Crossing the Homeland

Chapter 19

"Oh." Xia Junyan nodded blankly.Then there was an extra bag of scattered silver taels in his hand, about a dozen taels.

"The remuneration for housekeeping." The strong man explained the reason simply and clearly.

Xia Junyan finally reacted: "This... this is too much!!" After finishing speaking, she quickly stuffed the money back, and just as she raised her hand, a cold gaze swept down. Xia Junyan flinched again, but she was still small. The little one protested, "It really doesn't need to be so much. You gave me a month's wages before, but now it's only been half a month."

The strong man ignored her.

Xia Junyan took the huge sum of money uneasy, walked behind the strong man, and asked in a low voice, "Will you come back?"

The strong man frowned slightly, and Xia Junyan hurriedly said: "If it is inconvenient to say it, then don't say it, ha... haha, I promise to take care of your home for you! Whatever you go, you will come back!"

The strong man looked around.In the clean courtyard, there are birds chirping all around, and the sound of the stream not far away. There are also herbal tea and small sugar cakes on the stone table under the pomegranate tree.

He didn't expect that he would stay in this quiet farmyard for half a month. It was really a very happy time.Although I don't know how those people found out about his whereabouts, if he doesn't leave, he will definitely implicate the kind-hearted Miss Xia.He originally planned to leave a large amount of money for her, but he was afraid that such a large amount of money would bring disaster to her instead.I'm even more worried about suddenly leaving a large amount of silver, will the high-spirited Miss Xia be very angry?
In the end, the strong man left.

After the strong man left, Xia Junyan still came to the hut in the mountain according to the previous time.Although in the past, the strong man just sat silently in a corner of the yard chopping firewood, and didn't talk to her very much.

Days seem to be back to how they were at the beginning.

Xia Junyan sighed for a long time. Although Brother Strong has been away for several days, she still misses Brother Strong.

"Really, I still don't know his name after everyone has left." Xia Junyan felt a little regretful.In the past, I always called Big Brother Strong, and I never asked others what their names were.

Xia Junyan cooked the meals as usual, and after finishing the meal by herself, she tidied up the yard and went down the mountain to go home as usual.Just halfway there, I suddenly saw Xiaoyu, the daughter of Mrs. An's family, running out of breath.

"Axia, there are many people around your house, all holding wooden sticks in their hands. My mother asked me to come and inform you that you will be living on the mountain for a few days, so don't go back!" Xiaoyupao was sweating profusely. , looking very nervous.

"What?" Xia Junyan was confused, "What happened?"

"It's not those people in the gambling house!" Xiaoyu was obviously frightened, "They came to ask for money again. My mother said that they don't know anything about the mountain, so you should hide on the mountain for a while."

"Gambling house? I've never been to a gambling house!" Xia Junyan really didn't know how she got involved with that kind of place.

Seeing that she was confused about the situation, Xiaoyu jumped anxiously: "Oh! Ah Xia, have you forgotten, your father owed a lot of money to the gambling house, so he jumped into the river and killed himself."

Xia Junyan simply thought that Miss Xia's parents died early, and no one told her about these things in the past few days. After all, this is a scandal in other people's family, and no one will be in front of Xia. Jun Yan said such a thing to her face.Xia Junyan made indirect remarks, and then heard from Xiaoyu that the villagers suspected that Xia's family was too poor to provide the dowry, so they stalked Cheng's family.The Cheng family gave Dad Xia an idea to go to the gambling house to try his luck.In the beginning, Dad Xia won a few strokes, but he lost more and more, and owed a large sum of money.Because of this, Miss Xia's mother became ill and passed away.Father Xia also felt sorry for his family, so he committed suicide.

No wonder Miss Xia's parents died early, no wonder Xia's family is so poor, it turns out the truth is like this!

(End of this chapter)