The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 72

At this time, Zhongping and Jiwang also went home, Yingniang asked Zhongping to come over to eat together, Zhaodi had to serve Yinyue's confinement, it would be too troublesome for him to start a fire by himself. "Zhongping, you can eat at my house this month. By the way, how is the youngest? He came over to play a few days ago. Why haven't we seen him these two days?"

Zhong Ping sighed and said: "The second uncle beat him the night before yesterday, saying that he dared to meddle in father's affairs as a child. The youngest got angry and ran to live in the wooden shed. I asked him to come and sleep with Ji Wang, and he said that he would wait for the day. Come here when it gets colder, and it’s not too cold at night during the autumn solstice, so it’s okay to live in a wooden shed.”

Ying Niang was depressed for a while while eating, and said: "Call him to our house when the frost is thick, Liang Zi entrusted him to us, we can't be negligent."

Zhongping nodded and said: "Well, I will remember this matter."

"Zhongping, after dinner, go and call all the women who came to our house to weave in the first half of the year. Now that it's autumn solstice, we can start weaving. It happens that we still have a lot of thread at home. They come and take it back to weave."

Zhongping froze for a moment, and then said later: "Sister-in-law, how about...forget about this year's business, you are going to give birth in three months, don't worry about it."

Yingniang shook her head, "It doesn't take much thought, and I don't knit myself, so I'm not tired. It's just that you have to learn how to drive a horse-drawn carriage quickly, and the matter of going to Wuzhou will depend on you."

Zhongping knew that Yingniang would not change her decision, so she nodded in agreement.

Bo Ming and Liang Zi have been working in Yunzhou for a while. Although they work hard every day, they are still able to hold on.

Every day, work is over after dark. They eat dry steamed buns and drink a bowl of soup with a few green vegetables, which is considered a dinner.

After eating, everyone else got into the tent and went to sleep.After a whole day of exhaustion, some fell asleep on the floor, some played cards together, and some buried their heads in the pillows and cried.

Bo Ming and Liang Zi wanted to chat, but they didn't want to disturb them, so they sat outside the tent.

"Brother, I saw the map of the other palaces in the hands of the supervisor today. Not to mention the various palaces and buildings, it seems that a large lake and pagodas will be built. I heard that the Holy One is getting more and more dissatisfied with the palace, so I thought about it." He is planning to build another palace, and if he is satisfied with the completion, he may move the capital here. I am thinking, according to this construction method, we may not be able to return home in five years."

This is also the reason for Bo Ming's discouragement. In fact, he also saw the picture today, thinking that Ying Niang was eagerly looking forward to his return at home, and his heart was so sad that he couldn't express it.

Seeing Boming's sadness, Liang Zi comforted him, "It's just my wild guess, maybe it won't take that long. Isn't there tens of thousands of people working hard, everyone wants to go home early and dare not slack off. "

"I'm afraid that it will be difficult to complete the project in five years. This is just a picture. Maybe one day the Holy One will come up with something new and build this and that again. The day when I go home It’s a long way off.” The more Bo Ming spoke, the more frustrated he became, and he choked up.

Seeing that Bo Ming had only been here for a month, Liang Zi couldn't bear it any longer. He was really worried about Bo Ming.

The burden in his heart is not as heavy as that of Birming. Although he misses his youngest and his mother, he doesn't miss as deeply as Birming.

Liang Zi fell back, lay on the ground, and said with emotion: "It's better not to get married. Look at this group of people who got married. They all have sad faces. But those who have no family like me have no heart." It’s quite leisurely as if you don’t have any lungs, as long as you don’t go hungry.”

While the two were talking, there was a sound of fighting and cursing in the distance, and Liang Zi sat up, "It seems that someone is fighting again in some tent."

Bo Ming was pulling up the grass on the ground and kneading it. He missed Yingniang in his heart, and he didn't care too much about other people's fights.Because there will be fights every few days, everyone is used to it, anyway, the fight is over, it's all for some trivial things.Who's feet are too smelly, or who snores while sleeping, or who grabs food at mealtimes, these can all be the grounds for fighting.

Liang Zi and Bo Ming glanced there for a while, then continued talking.It was only later that the noise became louder and louder, and they realized that this time things seemed to be different from usual, and it seemed that there was a lot of noise.

At this time, many people from other tents gathered around to watch the excitement, Liang Zi suddenly slapped his head and said: "Her brother Yinyue seems to live in that tent, he beat someone a few days ago, it won't be him beating someone again today Bar?"

The two of them hurriedly got up to look, but at this time hundreds of people had already gathered around, and they couldn't squeeze in at all, so they couldn't see what happened inside.

Immediately afterwards, several wardens came over with whips, and they flicked their whips vigorously. After being whipped, the onlookers immediately gave way to a small path, and the wardens went in.

After a while, I heard that people were beaten to death inside, and there were still three of them.The supervisor ordered the people in the tent to carry the deceased out. When Bo Ming and Liang Zi saw it, they were shocked, because one of them turned out to be Yinyue's brother Qian Yinbao, and the other two seemed to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. How did he end his life in Huangquan.

The three dead were ordered by the supervisors to be carried to another hill for burial.Both Bo Ming and Liang Zi's legs were a little weak, and Yinyue's brother was gone. If her parents knew about it, would she still be able to live?

The Qian family lost their children and grandchildren just like that, and Yinyue's mother might not be able to live if she wanted to.Because Qian Xiucai will definitely torture her every day, thinking that she didn't have many sons, and now that they are cut off, it doesn't matter who she is to blame.

Bo Ming felt chills in his heart. Although he didn't have any good feelings for Qian Yinbao, he and the Qian family could still be regarded as in-laws.Seeing him die like this, how could he remain indifferent.

At this moment, Birming's will was even more depressed, not to mention how many years he had to work before he could go home, even if he was accidentally beaten to death one day, who would have expected such a thing.

Not long after, everyone started talking about the fight. Although Bo Ming and Liang Zi didn't go up to listen, they could hear the general idea from a distance.It turned out that it was the cousins ​​that Qian Yinbao hit first, and it seemed that Qian Yinbao was targeted because he had a lot of money on him.

Two days ago, Qian Yinbao found that the money was missing from his body, so he suspected that the cousins ​​had stolen it.Last time he beat the two brothers, this time he was still not relieved and came to beat them again.

I don't know if it was a misunderstanding, or if the two brothers wanted to deny it, anyway, this time he was not good enough, so they started fighting with him.You must know that there are all kinds of hoes and shovels in the tent, and it is easy to kill people if they are pushed and shoved.

In the end, it sounded like it was mainly Qian Yinbao's fault. He beat and killed the cousins, while he himself was seriously injured and bled to death.Of course, there were other people involved, but some people were afraid of causing trouble and did not mention it.

Three people were killed because of the money, Bo Ming touched the money on his body, and suddenly felt uneasy.

The strange thing is that the next few days were very quiet, and no one dared to make trouble anymore. No one is afraid of death.Everyone thought that this was the end of the matter, and Bo Ming and Liang Zi went to the mountain to pay respects to the cousins ​​who were beaten to death by Qian Yinbao.Of course, they also took a look at Qian Yinbao's small grave, and couldn't help feeling sad for a while.

Afterwards, everyone still worked every day, and this matter was gradually forgotten.After [-] days like this, the parents and relatives of the cousins ​​heard about it somehow and found out about it.It seems that their home is in Yunzhou mirror, because they are concerned about their son, they often go to this area to inquire, but this time they inquired about the bad news.

The two families lost their sons, so they went to the government to sue.It is said that the injustice has its head and the debt has its owner, but Qian Yinbao is dead, so what can the government do?
The two families refused to let it go, and finally reported the matter to the governor.

About another month passed.On this day, Bo Ming was thin and thin, and he bent down to dig the soil together with Liang Zi.Due to long-term fatigue, poor food, almost no oil and water, Birming's mind was too heavy, not only his body was thin and his will was depressed, but he was almost in a trance.

Thinking that Yingniang was about to give birth in ten days or so, he couldn't sleep day and night these days.Because of lack of concentration, it was inevitable that he would do wrong work, and he was beaten several times by the supervisors.

At this moment, he was wondering whether the family letter had reached Yingniang's hands.It is not allowed to send family letters here, and no one passes on family letters for them.In order for Yingniang to wait for him at home with peace of mind, Bo Ming paid fifty Wen to pay the guard one night, and then ran to a small mountain village twenty miles away.

He gave a tael of silver on his body to a farmer who seemed to be quite capable, found a rough pen and paper from his house, and wrote a letter to Yingniang.Because he had taught Yingniang how to write and read, he was not worried that Yingniang could not read the letter.

He eloquently wrote a letter of nearly [-] words to Yingniang, and then entrusted the farmer to deliver the letter to Yingniang.The taels of money he gave were too little, and he asked them to travel hundreds of miles. Except for the round-trip fare and food, there was not even a hundred coins left, but they still agreed.

For the past few days, Boming has been estimating where the farmer has gone. He should have arrived in Luan County, maybe he has already arrived in Yongzhen, or he may have delivered the letter to Yingniang?

Will Yingniang burst into tears when she receives the letter from him?He really misses her. He misses her so much that he can't think of food or sleep at night. He is about to fall ill.From Liang Zi's point of view, he was already ill, because he often lost his mind, and Yingniang's name would suddenly come out of his mouth.

Bo Ming knew that Yingniang must be like him, and would miss him so much. He hoped that this letter could bring some comfort to Yingniang.

As he was thinking this, three men in uniforms and overboots approached him.

"Are you Xue Boming?" One of them asked fiercely.

Birming nodded confusedly.At this time, the man asked Liangzi again if his name was Xue Liangzi, and Liangzi naturally nodded.

Seeing that they both nodded, one of them who looked like the leader waved his hand and ordered to the two followers: "Take them away!"

(End of this chapter)