Chapter 25: Staying in a Haunted House
"My son, you died unjustly...... Bao Pozi cried uncontrollably at the two boxes of dowry.
She received a letter from her son in her hometown, saying that she had taken a fancy to the girl and was about to get married. Mrs. Bao was happy in her heart, and she went to Beijing to help her son manage the wedding.
Who knew that after she entered Beijing, she was greeted with the tragic news of her son's tragic death.
She inquired hard and heard that her son had been killed by robbers when he went out to buy goods. Despite the grief in her heart, Bao Pozi could only accept this cruel thing.
Bao Pozi had no relatives in Kyoto, and she wanted to take care of her son's funeral, sell the shop and house he had purchased, and then go back to his hometown to live.
However, something was wrong, her sons died, and the silk shop and the newly purchased house changed hands.
Bao Pozi tried her best to inquire around, and finally heard that she was sold by the girl her son was going to marry.
Mrs. Bao came to the door to reason with the Hu family, but the Hu family did not admit it, and was beaten by Aunt Hu, accusing her of falling in love with their house and shop, and wanting to rely on their family.
The Hu family did not admit that Bao Pozi had no relatives in Kyoto and was helpless against the Hu family's scoundrels. After many door-to-door theories to no avail, Mrs. Bao had no choice but to go back to her hometown, but she was not even entangled.
If it weren't for Ling Chu's help, Bao Pozi really didn't know what to do.
In the face of the things that Ling Chu took out, Mrs. Hu's mother and son still did not admit that it was a dowry given by He Fengsu, and Mrs. Hu's son even flatly denied killing him.
Ling Chu was not surprised by this, after all, they not only cheated on marriage, but also involved a human life, and they would definitely not admit those crimes easily.
However, she didn't fight with Mrs. Hu's mother and son anymore, but borrowed a few guards from the Ning commander and escorted them to Dali Temple, where Bao Pozi wanted to sue them for murder.
After Bao Pozi got back her son's family wealth, she was grateful to Ling Chu. Knowing that she wanted to buy the three-entry house, he gave her the deed without saying a word.
Ling Chu naturally wouldn't ask for her house in vain, but she gave the silver, and Bao Pozi refused to accept it.
In order to thank Ling Chu for helping him get his family wealth back, He Fengsu's puppet soul sent Aunt Hu's family to prison, and offered to give the house to Ling Chu as a thank you gift.
Ling Chu saw that he and Mrs. Bao insisted on this, so he didn't refuse. After all, she helped them avenge and get back the family property, so she regarded the house as a reward.
However, after the trial of the case by Dali Siqing, Hu Damiang and Liu Yunniang were exiled, Hu Damiang's son Qiuhou asked for beheading, and Bao Pozi wanted to go back to her hometown to live, Ling Chu paid to help her hire a few people in the dart bureau to escort her back to her hometown.
Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it much.
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Ling Chu re-signed a purchase contract with Mrs. Bao, and went to the yamen to prepare the case and handle the red deed.
After the matter was done, Ling Chu took the freshly baked deed back to the tea stall.
Ling Chu didn't come back for a long time, the second lady was impatient to wait, and when she saw her come back at this time, she opened her mouth to complain, "Big girl, why did you go for so long, we have been waiting for a long time."
If you don't come back, others will think that you are disgusted with us and want to leave us and fly away by yourself. ”
Ling Chu glanced at her and didn't say anything, but took out the silver money and asked the tea stall owner to bring everyone a steamed bun for dinner.
The second lady waited for the steamed buns to be distributed, but when she saw that she didn't have them, she immediately jumped to her feet in anger.
"Big girl, why don't you have my share?"
Ling Chu said coldly, "Second Aunt is so full of energy, it seems that she has eaten and drunk enough, since you are not hungry, it is just a matter of saving." ”
The second lady choked, she wanted to eat and drink enough, but now she can't even take out half of the copper plate on her body, where will she eat?
Ling Luo, Ling Hui, and Ling Jing, although they were angry when they saw their mothers, they were still young in the end, and their cheeks had not yet been honed, so it was not good to blame Ling Chu.
After all, the mouths of eating people are soft, and the two of them are holding the steamed buns that Ling Chu bought in their hands.
The three brothers and sisters glanced at each other, thinking about dividing half of the steamed buns in their hands to their mother-in-law.
Ling Chu said lightly at this time, "If you are not hungry, then take the steamed buns back." Now everyone has no money in their hands, and if they can save it, they will save it. ”
Although her words were not serious, Ling Luo and the three of them did not dare to make any moves, for fear that Ling Chu would think that they were not hungry and would accept their steamed buns.
The taste of hunger was really unpleasant, and the food assigned by the jailers in the prison was really hard to swallow, and they were already so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs.
Now that they finally have a steamed bun to fill their stomachs, they really don't want to lose it.
Although the second lady was hungry, she didn't dare to say anything, for fear of annoying Ling Chu, so she took away the steamed buns of her three children.
The second lady was reluctant to let her children starve, but she had no worries about her husband.
She originally thought that her husband would never let her go hungry, but when she looked over to the second master, she saw that he was stuffing the last mouthful of steamed buns in his hand into his mouth.
And Aunt Liu and the sixth girl didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the two of them turned their backs to her and were eating the steamed buns in their hands.
As for the others, they all silently lowered their heads and ate the steamed buns in their hands at this time, ignoring her anger.
No one is a fool, now everyone is penniless, and even Ling Chu has to buy a steamed bun with money, so naturally he doesn't want to anger her at this time, so as not to be treated differently like the second lady.
After all, not only the Ling Hao brothers and sisters don't want to go hungry anymore, but the others don't want to experience that taste again.
Seeing that everyone was ignoring her, the second lady turned black with anger, but she couldn't open her mouth to accuse, so she could only glare at Ling Chu fiercely.
Ling Chu saw that she was deflated, and her mood improved by two points.
Since the second lady still has the strength to accuse her, it is better to let her starve, lest she become more provocative after she has eaten and drunk enough.
After eating steamed buns and pouring a few cups of tea, Ling Chu took everyone to the ghost house.
When I entered the house, I saw the dilapidated scene inside, and then remembered that this was the haunted house, and everyone only felt that the surrounding area was gloomy, and it was inevitable that they would be uneasy in their hearts.
"Big girl, this house is so small, how can it accommodate so many of us?" The second lady was disgusted with this small house.
Ling Chu didn't object, but nodded and said, "This house is indeed small and dilapidated, and it really doesn't deserve the identity of the second aunt." While it was still early and there was no curfew, the second aunt should hurry out and buy another mansion. ”
The second lady's face was ugly, but Ling Chu didn't bother to pay attention to her, and turned to the others, "If you are willing to stay, you can discuss and choose the courtyard by yourself, if you don't want to stay, you can leave with the second aunt." ”
Throwing these words, Ling Chu left.
She has a small temple here, she can't live in love, she will never force it.
Ling Chu chose a clean yard for himself, found cleaning tools, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to start cleaning.
This body was too weak, Ling Chu did not clean the entire courtyard, only cleaned up the bedroom.
When twilight came, the bedroom was cleaned up, Ling Chu locked the courtyard door, and saw that no one disturbed him, so he called the system out.
After checking the system and turning over the only silver on his body and counting it, Ling Chu had only one idea in his heart.
How poor!
If the northeast wind blows for the next half month, she will probably go hungry.