When she said this, she changed her tone and said delicately: "Mother, don't be angry. You see, although this woman is not as good as me, she also has a bit of a look, especially when she laughs, she is fascinated. She also knows how to cook, and when she heard that she showed her hand in the restaurant, she stunned those chefs, and even Master Zhao wanted to buy the secret recipe for roast duck from her. With such a product, I'm afraid it won't sell for a few hundred taels of silver? Mother, you can be content. ”

"What's the use of talking so much now? Anyway, I can see it, pointing to you to enjoy happiness, I'm afraid I can't. Forget it, a few hundred taels is a few hundred taels, so you can live comfortably for a few years. As for you, don't think about it, hurry up Ming'er to find a man, and get married. ”

Huan'er pouted: "If you want to marry, I will also marry a big family as a concubine, so that I will not marry those who have no money and suffer from poverty." Mother, let's go to a big place to have a look, first find out the situation, and choose a family with a young master, a rich family, and a young grandmother who is weak and easy to bully. This time, we not only want money, but also people and money. ”

When Sister-in-law Liu and Huan'er said this, Lao Wei, who had not spoken for a long time, coughed and said sullenly: "Don't talk about it, go see if the girl is awake?" If you wake up and eavesdrop there, you'll leak everything to others. When the time comes, it will be sold to the Qinglou, and when she gets into the limelight, she will have the heart to seek revenge, and it will be troublesome. ”

As soon as these words came out, the mother and daughter were suddenly silenced. When Lin Xiaozhu heard this, he hurriedly adjusted his breathing to a long and even appearance, and his heartbeat tried to calm it down.

Huan'er walked over, listened to Lin Xiaozhu's breathing, and kicked her hard, and was relieved to see her lying there, motionless. Said: "I didn't wake up." ”

"In order to be safe, before you go to the Qinglou, let's fill her with dumb medicine." Lao Wei said fiercely.

"Dumb medicine?" Sister-in-law Liu was very hesitant. "If you pour dumb medicine, you won't be able to sell it at a good price."

Lao Wei glared at Sister-in-law Liu fiercely: "Money, money, money, you know money." What's more important than life? ”

Sister-in-law Liu is obviously afraid of Lao Wei. When he said this, he was silent. Instead, Huan'er said: "Dad is right. It's best to make her dumb, it's safest. But don't worry, mother, her cooking skills are good, and the price may not be worse than that of Wu Liniang before. ”

The family of three chatted for a while, then stopped talking, and only heard the sound of the penny boat "whooshing".

Lin Xiaozhu lay there, motionless. His mind was racing, trying to figure out how to escape. She couldn't beat that old Wei in the first place, but now she is tied up by Wuhuada, if she wants to get out, how easy is it to talk about? But she couldn't sit back and wait for Yuan Tianye to come and save her. It's only afternoon, and Yuan Tianye returned to the Zhao family's courtyard very late yesterday, and it is estimated that it will not be early today. In addition, as soon as she arrived at the river, there was no clue about her, and it was too unlikely that Yuan Tianye would rush to rescue her before the old Wei family poured her dumb medicine.

"Xiaoyu, go and see if the girl is awake." Lao Wei said suddenly.

Hear that. Lin Xiaozhu had an idea, adjusted his breath twice, and let himself enter the state of turtle breath. This is a method that the old man once taught her, specially used to save her life at a critical moment. The purpose is to put the body into a state of suspended animation. Fortunately, without food provisions, he lived a few more days. But now, she can make the old Wei family think that she is dead. First, they could delay the time to go to the Qinglou, and second, if they really believed that she was dead, they might throw her into the water. After all, a dead person cannot be sold for money, and it is easy to attract the attention of the government when the body is discovered. The best way to do that is to throw her into the river. And though her hands were tied, her feet were free. Depending on her nature in the water, she will hold her breath for a while when she goes down to the water, and when the boat leaves, she can use the strength of her feet to bring herself to the surface. When the time comes, find a way to untie the rope, so that you can escape and ascend to heaven.

"Hey, why don't you breathe?" Huan'er's voice sounded in Lin Xiaozhu's ears. Obviously, the real name of this ring should be called Xiaoyu.

"What? How so? Feel her pulse. Sister-in-law Liu said.

Lin Xiaozhu's hands were tied, and it was really difficult to touch the pulse. However, Xiaoyu is very experienced, and she reached out to Lin Xiaozhu's neck to touch her major artery.

This place is a man's door to death. As a person who practices martial arts, if he has the ability, he will not let people easily touch his main artery, after all, it only takes a little force on his fingers to make a person die silently. So this is also Xiaoyu's deliberate attempt to test Lin Xiaozhu to prevent her from pretending to be dead.

And Lin Xiaozhu was going to pretend to be dead, so naturally he had to pretend to be thorough. Now if you don't let Xiaoyu touch her major artery, you can only die faster. So she remained motionless, trying to make her turtle breath state go deeper.

Because of her efforts, Xiaoyu was startled when she touched her major artery, quickly withdrew her hand, and said to her mother: "Mother, she is dead, she is dead." ”

"Nonsense." Before Sister-in-law Liu could speak, Lao Wei shouted, "Wasn't it okay just now?" How could it be dead. After speaking, he put the penny, walked to Lin Xiaozhu, and touched her major artery.

"How? Is there no pulse? Xiao Yu was anxious to prove herself, and asked after her.

"It's weird, there's really no pulse. However, the body is still soft, isn't this little girl pretending to be faked? Old Wei muttered to himself.

"When I came to see her not long ago, she was fine, and although her breathing was a little slow, at least she could hear the sound of breathing. So she is dead, and she has only been dead for a while, how can she become hard and cold immediately? Xiao Yu muttered.

Lao Wei glanced at Xiaoyu and said, "If you're dead, you're dead, what's the big deal?" Tie a stone in a moment and sink her to the bottom of the river. ”

And the sister-in-law Liu over there didn't see her husband's eyes, and thought what he said was true, so she spat loudly: "I thought I could get two dollars to spend, but I didn't want to be so unlucky, I actually died, it's really fucking unlucky." He glared at his daughter again, "It wasn't good just now, why did you die?" ”

Xiao Yu glanced at Lao Wei very unhappily: "I was knocked on the head by my father with a penny just now, and I was flooded for a while, so it's strange to be able to survive lying here in wet clothes and blowing the cold wind." The maids of these big families are more expensive than ordinary young ladies. It's easy to die, but it's also normal. ”

As he spoke, he suddenly stretched out his hand and touched Lin Xiaozhu's main artery. However, to her disappointment, this artery still did not beat in the slightest under her unexpected price. What's worse is that Lin Xiaozhu's body is much cooler than just now, and his complexion is also unusually white.

Rao is Xiaoyu is used to deceiving people with her parents, but after all, she is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, and she is always a little scared in the face of dead people. She stood up, slowly retreated to Sister-in-law Liu's side, hugged her arm, and then said to Lao Wei: "Dad, she is really dead, and her body is cold." ”

spent so much money and effort to make a bureau, wanting to get the Zhao family's money, but I didn't want to end up like this, and I didn't even earn a copper plate. The more Sister-in-law Liu thought about it, the more angry she became, and she scolded Xiaoyu at her.

Xiaoyu is not easy to mess with, and she also scolded each other: "...... I went to the big house, trembling and competing, for fear of showing a little bit of horse's feet, and being frightened all day long. It's better for you to sit there and wait for me to earn my money back, and if you don't like it, you will be beaten and scolded. Which old man is like you? I doubt I'm your own. Besides, this woman is dead, can you blame me? Didn't Dad knock him to death? But this will be blamed on me, then I might as well die myself, and I won't have to complain. Then he began to cry.

"Okay, don't blame Xiaoyu for this. Besides, what if it's weird? What's the use? Seeing that there was a lot of trouble, Lao Wei relieved the siege and said, "Go, search her body and see if there is any money." ”

Xiaoyu sat there and didn't move, and Wu Zi was angry there. Sister-in-law Liu had no choice but to scold and walk to Lin Xiaozhu's side, reached into her arms and touched her for a while, and took out a silver ingot and some copper plates from the inner pocket of her clothes. This money was the money that Lin Xiaozhu asked Yuan Tianye for when he bought spices yesterday. And the silver ticket that Boss Zhao gave her, she sewed it into her belt according to the old method.

Sister-in-law Liu counted the money, sighed and said, "There are only seven taels and two coins and fifty-three wen." ”

Lao Wei said: "Search again." ”

Sister-in-law Liu searched Lin Xiaozhu's two sleeve pockets again, but the two sleeve pockets were nothing. She glared at Xiao Yu fiercely and said, "No." "On the ancients, there were basically two places to hold things, one was the pocket on the chest, and the other was the pocket in the sleeve. If both of these places are searched, there will naturally be no more.

A girl has more than seven taels of silver on her body, which is a lot. Even if she wants to sell the secret recipe for roast duck, according to Lao Wei's concept, not to mention that the money has not been paid yet, even if it is paid, it will only be handed over to her master for safekeeping, and she will not be allowed to take it with her. Since he had searched both places, he did not ask his wife to search her again, but rowed the boat to the shore and said, "Go and carry a rock." ”

"According to me, just throw her down." Liu's sister-in-law said, "When it comes to the surface, people will find her, thinking that she has fallen into the water, which saves them from tracking it everywhere." Otherwise, if they track it down like this, we will have to hide in Tibet for a while. I didn't make any money on this trip, and I had to be frightened, and I couldn't do anything while hiding, which was really a loss. ”

Lao Wei pondered for a moment: "In this way, the rope will be untied." ”

Sister-in-law Liu stretched out her hand, touched Lin Xiaozhu's body, and said, "The person has long been out of breath, and her body is cold, even if you untie the rope, are you still afraid that she will not survive?" After speaking, the dagger in his hand slashed, and cut the rope on Lin Xiaozhu's body, and then kicked her with his foot, and with a "plop", Lin Xiaozhu fell into the water.

"Alright, let's go." Seeing Lin Xiaozhu sinking, Sister-in-law Liu said.

Lao Wei did not delay, propped up the boat and rowed downstream like an arrow. (To be continued)