"Okay, then I'll go to town and buy cotton and cotton cloth." Chu Yunniang felt that Xiao Qiongzhi's analysis was very reasonable, and she made a decision without hesitation.

"I'll go too, regardless of whether the government collects it or not, anyway, the dead ghost in my family only brought a cotton coat and cotton pants to join the army, and the other one was too tattered to be brought over at the time, but I dismantled it later, and combined it with the old cotton clothes and cotton pants of the dog and the stone, and made them into two new cotton clothes and cotton pants."

"I plan to buy cotton and cotton cloth to make two new sets, one set will be sent to my dead ghost at that time, and the other set can be sold to the government is the best, if you can't sell it, I will wear it myself, anyway, I haven't made new cotton clothes and cotton pants for several years, and I am tall and strong, wearing men's cotton clothes and cotton pants, that is, the style is a little inappropriate, nothing." Liu Wuxiu thought quite thoughtfully.

It's just that Liu Wuxiu borrowed an oxcart from the patriarch Zhou Yuandong's house at noon, and Xingchong took Chu Yunniang to the town to buy cotton and cotton cloth, but he didn't come back until the end of Shen Shi.

They were all empty-handed.

Liu Wuxiu's expression looked particularly angry.

Chu Yunniang's expression looked a little frightened, and her eyes were still red and swollen, as if she had just cried.

Xiao Qiongzhi was very surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked them with concern: "Mother, Aunt Liu, what's wrong with you?" ”

Chu Yunniang's voice trembled slightly and said, "Zhi'er, halfway to the township, we met Zhou Lili with his three cousins to rob. ”

"Fortunately, there are three clansmen in our village, who came back from the township and saw it, help us stop them and let us run quickly, otherwise, you and your Aunt Liu may never see you again."

"Then on the way back you escaped, did Zhou Lili and them chase after them again?" Xiao Qiongzhi was startled, and asked again in a deep voice.

Chu Yunniang replied: "They chased after them." They could have caught up with us, but when they chased them all the way, the three clansmen stopped them all the way, fought with them, and dragged them for a while, and then they didn't catch up. ”

"Mother, this is a big deal, when you return the ox cart, tell the patriarch grandpa, right?" Xiao Qiongzhi asked.

Chu Yunniang shook her head: "After the patriarch came to the village last time he came to the village, he arranged for the clansmen to take turns patrolling at the head and end of the village, as soon as your Aunt Liu returned to the village, she told the patrolling people about the matter, and the patrolling people immediately ran back to the village and helped us tell the patriarch about it." ”

"The patriarch called more than a dozen clansmen, let us lead the way, and go back together to find Zhou Lili and them to settle accounts."

"But when we went back, Zhou Lili and the others ran away early, and the three clansmen ......"

Speaking of this, Chu Yunniang suddenly couldn't speak, tears burst out of her eyes all of a sudden, and she couldn't cry.

At this time, Liu Wuxiu, who had been silent, raised her head suddenly, gritted her teeth and helped her finish the rest of the words: "Those three clansmen were beaten all over by Zhou Lili and their beasts, and they were stabbed several times with sharp weapons, two died on the spot, and one was seriously injured and unconscious!" ”

"So, Aunt Liu, who are these three clansmen who saved you?" Xiao Qiongzhi blushed and pursed her lips and asked.

Liu Wuxiu said: "It's the family where your uncle lived last time, the three adults in the family. They often send their big cows, stone mountains, tigers, rabbits, pears and other children to come to your house together to learn reading and writing and kung fu from your second uncle and your uncle, you should have seen them. ”

"You mean, they are all from Grandpa Yuangeng's family?" Xiao Qiongzhi was taken aback.

"Yes. It's your grandfather Yuangeng, and his two younger brothers. It was his two younger brothers who died, your grandfather Yuangeng, who was seriously injured. ”

"I heard Lang Zhong invited by the patriarch to say, your grandfather Yuangeng's injury is too serious, if he is diagnosed and treated, he can wake up within three days, and he will still be saved, otherwise, he can only prepare for the future." Liu Wuxiu said that in the end, tears couldn't stop flowing.

provoked Chu Yunniang to cry even more silently.

After a while, she lowered her head, hugged Xiao Qiongzhi, choked with remorse and said: "Zhi'er, it's all my mother's fault, if I didn't have to go to the town this afternoon, I wouldn't have met Zhou Lili and their livestock, which harmed those three clansmen, in order to save me and your Aunt Liu, two of them died, and one was seriously injured." Now, you say, what should I do? ”

Xiao Qiongzhi thought about it, patted her shoulder comfortingly, and said softly: "Mother, it's not your fault, don't take any fault on yourself." Zhou Lili was already very bad, if he hadn't taken his three cousins to rob you, Grandpa Yuan Geng and his two brothers wouldn't have had an accident. ”

"Now, the matter has happened, we can't just be sad, we have to go to Grandpa Yuan Geng's house and his two brothers, visit their families, do our best to help their families, and then, try our best to find Zhou Lili and his three cousins, arrest them, and hand them over to the government for severe punishment."

"Your mother and I have already seen that when you Yuangeng Grandpa and them had an accident, we gave all the money on us to the patriarch and distributed it to the families of your Yuangeng grandfather and their three brothers. Liu Wuxiu interjected and replied a little sullenly.

"It stands to reason that these three grandfathers are equivalent to using their lives to exchange for the lives of my mother and aunt, this great favor, we will never be able to repay it in our lifetime. It's just that our own family is not well-off, so we have to leave some food to support our lives. ”

"It's better to send Grandpa Yuangeng's four chickens and those pieces of preserved fish and bacon to make up for his old man's body, and then send the other two grandfathers' houses, each half a Kangcheng brick cake." Xiao Qiongzhi proposed.

"Okay."

"Okay!"

Chu Yunniang and Liu Wuxiu have no opinion.

One of them went to the kitchen to get preserved fish and bacon, and the other went to the yard to catch chickens.

After knocking several pieces in one go, Liu Wuxiu was tired.

She remembered that Zhou Dayong and Zheng Bang were both strong, and turned her head to ask Xiao Qiongzhi: "Where did your second uncle, your uncle, the dog, and the stone go?" ”

Xiao Qiongzhi replied: "They went to fish for fish in the upper river of Xujia Village." ”

"I've never heard of a lump of fish in the downstream river, but I have never heard of a lump of fish in the upstream river, which one started this?" Liu Wuxiu felt that something was wrong.

Xiao Qiongzhi felt that this matter was nothing, and patiently replied: "This afternoon, when Da Niu and Shi Shan were practicing boxing, they quietly told the dog and the stone that there was a big group of fish in the upstream river, and they had seen it several times, and asked the dog and the stone to go to the upper river to see the big group of fish together tomorrow morning." ”

"After the dog and the stone got out of class, they told me about it again, and asked me to persuade the second uncle and my uncle to go to the upper river in the afternoon to fish for a group of fish, and the family would fight tooth sacrifices."

"I had no problem, so I did as they said. However, I was afraid that when you and my mother came back, I would be worried that there was no one at home, and I didn't go when my second uncle, my uncle, dogs, and stones went upstream to fish for group fish. ”

"I see. Da Niu and Ishiyama are both honest children and don't tell lies. Since they say that there are large clumps of fish in the upper river, there must be real ones. It is estimated that your second uncle and your uncle have caught a large group of fish in the upper river, and they are reluctant to leave, and want to catch a few more, otherwise, they should come back now. Liu Wuxiu was relieved, and continued to pick up the wooden clay in his hand and knock on the city brick cake.

Xiao Qiongzhi has little strength and can't help.

She thought about it and decided to go to the upper river to find Zhou Dayong and Zheng Bang.

By the way, let's discuss, how to find out Zhou Lili and them to avenge the three brothers of Grandpa Yuangeng.