Chapter 34: Arson
"How about we go buy land and build a house! You look at the houses in Gyeongju, you look at the houses in the town, we can start here. Yue Yang recounted his thoughts.
"Build a house... Shall we go back and discuss? Sun Shang didn't know whether this was good or bad, so he could only ask his family to help analyze it.
The two drove back to Sun's house, Sun Deyou went to Qin Yi's house and came back in the evening, the two discussed the follow-up matters in the living room, and waited for Sun Deyou to come back and tell him about the situation.
When Han Xiao's grandparents heard the rumors in the village, they were so angry that they wanted to strangle Han Xiao, and the two remembered that there were still a few days before Han Xiao gave them money, so they simply left for Han's house.
The eighth sister was practicing calligraphy in the yard, Han Xiao was steaming pastries in the kitchen, she thought that after a while, she would have to find a few people to teach her to make pastries, so that she could also share some of the burden, and she really couldn't do it alone, it was slow.
"Han Laoba, what are you doing?" Grandmother Han saw Han Bamei lying on the table drawing something.
"Ah, hello grandmother, I'm writing." The eighth sister was startled and saw that it was her grandmother who screamed obediently.
Write? The girl's family learns how to write, sooner or later they will have to get married, what's the use of learning, it's not a waste of money, grandmother thought to herself.
"Well, where is Han Xiao?" Grandmother Han answered, she came to find Han Xiao today, not as a guest, and she didn't have the heart to embarrass the eighth sister.
"Big sister makes pastries in the kitchen." The eighth sister glanced at her grandmother, said in a low voice, and then buried her head and continued to write.
"Han Xiao, bring the money." As soon as the grandmother entered the kitchen, she directly explained her intentions.
"Grandmother." Han Xiao put down the work in his hand and shouted.
"Okay money, it's been two months, and I haven't seen a dime." The grandmother stretched out a finger and questioned Han Xiao like a shrew.
"Grandmother, don't worry, it's not even three months yet, and I will definitely send it to my grandmother's house in person." Han Xiao didn't care about her grandmother's attitude towards her, as long as she wasn't too embarrassed, she didn't want to do anything to her grandmother, and she would be humble if she could.
"I'm not here just for that." Grandmother glanced at Han Xiao, clasped her hands, and said in a disdainful tone.
"Grandmother, you say, granddaughter listen." Han Xiao stood and waited for her grandmother to say.
"I heard from the people in the village that you and Qiangzi did something unsightly in the Zhou family." Grandmother didn't give Han Xiao a chance to defend herself and continued: "You don't have a face, our Han family still needs face, I really don't know how your parents gave birth to something like you, I knew that I should have strangled you in the first place." ”
Although Han Xiao had never met her parents, she could guess from the words of her neighbors that her parents were still very good to the eight sisters, and if they weren't forced by their grandparents, their family would have been doing well.
"Grandmother, you don't have to bother, my parents gave birth to me, and I still live to the present, which shows that my parents still value me very much, as for the shame of shame, grandmother, do you know the truth, you will accuse me indiscriminately?" Han Xiao pondered the words and stared at his grandmother as he spoke.
"Is it because I'm a woman that you can listen to rumors and question me?" Han Xiao's eyes were red, and there was something unpleasant in his heart.
She has never experienced family affection in two lifetimes, and now there is an elder, she knows that they are patriarchal, and she doesn't expect them to treat her well, as long as she doesn't fall into trouble when something happens, she doesn't care.
She thought about giving the money, if they didn't come to her, she didn't say it, she would give them some money every month to honor the elderly.
"No, we just came to ask you if there is anything you can help with, although we don't like you, but you are my Han family, we have the final say on what you want, and it is not the turn of outsiders to gossip." Grandmother was a little embarrassed, she actually came to question her, and Han Xiao's words could only be continued.
"Grandmother, I'm fine, you're bothered." Han Xiao said lightly.
"Grandmother, let's go back after dinner, it'll be dinner in a while." Han Xiao thought that they rarely came, and it was impossible to say that he didn't leave them for a meal.
"Then we'll eat and go." The grandmother answered and went to the yard.
The grandparents went back after having lunch at Han's house, and this time the two had a slightly better impression of Han Xiao, but they were still not as good as their two grandchildren.
And on the other side of the village, after Qiangzi was beaten by the Zhou family again, he held a grudge, after he asked around for good news, when everyone in the Zhou family went out at night, he felt that this was an opportunity and set a fire.
When the people in the village found out that Zhou's house was on fire, most of Zhou's house had already burned down, and after the fire was extinguished, Zhou's house had been burned to nothing.
The Zhou family only learned that their house had been burned when they came back the next day, and Zhou's mother fainted angrily, and Zhou Wenwen and Zhou's father hurriedly sent her to the clinic in the town.
Qiangzi knew that Zhou's mother would definitely not let him go this time, so he ran to Han's house early the next morning, asked Han Xiao for money, and thought about going out to hide for a while.
As soon as Han Xiao opened the door, she was startled by the person standing at the door, she took a closer look at Qiangzi and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
Qiangzi was awakened by the sound of the door opening, and when he saw Han Xiao, he immediately flattered and said, "Xiaoxiao, I'm sorry, it's all my fault." He began to slap himself hard.
"Alright, you come in." Han Xiao watched him act indifferently, she didn't call him in, she didn't know what would come out tomorrow.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Han Xiao's face was displeased, she hadn't figured out how to get the strong son away yet.
"Xiaoxiao, look, you've been back for a few days, you must be making some money, can you give me some first, I want to go out to work, it's not without travel expenses." Hadron asked cautiously.
Going out to work? How do you look at him like he has done something wrong, afraid of being found at the door, and wants to go out to avoid the limelight.
"Part-time job? Where to go? Far from it? Han Xiao looked at Hadron with a worried expression.
"Didn't I think about it yet, thinking about going out first, and then going to inquire." Qiangzi laughed twice, and said from his heart: I thought I was like that to her, she would ignore me, but I didn't expect to be so good to me, I am really blessed.
"Brother Qiang, I'll discuss something with you, I'll buy you a ticket to send you to Nanyang, and when you arrive, I'll send you the sleeve to sell, how about we sell the money?" Han Xiao looked like he was thinking about Qiangzi.
Han Xiao learned that Nanyang is the most remote place, and she can't get there without taking a car for more than ten days, and she is also relieved to get the strong son farther away.
"Okay, okay, I'm going now, you have to talk." Qiangzi doesn't matter if it's Nanyang or Beiyang, now as long as he leaves here, he has also seen Zhou's mother's methods, although he is not afraid, but if she asks someone to kill him one day, it will outweigh the losses.
Now that he had a chance to go, he had to get out of here. lest it be too late, and fold here.
"In this way, Xiaoxiao, you give me 10 yuan, I will go to Nanyang by myself, and I will write to you when I get to Nanyang, and you will send me the sleeve sleeve when the time comes." Qiangzi couldn't wait for Han Xiao to buy him a ticket, so he gave it to him, so he simply asked Han Xiao for money and bought it himself.
Han Xiao thought for a while, and saw that Qiangzi was indeed in a hurry, and he was amused for a while, but he still pretended to be worried and gave him ten yuan.
"Brother Qiang, you have to take care of yourself, you have to write back often, I will wait for you." Han Xiao took the initiative to hug Qiangzi.
"Xiaoxiao, don't worry, I will, don't worry, I'll go first." After Qiangzi finished speaking, he left in a hurry.
After the strong son left, Han Xiao fell to the ground with a stone in her heart, she always felt that the strong son was a time bomb that would explode at any time, and now that she was finally sent away, she was much more relieved.
Li Cuihua and Xiulian met at the door of Han's house, and they started chatting when they entered the door, and Han Xiao happened to be cleaning up the yard.
"Xiulian, have you gone to see it?" Li Cuihua looked gloating.
"What are you seeing?" Xiulian's family lived a little far away, and she didn't know what was going on, so she looked at Li Cuihua in confusion.
"Let me tell you, the Zhou family was set on fire and burned to the ground, and Zhou's mother fainted angrily when she saw it, which is really relieving." Li Cuihua talked about the sound and color, Zhou's mother is usually not likable, and few neighbors are not waiting to see her.
"Aunt Cuihua, the Zhou family was burned?" Han Xiao was a little surprised, he was fine a few days ago, why was he burned.
"Yes, it burned last night, and those who lived close to it went to extinguish the fire, this day it was dry and fast, and when the fire was extinguished, the Zhou family burned down." Li Cuihua said.
Han Xiao remembered that Qiangzi looked weak-hearted, and estimated that the burning of the Zhou family had nothing to do with him, so she said that he suddenly came to her to ask for money, and said that he went out to work, but it turned out that he was hiding from the Zhou family.
In the clinic, the doctor gave Zhou's mother an injection, and after a while, Zhou's mother's condition improved a lot.
"Mom, are you alright?" Mother Zhou opened her eyes and saw Zhou Wenwen's concerned eyes.
"It's okay, the house, how is the house." Mother Zhou's eyes leaked a fierce gaze.
"It's gone, the house is gone." Zhou Wenwen lowered her head, feeling uncomfortable, that was the place where she had lived for more than ten years, and it was burned overnight, and her heart was blocked indescribably.
"I hate, hate." Zhou's mother clenched her hands tightly, and she didn't realize that her palms were scratched by her nails.
"Mom, it's okay, let's just fix it again." Zhou Wenwen hugged Zhou's mother and comforted her.
"Where are we now?" Zhou's mother realized that the environment here was not a place she was familiar with.
"Mom, we're in town now." Zhou Wenwen said honestly.
"Let's hurry back and catch the man who burned the house." Zhou's mother angrily pulled Zhou Wenwen and Zhou's father back and rushed back.
They asked around but no one saw who set the fire, and finally they learned from one of Lao Litou's subordinates that Qiangzi had left in a hurry early in the morning, looking panicked and suspicious.