Chapter 436 Entering the City

Sun Qiang stopped the bullock cart and smiled apologetically at the two of them: "Sorry, that's the home of one of my buddies. Something seems to have happened to his house. I have to go and take a look."

Shen Mingjiao waved her hand: "It's okay, we're not in a hurry."

Not long after, Sun Qiang came back, looking obviously not very good.

Shen Mingjiao asked politely and concernedly: "Did something happen?"

The bullock cart started again. Sun Qiang sat in the front and sighed: "Chun Sheng, his wife abandoned the child and disappeared?"

It seems that it is not a good thing to start with this kind of words. Shen Mingjiao asked tentatively: "How can a good person disappear?"

Sun Qiang has been running business outside all year round, and he has also developed the ability to observe people's emotions. When he heard her tone, he knew that she had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "It's not what Madam thought, Chunsheng's wife... uh... can't She ran away with someone, she... is not mentally sound."

Shen Mingjiao was bored on the road and was willing to listen to some gossip. She followed Sun Qiang's words and asked, "Then don't you go find his husband?"

Sun Qiang sighed again and started talking: "Chunsheng is also the most pitiful person in this village. When he was five years old, because he liked to eat bayberries, Uncle Xu, Chunsheng's father, went up to the mountain to pick them himself. As a result, When going down the mountain, he slipped on a dead branch and fell down the hillside. He hit a stone and died on the spot.

This incident was just a coincidence, but the gossiping woman secretly said that Uncle Xu was killed by Chunsheng. However, the Xu family is a famous family name in the village, and Uncle Xu is an upright person, so these rumors were given up after being talked about for a while.

But later, when Chun Sheng was thirteen, Aunt Xu accompanied Chun Sheng to the city to take the scholar examination. On the way, Aunt Xu was hit by a passing carriage. I was also there at the time, and Aunt Xu patted the dirt on her body. Get up and say you're fine.

The owner of the carriage was still conscientious and insisted on sending Aunt Xu to the hospital. The doctor also said that nothing was wrong, so Chun Sheng entered the examination room with peace of mind.

But when he came out of the examination room, Aunt Xu died inexplicably. Because he was missing at the inn, the inn hurriedly reported the matter to the police for fear of getting a bad reputation. The cause of his death was a ruptured spleen. "

Shen Mingjiao continued: "This is normal. For some severe impact injuries, the less pain you feel at the time, the more serious it is. It is possible that the internal organs were injured."

It wasn't the first time she had heard of something like this, but based on the skill of the doctors here, it might be difficult to diagnose it.

Sun Qiang was stunned: "It's like this..." He clenched his fist angrily: "If I had known earlier... Forget it, no one would believe me.

As soon as this incident came out, the whole village spread the rumor that Chunsheng would defeat his father and his mother. Later, a wandering Taoist priest passed by and said that Chunsheng was destined to be the fate of Xingke's six relatives, and he hoped to stay away from it as soon as possible.

People here believe in these the most. After the Taoist priest left, the Xu family asked Chun Sheng to be separated from the clan. However, several elders of the Xu family also wanted to face shame. The bones of Aunt Xu were still cold. If they were in a hurry to separate Chun Sheng, The entire Xu family will be stabbed in the back.

This matter remained at a stalemate for a year or two. The uncle of the Xu family brought back a crazy little girl, saying that he was looking for a wife for Chun Sheng. "

At this point, he took a breath: "We have an unwritten rule here. Children and grandchildren can only separate their families after they get married. It's a pity that Chun Sheng, a good son, has to marry..." It seemed that he shouldn't say this. He stopped talking.

Shen Mingjiao just listened to it as a story and agreed without much thought: "The Xu family made a good plan. In this way, not only will they save money for Chun Sheng to get a wife, but they can also drive her away and occupy the house. What’s the main property?”

Sun Qiang nodded: "Madam is right. Logically speaking, as the only son of the second wife, Chunsheng should inherit all the land from Second Uncle Xu. But in the end, he only got a dilapidated thatched house at the end of the village and three acres of dry land."

Shen Mingjiao only sighed a few words. It is said that every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. There are too many similar injustices in the world.

"Then why is Chunsheng's wife leaving this time?"

Sun Qiang explained: "It is said that Chunsheng went into the mountains to hunt a few days ago and has not come back yet. Chunsheng's wife was probably worried and entrusted the child to a neighbor to take care of her, so she went into the mountains alone. Someone in the village had already organized a search for the child in the mountains. ”

Shen Mingjiao was surprised: "Isn't he a scholar? How can he still hunt?"

Sun Qiang explained: "It doesn't count as hunting. We have many mountains here. Most young and middle-aged people will make simple animal traps and go up the mountain every once in a while. Because the mountain road is difficult to walk or there is poisonous insect miasma, sometimes it takes ten and a half months. Only then can I come back.”

After chatting all the way, we finally arrived at the county seat near noon.

Fortunately, although this county is not as prosperous as some large counties, it is much better than Shen Mingjiao imagined. At least it has all the inns and restaurants.

Feng Lisheng remained silent. He carefully observed what he saw along the way and noticed something strange.

Compared with the poor and backward Xujia Village. This county seems to be too prosperous.

When Sun Qiang came to the county this time, in addition to seeing Feng Lisheng off, he also had some business matters to take care of, so he parted ways with them temporarily.

Feng Lisheng had already asked in advance. It was true that Huitong Bank was open in every state capital in Daxia. There was even one in a remote county such as Qingyun County, and it was located at the best location on the east street of the county.

The two of them had already planned to ride back to Wenshan City directly after Feng Lisheng's injury was completely healed. Then they could ask Sun Qiang to help lead the way.

With the remnant jade of Feng Lisheng, the matter of entering Huitong Bank and letting people deliver the letter went very smoothly.

Shen Mingjiao happily left with the newly withdrawn money. As soon as Feng Lisheng lowered his head, he could see her face with a bright smile. Unknowingly, he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"...Why are you so happy?"

Shen Mingjiao squeezed her bulging wallet: "Because with this money, I don't have to sell jewelry!"

She had already planned to sell all the jewelry she could sell when she arrived in the county town. Until Feng Lisheng took several banknotes and a large bag of broken silver from the steward.

She slapped her forehead and realized, yes, as long as this piece of residual jade and Feng Lisheng's face are there, they can withdraw the money directly!

See how obsessed with money she is. Feng Lisheng unconsciously raised his lower lip: "Don't worry, I will never let you sell jewelry no matter what."

Shen Mingjiao covered her ears uncomfortably, raised her head and raised her eyebrows to look at him: "Hey, isn't it good? You've learned to speak love words to me so quickly. You're much better than before!"

Feng Lisheng subconsciously turned his head and did not dare to look at those beautiful eyes that always made him uneasy. He said with a cold face: "Now that the matter is done, let's go!"

Shen Mingjiao deliberately trailed a few steps behind him, stared at his pretendingly cold side face, and smiled slowly: "Ah! Husband, why are your ears red? Could it be that you are shy?"

Feng Lisheng almost stumbled, subconsciously raising his hand to touch his ear, but then he reacted, suddenly stopped the back of his hand, and emphasized in a cold voice: "No."

Shen Mingjiao continued to pester him with a smile, "No, no, no, why are you so excited?"