Chapter 17: Arson
When Wang Yang was executed, Yan Niang was only eight years old, and her mother came back to describe the tragic situation of Wang Yang's death after watching the execution, which frightened Yan Niang into having nightmares for several days.
Nie Dalang mentioned Wang Yang's family, and the fear buried in Yan Niang's heart came out again, no, her fullness couldn't fall into such an end.
Yan Niang Nie Dalang told Haitang about his threat, and Haitang said angrily when he heard it: "Are they still human, their minds are so vicious, even children don't let go." ”
"We need to get out of here, or we're going to be in a lot of trouble." Yan Niang told Haitang her plan.
She stuffed her clothes haphazardly into her baggage, muttering as she tucked them in, "Let's go to town." ”
Halfway through, he said, "I'm afraid they'll find the town, so I can't go to the town." ”
"You can't go to Yucheng either, it's too far away, and you're not familiar with it."
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Seeing her six gods and no owner, Haitang hurriedly pulled her and said, "Sister Yan Niang, when I went up the mountain to collect medicine, I found a small wooden house halfway up the mountain, why don't we go there to avoid it first." ”
Yan Niang hesitated a little, "What if the master comes back?" ”
Haitang shook his head, "No, there is nothing there, I think it is a temporary resting place for Orion, and we don't live for a long time, so we shouldn't meet others." ”
Hearing this, Yan Niang's face suddenly had hope, "Okay, okay, let's go live in the mountains." ”
Haitang also helped pack her luggage together, and while it was still dark, she quietly brought two quilts up, and when it was almost dark, she went to the mountain with Yan Niang with her luggage.
After settling down on the mountain, it was already dark, and the mountain was not as convenient as the mountain, so the two had to deal with it simply for dinner. In the middle of the night, Yan Niang was half asleep and half awake, and suddenly heard a commotion from the bottom of the mountain, and vaguely heard someone shouting: "It's on fire, come and put out the fire." ”
She sat up in shock, and hurriedly put on her clothes and went out.
From the location of the wooden house, you can see the situation down the mountain, and you can see the fire at the end of the village, and the smoke spreads with the firelight. Yan Niang stared at the place where the fire was burning, but the panic in her heart couldn't be stopped, she could only be glad that they moved out, and even more fortunate that they found the current residence.
Haitang also woke up, she stood silently next to Yan Niang, this is not the first time she has experienced such a scene, before this she encountered two arson, and she was the only one who escaped.
Fortunately, this time it's finally not alone.
The two stood outside for half the night, the cold wind froze their bodies, and when it was almost dawn, Yan Niang said, "Let's go back." ”
For the next few days, they all stayed in the mountains, and Begonia secretly ran back after dark, and the house where they lived was burned to the ground, and their belongings were reduced to ashes.
Yan Niang was not very sad when she learned about it, her heart was completely dead on the night of the fire. She never dreamed that the Nie family would want the lives of the three of them. She had already moved out of the Nie family, and she didn't even have contact with anyone in the village, and even after hearing Nie Dalang say Wang Yang's name, she was already planning to leave here, why did they have to be so ruthless?
It's just ordinary eczema, not horrific smallpox at all.
On the Nie family's side, after Nie Daddy and Nie Dalang set fire to Yan Niang's house, they followed the people in the village to save the fire in the middle of the night, and when they came back, they fell ill, and it became worse day by day.
Especially after hearing the news that Nie Dalang and Nie Erlang brought back Yan Niang from outside, they might not be dead, his condition suddenly worsened a lot. Only the three men of the Nie family knew about the arson, and even Aunt Nie didn't know what her husband and son had done, let alone the Liu family, the Yu family and the children.
This fire burned, and the eighteen years of family affection were cut off by them, whether she lived or died, she had nothing to do with the Nie family anyway. Thinking like this, Father Nie slowly got better again, and by the time Yan Niang and the others moved out of the wooden house, he was already able to get out of bed and walk around.
After staying in the mountains for almost half a month, my full body has become as strong as before. It's just that once she was naughty, fell off the bed, knocked her forehead, and left a scar the size of a mung bean on her eyebrows.
Yan Niang felt that as long as her daughter was fine, she was very satisfied, but when Haitang saw the scar full of eyebrows, she was distressed and almost shed tears, and Yan Niang comforted her for a long time before she was no longer sad about it.
Yan Niang plans to move out of the cabin. It's just that the house under the mountain was burned down, the Nie family couldn't go, and there wasn't much money left on her body, so she was a little worried for a while.
She discussed it with Haitang, anyway, she had to take the embroidery work from the shopkeeper Qi every time, so she simply moved to the town. Haitang has no opinion on where to go, as long as she follows Yan Niang.
After arriving in the town, Yan Niang asked the shopkeeper to help and found a house with a yard, with a rent of five taels of silver a year, and the furniture in it was complete, and there was no need to buy other things, as long as people lived in.
The rent of five taels is not a small amount for Yan Niang, when she came out of the Nie family, she only had twenty taels of silver on her, plus the purchase of medicine for Manmanman, there were less than fifteen taels left.
Fortunately, the shopkeeper Qi was kind and borrowed her ten taels of silver for emergency, in order to repay the debt and future life, Yan Niang could only desperately do the embroidery work, and the full weekdays were taken care of by Begonia.
There were only three of them living in the house in the town, and no one was accusing her of doing things, and Yan Niang felt that the air was much fresher. After living in the town for half a month, she looked much more cheerful than before.
The shopkeeper Qi received a big order from Su Yuanwai's family again, and it was the same as last time, it was still embroidered wedding clothes and quilts, but it was not as complicated and delicate as the last time, because this time it was Su Yuanwai's daughter who got married.
This is less than the last time, and the tricks are much simpler, so the price is cheaper, the daughter of the concubine spent almost a hundred taels on this, and the daughter of the concubine is only fifty taels.
The shopkeeper Qi is the same as last time, but he still only takes two percent from it, and Yan Niang gets eighty percent. Because she was too short of money, Yan Niang could only do embroidery work day and night. She is very strict with herself, even if she is in a hurry, she must complete it perfectly.
Two months later, the Su family's Su grandmother came to inspect the goods, and she was still very satisfied with Yan Niang's craftsmanship, and asked again if Yan Niang was willing to go to the Su family to do things, but Yan Niang still politely declined.
After the Su family's big order was completed, Yan Niang got twenty taels of silver, plus the previous more than twenty taels, a total of nearly fifty taels of surplus money. With this money, even if you don't take embroidery work for half a year.
In recent months, Yan Niang has been embroidering a lot, and her eyes have also been affected, and she obviously feels that she is not as clear and bright as before. So she told the shopkeeper Qi that she would not take embroidery work in the past six months. Although Shopkeeper Qi felt a pity, he couldn't force her, so he only let her recuperate and cooperate with her after half a year.
After Yan Niang didn't take the embroidery work, she had plenty of time, often she was full at home, Begonia went out to buy vegetables and cook, as for other jobs in the house, the two of them did it quickly.
On this day, Begonia went out to buy vegetables, Yan Niang played with Manman at home, it was almost noon, Begonia had not come back, Yan Niang would be full of hugs, planning to go outside to find her.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw Haitang coming back in a hurry with an empty basket, Yan Niang hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”
Haitang put the basket on the table and said indignantly: "This god is not blind, and a person with the same character surnamed Ling can also pass the test." ”
Yan Niang was surprised: "Has the list been released?" ”
Haitang nodded, "When I went to buy vegetables, I heard someone talking about it, so I went to join in the fun, and the one surnamed Ling actually took the first place in the second grade." ”
"He was originally knowledgeable, and it wasn't luck that he was able to pass the exam, so don't be angry, whether he is good or bad, it has nothing to do with us." Yan Niang saw it very openly, since she separated from Ling Jiming, she didn't think about touching his light.
Seeing that Yan Niang really didn't care, Haitang stopped saying anything after muttering a few words, remembering that she hadn't bought vegetables yet, so she picked up the basket and went out again.
After a few more days, a new neighbor moved in next door, and the male owner of the house, Yan Niang, also knew him, that is, Dr. Liu, who helped Manman to treat his illness. Originally, they lived on the other side of East Street, and when the house expired, the landlord wanted to take it back, so Dr. Liu and his wife Yun spent most of their life savings to buy this yard.
Doctor Liu is full of kindness, Yan Niang went to thank her on the day she moved to Lingjiang Town, but Dr. Liu refused to accept her thank you gift, this time the Liu family moved to a new house, Yan Niang sent a generous gift to the past.
Yun is also a cheerful character, after hearing what Dr. Liu did, he said with a smile: "He is this virtue, if he doesn't help when he sees the old, weak, young and disabled, he can't get over the hurdle in his heart." ”
After speaking, seeing that Yan Niang's arms were full of white and tender loveliness, she praised her: "This child is so well raised, it hurts to look at it." ”
Yan Niang also smiled and said: "This girl is really easy to bring, except for the days when she was sick, she only hummed twice when she was hungry and her diapers were dirty." ”
Yun Shi was surprised: "Really good, I have never seen such a well-behaved child, those two children in our family were like monkeys when they were young, and there was no day when they were not beaten." ”
At this time, Haitang interjected on the side: "How can you say so exaggerated, Madame, I heard that the eldest prince won the Jinshi this year, and was also assigned to the Hanlin Academy, what kind of place is the Hanlin Academy, the place where the cabinet bachelor and the first assistant are located, you just wait to be the old feudal monarch at home." ”
Haitang's words made Yun's smile happy, and she joked with Yan Niang: "This little mouth must be smeared with honey, otherwise why is the mouth so sweet." ”
"Begonia is telling the truth." Yan Niang said along with Begonia's words.
After getting along for an afternoon, Yun was very happy by them, she could feel that the Yan Niang sisters didn't mean to slap her, the fate of people was very wonderful, so many people who had a relationship with her, she just liked the sisters next door.
When Yan Niang and the others arrived at the door, Yun said: "I am a round older than you, so let me be older, and you will let the elders of my relatives' family come to me to sit here often." ”
Yan Niang and Haitang hurriedly responded, and the two families behind them often moved around. After getting along for a long time, the Yun family liked Begonia more and more, and finally accepted her as a righteous daughter. Since then, Begonia often stays next door and does not come back, and it is said that it is a method of learning beauty from the Yun family.
Anyway, as long as she didn't go out to mess around, Yan Niang would go with her. However, Begonia is really smart, and she tosses flowers and plants with the Yun family every day, and in the end, she really tosses some fame.