Chapter 36: Where is My Home?
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Lin Yao didn't know what Jiang Fang had experienced, nor did he know what Jiang Fang thought of when he saw the upstream people on this road, so he naturally didn't understand why Jiang Fang said this somewhat middle-of-the-second sentence.
In Lin Yao's eyes, Jiang Fang was just a villager in Xiaoman Village, because of his discerning eyes, he was mistaken for a murderer by the villagers.
As for the appearance, it is okay, but compared with Lin Yao, who prides himself on being a jade tree in the wind, it is much worse.
It's no wonder he thinks so, after all, when he first met Jiang Fang, Jiang Fang was still dressed as a poor man, and to this day, except for a pair of discerning eyes, there is nothing else outstanding.
"I'm thinking about Richie. Jiang Fang casually found a topic to fool Lin Yao over, and said, "What did you say Li Xi saw that day, and he was so frightened that he was in a coma for two whole days?"
"Who knows. Lin Yao pursed his lips, showing a contemptuous look on his face, intentionally or unintentionally: "That kid is timid, any one of them can scare him to death." If it weren't for the fact that there were two stinky money at home, he would never have been able to enter the yamen!" As soon as the words changed, there was a sour meaning in his voice: "Relying on the great cause of the family, let Lao Wang eat and drink for nothing, and coax Lao Wang to obey! With this thought, why enter the yamen to endure hardship, isn't it better to make a lot of money in business?"
Listening to Lin Yao say this,
Jiang Fang was also a little strange.
He knows Li Xi's family very well, and said unceremoniously that Li Xi is a veritable rich second generation in Xinyang County, and the specific assets should not be under the aunt.
Why did such a rich boy with fine skin and tender meat want to enter the yamen as a servant? Could it be that he is used to eating big fish and meat, and wants to eat some green vegetables and radishes to experience the hardships of the people's livelihood? Or is there an unspeakable secret hidden behind the unknown?
"Lin Yao, I'm idle when I walk, you tell me about Li Xi. ”
"Good. Lin Yao nodded: "But I don't know much about that kid, you know, I'm after the dart game, and he and I are completely two people." ”
The two chatted as they walked.
It turned out that Li Xi's father was a beggar in the city in his early years, and he was very smart, and when others asked for food, he would only say "thank you, master", and in addition to "thank you, master", he would also say, "Does the master have any other instructions?" Anyway, I have nothing to do when I am idle, so I should repay the master. In this way, I got on the line with many rich people.
Later, a wealthy man who had a good relationship with Li Xi's father wanted to go to other places to develop, and before leaving, he divided the business in the city into three.
One was left for his nephew in a distant house, one was given to the official who had been kind to him, and as for the last one, the rich man found Li Xi's father: "You are different from other poor people, you have brains and know how to be flexible." I will give you five days, and if you can raise a hundred taels of silver in five days, I will give you a future. ”
Li Xi's father repeatedly said that after the rich man left, he would find other beggars in the city as soon as possible.
At that time, Xinyang County was not as "prosperous" as it is now, and there were not 1,000 beggars in the city, but 800, because Li Xi's father had a close relationship with the rich people in the city, and the vast majority of beggars regarded Li Xi's father as the leader, hoping that one day they could have a hot meal with Li's father.
After the beggars gathered, Li Xi's father conveyed the rich man's request to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, although we are beggars, we cannot live by begging for food! We must not only be fed and clothed, but also marry and have children like everyone else! I know that when I say this, people will laugh at me, laugh at me for not being able to do anything, joke that I can't even fill my stomach and fantasize about marrying a mother-in-law! Yes, I am just like you, I am a beggar, and I am like you, I can't eat enough and have no warm clothes! The reason why I can't eat enough and don't have enough clothes is not because I'm stupid and lazy, but because I lack a chance to start a self-made business! I'm not the only one, I'm not the only one present, and everyone is just missing a chance! Now the opportunity has come! As long as we get a hundred taels of silver in five days, we will have a shop of our own! A shop will naturally not feed all of us, but I promise you that as long as there is one shop, we will have a second, a third, and an infinite number of shops! As long as you follow me and work hard, I guarantee that you will be able to live a much better life than you have now!"
After listening to Li Xi's father's words, the beggars were excited,
In the next five days, hundreds of beggars fought in one place, and the general and the family, carrying sacks, doing coolies, and doing whatever money came quickly.
Working together, Li Xi's father finally raised enough silver taels on the evening of the fifth day.
Looking at the dirty copper coins piled up into a hill, the rich man's face has a colorful expression,
After a short silence, two decisions were made: "You are the most business-minded person I have ever met!
Double happiness is coming.
Li Xi's father changed from a beggar to a shopkeeper in an instant!
Many years have passed, and the shopkeeper Li has fulfilled his wish, so that every beggar who follows him can live a life of food, clothing, clothing and money, everyone is qualified and capable of marrying a wife and having children, and he himself, twenty years ago, had Li Xi!
"So, Li Xi's father is still a businessman with a strong tongue?"
Jiang Fang couldn't listen to it, if Lin Yao didn't exaggerate, Li Xi's father's ability to fool can be called the peak, no wonder he can start from scratch.
"What is a business tycoon?" Lin Yao was confused by the whole slightly fashionable words: "This is the local dialect of your Xiaoman Village?"
"Oh yes, it means a genius in business. Jiang Fang snorted and asked, "What happened to Li Xi's parents?"
Later, after Li Xi's father became a wealthy man in the city, he was relatively stable, until a few years ago, Li Xi's mother suddenly said goodbye without saying goodbye, and soon after, Li Xi's father also mysteriously disappeared.
No one, including Li Xi, knew what the couple had met and where they had gone.
After his parents disappeared, Li Xi reported to the Xinyang Yamen, hoping that the government could come forward to investigate the whereabouts of his parents, and the Yamen also came forward to investigate, but there were no clues, and there were many affairs in the Yamen, so it was impossible to keep tracking down a missing case without clues, so the matter had to be resolved.
The government didn't care, Li Xi could only do it himself, and hired people to post many missing person notices in nearby cities, agreeing that as long as he could provide clues to his parents, he would be rewarded with 500 taels of silver.
There will be brave men under the heavy reward, and many people embark on a journey to find Li Xi's parents.
Looking around, there was no news for a long time, and the amount on the bounty increased from five hundred taels to one thousand taels, two thousand taels, and five thousand taels, but it still had no effect.
I see, no wonder Li Xi is often sullen. Jiang Fang thought of a possibility: "Lin Yao, do you think Li Xi joined the yamen because of his parents? After all, the yamen has many conveniences, and if Li Xi's parents are still alive, they will definitely leave a message with the yamen somewhere." ”
"Who knows. Lin Yao didn't care much about Li Xi's situation: "If you want me to say, there has been no news for so many years, even if you are still alive back then, you can only leave a bone at most now." ”
This may seem cruel, but the reality is cruel.
According to Jiang Fang's conjecture, Li Xi's parents may have been kidnapped back then.
The gangsters coveted the wealth of the Li family, first kidnapped Li Xi's mother, and threatened Li Xi's father with Li Xi's mother.
For some reason, Li Xi's father did not pay the kidnapping fee, and the gangsters tore up the tickets in a rage, and then Li Xi's father came to the door and died with the gangsters...
Of course, this is just Jiang Fang's conjecture, or the worst kind,
As a friend of Li Xi, Jiang Fang does not want his conjecture to become a reality, he hopes that Li Xi's parents are still alive and can reunite with Li Xi one day.
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After walking along the fork in the road for more than an hour,
Ahead, at the foot of the green hills, there are dozens of families, this is the Lijiazhuang where the female ghost lived before her death.
Because of a series of bloody cases a few days ago, Zhuangzi is sparsely populated, and most of the villagers are worried about the revenge of female ghosts, so they fled into the city overnight, and there are only a few old people left in Zhuangzi.
When he was about to enter the village, Jiang Fang took out the cloth bag and asked the female ghost for the specific location.
The female ghost's home is in the northernmost part of the village, with three yellow mud houses next to each other, one is a cowshed, one is a stove and dining room, and one is a living room and bedroom.
Now, the three houses have long been burned to ashes by the villagers, and the old cows in the cowshed have been stolen and sold for money by people with good intentions.
Worried that the female ghost would touch the scene, Jiang Fang asked her not to come out first, and when she wrote the eight characters of her birthday on the slip of paper and was about to put it in the cloth bag to burn, thinking that the female ghost might need a "goodbye", he found a dark place to untie the rope on the cloth bag and said: "Come out and see, don't think about it." ”
The female ghost floated out.
The female ghost's head spun back and forth on the scorched earth a few times, and when she returned, tears were already flashing in her eyes.
"Where's my home?" the female ghost's voice was grieved.
Although her family beat and scolded her, this is the home she has lived in for more than ten years.
She grew up here, and every inch of land here is full of her beauty.
After the revenge that day, she met a passing merchant, before leaving, this place was still a good appearance, why didn't she see her for a few days, and her home turned into scorched earth?
"The villagers burned it. Although Jiang Fang was not at the scene, he knew what was happening: "Many people have died here, and they think this is a bad place. ”
"Bad Places. ”
The female ghost muttered this word, her face was sad and hateful: "I am an ominous person in this bad place!"
Without waiting for Jiang Fang's persuasion, the female ghost suddenly went berserk, and her mouth was full of fangs: "Where are they?!
He turned around and flew to the old man who still lived in the village.
"Where to go!" Lin Yao stopped in front of the female ghost with an arrow step!
Looking at the bright weapon, even though she knew that mortal martial arts couldn't hurt her, the female ghost still showed a frightened expression, she stopped, looked back at Jiang Fang, and her face was desolate and resentful: "You said you would help me, do you want to regret it?"
"Of course I'm going to help you. Jiang Fang hurriedly asked Lin Yao to step aside and said, "If we let you kill people, it won't help you, but harm you." Looking at the eyes of the female ghost, he said softly: "I know those people are sorry for you, I know you want to kill them, but, have you ever thought about yourself? Have you thought about your future? You will be reincarnated soon, after reincarnation, these grievances in your past life have nothing to do with you, and you don't have to live in your own hatred and remorse." ”
The female ghost was stunned for a moment, and cried silently,
Two lines of tears flowed down his face, like a helpless child.