With these Xu people, Sister Qiu was unscathed, not to mention inviting them to dinner, she was all willing to ask the Jia family to dig out all the money, not to mention that the favor of sending carbon in the snow is commendable. Hearing Sister Qiu say this, Jia Shi nodded hurriedly, and added: "Our family will send another bag of cane sugar, plus a few catties of water tofu and soybean sprouts." ”

"Why are you all back?" Sister Qiu smiled and said, "There are only Aunt Qiu Gui'er in the store, can you do it?" ”

Zhang Yuxiu glanced at Sister Qiu with disgust, stretched out her palm and pointed at Sister Qiu's head, "You are a money fan in the eyes of losing money!" It's all like this, who of us still has the heart to make money by doing business? Baba ran back to look at you, and he hated you! Aunt Qiu Gui'er and they also want to come back to see, but I still blocked them and asked them to support the store. Peace of mind, you can't miss a penny! ”

"Yes, yes!" Aunt Chunhua smiled and said, "You can earn it again when the money is gone, but people can't have anything!" When I just heard Liu Sheng say that something happened to your family, eh, it scared us all, no, now the legs are still fighting! ”

Sister Qiu's smiling eyes were all a little red, and she felt that this life was really not a loss, although she came to a poor and backward place, but she came to a family affection that could not be compared to the sum of her previous life.

"I'll go and urge the owner of the woodware shop later." Sister Qiu said, "It's better to move over early, and save the anxiety of the day and night." "There are Yan Yuanwai and Anzi in the town, and the Mao family just wants to make trouble, and they also weigh whether it is a place where she can make trouble.

Jia sighed: "This is the opposite. "It's really sad that the house in Xiaohe Town lives, I was thinking about separating the family, it's far away from the Mei family, and the big guys can respect each other, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. Thinking about the past, when I was in the Mei family, I was a cow and a horse, and I had good things to do when I divided the family, and I would give the Mei family an old couple, and I gave water tofu and soybean sprouts for nothing every day, Jia originally wanted to be filial piety for Lao Xiucai, but I didn't expect that I was sincere, in exchange for my aunt taking advantage of my own absence, I took someone to rob my own home!

Thinking of this, Jia Shi covered his face and cried, shook his head chokedly: "I have married here, and I have never done anything to them......"

"Mother, don't be hard, it's useless to be hard." Sister Qiu pulled Jia's palm and persuaded, "They unconsciously made mistakes by themselves, you look at my grandmother's appearance, and I still think it's natural to go to our house to grab money, it's hard for such a person, it's not worth it." When we move to town, there will be fewer days to see each other. ”

Sister Qiu didn't finish what she was talking about, she didn't have anything on the outside, but she couldn't get rid of the evil breath in her heart. Mei Qu made up this kind of unconscionable thing, which is intolerable. In Sister Qiu's opinion, this time she must not simply let him go, if necessary, she will go to the county government to beat the drum and voice grievances, and Meiqu Mao and others must be punished, so that they know what they can do and what they can't do! Don't think about beating their orphans and widows anymore.

Several women were not as fast as men in the first place, and Jia's ankle injury made them even slower

Ran carried Meiqu to the township.

The township is nothing more than a small courtyard with several tiled houses, and there is a plaque hanging next to the gate, with the words "township" written on it. Most of the time, the township is all quiet and quiet, and it is the place where Yan Yuanwai and others work and officials rest and eat tea after patrolling the streets.

However, today's township is very lively, when Sister Qiu and the Jia family entered, the courtyard was full of people, crowded and crowded. Dazhun and Zhang Ruoxu stood by the door, and when they looked at Sister Qiu, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and hurriedly greeted them.

"Is it okay?" Dazhun asked quietly.

Sister Qiu smiled, as if the most asked question today was this sentence, "I'm fine." Sister Qiu stepped on her feet and preached in Dazhun's ear, "There is Uncle Lin and they are blocking the door, and there is nothing to do." ”

Entering the courtyard, Sister Qiu looked at Meiqu, dressed in a green cloth robe, with pulling marks on her clothes, her face was blue and white, standing in the shade of the trees in the courtyard, and her head was full of sweat droplets.

And the Mao family stood in front of Meiqu like an old hen guarding her cubs, chattering with a few middle-aged people who looked like gentlemen on the side about things that didn't matter to Meiqu, all of which were uneasy and kind things about Zhang Qian's second-rate sons.

"It's coming, it's coming!" The official messenger of Sister Qiu, who was recognized, looked at the people at the gate of the courtyard and hurriedly preached to Yan Yuanwai.

Yan Yuanwai nodded at the Jia family, coughed, arched his hand at a few gentlemen, and said: "Fang Cai Zhang has already identified a few people, your college student Mei Qu fake an IOU, but in fact, he deceived his parents and forcibly robbed the widow and sister-in-law's property, this official wants to take Mei Qu to the county to ask the county magistrate to interrogate in detail, what do you don't know what to do with your thoughts first?" ”

One of the gentlemen gave up his hand, sighed, glanced at Mei Qu with disgust and hatred, and said: "It's a shame to say that Mei Qu turned against the sky like this, and it was also a dereliction of duty for us, and I failed to fulfill my duties as a teacher. ”

"Mr. Zeng, the student, the student is also forced!" As soon as Mei Qu heard that the Ling Chiefs didn't plan to shelter him, his face turned terrified in an instant, and he shouted in panic, "It's Zhang Qian, these second-rate sons, threaten the students, and the students are really ......."

Mr. Zeng frowned and said, "You are embarrassed to defend yourself!" First, if you are studying in the academy, how can you recognize these second-rate children who have nothing to do in the family? Second, even if you have thousands of reasons, you can deceive your parents and plot the money of your widowed sister-in-law and niece? ”

Mei Qu scolded her face with cold sweat, her arms and legs were weak, and she felt that her life was over, and all the names of the subjects had nothing to do with her, and since then there has been no future, she couldn't help but cry with Mao, "Mother, you kill me!" I'm not going to live or die! ”

"That's not okay! My son, how can you not think of it! Mao cried, although she didn't understand the things in the imperial examination, but she also knew what good things could be in the court, that is, the ordinary people were not willing to go to the court, and their reputation would stink as soon as they went to the court, not to mention that Meiqu was still a scholar who was preparing to take the old Xiucai exam, if

went to court and was convicted, and Mei Qu's life was ruined!

Mei Laosuo was also in a hurry, he also tied the rope behind him with both palms, and immediately knelt down at several ridge chiefs, and began to kowtow to the ground.

"Old man, why are you doing this?" Mr. Zeng sighed.

Sister Qiu watched quietly on the side, watching Mao's heartbroken crying with Meiqu in her arms, and seeing Mei Laosuo kneeling on the ground with no dignity and face to kowtow to a few gentlemen, and Meiqu's 17 or 8-year-old people had already reached the age of adults in ancient times, but they had no responsibility after getting into trouble, and would only hide behind Mao's and cry.

This scene is more like what she saw in high school, the school wants to persuade the students who are not good at studying, and the parents of the students come to the school to make amends to the teacher, beg the teacher to forgive, and give the child another chance.

It's just that Mei Qu's crime is too serious, and it involves moral and legal aspects, not a plea, and it can be dealt with if it is not a plea, and it can be dealt with if it is not reparation.

Mao looked at Mei Laosuo kowtowing to the Ling Chiefs, as if he had suddenly reacted, and rushed over to kowtow to Mr. Zeng and them, crying: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are doing well, my third son is a good child!" If you pee smartly, you have a chance, and my family can look at him! He was wronged in this matter, if something happened to him, we wouldn't be able to live! My eldest daughter-in-law and children are not outsiders, they are old women, I went to their house to get money, this is not a big deal, you tell the officials and masters, there is no matter of my third son......"

Mr. Zeng and a few people looked at Mei Laosu and Mao's who couldn't stop kowtowing, how could they not help them up, so they didn't get up if they didn't agree, and they didn't know what to say for a while, both pity the hearts of the parents at the bottom of the world, and hate Mao's unreasonableness.

"Two old men, you better get up, we can't control this matter anymore." Mr. Zeng only preached like this in the end, "Meiqu has already violated the laws of my Daxing Dynasty as a traitor. Besides, he is so young that he has such a 'plot', and we can't be his teacher. ”

Mao cried fiercely: "If you take my kid away, our old couple will die in your yamen!" Let people see, how do you officials force the common people to death! ”

Mr. Zeng felt pain in Mao's ears from his sharp screams, so he glanced at Yan Yuanwai. Yan Yuanwai thought about it, even if he brought someone to the county to be convicted, not only would Mei Laosu and his wife hate Jia, but at that time, I was afraid that the people who had sympathized with Jia's would also point her fingers, and even sue her aunt and uncle for anger, which was a good thing for them.

Speaking of which, this matter can be big or small, not to mention that it only involves human life, and the Yamen has always been based on the principle that the people do not sue the officials and do not hold them accountable. For the purpose of protecting the Jia family, Yan Yuanwai didn't want to poke this matter into the county. If it comes to the county order hall, Meiqu is sentenced for a crime, and he has nothing to do with the imperial examination in this life, judging from the Mei couple's love for Meiqu, this is really going to be a mortal enemy, and the Mao family will not escape the charge of being an accomplice.

When the Mei family was ruined because of this incident, the Jia family and the two mothers, who were victims, could not see that they could be good, and people always sympathized with the weak, and when the Mei family was punished, it became the Jia family and the two who were condemned by public opinion.

Mao's crying face was full of tears and nose, and he couldn't stop kowtowing to Yan Yuanwai and the gentlemen, crying: "Outside, the women don't dare!" Please let go of my third son, he is a good boy, this is the matter of me leading people to the eldest daughter-in-law's house to get money, they earn money, filial piety to the two of us, isn't it right...... It's not a thing! ”

(End of chapter)