Chapter 21 A Silver Falls from the Sky
In order to catch Yuan Siniang, Li Chengyue, who had been sleepless for several days, finally breathed a sigh of relief, rescued Lin Xianger from Mrs. Zhou's house, and successfully sent away Lord Hong Fenghong.
Humming a small song, with a reward of ten taels in his arms, he hurried to Xiangyang Village, he wanted to personally send a reward of silver to the little village girl, ten taels of silver, enough for an ordinary farmer's life for a year, and the little village girl could be blessed.
Li Chengyue directly found Li Zhenghai Dazhuang, did not explain his intention, and asked to see Yin Mingyue by name.
Hai Dazhuang saw that it was Li Zhutou from the county who came to visit, thinking that Mingyue had really gone to the county government to accuse Zhao Ergou of framing Liu's innocence, and he was uneasy. The rabbit will bite people when he is in a hurry, this Liu family was ruined by Zhao Ergou's reputation, this is to fight back, and it is bound to poke a hole in the sky, and directly break the net and sue the county. This Liu family, I'm afraid that there is really a grievance.
Hai Dazhuang didn't dare to ask Li Zhutou, who had a happy face, so he had to lead Li Chengyue to the third room.
It was in the afternoon, Liu was drying the quilt in the courtyard, and his fingers were soaked in water and turned white.
What Liu is drying is a large mandarin duck playing in the water coarse silk quilt, the color is gray, and there are two large patches on it, which has been looking for some years.
Liu sighed softly, fascinated, his eyes looked through the quilt, I don't know what year, month, and person he remembered, his eyes were full of tears, thoughts and nostalgia.
Li Chengyue couldn't help but lose his mind, he didn't expect that there would be such a stunning appearance in the poor countryside, Chu Chu was moving, I felt pity.
Hai Dazhuang coughed lightly, Liu raised his eyes when he heard the sound, and saw Hai Dazhuang leading an official dressed as a servant, Liu's heart jumped to his throat, and his face turned pale.
Li Zhutou hurriedly comforted: "Don't be afraid, little lady, it is your daughter who has made a meritorious service, and the adult asked me to send a reward of silver, what about your daughter?"
Liu's face turned bloody, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, patted his chest twice, relieved the tension twice, and then said slowly: "Yue'er said that she had an unpleasant quarrel with Bilian a few days ago, and she asked the Mandarin Duck Gang to make peace, a girl from a village, look down and don't look up." You wait at home for a while, and I'll let Xing'er find it. ”
Li Zhutou sat in the yard unceremoniously, looking around at this poor home, it is not an exaggeration to describe it with the four walls of the house, but it is full of life, the two dogs are chained in the corner, not very friendly to the living, and the two chickens are enclosed in the chicken coop, lazy and lying
In the garden on the right, the dishes of the autumn harvest are ripe and full, if the little lady is generally attractive, but the man in this family is not seen, Li Zhuhu looked at Hai Dazhuang suspiciously, Hai Dazhuang explained the situation of the three-room widowhood, Li Zhutou felt that the little lady was abrupt, and stood up suddenly, and said: "I'll go and find Miss Mingyue directly."
Li Zhutou hurriedly walked in front, and when Hai Dazhuang caught up, he obviously saw his red face.
Hai Dazhuang looked back at Liu, and sighed in his heart, this Li Zhutou is afraid that he is moved, Li Zhutou once took three daughters-in-law and died, leaving only one son, and the last wife gave birth to a daughter, who died in childbirth, and the daughter also followed. Since then, Li Zhutou has had the name of "gram girl", not only a wife, but also a girl, the daughter of an ordinary family does not dare to marry, and even when she goes to Yixianglou, she wants to find a prostitute, but she is avoided like a snake and scorpion, afraid of losing her life.
Li Zhutou deliberately found a gentleman who set up a stall to tell fortunes because of this matter, and the conclusion was that Li Zhutou had killed too much in his life, and he had to find a woman with a heavy yin spirit, just like his mother and three sisters in the family, so that he could be safe and sound, so as to suppress his yang energy and anger.
This Liu family has three daughters, isn't the yin qi as heavy as his wife with three sisters? It's as if God specially prepared it for him.
The two hurriedly went to Li Yuehua's house, and saw Bilian from a distance holding a broom to catch Mingyue and Mandarin Ducks, "Get out, if it weren't for you, would I have been scolded by my mother and lost something?" You are a broom star, take away your broken sweet rod, don't delay me to go back to my aunt's house, my uncle's family has hundreds of acres of land, lives in a high gatehouse, eats delicious food, wears silk and satin, and your eyes are angry ......"
Mingyue was not angry at all, picked up the sweet rod that was thrown on the ground by Bilian, patted the ash on the surface, tore off the outer layer of hard skin, and bit the inner pulp into her mouth A piece of Kaka chewed, and the sweet water immediately overflowed in her mouth, spit out the residue, and took another bite, not to mention how happy she was.
As soon as Mingyue came on this trip, she just wanted to confirm the time, she didn't want to reconcile with Bilian sincerely, it seems that tonight is the best time, she has to give Zhao Ergou a signal.
A look of shame appeared in the mandarin duck's eyes, and she was extremely depressed, "Mingyue, I'm sorry, Bilian is sometimes quite unreasonable, I'll make peace tomorrow, and guarantee that she will reconcile with you......"
Mingyue took another bite of the sweet rod, scraped the little nose of the mandarin duck with the straw, and said with a smile: "Mandarin duck, thank you for the sweet rod, where did you cut it, lead me there!" ”
The mandarin duck's eyes looked melancholy in Bilian's direction, and his brows were about to wrinkle into waves.
Mingyue knocked the mandarin duck's head with a sweet stick, and said angrily: "Are you hiding your secrets and don't want me to chop the sweet rod to eat?" ”
The mandarin duck covered his head in pain, stretched out his big hand, and directly aimed at Mingyue's itch, Mingyue flashed, and the two of you chased me, so lively.
The door of Bi Lian's house rang again, Bi Lian had already taken the burden, looked at the smiling Mandarin Duck and Mingyue, her eyes breathed fire, "Mandarin Duck, we broke off our friendship, don't look for me in the future." After saying that, he walked out of the village angrily.
The mandarin duck's hand was awkwardly fixed in the air, and the itch of the moon was not, nor was it withdrawn.
Mingyue grabbed the mandarin duck's hand and walked towards the forest at the foot of the mountain, "Mandarin duck, don't take it to heart, I don't apologize, it's my problem, she doesn't accept it, it's her problem, what do you want to do?" She doesn't be nice to you, I'm good with you. ”
Mandarin duck is a typical big girl, heartless, and her appearance is also a big face, big eyes, and big ass type, a typical daughter-in-law who is easy to give birth to in the eyes of her mother-in-law, and her popularity in the girl pile is also the best, if it weren't for her nerves being too big, it is estimated that Yin Mingyue would not have been able to make a friend in the past.
Mandarin duck is one year younger than Mingyue, his father is a capable carpenter, in the past month, someone in the county has built a big mansion and wants to carve beams and paint buildings, so he is often not at home.
The advantages of the mandarin duck quickly flashed, and he walked towards the mountain with Mingyue and shouted: "Let's go, if you don't cut back a few sweet rods today, you will definitely pay attention to the whole village that I have hidden my personal secrets." ”
Mingyue smiled and pulled the mandarin duck to go home, "Little Nizi, don't you have a firewood knife to cut with your hands?" ”
The mandarin duck thought about it, so he broke up with Mingyue, hurried home to get a woodcutter, and made an appointment to meet at the foot of the mountain.
Mingyue was not in a hurry, she walked slowly on the village road, and greeted the village women warmly when she saw them.
Now that the wheat has been recovered, the straw will be taken back in two days, and the women in the village have nothing to do, especially the women who nurse the children, and they are even more homely.
changed a sad face and asked, "Aunts and sisters-in-law, can you see Bilian leaving the village?" ”
A young girl accosted: "I saw that Bilian hurriedly took the old Niu's ox cart out of the village, why did you go, why are you sad?" ”
"Alas, my aunt doesn't know, a few days ago, Bilian and I tripped over laundry by the stream, and wanted to apologize to her, but she ignored me and ran to my aunt's house, and I won't be back until a few days later."
The little woman snorted softly, "The whole village knows about your quarrel, and I don't blame you completely, who dares to chase the list when it runs downstream?" Aren't you afraid that black-haired monster will eat it?! ”
Mingyue felt a little relieved, it seemed that Li Yuehua's loss of her red belly pocket made her feel ashamed, and she didn't dare to speak out, after all, in this era of conservative thinking, no one would take a small piece of clothing like a belly pocket to the stream to wash, and losing it would be even more embarrassing and even affect chastity.
As long as it doesn't come out, it won't arouse Zhao Ergou's suspicion, with the speed at which the women spread gossip, the news that Bilian is not at home tonight will also reach Zhao Ergou's ears, everything is ready, and only a pair of dog men and women are owed.
Mingyue was in a good mood, so she hurriedly walked home, and saw Li Zheng leading a man dressed as a servant to her from a distance, and the man was very familiar, that is, he used a stick to hit his own head catcher surnamed Li.
Mingyue's little face fell, and she turned her head to leave, but was stopped by Hai Dazhuang's voice.
Mingyue gave a salute unhappily and said perfunctorily: "Is the official here to find a peasant girl?" The peasant girl's surname is Yin, not Yuan. ”
Li Chengyue laughed embarrassedly, took out two silver bills from his arms, handed them to Mingyue and said, "Miss Yin, Miss Lin has found it, this is the reward silver sent by Lord Cheng." ”
Mingyue snatched the silver, looked around nervously, and saw that there was no one around, so she breathed a sigh of relief, put the silver coin in her mouth and bit it hard, looking at the clear tooth marks on it, and smiled like the two fools in the village.
Hai Dazhuang couldn't bear to look at it directly, this Yin Mingyue couldn't be a little reserved, so that the guests in the county would follow the joke.
Li Chengyue really smiled, laughing for Yin Mingyue's laughter.
Yin Mingyue smiled and quietly took the silver into her arms, and said to Hai Dazhuang: "Uncle Lizheng, don't talk about this matter, if the thief knows that I helped catch the thief, he will find my family unlucky." ”
Li Chengyue looked at Hai Dazhuang threateningly, and Hai Dazhuang nodded busily.
Seeing that she had been reassured, Yin Mingyue smiled and took out the remaining five or six sweet rods in the basket, stuffed them into Hai Dazhuang's arms with a sense of annoyance, which was regarded as a thank you gift, and hurriedly walked home.
Hai Dazhuang looked at the worthless things in his arms and the children used to chew on them with a sad face, and he couldn't say a word.