Chapter 53: To save or not to save
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The clansmen gradually dispersed, and it was difficult enough for them to make trouble all day.
Liu Qingyan's gaze swept across the messy courtyard, and a sense of desolation filled her heart.
Man dies for money, and birds die for food.
Human nature is so despicable, from ancient times to the present, from one time and space to another, there are always some people who are inevitably driven by greedy desires, fall into the abyss of hell and never turn back.
If I had said the adulterer's name earlier, would today's bloodshed have been avoided?
The answer is no.
Guo Laohan's family will still come to the door to ask for someone.
Looking up at the gray sky, the throbbing in his heart gradually calmed down, and he went to the stove room to fetch a bucket of water to wash the blood on the ground.
On the ground paved with green bricks, Guo Laiwang's pool of blood was no longer red, but dark brown.
A broom made of thin bamboo branches slashed hard across the ground, and the dark brown slowly lightened.
There was no fear in her heart.
Afraid of what? Ghosts?
I'm a lonely ghost from another world, but what can I do?
You can't kill people, and you can't save people.
Liu Bowen came out of the house and saw it, without saying a word, he took the broom in Liu Qingyan's hand and continued to clean it himself.
Liu Qingyan's throat tightened a little, and she called softly: "Dad."
Liu Bowen raised his head and smiled lightly, with a hint of helplessness and pampering.
"I'm going to cook." Liu Qingyan's nose was slightly sour, and she turned around and walked to the stove room.
The incident has developed to this point, and it is irreversible, but life has to go on. There are a lot of follow-up things that need to be dealt with, and you can't all fall down.
Thanks to the mob thinking that they should take the opportunity to eat and drink, the stove and food were preserved, and there was no need to worry about starvation.
The fire in the stove was lit, and the firelight flashed on Liu Qingyan's face, and there seemed to be dark waves surging under her gorgeous eyes.
Shen came with the calf.
The weather is getting colder and colder, she has to earn more money to prepare for the winter, and when she came back from fishing for a day, she heard that something had happened to the Liu family, so she quickly ran over.
"Sister Qingyan, Sister Qingzhi will wake up, and she will play with me, right?" Xiao Niu'er squatted next to Liu Qingyan, staring at Liu Qingyan with bright and clear black eyes without blinking, as if expecting a satisfactory answer.
Liu Qingyan touched his head and said calmly: "Yes, I will play with you as before." ”
After receiving an affirmative reply, the calf became lively and wanted to help light the fire.
Shen came out of the room where Mrs. Liu and Qingzhi were lying, comforted Liu Qingyan and left with the little cow, saying that he would come back tomorrow to see if there was anything he could do to help.
It was already dark, and the moon was hiding behind thick clouds, with no intention of showing its face.
The night meal was very simple, clear porridge with pickles, and several people didn't know the taste, so they ate it hastily.
Xie Shi fed Mrs. Liu half a bowl of clear porridge, but Qingzhi couldn't swallow it, and only fed some rice soup.
The house in the house is in good condition.
Liu Qingyan and Liu Bowen went to the haystack in the backyard and picked up some dry straw to lay on the floor, and Xie took out a spare futon from the cabinet to lay it, and the family made do with it.
The night passed slowly, the oil lamp in the house was not extinguished, the light like a bean flickered and danced, and the dim halo cast a thick layer of worry on the face.
After dawn, the white mist rising from the ground was thick and faint and scattered between heaven and earth, floating in the courtyard.
Fog soaked through the window paper, creating a chill in the room.
Qingzhi had a fever, her face was unusually red, and her limbs occasionally spasmed and convulsed.
Xie Shi wrung a wet cloth with cold water to cool down, but it had no effect.
After breakfast, Patriarch Liu led some clansmen to come, and seeing this scene, he hurriedly called Qin Yanzi to ask the doctor in the town.
"Brother Dehui, the weather is getting cold, I discussed it with the clansmen, and I will help repair the yard first, so that you can live in peace."
Patriarch Liu, Old Man Liu, and Liu Bowen discussed things in the hall without a door, and the people in the courtyard had already begun to clean up.
"Thank you for the righteous help of the clan, I Liu Dehui wrote down this affection." Old Man Liu's eyes were slightly moist.
"The clansmen of the same ancestor should help each other. You don't have to worry about repairing the house, it's just some wood, and each family will take some out of it first, and then cut some from the mountains and forests of the clan and put it up. If the clansmen know how to work as carpenters, their wages will be freed, but they still need to buy this tile, and I will put on the silver first. ”
Liu Bowen stood up and bowed deeply to the patriarch to show his gratitude.
Patriarch Liu hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Xiucai Gong is a person who does not need to bow down when he sees the adults of the county, and I can't stand the big gift." ”
"You are the head of a clan and an elder, how can I not stand the etiquette of a junior clan." Liu Bowen said solemnly.
Patriarch Liu said happily: "This is a light on my face." Then he went out of the hall and arranged for men.
Liu Qingyan stood under the eaves of the corridor and looked at the busy figures of the people in the courtyard, and her heart swelled with emotion, and there was still warmth in the world.
The Shen family came over again, and together with a few mothers-in-law in the clan, they helped clean up the clothes and bedding thrown in the yard to see if they could find some good ones.
"These hearts are so ruthless, look at the ones who tore this clothes."
"The people of Guojialing have a heart that is more vicious than a jackal, we have to tell the people in the village when we go back to our parents' house, don't marry Guojialing's daughter."
"Yes, let their Guo Jialing's daughters not be able to get married, and be old girls at home."
The mothers-in-law discussed how to retaliate while working, and they were determined to ruin Guo Jialing's reputation.
Liu Qingyan listened as she cleaned up.
Just when the mother-in-law was spitting and jubilant, Mrs. Shi also came.
Mrs. Shi vaguely heard the sound of the gong coming from the village yesterday, because she was a foreigner and had not been settled for a long time, so she did not know the signal conveyed by the gong. I had to go out for a walk today, and I heard that it was Liu Qingyan's family who had an accident, so I hurriedly ran over.
Mrs. Liu suffered blows one after another, her tears had dried up, and when she saw Mrs. Shi at this time, her lips opened and closed, and her sallow face looked lifeless.
"These inhuman brutes, according to my youthful nature, I have to take people to level their old nest."
Mrs. Shi was full of anger, slapped her palm on the table, and the tea bowl on the table jumped a few times.
Liu Qingyan was taken aback, and said secretly: This old lady's strength is really not small, and she is estimated to have practiced.
Hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and said, "Granny Shi, if you tap it, there is only this solid table left in my house now." ”
Mrs. Shi was stunned for a moment, smiled wryly, and said with a kind face: "Girl, you tell your mother-in-law, where did that guy come from, mother-in-law, I will call someone to help you get angry." ”
Liu Qingyan was stunned and said: "I have already beaten them yesterday, and the magistrate said that it is not allowed to gather to fight again." ”
Mrs. Shi nodded, "If the county magistrate is unfair in handling the case, you come and tell your mother-in-law, and my mother-in-law will beat him." ”
"The strength and temper are not small, they shout and kill at every turn, the temperament of people in the rivers and lakes is the same no matter how old they are." Liu Qingyan thought so.
While talking, the diligent man went to the town to ask the doctor to come back.
The doctor in the town was not much more skilled, and he re-diagnosed and prescribed medicine to Mrs. Liu and Qingzhi. What the result is, the doctor can't say it perfectly.
In the afternoon, Qingzhi, who had drunk the medicine, still had a high fever.
The county government sent someone to check it out, and immediately went back to report it.
After sending the yacha away, people gathered in the hall in a muffled voice.
"Why don't you go to the doctor in the city and take a look, the doctor at the Tongjitang pharmacy in the city has excellent medical skills." Mrs. Shi hesitated and proposed.
Going to town?
Everyone was in high spirits, as if they had seen a little light in the dark night.
But then the light went out.
There is no money at home, and it is not cheap to go to the city to see a doctor's money and medicine.
There is still a very serious problem in front of us, which we have to face squarely.
If Qingzhi wakes up, Liu Boyu will be convicted, and it is unknown how the county magistrate will be sentenced, and Qingzhi will probably be a fool for the rest of her life after she wakes up.
Is it worth exchanging a lot of money and a normal big living person for a little fool?
can't save it, watching Qingzhi leave, how can I bear it.
I'm afraid I'll feel guilty for the rest of my life!
Liu Qingyan's thoughts were chaotic, she didn't know the legal provisions here, and she couldn't make a judgment on how the crime Liu Boyu committed would be sentenced, so she couldn't think of a countermeasure.
It seems that when you go to a new place, you still have to understand the local laws first!
Old Man Liu's expression was solemn, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Let's go to the city to see the doctor, and we have to treat Zhi Yatou when we sell the land, even if we really become a fool, our family will raise her for the rest of her life." Saying that, he looked at Liu Bowen and said, "If the third child is gone, you are willing to adopt Zhiya." ”
Liu Bowen smiled bitterly: "Dad, what do you keep saying, our family is not separated, we are a family." If the third brother is not there, Zhi Yatou will be my biological daughter. ”
"Okay, with your words, my father will rest assured, the eldest daughter-in-law is kind-hearted, and she will not ignore Zhiya."
Mrs. Shi interjected: It is not necessary to sell the land and sell the land, where do I have some silver, you can take it to the doctor of Zhi Yatou first. If you sell your land, how will you live as a family? ”
"Eldest sister, this can't be helped, how can we use your pension money." Old Man Liu refused.
Mrs. Shi smiled and said: "My wife's body is still strong, and the silver will not be needed for a while, so you don't have to excuse yourself, and it is right to take that girl to the city to see the doctor." ”
Old Man Liu was so moved that he almost burst into tears.
Liu Bowen shook it to the end and said, "Old Madam Shi's great grace, our Liu family is grateful to our hearts. ”
"Don't be polite, eldest nephew, you guys prepare first, and I'll go back and get the silver." After Mrs. Shi finished speaking, she got up and walked out.
"Granny Shi, thank you, I will pay you back the money as soon as possible." Liu Qingyan called Mrs. Shi and said.
Mrs. Shi paused, turned around and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, mother-in-law doesn't wait for the silver." ”
I thought to myself: Who will make my grandson happy with you, if that bit of silver can be exchanged for a granddaughter-in-law, it will be too cost-effective. At this time, it has helped your family, and it will be much easier to come to the door to propose marriage in the future.
Then he hastened the pace of leaving.