Chapter 42: Staying overnight
After seeing this scene, Yuan Xuan smiled coldly, quietly walked behind the bite and stood behind, raised his eyebrows and looked at the woman opposite defiantly.
Seeing that she was not fooled, and the maid did not snatch anyone, Zheng Haihua's face became extremely ugly.
The people on both sides tugged at each other for a while, and after being squeezed down several times, the maid finally couldn't hold on, and returned to her master with a bitter face.
Zheng Haihua knew at this time that it would not work to fight so many people, but she did not give up.
She rolled her eyes and thought about it, gave the maid another look, looked at Yuan Xuan and said, "Since this is the case, then we will take our leave and let Wei Xuancheng come back to solve this matter by himself." β
After finishing speaking, she turned around and left, and walked very decisively, and arrived in front of the small sedan in a few steps.
Yuan Xuan was guessing what kind of medicine was being sold in her gourd at this time, when she suddenly heard the maid muttering in a small voice: "The county magistrate is busy taking concubines now, how can he have time to take care of these things......
"Zhuzhu, what are you still rubbing over there? It's almost gone. β
"It's coming, it's comingβ"
Looking at the maid who left in small steps, Yuan Xuan was instantly stunned, and his mind became a mess.
Calm, calm, they must have colluded in advance and deliberately deceived her like this. Wei Wei won't take a concubine, he... Probably not.
knew that most of this was fake, but Yuan Xuan finally wavered and wanted to stop them and ask them clearly.
However, just a second before she couldn't help but speak, the wind suddenly rose. The wind is very strong, and the dust is flying all over the sky, and it is difficult for people who are fascinated to open their eyes.
Zheng Haihua and his entourage didn't go far, and the maid was blown by the wind and stood unsteadily, and subconsciously held the sedan chair.
The two sedan chair drivers were not much better than her, and after a while, they were blown back and forth, turning the people in the sedan chair upside down.
Listening to the screams over there, Yuan Xuan put his arm on his forehead and barely opened his eyes.
Seeing that the people around her were almost gone, and only a few older people were left lying on the ground and couldn't get up, she hurriedly asked Cui Shi to send them all back next to each other.
At this time, the things in the courtyard were blown everywhere, and Yuan Xuan and Biting Jin Xingyan supported each other and took the woman back to the courtyard first, and then went to take back all the things that should be put away into the house.
The sky soon became dark, and after a loud click, bean-sized raindrops followed.
Ignoring Yuan Xuan's dissuasion, Wei's mother went to get a sickle and put it in the courtyard, knelt on the ground and folded her hands and chanted a word.
After putting away the last stool and helping his mother-in-law into the house, Yuan Xuan closed the door tightly and raised his hand to wipe the rain from his head, forehead and face.
The hall was connected to the west house by a small door, and Wei's mother's clothes were already soaked in the rain, so she went back to the house to change her clothes and began to prepare for lunch with the Cui family.
The two of them were very well-behaved at this time, and they each held a three-character scripture, sitting in a bright place and shaking their heads and reading.
Yuan Xuan looked at the heavy rain outside through the crack in the door, thinking about the crops in the field, and couldn't help but worry on his face.
The meal was soon ready, and after the men had eaten, they left some for the tied woman.
She was very honest at this time, ate without saying a word with her head down, and then quietly shrank in the corner.
After Wei's mother and Cui's had dinner, they took Biting Jin and Xingyan to the West House to take a nap, and only Yuan Xuan and the woman were left in the hall.
Yuan Xuan directly ignored her existence, went to wash the dishes and chopsticks, took a chair and put it at the door, and watched the heavy rain outside from the crack in the door with his hands on his cheeks.
The heavy rain lasted for more than an hour, and she watched quietly for more than an hour, until the sound of the wind and the rain gradually stopped.
The sound of the rain became smaller and smaller, so small that it was negligible, and Yuan Xuan got up and opened the door.
Biting Jin and Xingyan had already woken up at this time, and after they saw the stagnant water in the courtyard, they all jumped in excitedly and directly into it.
Yuan hurriedly reminded them to pay attention to safety, and was about to clean up the things that had been blown down under the eaves, when they heard a rapid knock on the door outside.
The two little ones had already gone crazy for a while, laughing and splashing water on each other, like two chickens in soup.
Yuan Xuan smiled helplessly, pulled his trouser leg and carried his skirt into the water, and went to the direction of the gate.
The water had reached her knees, and although it was yellow and dirty, it was warm and comfortable.
When she opened the door with the latch, she was surprised that it was no one else, it was the woman and her maid.
At this time, she leaned against the maid beside her, both of them were embarrassed, and the rain ran down her hair.
Not far away were the two palanquin drivers, who looked even worse than them, half of their bodies standing in the water.
To be honest, although they all looked pitiful, Yuan Xuan didn't have much sympathy in his heart.
Seeing that Yuan Xuan didn't mean to invite them in, Zheng Haihua coughed lightly, and touched the maid's arm with his elbow a little unwillingly.
The maid smiled bitterly slightly, and then looked at Yuan Xuan and said with a smile: "Mrs. County Order, we are abrupt, you don't have a lot of knowledge with us."
You see, the water on this road is so deep, and the fog is so big, we can't walk for a while. The weather is really unstable, so why don't you let us in and change our clothes and stay here for the night? β
Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, not to mention that Yuan Xuan was still anxious to know about the county seat, so he sighed silently and stretched out his hand towards the courtyard and said: "Then you guys come in first to change your clothes, what's the matter, we'll talk about it slowly later." β
The master and servant staggered into the courtyard behind Yuan Xuan, but before they could reach the eaves, Zheng Haihua suddenly closed his eyes and fainted.
Seeing that the young lady's body softened like this, Zhu Zhu was frightened, and hurriedly hugged her to prevent her from continuing to slide down.
As a result, she couldn't stand on her own, and the master and servant fell into the stagnant water with a thud, splashing Yuan Xuan all over the water.
Yuan Xuan was also frightened at this time, she quickly asked Biting Jin to come over and carry the two of them up, and sent them into Cui's room first.
The wind chill can be big or small, she didn't dare to be careless, so she asked Xing Yan to invite Lang Zhong quickly.
At this time, Wei Mu and Cui Shi also came out of the room, and when they saw that their faces were as pale as paper, they were also frightened, so they hurriedly went to help the two of them take off their wet clothes and boil hot water to wash them.
After the two of them changed into clean clothes, Lang Zhong also came with a medicine box on his back and checked the pulse of both of them.
Yuan Xuan thought that the two people outside had nowhere to go, so he paid twice the consultation fee to Lang Zhong, and asked him: "Third uncle, those two men outside are with them, and they can't go back to the county today."
You take the money, please take it back and take care of it first, and then talk about it when they wake up. β
Lang Zhong didn't want to stay with a few women's houses for a long time, so after a few words, he put it away with a smile and said, "Niece and daughter-in-law, you can rest assured, I'll go back and boil a pot of ginger soup for them to drink." β