Chapter 17: The Guan Family's Thanksgiving
I was stunned by the question.
The good atmosphere was ruined by him.
"Who, who said I was going to marry you. I'm not married! ”
I proudly refused.
"Who just said that getting married is not just a day earlier and a day later, huh?"
I was so embarrassed that my face was flushed. A stomp: "It turns out that you know everything, so I won't play with you anymore!" ”
His expression became serious: "Luoluo, you are at home during this time, it is inconvenient for me to be there, you have to protect yourself and cultivate diligently, there are many more ghosts in the countryside than in the city, I can't protect you in time, if something happens." He took out a jade pendant and gave it to me, "If there is something, you can take this, and someone will help you." ”
I took the jade pendant in his hand, it was small, cold to the touch, and carved with several unknown animals on it.
"Are you leaving? Where to? ”
Rather than "someone help me", I would rather it be him.
His gaze was a little evasive, "I have something very important to do. Don't worry, I'll come back to you. ”
My heart chuckled, and I opened my mouth to ask something, thinking that he was a cultivator, Mr. Yin and Yang, maybe there was something particularly important for you to do. And I can protect myself.
"You have to put your things away yourself."
He opened his palm, and it was my golden needle.
"Thank you."
Suddenly it was quiet.
"I'm going back."
I broke the silence first.
"You're going to wear this back?" He pointed to me.
I looked down at the big red Xiuhe suit on my body, yes, if I wear this back, grandma and grandma will definitely ask when they see it. Today's events must have spread in the village, and I can't let them worry.
"Let's go!"
He pulled me up.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"A change of clothes, of course."
Li Tingting and Fang Aiying had already arrived, his car was parked on the dirt road by Tingting, and when we arrived, we saw the Wang family compound in chaos from a distance, and the lights of police cars and ambulances flashed non-stop.
Gu Tanrao didn't care about these at all, and helped me open the car door.
I hesitated to get into the car.
He also got in the passenger seat.
"Dump!" I called him.
"What's wrong?" He asked me.
My tone was heavy: "Have you ever wondered, where did Wang Qiang find the place to raise corpses?" ”
When Gu Tanrao heard me say this, his expression paused: "This matter is more complicated. Your classmate is nothing special, it's just that there are too many bad things, and it's better to waste it. As for the old man's extremely heavy yin qi, if I guess correctly, he is a corpse chaser. ”
A corpse chaser, a mage in a robe who makes a profession by guiding corpses on their way through a special form of sorcery. There are many records of the exorcism of corpses in ancient folk books, and it is more common in regional legends.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, burials were widely practiced in the interior, and the profession of chasing corpses disappeared. Now in the north, there are still corpse chasers.
"Don't think about that!" Gu Tanrao pretended to sigh relaxedly, "It doesn't matter if he is a corpse chaser or not, what matters is that the police will not let him go." ”
I was also relieved to hear this.
No matter how powerful the corpse chasers are, they can't escape the punishment of the law. As long as the prison gate is closed, no amount of ability can be brought into play.
In recent years, vigorously cracking down on the abduction and trafficking of women has been in the limelight, and Guan Yue, tied up in the courtyard, seems to be enough for the Wang family and his son to stay in prison for many years.
Gu Tanrao turned around and took several bags from the back seat of the car.
"Hurry up and change into it, your clothes are too thin."
I looked, okay, he bought me a lot of clothes. There are also pastries and nutritional products that I bought for my grandma, my grandmother.
Take people with short hands and eat people with soft mouths.
"I have money, don't buy me clothes in the future." I said to him.
He rubbed my head and stopped talking.
Sent me to the door, Gu Tianrao didn't enter the door. I walked to the door with a large bag of things.
"Grandma! Grandma! I am back! I pushed the door open.
Grandma and grandma didn't sleep at all, they sat on the edge of the kang and stretched their necks to look out, and when they saw me coming back, they breathed a sigh of relief. It was as if the big stone in my heart had finally landed.
Grandma stroked her chest: "Hey, Luo'er, you scared grandma." We've all heard the sirens and thought something had happened to you. ”
I smiled and put my arm around my grandmother's shoulder, the little old lady had become thinner and thinner because of the hard work.
"Grandma, I'm not doing well! Come and see what I've bought you. ”
I put all the pastries and nutrition on the kang table. Grandma looked at the beautifully packaged gift box, and her eyes lit up.
"Luo'er, how much does this cost? Didn't you eat at school? ”
Grandma's words were full of distress.
"Oh no, it's not a lot of money." I replied.
My grandmother saw my clothes at this time.
"I just came back and didn't wear this color, why did I change my outfit so much?"
She craned her neck to look out again.
"Luo'er, were you sent back by someone, grandma heard the sound of a car just now. No matter how poor we are, we can't do that shameless thing! ”
I was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and understood, and snorted: "Oh, grandma, look where you want to go!" This is the scholarship I got this semester! No, thinking about the New Year, buy some good things in the city to honor and honor your two elders! ”
Grandma Tai came over at this time: "Yo, Daoxiang Village." When I was young, I went to the capital, and Daoxiang Village was a good thing that only people in the palace could eat! I said, Ying's mother, the child has a heart, you can take it! ”
When grandma heard that it was a scholarship, she immediately smiled.
"We're out of school, and we can make money studying. Grandma will kill the chicken and stew chicken soup for you to replenish your body! ”
I grabbed my grandmother, who was about to walk out: "Oh, grandma, what time is it, let's talk about it tomorrow!" If you have steamed buns at home, I'll just eat two. ”
Early the next morning, I was woken up by a big rooster in my yard.
Glancing at my phone, it was only half past five.
The sky was gray, there was already a crackling sound in the chicken pen, and grandma had already gotten up early to catch chickens.
There was a thin layer of ice on the window, and I lay on the windowsill and wiped them away with my hands.
In the yard, a thin old lady carried a hen in one hand and scooped a scoop of white wine in the other.
My nose was sore. Over the years, my grandmother has relied on doing needlework for people, selling eggs to subsidize the family, no matter whether rich or poor, my grandmother always tries her best to meet all my wishes. Hairpins from childhood, pens and stationery boxes from school, and sunglasses before leaving. This thin old lady single-handedly maintained her granddaughter's dignity and maintained the family.
I got dressed, held my breath, and swam the qi out of my body to mend the wound I had done last night. When the sun came out, I felt in good spirits, so I got up and got up and went down to the ground.
The aroma of chicken soup had already wafted in, and Grandma kept stirring it in the iron pot with a big spoon.
I tiptoed over, picked up a rice spoon, and secretly scooped a spoonful from the pot.
Pouting and eager to taste it, grandma slapped me on the ass.
"Gluttonous girl! I've been so greedy since I was a child, and I haven't changed you at all! ”
I let out an "ouch" and clutched my ass and screamed in pain.
"Grandma, your strength hasn't changed at all, it hurts me to death."
Grandma Tai also laughed and came out.
"Your grandmother's hand is specially to clean up you, I'm afraid that you will be disobedient!"
Laughter filled the room.
It's been a long time since I've been so relaxed, and I'm sitting on the kang with a spoon and shouting, "Chicken soup, chicken soup, chicken soup!" ”
Grandma walked in with a large pot of chicken soup and a curtain on the door.
"Okay, okay, how old are the girls, they all went to college, and they still raise spoons and shout food, so don't people laugh? Come, give your dad and mom first! ”
As she spoke, she filled a bowl and placed it in front of the tablet on the table.
"Alright, alright, now you can eat."
Grandma's words are orders. Today's chicken soup is stewed with hen, mushrooms and potatoes, and the unique hazel mushrooms of the Northeast and the home-raised local chickens are fragrant, and it is worthy of being one of the eight major stews in the Northeast.
I snapped my index finger and said, "Hmm...... Delicious and delicious! Delicious, delicious! ”
The smile in the eyebrows of Grandma Tai and Grandma couldn't be hidden.
"Oh, slow down, eat slowly, it's eighteen, how can you still eat like this! No one is robbing you. ”
At this time, I heard someone outside suddenly shouting: "Excuse me, is this the home of Yinluo?" ”
I glanced at my grandmother, "Let you speak, the chicken soup grabber is here." ”
Grandma glared at me, "What nonsense?" ”
Then she lifted the curtain and walked out.
"Who's coming?"
There was a man and a woman who came in, who looked to be middle-aged, and finally, it was Guan Yue who came in.
The man and the woman threw themselves on my knees. Guan Yue hesitated for a moment and knelt down.
"Girl, your great kindness and virtue will not be forgotten by our old Guan family in this life. Yue'er, don't kowtow yet,"
At this scene, grandma was already stunned in place.
I saw that the three of them really wanted to kowtow, so I hurriedly stepped forward to support them
"Oh yes, don't do this, I can't afford this, I can't afford it. Hurry up. ”
I dragged Guan Yue, but Guan Yue never got up.
I hurriedly went to pull Guan Yue's father, "Uncle and aunt, get up quickly, you guys are losing my life." You are elders, how can there be any reason for you to kowtow to me. ”
The three members of the Guan family are very grateful.
I led them to sit on the edge of the kang.
"What the hell is going on?" Grandma asked on the side.
"Hey......" Father Guan sighed, "It's all our fault, it's because we're sorry for Yue'er." ”
I also sat down and listened to Father Guan tell me the ins and outs of the matter.
It turned out that the Guan family was not local, the three generations of ancestors were in the Lingnan region, Guan Yue's father joined the army when he was young, he was assigned to Bula, and met Guan Yue's mother in Bula.
Later, Guan Yue's mother had something wrong in the factory, just in time for Guan Yue's father's demobilization, so they decided to go to other provinces for development. came and went, and went to the big banyan tree village.
"Yue'er followed us, suffered a lot, transferred from one school to another, and never stopped studying in one place for more than a year, which also caused her to be not very gregarious, which was really difficult for the child."
Father Guan sighed, took Guan Yue's hand, and said distressedly.
"That'...... How did you get involved with the Wang family? ”
"Hey...... Two years ago, we moved here, you know, the village tyrant of the big banyan tree is Wang Qiang, once Yue'er and her mother went to Dongtou Zhou's aunt's house to borrow something, and when they came back, they happened to meet Wang Qiang and his eldest son Wang Kuo, that Wang Kuo is a scoundrel, and he fell in love with our family Yue'er at a glance. Wang Qiang sent someone to propose marriage. I also brought a bride price. Although we are not rich, we can't joke about the happiness of our daughter, what age is this, she is still young, how can she get married? I said no. Later, Wang Qiang also sent people to urge me several times, and they all asked me to send them back. Unexpectedly, Wang Qiang came in person, and when he came, he climbed relatives with me, and it turned out that his father and my father were fellow villagers. ”
I've heard of this, the Wang family moved to the big banyan tree for a short time, but Wang Qiang's methods are ruthless, and soon after he came, he bought a lot of local strong men, killed chickens and pigs, and ran rampant in the village.
"And then?" I asked.
Father Guan continued: "Although Wang Qiang has climbed the same township, it is still impossible for me to agree to the family affairs of my daughter. He didn't come back, and about two months passed. One day, Yue'er and her mother were fetching water in the yard and suddenly fainted. We were all frightened and hurried to the doctor, but the village doctor said that he could not see the disease. We went to the county to see a doctor again, but the county said that we couldn't see it. Yue'er's mother had white lips at first, she was thirsty every day, and she could drink as much water as a sauerkraut jar in half a day, and then she vomited blood, who knows, the blood that spit out turned into insects and crawled away, so many insects, which scared Yue'er to cry. ”
Father Guan wiped a handful of tears, "We can't help it, we have taken all the medicines we can take, we have seen all the doctors we can see, and the money is almost gone, but there is no improvement." If you see a doctor, there is still hope for people, and if you don't see a doctor, you will be finished. What to do? We borrowed money everywhere and ended up borrowing it from the Wang's family. ”
Father Guan continued: "The Wang family is one of the richest families in the village, Wang Qiang said, it is okay to borrow money, or it is usury, otherwise Yue'er will marry Wang Kuo." Yue'er, this child is filial, so she knelt down and kowtowed to me at that time, saying that she was willing to marry, as long as her mother lived. As soon as I gritted my teeth, I agreed. ”
Guan Yue also cried at this time, and I patted her on the shoulder.
"And then?" I then asked.
Later, Yue'er said that it was okay to get married, but she must be allowed to finish her studies, and her only wish was to go to college, and after graduating from college, she would definitely come back and get married. With our two old bones here, the Wang family is not afraid that we will pay our debts. Yue'er is really competitive and was admitted to the best university. But in less than half a year, Wang Qiang and his son Wang Kuo had to die of a sudden illness, I originally thought that even if this family affair was settled, it would be better to pay back the money than to ruin my daughter's life. Who knows, who knows......"
Father Guan held his forehead with his hand and sobbed silently.
"Girl! You're a benefactor to our family! ”
The three of them knelt down for me again.
"Uncle, aunt, Yueyue, oh, don't do this. I just raised my hand, and when I saw the unevenness, I drew my sword to help....... so I got up quickly. ”
The three members of the Guan family got up with my support.