Chapter 32 The Unlucky Qian Family
Yang Datou was a little confused for a moment, "Aniang, what should we do? We can't leave Mianmian at home! What if those two kidnappers enter the village?"
Jiang Ning also thought about this problem and immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Sell the fish back first and then talk about it."
The county town is much more prosperous than Dashan Town. There is nothing to do but go to the market. People go to the streets to set up stalls every day. Their fish are all live, the quantity is not large, and the asking price is not high, but they are all sold out in an hour. Yang Datou was already content with dozens of articles.
The mother and son rushed back to Rongshu Village just after noon. As soon as Jiang Ning entered the house, he asked Liu Ye, "Did Mianmian go out today?"
Liu Ye shook her head, "My daughter-in-law took a closer look at her this morning. Her hands and feet were all injured. I gave her some herbs to stop the bleeding, crushed them and applied them on her, and let her rest in the hay shed."
Jiang Ning breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "Do the people in the village know that there is an extra person in our family?"
Liu Ye shook his head again, "Early this morning, Er Dan took Santie Si Zhuang Xiaoya to the mountains to pick melon seeds. They were busy until noon when they came back. They avoided people on the way and didn't meet anyone in the village. "
Jiang Ning was completely relieved. He immediately called a few children over and said, "Today Aniang and your eldest brother went to the county to report to the county magistrate. The county magistrate will not be able to take office for more than a month. During this period, Mianmian has nowhere to go. We We can only take her in temporarily.
Fortunately, no outsiders will come over to our house. Remember to keep your mouth shut and don't expose Mian Mian's presence. It will be fine in a month. "
The children were all smart and clever. They nodded repeatedly in front of Jiang Ning and promised to keep their mouth shut.
Mianmian in the thatched shed was hiding at the door and eavesdropping. Tears fell like broken beads, but she didn't dare to cry out. She carefully rubbed her hands on the wooden board and sat down obediently.
Jiang Ning went into the room and told her the situation.
Mianmian thanked her softly and looked at Jiang Ning with eyes full of attachment.
When Jiang Ning saw such a pair of eyes, she had no resistance at all, and immediately touched her head lovingly, "You can rest assured that you can live here, but you can't go out and can only move around in the yard. If you see anyone coming over, you must immediately Hide to avoid being discovered and causing trouble to everyone.”
Mianmian nodded repeatedly. In fact, even if Jiang Ning didn't say that Mianmian had no intention of going out, she didn't even want to leave the hut.
An extra person in the family means an extra mouth, a set of clothes, and a place to sleep, all of which are money.
It was not often possible to catch fish, so the whole family had to put all their livelihood on the melon seeds, and they worked harder and harder. As the melon seeds ripened, the whole family went into the mountains, and they could not even take care of the work in the fields.
Mianmian also wanted to help, but Jiang Ning originally didn't plan to let her go. But then he thought, the whole family had left, and it didn't seem safe to leave her alone at home, so he asked the others to set off before dawn, while there was still no one in the village. It would be safer to go into the mountains while walking and wait until it gets dark before taking her home.
During this period, Yang Han discovered that Yang Datou's family was gathering melon seeds all over the mountains and fields. He saw it and even if he was puzzled, he didn't ask any more questions. He didn't even ask out of curiosity when he saw a strange face like Mianmian. Occasionally, he would help them get it. Come down with some melon seeds.
He was just helping out, but Yang Datou turned around and gave him a copper coin, obviously not intending to take advantage of him.
Before he finished picking the melon seeds, several heavy rains came down, and the mushrooms in the mountains seemed to wake up overnight. Jiang Ning could only give up the melon seeds and turned into a mushroom picker. The things in the house were piling up more and more.
Liu Ye couldn't see it anymore, so he had to leave someone at home to deal with it. Jiang Ning thought about it and left all the little ones at home.
During this time, Qian heard from the villagers that Jiang Ning often went to the town, so she thought about hanging around the entrance of the village so that she could catch people and take away the stolen goods.
As a result, after squatting for five or six days in a row, not even Jiang Ning's ghost was seen. Qian was so angry that she almost vomited to death. She sat under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village and kept cursing.
“Hey, eldest sister, has there been a child in your village, five or six years old?”
An unexpected question frightened Mr. Qian, and he fell off the stone slab, "Ouch! Ouch! My waist!" The faces of the two men changed. They wanted to leave but were unwilling to leave, so they gritted their teeth and asked again.
Qian was so angry that she said, "You made me fall down and you are so cruel! Do you think that all of us in Rongshu Village are dead?"
"Here comes someone! You're bullying someone! Here comes someone!" Qian stepped forward and grabbed the trousers of one of them, refusing to let them go.
The two men looked fiercely.
Fortunately, the villagers working nearby arrived in time and surrounded the two men.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?" Yang Jun raised his **** and looked at them eagerly. Although Qian was not a good person, he was from the same village after all. He had to protect him first in everything he said.
Mao Dali was almost furious. After struggling twice, he still couldn't break away from Qian, and said angrily: "Are you blind? Didn't you see that she was blackmailing us?"
Everyone looked at Mr. Qian with doubts in their eyes. Mr. Qian could really do such a thing.
Qian was so angry that she swore to the sky, "If I try to blackmail them, I will die!" I was sitting here, and they suddenly yelled and scared me so much that I fell down and my waist flashed. What are you doing? Have you ever seen me blackmail someone like this?"
When everyone thinks about it, it’s really true! No, that's not right! So Qian also knew that she was blackmailing people before!
Everyone looked at Mr. Qian with angry and dissatisfied eyes, but they still had to protect him.
“She said it was you who caused her to fall.” Yang Jun and Mao Dali said.
“We didn’t!” Mao Erli refused to admit it.
Qian was furious, "Report the official! I don't believe there is no justice in this world!"
“You can’t report to the official!” Mao Dali and Mao Erli stopped him in unison.
"Why can't you report to the official?" Yang Jun looked suspicious, "Who are you? What are you doing in our village?"
Mao Dali started to show his misery, "Brother, to tell you the truth, we were originally the guards of a wealthy family. Because we lost our young master, we didn't dare to go back to see the master's family. We have been working hard to find someone. If you report to the official, we will be alarmed." Our master, we are both dead!"
Yang Jun saw that the two men were dressed in rags and looked like beggars, and he had doubts about their words.
Mao Erli looked sincere, "What my eldest brother said is true. My little master is about five or six years old. He has big eyes and a pointed face. Have you seen him?"
The villagers looked at me and I looked at you, and they all shook their heads in confusion.
Qian gritted his teeth and roared, "Whose kid doesn't have big eyes and a pointed face? They are obviously liars! Pay up! If you don't pay my mother's medical expenses today, you won't even think about leaving our Banyan Tree Village!"
The villagers reacted and blocked the Mao brothers even more tightly.
The Mao brothers were penniless. How could they compensate them? There were so many people and weapons. If they were beaten hard, they might not be able to escape unscathed. It would really be a big deal for one person and two people.
(End of this chapter)