Chapter 41: Small Talk

"Grandma, it's grandma back..."

Xiao Liu Xing screamed happily, dragged Qiao Yue's arm and walked outside.

The sun outside was dazzling, and there was a burning sensation on the body, this village should be a fishing village not far from Nanhu, and in their free time, three or five fisherwomen were hiding under a large lush willow tree to mend broken fishing nets.

Seeing Qiao Yue come out, the old woman with a wooden basin came over with a gentle smile on her face and said, "Girl, you are awake, did they make a noise to the girl to rest?" ”

Qiao Yue shook her head, and her body squatted slightly: "Qiao Yue, thank you for your life-saving grace!" There's a lot of disturbance here. ”

The women under the willow tree saw Qiao Yue come out, and a woman with a big face pulled her neck and said enthusiastically: "It's sunburning, it's not good to look at it, come over here." ”

Without waiting for Qiao Yue to speak, the chubby woman enthusiastically walked over and dragged Qiao Yue under the willow tree.

The old woman smiled: "Rural people don't know how to count, don't be surprised by the girl, the rough hands and feet scare the girl." ”

Qiao Yue gently put a hand on Xiao Liu Xing's head: "Where is it, my name is Qiao Yue, and the old man can call me by my name directly, but don't call the girl, my family is also fishing, not a young lady from a big family." ”

Qiao Yue's easy-going attitude made people feel closer, but there was an indescribable nobility between her gestures, she said that she was not a young lady from a big family, and the old woman just smiled and didn't say anything, but the smile on her face was more gentle.

The rag clothes full of patches couldn't hide Qiao Yue's delicate appearance, and when she sat in the women's pile, the people who were talking and laughing just now suddenly lost their voices, and they all looked at Qiao Yue with envy, which made Qiao Yue feel a little awkward in her heart.

Xiao Liu Xing, who was ripe in three or two clicks, was not raw at all at this time, and drilled into Qiao Yue's arms like a coquette. He smiled and said, "The big sister is so beautiful, the aunts don't dare to speak." ”

The woman with the big face rudely grabbed Liu Xing from Qiao Yue's arms and slapped Xiao Liu Xing's buttocks: "What does Xiao Nizi know, see if I don't tear your mouth." ”

Liu Xing was not afraid at all, she made a grimace at this woman and went around to hide behind Qiao Yue, which made everyone laugh for a while, and the atmosphere eased a lot.

"I heard you just now say that Lu Menglou sued the eldest lady of the Qiao family. I don't know how it's now? ”

Qiao Yue opened the conversation. Continuing what they had just said.

It's a natural character for a woman who is okay to like to chew the root of her tongue, and when she heard Qiao Yue say this, a woman with a sallow face opposite said as if she had seen this with her own eyes: "I heard that Lu Menglou who escaped before is back again. This time it's terrible, the prince personally supports her, and the eldest lady of the Qiao family will definitely not be pleased. ”

"Oh!" Qiao Yue was surprised, pretending to be very interested and continued: "Is there a result?" ”

The woman who was chasing Liu Xing stopped. Standing beside Qiao Yue, she answered: "I heard from the people who came back from the city before, and the eldest lady of the Qiao family didn't argue at all. All the sins were confessed, and the prince was left to punish them. ”

"Hey!" Everyone sighed: "The eldest lady of the Qiao family is also a poor woman, she was first sold by her adoptive father and adoptive mother to Ye Junsheng, a man who broke his wife's life, to be the fourth lady to fill the house, and then she was framed by Lu Menglou. Some time ago, I heard that the Ye family had offended the big officials in the capital, and that Lu Menglou ran away with the money, not caring about the life or death of the eldest lady of the Qiao family. Now it's good, and the relatives of the Qiao family have come to the door. After resolving the danger, this Lu Menglou came back to snatch the family property. ”

"Hey~~" someone sighed again, "The eldest lady of the Qiao family is a good person, since she became the family, the people in their house will sell fish to us at a low price, we only need to turn our hands to make a lot of money, and for more than a month, life in the village has been much better than before." ”

"Isn't it, the eldest lady of the Qiao family is obviously sending us money, but unfortunately good people have no good reward, I estimate that the sentence will be pronounced today, if these charges are confirmed, the eldest lady of the Qiao family will definitely be in prison for five years."

Everyone shook their heads again, they were not worried about what kind of crime Qiao Yue would be punished, but worried that after Qiao Yue was imprisoned, no one would come to sell fish to them at a low price, and there would be no more such a good thing of picking up money.

The wisdom of the old man is always much more alert than these women, and Grandma Liu, who took a broken fishing net from the house, asked cautiously: "The girl is also surnamed Qiao, and it seems that she is also from a big family, I don't know what the relationship is with this eldest lady of the Qiao family?" ”

Qiao Yue's heart trembled, and she quipped: "The story of the eldest lady of the Qiao family has recently become a myth of Ningzhou City, and I am just more interested, maybe I know her, but she doesn't know me!" ”

"Haha..."

There was another burst of laughter, and like them, everyone thought so in their hearts.

Everyone is mending the tattered fishing nets, and there is no fishy smell on the fishing nets, which is not broken during fishing, but should have been left at home for a long time and rotted naturally.

This made Qiao Yue wonder in her heart, as a fishing village, after March, it was a good season for fishing, how could there be so many rotten fishing nets.

Qiao Yue took the fishing net in Grandma Liu's hand and looked at it again, her brows suddenly wrinkled deeply, and she asked suspiciously: "Grandma Liu, you are a fishing village here, how long have you not fished?" ”

Yes, if it is a normal time, they should be on the river at this time, but this is not the case, the fishermen who make a living from fishing are already idle at home and constantly weaving nets, which is definitely not a normal phenomenon.

Qiao Yue's question seemed to ask their sore spots, and a thick sadness appeared on everyone's faces, some people kept shaking their heads, and some people sighed, but none of them continued to speak.

Xiao Liu Xing looked left and right for a long time, and then whispered into Qiao Yue's ear and said: "Big sister, don't ask, I can't say, in the past few years, people in our village have been dying, and Nanhu has become more and more strange, many people say that the lake god is angry, and everyone only quietly goes to Nanhu to cast their nets in the evening." ”

It should have been done by Guan Cangzi, Qiao Yue glanced around at the women with a sad face, and the guilt in her heart for setting fire to her suddenly became a lot smaller, Guan Cangzi raised so many poisons in the mountains opposite Nanhu, this village was so close to him, it would definitely be affected.

Qiao Yue didn't say anything comforting, the poisons were all burned to death by her, and she didn't need to explain anything to them, after a long time, the scene above the South Lake would definitely be restored again, and it would slowly become lively. (To be continued)

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