Chapter IV: Blackmail
Bai Erniu clearly remembered that when the barefoot doctor in the village checked her brother's pulse, he said that his brother's time was running out, and it was only a few days of hard work.
My younger brother has been sick for so many years, in fact, everyone has been looking forward to this day for a long time, not because Bai Erniu hates, but because there is this younger brother who has been taking medicine, there is only silver in the eyes of his mother, and he doesn't care whether he likes it or not, he just wants to marry himself to a rich family in the city. Do rich people in the city really look up to themselves? And Bai Erniu already has a favorite person in her heart, and she is also a man in the same village, but after the matter of Mrs. Zhang's family, no one in Wangjia Village dares to be shameless and propose marriage from home. I'm afraid that my mother will be humiliated again, and I will really have no face to stay in Wangjia Village at that time. Bai Erniu thought that she was going to marry in the city in the future, maybe she would fill the house for someone, or make someone small, or marry an old man. Bai Erniu felt aggrieved in her heart, and even with the little family affection for her younger brother, it seemed to have faded a lot.
Now that my brother is finally gone, and the family is finally missing a big burden, maybe my mother won't want to marry herself to the city again? Bai Erniu held this glimmer of hope and calmly faced her brother's departure. But now I see that my sister-in-law and my mother actually want to sell a little beggar to such a place, I really don't approve of it from the bottom of my heart, why should my mother and sister-in-law sell people's houses? But what can Bai Erniu say, her fate is not in her own hands, let alone a beggar picked up by her mother.
Bai Erniu looked at the little beggar sympathetically, I don't know why, I always feel that she is no longer the little beggar who was scared and didn't have a good brain when she just arrived at her house, and the little beggar is now, as if she has suddenly changed someone, just standing there, the momentum comes out.
Qiu Ning also knew with his toes that these people would not let him go lightly, but he didn't expect this family to be so shameless and say that he owed them money. Qiu Ning clearly remembered that he only ate three cold black noodle steamed buns, plus two bowls of well water, and the ugly, tattered and dirty clothes on his body. However, people have to bow their heads under the roof, and the ancient legal system was not perfect, and it is not appropriate at all to discuss law and human rights with these people. And Qiu Ning clearly felt that his knees were already trembling a little, and he couldn't support his body anymore, but he just held on to his breath and didn't want to fall. And the stomach, which is already hurting to the point of losing consciousness, Qiu Ning wants to say, now give yourself a pig, and you can eat it all.
Qiu Ning knew that this problem had to be solved immediately, and the silver was the point, but now that he didn't have any silver, where could he find the silver to pay back? And even if he agrees to pay back the silver now, if he doesn't hand over the money, will these two wicked women let him go? Qiu Ning worked hard to make herself sober, she must think of a way to come out, she can't just let these two evil women bully her to death, if she sells it to that kind of place where you can't see the light, it's better to die. Qiu Ning tried to straighten his back so that he did not look sick and could be bullied.
"Three cold black steamed buns, plus two well waters, and a patched garment. You really don't know how much silver to give, you really don't know the market price, you think clearly in your own hearts. If the lion opens his mouth, then let's see the official! At most, the official will be imprisoned for a few months, but after we come out, we will be cleared up, and you won't get a penny. Qiu Ning can only scare this family, indeed, after he is imprisoned, this family will not get a penny. But what will he face when he goes to prison, even if there is no torture, he may not have eaten or drunk, and the conditions of the ancient cell are bad, Qiu Ning actually doesn't want to try it.
Mrs. Bai let the little beggar who stood in the courtyard, standing straight and imposing, really angry, but Mrs. Bai knew in her heart that those three thick steamed buns were really not worth any silver, and what? Those old clothes are not what I don't know how to wear, but they are dispensable. If you really take this matter into the city to sue the official, I am afraid that the official will be annoyed, and he will blame his own family for blackmailing the silver? What to do? The point is that this little beggar is not afraid of going to jail at all, and no one knows whether this situation will go to jail or not. Mrs. Bai felt that she had better inquire clearly, otherwise she would go to the city indiscriminately, waste a day's work, and forget it, and she would not be able to become an official?
The eldest daughter-in-law has no bottom in her heart, and she was originally justified, but let this little beggar say this, it seems that people really don't take much of their own things. Think about it, how can the mother-in-law's stingy temperament give this little beggar something good? It's really hard to do now, it's really not worth suing the official for this trivial matter, and it has to make people laugh to death. But it seems to be a loss if you don't tell it, but I didn't expect that this little beggar is not afraid of going to prison at all, nor is he afraid of seeing officials. How can there be such a beggar? By the way, this little beggar picked it up from the city, maybe he knows more than he does? It is true that people say that the beggars in the city know more about important things than the peasants in the country.
The two of them are so stiff, Daddy Bai can't stand it, a good girl's house, she didn't eat a bowl of rice or drink a sip of tea when she arrived at home, isn't it clear about her daughter-in-law's virtue? Is there anything good to take out? This time he is beating people again, and he is asking for silver, this thing, this thing is not a matter at all. Where is it embarrassing to ask someone for silver, and when you say it, the people in the village will laugh to death. Old man Bai looked at Mrs. Bai, with a hint of flattery on his honest face, "I said old woman, forget it, let's do good deeds." This bodhisattva will surely bless our son to find a good family in the future, and he will not have to suffer like in this life. Look at this kid is also a pitiful, you should all do good, stop making trouble! ”
As soon as the old man Bai finished speaking, Mrs. Bai immediately glared at Daddy Bai fiercely, with a look of disdain, and pointed at the old man Bai and scolded: "You old man, you can't be blinded by lard, and you help outsiders talk, do you want to be angry with me." Our son died so miserably, how can he be so light, we must ask for an explanation. ”
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Bai family was embarrassed to say that her father-in-law was not, but she agreed with her mother-in-law very much, so she couldn't be so light-hearted. Look at the appearance of this little beggar, don't do some good, it's really a big loss.
Old man Bai let Mrs. Bai scold like this, his head was lowered, and he continued to sit on the stone on the side and smoke hookah with a dry smile. Qiu Ning will understand now, to put it bluntly, this old woman just wants to blackmail her own money, but she didn't expect that the security in ancient times was so bad, and the morality of the ancients was so low. Forget it, who made himself unlucky and dressed as a beggar? I can only accept my fate, otherwise what else can I do. But what? If she wants to blame herself for her son's death, there is really no way. Qiu Ning has been in the mall for so many years, defeated countless opponents, and calculated countless people. In the face of this unreasonable ancient old woman, how could Qiu Ning be soft-hearted?