Chapter 80: The Xu Family
The inn where you settled, it is better to say that it is an inn than to say that it is someone's small courtyard, which is divided into a small room, in which a bed board is placed, some straw is laid, and a thin quilt is not very warm when you look at it. There was only one table and two small benches nailed to three boards.
Brother Baijing, who talked back and forth yesterday, smiled a little stiffly, and said: "It's raining a lot outside, and there are such small villages in this area, I can't find a suitable inn, and I ask the eldest lady to be wronged for one night." ”
Jiang Quinoa didn't think there was anything, she grew up in the village since she was a child, she had never been far away, she had never stayed in an inn, and her cousin came to tell her before going out that it was not easy to go out, everything was simple, so that she was mentally prepared.
One year he went to Yangzhou to visit his aunt who had married, but he took the wrong road on the way, missed the place where he hit the tip, and spent a night in the wilderness. At night, the wind blows from all directions, and the sound of the wind whimpering, accompanied by the howl of wolves in the depths of the woods, makes people feel terrified. What if you have money, where can you pay attention to it when you go out?
"That's good here, thank you, little brother." Jiang Quan smiled and thanked him.
Little Brother Bai Jing scratched his head and said, "Miss, you wash up first, and dinner will be delivered later." After saying that, he lowered his head and hurriedly ran.
As soon as the person left, Jiang Chun closed the door, rushed to the bed in three or two steps, and lay down, muttering: "Ouch, my whole body is falling apart." It's so tiring to ride in a carriage. ”
Jiang Quinoa was also sore and hungry, and the sky had been cloudy in the morning, and Scar wanted to hurry before the rain, so he didn't stop to eat at noon. Old Chen took two large cakes and gave them them, but they didn't even have a pot of hot water.
The bread was dry and hard, and it was a pure bread. There was no stuffing and no sauce, Jiang Quinoa and their cheeks hurt after eating two bites, and they were choked, and they poured two pots of tea, but they really couldn't eat it. It was raining, and they couldn't find a place to sharpen it halfway, so Scar and they discussed it. I decided to brave the rain and hurry to the place decided in advance, which is this small courtyard to stay overnight.
Jiang Quinoa poured two pots of tea, and heard the sound of talking in the courtyard. It seems that he is still cooking, so he has to endure the hunger and the pain in his body, so he simply washes up with the hot water that Brother Shunzi just brought over.
The washed Jiang Quinoa pushed Jiang Chun and said, "Hey." Don't fall asleep. Wash first. Wait until you've had enough to eat before going to bed. ”
Jiang Chun said in a voice like a gnat: "No, I don't have the strength anymore, I want to lie down and take a breath." ”
Jiang Quinoa saw that her face was pale, and she vomited today, according to Lao Chen, she was a little sick, thinking that she should be uncomfortable, so he stopped calling her and poured hot water into the basin. Bring it over to wash her face and wipe her hands.
Jiang Chun was dazed, feeling a little warm on his face. After scrubbing, my face was very comfortable, and I couldn't help but sigh.
There is nothing special about the small farm yard, especially since it was also affected by drought last year, although it is not as serious as in Jiangli Village, and there is no harvest, but the grain production is real. The owner of the small courtyard didn't expect so many people to stay in the evening, and the family was not prepared, so he rolled out the noodles temporarily, and all three pots were eaten.
There were some wild vegetable leaves in the noodles, and one or two pickled side dishes, Jiang Quinoa ate a large bowl of noodles, and his stomach was propped up, so he reluctantly put down the bowl.
Jiang Chun slept soundly, and Jiang Quinoa couldn't wake up no matter how she screamed, so she finally had to ask the owner of the small courtyard for a small stove to put in the room, and took a casserole and some noodles, ready to cook for her when Jiang Chun was hungry at night. Then he collapsed on the bed and soon fell asleep.
Jiang Quinoa felt that she had slept for a long time, but she felt that she had just closed her eyes and was woken up by the noise outside. She thought it was dawn and she was going to start walking, but she was so tired that she couldn't even move her fingers, so she lay down and wanted to get out of bed for a while.
"We came first, why did you drive us away, do you understand if you come first and then arrive?"
"Know who we are? If you dare to yell at Lao Tzu, you're tired of it. ”
The noise and quarrel penetrated into his ears, Jiang Qu was stunned, his eyes quickly opened, and he turned his head to look out, only to find that the red light on the window was not shining from the morning glow, but the light from the torches outside. It's still dark outside.
"This brother, no matter what your status is, you have to follow the rules when you go out. We came first, and we have already settled down, and you are going to drive us away without saying a word, and it is still the middle of the night, when the rain is pouring down, it doesn't make sense to go anywhere. "It's Scar's voice.
"Reasonable? Lao Tzu is reason. Do you know who we escort? This is the family of the Xu family of the governor of Changzhou, and my wife and young lady are going to Beijing to congratulate Prime Minister Wang on his birthday. Can you take responsibility for delaying my wife's trip? Someone said.
Hearing this, the identity of the person they escorted was not low, and they went to the capital to congratulate Prime Minister Wang on his birthday, that is, he was also related to the Prime Minister's family or had a reason.
When you go out, it is convenient for you to be with others, and if this person speaks politely, Scar may let the people on his side squeeze out some rooms for the Xu family. But this man was so arrogant and insisted on driving them away when he entered the door, it was already dark, it was still raining, and there was no place to stay nearby, where could they go? This is not to give them a way to live.
Both sides did not back down, and at this moment the people in the dart game had been woken up, dressed and holding the guys, staring at the group of unkind people who came.
The owner of the small courtyard knew that these people were not something he could afford to provoke, so he hid in the house and did not come out. Jiang Quinoa opened the window and looked out, and the two sides faced each other in the courtyard, and the atmosphere was tense and about to erupt.
"Fang Guard, has Mrs. asked Wen to settle down?" A little maid walked in at the door, holding an oil-paper umbrella, wearing a cyan bikin, combing her double bun, and her voice was crisp and pleasant.
The person who was still arrogant just now bent down in an instant, turned around and said flatteringly: "Ah, it's the green willow girl, such a heavy rain is still bothering the girl to go this trip, and the idle people are already cleaning up here, and it will be fine right away, right away." I'll check it again and I'll talk to my wife myself later. ”
Green Willow looked over here, whispered a few words to the other party's guard, and then left again with the umbrella.
Wait for someone to go out. Guard Fang changed his face again, and said arrogantly: "Hurry up and roll up and get out of here, delay our wife's rest." Be careful, I'll put you all in jail. ”
"You!" There was a sound of anger in the dart game, and someone struggled to rush over, but was stopped by Lao Chen.
Jiang Quinoa leaned on the window and tried to look over there, but the light was not good in the dark night, and it was still raining, so the voice of the voice over there was not very clear.
There was a knock at the door. Jiang Quinoa hurriedly got up, and with the action of getting up, the pain on her body was uncomfortable, and she sizzled. I had already put on my shoes, but it was wrong to think about it, so I sat on the edge of the bed and asked, "Who?" ”
"Miss, it's me." Jiang Shun's voice came from outside the door. He said, "Miss." At this moment, a group of strangers came to the courtyard, and they also came to spend the night. It's a mess outside, you and Chun'er don't come out. I'm at the door, don't worry. ”
The attitude of the people outside was really tough, and there were quite a few of them, and Jiang Qu was a little worried that they would break into this room if they forced themselves to break into this room. She and Jiang Chun, the two powerless little girls, couldn't resist it, but they didn't expect Brother Shunzi to come over. He's also very careful.
"I'm tired of Brother Shunzi." Jiang Qu said gratefully.
The movement outside is getting louder and louder, and the two sides have not reached a consensus. The conversation became more and more intense. Even the sleeping Jiang Chun was woken up.
"What's going on out there?" Jiang Chun asked in a hoarse voice.
"Someone is coming to the accommodation and the attitude is not good. And they want to drive us away, Li Dart Master and they are arguing with each other. Jiang Quinoa said: "Are you hungry?" I'm asking for noodles here. ”
Jiang Chun rubbed his shriveled stomach and said flattenedly, "Hungry." ”
Jiang Quinoa looked at it, the charcoal fire in the small stove was booming, she got some water in the casserole, put it on the small stove to boil, and hurriedly ran to the bed to pay attention to the movement outside.
"Ah, why are these people so unreasonable." After listening to it for a while, Jiang Chun understood what was going on outside, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Where is there such a thing?" They want to stay, don't we have to stay? They are the family members of the official family, and so are you, Miss. ”
Jiang Chun's eyes lit up as he spoke, and he took Jiang Qu's arm and said, "Miss Go, let's also go out to show our identities and ruin the prestige of those people." ”
The Xu family's family had already sent the maids to urge, and the person named Fang Guard obviously began to get anxious, saying that he was even more polite, and Jiang Qu's heart was raised.
"The person is the prefect of Changzhou, that is a big official of the fourth grade, my father counts a few grades, and it is embarrassing to go out." Jiang Quinoa pouted.
"The official level crushes people to death." Jiang Chun didn't speak either, lying next to Jiang Quinoa, staring outside.
Outside, the two sides have begun to push and shove.
"Why, your master can oppress the people like this, do you believe it or not, we will go to the capital to sue the emperor when the time comes!" The little brother Bai Jing shouted loudly with a stiff neck. The other party was really bluffed, and his movements froze.
Everyone stared at Fang Guard, waiting for him to speak.
Fang Huwei was annoyed in his heart at this time, who knew that it would rain all of a sudden after walking well, so it didn't matter, he finally found a broken yard, and met a group of gangsters...... Gangsters, yes, they're gangsters!
Fang Guard's eyes lit up when he thought about it, and said sarcastically: "Sue the emperor? Hmph, then it depends on whether you have the life to enter Beijing alive. Call me, and say that these gangsters are doing evil and trying in vain to kidnap the daughters of the official family. ”
Jiang Qu's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that these people were so bold, and they would be charged with such a crime by touching their mouths.
As soon as Fang Guard's voice fell, he drew his knife.
Scar is not a vegetarian here, he himself has escaped death, and his subordinates have also seen blood, which is much better than the Xu family's straw bag guards, plus the dart bureau has also made a bloody investment for the safety of Jiang Quinoa this time, and the dart master who came out has real kung fu, although the number of people is not as large as the Xu family, but it may not be a loss.
"Stop!" Jiang Qu's heart was in his throat, and he had already gotten up and was about to rush out, when he heard a crisp female voice from the courtyard, he hurriedly sat back in front of the bed, and looked out of the window.
A woman wearing a begonia red skirt appeared in the courtyard, and the umbrella next to her was the maid named Green Willow who had just met for the first time.
"Second Miss, why are you here? It's almost ready to be cleaned up here. Fang Guard said flatteringly.
The woman known as the second lady did not pay attention to him, but took two steps forward to give a blessing to the scar, and said apologetically: "The family is not strictly restrained, and they have collided with everyone, if you are offended, I hope you will forgive me." He saluted again.
The Fang guards behind her had big eyes and a flushed face, and they couldn't be seen by others in the dark of the night. At this time, the second lady had already come to apologize, so he had to say good things and kowtow.
The other party had such an attitude, and the second lady of the Xu family came out to apologize in person, Scar had steps, and also took the opportunity to say: "It's not a big deal, we should support each other when we go out." There is only one place to stay here, if Miss Xu Er doesn't dislike it, we can squeeze a few rooms here, you can bend for one night, and then make plans when tomorrow dawns, how about it? ”
This is certainly the best way to go. Although there are many people on his side, this small courtyard may not be able to live, but people have such an attitude, which also means to turn war into jade silk.
After thanking her, Miss Xu Er turned around and went out again.
Soon Scar and the others packed up their belongings and vacated five rooms. Their room here used to accommodate two people, but now it lives four people, and it is also very crowded.
A peaceful solution is the best, and no one wants to be at odds with others. The matter outside was settled, the water in the casserole was boiled, and Jiang Quinoa came down again.
"Hey, come and see, come and see, the people of the Xu family have come in." Jiang Chun stared at the courtyard with bright eyes and shouted excitedly.
Jiang Qu shook her head, her heart was so wide, she was almost about to fight with those people just now, and now she was staring at them as if she was rare.
"Ouch, look at the things they bring, that's the official girl's travel. I saw them come in with a quilt, is that a night pot? They even take this with them when they go out. Jiang Chun said chattering.
Jiang Quinoa scooped up the noodles, picked out some pickles and put them in the bowl, thought about it and brought it over. Jiang Chun didn't pay attention to it at all, he was eating noodles with a bowl in his arms, and his eyes were always paying attention to the people who kept coming in and out of the window.
People moved in again, and the two sides settled peacefully, and the owner of the small courtyard came out to entertain again, but unfortunately the Xu family had a lot of pomp and circumstance, and they didn't use his place, so they only asked about the place and the identity of Scar, and began to work on their own.
Jiang Chun finished eating a bowl of noodles, and the Xu family's subordinates hadn't moved everything in, so the two of them felt bored after watching it for a while, closed the window, and lay on the bed. There was a lot of movement outside, and the two couldn't fall asleep because of the noise, so they had to gossip, and the sound outside was quiet, and the two fell asleep unconsciously.
When he woke up again, the sky was already bright, and Jiang Qu heard the movement outside and suddenly woke up.
"I don't know if Miss Jiang can get up? Our young lady would like to come and visit Miss Jiang. (To be continued......)