The mother-in-law said with a sad face: "I just heard about this, our child and his aunt's neighbor were on an errand in the yamen, and they happened to follow the county lord to supervise the work on the other side of the embankment, and I heard the news from him that it was a dam that collapsed somehow yesterday, and the river was like a tiger out of the mountain, screaming and rushing down, flooding a village, not to mention, even dozens of men who were repairing the embankment over there were also washed away. ”

Saying that, her eyes were red, "I really regret it, when Da Niu and his father said that repairing the river embankment is not a human job, ten to five times, you can't gamble with your life, it's better to spend a few taels of silver to avoid forced labor, and buy a peace of mind." It's me... It's my old woman who is confused, thinking that it's not a farm job, why spend that money for nothing, and keep it for the second child to marry a daughter-in-law..."

The young man lowered his head, his face full of worry and guilt.

Shen Yan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "What happened to those people, have they been recovered?" Still alive? ”

The mother-in-law shook her head, raised her hand and wiped a handful of tears, "Where is there still life, I heard that the county master has asked someone to make a roster, and no one knows who died now." I really can't rest assured, even if I can't see anyone, it's good to go to the county and inquire. ”

Her son Zhu Da Niu went to serve with Shen Li, but now Zhu Da Niu has no news, and Shen Liang naturally has no news.

Shen Yan's heart sank to the bottom all of a sudden, and the hands on his knees couldn't help but tremble. The eldest brother is the pillar of this family, and if the eldest brother is gone, this family will be over.

He is not diligent, and he will only die studying; The third brother is impulsive, and he is still far from leaving the school; What about the little sister's medicine money, and the sister-in-law, but she has just married and has to be widowed......

That's right, sister-in-law!

Shen Yan raised his eyes suddenly, and he didn't care about the people on the side, so he turned his head and said eagerly to Sheng Zhu: "Sister-in-law, I want to go to the county to see the eldest brother!" ”

Sheng Zhu nodded and comforted: "Don't worry, your eldest brother Ji Ren Tianxiang will definitely be fine." ”

That being said, in fact, she didn't have a bottom in her heart, she bound the system to produce variables, and her life changed, so what about Shen Li? Will it also change?

After thinking about it, she said, "Well, I'll go with you." ”

After all, it is her nominal husband, although she has never met, let alone has any relationship between husband and wife, but it is always difficult to behave too indifferently in front of outsiders, so Shen Yan will not feel comfortable in her heart.

Shen Yan was really moved, the beautiful boy's clear eyes were full of water, and he nodded vigorously at her: "Hmm!" ”

The county seat is not too far from Qingyun Town, but the ox cart with the old iron head must not be able to sway past, one is too slow, and the other is that his cattle can't enter the city gate at all, and they have to pay additional carriage and horse fares, just like the modern highway has to collect tolls from foreign vehicles.

So they had to find the carriage again.

So the question is, what about the fare, the two of them are penniless, they can't walk on two legs, right?

In the end, Da Niu and his mother were kind-hearted, and borrowed 200 Wen, and the round-trip fee was 100 Wen, Sheng Zhu gave Lao Tietou another 6 Wen, which was the ox cart money when he came, and spent 30 Wen to buy four big steamed buns, two boxes of mung bean cakes, and asked Lao Tietou to take them home to Shen Zheng's brothers and sisters.

She and Shen Yan went to the county seat, and they had to go back tomorrow at the earliest, how could they eat just a few cakes at home.

In this way, I rushed all the way, and finally saw the tall city gate of Taiyuan County at sunset, as well as the watchtower with the eaves and corners on the city wall.

The four of them were examined and interrogated one by one, and when it was Sheng Zhu's turn, the corners of the young soldier guarding the door twitched, and after only one glance, he waved his hand to let her go in quickly, as if he was guilty of looking at it for a while.

This also saved trouble, and when I entered the city, it was dark.

There is a curfew at night in Taiyuan County, and those who are caught strolling around the streets at night will be arrested.

A few people had to find a cheap inn to live in, Shen Yan lived with Zhu Daniu and his brother, Sheng Zhu and the mother-in-law lived in one, although Sheng Zhu didn't want to, but it was cheap and not good, the bed in the inn was definitely no more than one meter two, and in the confusion, she squeezed the mother-in-law to the floor with her unyielding body.

The mother-in-law looked confused: "......"

Sheng Zhu was very happy, fortunately Shen Yan didn't agree to let Shen Xi sleep with her, otherwise the little girl would have gone to heaven to tell her father and mother about her case.

Early the next morning, a few people had a casual bite to eat and went straight to the embankment.

However, before he could go to the dam, he was stopped by several men wearing official clothes, "What are you doing?" No idlers are allowed here! ”

After all, the mother-in-law is old and still has some life experience, so she secretly stuffed a dozen copper plates into the hands of one of them, and pleaded: "Ladies and gentlemen, I want to inquire, how is my son Zhu Da Niu now, but he is still alive?" ”

The official stuffed the copper plate into his arms, rolled his eyes, and recalled: "I wish you a big cow? I've never heard of this person. ”

He turned to the other officials and asked, "Do you know each other?" ”

The officials all shook their heads, this time the river embankment was repaired very seriously, and the Nine Emperors were sent to inspect, and the entire Taiyuan County drew people to come over to serve the service.

Before the mother-in-law could ask again, the official became a little impatient and began to wave a wooden stick to drive people away.

Shen Yan was anxious and shouted, "What about Shen Yan?" Have you ever heard of this person? ”

"Shen Li?" The officer's movements suddenly froze, his face flickered brightly and darkly, and he squinted at Shen Yan, "Who are you?" ”

Shen Yan hurriedly said: "I am his second brother. Yu Guang glanced at Sheng Zhu next to him, for fear that he would not be enough alone, and pointed at her again, "This is my sister-in-law, Shen Li's wife!" ”

The officials looked Sheng Zhu up and down for a while, their faces became strange, and one of them hugged her chest and squinted at her, with a disgusted face: "You are Shen Li's lady?" Snort, isn't it pretending, Shen Li's eyes are not blind! ”

Sheng Zhu really wants to hehe, a group of guys who look ugly at people, hum.

However, she heard the voice, and judging from the attitudes of these people, it was obvious that she knew Shen Li.

She smiled good-naturedly, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know where my father-in-law is now, can you invite him out to meet?" ”

Several officials glanced at each other, and then muttered for a long time, and finally agreed.

"Okay, you guys are waiting here, I'll call you."

With that, one of them lifted his feet and walked towards a few rows of temporary sheds not far away.

Sheng Zhu and the others breathed a sigh of relief, since they said that they were going to call someone, it would prove that Shen Liang must be alive, as for Zhu Da Niu, they would know when Shen Liang came and asked.

Half an hour later, the official finally came out, followed by a man.