Busy days always fly by, unconsciously, four months have passed, the Wen family's fried stinky tofu stall is also a small fame in the city, some people with two spare money in hand, even if they don't eat two pieces of fried stinky tofu a day, they feel uncomfortable.

Business is good, there are more gossips from diners, this ancient world with a vague image, in the gentle mind, has gradually been constructed by those gossip to build some specific outlines, so that she understands some of the political customs here, and now she has slightly dissolved into this world, no longer as frightened and confused as when she first crossed over.

During the period of gently setting up a stall to do business, I did not forget to visit Sister-in-law Liu often, bring her some change of clothes and food, every time I went, I always stuffed the jailer with one or two taels of silver, and the bits and pieces added up, and in four months, she also spent nearly thirty taels of silver, which was much more than the stall earned. But whether I feel distressed or helpless, I can't save this money, otherwise Sister-in-law Liu will not survive in prison until now.

Fortunately, the new official has been in office for more than a month, and Liu's sister-in-law's case is being tried. At this time, the gentleness has long dispelled the idea of bribing the county official, because according to the greed of those jailers to ask for money, there are no thousands of taels of silver, and they can't touch the heart of the county official, no wonder as the saying goes, three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver! Qing officials are still like this, let alone corrupt officials? She doesn't have the financial resources, and now she only hopes that this new official will take office and light three fires of integrity, after all, Sister-in-law Liu only attempted murder, and hopes that she will not be sentenced to death.

The gentle hope is good, and it has also come true, the new official took office and really put three fires, carefully tried the case for several days, and there seemed to be no sign of accepting money from the Zhao Mansion, but she suddenly found that the final result was actually no better than directly convicting Sister-in-law Liu to death, Sister-in-law Liu was sentenced to eighty canes, and five years in vain!

Eighty canes! Although those officials have a weight in their hands, they will not beat to death the prisoners who need to flow in vain, but if the eighty canes go down, it is estimated that most of Liu's sister-in-law will be gone, and this is not like a capital crime, and it will be reported for retrial, and after the beating, he will recuperate for a few days, and then directly escort the prisoner to the road to be executed.

Fortunately, it was late after the trial of the case that day, and the cane punishment was postponed to the next day, giving her a gentle buffer time, so that she still had the opportunity to bribe those officials who were in charge of the cane, and spent ten taels of silver to buy a guarantee.

When she was tortured with a cane, Xiaohuan was clamoring to go to see Sister-in-law Liu, but she was gently and insistently refused, she didn't even go out of the stall that day, so that Wen's mother and Wen Gang guarded Xiaohuan closely, and even followed her when she went to the thatched house, for fear that she would run to the yamen to be recognized and throw herself into the net. She herself prepared a reward for the official messenger who escorted Sister-in-law Liu all the way to the futile land, and also made a lot of food, preparing for Sister-in-law Liu to take it on the road as dry food, together with some change of clothes and cane wound medicine, made a big burden, and carried it to the yamen.

On the day of the send-off, Wen Wen secretly stuffed ten taels of silver to Liu's sister-in-law, but she was afraid that she would not be able to keep the money at all, and would be blackmailed by the officials, so she quietly stuffed a pair of copper bracelets and a copper hairpin to Liu's sister-in-law, telling her that the copper skin was wrapped in silver, so that she could take self-defense, whether it was to go to the local official errand in vain, or to keep it until the end of the sentence, and sell it when the plate was wrapped back, it was necessary.

When things come to this, it is no longer gentle that can be controlled, she can only watch Sister-in-law Liu being exiled, but Sister-in-law Liu has been squatting in prison for a few months, and she can break life and death, but she is more calm than her, and even comforts her and says that exile is not bad, she is a woman's family, and she will not be assigned to do any heavy work, at most she will do some sewing and dyeing work or cook work, which is better than staying in prison and not dying. The only thing she can't worry about is Xiaohuan, constantly begging for tenderness, and she must take care of her.

Gentle and emotional, Sister-in-law Liu really looks at Xiaohuan much more seriously than her own life, with such a mother in pain, Xiaohuan is still more or less happy. It's just that the tearful woman in front of her with unkempt hair and shackles taught her to look sad, before, Sister-in-law Liu was a very strong and refreshing person, but now she is beaten in public and begging for help.

"Don't worry! I'll definitely take care of Xiaohuan. In addition to the comforting promise, gentleness has been choked up.

"Hurry up, hurry up, it's been delayed for a long time!" The escort officer was very impatient and urged repeatedly.

"You go back." Sister-in-law Liu turned her head fiercely.

"One more word, right away." Wen Wen reluctantly gave the official a smile, leaned into Liu's ear and whispered: "After you leave, I will take Xiaohuan to the capital to wait for you to come back, don't forget to go there to find us, I can only cook, most of the time I still do something related to eating, it shouldn't be difficult to find." ”

Capital? Sister-in-law Liu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, knowing in her heart that moving out of this city would be safer for Xiaohuan to hide, so as not to worry about being recognized.

"Let's go!" The escort official looked at the sky, pushed and rubbed Liu's sister-in-law and left.

Standing there gently, silently looking at Sister-in-law Liu's distant figure, until she disappeared into the sky, she turned around abruptly, argued the direction, and walked home.

When she went back and saw Xiaohuan, she was already crying and swollen in her eyes, sitting on a bench in a daze, staring at the corner, and hearing the gentleness enter the room, she turned her head and asked, "My mother...... She, gone? ”

"Gone!" Gently let out a long sigh, walked over and gently hugged Xiaohuan and said, "Don't think about it, this is already the best result, it's better than a capital sentence." ”

"Five years!" Xiaohuan said, tears couldn't help falling, bowed his head and sobbed: "I don't know if she can survive the past five years, our mother and daughter, and whether we will see each other......"

Gently and compassionately stroked her hair, comforting: "There will be a day when we meet!" But in these five years, you have to be obedient and obedient, don't think about sad things all day long, otherwise your mother's sin will be in vain. ”

Xiaohuan silently wept and nodded.

"That's it! Pull yourself together! Gentle said something in a brisk tone, but she didn't know if she said it to Xiaohuan or herself, and then she shouted to Mother Wen and Wen Gang outside the house: "Mother, brother, clean up, we're going to move!" ”

"What? Move again! Mother Wen dropped the needlework in her hand, rushed in and complained: "What has happened to me in my life, why can't I have a good birthday?" Okay, why do you want to move again? ”

Wen Gang was extremely happy, and asked excitedly, "Sister, where are we moving to?" ”

Gently looked at Mother Wen, who was still complaining, and smiled at Wen Gang and said, "Beijing! ”