was reprimanded by the old man, and Mrs. Xia didn't dare to say any more, holding the horse lantern to lead the way.

Xia's house is in the corner of the west of the village, a grass hut in a muddy lake, with ten houses.

Don't look at the number of houses, but the Xia family has twenty-five people, and ten houses can't live in it at all.

After the death of Xia Laowu, a single-family household, the house was occupied and lived by Xia Laosi's family. In addition, a few of the grandchildren have been married, and the whole family can barely squeeze out, and there are a few grandchildren who squeeze into a room.

The magistrate came in person, and the Xia family was flattered, and the old man Xia called all the people out and stood in a courtyard full of people.

This man is thriving, no wonder he dares to walk sideways in the village.

The family is poor, and their clothes are tattered and patched, especially the cousins and cousins who are about the same age as Xia Qiu. A few girls are not ugly, they were compared to the dust in the summer and autumn in the past, but now they have been reborn and are so beautiful that they are amazingly beautiful.

Especially the beautiful clothes she wore and the golden hairpin she wore on her head, she was almost crazy with jealousy.

How did that fat ugly girl become a golden phoenix?

There is also a handsome man standing side by side with her, who turned out to be the heaven of Lin County, a dignified county magistrate. She's so good luck with her shit, right?

Old man Xia briefly introduced the male in the family, and when it was the turn of the girl to be married at the right age, he was very patient to introduce, "This is the fourth girl, this year's seventeen, this is the sixth girl, today is fifteen, this is the tenth girl, this year's fourteen, and it will be time soon." ”

This battle is like introducing home-raised white-skinned pigs to buyers one by one, which one can be slaughtered when they are bought, and which one can be raised for a few more days before they can be eaten.

was able to show her face in front of the magistrate, and several girls were overjoyed, and their eyes were greedy and shy.

The fourth cousin is a scheming person, and when she rushed to the market, she saw how the rich girl in the county behaved. In order to attract Lu Tingxiu's attention, he especially learned the girl's twisted posture and bowed to him, but it was Dong Shi who followed suit, and he almost fell.

Xia Qiu's hands were quick, and he held her arm hard and pulled her up.

After that, not only did he not return his hand, but gently stroked the face of the fourth cousin, and said with concern: "The fourth cousin should be careful when walking, you are seventeen, and you have not found your in-laws for two years, if you break your face, what if no one wants it?" ”

The fat girl who sleeps in the pigsty, even if she climbs the high branches, in the bones of the Xia family, she is still the lowly girl at the beginning.

Xia Qiu's touch made the fourth cousin disgusted, and subconsciously knocked off her hand, "Dead fat pig, you ......"

"You damn girl, no big or small." The eldest daughter-in-law was so frightened that her face turned blue, and she hurriedly pulled her girl back, like a hen protecting her cubs.

The fourth cousin was stunned, "Mother, why are you ......?"

The eldest daughter-in-law reprimanded: "Shut up, you don't have a place to talk at home." ”

The eldest daughter-in-law is really afraid of Xia Qiu, and her current expression is very similar to letting wild dogs bite Feng Yuzhu in prison. What should I do if I really annoy her and disfigure my daughter?

How could the village chief on the side not see the Xia family's abacus and secretly despise these fools who have no eyesight.

The magistrate is here to investigate the case, not to go on a blind date. Xia Lao Er has pit hundreds of people, and now their life and death are uncertain, they are not in a hurry to help solve the case, but are in a hurry to stuff the goods for the magistrate.

Don't pee and look in the mirror, what kind of goods are these rough girls, and they don't deserve to lift shoes for the magistrate.

The brain is not good, they think that the county magistrate has accepted Xia Qiu, and he can also fall in love with these girls?

The Xia family doesn't accumulate virtue, Xia Qiu didn't fall into the well, they already miss the old love, they dare to daydream, trying to rob her of the county master, it's really the best.

The village chief played a round at the right time, pretending to be serious: "Okay, okay, the magistrate is here to investigate the case, and the idle people and miscellaneous things are next to each other." ”

Only then did the Xia family retract their thoughts and led people to the second child's room.

Xia Lao Er has been away from home for more than a year, and he took a lot of clothes with him when he left. The second daughter-in-law packed up all the man's things, all of which were rotten clothes, cigarette pouches, wine bottles, and some miscellaneous items.

Xia Qiu looked through them one by one, but there were no clues.

The second daughter-in-law is alone with a few children, all of them are female babies and no men, and the men are not around and are bullied by their in-laws and concubines.

The house is dilapidated, the girls are crowded into one room, and the bed is not enough to sleep, so they make bunks on the floor.

Lu Tingxiu asked: "In order to get a quota, the laborers have sent money to Xia Laoer, and many family members have asked you to return it today, what are your plans?" ”

The second daughter-in-law was embarrassed and said bitterly: "Don't hide it from adults, there are few people in those gang who send money, and the total is only a few hundred dollars, and the others are all sends, a few catties of pork from this family, a few chickens from that family, two jars of wine from other families, so many mouths to eat at home, where is there anything left." Besides, these are all human exchanges, what you love and I want to eat, how can there be any reason to go back? ”

Lu Tingxiu has his own judgment, "Xia Lao Er didn't ask for it, but there was a suggestive bribe, which really shouldn't be." ”

The second daughter-in-law frowned, "My lord, we can't even fill our stomachs, we really can't return it to them, why don't we find Xia Lao Er first and find out what happened?" ”

The Xia family is in ruins, and it really can't come up with money.

In vain, Lu Tingxiu suddenly turned to the pigsty when he left.

The pigsty smelled bad, and the ground was damp and cold.

Lu Tingxiu couldn't imagine how Xia Chubby survived.

Poor and cold home, he can somewhat understand why she regards money as her life, and is bold and desperate.

If she doesn't, she will most likely sleep in the pigsty again, or be stuffed in a coffin again.

Xia Qiu didn't think much about it, after all, the original owner had already left, and it was not she who slept in the pigsty and ate pig food, although she was indignant, she couldn't empathize.

When leaving, the Xia family repeatedly wanted to stay with Lu Tingxiu for the night.

"You have a lot of people here, and you don't have enough beds, so you can't let the children sleep in the pigsty, right?" The village chief wanted to hug Zhixian's thighs, so he naturally stood up for Xia Qiu, "My house is spacious, and the beds are all cleaned up." ”

With the conditions of the Xia family, Lu Tingxiu was afraid that he would not even be dirty to settle down, so Xia Qiu hurriedly accepted it for him.

The Xia family is dissatisfied, but it is not good to find the village chief in front of the official master.

The village chief's house is also simple, but it is better to be clean and tidy, and the two will get together for one night.

When he left in the morning, Xia Qiu secretly left two taels of silver on the table.

Leaving Xiajia Village, Lu Tingxiu was not in a hurry to return to the county seat, but took Xia Qiu along the river.

He asked the village chief that there were mountains and no villages in the upper reaches of the river.

If you want to find out about Xiong Er's death, you must first figure out why he appeared in the uninhabited mountains and forests?

The two walked along the river for more than four miles, and two tributaries appeared, which were formed by the east-west mountains.

It was unrealistic for the two to separate, Lu Tingxiu called out the hidden guard, and planned to divide the troops into two ways, Wei Ge looked for it along the river in the east, and he and Xia Fatpang went west.

Wei Ge is already an Orion, and with his strong martial arts, the mission couldn't be easier for him.

Lu Tingxiu and Xia Qiu were much more embarrassed, they climbed several mountains along the way, not to mention their clothes were torn, and they also encountered heavy rain and became drenched chickens.

The mountain was muddy and slippery, Xia Qiu fell carelessly, and his unlucky foot was twisted.

The injury was not serious, and she could barely walk, so Lu Tingxiu helped her to move to the banana forest in the distance.

He cut large pieces of banana leaves, and the two of them squeezed to shelter from the rain. As soon as they stopped, the two of them were soaking wet, especially Xia Qiu, who had sore feet.

After tossing all the way, her injured foot was swollen into a pig's trotter, and she shifted her weight to the other foot and leaned towards Lu Tingxiu staggeringly.

Lu Tingxiu had no choice, holding the banana with one hand and holding her shoulder with the other.

At first, I didn't feel anything, but when the warmth of my fingertips penetrated the sticky and wet clothes, Xia Qiu had goosebumps all over her body, and the whole person felt like an electric shock.

Oops, the heart is beating.

Soon, Lu Tingxiu also realized that something was wrong.

The clothes are thin, and the figures of the two of them are visible at a glance, especially in summer and autumn, and they are even more convex and backward when they are wet by the rain.

He was very surprised, he didn't expect Xia Fatpang to be such a person.

The man's instinct woke up unconsciously, Lu Tingxiu was shocked by himself, and he looked at her more and more frequently.

The mouth is a little dry.

The tongue seems to be dry.

Damn, the heart beats faster.

Lu Tingxiu's ears were red.

But what could he do?

At this time, you can only pretend to be dead, who is the truth and who is embarrassed.