Chapter 148: It's Too Late
The next day, after Qian Sangui and the others went home, after listening to Qian Manxia's words, Wu sneered, "Sister-in-law also told us that Aunt Die's in-laws are good in other aspects except for some picking, this is really a shame to live and suffer." The girl is so sad that she is embarrassed to say those words...... Hmph, everyone knows that they have to keep the dowry in their hands, but Aunt Diegu doesn't listen to her mother-in-law, and if she doesn't have a good relationship with her sister-in-law, she will suffer from her mother-in-law's family in the future. My sister-in-law thought that other families were like our old Qian family, her in-laws were charitable, her uncle was kind, and she was so strong. ”
The family sighed for a long time, and the people who thought about the big house must be more sad.
Poor Qian Mandie, such a beautiful and pleasing girl, married into such a family. Qian Yixiu has always thought that Wang is smart, it seems that no matter how smart a person is, he is too strong, too vain, and he will still do stupid things.
Thinking about Qian Mandie's best in-law, Qian Yixiu suddenly had a feeling of being opened. Compared with Yang Youfu and several other sons-in-law of the Qian family, Wan Dazhong, like the Li family's aunt and grandfather, was the best affordable man in ancient times. Moreover, he is much more handsome than Aunt Li's grandfather. If he is really good in nature and not lustful, then it is really the best choice for his brother-in-law.
The next day, Qian Yiduo, who came to Sanfang to play, said that Wang was sick and couldn't get up from bed.
She also whispered to Qian Yixiu, "I think my grandmother is angry with my sister-in-law, yesterday as soon as my sister-in-law and sister-in-law left, my grandmother cried, and then she couldn't get out of bed." ”
Wu picked up fifty eggs to see Wang.
A few days later, a piece of news that shocked the whole village came to the third room of the Qian family. A county official found Wang Lizheng's home, and after verifying Qian Manjiang's disappearance, he asked Qian Sangui to go to the county government to withdraw a pension of ten taels of silver, and at the same time reduce his family's taxes for three years.
For the great kindness of the court, the old man Qian was so excited that he burst into tears, the second grandfather who was already unable to find his legs and feet, and the old man Wang, whose father was already in his seventies, came to the Qian family's compound on crutches. Several old men loudly praised the emperor's kindness, and also kowtowed to the north to thank the emperor for his compassion for the people.
Qian Sangui came back from Wang Lizheng's house and closed the door of the hall to tell Wu, Qian Manxia and Qian Yixiu about it. They didn't dare to tell Cheng Yue, for fear that she would get sick.
Several people were so sad that their eyes were red, and at the same time, they were a lot more relaxed. It's not because of the extra ten taels of silver and the tax reduction for three years, the title of the family of the "missing" soldier is not good, and he can finally take off this impostor. Especially Qian Yijin, when he quarreled with his classmates in school, people would scold his father for fleeing from the battle, and he didn't dare to return to his hometown until now, which made him very hurt.
Early in the morning of 10 May, Qian Sangui and Qian Yijin, accompanied by Huang Tie, went to the county office, got the pension of the fallen soldiers 10 taels of silver, and went through the procedures for reducing taxes for three years.
After returning home, the family cried bitterly around the ten taels of silver they had received, of course, Cheng Yue was not included in these people. They didn't dare to tell her that Qian Manjiang had been confirmed dead by the court, and the "life-selling" money was all sent down.
When they were crying, Cheng Yue was standing alone at the door, looking forward to Brother Jiang, who would return after a few flowers.
In the next morning, Qian Sangui was a little bad, and Qian Xiaoyu went to invite Dr. Lin to come to the house to see a doctor. Qian Yijin and Qian Yixiu were going to pay tribute to Qian Manjiang, because several subordinates in the family were busy with winter wheat in the field, so Qian Manxia took them there.
The three of them walked out of the door with red and swollen eyes, carrying a basket in their hands, which contained a knife head, a few fruits, and some fragrant wax paper money.
Cheng Yue, who was embroidering in the east wing, stopped them from the window, "Sister-in-law, where are you going with Jinwa and Xiu'er?" Why do you bring these things? ”
The sluggish little lady is rarely a little sensitive. Seeing that Qian Manxia didn't answer, she said, "Don't let Jinwa and Xiu'er burn paper for that fake grave, it's empty." Brother Jiang is still alive, and it is not good to burn paper for the living. ”
Qian Manxia had to say with red eyes, "It's almost my grandfather's birthday, I'll lead them to burn some paper money for my grandfather." ”
Cheng Yue listened, and then sat back in front of the embroidery frame.
The sun was already very strong in the late spring afternoon, and the sun made people unable to open their eyes. Jumping also saw that the owner was in a bad mood, and sensibly followed them with his tail between his legs.
As soon as I entered the large tomb, I suddenly felt that the sun had dimmed, and there were a few croaking crows hovering in the sky, and the whirring wind was much louder than outside the mountain.
There were only three of them and one dog in the empty graveyard. When I came to the grave of the little father, although it had only been a few months, the little grave was already covered with grass. They knelt down and kowtowed a few times with tears, Qian Manxia and Qian Yixiu burned paper, and Qian Yijin was responsible for reporting to Qian Manjiang.
Sue him, the court has justified his name, he is a good man who fought bloodily for the Great Qianchao, and the family has also received a pension, and his grandfather is excited and crying. Grandpa's health is much better, the family has just received a rent of dozens of taels of silver, and the little lady has recovered a lot after recuperation, although she still can't remember the old things, but she is much more sober than before, and he and his sister are also very good......
“…… Dad rest assured that his son is studying hard, and he will definitely revitalize the courtyard in the future, so that grandma, mother, sister, and aunt can enjoy happiness. Qian Yijin cried and assured.
After the report, I went to Qian Manxia's grandfather, the ancestor of the little brother and sister, to burn the paper in front of the grave, and then went back.
Before he got out of the big tomb, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and the laughter of several men.
All four horses passed over them, and one of them stopped and looked back, and said with a smile, "Brothers, stop." I didn't expect to come to the mountains to see the scenery, and there was an unexpected harvest. The mountains here are good, the water is good, and the little lady is also smart, and there is a special taste. In the future, if anyone says that country chicks are rough, I won't agree. ”
When the other people heard this, they all stopped their horses and turned around, looking at Qian Manxia and the others laughing, laughing unscrupulously. The men were all relatively young, about twenty years old.
The person who spoke got off the horse and came to Qian Manxia and the others, and Qian Yijin saw this and stood in front of the little aunt with his small chest.
The man was wearing a brocade robe, handsome, and a pair of peach blossom eyes blinked and fired at Qian Manxia. He ignored the little boy who glared at him, watched Qian Manxia pull out the folding fan on his waist and open it, and recited the Book of Poetry, "Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the River Island." My Fair Lady, Gentleman. ”
Qian Manxia glared at him fiercely with a red face, and looked away.
Qian Yijin said angrily, "This son, please be respectful." ”
Seeing that his master didn't like these people, Jumping jumped and yelled at them.
A man on a horse smiled and said, "Brother Li, people ignore you, what should you do?" The other two burst into laughter.
This person was not angry, and said with a smile, "Little lady, my brother is not a bad person, and he is the most affectionate." You went to Xizhou Mansion with your brother, and you will wear gold and silver in this life, and you will not have to worry about eating and drinking. ”
Qian Manxia glared at him again and scolded in a low voice, "Dengzi!" ”
Those people laughed again and said, "Brother Li, the little lady scolded you." ”
The man laughed and said, "Good scolding, country girl, you should have more wild fun to taste." ”
Qian Yixiu blushed with anger, but the enemy was outnumbered, and he was in a remote location, even if he jumped, he was not anyone's opponent. He ignored the man and whispered, "Auntie, brother, let's go quickly." ”
Several people tried to bypass the man, but the man reached out and grabbed Qian Manxia.
Seeing this, Jump Jump barked at that person, quite a bit if you dare to step forward, I will bite you to death. The man was a little frightened and hesitated. Seeing this, the other three people all got off their horses, blocking the way of Qian Manxia and the others, and one of them also picked up a wrist-thick dry firewood stick from the ground and hit Jump.
Although Jump Jump is a descendant of a white wolf, he is still young, and it may be okay to fight a man with bare hands, but it is not good for people to carry a stick.
Qian Yijin was so anxious that he wanted to help Hop, but he was even more nervous about his aunt. He bent down and picked up a large stone, stuck it in front of Qian Manxia, and glared at the few people who were approaching them.
I know the danger of jumping, but I don't dare to tell it to run. Qian Yixiu raised his eyes and looked around, there were only these few people in the empty cemetery, and he couldn't call people even if he howled, and he was far from being their opponents.
The feeling of powerlessness and fear that became the meat on the board surrounded her again, and she screamed calmly, "Since you are from Xizhou Mansion, you should know the old lady Song of Songqiao, we are distant relatives of his family." If you have bullied us, he will not let you go. ”
One person laughed, "Little mud legs, why don't you say that you are a distant relative of the emperor......" said and deceived himself to come over to catch Qian Manxia.
Before his hand could reach over, the stone in Qian Yijin's hand smashed on the man's arm.
"Little rabbit, it hurts to smash the master." The man raised his leg and kicked at Qian Yijin.
Although Qian Yijin is small, he has insisted on practicing martial arts for many years, and he is also tall. He dodged the man's feet, but took the man's legs and pushed them, and the man fell to the ground. And Qian Yijin was also knocked to the ground from behind by another person.
Qian Yixiu and Qian Manxia both cried and ran to protect Qian Yijin.
The three men had surrounded the three of them.
Jumping had been wrestling with the man with the stick, and when he saw that his master had been beaten, he was in a hurry, and he did not dodge the stick that came him, but stood up and threw himself at the man. While being beaten several times, he also bit the man's shoulder, and the man screamed and the stick fell to the ground.
Jumping and running to the master's side, biting at a person.
Qian Yijin, who got up from the ground, had an extra stone in his hand and smashed it at one person, Qian Manxia and Qian Yixiu screamed and fought with the other.
Qian Yijin and the three of them were not opponents of those people at all, Qian Yijin was hit a few times, Qian Yixiu was pushed to the ground, and Qian Manxia was also touched twice by others, and the little girl was ashamed and angry.
At this moment, suddenly a voice came from a distance, "Stop! ”
Then, a figure "flew" here from far and near, in a moment.
Looking at people again, it is Wan Dazhong.
I saw him jump up, his legs split, and two people screamed at the same time and fell to the ground and couldn't get up. With another kick, the other man fell to the ground again. In the blink of an eye, Wan Dazhong had already removed the arms of those people, and several people screamed in pain.
The person who was bitten by Hopping didn't wait for Wan Dazhong to be beaten, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Wan Dazhong walked over and squatted down to support Qian Yijin's shoulder, looked carefully up and down, left and right, and asked eagerly, "How is Brother Jin?" Hurt? ”
Qian Yijin hurriedly said politely, "Thank you, Uncle Wan, you came in time, we are all fine." ”
Wan Dazhong looked at it again, pinched it, and felt that Qian Yijin was really fine, so he put his mind at ease and said in a low voice, "It's all Uncle Wan's bad, it's late, I'm sorry......" Seeing that Qian Yijin was a little stunned, he quickly said, "Let you and your aunt and sister be scared." ”
Qian Yijin said, "My aunt and sister are really scared, I'm fine." ”
After speaking, he kicked a few times at the person who was the first to tease Qian Manxia, "Let you bully my aunt and kick you to death." ”
The angry jumper did the same, opened his bloody mouth and tore the man, frightening the man to cry wolf. Qian Yijin bent down and patted it and persuaded, "Okay, we can't bite them to death, otherwise we will be in trouble." ”
Wan Dazhong asked the people, "Where are you from?" How did you come here? ”
It turned out that those people were students of Nanshan Academy in Xizhou Prefecture, and they took advantage of the busy farm vacation to go to Xiding Mountain to see the scenery. I heard that there are many strange rocks in Xishi Mountain, so I wanted to come and find out. But as soon as I climbed the mountain, I was a little dizzy, and I didn't dare to continue walking in, for fear that I wouldn't find my way back.
Out of Xishi Mountain and unwilling, he walked around the neighborhood and happened to see Qian Manxia and a few people. They saw that Qian Manxia was unusually handsome, and she was very different from the girls in the city, so they started to flirt.
Wan Dazhong saw that those people didn't seem to be lying, and scolded, "The sages have read the book in vain, and they dare to do such a dirty thing in broad daylight." Then another man kicked and slapped them a few times, so that their noses and faces were swollen, and they couldn't stop pleading.
Qian Yijin also came up to fight, and the two were almost beaten, and Wan Dazhong scolded, "Next time I see you doing bad things, grandpa will take your life." ”
Those few people told them again and again, and Wan Dazhong connected their arms.
Those few people got up and kowtowed, "Uncle, master, we don't know gold and jade, and we don't dare anymore." Then he climbed on the horse and ran away.
Those people were gone, and the frightened Qian Manxia cried. Qian Yixiu was also frightened, hugging her aunt and shedding tears.
Wan Dazhong comforted, "The bad guys have all run away, it's okay." ”
Qian Yijin also hugged his aunt and sister and persuaded him, and only after the two of them collected their tears did they go back.
On the way back, Qian Yixiu asked Wan Dazhongdao, "What a coincidence, why did Uncle Wan come here?" ”
Wan Dazhong said, "My father hunted two pheasants yesterday, so he thought about getting one for your family, and then going to Blackwind Cliff to pick some mushrooms and stew them." I didn't expect to meet you. ”
said to Qian Manxia again, "Miss Qian should be careful in the future, it is very unsafe for you to walk alone with two children to this remote place." ”
Qian Manxia's tears welled up again, and she said, "I know, I won't do this again in the future." (To be continued.) )