Chapter 32, the straw that saved his life

After Shen Mu pushed the door in so directly, he suddenly thought that even in modern times, there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door.

Not to mention, this antiquity.

If a person like Widow Liu has no bottom line, and shouts that there is a thief on the spot, or indecent or something, then he will be embarrassed, and even if Feng Da sets a trap for him to drill, under this kind of social custom, he is unreasonable, and it is very likely that he will be attacked and his reputation will be gone.

However, since he had already entered, he had no reason to return, and just waited in the courtyard.

After Widow Liu entered the room, she made up her mind, Feng Da's appearance was still recognizable even in the night, and the two people in the courtyard just now were obviously not Feng Da, what did they want to do when they arrived at their house so late?

Fortunately, these years have passed, so that her psychological quality is relatively strong, and she will not lose control and yell.

She quickly dressed up, lit a candle in her hand, and walked out the door.

By the light of the candle, she saw the faces of the two teenagers in the courtyard clearly, and breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that they were all familiar people.

So, she crossed one hand to her waist and said, "It's you two boys, what are you doing with Aunt Liu so late?" ”

"Aunt Liu, we are here to find Uncle Feng, isn't Uncle Feng here?" Shen Mu said with a smile.

"Your Uncle Feng, he hasn't come back yet, if he did, my door would have been closed a long time ago, how could you two boys come in." Widow Liu glanced at Shen Mu and said angrily.

"It's the kid who is rude, just because my father is in a hurry to find Uncle Feng, does Aunt Liu know where Uncle Feng went?"

"You Aunt Liu don't know this, the things between their men, rarely tell us these girls."

"Then does Aunt Liu know if Uncle Feng went to an acquaintance's house?"

"Acquaintances? What kind of acquaintances can he have, but these days, he seems to know the son of a foreign officer, except for coming at night, I can't see anyone during the day, who knows where he went this night? ”

"The son-in-law of the Wailang family?" Shen Mu heard the words and asked.

"Yes, it is said that he is the son of a noble man in Nanjing City."

"Oh, does Aunt Liu know where that noble person is staying?"

"There is a Zhuangzi in the south of the county, it is said that it is the Zhuangzi of the mother of Mei Gongzi, and that Mei Gongzi lives there, two days ago, your Uncle Feng seems to have mentioned a sentence, will he go anywhere?" Widow Liu guessed.

"Mei Gongzi's mother's dowry Zhuangzi?" Shen Mu repeated.

It turns out that the noble son on Feng Dapan is surnamed Mei?

But even if you know the surname of this Mei Gongzi, in this era of relatively slow information circulation, it will take at least a few days to find out the root of this Mei Gongzi.

Judging from Widow Liu's expression, the other party has no tendency to lie, and his expression is not unusual, it seems that on weekdays, even if this Feng Da is dissatisfied with Father Shen, he should not be obvious in front of Widow Liu.

And with Feng Da's temperament, if Father Shen's disappearance really had something to do with him, he shouldn't be hiding here as a shrinking turtle now.

So, Feng Da really shouldn't be here.

Then, the problem is back to square one now, even if Feng Da is dissatisfied with Father Shen and wants to replace him, he should slowly try to do it, instead of rudely and simply asking for Father Shen's life.

And a person like Mei Gongzi, who was born in an official family, if there is no benefit, why should he be entangled with a ruffian like Feng Da.

In the blink of an eye, he thought again that when Father Shen saw the true face of that Yitou last night, his expression changed for a short time.

Feng Da, Father Shen, the masked man in black, the Tsing Yi Jinyi Guard, and the Mei Gongzi, will there be any connection between these people?

And Miss Li? Why did you disappear at this time?

This Taiping County is really not peaceful.

Now that he has been traced here, it is useless for him to continue to stay here without finding any more clues.

Thinking of this, he said to Widow Liu very sincerely: "Then Aunt Liu, the kid will go to find Uncle Feng again, and go first." ”

After speaking, he pulled the cow egg out of the door of Widow Liu's house.

Only Widow Liu was left in the courtyard and sighed faintly.

"Mother, was it the Shen family's brother and Niu Dan just now?" From the wing room on the right, a little girl with thick eyebrows and handsome eyes came out, this girl was about the same age as the little sister of the Shen family.

But the size is not small, and the eyes are not similar to Widow Liu's, but have a pair of phoenix eyes.

As he spoke, the phoenix's eyes were slightly upturned, and his temperament seemed a little colder.

"Yes! Alas! Widow Liu sighed again, in fact, when his husband had just died, although Boss Shen and these people on the street were not easy to come forward to help them, for fear of attracting gossip, but Shen Mu's mother was two heads in three days, sending some food to the house, every time she was afraid that she would not accept it, but said that the family had a lot of savings, and if she didn't have to drop it, it would be broken.

Even later, when she and Feng Da were not innocent, Shen Mu's mother never looked at her with contemptuous eyes.

Shen Mu's mother even said that it is not easy for this woman to live in the world, and some choices are helpless.

She also thought about leaving, and her mother's brothers and sisters-in-law also remarried as soon as possible while she was young.

But she was reluctant to give up her three children, the children were still so young, the eldest was only six years old that year, if she remarried, how could these children live?

There are also parents-in-law who are good to her, and they are also old, and they are only the only son.

As a result, when the husband was gone, the body of the parents-in-law soon collapsed, and it was also a large expense to take medicine and see the doctor when he was sick.

The family's savings were soon gone.

My mother-in-law was like this, sometimes a little better, sometimes worse, and after a few years, she finally went.

After the death of his mother-in-law, his father-in-law suffered a series of blows, and fell on a rainy day, and as a result, he broke a bone and could not walk well from then on.

But over the years, with the arrival of rainy days, my father-in-law has become more and more unable to walk, and can only lie in bed.

She now remembers that it was a rainy night that year, and the child suddenly had a fever in the middle of the night, and the people who burned were confused, but her family had no money, and she had already owed a lot of money for medicine in Langzhong in order to see her mother-in-law and father over the years.

Now, Xiao'er is so sick again, she really can't hold on, just when she thinks about whether to go to see her dead husband with her family.

The eldest girl took Er'er to her side, and said very sensibly: "Mother, you take the younger brother to see a doctor, and the eldest brother and I will kneel and beg the kind Aunt Shen and them to lend us some more money." ”

Looking at her young and immature daughter, with a determined look, she was a little ashamed, so she had to cheer up again and go out with her little son in her arms.

The wind and rain outside the door were heavy, making her footsteps unsteady.

It was at this moment that she met Feng Da, who was about to go home in a cloak.

Feng Da looked at her going out in such a storm, and said in surprise: "Big sister, what are you going to do so late?" ”

"Cricket is sick, go find Langzhong."

"The child is sick. I'll send you there! Don't go to the two big ones, this is windy and rainy, if you turn around and get drenched again, you have to see the doctor. Feng Da hesitated for a moment and snatched the child from his arms.

"But—my sister and I are going to borrow money." The eldest son held his mouth and shouted with some grievances.

"Don't worry, Uncle Feng has money, I'll borrow you first, and when you have the money, I'll pay it back, and now your sisters and brothers are still waiting at home."

In the wind and rain, people will always unconsciously grasp a straw, although Feng Da had a bad reputation back then, he appeared at that time, like a straw, so she had to grasp it.