Chapter 16: Going to the Countryside
"Brother Zhou is now a subordinate of the county lord, and most of the people behind this Yuan family are likely to be the county lord, isn't Brother Zhou afraid that the county lord will implicate you?"
After Cen Beisheng finished speaking, his eyes quietly looked at Zhou Ziwei, who was sitting opposite, he wanted to see if this "Zhou Mingshu" would be in the same stream as the county lord and would go against his original intention.
I saw Zhou Ziwei think for a moment, pursed her lips, and looked calm. "Maybe the county lord is also in the dark about this matter, maybe he doesn't know what happened, and I sit for the fairness of the world in this matter, and I don't have to be afraid of anyone."
Zhou Ziwei's words were sonorous and powerful, his eyes were burning, and Cen Beisheng on the side was also a little moved, he felt that Zhou Mingshu was not simple, he had a family, a country, and a people in his heart.
After a brief meal, Cen Beisheng hesitated to have other things, so he left first, while Zhou Ziwei was going to go to the countryside to see how the people were now.
Zhou Ziwei got into the carriage alone and went to the countryside, and when she arrived at the village, the last time Zhou Ziwei came with Cen Beisheng, she had not been to the village, so the villagers did not know Zhou Ziwei's identity.
Zhou Ziwei walked alone on the dirt road in the countryside, and now that the harvest time is approaching, the people can rest for a while and wait for the harvest, so there are sometimes a few farmers working in the fields facing the loess.
"This boy looks like he's from the county." An old woman was hunched over, holding a bamboo basket in her hand, and some wild vegetables were sparsely lying in the basket, looking very desolate.
"yes, I'm the new Teacher, and I want to see how the big guy is doing now."
Zhou Ziwei walked over, stretched out her hand to support the old woman, and looked at her with a smile.
"Grandma, are you going to pick wild vegetables? Why is it just one person? Zhou Ziwei walked forward with the old woman in her arms.
"It turned out to be a teacher, yes, it's not that I'm afraid that there won't be enough food in winter, so I went to pick some wild vegetables and dried them, so that they can be saved and eaten in winter."
Zhou Ziwei chatted with the old lady and walked, walked a little way, and then came to the old woman's house, not far away, a thatched house was quietly erected, which was probably the old man's home.
Along the way, I had a general understanding of the old man's situation, the old man had a son and daughter-in-law, and a granddaughter, the son and daughter-in-law couldn't find any errands in the countryside, but they felt that the land was not too good this year, and they couldn't grow any food, so the two put the old man and child at home, and they went to work in the county restaurant, although they didn't earn much, but at least the family could survive.
Zhou Ziwei and the old woman walked into the courtyard, and saw a little girl dressed in pudding and braided walks out, the little girl is about seven or eight years old.
"Grandma, you're back." The little girl happily ran over and took over the bamboo basket that Zhou Ziwei helped carry along the way.
"Yes, Xiaoyu is not obedient at home." The old woman looked at the child with a smile on her eyebrows and eyes, and looked at the girl with kind eyes, and the girl was also very well-behaved and obedient.
"Xiaoyu is very obedient, even the clothes have been washed and dried." Saying that, the little girl pointed to the clothes that had been dried on the side, Zhou Ziwei had some doubts in her heart, shouldn't this age be the age to go to school? Why are you still at home?
"Okay, call my brother quickly." The old woman gently rubbed the little girl's hair and looked at her dotingly.
"Hello brother." The little girl was a little shy, hiding behind her grandmother, Zhou Ziwei and the old woman came into the house together, although the house was simple, but it was exceptionally neat and clean, but it was also a sparrow, although it was small, it was full of organs.
Zhou Ziwei sat down, the little girl brought a glass of water and handed it to Zhou Ziwei, Zhou Ziwei took the water with a smile.
"Thank you, little sister." The little girl smiled and stepped aside to sort out the wild vegetables that the old grandmother had just picked.
"Grandma, this little fish should be of school age, why don't you go to school yet."
"Alas, it's not that life is so tight now, and I can't afford to give Mr. anything to go to the school, and the school in the county is probably unwilling to accept us children."
The old woman looked embarrassed, they also wanted their children to go to school, but life forced them to do nothing.
"Isn't there a school in this village?" This is true Zhou Ziwei didn't expect, according to reason, there should be a school in this village, it seems that the above requirements, but no one has implemented it.
"No, only the county has a school."
Zhou Ziwei chatted with the old woman for a long time, and probably understood the current situation in the village, and suddenly heard a sound outside, Zhou Ziwei raised her head to look outside, and the old woman slowly stood up and walked outside.
"Is it my son and daughter-in-law who have returned? Doesn't think so. ”
Zhou Ziwei walked to the courtyard together, and a woman walked in, carrying about a few taels of pork in her hand.
"Mother, what is this?" Next week, Ziwei guessed that this may be the old woman's daughter-in-law.
"This is the county's teaching, go home to do it for a while, by the way, why did you come back? Isn't that yet time? The old woman looked at the woman suspiciously, and then saw the pork in her hand.
"What are you buying this meat jerky, isn't it a waste of money? With this little money, you can buy as much rice as you want. ”
The old woman knew the tension at home, and was very dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law's lack of calculation, Zhou Ziwei felt a little uncomfortable, in such a family, it turned out that eating some meat was so luxurious.
"Mother, you and Xiaoyu need to supplement nutrition now, you still have to eat something delicious, you can't always eat wild vegetables." Although the woman was said a few words by the old woman, she did not feel the slightest displeasure, and still said it with a pleasant face.
"Okay, okay, then why did you come back all of a sudden? Is something happening? When the old woman suddenly saw her daughter-in-law come back, she was very worried, for fear that something bad would happen.
"Mother, don't worry, it's okay, there's nothing, it's just that Uncle Li next door had an accident in the mine, and the people are gone, Xiaoyu's father asked me to come back to accompany Aunt Li, be relieved, and rush back tomorrow morning."
As she spoke, the woman walked into the room, put the things in her hand away, and said something to Xiaoyu, but Zhou Ziwei, who was standing aside, suddenly came to her senses.
This Uncle Li is the corpse she saw yesterday? I just took this opportunity to see what the situation was, and it was really the right time for the pillow to come when the drowsiness came.
"This aunt, can I go to Uncle Li's house with you." Zhou Ziwei asked cautiously, she could feel that the person in front of her seemed to dislike her.