Chapter 26: Abduction
The Yun family and Yan Niang have been paying close attention to the Su family, but they didn't expect that two months have passed, and Mrs. Su has not moved. Yun Shi was curious: "Could it be that she has other uses for the anointing formula?" ”
Yan Niang shook her head: "I can't say for sure." ”
According to Yan Niang's thoughts, after Mrs. Su got the ointment, most of them would open a shop to compete with Xinyanfang after making the ointment. Who knows that Mrs. Sue didn't do that.
Yun Shi said again: "Could it be that she found out that we had done something to the anointing formula?" ”
"Probably not." Yan Niang pondered: "I heard that Su Yuanwai's eldest son is doing business in the capital, will she hand over the anointing prescription to Master Su?" ”
Hearing this, Yun slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "She won't really do this, right?" ”
On the surface, the ointment looks the same as Xinyanfang's, but Yun has changed one of the medicinal materials, not only is the medicinal effect not as good as the original, but also the skin quality is not good, and it is easy to cause acne. If Mrs. Su plans to open a shop in Lingjiang Town or Yucheng County, it is the ordinary people who will be offended; The nobles at the feet of the Son of Heaven in the capital grabbed a handful, and if they offended them, it would be difficult to do it.
If the Yun clan really handed over the ointment to their son, they couldn't reach it at all when the capital was so far away, what if it really made people wipe their faces and implicate them?
Yun sent a letter to his eldest son worriedly, and when he received the eldest son's reply, Yun was dumbfounded. That Mrs. Su really gave the ointment to her son Su Yun, and Su Yun not only opened a shop by relying on this, but also did the business to King Wu's mansion.
Yan Niang was also a little worried in her heart, but she always felt that things would not be too bad, so she comforted Yun and said, "Aunt Yun, don't worry too much, Mrs. Su's anointing recipe is different from ours, even if something happens, it has nothing to do with us." ”
Yun frowned, "But as long as something happens in the capital, Mrs. Su will definitely guess that we did something, and originally thought of promoting Huihui to the shopkeeper, but now it seems that it will not be possible." ”
Yan Niang proposed: "Why don't you give Huihui a sum of money and let her go back to avoid it first?" ”
Yun nodded.
So Yun Huihui was called over, and after analyzing the pros and cons of her, Yun Huihui accepted this arrangement. First go to Mrs. Su to buy her gold bracelet and silver are in her hands, Yan Niang and Yun gave her another ten taels of silver, which is undoubtedly a huge amount of money for Yun Huihui, who has suffered from poverty.
Yun Huihui almost kowtowed to Yun and Yan Niang gratefully, and Yun hurriedly helped her, "After you go back, pay more attention to everything, don't let your stepmother know that you have silver on you, if you really can't avoid it, just pay five taels of silver to your father, just treat it as a gag for her." ”
Yun Huihui nodded.
Yun Shi said again: "After you go back, Yan Niang and I will also pay more attention to the young people in the town, if there is a suitable one, we will definitely help you find a wishful husband." ”
Yun's words made Yun Huihui's face red, and she buried her head and said in a voice like a mosquito: "Thank you, auntie." ”
Yun Huihui's mother is Yun's cousin, who died when Yun Huihui was ten years old, Yun Huihui's father remarried another, and her stepmother gave birth to two more sons. has a stepmother and a stepfather, Yun Huihui originally had an eight-year-old brother, but when it rained and the heat was high, the stepmother refused to spend money to hire a doctor, and died young.
The Yun family also took pity on Yun Huihui for being tortured by her stepmother at home, so she brought Yun Huihui to Lingjiang Town, and now she wants to send people back, and she always feels very guilty and uneasy.
Instead, Yun Huihui comforted her: "Cousin, don't worry, I'm not afraid of them now." ”
Yan Niang also said: "Yes, Huihui has followed Begonia in the past few years, and even learned a lot of Begonia's pungency, her stepmother should not dare to bully her." ”
Yun sighed, thinking that he should find a good family for Yun Huihui as soon as possible.
After Yun Huihui went home, Yun asked the familiar matchmaker Wang to find a suitable young person in the town, not to mention that the matchmaker Wang was efficient, and there was a reply after only two days.
There is a father Zheng who runs a blacksmith shop in Lingjiang Town, his wife died early, and he has only one son, Zheng Youquan. After the death of his wife, Father Zheng did not remarry, and raised his son by relying on the skill of iron. Zheng Youquan was tall and strong, and instead of inheriting Zheng's father's blacksmith shop, he went to the county government to become a catcher.
Father Zheng has long been in Zhang Luo's son's marriage, but the girl he likes either dislikes the Zheng family is poor, or Zheng Youquan is ugly, and refuses to marry the Zheng family.
After listening to Mrs. Wang's words, the Yun family went to the blacksmith shop while Zheng Youquan was resting, and found that Zheng Youquan was a little thicker, but it was not as unbearable as those people outside said. She also has selfish intentions, if Yun Huihui really marries Zheng Youquan, how dare her stepmother bully her easily.
Zheng Youquan was working under Jiang Yucheng, so the Yun family took advantage of Jiang Yucheng's time at home to inquire about him, and after learning that Zheng Youquan was a loyal and down-to-earth person, he decided to match him with Yun Huihui.
Yun Huihui has the support of the Yun family, and her father and stepmother don't dare to say anything, and after the Zheng family came to propose, they were busy responding. It's just that when talking about the dowry, Yun Huihui's stepmother had the courage to ask for an extra five taels of silver. In order for his son to marry his daughter-in-law smoothly, Father Zheng reluctantly added five taels of money.
On the first day of August, it was advisable to get married, and Yun Huihui became the wife of the Zheng family on this day. After getting married, Zheng Youquan went to the county government to be on duty, and once he took a break in October, Yun Huihui took care of housework at home, and when he was free, he would also come to Yan Niang and Yun to visit the door.
The days have flashed to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and on this day every year, Lingjiang Town will hold a lantern festival every year. In previous years, Yan Niang basically didn't go to the Lantern Festival because she wanted to take Manman, but this year Manman is also big, and she plans to take Manman to visit the Lantern Festival together.
At three o'clock, Yan Niang went out with Manman, followed by Yang Niangzi and Yaya, and a group of four people came to the street, all attracted by the scene in front of them. I saw red lanterns hanging under the eaves of the shops on both sides of the street, many vendors were shouting and selling under the lanterns, people came and went on the street, masks, jacquard lanterns abounded, this scene was much more lively than during the day.
Full of wide eyes, little faces full of curiosity. They walked to a stall selling lanterns, pointed to one of the lanterns and said, "Mother, I want that little rabbit." ”
Yan Niang asked the vendor to take off the lantern, and when she looked back and saw Yaya's envious eyes, she bought her a goldfish lantern, and after getting the lantern, Yaya happily held the lantern in her arms, as if she had some great treasure.
Yan Niang's heart was a little sour, and as long as she was full, she would buy one for Yaya. Yang Niangzi wanted to refuse several times, but she didn't want her daughter to be disappointed, so she had to endure it, and she became more and more grateful to Yan Niang.
The crowd surged, and they came to the most lively place of the lantern festival: the Confucius Temple. Confucius Temple is located in the south of Lingjiang Town, the legend is that Confucius went south to lecture here, and later people built a Confucius Temple here, all those who came to Confucius Temple to worship the lift, the spring of that year must be in the middle.
Jiang Yucheng and Liu Dalang came to the Confucius Temple to worship before they participated in the Spring Festival, and since the two Jinshi came out of the town, the incense in the Confucius Temple was even more than before.
After coming to the Confucius Temple, Yan Niang was shocked again, she felt that there were enough people on the street just now, but she didn't expect that the Confucius Temple could be said to be crowded with people, as if the whole town was dispatched tonight, and everyone gathered here to enjoy the carnival of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
There were too many people, Yan Niang was full of people, crowded in the crowd and couldn't move an inch, and finally hid in a place where there were few people, but full of people wanted to eat candy.
Yan Niang looked at it, and the candy seller's stall was separated from them by a sea of people, and it would take a lot of effort to squeeze through, so she coaxed: "Manman, there are too many people here, will my mother buy you a candy man tomorrow." ”
Manman made a little temperament, pouted and said unhappily: "No, no, I'm going to eat today." ”
As he spoke, tears fell down his face.
Although Yan Niang was distressed, she didn't want to be so used to her daughter, so she immediately said with a straight face: "If you are disobedient, we will go home immediately." ”
He pursed his mouth and suddenly burst into tears, causing many people to stop and watch. Yan Niang had no choice but to let her carry her through the crowd again and come to the candy seller's stall.
When paying, because it was inconvenient to pay for it, Yan Niang put her daughter on the ground and told her not to run around, but when she went to see her daughter after paying, there was still a shadow of the little girl.
"Full." Yan Niang panicked suddenly, anxiously searching for her daughter's figure in the crowd. But the noise of people around her quickly drowned out her voice, Yan Niang struggled to push away the crowd, found Yang Niangzi and Yaya who were waiting in place, and cried: "It's gone, you can help me find it." ”
Yang Niangzi was stunned for a moment, quickly reacted, and hurriedly took Yaya to find someone.
Yan Niang searched the crowd like crazy, the air around her seemed to be frozen, and there was only one voice in her head that kept echoing, she must find Manman, she must find her daughter.
"Aunt Nie?" A familiar shout came from behind her, and Yan Niang didn't care to look back.
Until the man shouted again, Yan Niang looked back and found that it was Changsheng, and there were two men standing next to him, one was Jiang Yucheng, and the other she didn't know.
"Aunt Nie, what's wrong with you?" He Changsheng was escorted by his cousin and father and squeezed in front of Yan Niang.
The moment Yan Niang saw Jiang Yucheng, it was as if she had found the backbone, and she didn't care about the suspicion of men and women, so she pulled his sleeve and begged: "Lord Jiang, Manman is gone, please help me." After saying that, I couldn't help crying bitterly.
Hearing that the child was gone, Jiang Yucheng's face instantly became solemn.
Changsheng asked anxiously on the side: "Aunt Nie, how could Man Man be gone?" Yan Niang cried breathlessly, Jiang Yucheng soothed: "Don't worry, tell me about the situation at that time." ”
Yan Niang tried to calm herself down and told her what was going on, Jiang Yucheng asked again: "Are you sure that Manman disappeared in front of the candy seller's stall?" ”
Yan Niang couldn't stop nodding.
Jiang Yucheng said to He Wencai: "You send Changsheng back first, and then bring all the family members to help find someone, and Nie Niangzi and I will go to the Confucius Temple first." ”
Changsheng also wanted to follow to find someone, but he was small and weak, and was sent back by He Wencai.
Yan Niang and Jiang Yucheng returned to the candy seller's stall in Confucius Temple, and saw Yang Niangzi and Yaya anxiously circling, and after seeing Yan Niang, she hurriedly said: "I just heard that several children have been lost in the town, and I am afraid that I will meet Huazi." ”
Hearing this, Yan Niang couldn't help but feel weak, she looked at Jiang Yucheng anxiously, "Lord Jiang, please help me get back my full." ”
"Don't worry, it'll be fine." He reassured.
Today's lantern festival lost a lot of children, Jiang Yucheng felt that the situation was very serious, and the choice to shoot the flowers at the Lantern Festival must have been premeditated. After a while, Zheng Youquan also came, "My lord, just now several families went to the county government to report the case, saying that they had lost their children at home. ”
Jiang Yucheng instructed Zheng Youquan, "Remember the appearance and characteristics of those children clearly, and all the arresters in the county government will be dispatched, and all the children must be found." ”
Zheng Youquan took the order and left.
The excitement of the Lantern Festival lasted until the second half of the night before slowly dissipating, and at this time, it had been three hours since the full loss had passed, and after fainting on the street and being sent back, Yan Niang sat motionless for two hours, and the Yun family, Jiang Mu and Leng Ruru were all with her at Nie's house.
"Yan Niang, it's okay to be full." Yun persuaded softly, "That child is a blessed person at first glance, and she will definitely return safely." ”
Hearing this, Yan Niang finally couldn't help crying.