Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Chapter 243 Burning the House

When Hongluan returned to Shenjia Village, it was probably already Xu time, and it was already dark in the middle of the way.

The coachman and the two accompanying aunts made preparations early in the morning, brought lanterns, and sent Hongluan to the gate of Yingxueju, and they left after watching Hongluan enter the mansion.

In the yard, Ding Xiaolian saw that Hongluan was cursing for not coming back so late, as soon as Hongluan appeared at the corner door, she picked up a stick and went up to him.

"Baby maid, are you tired of serving Miss Ben and want to run away or what?" Ding Xiaolian scolded and raised his stick to whip, Hongluan rushed over with tears streaming down his face, "Miss~~Miss~~see you It's really great, woo woo woo, the servant girl almost never comes back!"

Seeing that Hongluan's hair was disheveled and her body was trembling, Ding Xiaolian couldn't bear to beat her. After all, she was the maid who grew up with her, and the relationship between master and servant is quite deep.

"What's going on?" Ding Xiaolian threw the stick away with worry in his eyes.

"Slave~~Slave met a villain, almost strangled her to death." She tilted her neck to show Ding Xiaolian the strangle marks.

Ding Xiaolian was furious after seeing it, "These damn bumpkins, how dare they touch my lady's people? If I let this lady find out who it is, he must die to accompany him."

No one was killed after all, not to mention that Hong Luan is just a servant, life is not that valuable after all.

Ding Xiaolian made a fuss and comforted Hongluan, and the matter was over.

"How is it? Have you found a suitable person to pass on to Mrs. Wang?" Ding Xiaolian was most concerned about this.

Hongluan's previous "advertisement" was too loud, and now when the gossips in the village meet her, they ask Ji Xun when they will leave? When will they marry her? The family's house burned down, let them live in the cave again, and let His Highness the Night King come back to beg her in poverty and desperation.
"I found it." Hongluan wiped away the tears with red eyes, "It's a shopkeeper from out of town. He said that he will come to the village tomorrow to deliver a message to Mrs. Wang. I also told him the location of Mrs. Wang's house."

Ding Xiaolian's gloomy face finally cleared up, "That's good, by the way, he hasn't seen your face, has he? He doesn't know where you came from, right?"
"Don't worry, miss, the servant girl, she won't show her feet at all."

"Yeah." Ding Xiaolian curled her lips into a smile, "When this is done, I will definitely reward you heavily."

At noon the next day, a burden-carrying peddler came to Shenjia Village with a wave drum. The women heard the sound and gathered around to buy some needles and thread. Not to mention, the sales were quite cheap.

The shopkeeper sold them all the way, carrying them all the way to Mrs. Wang's house.

Mrs. Wang's house is in the northwest of the village, quite far from the main road. The shopkeeper came directly to the path outside Mrs. Wang's house with his load.

Mrs. Wang was bending over and sweeping the floor in the main room, when she heard the sound of shaking the wave drum, she straightened her waist.

"Auntie, do you want to buy needles and thread? It's cheap, five boxes for a penny."

"Five boxes for a penny? I'll buy it." Mrs. Wang replied immediately with her triangular eyes.

There is no shortage of these at home, but when I heard five boxes for one penny, my heart was immediately moved. Usually, three boxes for one penny are sold, which is a great deal!
Mrs. Wang hurriedly put down the broom and went out of the yard, came to the shopkeeper and handed over a penny.

The shopkeeper didn't pick it up, but looked around for a few times, and seeing no one around, he took out a money bag and opened it, revealing a silver coin of five taels inside, and whispered to Mrs. Wang at the same time.

"Are you Shen Yuan's step-milk Aunt Wang?"
"Yes." Mrs. Wang gave him a strange look and nodded.

"Aunt Wang is like this. A nobleman in the town asked me to ask you to do something. If you agree, the five taels of silver will be yours."

"Really?" Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up when she saw the ingot, "What's the matter? Who asked me to do it?"

"Don't worry about these things, just talk about whether you can do it or not.

"What are you going to do first? See if five taels of silver is worth it." Mrs. Wang's triangular eyes are full of shrewdness. Who knows what to do? Murder and arson are also things to do. It's definitely not worth the money.

The shopkeeper lowered his voice: "Shen Yu'an is your step-granddaughter, right? You go to her house to light a fire. The five taels of silver are yours."

Mrs. Wang was surprised when she heard that, who did Shen Yuan have feud with? Want to burn Shen Yuan's house more than her?
But it's a coincidence that she has been thinking about this for the past two days, and the oil is ready, so she wants to pick a windy day to go to Shen Yuan's house and set her house on fire.

This unconscionable white-eyed wolf, she is not allowed to take two pieces of bacon from her, but she gave this to Aunt Zhou and bought that. That day she was so angry that the white-eyed wolf asked for an explanation, and was not only kicked out by the white-eyed wolf, but also humiliated When she said it, she almost died of anger.

"How is it?" The salesman looked around and urged anxiously, "Let me know whether you will accept the money or not. If you refuse, there will be people who want to make this money.
"Yes, yes." Mrs. Wang hurriedly responded, she had long made up her mind to burn down Shen Yuan's house and drive her out of Shenjia Village.So this five taels of silver is equivalent to being given to her for nothing, can she not?
"Aunt Wang has collected the money, and this matter must be settled within three days." The salesman said while handing her the money, "Do it quickly, and if someone catches you, you will be held responsible."

"Don't worry, I know." Mrs. Wang cheerfully collected the money, and said curiously to the shopkeeper, "But that one."

"Don't ask, even I haven't seen the appearance of that nobleman." After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper left with his burden.

Mrs. Wang put the ingot of silver in her mouth, bit it, and took it back to the house happily.

That night, Mrs. Wang called Shen Zuorong and Shen Yunlai into the house, and said to them: "Eldest son and second son, which one of you will go to the foot of Beishan? Set Shen Yuan's house on fire."

Originally, Mrs. Wang planned to do this by herself, but she thought that she couldn't run fast when she was old, and Ji Zizi had a leg problem, so she couldn't catch her, but Shen Yuan's cheap girl is flexible now, what if she is caught?
It is safer to ask the young people to go, light the fire and run away, as long as they are not caught at the scene, no one can blame them.

"Burn her house? Drive her out of Shenjia Village?" The flesh on Shen Zuorong's face trembled, and the light from his triangular eyes was cold and fierce.

"Winter is coming soon, and they will definitely leave here if they don't have a house to live in." Shen Yunlai also had a bad look on his face. The house was originally his, but Shen Yuan took it back and took care of it. I was full of fire, since I couldn't get it, I might as well burn it clean.

"It's true. The cave is deserted, and the dead have been hanged in it. I guess I can only leave here." With no house and no money, the fool Shen might sell those few acres of good land for a low price. The good land that doesn't need to pay taxes, Shen Zuorong wanted to get it back even in his dreams.

(End of this chapter)