There is a white bone spirit in the village

Chapter 19

Shi Qingshan didn't notice the man and the horse passing away like the wind on the ridge, all his mind was focused on Lin Jiao, and she threw her hand away unpreparedly, and stepped on a small stone with his back foot, Staggering back two steps, he stood still and raised his head, looked at Lin Jiao in disbelief and said, "A-Jiao, what's wrong with you?"

Lin Jiao suppressed the sudden frustration in her heart, looked back at Shi Qingshan and said, "Qingshan, I made it very clear just now. Say it again, from now on I'm just your sister-in-law..." Seeing him widen his eyes and open his mouth to argue , interrupted with a wave of his hand, and said in a more emphatic tone, "Don't think that I can't help but say this because I was forced to say it. Let me tell you, if I like you, no one can force me to say this to you Words against my will. The fact is that every word I tell you now comes from my heart. Qingshan, you are very good, but you are not suitable for me!"

After Lin Jiao finished speaking, she turned her head and walked towards the ridge. After taking four or five steps, she heard Shi Qingshan's suppressed trembling voice behind her: "A-Jiao, you... have changed..."

Lin Jiao stopped, thought for a while, looked back at Shi Qingshan below and said calmly: "You are right, I have not only changed my person, but also my heart. I hope you will remember what I just said. I will wait for you to test it later." Once you have achieved fame, you will know what kind of woman is really suitable for you."

Lin Jiao climbed up the dirt road on the ridge by herself, looked back at Shi Qingshan, and saw that he was still standing motionless on the half slope, with a look of despair, she shook her head.

Short-term pain is worse than long-term pain, I hope he can afford it and let it go.

Lin Jiao picked up the basket on the side of the road, and raised her eyes to look at the downhill road leading to the entrance of the village. On the winding and long village road, where was the person and horse just now?

She hurried to the village, and Shi Qingshan was quickly left behind by her.She thought carefully about the look in the eyes of the man on Poji's horse when he looked down just now, and the more she thought about it, the more depressed she became.

How could it be so unlucky.Not long ago, he had vowed to disown his relationship with Shi Qingshan in front of him, but when he turned around, he made such a bloody scene under his nose.The world believes that seeing is believing.When she was in the county during the day, she used this to trick Luo Hu, but she didn't expect the news of the world to arrive so quickly, and it was her turn in the blink of an eye.No voice could be heard, only two men and women tugging at the foot of the slope could be seen from a distance, anyone would misunderstand.

Based on Lin Jiao's intuition towards Yang Jingxuan, this person is a model of morality, and he probably wouldn't talk about this scene, but in his heart, his current image must be duplicity-although she also knows that this is an undeniable fact , but in a critical period like now, letting him quickly recognize his true colors like this is definitely a fatal blow to him.Now she needs to maintain a good image in front of him, so as to get closer.If this made him a stranger to her from now on, what confidence would she have to meddle in Luo Hu's business in the future?And this is still far away, let's not care about it for the time being, let's talk about it closer, the ten taels of silver for the emergency in the world have not yet arrived.Will he change his mind and not borrow it?

Lin Jiao murmured in her heart, worried for a while, but soon, she suppressed the depression.Anyway, the ten taels of silver was determined by him, and he couldn't escape no matter what.If it really doesn't work, don't you still have two lips?Since she was able to convince him last time, it is not impossible this time.

After going down the slope and entering the village, I arrived at my house not far away.When Lin Jiao pushed the door open, she saw Neng Wu came out in response, her little face was full of excitement, and she said, "Sister-in-law, you are back! Guess who came to our house just now? It was Uncle Jingxuan! He actually asked My eyes, gave me money back, told me to go see the eyes! He just left, not for a while!"

Lin Jiao was surprised, and rushed into the room with a few steps. Sure enough, she saw a small blue cloth bag on the table. Twelve.

"Sister-in-law..." Neng Wu had already touched in and stood behind her, the excitement on his face just now gradually disappeared, and he looked a little uneasy, "Sister-in-law, I never dreamed that Uncle Jingxuan could come to see me, I just did it for this I'm happy. My eyes must not be cured, and it's a waste of money to show me. My mother used to say that you can't take other people's things for nothing. You can help me take the money and return it to Uncle Jingxuan."

Lin Jiao grabbed the money and wrapped it tightly with a cloth, and said: "Okay, listen to you, and return it when my sister-in-law is free. But Ah Wu, we must treat our eyes, no matter how much it costs, we will have them treated! Even if it is not now, As soon as my sister-in-law has money, I will treat you right away. Just wait, it will be soon. My sister-in-law is quite pretty, so you don’t want to see what I look like now?"

Notake smiled, and scratched his head shyly.

Holding the silver in her hand, Lin Jiao was determined. Seeing Neng Wu's cute appearance, she pinched his face with itchy hands, and hurried into the house to put away the silver.

The money problem is solved.I didn't expect Yang Jingxuan to move so fast. He originally promised to deliver it tomorrow, but he delivered it early today, and he didn't seem to be affected by what happened just now.But Lin Jiao's intuition told her that the man's impression of her must be greatly reduced.

When she was thinking more about money just now, this thought didn't make her very uncomfortable.Now that the money problem has been solved, Lin Jiao lay on the kang at night, and the frown that the man frowned when he looked down at her kept flashing in front of Lin Jiao's eyes. The more she thought about it, the more restless she became. , I can't wait to get dressed immediately and go to explain.

If you want to keep messing around in the future, it is necessary to curry favor with this person.In the end she attributed her feelings to this.After much deliberation, I finally rejected the idea of ​​imitating the previous night rush.

This time is different from last time.The last time it was an emergency, but this time, if he went there again in the dark, people like him would probably have a worse impression of himself, and even crying would be useless.Anyway, Luo Hu didn't say that he must collect the money tomorrow. Since he has returned to the village, he will spend at least one night. Why not pay attention to his whereabouts tomorrow and meet him by chance? Then thank him for the loan, and then explain the misunderstanding. On the contrary, it is more natural.

Lin Jiao made up her mind and just waited for the next morning.The darkness of the night seemed to be very long, and I woke up several times during the middle of the night. When it was about to dawn, I hurriedly got up when I heard the crowing of a nearby rooster.

When Lin Jiao went out with a straw basket, the sun had not yet risen, and there were few people on the village road.After walking a few steps, the cloth shoes were wet with dewdrops on the grass blades.She went to the big house that had been deserted for many years in the north of the village, hoping to meet him nearby.After a while, Widow Stone came up on the opposite road, looking like she was about to go to the ground.

"A-Jiao, are you cutting grass? How do you go in this direction? You should turn around."

Stone Widow was a little surprised.

Lin Jiao smiled dryly: "There are so many people over there, I can't beat good grass. I'll look over here."

Stone Widow said: "You can just follow me, I know where there are few people and grass, and there are wild mushrooms to pick."

Lin Jiao had no choice but to turn around and follow Widow Shi, and walked a few steps slowly. Widow Shi thought she was slow, so she turned her head and said, "A-Jiao, can't you be quicker? Look at Mrs. Yang's horse, it's old and not good-looking. , I used to think that I had to be a mule, but I didn't expect to see you this morning, Chi'er - I ran like a wind..."

Lin Jiao's heart jumped slightly, but there was only an oh on her face, as if she asked casually: "Where did you meet?"

The widow stone said: "I got up just after dawn today to hunt pigweed at the pond at the entrance of the village. From a distance, I saw a horse carrying people heading towards the county. Is it Mr. Yang's horse? I don't know what's urgent, so I went to the county so early..."

Widow Shi was still babbling, Lin Jiao said "I'll be back soon" and hurried to her home.

He originally said that he only came back today, but yesterday he came back early. After delivering the ten taels of silver that he promised himself, he rushed back to the county seat early today. Temporarily changed the itinerary?

When Lin Jiao took the two pieces of silver ingots and went to the county town, she kept thinking about Yang Jingxuan's actions.At noon, I went into the county town and walked around until the city god, and I saw the young man wearing a broken bamboo hat, carrying a string of rice poles with candied haws stuck in it, looking familiar, he must be here as an eyeliner. .Seeing Lin Jiao, his eyes lit up, and he walked towards her, and the two of them reached a corner with fewer people.Lin Jiao stepped forward and handed him the cloth bag wrapped in silver ingots. Heizi weighed it, quickly put it away, and said in a low voice, "If you want to see me here again in a while, it means you're back from business. Yes, if there is any news in the future, just come here and pass on my message!"

Lin Jiao nodded, and was about to turn around, when she suddenly saw the young man smiling grimly at her: "Sister, are you so relieved to give the money?"

Lin Jiao stopped and glanced at him: "If you think you want to swallow such a small amount of money, then I will consider myself unlucky. Also, you will call me sister in the future, remember!"

Heizi chuckled, answered yes, and called "sister" again.Lin Jiao pulled out a bunch of candied haws, bit a hawthorn in her mouth, it was sour and sweet.

Lin Jiao left the City God and went to the county government office. The closer she got, the more uneasy she felt for some reason.When I saw the door of the county government office from a distance, I suddenly became nervous. Even I felt a little unbelievable. I stopped and took a few breaths to calm down before going to the door.

The concierge who was on shift today was unfamiliar. Hearing her ask about Yang Jingxuan, he shook his head and said, "Your Excellency went out this morning. I haven't seen you back, and I don't know when I'll be back."

Lin Jiao was greatly disappointed, so she had to turn around and leave slowly. After walking a few steps, she was still unwilling. After thinking for a while, she turned her head and said to the concierge, "Brother, I have something to do with Mr. Yang, so I'll wait here for him to come back."

The concierge glanced at her, pointed to a corner and said, "If you like to wait, wait, sit far away, and don't squat at the gate."

Lin Jiao found a stone pier against the wall and sat down, staring at the direction of the road. When she was hungry, she took a piece of pancake from the basket she carried in the morning and chewed it. She waited all afternoon until almost evening. , Even the concierge finally couldn't stand it anymore, and ran out and said, "Sister, don't wait, Mr. Yang sometimes sees the sky and doesn't see anyone. Tell me what's the matter, and I'll pass it on to you when he returns."

Lin Jiao looked up and saw that the sun was gone when she came out in the morning, and the sky was a little gloomy. It looked like it was going to rain, knowing that there would be no one to wait for today, so she forced a smile at the porter, got up and walked out of the city went.Later, I'm afraid even the city gate will be closed.

When Lin Jiao hurried to the city gate, it was already raining. She didn't bring an umbrella when she came out in the morning, so she had to wait under the city gate to wait for the rain to stop, or to see if there was a mule cart for a ride.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and the rain didn't stop, but it was getting heavier and heavier. The guards at the gate of the city stared at her for a long time, and saw that she neither entered nor came out, but just kept looking around, running over to chase people away: "What are you doing?" In or out? The door is closing!"

Lin Jiao is hungry and tired now, no matter how hungry or tired she is, she can't beat the depression in her heart.I looked back for the last time and saw that under the heavy rain, not to mention the mule carts leaving the city, there were not many pedestrians, so I knew that today was a complete miscalculation.It was too late to go back, so I could only find a place to rest here for the night.

Every day in the county town, mules and horses come and go, so there are many foot shops, and there is a shop not far in front of them.She is only a single woman, and she may have to work hard to find a suitable place.

"Hey, Master Yang, it's so late, and it's raining and you still go out of the city?"

With a basket on her head, Lin Jiao braved the rain and rushed to the row of tile eaves protruding from the street not far ahead, brushing off the rainwater dripping from her face. Just as she was about to go further, she suddenly heard the surprised guard behind her. With a loud cry, the whole figure was shocked by electricity, and he hurriedly turned his head to see a horse galloping towards the city gate in the heavy rain, and the water splashed high.The man on horseback is wearing a bamboo hat and a big coir raincoat.People couldn't recognize it, but Lin Jiao recognized the horse at a glance. It was Yang Jingxuan's cannon.

Lin Jiao was so excited that she couldn't move her feet, she just stood there watching the man on the horse leaning over to talk to the guard.Seeing the doorman pointing in his direction, the man in coir raincoat looked back.

(End of this chapter)