai go, where would she be willing.
Lin Xing said suddenly: "You guys are like this, when are you going to send it?" In this way, we will help you send. ”
As he spoke, he turned to the villagers behind him and said, "Thank you for today's events, but you have also seen that now you need a few people to send these children back, who is willing to help, not to mention others, I Lin Xing will note your kindness first." ”
The peasant family didn't have anything to do at night, but this was a good deed, coupled with Lin Xing's words, many people stood up in Hulala, clamoring to help send the children.
Although Lin Xing is young, he seems to be very appealing in this Lin Village, and he is also very safe in doing things, and after asking the children's addresses, he picked out a few people and asked them to send the children back.
"By the way, there's all this stuff too." Jiang Wanbai said, opened the package on the car, and in an instant, the white and yellow ones were exposed in front of everyone's eyes, shining with a charming luster under the illumination of the surrounding lanterns.
Lin Xing was very surprised when he saw these things, and looked at Jiang Wanbai's expression again, and found that she did not hesitate at all, and in an instant, his feelings for Jiang Wanbai changed from gratitude to admiration.
and selected a few trustworthy people to return the property, Lin Xing invited Jiang Wanbai and a few people to go in and sit, as for Li Gouzi, he was tied up by Wuhua and tied to the big tree in the courtyard, and there were people who were in charge of guarding it, for fear that he would run away.
As soon as Jiang Wanbai entered the door of the Lin family, she smelled a faint aroma of wine, "This is ......," she asked.
"Auntie doesn't know yet, our family's ancestral wine-making skills, although the wine brewed dare not say that the fragrance is thousands of miles, but in these ten miles and eight towns, there is no one who does not praise it." Lin Xing said with a smile.
"Lin Kee Shochu?" Tian Laoer's eyes lit up, obviously he thought of something.
"Exactly." Lin Xing said with some pride.
"I've drunk your wine, and it's really delicious." Tian Lao Er praised.
As soon as he said this, Lin Xing was even happier, "It's rare that you like it, when I go back in a while, I'll bring you a few bottles of good, seventy-year-old." ”
Seventy years, even Tang Shaozheng was a little moved, and when the time came to this year, it was something that money might not necessarily be able to buy.
"Haha, that's it, don't be polite to me, otherwise, I won't be able to sleep tonight." Lin Xing's biggest concern landed, and he became good at talking, what he said was funny, everyone smiled, so they didn't argue about it anymore, and continued to walk inside.
And Jiang Wanbai, while walking, was thinking about one thing, she had been worried about what to do with the sorghum at home, since the Lin family was making wine, why not let him help them make this sorghum into wine.
However, this matter is not in a hurry, and when she thinks about how to win each other, she can say it, otherwise, if one is not good, the Lin family still thinks that she wants to blackmail and ask for retribution!
Burying this idea in his heart, Jiang Wanbai and the others came to the house.
Lin Xing knew that Jiang Wanbai and the others hadn't eaten yet, so he quickly asked his daughter-in-law to cook a few dishes, and while waiting for the dishes, he also explained why there were so many people just now, and why they were outside.
It turned out that the robber took advantage of the Lin family's inattention, so he abducted Lin Jinbao, and then sent someone to tell the Lin family that he wanted a thousand taels of silver.
Although the Lin family has been making wine for generations and has some savings, the livelihood of this winemaking is not so easy to do, and they basically dare not buy it when the grain is expensive, and the wine is cheap when it is cheap, so after so many years, in addition to the wine in the cellar that is worth some money, where is there so much silver.
Even if they wanted to sell those wines, it would be difficult to find a suitable buyer for a while, and the Lin family was sad.
When the robbers saw that the Lin family had not taken the silver for a long time, they thought that they would not shed tears when they saw the coffin, so they told them that if they couldn't get the silver next time, they would cut off Lin Jinbao's ears and give them them, and next time, it would be their arms.
The Lin family was forced to a dead end, Lin Xing thought about it all night, and decided to call someone to ambush him at the door of the house, just waiting for the money to come, then tie him up, and then force him to ask about the whereabouts of the child, as for what happened next, he actually didn't think about it.
It's just that they didn't expect that they waited for the robbers, but waited for Jiang Wanbai to come to them, which made the mountains and rivers suspicious, and the willows and flowers were bright and another village.
It turned out that this was the case, and Jiang Wanbai also smiled.
At this time, the meal has been arranged, although it is not a delicacies of the mountains and seas, but there are also eggs and white noodles, "There is nothing to cook at home in the past two days, and now the butcher shop is closed again, so I can only eat together, I am really sorry." Lin Xing's daughter-in-law felt very sorry for Jiang Wanbai and them.
"Everyone is an ordinary family, where is there so much attention, and besides, this meal is already very good." Jiang Wanbai's sentence is polite, and it is also true, white noodles and eggs are not eaten anywhere.
"Today can only be like this, in two days, I must set a table, invite you to eat, you must not refuse." Lin Xing also felt that this meal could not express their gratitude at all, so he said so.
"Okay, I'll be here then." Jiang Wanbai was still thinking about Gao Niang's winemaking, so she agreed.
She was so crisp, Lin Xing was also happy, beckoning everyone to eat.
Jiang Wanbai worked for an afternoon, and only now did she eat, but she felt that the meal was indescribably delicious, and it was estimated that the delicacies of the mountains and seas were like this.
She is like this, Tang Shaozheng, Tian Laoer, and Tian Laosi are not, and the meal is exceptionally sweet.
After eating, they were just about to get up to say goodbye, when they heard a commotion outside, and just as they were about to get up to see what was happening outside, a man rushed in, "Go and see, the robber has been killed." ”