119. Escape
Liao Si'an stood still at the entrance of an alley, and after a while, a figure flashed in the alley.
"Madame, as usual." The man said.
"Nothing suspicious?" Liao Si'an was a little unconvinced. People who have been restricted from going out for more than ten years have regained their freedom, and there is no flaw in their performance? For several days, he suspected that this person was taking his money and was perfunctory, and he questioned him.
The man bent his waist lower, "Madame only went out once today, and she and Xiaoyan went to the market to pick fresh fish and shrimp. The little one followed all the way, and I didn't see my wife having any contact with anyone else. β
"I see, you go down." Liao Si'an raised his hand, then looked around, and walked forward as if nothing happened.
It's not that he is suspicious, he knows what kind of temperament Tang Wanru has, he has been stubborn for decades, and suddenly became gentle, Liao Si'an always felt unsteady in his heart. When he returned home early every day, while enjoying the warmth that Tang Wanru brought as his wife, he also had to prevent her from suddenly escaping. It's good to be gentle, but he's also afraid of a gentle knife.
After all, Yuhe Village is also a strange and familiar place for Wanru, and she will also use a boat if she wants to escape, isn't he just dealing with boats, what are you afraid of?
***
"Madam, my mother is sick, I want to go back to take care of her earlier today." Xiao Yan put lunch on the table and said.
"Go ahead." Tang Wanru nodded, remembered something again, and called Xiaoyan, "You go and call the sugar gourd seller to the door, I suddenly want to eat something sweet and sour." β
Xiao Yan didn't doubt him, and she was anxious to go home, so she called the candy gourd seller at the door. After entering the house, Tang said a word and left in a hurry.
Tang Wanru picked a few strings and paid for them. Seeing that the son of the man selling sugar gourds was cute, he couldn't help pinching his little face. She has a son, though. But Liao Si'an detained her with iron chains, afraid that her son would ask when he grew up, and the mother and son didn't spend much time together. After a long time, the mother and son are used to this kind of life, even if they get along, they are more than polite, and they are not familiar enough, and they are very different. Now that her grandchildren have been born, Liao Si'an thinks she is not in good health. Even the face of the little grandson is rarely seen a few times. As a mother, grandmother, she was also a failure.
Recently, this child ran to the outside of the teahouse to listen to the story of the Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness, and the stories of the heroes, which is the age full of dreams. He hates people pinching his face the most, and he usually doesn't even feel happy when his mother pinches him, but looking at this lady's kind face, he somehow has no temper at all. His father watched from the sidelines in amazement.
"It seems that my kid is still very close to his wife, he hates people pinching his face the most, even our parents are no exception, I really didn't expect him to be angry."
"Huh. I also think Ling Lang is cute. Tang Wanru smiled, but also retracted his hand.
As soon as these words came out, the man felt that the other party was a learned person. Hurriedly waved his hand, "Madame just call him Big Rock." β
"If this big brother is relieved. I want Ling Dashi to run errands for me, with a word. She took out a few more coins and handed them over. This money allows Big Stone to buy some snacks to eat. β
"Madam, please say yes, you don't have to give the money." Just a few strings of sugar gourds overcharged people's money, how could he be embarrassed to accept it.
"Take it, it's for the kid." Tang Wanru stuffed the copper plate into the big stone and asked him to go to the Gu family shipbuilding industry to bring a word to Steward Liao.
After taking two steps back, she asked in hindsight, "Do you know the place?" β
"Yes, yes." The man hurriedly agreed: "Madame, don't worry, you will definitely bring the words." β
This kid also ran in Yuhe Village since he was a child, so he naturally knows where the Gu family's boat industry is. The big head was given to his father, and he got a penny by himself, but he was also happy to smile, and ran away.
"Little ghost, let's play while playing." Looking at the children who were probing their brains at the gate of the shipbuilding industry, Zhang Fuxi raised his sleeves. Noon was the quietest time in the ship, and he didn't sleep so much when he went out and rested, so he stayed on duty.
"Uncle, I'm looking for someone." was discovered, and the child simply stood up and shouted crisply.
It was a big stone that came to spread the word.
No one doesn't like to be shouted young, even if it's Zhang Fuxi, whose grandson is already as old as a big stone. He stroked his half-inch-long and slightly upturned beard with a smile, smiled and bent down to hand the child a piece of candy, "Who are you looking for?" β
Dashi took the candy and carefully put it close to his body, then tilted his head, raised a cute little face, and replied, "I'll look for Liao to take care of things." β
Ordinary children are good at this age, and it is good to speak clearly, it is rare to see that this child is not stage frightened, Zhang Fuxi continued to ask: "What are you looking for him?" β
"I'll have to see him himself before I say it." The child is very alert.
Zhang Fuxi had the intention to tease him, "How do you know that I am not Liao Stereo, do you know him?" β
Dashi shook his head, "I don't know him, but I know you're not Liao's manager." β
"Oh, why do you think so?" Zhang Fuxi was interested, squatted down, and looked directly at the big stone, "Do I look like a bad person?" β
"If you were him, you wouldn't ask him anything." Big Stone rolled his eyes, did he think that children were so foolish? Looking at Zhang Fuxi's face, thinking back to Tang Wanru's face, Xiao Dashi muttered in a low voice: "And you are too old." Before Zhang Fuxi could hear clearly, he asked again: "Grandpa, do you know where Steward Liao is?" β
Isn't it just a joke, how did he become a grandfather again?
"I told you that you couldn't find it." Zhang Fuxi was unhappy in his heart, straightened his waist and walked in, and the wind brought by the sleeves thrown back directly hit Dashi's face.
"It was his wife who asked me to bring him a message." The big stone grabbed the door frame with one hand, stepped on the threshold with one foot, and hurriedly said. Although the big stone was not small, he still did not dare to run in to pull people.
"Oh?" Zhang Fuxi turned around, he had worked with Liao Si'an for so many years, and it was the first time he had heard his wife talk. Thinking of the thick smile on Liao Si'an's face in recent days, and he didn't run around after work, Zhang Fuxi's face had a bit of "I understand" expression. He asked, "Is it okay to ask someone to convey it?" β
The big stone shook its head.
Yo, that's a bit intimate.
Zhang Fuxi as a person who came over. It was natural to think in that direction.
He stopped dating, "You wait." I'll find someone to take you. β
After walking a few steps, he turned back again, stuffed a handful of candy into the big stone, and repeatedly admonished: "Don't run here, grandpa will be back soon." "Even the seniority admits it to itself.
Zhang Fuxi walked to the back row of houses and was just about to knock on the door, when his eyes rolled and he went up to the second floor.
***
"Are you going to take the words?" The tiger head looked at the little radish head in front of him.
Dashi nodded, probably feeling that the tiger's face was a little scary, and tilted his head to look behind the tiger's head. He asked, "What about the old man just now?" In contrast, Zhang Fuxi looks harmless.
The tiger head didn't answer at all, put his hands behind his back, and took the lead in taking a step, "Let's go." β
While paying attention to the figure of the tiger head leading the way, the big stone that was struggling to keep up suddenly felt that he only needed a copper plate to suffer. This man seems to be difficult to get along with, and he has to walk so much, but the eldest husband is hard to chase after him, so he has to bring the words.
"Wow. That person is the person you're looking for. The tiger head snuggled his chin, and he didn't care whether the big stone was seen or not, and as soon as he turned his toes, he went to find Li Zhuang.
It's really like the heroes that the storyteller said. This man is really ruthless. From meeting to leaving, it was brief, and the big stone counted with his hands. Three sentences.
But when the destination is reached, he doesn't have that much time to worry about. trotted to the man whom the man was pointing.
"Fourth brother, there's movement." Tiger Head said.
Li Zhuang raised his eyebrows.
***
Three days later.
Tang, who had been simply groomed, was standing on a boat. On the eve of dawn, the cool river breeze was blowing on her face, and she realized that she had taken this step.
It's not bold, she's just going to get everything back to where it was. But she didn't know why, she actually wanted to say sorry to Liao Si'an, she left him.
She was also apprehensive in her heart, she didn't know if she was still the same in the past. She actually became someone else's wife and had a son, which was the biggest backing for Lu Cheng. The damage had been done, did she still have the face to go back and face him? No, she just wants to go back and see Lu Cheng happy with her own eyes, even if the person accompanying him is no longer her. And what about this side? This walk is to give up, yes, to give up, the heart is like a knife to cut, but you still have to give up. An encounter that shouldn't have been there should have ended a long time ago.
Once something that has been expected for decades is achieved, everyone will have a sense of unreality in a trance. Li Zhuang didn't bother, looking at the two dim lanterns on the boat in a daze.
He didn't know if he was right or wrong to do this, he knew that he wouldn't hurt people with a sword and axe, but was it a harm to Liao Si'an if he did it now? He understands that hurting people without seeing blood is the one with the highest damage value, but he still did it, is it that one day in order to achieve some kind of benefit, he will become more and more unscrupulous?
Spreading out his hand, Li Zhuang looked at the somewhat unclear veins with some woodenness.
The tiger took a step forward to block the cold river wind.
The sudden warmth made Li Zhuang raise his head, looking at the thin back of the tiger head, Li Zhuang's heart swelled with emotion. When he is alone, when he needs help the most, someone accompanies him, someone is willing to block the wind for him, what is there not to be satisfied with? He didn't do anything wrong, compared to the injury suffered by the tiger head, this kind of Cheng dΓΉ is just a small punishment and a big commandment. His gaze was steadfast.
Li Zhuang coughed as a reminder.
Tang Wanru came back to his senses and bowed his knees slightly to Li Zhuang, "Thank you two for helping me." β
"For mutually beneficial things, my sister-in-law doesn't have to say thank you." Li Zhuang waved his hand and said, "It's too late for you to change your mind now." β
Considering that Tang Wanru would have a lot of inconveniences on the road alone as a woman, Li Zhuang wanted her to stay in the next city for a while, but he didn't expect her to insist on going back to Lingzhou City, where her husband's house was.
"No, I've made up my mind." Although Tang Wanru is a woman, she is also quite persistent. Decades of dreams can be realized, and hesitation is not her style at this time.
"That's what you want." Li Zhuang also stopped persuading, stabilized his mind, and talked about his arrangement.
Liao Si'an woke up in the middle of the night and drank tea with drugs in it, and when he woke up to find that Tang Wanru was missing, he would definitely chase after the ships that left the first to leave today, especially the ships heading to Lingzhou City, and they would definitely have no time to care. Tang Wanru just had to hide in the cabin and wait for the boat to leave at noon. As for whether he can escape safely, it depends on Tang Wanru's creation, Li Zhuang can only help here, it depends on how God wants him to go, he believes that Tang Wanru is not a stupid person.
"Then the wronged sister-in-law will have to endure for a while." Li Zhuang said, handing over a burden, "This is some silver taels and food I prepared for my sister-in-law, please accept it." β
Tang Wanru is not polite, she is not an idiot in life, nor is she a young lady who is ignorant of the world, she knows the truth that it is difficult to move an inch without penniless. This time she came out in a panic, she didn't have much silver in her body, and she had to walk alone in the future.
At this time, the tiger head turned his head and snorted: "The kindness of a woman! β
I don't know if this sentence is talking about Li Zhuang or Tang Wanru, Li Zhuang was just about to explain a few words, but he found that Tang Wanru shrank his feet a little crampedly, and lowered his head and didn't dare to look at the tiger's head. Only then did Li Zhuang react, and the tiger head was talking about Tang Wanru.
Originally, the amount of drug prepared could stun Liao Si'an for a day and a night, and at that time, the ship didn't know how far it could go. When he climbed over the wall and entered the house, he happened to see the unconscious Liao Si'an still holding Tang Wanru's wrist, and almost missed a big thing, isn't this a woman's benevolence?
"It's windy outside, let's go into the house and rest, the people on this boat are reliable, and my sister-in-law doesn't have to worry." If the journey is smooth, the sister-in-law will return home just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion. Li Zhuang diverted the topic.
"Thank you." Tang Wanru said.
Then there was silence.
The wind suddenly became so strong that people couldn't open their eyes.
"My name is Tang Wanru."
Even if they knew that they must have already known their real name when they found out about their own qiΔ, Tang Wanru felt that he was only sincere when he said it himself, "It's not called Fang Yuniang." β
"Yes, sister-in-law Tang." Li Zhuang was a little surprised, but quickly reacted and explained: "My name is Li Zhuang, this is my brother, Tiger Head, Li Tiger Head." β
Don seemed to bend his knees again.
"Hypocrisy." The tiger head snorted lightly and urged: "Fourth brother, if you don't go back, we will be discovered." β
Li Zhuang said goodbye.
Tang Wanru bit his lip, and finally couldn't help but say, "Don't hurt him too much." β
Hurt is a certainty, but don't hurt your life.
"It's nature." Li Zhuang promised.
"That's goodbye." Tang Wanru bowed his knees deeply and was very grateful.
"Take care, Mrs. Sister-in-law." Li Zhuang is also arched, and he reaches the ground. (To be continued......)