Chapter 38: Worthy of Guilt
"No need! The second brother only likes Lan Qi. Saying that, Mu Sheng left without looking back.
As soon as Mu Sheng left, I suddenly noticed someone nearby looking at me.
"Who?" I screamed.
But I didn't expect the head to disappear suddenly, I deliberately said: "Come out, I saw you, if you don't come out, it will be even worse for me to pull you out!" ”
After a while, a hesitant voice came: "Sister Qiu'er is me..."
As soon as I heard this soft and weak voice, I saw her come over with some embarrassment: "Sister, I didn't come here for anything... Just by chance. ”
Because of Li Wenru's matter, I also have some prejudice against Li Niangzi, how is it not as cordial as before, but today's matter, it is inevitable that it is too simple, I smiled: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if I eavesdrop, anyway, I do things above board." ”
Li Niangzi's lips opened slightly: "If you want me to say, Qiu'er, you are not authentic, it is natural for men and women to marry, you are not gossiping?" My sister advises you, don't worry about ......"
The word "idle matter" Li Niangzi didn't say it, but just smiled at me.
I said meaningfully, "Gossip? Business? I'm worthy of it, and I'm better than stealing chickens and dogs! ”
Originally, I was just tempting to see if Mrs. Li knew about it, but I still had the expectation of luck, hoping that she would not know about it, which made my heart feel a little comforted, but I didn't expect that Mrs. Li immediately had an unnatural smile on her face, and said hesitantly: "This ...... There may be some misunderstanding, but my husband is a scholar......"
Seeing her unconfident appearance, she had already settled down on the matter, and I smiled: "It seems that your lady knows about this?" ”
At this time, Mrs. Li, who knew that she was speechless, immediately changed the topic: "I came to find my sister today, but there is one thing to ask for...... I don't know if I should talk about it or not......"
I learned from Mrs. Li's smile and said with a smile: "If my sister thinks it's not appropriate to talk about it, don't do it, if you think about it, it's good to talk to me again~"
These words stuffed what Mrs. Li said, forced a smile, and still said: "It's winter now, I don't have any income, and I spend a lot...
"It turns out that my sister wants to borrow silver!" I said, "Well said, well said." ”
There was a sneer in my heart, at this time, there was no rice to come to me, if you really want to borrow money, let Li Wenru come to me in person, kneel down for us to make a compensation, I can still spare him some silver taels.
I said, "However, I don't have much money on hand recently, and I'm not rich, so it's better to let Li Wenru come over and I'll introduce him to some work." ”
But Mrs. Li's face immediately became ugly, and she avoided my words lightly, and suddenly her eyes were red: "Sister Qiu'er, you, your family is a rich family in this Pengyang Village, and you must also be a kind-hearted person, willing to pity me, remember that in the past, I also sent food to your family......"
She began to cry again, as if I was embarrassed for her.
"I've got it all back, and it's just a little more." I said.
"But you are rich people, Qiu'er, as long as you move your fingers, you can save us, and I can't help it......"
I looked at Mrs. Li coldly, how about whether there was any silver or not, I looked at Mrs. Li with a smile, but I didn't say a word.
And Fu Bo was kind-hearted, took out some silver and stuffed it into Li Niangzi's hand, and sighed repeatedly: "They are all hard-working people, you can take these ......"
Mrs. Li nodded and thanked her, and then went home.
Fu Bo looked at me with an embarrassed look and said, "Madam, I also look at her pitiful." ”
I smiled and said, "It's okay, I was once deceived by her, sometimes, a woman's tears can do a lot of things." ”
The husband also smiled and said, "Mrs. Li came to our house, but she has the meaning of eating a big family." He patted Faber on the shoulder again, "Fauber, I don't think you're going to get your money back~"
Sure enough, Mrs. Li didn't plan to repay the money from Fu Bo, Fu Bo suffered a dumb loss, and he didn't say anything, but his eyes always looked at Li Niang's house, although I knew what was going on, but I didn't want to make up for this Fu Bo's deficit, anyway, he couldn't freeze or starve here with me, and these silver should be spent to buy a lesson.
Since Mu Sheng left, Sister-in-law Feng's family didn't come to us anymore, maybe I spoke a little heavy that day, I blamed myself a little for this, I shouldn't have said such a heavy thing, the matter has passed for a month, and there have been no happy events in this village, I think Lan Qi's father and mother should not be able to beat Lan Qi, and the marriage is over.
Since Lan Qi is reluctant to marry, then it is good for me to find a matchmaker in the east of the village to tell Mu Sheng that it is good to have a family affair, I just feel that I am looking for a lady for Mu Sheng, and what is the matter with my husband, so I came out of Zhuangzi alone.
When I walked to the village, I heard a pungent voice: "The old lady has supported you for more than ten years, and the father and mother of this marriage have made the decision for you, even if you don't marry, you have to marry!" ”
"If you don't marry and have the ability, you will beat me to death."
The foot I had taken immediately stopped, because it was Lan Qi's voice.
I followed the sound and looked over, and found that there was a group of people watching the excitement in front of me, and I came to the crowd and sure enough, I saw Lan Qi.
At this time, Lan Qi was pulled by a woman in her thirties, and Lan Qi sat on her knees unkempt, her face washed with tears.
Some of the onlookers persuaded Lan Qidao: "Xiao Qiya, don't be so stubborn, it's not easy for you to think about your family, you have a younger brother, it's not about marrying a wife and having children, you just married Mu Sheng and got a dowry, and it's good to marry your brother when the time comes, besides, Mu Sheng is also an honest man." ”
Lan Qi didn't seem to hear a word, his eyes were empty, and Mu Ran looked ahead without saying a word.
The woman shouted very arrogantly: "This dead girl just doesn't want his brother to have a wife, and wants his brother to be a bachelor for the rest of his life." ”
There was a man sitting not far away, with his hands on his cuffs, frowning and squatting on the ground, looking at Lan Qi from time to time, and occasionally saying a few words: "Lan Qi, you will marry into Mu Sheng's family, you also know that your father is not capable, so you count on the five taels of silver given by Mu Sheng, and when Ji Xiang grows up, he will marry a daughter-in-law." ”
At this time, blue paint, tears came out of nowhere, and he wiped his face with his sleeves indiscriminately, and said cryingly: "Dad, Jixiang is only six years old and has time, I am willing to earn money for him, but I don't want to gamble for a lifetime." ”
The woman next to her pointed at Lan Qi and shouted, "You dead girl, how many taels can you earn in your life?" ”
Suddenly, a child popped out, pulled Lan Qi's sleeve and said, "Sister, sister." ”
It seems that this is Lan Qi's younger brother auspicious, different from Lan Qi's slenderness, this little boy is fat, and when he runs over, the flesh on his cheeks also shakes.
I thought she was here to persuade peace, but he said: "Sister, just listen to your father, your father must be right, don't make your father angry." ”
Seeing Lan Qi's head gradually lowered, and the accusations of the people around me also made me a little angry, I walked up to Lan Qi and reached out to pull her up.
Lan Qiyi saw that it was me, and his eyes suddenly brightened: "Qiu'er, are you here to help me?" ”
I nodded and said, "Let's go."
But the woman stretched out her hand to stop me: "I said He Niangzi, the girl is mine, why do you say take it away, don't think that you are a rich family in Pengyang Village, you can do evil." ”
I straightened up, took out ten taels of silver from my waist and threw it in front of the woman's eyes: "That's all right." ”
Lan Qi looked at me in disbelief: "Call Dao Qiu'er, so much..."
The woman picked up the silver from the ground and kept wiping it: "Oh, Mrs. He, it is a great benefit for you to buy Lanqi, my daughter can go up the mountain to chop wood and go down to the field to do work." ”
Lan Qi lowered his head and followed behind me without speaking, I said to the woman: "After Lan Qi comes to my house, I will not let him do these coolies. With that, pull Lan Qi out of the crowd.
But the little fat boy behind him chased him out, took Lan Qi's hand and said, "Sister, where are you going?" Jixiang took Lan Qi's hand and dragged it in the direction of home.
I thought that Ji Xiang was distressed by Lan Qi, but I inadvertently caught a glimpse of the woman's cunning eyes, her wishful thinking was too good, even if she got the silver and wanted to pull people away, could it be that she would "sell" it again in the future?
Ji Xiang took Lan Qi's hand and said, "Sister, Ji Xiang misses you, you can't go, my mother said that I will be good to my sister in the future......"
I saw that Lan Qi's footsteps had already taken a step, and I could see that she was reluctant to give up this younger brother, so I suddenly had a plan and walked to the woman: "Lan Qi, you have sold it to me, why do you have to write a deed of sale, don't deny it when the time comes." ”
The woman was very cunning: "Mrs. He, all the people in this village are here, can I still regret it?" ”
"Can't do it? Then I'm going to get back the ten taels of silver now!" ”
As soon as I said this, the woman immediately nodded: "Okay, okay, I'll write it right away!" ”
Lan Qi's eyes suddenly dimmed: "Since I was sold to Qiu'er, from now on, Qiu'er will be my relative." ”
Although she said so, her eyes looked at the man sitting next to her from time to time, but the man seemed to be deliberately dodging, and a pair of eyes looked straight into the distance, and Lan Qi's heart was completely cold.
After a short time, the deed of sale had been respectfully placed in my hands by the woman, and I left her "home" with Lan Qi.
As soon as Lan Qi left, the woman's voice came from behind us: "It's all gone, what's there to see!" ”
And Lan Qi bit his lip vigorously and didn't say a word.
Seeing his aggrieved appearance, I stepped forward and comforted me that the blue flag is not with me now.
She nodded, Ling'er is good to have you.
I smiled and shoved a piece of paper into his hand and returned it to you.
Lan Qi opened the origami and hurriedly put it back in my hand, no, no, I can't ask for Qiu'er anymore for this deed of sale, you spent ten silver, buy me back and say I want it again, your silver will be spent in vain.
I shook my head and smiled: "Actually, I don't plan to buy you, but seeing your mother's aggressive posture, if I don't want a deed of sale, what if she sells you again in the future!" ”
"She's not my mother!" Lan Qi twitched his nose and said.