Chapter 50: Resignation

During the inquiry, Huo Luomao's two nephews went out to look for it, but after going out, they saw one of the nephews running in sweating profusely, shouting as he ran:

"Oh no, let's go and take a look, Huo Jinglin may have jumped into the river!"

When everyone heard this, they were startled again, and hurriedly put down Huo Luomao, and then ran out together, asking this nephew as they ran, how did Huo Jinglin jump into the river? What about people now?

The nephew told everyone that he and his brother went to Jishitang first, and Jishitang Langzhong said that he had never seen Huo Jinglin come at all. For a while, the two brothers invited Lang Zhong to the uncle first, and Lang Zhong asked them to go first, and he arrived later. So, they walked back again, and when they reached the door of the pot shop, they saw people from the south gate looking for questions, asking if someone had jumped into the river on the pot.

Seeing that the shopkeeper shook his head, the man told them to hurry up and take a look, saying that someone had found two neatly folded cotton clothes under the bridge outside the south gate, and the cotton clothes were full of the smell of sake lees, but no one was there. Said it might have been left by the soju guys.

When they heard this, they hurried to look at it, and when they saw it, the cotton clothes were indeed their cousin's. Therefore, the elder brother stayed behind to look for it, and asked the younger brother to run back to deliver the letter quickly.

When everyone ran to the bridge outside the south gate to see, there was no doubt that the cotton clothes on the ground were Huo Jinglin's. Besides, there are a lot of enthusiastic people looking east along the river. When Huo Jinglin's three brothers saw it, they were so anxious that they took off their clothes and wanted to go down to the river to fish, but they were hurriedly stopped by everyone.

We all know that the river outside the south gate of Ansu City, although it goes around the city and plays the role of a moat, is actually a serious river of 800, and the locals also call it - Waterfall River. Although the river is not very wide, it is deep and rapid.

Because of the depth of the water and the rapid flow, even in winter, only the sides of the river are frozen, but the central part is difficult to freeze, and the turbulent water in the middle of the river can always be seen.

Of course, it is precisely because of the depth of the water and the rapid flow that even if you jump down, you can't stand still, and once you go down on this cold day, you may freeze people in danger.

Therefore, everyone hurriedly stopped the three big brothers and went downstream along the river to find them together. At this time, Zhang Shuting also heard the news and knew that the matter was getting bigger, but the matter had come, and he couldn't care about anything else, seeing that it was getting dark, and hurriedly sent the guys who could leave on the pot to go down to the river to find it.

Everyone went down the river until they reached Balizhuang outside the eighth road. At this time, it was already completely dark, and when I looked up, I saw a fire burning on the riverside in front of me, and when I looked again, I saw an old man using a dung fork to carry a fire to keep warm.

Everyone thought it was a homeless old man. Unexpectedly, the old man looked up and saw a group of people holding burning sticks in the river, so he shouted loudly to everyone.

"Hey, are you looking for a corpse?" Just listen to the old man shouting like this.

When the big guy heard this, he hurriedly stopped.

"If it's a corpse searcher, then come over and see if this one is what you're looking for."

And again:

"It was salvaged in the middle of the afternoon. I've been waiting for someone to find it. ”

When the big guy heard this, he hurried up to the river, and saw a corpse lying not far from the old man's fire, dressed only in a single garment.

Everyone hurriedly took a closer look with the torches in their hands, and when they saw it, it was really none other than Huo Jinglin they were looking for.

I saw that Huo Jinglin's body had already frozen, and he had already lost his breath.

So, Huo Jinglin's eldest brother handed the old man a piece of ocean, and everyone carried Huo Jinglin's dead body again, and hurriedly went back.

In fact, to talk about it, until this time, everyone is still ignorant, why did a mouthful of blood spit on the ground, and people passed out on the spot, and why Huo Jinglin jumped into the river to commit suicide.

However, at this time, everyone can't think about this. When he walked back with Huo Jinglin's body, it was Huo Jinglin's eldest brother who made his own decision, and asked him to carry the body of the fourth brother to his hometown Huojiazhuang, so everyone walked to Huojiazhuang again.

At this time, Huo Luomao was lying on the kang, and when he saw that everyone was delayed in returning, he knew that his youngest son might be more than lucky, and for a while he was in a hurry, lying down, and together again, a mouthful of blood spit on the ground again.

At this time, Zhang Shuting has been by his side, and when he saw it, he hurriedly called Xiao Luo, a guy in the store, to invite Lang Zhong again in Jishitang, and after taking the medicine to decoction, he personally gave the medicine to Huo Luomao, and persuaded him to definitely want to open some, and his youngest son must be fine.

Hollow had a pale face, tears rolling in his eyes, but he shook his head weakly and said:

"Don't comfort me, even if my youngest son dies, I won't feel sorry for him."

And again:

"Even if he doesn't die, when he comes back, I will kill this beast with my own hands!"

As he spoke, he became angry again and said:

"I'm sad and sad that this brute not only trampled on the owner's grain, ruined the owner's cellar, but also ruined the reputation of our Huo family for half a lifetime!"

After saying that, he bent up and wanted to vomit again.

Zhang Shuting hurriedly got up and asked him to recuperate in peace, don't think about anything now, and wait until he gets better. Then Zhang Shuting got up and left.

However, immediately after, the news came back, saying that Huo Jinglin was dead and was now parked at Huojiazhuang's home.

When Zhang Shuting heard this, his heart tightened again, and for a while, he was even more worried about Huo Luomao's body.

Therefore, early the next morning, Zhang Shuting went to the backyard of the pot to see, and at this time, Huo Luomao's two nephews returned to the pot to pick him up, and they were also supporting him step by step.

After only half a night, I saw that Huo Luomao suddenly aged a lot. When Zhang Shuting saw it, he felt that such a blow was too heavy for Huo Luomao, and he couldn't help but feel sad for a while, but just when he wanted to say a few more words of comfort, he listened to Huo Luomao speak first.

"The owner came just in time, otherwise, I'm going to let my two nephews help me to quit the owner!"

When Zhang Shuting heard this, he hurriedly shook his hand and said:

"There is such a big thing in Master Huo's family, which makes me uneasy, and I dare not say anything else. I also hope that after Master Huo goes back, he will not be too sad and put his body first. When you are well, go back to shochu. ”

Holomao turned pale and shook his head, saying:

"I'm going this time, I'm afraid I won't come back, and I won't come back without a face."

And again:

"However, there is one thing I hope the owner will agree to."

Zhang Shuting said:

"You say you say, Master Huo, as long as you say it, I will definitely agree!"

Holomao said:

"The owner's cellar was damaged by my Huo family, and I also asked the owner to promise that my Huo family would repair it."

Zhang Shuting nodded and said:

"With Master Huo here, I think he will recover soon."

Holomao shook his head again and said:

"I'm definitely not going to be able to, even if I have this mind, I'm afraid my body won't be in charge of me."

And again:

"I have already thought about a person, the children's grandmother has a cousin, a year older than me, who has also been making soju in other places for many years, and is a good way to make soju, because I don't want to run out again, I handed over the soju team to my eldest son in the spring of this year, and I am preparing to enjoy my old age at home.

I mean, if the proprietor can agree, I can find a way to move him, and three days later, let him come back with my sons and nephews to repair the cellar, and don't want the proprietor to pay a penny, and when the repair is done, the proprietor will hire another shochu team to come over, is it feasible? ”