One of the villagers who came was Zeng Rong's father-in-law Zeng Youqing, Zeng Youqing saw that it was Zeng Rong lying on the ground, and he didn't care about anything else and picked up the child and left, Ouyang Si followed him all the way, and briefly said what happened to Zeng Rong's family, and wanted to ask Zeng Rong's family what happened, just about to open his mouth, with a "Ah", Ouyang Si remembered that he was still wearing soaked obscene clothes, and the only thin cotton jacket was draped on Zeng Rong's body.

Seeing this, he had to take care of his body first, explain a few words to Zeng Youqing, and hurriedly ran to the academy.

Besides, Zeng Youqing saw Ouyang Si leave suddenly, he also stood still, and told the villagers who followed him and the two monks who swept the floor, asking them not to spread the news that Zeng Rong jumped into the lake, saying that he accidentally fell into the lake.

This is the result of his thinking all the way to Zeng Rong, saying that it is better to fall into the lake than to say that the child jumps into the lake, and the child will have to marry in the future, and it is not only the little girl who will be affected by the bad reputation.

As for why Zeng Rong jumped into the lake, he knows a little bit about it, Chengchun's mother-in-law is about to give birth in a few days, the eldest son has no money to say goodbye, and the second son's tuition fee is only afraid that he will be owed for several months.

Therefore, a few days ago, I heard that a matchmaker came to the door, saying that he was going to take Ah Rong to exchange relatives, and the other party was a hunter, and it was said that one eye was blind, as if it was scratched by a tiger's paw, so he didn't talk about his family, no, he didn't think about using his sister to exchange his relatives.

Therefore, Zeng Youqing thought that Zeng Rong must have jumped into the lake because he was unwilling to marry a half-blind man who had broken his appearance, and this matter was going to be spread, and it would definitely have an impact on his nephew's family, maybe even their entire Zeng family would be ridiculed.

Of course, the specific reason Zeng Youqing did not say, but there are well-informed people who also know a little bit about it, therefore, when these people heard that this matter may be related to the reputation of the whole village, they also dispersed.

Besides, Zeng Youqing carried Zeng Rong into the village alone, and met several villagers who wanted to go out of the village to do things on the way, and there were also many women who were pounding clothes and washing vegetables by the pond at the head of the village.

While speaking, Zeng Youqing arrived at Zeng Rong's door, but the door was also opened, Zeng Fuxiang was about to go out with a hoe, and saw his third uncle holding Zeng Rong over, and was startled, "Third uncle, what's wrong with Ah Rong?" ”

Ask back, Zeng Fuxiang also knew that he threw down the hoe and took his sister from Zeng Youqing's hand, and carried it into the first room in the west, at this time, Zeng Chengchun and Zeng Guixiang also followed, everyone's attention was on Zeng Rong, no one noticed that the six or seven-year-old girl who was lying on the bed was leaning against the corner of the wall, looking at everyone with a frightened face, and when she saw the woman who was placed next to her, she screamed in fright, and then covered her mouth, and then, The little girl looked at her hands and screamed again.

It was these two screams that made everyone pay attention to her, it turned out that this little girl's name was Zeng Hua, who was the sister of Zeng Rong's mother, who was just six years old this year, Zeng Youqing saw her screaming, thinking that she was frightened, and was just about to say a few words to appease her, but Zeng Chengchun was uncomfortable in his heart, and first reprimanded him in a low voice, "Shut up, what are you shouting, go, find two dry clothes for your sister." ”

Zeng Hua shuddered, slowly climbed from the head of the bed to the end of the bed, said that it was a bed, but in fact, several wooden boards were spliced together and laid with several layers of straw, so Zeng Hua inevitably made a sound when he moved, Zeng Chengchun heard this movement, and glanced at the child with disgust, and then pulled Zeng Youqing out, saying that he asked Zeng Hua to change Zeng Rong's clothes, and then, Zeng Fuxiang and Zeng Guixiang also came out.

As soon as the door closed, Zeng Hua climbed into bed again, tremblingly touched Zeng Rong's face and hands, and looked at his hands repeatedly, this time he didn't scream, but twisted his brows, looked at his hands, and looked at the person lying on the bed, tilted his head and thought for a while, shook his head, and when he was about to reach out and touch the person lying on the bed again, Zeng Fuxiang outside urged, "Ah Hua, is Ah Rong awake?" Have you changed your clothes? ”

Zeng Hua in the room remembered that he hadn't gone to look for dry clothes, so he hurriedly climbed out of bed and opened the mottled and crooked cabinet in the west corner.

At this time, Zeng Youqing, who was originally asking Zeng Chengchun about Zeng Rong's change of relatives in the hall outside, did not wait for Zeng Chengchun to reply and said: "Ah Hua is too young, I'm afraid that I can't move people, so let Ah Lai and his mother help." ”

As soon as the words fell, a pot-bellied woman in her thirties walked in from the back porch yawning, "What's wrong, who jumped into the lake?" ”

"It's all you, you forced Ah Rong to jump into the lake, you return my sister, you return my sister, it's all a bad idea from you, a vicious woman." Zeng Fuxiang walked in front of the woman in a few steps, his eyes widened angrily, his hands suddenly clenched into fists and suddenly released, but unfortunately, he didn't dare to wave at the other party, without him, because this woman was his stepmother Tian Shuilan.

In fact, without waiting for him to wave his hand, Zeng Chengchun came over first and grabbed him, and Tian Shuilan immediately straightened up and took a sip, holding his stomach with one hand and pointing at Zeng Fuxiang with the other and scolding: "Ahh ”

"What? Isn't it a family swap? How is it sold? Zeng Youqing was taken aback when he heard this, and glared at Zeng Chengchun.

"Third uncle, third uncle, this matter, this matter, this matter will not be clear for a while." After Zeng Chengchun finished speaking, he turned to Tian Shuilan, "What nonsense, you go to the house to help the child change into clean clothes." ”

While talking, several people crowded in the room to watch the excitement, and there was an older woman outside the door who didn't come in, and her voice came in first, and she asked tremblingly: "Dachun, who jumped into the lake, is Ah Rong's dead girl unwilling to marry that half-blind man?" ”

It was Zeng Chengchun's mother who spoke, and Zeng Rong's grandmother Wang, who is fifty-six years old this year, and her body is still strong, since her husband died three years ago, she has been living with her youngest son's family, helping her younger son take care of the housework, and the other two sons give her half a stone of rice every year.

No, hearing her voice, Zeng Chengchun hurriedly greeted the door, "Mother, Ah Rong didn't jump into the lake, he accidentally fell into the lake, you know, this child often goes to the lake to pick up wild duck eggs." ”

Zeng Youqing saw her, didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law came just in time, Ah Rong is still wet, Ah Hua is too young, you go and help her change into dry clothes, don't let the child fall into any diseases." ”

Wang was a little unhappy at first, and after hearing the last sentence "falling into the root of the disease", he raised his foot and hurriedly pushed open the door of the first room in the west.

There is no way, the children of the poor cannot afford to get sick.