The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 269 Drowning
In their opinion, local things are also very good, there is no need to learn everything from the capital, why bother?In the eyes of smart people, the so-called trends can never keep up, and it takes time to deliver things from the capital, and they are no longer the freshest here.

Because they have different views on these matters, the young ladies have formed two different groups, and they are not very optimistic about each other. Fortunately, they each have their own life circles, which basically do not overlap. Pass so-so.

And Tao Baozhu, the central figure, naturally wouldn't bow her head to her cousin. Anyway, there are many girls in the clan land who alienated her cousin after they made friends with her. It's better to be alone.

But before she realized her idea, a big flood came. She and her brother Liulang were caught off guard by Nanny Fang and sent to the layman's car, so they had a chance to escape.

Because there was not enough space in the car specially used for human beings, the young masters of Tao's family were crowded together, and even Nanny Fang got into another car.

In the process of fleeing this time, after the panic-stricken Tao Baozhu came to her senses, she discovered that the seemingly mediocre cousin was actually a hidden master.

Just when they didn't know anything, they quickly took control of the whole situation, making all the servants of the Tao family obediently obediently.

There is no way to criticize this point. At this moment, Tao Baozhu's heart is sour, as if she has drunk a lot of vinegar. Why does the cousin behave like this.

Compared with her cousin, Tao Baozhu felt that her performance was mediocre. Now she still doesn't understand why, but she still feels the strength of the other party in her heart.

This big change made her unable to believe that all this was true, which annoyed her very much, but she also knew that she could not change anything.

Who knew that several capable people appeared next to the cousin one after another, and taught those disobedient people a lesson, which made her really envious.

Wouldn't it be great if I had those helpers by my side?At this moment, she has more thoughts.

That maid named Ah Wu is very powerful, if she can follow her in the future, then she will be very safe in the future.

It's a pity that Ah Wu is not her person, she dare not fight against her cousin, unless she returns to her parents.

At this time, she didn't dare to offend this cousin, because most people now listen to her cousin.

It would be great if the elders in the family were there, then he could ask A Wu to be by his side.

She is very confident that her grandparents will achieve their wishes.

It's a pity that they didn't come out together this time, we'll talk about it later.

It never occurred to Ling Xiao that someone would be interested in Ah Wu.

She recorded all Nanny Fang's statement and asked her to sign and press her thumbprint. '

Nanny Fang actually didn't want to sign and press her handprint, so it would be difficult to deny it in the future.

But Ling Xiao sneered, letting her understand that if she didn't sign, her daughter would suffer, so let it go!admit.

Ling Xiao and Yuzhen copied a few copies of the confession, asked Mother Fang to sign it, and Yuzhen also signed it beside her.

This is to prevent him from thinking about tearing up the evidence after seeing Tao Erlang, so that he can't use it as a handle, so he should sign a few more copies.

As for whether Nanny Fang would think about retracting her confession one day?A sneer appeared on the corner of Ling Xiao's mouth when he thought of this, so she can try it.

After everything was done, Ling Xiao asked the servants of Tao's family to put Nanny Fang in one place. After that, the mother and daughter must never be let go.

After Ling Xiao knew the whole process, it was impossible and impossible to let their mother and daughter go away. Even if they didn't kill people, they would definitely have to pay the price.

From what she did, it can be seen that Nanny Fang's moral bottom line is almost zero. After Nanny Fang leaves at this moment, she might attack other people again, which is condoning crime.

Ling Xiao said to the guards: "You have to take turns to guard them. If you are not effective in supervision and cause their mother and daughter to run away, then useless people don't need to follow the Tao family."

After hearing Ling Xiao's words, the servants took turns guarding the mother and daughter without any slack, because they were afraid of being abandoned and were no longer the servants of the Tao family.

Perhaps in the eyes of later generations, individual autonomy is above all else, but in the feudal society, the life of ordinary people is very difficult, and they would rather be enslaved than be independent.

In fact, every year, small people such as owner farmers and sharecroppers living at the bottom will encounter blows that can break their beautiful and happy lives.

For example, a serious illness of a family member may drag down a small family and cause a family to fall apart.

There are also natural disasters such as floods and droughts, which will make those small people really unable to survive, and eventually have to sell themselves.

In addition, Ling Xiao also knows that a small official or a servant may make them irreversible.

In the feudal society, the status of the common people was very low, and they were simply leeks waiting to be cut.

In fact, servants from aristocratic families sometimes have a higher status than ordinary people.

The stewards and servants of a certain official came to the village to stand tall.

Behind the servants, there are people who support them.

The fox's fake tiger's power is a thorough proof of this point.

After thinking about it, the servants of the Tao family decided to follow the Tao family.

Obviously, Ling Xiao's words made the people who guarded them cheer up and stare at them.

The reason why Nanny Fang wanted to murder her master was because she got several golden cakes.

In addition, Mother Dou also promised to let Hongyu find a good family in the future, so that she can become a master.

For the sake of her daughter's future, she will do evil things recklessly, thinking that Hongyu must have a bright future in the future.

It's just that after arriving here, Nanny Fang's thoughts have changed, she understands a little bit in her heart, and feels suspenseful.

After the flood came, they had the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to run away, and this completely covered up the issue of slavery between the mother and daughter.

And if Hongyu becomes a noble daughter from a down-and-out family, she will definitely become a hot commodity in the marriage market, and of course she needs a large dowry.

But what she never expected was that Ling Xiao would come to a lore, directly control the whole situation, and force Nanny Fang to tell the truth.

After knowing some of Nanny Fang's thoughts, to put it bluntly, Ling Xiao is more jealous, so he has the idea of ​​killing Nanny Fang.

But after thinking about it for a while, Ling Xiao didn't do anything. First of all, because their mother and daughter were servants of the original owner's second uncle, although she could kill them, how could she use it to blackmail those two?
Thinking of living by the rules in the ancient society, this body and his two younger brothers would be at the mercy of his second uncle and aunt after becoming orphans, Ling Xiao felt a million reluctance in his heart.

After coming out of the place where he needed to suppress his thoughts and actions everywhere, Ling Xiao felt that his temperament had changed and he became more impatient.

Now she doesn't like to listen to other people's finger pointing, and in ancient society, the three cardinal principles and five constant rules were practiced: monarch, minister, father, son, and son, with a lot of rules.

Boys generally have a better chance of choosing, and they are completely able to practice martial arts and calligraphy independently. They must study hard, and they may stand out after learning the real skills.

But the women of rich families are basically trapped in the backyard and become canaries, mainly to learn housekeeping skills such as female celebrities and housekeepers.

When Ling Xiao thinks of living this kind of life, she refuses ten thousand times, so she won't become a canary trapped in the backyard.

The most troublesome thing for her is that the marriage of this body is very likely to be controlled by the second aunt of the original owner.

In other words, the second aunt asked her to marry whoever she wanted to marry. This kind of situation is absolutely not acceptable, and Ling Xiao is not happy.

Thinking that the second aunt even inquired about her mother-in-law's privacy, she even threatened her mother-in-law.

I knew that this second aunt had a lot of guts, so she betrayed her niece in marriage.

This operation is absolutely normal for Second Aunt, she has no bottom line.

Mother Fang also confessed why the second aunt asked her children to come back to celebrate their birthday.

She sent her sons and daughters back to dig money.

In other words, doing things is for the benefit of Tao Erlang's family.

Then Ling Xiao is sure that it will be difficult to go to Second Aunt and her to make a living.

You must know that this time because of the great flood, most of the family property was lost.

Naturally, Second Aunt would not take over the three of them easily, and might find an opportunity to sell them off.

Ling Xiao did some calculations, this figure is already ten years old, and usually starts looking for marriage at the age of twelve or thirteen.

You can get married when you reach Jiji. Speaking of which, the status of the declining family of the Tao family can sell some more money.

With Second Aunt's bold, money-loving, and bottom-line personality, she will definitely get the most benefit from negotiating this body's marriage.

She can definitely get enough benefits for her family, and marry her niece into a family that seems to be dignified, but in fact has fallen into a pit of fire.

For example, people who like Longyang, they basically have to grit their teeth and endure their disgust to marry wives and have children. This situation is usually hidden by the man's family.

Even if the man's problem is exposed, the woman who marries him will generally not be able to get along, because in ancient times, the kind of good Longyang is still a good thing in the eyes of some people. Anyway, if you get together with a man, absolutely It's not that a child is born and robs the family property.

As for the happiness that women deserve in marriage does not exist, they have no due feelings and no right to want happiness. They can only be obedient and obedient all the time, and cannot damage the rules of the whole society, otherwise women themselves will be rebellious.

But Ling Xiao feels that this is a fraudulent marriage at all. Why can't women have the idea of ​​pursuing happiness?She had absolutely no intention of being a hapless fellow wife.

After getting to know the second aunt, Ling Xiao was very wary of that woman, and she would not go if she was full to support the woman.

She doesn't believe in the second aunt from the bottom of her heart, and it's better to separate from each other, hoping that the second aunt won't make up her mind, otherwise.
Just before that, she received bad news from the puppet she sent out to find the original owner's parents.

Just yesterday, I arrived at the place where the Tao family gathered. Fortunately, the puppets can use water, land and air, so they are not afraid of water.

After Ling Xiao passed through, he asked the puppet to go to the hometown in the memory of the original owner as soon as possible to find it, but it was too late there.

The original owner's parents really died, and the two of them were unlucky, and in the end they drowned alive.

Fortunately, the bodies of two people were found. The husband and wife should know that it is not good.

In the end, they all drowned after being hugged tightly in one place, and none of them ran away.

Fortunately, the puppet went in time.

It is considered to bring back the bodies of the two people.

Of course, the puppet Sang also saved many people along the way.

Ling Xiao knew the situation and decided to take their bodies on the road.

But considering that the corpse cannot be kept forever, and it will take a lot of distance.

In the end, Ling Xiao planned to cremate the bodies of the two people, and then take the ashes on the road.

Anyway, people from modern times don't have any psychological shadows about cremation, so they just do it.

Among those rescued were some servants of the Tao family, but most of them didn't know where they rushed.

After seeing the bones of Tao Dalang and his wife, some people cried loudly. Of course, they wanted to join Ling Xiao and the others.

They belong to the children of the Tao family, and some people think that Ling Xiao is a child, so it is easier to handle, and maybe they can get some money.

Among the servants of the aristocratic family, there are many loyal servants, but there is also no shortage of servants who do things that are harmful to the master under the banner of being good for the master.

It once happened that some servants used the banner of the master's family to rob the small people of good land, and even robbed a woman to be a concubine, and engaged in usury (some of the master's own loan sharks).

Servants are also human beings, so naturally they have both good and evil sides. After Ling Xiao heard the news, he took the opportunity to deal with Nanny Fang's affairs. The corpses of the original owner's parents happened to be brought here.

Ling Xiao looked at it and found that it was definitely a corpse, and it was impossible to save it, so he asked people to prepare everything and cremate the two corpses.

The two younger brothers didn't know what was going on at first, but when they understood it, they cried loudly.

Ling Xiao hugged the two boys tightly, and these two boys would be her responsibility for a while.

There is a saying that the eldest sister is like a mother, which should refer to the time when I feel sorry for the original owner for a few minutes.

Tao Baozhu looked secretly at her cousin, but she could only look at her back, not daring to move forward.

Under the reflection of the raging fire, Ling Xiao and his two younger brothers knelt together.

In the end, the bodies of the two people were all reduced to ashes, so they were easy to carry.

Ling Xiao asked Yuzhen to read a few volumes of scriptures at the end.

Only then did they put away the ashes of their husband and wife.

After all work is done.

Only then did the Tao family prepare to leave.

It's starting to get cloudy again, wanting to rain.

Most of the original people couldn't wait and had already left.

Some people feel that they still have to go with the Tao family to be safe.

I just waited on the sidelines, now it is more chaotic, and the Tao family is more powerful.

Before the flood came, there were not many people who could bring some food with them.

But if a person gets hungry and panics without eating, then he will naturally start to rob, which is more chaotic.

The Tao family was a big piece of fat before, but what they didn't expect was that the Tao family actually had a big killer.

The few people who were kicked away couldn't get up at all. After that, the Tao family was no longer fat sheep in the eyes of those people.

It's a tiger-like existence, a servant who wants to get something from the master's house and leave after knowing the situation, and is relatively honest now.

They also saw the few people who were kicked aside, thinking that they were not as good as others, so they just followed for the time being. Ling Xiao took a look and didn't say anything.

Those people were all very miserable, but those who could survive the great flood were miserable, so Ling Xiao didn't drive them away.

After leading people on the road, the journey was quite difficult. Fortunately, A Wu and Yu Zhen were there, and they were able to fight some birds and beasts.

Only in this way can the people who follow them live a more nourishing life, after all, there is not much food.

There is a lot of food in Ling Xiao's space, but she can't take out a lot of food.

Otherwise, how to explain where these grains come from?Then hunt along the way.

These dozens of people didn't have enough to eat and drink, but they still managed to get by.

It was the first time that the original owner's younger brother and cousins ​​suffered.

Maybe in the eyes of ordinary people who follow.

The days of fleeing were not bad.

But the pampered are a little unbearable.

Ling Xiao simply made them feel difficult days.

It will save their bones a little lighter after they live a good life in the future.

Strict requirements are imposed on those boys, so that they will suffer more.

On the way to escape, sometimes everyone can only walk, even children have to walk by themselves.

This made several people reluctant, but Ling Xiao didn't care at all, since everything in the car was necessary anyway.

Of course, the most valuable things are some books and antiques, as well as some property such as copper coins and gold.

Ling Xiao naturally didn't throw away those, you must know that this is the capital to settle down in the future.

Don't say that money is bad money, without money, you can't move an inch.

(End of this chapter)