Sun Qiang stopped the bullock cart and smiled apologetically at the two of them: "I'm sorry, that's my buddy's house. Something happened to his house, I have to go and have a look."
Shen Mingjiao waved her hands: "It's okay, we are not in a hurry."
Not long after, Sun Qiang came back, obviously not looking very well.
Shen Mingjiao asked politely, "Did something happen?"
The ox cart set off again, and Sun Qiang sat in the front peng and sighed: "Chunsheng, his wife left the child behind and disappeared?"
Usually opening the scene with this kind of speech seems to be not a good thing, Shen Mingjiao tentatively asked: "Why do good people disappear?"
Sun Qiang has been running business all year round, and he has also practiced his ability to observe words and emotions. Hearing her tone, he knew that she had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "It's not what madam thinks. Run away, she...is not very sane."
Bored on the road, Shen Mingjiao was also willing to listen to some gossip, she followed Sun Qiang's words and asked: "Then won't his husband go find him?"
Sun Qiang sighed again, and immediately opened up the conversation: "Chunsheng is also the most pitiful person in this village. On his fifth birthday, because he likes to eat red bayberries, Second Uncle Xu, who is also Chunsheng's father, went up to the mountain to pick them himself. When going down the mountain, he slipped on a dead branch and fell down the hillside and hit a rock, and died on the spot.
This matter was just a coincidence, but there was that snarky woman who privately said that Uncle Xu was killed by Chunsheng. But Xu's family is a common surname in the village, and Uncle Xu is Li Zheng, so these rumors will be let go after a while.
But later, when Chunsheng was thirteen years old, Second Aunt Xu accompanied Chunsheng to the city to take an examination for a scholar. On the way, Second Aunt Xu was hit by a passing carriage. Get up and say you're fine.
The owner of the carriage was quite conscientious, and insisted on taking Second Aunt Xu to the hospital. The doctor also said there was nothing wrong, so Chunsheng went into the examination room with peace of mind.
But when he left the examination room, Second Aunt Xu died inexplicably, because the person disappeared in the inn, and the inn was afraid of getting a bad name, so he hurriedly reported to the official, and he died of a ruptured spleen after undergoing a test. "
Shen Mingjiao continued: "This is normal. The less pain you feel at the time of some severe impact injuries, the more serious it is. It is likely that the internal organs were injured."
It is not the first time she has heard of such a thing, but according to the level of the doctors here, it may be difficult to diagnose it.
Sun Qiang was stunned for a moment: "It's actually like this..." He clenched his fists angrily: "If I had known... forget it, no one would believe me.
As soon as this incident happened, the whole village spread the rumor that Chunsheng restrained his father and 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 him as soon as possible.
People in our place believe in these the most. After the Taoist priest left, the Xu family demanded that Chunsheng be separated from the clan, but the elders of the Xu family were embarrassed. The whole Xu family will be stabbed in the back.
This matter was deadlocked for a year or two, when the uncle of the Xu family brought back a crazy little girl, who he said was a wife for Chunsheng. "
Speaking of this, he took a deep breath: "We have an unwritten rule here that children and grandchildren can only separate when they get married. Poor Chunsheng, who wants to marry a..." As if he felt that he should not say that, he suddenly Stop talking.
Shen Mingjiao just listened to it as if it were a story, and she didn't care too much to agree: "The Xu family's calculations are good. In this way, not only will it save money for Chunsheng to marry a wife, but it can also drive the person away in a legitimate way, and occupy another place." What main house property."
Sun Qiang nodded: "Madam is right. It stands to reason that Chunsheng, as the only son of the second wife, should inherit all the property of Second Uncle Xu, but in the end he only got a broken thatched cottage at the end of the village and three acres of dry land."
"Then what's the reason this time, Chunsheng's daughter-in-law is leaving?"
Sun Qiang explained: "It is said that Chunsheng went hunting in the mountains a few days ago, but he has not returned yet. Chunsheng's daughter-in-law was probably worried and entrusted the child to the neighbors to take care of her, so she went into the mountain alone. gone."
Shen Mingjiao was surprised: "Isn't he a scholar, how can he still hunt?"
Sun Qiang explained: "It's not hunting. We have many mountains here. Most young and middle-aged people will make some simple traps and go up the mountain once in a while. Because the mountain roads are difficult to walk or encounter poisonous insects and miasma, sometimes it takes ten and a half months. to come back."
Chatting along the way, it was almost noon, and finally arrived at the county seat.
Fortunately, although this county is not as prosperous as some big counties, it is much better than Shen Mingjiao imagined, at least there are all the inns and restaurants that should be available.
Feng Lisheng kept 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.
Sun Qiang came to the county this time, besides sending Feng Li Sheng to them, he also had some business matters to deal with, so he temporarily parted ways with them.
Feng Lisheng has already asked in advance. It is not a rumor that Huitong Bank has opened in every state capital in Daxia. Even Qingyun County and other small remote counties have one, and it is in the best location on the East Street of the county.
The two of them have already made a plan. After Feng Lisheng's injury is completely healed, they will ride back to Wenshan City directly. At that time, they can ask Sun Qiang to help lead the way.
With Feng Lisheng's remnant jade, the matter of entering Huitong Bank to deliver letters went very smoothly.
Shen Mingjiao happily left with the newly withdrawn money, Feng Lisheng could see her bright smiling side face as soon as he lowered his head, unconsciously, he couldn't hold back his glances.
“…why so happy?”
Shen Mingjiao held her bulging purse: "Because I have this money, I don't need to sell jewelry anymore!"
She had already planned to sell all the jewelry she could sell when she arrived in the county. 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 there is this piece of remnant jade and Feng Lisheng's face, they can directly withdraw the money!
Seeing her appearance as a money fan. Feng Lisheng unconsciously curled his lower lip: "Don't worry, I won't let you sell jewelry no matter what."
Shen Mingjiao covered her ears uncomfortably, raised her head and raised her eyebrows to look at him: "Yo, isn't it good? You have learned to speak love words to me so quickly, much better than before!"
Feng Lisheng subconsciously turned his head and didn't dare to look at those beautiful eyes that always made him uneasy, and said with a cold face: "Since the matter is over, let's go!"
Shen Mingjiao deliberately lagged behind him by a few steps, staring at his pretendingly cold side face, and slowly smiled: "Ah! Husband, why are your ears red? Could it be that you are shy?"
Feng Lisheng almost staggered, subconsciously raised his hand to touch his ear, but then reacted, stopped the back of his hand suddenly, and emphasized in a cold voice: "No."
Shen Mingjiao continued to pester him with a smile, "If you don't have it, you don't have it, why are you so excited?"