Zeng Alu's family is still young in addition to her son, and the old lady is blind in glasses and can't walk, so her mother-in-law and daughter rented five acres of Zhongtian from Wang Dahu in the village, plus Zeng Alu's ferry, which can be regarded as being able to mix food and clothing.

Helplessly, the old lady is old, three days and two pills, this family can not save anything, as the saying goes, there is no filial piety in front of the bed for a long time, and the mother-in-law at home has complained more than once, the old lady has dragged down the family, but Zeng Alu is an honest person, this old lady has to take care of a day to live.

Zeng Alu is worried about when these Qing soldiers will leave, they all say that the cult harms people, this cult Zeng Alu has not seen it, but he really feels that this officer and soldier harm people, in order to hide from the officers and soldiers, Zeng Alu's daughter is now locked up at home, and he does not dare to let him go out, and the work in the field is handled by his mother-in-law.

Zeng Alu was looking at the river in a daze, and the Qing army on the shore suddenly made a commotion, and then vaguely heard the words of inspecting the boat.

Zeng Alu stood on tiptoe to see, and the Qing troops watching the ship began to disperse, inspecting the ships one by one, and one of the Qing soldiers who was in a flow of anger jumped on Zeng Alu's boat and shouted: "Look what I do!" Didn't you hear the order from the shore! Look at the boat! Is there any water leakage? ”

Zeng Alu hurriedly said: "Master Jun, all the small belongings are on this boat, and I usually cherish it more than my life, there is no problem at all, don't worry!" ”

Qing Bing didn't look at it and nodded: "Check it well, if something goes wrong, Lao Tzu will stab you to death!" ”

"Hey! Ay! Got it, don't worry, walk slowly, and be careful of the boat. ”

The Qing soldiers left, Zeng Alu was still in a daze on the boat, and in the evening, the Qing soldiers sent two miscellaneous cakes and let them go home.

Zeng Alu has also been hungry since the morning, but he is not willing to eat, and the family doesn't know what to do, so he dares to rush to the village with two cakes and acquaintances.

One of them on the way sighed: "It's not bad, this officer and soldier is also benevolent, and he also gave out two cakes..."

The other said while eating the cake: "This little thing is enough to dry the gap between your teeth, this is also called benevolence?" ”

"He just won't give you anything, what can you do? It's good to eat some! ”

Zeng Alu didn't answer, and moved forward silently, and Lao Liu on the side patted him: "Old Zeng, what do you want?" ”

Zeng Aru shook his head: "I don't know when these plague gods will leave?" ”

Lao Liu said: "I heard the officers and soldiers on the shore talk that they will leave in two days, and our hard days are coming to an end!" ”

Zeng Alu's glasses lit up and asked, "Really?"

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Lao Liu shook his head: "How do I know, that's what the military master said." ”

Zeng Alu returned to the village, seeing that there was no light in his house, Zeng Alu sighed, although the family had no money to buy lamp oil, but at this time the kitchen was still a little fire, and the family chatted around the stove and waited for themselves to come back to eat, there was no fire, that is, there was nothing to eat at home.

Zeng Alu pushed open the door and shouted: "Little Niu Niu, Dad is back!" ”

It's just that the son who would come out to call his father for the first time didn't pounce, and there was a crying sound in the house, Zeng Aru sighed in his heart and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zeng Niu said: "Dad, my sister was bullied by officers and soldiers..."

Zeng Alu immediately asked, "What's the matter, damn it, tell me what's going on?" ”

At this time, the old lady cried: "Son! It's all to blame the old lady for being useless, I might as well die! I'm the one who dragged you down! ”

At this time, Zeng Alu came out of the house, grabbed him and whispered: "Today, your mother is panting badly, and the girl will go to buy medicine for your mother, who knows that I met Qing soldiers on the road..."

Zeng Aru blew up at the time: "These beasts! ”

Saying that, Zeng Alu went to the kitchen to get a knife and rushed out, and the mother-in-law hurriedly hugged him: "The master, you can't go!" If you have a good one, how will we orphans and widows live! ”

Zeng Alu struggled a few times and was hugged by his mother-in-law, after that anger, he was timid again, who is he going to look for? Can you still fight?

Zeng Alu stood there and hesitated for a long time and said, "You can't just forget it!" I'll go find Lizheng, if not, let's go and sue the official! ”

A person outside walked in with his hands behind his back, coughed and said: "I heard about you, you don't have to look for me, at this time, it was those old men who did it, not me, even the big man in the county is helpless!" ”

Zeng Alu saw Li Zheng coming and asked, "Then there is no royal law yet?" ”

Li Zheng shook his head: "Wang Fa? The royal law is for you people! Is it used to manage those full of old men? ”

Zeng Alu was stunned, not knowing what to say or do, Li Zheng sighed: "I can only blame the girl for her bad life, who let her go on the street without anything?" Don't make a fuss about this, it's useless to make trouble, just forget it, persuade your girl, I still have to leave in advance! ”

Zeng Alu looked at Li Zheng's back, speechless for a long time, and the mother-in-law saw that Zeng Alu was not making trouble, and persuaded: "The master, you..."

"Smack" Before Zeng Alu's mother-in-law could speak, she was slapped by Zeng Alu: "You are a dead man, how many times have I told you, don't let the girl go out, where are you dead!" ”

The mother-in-law cried aggrievedly: "The crops in the field are almost ripe, and I am catching birds over there..."

At this time, the son saw that his mother was also crying, his sister was also crying, his grandmother was also crying, and his father beat his mother again, and he was so frightened that he also cried.

Now the whole family is crying, Zeng Alu scolded: "What are you crying about!" Just know to cry! It's not enough to be ashamed! Hold it all for me! … Girl, look at it,... It's fate! ”

Everyone didn't speak that night, Zeng Alu took out the mixed dough cake and divided it into four parts, one for his mother, one for his son, one for his daughter, and one for his mother-in-law, turned over and faced the wall without talking.

I don't know when I fell asleep, I don't know when my daughter stopped sobbing, but she was woken up in the morning by a terrible shout.

"Er Ya threw himself into the well! Come on! Er Ya threw himself into the well! ”

Zeng Alu hurriedly rushed out of the door without even wearing shoes, came to the well and hurriedly picked up the edge of the well to look, only to see his daughter lying in the well, no longer moving: "Zeng Alu shouted with a crying voice: "Why can't you see it!" ”

Zeng Alu's mother-in-law hurriedly ran over at this time, crying, "O my poor daughter! ”

Saying that he was about to jump into the well, he was pulled by the people in the village, everyone was pulling and persuading, noisy, at this time Li was swaying and walking, everyone looked at him, he sighed and said: "Look what I do, quickly fish people out!" Lao Zeng! It's not me talking about you! Didn't I ask you to persuade the girl! Look at what a mess! ”

Zeng Alu calmed down and asked, "Then my daughter can't die in vain!" Lizheng, you have to make the decision for me, you have to give my daughter an explanation! ”

The villagers followed suit and said, "Yes! To give an explanation! ”

"Yes, let him pay for his life!"