Chapter 5: The Truth About Suicide
Moon Pearl knows that people really can't think too much under the impact of sadness.
Moreover, the village has been peaceful for almost all generations, and they are all honest villagers, and it is difficult to think that it is murder.
It is rumored in the village that she committed suicide, so where did this start to spread, this must be investigated.
Da Gao felt that the little aunt was different, and if she wanted to put it aside, the little aunt couldn't hide it, and she had already cried and cried to find her grandmother, where would she be so calm as she is now.
The aunt and nephew walked to the well, which was full of people queuing up to fetch water.
Also, this is the only well in the village with water, and the villagers get up early in the morning to fetch home the water they need for the day.
But everyone knew in their hearts that they should not fight more, lest the well also dry up.
"Mingzhu, you can stay away from the well, don't fall down again, if you really want to drown in it, how can we still fetch water, how bad luck is that." An aunt said, not to mention how disdainful that look was.
Yue Mingzhu wanted to step forward to take a good look at the well, but when she heard someone say this, she had to stop.
She wanted to say that Moon Pearl had drowned.
She knew that there must be a lot of gossip about her in the village, and it was difficult for a person not to care about what others thought, and even if she didn't care, her family would definitely care.
So he said: "It's really troublesome for everyone, Mingzhu didn't jump down by himself that day, even if I want to seek death, I can't choose to seek death in the place where people come and go, I was pushed down that day, I didn't want to say it, but that person can push me down, I can push others down another day, I said it, just let everyone beware." After speaking, he bowed to everyone with difficulty to apologize.
The villagers are all ordinary people, and they like to follow the clouds, Yue Mingzhu understands that if she argues and even scolds this aunt regardless of it, she will only get darker and darker, and she will probably only think that she is just looking for a reason for face.
She really didn't want to tell the truth, for fear of startling the snake and making the murderer take precautions, but there was no need to think about it, she was not dead, the murderer must be afraid, it was better to say it and let the murderer show his feet.
Hearing Yue Mingzhu say this, the villagers were shocked in their hearts, there were people in the village who were so vicious and wanted to kill people at every turn, and a girl like Yue Mingzhu, who usually doesn't go out much, could offend anyone and want to be such a killer.
The scolding aunt was a little embarrassed, look at how polite the little girl is, she speaks so meanly, and people still talk to herself, she is really going back more and more, what do you care about with a little girl, think about it:
"Mingzhu, don't be afraid, we will definitely help you find this murderer, this black-hearted and rotten lung, I cursed him with sores on the top of his head, pus on the soles of his feet, and was struck by lightning when he went out." The aunt crackled for a while.
Yue Mingzhu couldn't help but sigh in her heart, everyone in this village has explosive combat effectiveness, and they are all good at scolding.
But if you want to scold people, her own mother, Mrs. Wang, is the best among them, she recognizes the second, no one dares to admit the first, and she is recognized as the first shrew in Moon Shadow Village.
It's still the kind that rides the dust and throws the second place far away.
Alas, it's far away, and you have to see the well.
Moon Mingzhu walked to the well and looked at the well carefully.
This kind of well is dug out manually, unlike modern wells that are drilled by machines, so the well is very thick, and the wellhead is built with bluestone, which can prevent the well from slipping into the well.
It's also a loss that the wellhead is thick, otherwise with the size of the moon pearl, it will be stuck in it, and it won't be able to catch it.
Because of the drought, the water level in the well is very low, and it takes a long rope to get water.
Yue Mingzhu was engaged last year, a young man in the same village, named Yue Pengfei, is one of the few people in the village to read, and is the best learner, this year has been admitted to the child, and his third brother is the only two children in the village.
According to Mrs. Wang's love for her daughter, of course, you must choose the best husband.
Although Yue Pengfei is a good reader, his family is poor, and his biological father died early, and he only has a widowed mother to rely on him.
His family also had a lot of land, but there was no labor force to farm, and the cost of going to school was large, since his father's death, the family could not make ends meet, and the land had been sold.
Seeing that he couldn't read this book anymore, his mother Zhang was an extremely strong person, and she couldn't bear her son to give up halfway, so she let out the rumors that she wanted to marry her son, hoping to find a rich Yue family.
But how can the rich Yue family be so easy to find, last year, Yue Pengfei was not even a child, the future is uncertain, and there is a widow mother in the family who is not easy to get along with, who dares to rashly marry his family.
There is never a shortage of fools in this world, and Moon Pearl is that fool.
Without waiting for someone else to release the bait, give a hook and take the bait.
Yue Pengfei looks handsome and well-dressed, he has been different from the leather boy in the village since he was a child, and he is good at reading.
In the eyes of the simple little girl of the moon pearl, this is the best young man in the village.
In fact, not only Yue Mingzhu thinks so, but many little girls in the village think so, after all, which girl is not pregnant with spring, but they are not as stupid as Yue Mingzhu.
Being good-looking is pleasing to the eye, but pleasing to the eye can't be eaten as a meal.
It is said that Yue Pengfei is good at studying, but the imperial examination is like a carp jumping over the dragon gate, some people can't even pass the exam as a child in their lives, if so, it is better to marry an ordinary farmer, at least not starving.
Yuemingzhu is stupid, but Mrs. Wang is not stupid.
Mrs. Wang didn't agree at first, she didn't look down on Yue Pengfei's mother Zhang at all, she was afraid that her daughter would marry and be tormented by her mother-in-law, and the widowed mother was the most difficult, and she wouldn't consider marrying people like this at all.
But I can't stand a girl who is dragging her feet, the girl fell in love with Yue Pengfei alive and dead, it doesn't make sense, being a mother, especially a mother who loves her daughter very much, what can she do, and in the end she can only fulfill her daughter's wish.
The children are all debts, and since she has decided to marry his family, Mrs. Wang can only try her best to be considerate of her daughter.
I only hope that Yue Pengfei can really fly all the way, at least he can be admitted to Tongsheng, and no matter how poor he is in the future, he can be a master in the village, so that he will not starve to death without being able to resist and lift his hands.
It costs money to study, to bind, to pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and to go to the scientific examination for travel expenses.
Relying on the widowed mother Zhang, he can't come up with this money, otherwise the Zhang family can't think about getting married.
So what should I do, I can only pay for Yue Pengfei's study at Yue Mingzhu's family, since the engagement of the family, in addition to the restraints, as long as Yue Mingxuan has it, Mrs. Wang will give one to Yue Pengfei, and she really raises him as her own son.
Although their own small yield, but it is a little better than ordinary farmers, not a landlord old wealth, and his own family has provided a scholar, two years of drought, the field output is not much, all rely on the family savings in previous years to survive until now.
In the spring of this year, Yue Pengfei was going to the county seat to take the children's exam, and Zhang went to the door with a strained face, obviously borrowing money from the door, but he didn't even have a smiling face, like a debt collector.
Mrs. Wang was angry, but for the sake of her daughter, she endured this breath and gave Zhang a full ten taels of silver.
You must know that his third son also has to take the children's exam, and there are all kinds of things, and they have reserved two taels of silver for their son, and the Zhang family is simply a lion.