"Liu, I must not let them destroy me. It's just that I don't know what to do right now? ”

"You take medicine first, I'll go to Liushutun Village later, I have to talk to the Qian family well, if you want to withdraw from this marriage, we will retreat, you can't marry the little brother who hooks up with the master casually like that." Liu Momo slapped the table angrily and said, I can't wait to immediately roll up my sleeves and rush to Qian's house to make a big fuss.

Du Xiaoyang hurriedly stopped him, if the big trouble could be solved, the original owner would have rushed to the Qian family a long time ago, so he would not be angry to death.

"What, listen to me, we can't make trouble, we don't have any evidence now, if we go to make trouble, the Qian family will definitely be beaten up, and then we will slander us and want to ruin the reputation of that little brother, then we will be unreasonable."

"Otherwise, I will directly withdraw from the marriage on the grounds that you want to keep filial piety."

"Well, this can't be done, it's untenable to get out of the marriage for this reason, when the time comes, as long as the little brother of the Qian family stands up and says that he is willing to wait for me, and they will find someone to spread the news about my father and mother, my reputation will not only be ruined, but it will also fulfill the reputation of that little brother, even if he marries someone else, outsiders will not say that he is not." Du Xiaoyang said.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what should I do?" Liu Mo asked with his hands clapped.

Du Xiaoyang held the index finger of his left hand in his right hand, and the thumb of his right hand kept rubbing on his index finger, which was a habitual action when he thought about things, he thought about it and said: "Catch thieves and stolen goods, catch traitors and catch doubles, we have to find evidence first." Please let me think about it, this matter now involves the face of three families and two villages, and we rushed to it in the end, but it will not be good. ”

Liu Momo handed the medicine bowl to Du Xiaoyang's mouth, sighed and said, "Alas, then you think about it again, let's drink the medicine first." ”

Du Xiaoyang looked at the black liquid in the bowl, frowned and poured it down, and almost didn't spit it out. Liu Momo saw that the two eyebrows on his brow were about to be wrung off, so he hurriedly brought a small bamboo jar from the outside, and then took a pickled sweet fruit from the bamboo jar and stuffed it into Du Xiaoyang's mouth, "Hurry up and be sweet, you kid doesn't like to drink medicine since he was a child." ”

"Liu, where did you get the pickled fruit?"

Putting the bamboo jar on the head of Du Xiaoyang's bed, Liu Momo helped Du Xiaoyang tuck the quilt and said, "Your sister Xingzi came back yesterday and brought some snacks for Huzi and Brother Liu, and I took a little to give you medicine." Okay, you sleep for a while, I have to go back and cook for you with Uncle Qing. After the meal is done, I will ask Brother Liu to send it to you, and then let him come over with the embroidery frame to accompany you, I will go to the field to help, and come to see you at night, do you think? ”

Liu Momo gave birth to a total of three children, the eldest is called Xingzi, a daughter, who married in Xiapo Village, not far from Liushuwan Village, several years ago. Apricot's husband's family is good, and he is also very good at being a man, and Apricot is a filial piety, so he often brings some things back to his parents' house to see, of course, every time she goes back to her husband's house, Liu Momo will not let her be empty-handed. Liu Momo's second child is called Huzi, a young man, seventeen years old this year, very strong, and honest, he has already said that he will get married in the next two years. The youngest child is called Liu Er, a beautiful little brother who loves to laugh, only eleven years old this year, the best at housework, many families have come to propose marriage in the past two years, but Liu Momo loves this youngest child the most, and has the heart to let him grow up and make his own decisions, so he has not agreed.

The original owner, Du Qiyue, is a scholar who keeps the rites of death, if he listens to Liu Momo and asks Brother Liu to take care of him, he will definitely not agree. Although Brother Liu is only eleven years old and is considered a child, he still feels that he is not a gentleman who is about to become an adult and a little brother alone.

Du Xiaoyang didn't want to agree much, not because he cared about those red tape, but because he was actually a man in his thirties, how could he let a child take care of himself. But now Du Xiaoyang is a little involuntarily, the original owner's body is really a little weak, but he has a fever and faints, and he has no strength at all, and he can't get out of bed at all, if he doesn't have someone to take care of him, it's really not good, so he nodded and agreed: "What, you don't have to worry about me, Brother Liu is very good at taking care of people, and it will be fine." ”

Seeing that Du Xiaoyang agreed, Liu Momo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm afraid that you will think that others will talk if you let Brother Liu come, so you can just agree." If you want me to say it's really nothing, everyone in the village knows that my family is good friends with yours, and they come and go from time to time, and Brother Liu is still young. ”

"Although Brother Liu is young, there are always people who feel uncomfortable without saying something about other people's rights and wrongs. After a while, let Brother Liu sit in the hall with the door open and embroider, so that everyone can see it, even if there is a long tongue that has to gossip, no one will believe it. Du Xiaoyang said.

"Chengcheng, just do as you say, then go back first. Although Brother Liu's hands are skillful, his cooking is not as delicious as mine. Liu Momo helped Du Xiaoyang bring a teapot and put it on the bedside table, and then hurried home.

The man Liu Momo married was named Chen Youqing, an honest man who was very good at serving the fields. Recently, they have been busy with spring ploughing, Chen Youqing and Huzi go to the ground before dawn every day, and they don't go home until dark. When Liu Momo went home, Brother Liu was already cooking in the stove, he hurriedly brought an apron into the kitchen, picked up the vegetables on the table and instructed Brother Liu while washing: "Liu'er, I will go to the field to help your father and brother in the afternoon, and you will take care of your Brother Qi Yue for me." ”

Brother Liu answered, poked his head out from behind the stove, and asked, "Ah, is Brother Qi Yue okay?" ”

"The fever has subsided, but it looks fine. But... Alas, don't talk about it when you hear it, your brother Qi Yue went to the town the day before yesterday and heard someone say that the little brother of the Qian family climbed up to a merchant in the town, and the Qian family plans to say that you Qi Yue brother Ke's father and mother want to get out of the marriage! Liu Momo put down the food in his hand and said with a sigh.

"What!" Brother Liu stood up in fright, ran out from behind the stove and said, "Isn't the Qian family trying to destroy my Brother Qi Yue?" Last year, during the Lantern Festival, I also met Brother Qian'er, who spoke softly and softly, looking very gentle, how could he do such a thing! ”

"You know, the more gentle people seem to be gentle all day long, the more scheming they have. Don't look at some people who have a bad temper, they are annoying all day long, such people are straight-tempered, you can see through it. Liu Momo took the opportunity to teach.

"So what now?" Brother Liu asked worriedly.

"I'm also worried, your brother Qi Yue said that you have to think of a way, I think he should have some ideas in his heart, I'll ask at night. Brother Liu, don't talk about today's events. Liu Mo said.

"I understand." Brother Liu nodded, and sat back behind the stove with a sad face.

Du Xiaoyang was lying on the bed, very tired, but he didn't feel sleepy at all because his heart was pressing on things. He stared at the top of the bed and calculated, even if he found evidence to deal with the Qian family, he would have to have some means, otherwise even if he withdrew from this marriage, he would not get any benefits, not only would he not get benefits, but he would have to offend a lot of people if he didn't get it right. After all, this situation is only a matter of two families in modern times, and at most some relatives are involved, but it is a big deal here. The two clans of the Du family and the Qian family, the two villages of Liushutun in Liushuwan, and the merchant in the town, all of them are all big troubles.

But it's still early to think about this, the most important thing now is that he wants to find evidence that the little brother of the Qian family hooked up with other gentlemen when he has a marriage contract with him, and he can only make the Qian family unable to defend himself by holding the evidence, but this evidence is not easy to find at all. Du Qiyue rubbed his fingers, filtering through all the people and things that could allow him to get evidence, and finally stopped at the grocery store guy.

The little brother of the Qian family hooked up with the masters, and their family still wanted to calculate Du Qiyue, such a thing would definitely not be known to outsiders, it is estimated that the guy is a close relative of the Qian family, so he will know. However, it is precisely because that guy is a very close relative of the Qian family, if Du Qiyue does not give him enough benefits, then basically don't want to ask him to come out and testify a few words to deal with the Qian family.

And Du Qiyue now has less than five taels of silver left around him, except for the family's house, three acres of land, and a room of used old books, there is nothing of value. He would definitely not touch the house and three acres of land until he had to, and he wanted to sell some of those old books, but it was not something that he could sell if he wanted to.

Dafengguo has not yet invented a method to print books in large quantities, and books are still copied by hand, so they are expensive and scarce. Those who want to buy the old books of Du Qiyue can't afford to pay the price, and those who can afford to buy them can't afford these second-hand books. If Du Qiyue had a fame, even if he was just a child, these books would be sold for a good price, but unfortunately he is nothing now, who would like to read his notes.

As for the less than five taels of silver, even if Du Qiyue gave it to that guy, he probably wouldn't be able to open his eyes, let alone offend his relatives for these five taels of silver. Although Dafeng Kingdom is not any ancient dynasty that Du Qiyue knows, it is indeed a feudal dynasty, and the people here attach great importance to the clan bloodline, and they will not offend the clansmen.

However, although this guy Du Qiyue can't come forward to him, the evidence has to come out of this guy. The Qian family's calculations can be said to be very shameless and unkind, and they must not be said outside, but this guy still said it casually when he was talking to others, which shows that he is a person who likes Taoism very much, and as long as such a person finds the right way, it is not difficult to get useful news from his mouth.