Chapter 16 The New Year Pig is Gone
"I don't know, it's just that it hurts-" Hua Manxi secretly pinched himself again, looked at the second aunt with tears in her eyes, and pleaded pitifully, "Second uncle, my uncle has run out of rice these days, why don't you lend me a few copper plates to see the doctor first?" My stomach hurtsβ"
The second aunt saw that Hua Manxi was so painful that tears came out, and her face was a little sneering: "This, where do I have money?" Manxi, your bellyβ"
She looked at Hua Manxi with a suspicious expression, and said, "That, shouldn't you fool around with a wild man and have a wild seed?" β
"Wang Erniang!" When the eldest aunt heard this, her eyes widened with anger, and she stepped forward and pushed the second aunt fiercely, "What are you talking about?" Manxi is also your niece, how can you say such things to tarnish her reputation? β
"Ouch, sister-in-law, if you have something to say, what are you pushing me for! The people in this village often go up to the mountains to dig wild vegetables, why don't they meet mountain bandits, but she was ruined? I'm kind enough to send her ointment, you don't want a dog to bite Lu Dongbin, you don't know the hearts of good people! The second aunt snorted coldly.
"Are you kind? What kind of heart do you Wang Erniang have, don't you know when I do? Don't you just want to take the opportunity to buy Manxi with a few taels of silver and be the daughter-in-law of Wang Dazhuang, who stole chickens and dogs! Today I will tell you plainly, let you die this heart! I will sell the pig tomorrow and make up the money to pay back to the Ding family! β
The eldest aunt was so angry that she scolded while pushing the second aunt out of the door and slamming the door slammed on!
"Hey! Sister-in-law! What do you mean! You can't look down on Da Zhuang now, when Manxi marries that fool, you just wait to cry! Outrageous! The second uncle was so angry that she patted the door a few times outside like scratching her lungs before she stomped away hatefully.
Uncle Hua and the eldest aunt were already worried because Hua Manxi lost an errand and had no rice to cook, but now the second aunt came to make such a fuss again, and the eldest aunt drove people away, and she was so angry that she cried out.
"Manxi, your bellyβ" The eldest aunt wiped her tears and choked up and asked, "Are you hungry?" β
"I'm fine, I'm fine, I just pretended to deliberately drive away my second aunt." Hua Manxi waved his hand again and again and comforted, "Don't cry, auntie, there will always be a way." β
"What else can be done? This family is so poor that your mother followed Sun Yuanwai to the city, and your cousin can't even enter the door of Yuanwai's house, and your cousin has no work to do now, and can't borrow moneyβ" The eldest aunt cried again as she spoke.
"It's all because I can't stand you!" Uncle Hua hammered his legs hard, and sighed guiltily, "I knew it would hurt you, I would rather not treat this leg at the beginning!" β
"Uncle!" Hua Manxi's heart was also sour, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his hand, and said in a low voice, "Uncle, don't say that, you are the pillar of our family, if you are paralyzed, what will happen to your aunt and Xiao Song?" I was raised by you, and you treat me better than Cousin Yang and Xiao Song, even if I knew that I was going to marry Ding Erwa without money, I would rather take it out to treat my uncle's legs. β
"Good boy, good boy-" The eldest aunt cried with tears on her face, and hugged Hua Manxi tightly, "In my heart, you are my own daughter, how can you let my aunt be willing to marry a fool-"
"Can't marry him!" Uncle Hua's eyes were also a little red, and he choked up, "I'll find someone to sell the pig tomorrow, and I'll make up some silver first." β
Hua Manxi subconsciously glanced at the fat pig in the pig pen, this pig was originally raised to kill a good year at the end of the year, and now it is sold, it is also a little early, and it is not enough to make up five taels of silver.
But she couldn't think of any good way to make money for the time being, so she could only sigh faintly and go back to her room.
However, Xu Jinfei, who was supposed to lie in bed, disappeared! Only a pool of dark brown blood was left on the sheets.
Hua Manxi was startled, and immediately called her aunt to search the room and yard inside and out, and there was indeed no one!
This? Was it his subordinates or his enemies who took the people? Although Hua Manxi was worried, there was nothing he could do.
She herself is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and she can't protect herself, so let's think of a way to repay the five taels of silver first! Hua Manxi clenched the jade pendant in his palm with sorrow, and rubbed it over and over again.
Let's see how much money she owes after killing the New Year pig tomorrow, it's really not enough, so she took this jade pendant to the town and took it.
This jade pendant is so good, how to say that it is more than five taels of silver!
But that son is this jade pendant is his token, and his daughter will not be changed - if Ding Xiucai becomes a big official in the future, and wants to embarrass the Hua family, she may be able to rely on this jade pendant to help.
It's not cost-effective to get rid of it now for a mere five taels of silver!
Hey, it's really hard for a penny to be a hero!
The flowers were full of streams tossing and turning, and they were confused all night. Until the next day, when it was slightly bright, I was awakened by the panicked voice of my aunt.
"Full stream, full stream! Get up! Our pigs are gone! The eldest aunt banged vigorously on the door.
The pig is gone? Hua Manxi was so frightened that he got up from the bed and immediately opened the door.
"Aren't the pigs in the pens? How could it not be seen? Hua Manxi asked urgently as he walked towards the pigpen.
"The door to the pen opened, and the pig ran out!" The eldest aunt was so anxious that she beat her chest, "Your uncle went to call Lao Chen, who bought pigs, early in the morning!" I thought about washing the pigs, but who knew that when I came to the pen, the pigs were gone! β
Hua Manxi looked at the empty pig pen and frowned: "The pig pen was obviously closed yesterday!" It must be the second aunt, she heard that we were going to kill the pig to pay back, so she asked Wang Dazhuang to enter the yard and open the pig pen! β
"What? Brother and sister, she - that Wang Dazhuang is used to stealing chickens, touching dogs, stealing pigs, stealing cows, he has done it all! The eldest aunt also felt that Hua Manxi was right, anxious and angry, and wailed repeatedly, "What can I do about this?" What can I do? This pig is the most valuable thing in our family! β
"Go to the king's widow's house and ask him to return the pig!" Hua Manxi groaned for a while, and said in a firm tone.
"How? We don't have any evidence to see that he stole it. The eldest aunt shook her head.
"I have my own way of getting him to admit it." Hua Manxi's eyebrows were slightly raised, and a touch of hatred flashed in his eyes! Leaned over and whispered a few words in the ear of the eldest aunt.
This second aunt is really too bullying! She had to teach her a lesson this time! Otherwise, she will always be bullied by her uncle's family!
Hua Manxi suppressed his anger, but did not go directly to Widow Wang's house, but took a detour to the house of the village chief Uncle Liu first.
"Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu!" Hua Manxi hurriedly stepped in, and Uncle Liu's family was eating.
"It's the niece of the Hua family, have you eaten?" Aunt Liu has always been a kind person, so she naturally knew what happened to Hua Manxi, not only did she look down on her, but also sympathized with her.
"Thank you, Aunt Liu, I came to find Uncle Liu in a hurry." Hua Manxi said in a sad voice, "Wang Dazhuang went into my yard to steal things again last night!" β
"What?" Uncle Liu put down the bowl in his hand with a snap when he heard this, and his beard was so angry that he curled, "It's only been a few days?" He didn't get a board in the ancestral hall last time, right? What did he steal again this time? β
"I stole my family's New Year's pig, and my uncle's two taels of silver!" Hua Manxi complained with an angry expression, "He thought we were all asleep, but in fact I haven't slept yet, but he has a stick in his hand, I don't dare to scream, for fear that he will hit someone!" β
"I even took a stick!" Uncle Liu stood up suddenly, "I'll go to Widow Wang's house!" This Wang Dazhuang is simply a rat poop in Peach Blossom Village, I have to report to the official this time! β
"Thank you, Uncle Liu, if Uncle Liu doesn't make decisions for us, our family really won't have a way to live-" Hua Manxi sobbed lightly.
"I am the village chief of Taohua Village, this is my responsibility, people like Wang Dazhuang can't stay in the village anymore!" Uncle Liu spat fiercely, and strode in the direction of Widow Wang's house, and Hua Manxi naturally followed suit.
Uncle Liu was the one who couldn't hide his words, so he called a few young men along the way, and a group of people came to the widow's house in a menacing manner.
"Ouch, what kind of wind is blowing my cousin here today?" Widow Wang's dead ghost husband Wang Dayi is a relative of Uncle Liu, and the two families are cousins, and Widow Wang still remembers that Uncle Liu beat Wang Dazhuang last time, and said in a weird manner, "I thought that when our family was gone, my cousin would be without our relatives!" β
Widow Wang was bitter and tattered, Uncle Liu didn't want to talk to her more, so he directly lowered his face and said in a deep voice: "What about Wang Dazhuang?" β
"What are you looking for our family to do? Is it possible to send money for ointment? As soon as the widow heard that she was coming to find Wang Dazhuang, her heart and eyes immediately increased, and she sneered with a tense expression.
As soon as Hua Manxi saw her complexion, the conjecture in her heart was implemented, and she slowly walked out from behind a group of people, and said in a choked voice: "It's not Uncle Liu looking for him, it's me looking for Wang Dazhuang!" Wang Dazhuang stole our family's silver money and New Year's pig yesterday! This is all the belongings of our Hua family, and now I don't even have a grain of rice in my family, everyone is a relative, Wang Dazhuang is holding a grudge and wants to kill our family! β
"You, what nonsense are you talking about!" Widow Wang pointed to Hua Manxi and scolded sharply, "Our family Da Zhuang's injury last time has not healed!" Lying at home for both days! When have you ever been to your house to steal! You don't talk nonsense here! β
"How am I talking nonsense? When Wang Dazhuang touched my yard last night, I just woke up! I watched him steal it with my own eyes! He had a long thick stick in his hand, and I was afraid that he would kill me, so I didn't dare to make a sound! β
"Ouch, you little! I also said I saw you stealing something from our house! The widow blinked her eyes twice, and deliberately raised her voice, "Catch the thief and take the dirty, catch the adulterer in pairs, you have no evidence, you talk nonsense, believe it or not, I will reward you with two big mouths!" β