After Qingwei left, the head came to the account room alone and said to the account man: "Bring me the account book." ”

The bookkeeper took the account book, and the head sat down and looked through it slowly, and the monthly income was clear, but there was no balance in the money. He took a closer look at the detailed accounts, and saw that the items, quantities, prices, and dates of each expense were not missing. But the head must feel that there is a problem, look carefully at the detailed account of today, there is a record to go to Huiyuan Town to buy a thousand catties of woad, consume a thousand ingots of silver, this woad is an ordinary thing, it is expected not to be so expensive, the rest of the things, he still doesn't know much, put down the account book and went out, met a small Taoist priest of a farmer's entry school, and asked: "Do you know what woad is." ”

The little Taoist priest said: "Back to the master, how don't you know, that woad is a very ordinary thing, and it is a dish to eat." ”

The head continued to ask: "How much is this dish?"

The little Taoist priest said: "Ordinary peasant vegetables are worthless, and a silver ingot can buy dozens of catties." ”

The head of the sect stayed where he was when he heard it, and the little Taoist priest said: "Boss, it's nothing, I'll leave." ”

The head came to his senses and said, "Go ahead." ”

This purple wood is also too full of flavors.

Qingwei saw Zijun who sent his sister away and asked, "How long has your sister been gone?"

Zijun's eyes were red and he said, "It's been half an hour." ”

Qingwei couldn't help but ask, "Why can't you wait longer!"

Zijun said: "Brother Qingwei, my sister still doesn't want to trouble you, you are also a fatherless and purposeless person, and my sister doesn't want to embarrass my mother." The clear eyes revealed sadness that could not be concealed.

Ziding said, "It's the family that is urging me to go to that house for more than 100 miles, and I have to hold a ceremony to recognize my relatives today." His thin figure and fair face had a lingering sorrow at this time.

Qing Wei was even more surprised when he heard it: "What kind of recognition ceremony?"

Zijun sighed and said: "Alas, this is a local custom, that is, the two parties meet before marriage, and they cannot regret their marriage after the recognition ceremony, and they can get married as soon as seven days after the recognition ceremony, and the time limit is not too late......"

Hearing this, Qingwei was a little out of shape and said, "Then let's go and chase them, I have already borrowed the money." ”

Zijun was slightly stunned, and then came back to his senses: "They are riding horses, how can they catch up without horses." ”

Qingwei's face changed greatly, he was very anxious, and at the same time, there was a faint tingling in his heart: "No matter, we must catch up with them, Zijun, you know the way, you show me the way, Ziding, you go and ask us for leave." "Pull up Zijun and go to the gate of Nantianyue.

At the gate, the mountain breeze was blowing, Zijun's hair was flying, and his clothes were fluttering: "Brother, let's go to Nantianyue to borrow a horse first." ”

Qingwei secretly said in his heart, it is not possible to borrow a horse, borrowing a horse, then Nantianyue is Zimuguan logistics, ask him to borrow a horse, it is difficult to say whether he can borrow it or not, even if the head agrees, it is possible to borrow a bad horse, it is useless.

Qingwei changed his mind sharply and said: "Go to the bottom of the mountain to buy one, and the two of us will ride together." ”

The two hurried to the foot of the mountain, and now it is equivalent to a small town below Nantianyue, with hundreds of families, restaurants, and grocery stores, but there is no horse market that specializes in selling horses, and they spent a lot of money to buy a barely passable horse from someone else's house. Qingwei got on the horse first, pulled Zijun on the horse's back, and the two galloped towards Huiyuan Town, Qingwei urged the horse quickly, Zijun hugged Qingwei tightly from behind with both hands, and then stabilized his body.

After a wild gallop, he soon arrived in Huiyuan Town, the horse ran out of breath, sweating all over, foaming at the mouth and nose, and Zijun's little face was slightly red: "I can't run faster, slow down, this horse is almost dead." ”

This horse is not a war horse, and it can run so far, and it has reached its limit, so Qingwei can't just slow down and let the horse recover its strength. Zijun hugged Qingwei and felt a strange feeling, if he hugged him like this, it would be good to go all the way to the ground, and the feeling buried in his heart arose.

At this time, a few people drove in the opposite direction, Zijun hurriedly sent away the hand holding Qingwei, and his face flushed, but Qingwei didn't pay attention.

Qing Wei rode his horse and asked an old man, "Old man, can you see a woman in red riding a horse passing by?"

The old man recalled: "There is a woman in red, I don't know if it is the person you are talking about, and a man also rode a horse to accompany him. ”

Zijun listened and was a little relieved: "It's my sister." ”

Qingwei asked, "How far is it from us?"

The old man smiled and said, "According to the old man's estimate, your door is twenty or thirty miles away. ”

Qingwei thanked the old man, rode the horse and continued to chase, fortunately, it was still an official road, wide and flat, and the horse was almost recovered, and the whip urged the horse to run, this run was nearly twenty miles, and still did not see Ziqing's shadow, anxious, and whipped a few more times, there was a small stream in front of it slowly, the horse saw the stream, thirsty, and carried the two of them to drink water, Qingwei was in a hurry, and there was no way, let it drink water.

The two got off the horse and drank some water, and the horse was probably hungry after drinking the water, so he went to gnaw grass without saying hello, and Qingwei was ready to whip it to let him go on the road.

Zijun stopped: "The horse is hungry, I'm hungry too, let's eat something." ”

Qingwei has no experience, and when he goes out, he has to prepare dry food, not only for people, but also for horses. There are a few families nearby, Zijun guards the horse, and Qingwei goes to buy food.

After a while, I bought something and came back, some people ate, and the horses ate, and the people and horses were full of food and drink, so they raised their whips and set off, trotting all the way, and when they saw that the horses were not good, they took a short rest, and then they stopped and ran for fifty miles, and asked Zijun: "How far is it?" He was very anxious.

Zijun looked up at the front and said, "It's not far away, it is estimated that there are still twenty miles to get home." ”

Someone happened to be riding a horse and came in the opposite direction, it was a young and strong man, Qingwei said: "Uncle, may I ask if you saw a woman in red passing by." ”

Dahan replied: "There is one, but it has been a long time." ”

Qingwei was anxious after hearing this, and whipped the horse vigorously, and ran for twenty miles, the horse was so tired that he was panting, foaming at the mouth and nose, and Zijun said: "This horse can't run anymore." ”

Qingwei said anxiously: "It's not far away, hold on for a while, and your sister will ...... after an hour."

Zijun said leisurely: "You have a deep affection for my sister, she knows that she will be moved." ”

Qing Wei threw himself on the urging horse, and didn't have time to answer.

The horse ran for a few miles, just in front of the city gate, the front leg bent and knelt on the ground, and the two of Qingwei fell out of their backs, the two got up, turned around and saw the horse fall to the ground, foaming at the mouth, it seemed that there was no hope, Qingwei pulled Zijun and ran to the city, even the horse was gone.

Jianxian County is very large, with streets and shops, and restaurants, Qingwei didn't have time to appreciate these, so he quickly hired a carriage and rushed to his uncle's house.

Ziqing came out of Nantianyue, walked half an hour earlier than Qingwei, and when she was fifty miles away from Jianxia County, her uncle was afraid that she would be late, so he ordered someone to prepare a fast horse to wait here, so even if Qingwei was tired to death, he didn't catch up, and Qingwei arrived home an hour early.

After entering the house, the family of the relatives arrived early, and a large group of people sat in the reception room.

Ziqing entered the inner room, and his mother was happy with a little sadness: "My daughter, you are back." Sadly left tears, "This family is a solid family, and now in this world, as long as you find someone who can live, it will be good." ”

Ziqing was dissatisfied: "Why are you in such a hurry!"

His uncle's face was full of fat, and he said with a smile on his face: "Niece, the male should get married, the female should be married, eighteen years old, you are not too young, I found a good family for you"

Ziqing directly didn't give him a good face: "What are you in a hurry, good family, you should let your daughter go, I'm not your daughter!"

His uncle's name was Anford, and when he heard this, his face changed: "At this time, it's too late to regret it, it was your mother who promised, will our elders harm you?" He turned around and went out in a rage.

His mother cried: "I'm sorry for you, I'm a soft-hearted person, I can't stand other people's requests, and I feel that I owe your uncle's affection." ”

Looking at her mother's red and swollen eyes, Ziqing's heart softened.

The man's relatives complained: "We've been here for two hours. Anford smiled at the man's relatives and said, "Wait a minute, my niece has just come back, let her change her clothes and put on makeup." ”

Anford pushed the door and saw that his niece stopped crying, and changed her clothes, but she sat in the room, but she didn't come out, and said: "Good niece, don't let me not get off the stage, if he takes a fancy to my daughter, why do he want you, he can use you!"

Ziqing thought about it, but he couldn't think about it, after all, his mother owed her uncle, and her mother had enough of suffering, so she couldn't embarrass her mother, how could money force people to do things she didn't want to do, and what else could she say as soon as she went out, if she didn't just nail the wooden plank, she couldn't get out. Looking at his mother, although she was only in her fifties, she already had two temples, and asked her mother, "Mother, is there no other way?" ”

His mother sighed and said: "Alas, it is all the fault of the poor family, if your father was alive before, this would have happened, the girl has wronged you, and my mother is sorry for you." Thinking of this, I couldn't help but cry, when his father was alive, that Anderfoba was very stammered.

The rich man's family waited from morning to noon, and there was no one in sight, and his mother was angry and said in a loud voice: "Are you willing or not, give a refreshing answer, and return the money if you don't want to." The family knew that Andefu had run out of money and could not return the money, so he said so.

After hearing this, Andefu stretched his face, urged again, raised his voice and said: "Don't be sluggish, come out quickly, your mother eats mine and wears mine, and she doesn't want your life, a rich man, where to find it." Then he said to his sister, "You, you are used to being a child, and you can let him be willful, and you don't care, when is this?" ”

Ziqing couldn't, didn't want her mother to be blamed, and slowly opened the door and came out.

Qingwei and the two rented a carriage, and Qingwei said: "I can give you more money, but quickly." ”

The carriage was so fast that it couldn't be faster, and under the guidance of Zijun, after countless left and right turns, it arrived in front of a small courtyard in the middle of nowhere, and Zijun said, "It's here." ”

The two jumped out of the car, Qingwei casually threw down a few ingots of silver, hurried into the room, and saw a group of people in the reception room.

Seeing Ziqing just went out, although his new clothes were full of sadness, he was still beautiful.

Zijun called out happily: "Sister, we are here." His joy could not be concealed.

Ziqing couldn't help but say, "Why are you here?" A rare smile was revealed.

The rich man had already said with a belly: "I haven't passed the door yet, so arrogant, whether this knot is knot or not." ”

Zijun stepped forward, staring at the other party with unscrupulous eyes, and his voice increased: "What if you don't tie the knot?"

The rich man was not to be outdone, and the chagrin in his heart made the unhappiness in his eyes fully visible, and he raised his voice: "If you don't want to, then return the money, this is a matter of course." ”

Zijun's eyes were as sharp as a sword, and the cold glow was revealed: "How much money can be refunded?" ”

The rich man looked a little disdainful: "How much to collect, how much to return, five hundred ingots of silver, this was given to your uncle at the beginning." ”

It turned out that he only gave five hundred ingots, and Andefu was talking about a thousand ingots, Ziqing and several people glared at him, and Andefu was pierced in front of him, sweating on his forehead, embarrassed.

Qingwei took out five hundred silver ingots and handed them to Ziqing, Ziqing said to the rich man with a cold face: "I don't want to return the money you married." ”

The rich man had no choice but to take the money, and the rich man's son had a chubby figure, and the ** in his eyes was undisguised, and he said hurriedly: "We are willing to add money, as long as you are willing." ”

Ziqing's mother said coldly: "The money will be returned to you, let's go, it's useless to add any money." ”

The rich man's son said to his parents with a sad face: "Father and mother, you have to find a way, I really like her." ”

His parents were too full of words just now, and they were embarrassed to speak again, and they knew that it was useless to ask: "Let's go, where you have money, you can't get a good daughter-in-law." ”

Seeing that his parents didn't want to take care of it, the rich man's son said to Ziqing: "Marry me, I will be good to you for the rest of my life, my family is also a rich man in this local area, and I don't have to worry about food and clothing." ”

Ziqing said disdainfully: "The money has been given to you, don't bother." "His expression is cold, and it makes people feel like they have fallen into an ice cave.

The rich man's family went away in a huff.

Seeing this scene, Qingwei said to Ziqing: "Take your mother away, stay in Nantianyue, you see each other every day, and it is easy to take care of you when you are close." ”

Ziqing nodded, packed up his clothes with his mother, and after a while, the four of them went out, and Andefu followed behind and said, "It's all my fault, you forgive me." ”

"It's late, I've eaten, and it's not too late to leave tomorrow. ”

No one was willing to take care of him, Qingwei rented a carriage, and a few people got into the car, and Andefu pulled the reins of the horse and cried and cried: "For this matter, I have offended people, what should I do in the future, sister, you have been in my house all these years, I have treated you well, and I have used no less money on you." He pulled the reins of the horse, and the coachman didn't dare to use force, and he was about to go down with a punch and kick according to Qingwei, but Ziqing's mother waved her hand to stop Qingwei, and said to Ziqing: "Borrow a few money from this little brother and send him away, he is also very difficult now." ”

Ziqing said to Qingwei: "Borrow some money, do you have it?" With anticipation, the coldness in his eyes had dissipated.

"How much?" asked Qingwei.

"Five hundred ingots. Ziqing said.

Ziqing took the money and said to his uncle: "You take this money, don't come back in the future." His face was full of disgust.

The silver scrolls were all small amounts of ten ingots and five ingots, and they were picked up in a large stack, Anderford loosened the reins and reached out to take them, Ziqing threw the money into the air, and they flew like fallen leaves.