Mu family's little lucky girl

Chapter 2

Mrs. Meng snorted, "I really think I am a green vegetable and tofu."

Mu Li looked at her firmly, without backing down, Meng Shi gave another "tss", every pore on her face was filled with contempt and disdain.

"Succeed, I'll promise you today, I'll see how you'll be tough on me two days later."

After receiving Meng Shi's answer, Mu Li didn't stop her anymore, and said to the villagers who were watching the theater: "The folks are all gone, let the big guys watch the joke today."

The crowd left one after another, and when Xue Ertou walked to the door, Mu Li saw him secretly glance at Mu Xuan, with nervousness and guilt in his eyes, seeing Mu Li looking at him, Xue Ertou looked back in a panic.

Mu Li bent down to help Mu Xuan get up.

"Let him continue to kneel!" Old Man Mu said angrily.

Mu Xuan paused, maintaining a posture that was about to stand up, his eyes were a little red, there were still tears on his small face, and his expression was still stubborn.

At some point, Lin leaned on the door frame, her face was still sickly pale, and said weakly: "Don't listen to your father, help him up."

The old man Mu didn't make another sound, and made a gesture to help his wife to rest on the bed, "Look at you, you are so weak, just lie on the bed and have a good rest, what else are you going to do."

The tone is not lacking in reproach, but also gentle.

Thinking of her son being beaten just now, Lin felt a little resentful and annoyed towards Old Man Mu. What she was annoyed about was not the fact that her son was beaten. In her opinion, the child did something wrong, and sometimes he should be beaten, You can't do without a fight, but the nature of today's matter is different. Old man Mu convicted his son before he found out the truth of the matter.

In her opinion, her husband's willow stick is tantamount to telling others that her son is a thief.

This is what makes Lin really angry.

She turned to one side, not to be touched by old man Mu, "Others don't know what my son is, don't you and I know? How can you just listen to what Meng said and convict Ah Xuan?"

Old Man Mu sighed heavily.

Of course he knew who the youngest son was, but at that time, Meng was so angry that his brain was dizzy, and the two taels of silver he had saved so hard went into other people's pockets like this, so he was so angry that he urgently needed it. Let it out.

In this way, the youngest son became his emotional outlet bucket.

Thinking of this, old man Mu was very annoyed. Regardless of his wife's resistance, he insisted on helping her to walk into the house, and said as he walked, "I was so angry and confused."

"I shouldn't have hit Ah Xuan. It was my fault. Don't be angry with me. It's not worth it if you damage your body."

Old man Mu persuaded his wife with kind words.

Lin gave him a sideways look, and finally didn't blame him again.

Old man Mu helped her to sit down, and he sat opposite her. The husband and wife looked solemn and felt uncomfortable.

Thinking that the family has only had a good life for a few days, and that they will go back to the previous hard life in the future, old man Mu and Mrs. Lin feel heavy.

Lin's body is weak and cannot do heavy work, and old man Mu loves his wife from the bottom of his heart, and he is even more reluctant to let her work hard. Since Lin's marriage to old man Mu, although he has not lived a good life, he has not let her She has worked hard, unlike the daughter-in-laws of other families, in this dynasty where it was difficult to get enough to eat, she had to work in the fields every day, and she had to serve the whole family for dinner when she returned home.

As for Mrs. Lin, in the ten years since she was married to Old Man Mu, she has basically never worked in the fields. Although the family often did not have enough to eat, Old Man Mu always kept his wife fed. At that time, the husband and wife lived together, and life was tight. can pass.

Later, when Ah Qing was added, old man Mu worked hard and ate less, so the family of three could barely survive.

But now it is different, there are three children in the family who open their mouths to eat.

Ah Qing is still in school.

Everywhere silver and bread are needed.

The couple looked at each other with heavy hearts.

Mu Li took Mu Xuan's little hand into the main room, Mu Xuan sat in front of the table without saying a word, he cried a lot just now, his eyes were still red, he looked at his parents, and Mu Li, his small appearance was very revealing. Seeing grievances, her eyes were firm, her voice was hoarse after crying, and she said, "I'm not a thief, I didn't steal her gold ring."

"I don't even know where her gold ring is, and I haven't been in her house."

"I'm not a thief, I didn't steal anything."

The more Mu Xuan said, the more wronged she became.

Lin touched her son's small face, and said softly: "Mother believes you. It's your Aunt Meng who is talking nonsense, don't believe what she said."

Mu Xuan cried: "...but everyone thinks I'm a thief..."

After Mu Li led Mu Xuan into the main room, she went to the stove to boil hot water for Mu Xuan to take a bath. Today she played outside all day, so she must have got a lot of dust on her body. She was beaten by her father just now. In summer, Mu Xuan wore only one layer of unlined clothing, and his father used so much force that his back must have been red and swollen when the willow stick went down.

After taking a shower and cleaning his body later, he needs to be given some medicine to reduce the swelling.

After Mu Li boiled the water, he asked Mu Xuan to bring the wooden basin, scooped up a few ladles of water, checked the temperature, and found that the water temperature was just right, so he brought the wooden basin to Mu Xuan's room.

Mu Xuan stood beside Mu Li with his head down, looking sleepy.

Mu Li took out a dry piece of clothing from the cabinet and put it on the stool. Seeing that Mu Xuan was still standing there with his head bowed, without saying a word, he knew that today's incident had brought him a lot of excitement. Li rubbed the top of his head, and said softly: "Go take a bath first, and I will give you some medicine later."

Mu Xuan didn't speak, but nodded obediently, and when Mu Li was about to go out, Mu Xuan said anxiously: "Sister, I'm not a thief!"

There was a faint smile on Mu Li's face, "Sister believes in you, don't worry, Sister will get you justice."

Mu Xuan nodded heavily.

After closing the door, when Mu Li passed by the main room, he saw his father and mother sitting facing each other, their faces were heavy, they didn't say a word, Mu Li didn't go in to disturb them, and went to the kitchen to start preparing dinner.

At this time, it was almost dark.

In the light outside, only the outlines of people can be seen vaguely.

Mu Li went to the yard to pick a cucumber, planning to make a cucumber salad to eat at night, and put a few corn cakes in the pot.

Now the family has no money, and the rice in the rice tank is almost bottomed out. Adding a piece of cornmeal and white flour will leave as much as a wooden barrel. I used to be able to have porridge in the morning and evening, but now I have to tighten my pants for a while Belts live.

Fortunately, there is a vegetable garden at home, so I don't need to spend money to buy some of the vegetables I usually eat.

It's... Mother's medicine money...

Ugh……

Thinking of the predicament in front of him, it can be said that he is poor and white, and his family is destitute.

Mu Li sighed heavily.

But she didn't regret her decision just now.

If the money is gone, you can earn more money, but if the mother is angry, she will not only spend more money, but the mother will also suffer.

Over the fence, Mu Li looked at Ping'an Village under the night, frowning slightly.

Tianxiang Academy takes one day off for ten days, which is called "ten-day holiday". Today is exactly the tenth day, and tomorrow is a holiday. In the past, Mu Qing would have been home early at this time.

But today I was a quarter of an hour late, and I haven't seen his shadow yet.

The door of the East Wing was opened, and Mu Xuan wobbled out of it with a large wooden basin, half of his body was covered by the wooden basin, and a lot of water splashed out from the basin.

Mu Li was afraid that he would accidentally get wet again, so he said, "Ah Xuan, put the wooden basin there, I'll pour it later."

"I... I can..." Mu Xuan said with difficulty.

Seeing that he was trying so hard to breastfeed, his face flushed red, Mu Li shook his head and laughed, while Mu Xuan was still struggling to hold the wooden basin, he was going to pour the dirty water after taking a bath into the vegetable garden, so that Cai Cai will thrive.

There are only ten steps away from the east wing to the vegetable garden, Mu Xuan stunned to get out of the hardships of the long march, suddenly lightened his hand, Mu Xuan looked up, and saw Mu Li walking to the vegetable garden easily with the wooden basin That.

With a "wow", all the water was sprinkled in the vegetable garden.

Mu Li handed him the empty wooden basin, and said with a light smile, "Don't be brave, kids, just do what you can."

"If you can't handle it hard, what if it keeps you under pressure?"

Mu Xuan grunted: "No way."

After taking the empty wooden basin, she took it to the main room. Seeing her son's face tense, and thinking of the injury on his back, Mrs. Lin gave Old Man Mu a hard look, and quickly beckoned her younger son to come over.

The house was pitch black.

Country people usually eat dinner before dark, and basically stay at home after dark, resting in bed, but today is an accident.

"Ah Xuan, let mother see the wound on your body."

Mu Xuan was about to run towards Lin's, but with a bang, he kicked a small stool under his feet, causing him to grin his teeth in pain, and his facial features were a little distorted.

Lin was in a hurry, grabbed Mu Xuan, and said distressedly: "Where did you hit? Let mother take a look."

Just as Mu Xuan wanted to say that he couldn't see anything, he heard movement in the yard.

It was Mu Qing who came back from school.

Mu Li stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at the young man who could only vaguely make out his figure and returned safely, the girl's heart sank, and the joy in her voice couldn't be concealed, "Brother, you're finally back."

"I missed something on the way, so I came back late." Mu Qing explained with a light smile.

Mu Li said "Mmm", "Go and wash your hands, dinner will be ready soon." After finishing speaking, he went into the kitchen again.

Mu Qing felt a little strange, the house was extremely quiet today, usually when he came back, Mu Xuan would happily come out to greet her, but today he was nowhere to be seen.

Mu Qing thought that his younger brother was still playing outside and hadn't come back. When he entered the main room, he found that he was snuggling in his mother's arms. The room was dark, and he couldn't see everyone's expressions clearly.

Putting down her schoolbag, Mu Qing lit the oil lamp, only to realize that her parents didn't seem to look good, her younger brother had a slumped face, and called out listlessly: "Brother."

Mu Qing was puzzled, and wanted to ask something in his heart. Seeing his sister coming in with food, he got up and went to help in the kitchen. Mu Xuan also broke free from Lin's arms, and began to set the dishes and move the stools.

At the dinner table, everyone was surprisingly quiet, and no one moved their chopsticks.

Mu Qing's doubts grew even bigger.

Mu Li then went into her room and brought out a bottle of ointment for bruises. This was specially taken from the doctor when Mu Qing accidentally sprained her foot last year, and it has not been used up yet.

Mu Li beckoned Mu Xuan to come over, opened his clothes, and indeed saw a striking red mark on his white and tender back, the red mark ran from the right shoulder to the left waist, it was red and swollen, covered with blood.

At some point, Mu Qing was standing next to Mu Li, when he saw the red mark on Mu Xuan's back, he was shocked: "Who hit it?"

Mu Li said indifferently: "Our father."

Mu Qing frowned, looked at the frowning old man Mu, and thought of the gloomy atmosphere at home, she felt that something serious must have happened.

He asked, "What happened at home?"

Mu Li gave Mu Xuan good medicine, pulled off his clothes, looked at Mu Qing, and told Mu Qing what happened in the evening.

The young man was full of energy, and he slammed his fist on the table, making the bowls and chopsticks jingle.

"Ridiculous! How can you conclude that Ah Xuan stole it just based on what a few children said?"

"If it's so easy to solve the case, the county master won't be so sad every day."

Who would say otherwise, but the country people don't care about these things, and they don't understand them. They only believe what they want to believe, and they don't think about the truth of the matter.

Mu Qing thought for a while, and felt that Aunt Meng was too deceitful, and she said that only people who got the stolen goods could be convicted, but now they haven't even found the stolen goods, and only based on the words of a few five-year-old children, they insisted that it was Ah Xuan. Steal, that's too rash!

Thinking of this, he felt angry, Mu Qing said seriously: "No, I have to ask Aunt Meng for the two taels of silver tomorrow. If she doesn't give it, we'll see you in court."

Mu Li put a piece of cucumber into the Mu Xuan bowl, and said: "Brother, you will take the county examination in February next year, if we ask Aunt Meng to get the money back now, according to her temperament, she will definitely not let you go." Our family is doing well, and it will also affect your exam at that time."

"I've seen it today. Aunt Meng is not an easy boss. She has a good tongue. Even if you ask her for it, she will definitely not pay you back. Her only purpose is to ask for money. .”

"If we don't give it, she will definitely make a mess in our house. Our mother is not in good health. If she gets angry again, something big will happen."

"So now we can only suffer this loss first. Only when we find the real thief will Aunt Meng have nothing to say."

Mu Qing frowned, thought for a while, and felt that what Mu Li said was very reasonable. He glanced at Lin who was still pale, and thought of the plight of the family, and made up his mind: "Then listen to my sister, I won't go to the academy either; I can't stop the medicine my mother is taking, and if I stay at home, I will have an extra labor force and an additional source of income, and the pressure on you and your father will be much less when the time comes."

Mu Li smiled and looked at Mu Qing who looked serious, and felt that her brother was going to be stupid in reading: "Brother, are you confused?"

"It doesn't take that long to find out the real thief. Why do you need to stay at home and do your work? Besides, we have paid Shu Xiu for a year. Isn't it a pity that you don't go?"

"Isn't it? Father, mother."

Hearing from my daughter that the real thief can be found out in three days, that is to say, two liang of silver will be returned to them soon. Finally a little smile appeared.

"Your sister is right. You should go to school. We can't let this year's training be wasted." Old Man Mu said with a smile.

Lin said with a smile: "My daughter is still the smartest. This time, Ertou's mother must apologize to Ah Xuan in front of the whole village."

The atmosphere at home finally became lively again, and Mu Xuan's mood became excited, "Sister, what good idea did you think of?"

(End of this chapter)