Shen Zhaojin took a patrol officer to Chunan Town in a horse-drawn carriage, had lunch at home, and in the afternoon prepared to go to the No. 3 Primary School and Da Li Zhuang to investigate Li Dejin's situation. Shen Yunshan called two village soldiers to accompany him.

When he left the house, Shen Zhaojin asked the patrol police to take a township soldier to the No. 3 Primary School, and he took another villager to visit several neighbors of Li Dalong on Hekou Street.

Seeing Shen Zhaojin, who was thinking about it for a long time, Li Delan seemed to have something full of things to tell him. However, when she thought of her miscarriage after taking Wu Pandi's fetal pills, her throat seemed to be blocked, and she couldn't say a word.

Seeing that Li Delan was just sitting on the edge of the bed and crying, Shen Zhaojin took out a handkerchief and wanted to wipe her tears.

Li Delan hurriedly turned his face away from Shen Zhaoyin's handkerchief.

Shen Zhaojin talked a lot about freedom, independence, equality, and women's emancipation.

Li Delan cried as he listened, feeling like a bird in a cage. When Shen Zhaojin said goodbye, she woke up like a dream, took Shen Zhaojin's hand and asked, "Can you take me out?

"Yes, surely!" Shen Zhaojin held Li Delan's hand tightly and said, "You wait for me, when I am promoted to police officer, I will come back immediately to marry you!"

"You—Didn't you say before that you would marry me when you graduated?" asked Li Delan eagerly.

"Listen to me," Shen Zhaojin said, "that's right, this is a major event in our lives, and we can't rush it." I have to do a lot of work first. ”

"Oh my God!" Li Delan thought, "I'm twenty years old, why aren't I in a hurry?" She looked up and saw Shen Zhaojin's careless demeanor, she was very uncomfortable, so she broke free of his hand, lay on the pillow and cried, "I don't listen......!

......

In the evening, Li Dalong got off the carriage at the ferry port on the west bank of the Salt River, and when he looked up, he saw Li Liu standing alone on the opposite bank, looking forward to it. There was a sour feeling in his heart, tears welling up in his eyes, and he wanted to call her, but his throat seemed to be blocked by something.

"It's coming, it's coming! Boss Du! Our family is here!" Li Liu walked quickly to the door of the hut and shouted, and then shouted to the other side of the river, "The ...... of the family What's going on......"

The river was too wide for Li Dalong to hear Li Liu's voice, but he knew what she was talking about. He was so depressed that his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand, so he had to sit on the ground.

The ferry docked, and Li Liushi, who was standing at the bow of the boat, eagerly jumped ashore and helped Li Dalong to board the ferry.

"Alas......" Li Dalong held Li Liu's cold hands, and said with a little choked up, "Then Xie Zhengzhong doesn't reason with us, he has to pay 200 yuan, otherwise our son will go to prison......"

As soon as he heard this, Li Liu was so anxious that he burst into tears, and said sadly: "What can we do?

Li Feihu, who was guarding the stall next to the gate of his own yard in the west of Hekou Street, saw Li Dalong and Li Liu's embarrassed appearance, and was secretly happy in his heart: "God has finally opened his eyes! Li Dalong, a bastard, has done absolutely bad things, and he should have had retribution a long time ago! He took my third son's daughter-in-law away and sued him in prison. God has eyes!"

......

After all, he is a scholar, Li Dalong understands the truth of "three stinkers race Zhuge Liang", as soon as he arrived at home and couldn't take care of the fatigue of the journey, he immediately invited a few neighbors who had seen a little of the world, as well as parents who had sent their children to his private school.

Listening to Li Dalong's words, everyone was very sympathetic in their hearts, but such a big difficulty was not something they could help. They shook their heads one by one and sighed, and you shouted one by one:

"The world is hot and cold, and no one's face is good!"

"Well, that is, who doesn't look at the face of money? But now it's just spring, and it's the time when the countrymen don't get it......"

"Speaking of which, it's still good to use money, you have to send money quickly to avoid prison!"

......

Let's talk about it, there is a way, but no one can come up with the money.

Li Dalong was very disappointed, and said with a sad face: "I also know that the villagers have a difficult life these years, and I don't want to embarrass everyone." It's getting late, so go back! We'll figure it out ourselves. ”

The others left, and Li Dalong went to bed with his family.

Although physically and mentally exhausted, Li Dalong couldn't sleep, so he had to continue muttering: "Old sister-in-law, isn't it just a dozen oceans, we will sell the valuable things at home tomorrow to see if we can make up this amount." ”

"Alas......" Li Liu sighed, "where is the valuable thing? When you buy it, it is valuable, where can the old thing be sold? ”

"If the cattle are sold, what will happen to the family's seven or eight acres of land?" asked Li Dalong.

"When you have money, you can buy cattle again, and when you don't have money, you can sell your land. Li Liu said.

"Alas...... That's all there is to it. Li Dalong said, "I'm afraid that when the green and yellow are not available now, even if some people want to buy it, they can't afford it!"

"As long as we keep the price down, someone should buy it. I really can't make it up, so I beg my relatives and friends again!" Li Liu said.

"Alas...... And mention relatives and friends, you!" Li Dalong said, "Didn't they all come just now? Those relatives are either very poor or uneducated, and you usually don't look at people properly." How many relatives and friends have been with us over the years?"

......

Shen Yunshan, who was patrolling the streets with the villagers, turned around the corner of the street and went to the livestock market as usual. He has loved cows since he was a child, and when he sees them, he can't walk, so he tries to ride them for a while.

In front of the door of his house, there is a boat-shaped cow trough inlaid with stone slabs, which are lined up on the ground. In front of the cattle trough is the largest grain field in the town, which is full of grandeur.

When the harvest season comes, four or five ploughing oxen slowly and leisurely drag the stones to thresh, and the shouts of the men are accompanied by the "chirping" of the buffalo, and the neighbors and passers-by all cast envious eyes.

Seeing a cow in front of him walking slowly in his hand, Shen Yunshan hurriedly stepped forward to take a look.

Seeing that it was Li Dalong, Shen Yunshan was very surprised and asked: "Is the matter of Xiaohu over there in Haizhou done?" Why don't you hurry up and go to class, and still have the leisure to lead the cow to walk on the street?"

Li Dalong saw that Shen Yunshan was like a drowning man seeing a life-saving straw, grabbed his hand, and complained in a hoarse voice: "Mayor...... I'm looking for you to take two more days off.

That Xie Zhengzhong costs a hundred yuan to live or die, and I don't have that much money at home! I have to sell this cow, but no one buys it!"

Shen Yunshan pushed away Li Dalong's hand, approached the cow, looked at the cow's teeth, and gently touched the cow's back and asked, "How much does this cow sell?"

"Alas...... No one can buy such a good ploughing cow for twenty oceans!" Li Dalong said whimsily.

"Twenty yuan!" Shen Yunshan was overjoyed. He felt that this bargain could not be missed, so he immediately said, "I bought this cow!"

Li Dalong was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Shen Yunshan: "Thank you so much for the great kindness and great virtue of the town elder! The ancients said that you are highly respected! "Shangshu" has clouds, virtue, heart rest, and ......."

Just about to say, "Falsification, hard work." Li Dalong suddenly remembered the article "Shen Gongqiren", and thought in his heart:

"I didn't know Xie Zhengzhong at the beginning, and I shouldn't have curried favor with Shen Yunshan shamelessly for him.

Now it seems that it is fortunate that De Jin'er wrote an article praising Shen Yunshan's merits, otherwise he would definitely hate me, how could he help me at a critical time again and again!"