But Zhang Hugua and Miao were still very touched that Li Donggua worked hard for them.
After thanking him, he didn't show any pretense and just took the bowl and ate it.
Zhang Zaohua was frightened all the way, but with her parents by her side, she could hold back even though she was scared.
Shi Dan'er was young. Seeing her parents and sisters there, she felt that it was like living in a different place. She didn't know what it meant to be afraid. When she saw her favorite egg custard, she was so happy that she showed her fangs.
Li Donggua looked at it, reached out and touched his head, then thought of something, used chopsticks to pull off a roasted chicken leg, stood up and came out, went to the opposite cell door, and said inside: "Bai'er, come here."
He was childish and innocent. Zhang Bai was less than ten years old. During the Chinese New Year, he would always call him uncle when he came home, unlike his other nieces and nephews.
Zhang Bai couldn't get used to the prison food and had been starving for a long time. When he saw the roasted chicken legs, he subconsciously passed on it.
Zhang Digua looked at it and wanted to say something, but he thought that his son was so young that he had to beheaded along with them. He was pitiful. He could just eat what he had at the moment, and he didn't care what he was doing.
He glanced at Li Donggua with complicated eyes and said nothing.
Zhang Bai went over and stretched out his hand tentatively. After making sure that Li Donggua really wanted to give it to him and was not teasing him, he quickly took the chicken leg and bit into it.
The fragrant meat taste almost made him cry.
He took a big bite, thought of something, and whispered thank you to Li Donggua, then turned around and ran back to give the chicken drumstick to his father and take a bite.
Although Zhang Digua was also greedy for meat, he still wanted to fight for it. The chicken drumstick was for his son, not for him, so he turned it aside and patted him, "Eat, eat, eat! Just know how to eat!"
You can eat it yourself!"
Zhang Bai was so spoiled that he couldn't hear any good or bad words. After hearing this, he actually started eating it happily, as if he had never eaten in eight lifetimes. He was really greedy.
My son loves to eat meat, and he can’t live without one meal.
Zhang Digua looked at it, feeling increasingly uncomfortable.
But he didn't appreciate Li Donggua's fake kindness.
If you have the ability to help the fourth child and his family move into a cell to live together, why don't you help them together?
Humph, just pretending!
Zhang Laodou also felt that this bastard Li Donggua was just showing off. Seeing him move his youngest son so much, he really wanted to strangle him to death.
When he saw someone put away the food box and came out, and turned around to say that another meal had been delivered before dark, he couldn't help shouting: "Where is Deng's old lady? Go out and bring a message to her, let her come to see me!"
He gave orders as if he thought others owed him something.
Li Donggua didn't even look at him, and walked away without even looking at him.
Zhang Laodou was so angry that he gnashed his teeth and banged on the cell door.
It's a pity that his fever got worse. He didn't beat himself twice, but he knocked himself down first.
He was lying on the ground, and before he lost consciousness, he glanced at the two sons and grandsons opposite him, and none of them even looked at him, let alone asked and cared.
Instantly, a sadness surged in my heart.
Li Donggua walked out of the county jail with a food box in hand. Du Chuanfu's carriage stopped at the alley outside, waiting for him.
After he got on the carriage, he drove the carriage away.
Song Qiu lifted the car curtain and stuck his head out to look at him. He said, "The cells have been changed, and the cell leader has also passed the test. I can deliver meals every day."
Song Qiu said: "That cell leader looks like he is greedy for money. I don't think twenty taels of silver can last more than a few days. The prison leader will definitely ask for it."
"As long as we can bring food in, it doesn't matter if we spend a little more money. Otherwise, how can this person survive just relying on the food there? Shi Dan'er and Zao Hua are still so young."
He didn't feel bad about spending this little money, as long as it could make the fourth child and the others feel better. He just thought that just because the food was good, people would still have to be locked up in jail. The weather was not warm now, and one more day would be a waste.
You have to shave off a layer of skin.
Li Donggua couldn't help but sighed, "I don't know when the judgment will be made. Will they all be beheaded, exiled, or enslaved? Then it will be too late to send the letter to the border, and whether it will be possible."
On the way, he had heard Song Qiu talk about sending a letter to the border.
Li Donggua knew that his son was working with the Crown Prince of Changshan, but he didn't know about the bronze bird treasure. He only thought that even if his son was favored by the Crown Prince again, could the Crown Prince really help him to intercede?
But he had no better way. The most powerful person he knew was Landlord Cheng, but Landlord Cheng was not an official either.
If the son could really ask the crown prince for help and save the fourth son and the others from beheading, it would be good even if they were exiled. At least they would not have to die immediately. It would be better if they were kept as slaves. He could buy them back with money, and that would pay off.
No need to suffer the sin of exile.
"We'll find out when Aling comes back." Song Qiu responded. She had already asked Aling to inquire about the news.
All the way back to the house in Hairpin Hutong, not long after, Aling also came back.
Song Qiu poured her a glass of water, and she drank it in one gulp. Then she put down the glass and said, "My cat was next to Mr. Nalong and happened to hear the county magistrate talking to him about this matter."
"The Holy Order has been passed on to Lord Zhizhou. The three clans of Zhang Cainu have been captured. They do not need to be transferred to the capital. They are all exiled to the northwest mines."
"It's not just beheading!" Li Donggua breathed a sigh of relief, but the thought of being exiled to the northwest mines was too much, so he asked quickly, "Do you know if the date of exile has been set?"
Aling nodded, "It's decided, it will be on the third day of the lunar month next month."
"Isn't that ten days from now? I wonder if A Yang will be able to do it in time!"
Now he doesn't need to be beheaded to save his life, but he still hopes to be converted into a slave. After all, the road to exile will not be easy, and Shi Dan'er and Zao Hua will definitely not be able to leave.
Dongling County is still six or seven days away from the border, and Song Qiu was also a little unsure.
She thought for a while, pursed her lips and said, "We'd better be prepared. If Brother Li Yang doesn't come in time, or if the Crown Prince can't plead for mercy, exile will be inevitable."
"But it's not easy to live on the road of exile, and it's not easy to make it to the northwest alive. So if it's possible, take good care of yourself on the way and make it more or less easy. Only then will you have a chance to survive!"
After hearing this, Li Donggua nodded and said: "When I go to deliver the food later, I will ask the prison boss about the soldier responsible for escorting this trip."
Money can make all the difference. It's just a matter of spending some money, and they don't need to worry about anything. They just need to be more considerate and convenient for the fourth child and his family along the way.
For example, you can drink water when you want to drink water, you can eat enough, you don’t have to go hungry, and you don’t need to be whipped suddenly when you are tired and walk slowly.
Otherwise, urging him to go on his way, even with a whip, may kill him.
Li Donggua has not been to many places, but he has stayed in the Cheng family for a long time and has some knowledge.
I often hear a few stewards casually mention that a big family in the county committed a crime and the whole family was exiled. As a result, half of them died on the way before they even reached the place of exile.
It is conceivable that this road to exile is also a gate of hell.