The servants didn't stop when they came up. Only Aunt Feng and Yu Ma brought a few steamed buns, a stack of meat sauce, a stack of broad beans and side dishes to them, and finally brought a jar of wine.
"Why should I give them more?" Yu's mother asked in confusion when she came back.
"The job of guarding here is easier," Aunt Feng said in a low voice, "Many people are vying for it, and those who have been able to fight for it for so many years are the ones who are shameless and slippery, and they are very ruthless. Anyway, other people don't dare to
Offend them."
Yu's mother nodded: "It's better to give in to those who are acting recklessly."
On the way back to the main road, they continued to carry the burden, and no one mentioned the sight of a body below.
It's none of their business anyway.
"Here comes food, here comes food!"
Someone saw the servants carrying burdens and shouting loudly.
"Dinner coming?"
"Is the bridge repaired?"
Many horse thieves from Dongshantou went out to ask questions.
"The ones picked over there," a horse thief pointed out, "are gone, let's go eat."
"But I'm starving to death. Let's go, let's go."
Aunt Feng led the servants to carry the burden to Longhu Hall. The horse thieves came in groups of twos and threes.
Bian Baye put on a robe, frowned and looked at the follower next to him: "Dalang Erlang hasn't come back yet?"
"Nothing." Da Ming followed Bian Baye and said, "It was Aunt Liu who ordered people to call these servants and ask them to carry the burdens down the mountain from the back."
"Come down there?" Bian Baye nodded, "It seems that no one has walked on that road for a long time, so it shouldn't be easy to walk."
"Yes, no one thought of it, only Aunt Liu thought of it."
"Brothers can eat, so they must remember her merits." Bian Baye said, "It's still the old rule now, you go find someone to test whether it's poisonous."
"Yes, I'll go right away."
The food picked out was only enough for half of the people, and a small half basket was left for the lady and aunt behind.
Aunt Feng and Yu Ma walked over and asked the servants to find a place to rest here.
The servants didn't dare to stay here any longer, so they followed him one after another and stopped when they reached Luoxia Garden.
Luoxiayuan is where Aunt Liu lives. Du Xiang and Jin Zhi came out to get food. Du Xiang looked at what was left in the basket and said, "There is quite a lot of meat left. Do you want to give us another piece?"
"This won't be enough to share later." Aunt Feng said with a smile, "We may have to come over later and bring you some more."
"Then give it to us first, and then give it to them later." Du Xiang's tone was a bit coquettish.
"Actually, according to the rules, we should send it to Madam first," Aunt Feng's smile faded, "Because Aunt Liu is usually more generous to us, we sent it here first. You see, we gave it to
Aunt Liu’s meat is always in such a big plate.”
It is indeed a big plate, and it has the most oily soup on it, which is much better than the rest.
But when he was told this, his face seemed a bit uneasy, and Du Xiang sneered: "Then I have to thank you."
"I dare not take it seriously." Aunt Feng said.
Du Xiang rolled his eyes and looked at Jin Zhi: "Let's go." As if remembering something, he turned back to look at Aunt Feng, "By the way, you can send the rest to Bian Erlang's yard in one go. Mrs. Bian and Miss Bian
, and Aunt Shen, Aunt Zhao and the others are all there, please stay away."
"Um."
Du Xiang and Jin Zhi carried the things to the front hall, and Du Xiang went to the back to call Aunt Liu.
Aunt Liu smelled it as soon as she came and said, "It smells so good."
Seeing a large plate of meat on the table, he raised his eyebrows: "I thought the portion would be less today, but why is it more than usual?"
"Aunt Feng said you were generous to them, so give them more," Jin Zhi said.
After she finished speaking, Du Xiang looked at her and signaled her not to say more.
"I usually don't treat her with any kindness," Aunt Liu smiled, "Anyway, it's not her money spent on buying meat. It's such a simple thing for her to just sell a favor, and by the way, she also hinted to us that although they are lowly and humble,
But she still has the final say on this matter of eating."
"That's what she meant," Du Xiang blinked innocently, "I thought she really wanted to be good to us."
"I'll eat first, and we'll go see a good show after we finish eating," Aunt Liu said.
"Um."
Du Xiang nodded, looking at the food on the table, he pursed his lips, feeling a little greedy, but he could only endure it.
Their house is not in Aunt Liu's Luoxia Garden, but in the far north. The houses in Luoxia Garden have been burned down. Although they asked people to re-lay the bricks, the tables, chairs and benches have not been moved in yet.
It took a long time.
Aunt Liu didn't ask anyone to help them, so Du Xiang and Jin Zhi pretended not to know that they themselves would not ask for help.
It's very comfortable to be far away. Although I have to get up early in the morning and go to bed late at night, it's nothing to pay for freedom.
And just like now, they just secretly stole two pieces of meat from Aunt Liu's plate, put them on their own plates, and sent them to the room over there first, so that they would not be discovered at all.
But before we can eat, we still have to wait for Aunt Liu to feel comfortable serving her, but Aunt Liu still wants to watch a play.
Thinking about it, Du Xiang became a little irritable.
Mrs. Bian and Bian Yuanxue did not leave, but watched Doctor Zhang pull out the barbs one by one from Lianping's wound.
There were more and more barbs piled on the table, stained with flesh and blood. When counted carefully, there were more than fifty.
After pulling out the wound on his shoulder, Doctor Zhang asked Xiaoshu and Suxiang to check it together. Then he took out the ointment and applied it along the wound.
"There's also something on the chest," Doctor Zhang stood up and said, "Go over there and lie on your side."
Bian Yuanxue laughed out loud all of a sudden.
Lianping didn't care anymore. She was in so much pain that she didn't know what shame was. With Xiaoshu's help, she walked to the wooden bed, lay down on her side, and took off her clothes.
A large area of snow-white chest was exposed, not too big, but not too small either.
Mrs. Bian turned around and avoided looking. Bian Yuanxue looked straight at her and laughed again.
Xiaoshu and Suxiang were both a little embarrassed, but Doctor Zhang was the calmest. He put the small iron in his hand on the fire and burned it, saying: "Bear it."
Then he directly opened the sticky wound and reached in.
Lianping was trembling violently, his teeth were about to bite the small wooden stick in his mouth, and tears were flowing down his face.
"It's really tragic," Caiming said, "the method of beating people is quite vicious."
"Let's check," Mrs. Bian was upset by Lianping's cry and frowned, "It can always be found out. If not, it might cause panic. It's been really chaotic lately."
"Yeah, but it's hard to go to the back mountain to identify it now. The bridge is gone."
"Madam," a maid outside the door called at this time, "the servant women from the back mountain are here to bring food."
"It seems that Erlang and the others are back," Mrs. Bian said happily, "Let's go, they must be starving."
