Yin Xiao was eating roast chicken alone in the back garden. After eating, he sat on the wall, his long legs hanging down, swinging, and his two hands supporting the edge of the wall, which were also very slender.
He spent his childhood fighting, and all the warmth and happiness were given by Song Huiyue.
Amid a string of happy laughter at home, he looked around keenly and took in the three-thirds of an acre outside the corner door. Under his shock, even the dog knew enough not to urinate on the wall.
After inspecting the place, he jumped off the wall, looked at the front door, and then went back to the house to rest.
Lin Bo was bored and guarding the door. He brought a low stool to Yin Xiao and then placed a high stool. He placed the food on the high stool and said, "Eat, you can eat quickly."
The rice is piled high in the bowl, and the vegetables are also filled in the basin.
Yinxiao sat down and waved his chopsticks. He was at the age where he had to eat a long meal and he would be hungry soon.
"You have a good life," Uncle Lin sighed as he leaned on the recliner. "Mrs. Song is a kind person, so let you eat. If this were an ordinary family, they would have kicked you out long ago if they saw you eating so much."
Yinxiao nodded in his busy schedule, put the meat on the rice, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it together.
Lin Bo slowly recalled the past: "If my grandson were still alive, he would be about the same age as you. At that time, I was farming at home. You know how much tax you have to pay for one acre of land. The big families in our village don't have to pay for ten acres of land."
I have so much, I saw him drinking with the county magistrate."
He has said these words over and over again countless times, and Yin Xiao can remember what he wants to say next.
Yin Xiao didn't mind it, and listened honestly while eating meat.
"County Magistrate Sun has a son who gambled excessively and stole all the tax money and lost it. Magistrate Sun was so smart that he asked us to pay the second year's taxes in advance. This is called pre-levy. He is still a scholar.
You are smart, you can think of all this."
"After one year of pre-levy, the second year and the third year's pre-levy were required. Xiaoyameni lost all his money in one go. County Magistrate Sun said that he would pre-levy for another two years. He thought I was digging for gold in the fields.
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"If they don't give it to me, they come to the house to rob me. My son smashed the squad leader with a hoe, and he was arrested and died in prison. My daughter-in-law also remarried, and my grandson drowned. Do you think I have a miserable life?"
Yin Xiao nodded and continued cooking.
"My wife's life is also miserable. This marriage has caused trouble. What will the eldest lady do in the future?"
After Yinxiao finished his last bite of rice, he saw that Lin Boyu was upset and said nothing, so he put the bowls and chopsticks in the bamboo basket and put them at the hanging flower door, waiting for Aunt Wu to come and pick them up.
He put the two stools back to their original places and practiced boxing and kicking for a while.
He practiced until dark. He went to the kitchen to clean up the leftovers, jumped up to the roof, and saw Song Huiyue and Song Qinghui jumping rope.
The two aunts swayed the rope, one to the left and the other to the right. The rope swung wildly, turning the moonlight falling into a silver-white halo.
Aunt Lin said loudly: "Is it tall?"
Song Huiyue jumped into the light lightly, and jumped out. Song Qinghui clapped his hands and cheered: "High!"
Before the rope stopped, it swayed faster and faster, making it difficult to stare at. Song Huiyue moved in and out freely, causing Song Qinghui to applaud.
His hands were red with clapping, and he stepped forward eagerly. The two aunts quietly shook the rope slowly and asked him to jump.
Song Qinghui stumbled and cried twice, then got up and continued jumping. He didn't stop happily until Song Huiyue cheered him after he jumped over.
There were so many smiling faces that Yin Xiao couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.
On the next day, Zhu Guangli decided the case, the marriage certificate between the two parties was invalidated, the Huang family's betrothal money returned to the Song family, and the Huang and Luo families got married.
No one from the Luo or Song families showed up. Only Xiao Chen and Luo Huiniang took Huang Wenqiu back from prison.
The people in Tanzhou City were talking a lot and felt that the sentence was too light.
It's okay to elope at other times, but it happened to be on the wedding day.
Even if Mrs. Song is not hanged, she will not have a good marriage in the future.
Huang Wenqiu just lost some of the betrothal gift and got Luo Huiniang, without suffering any losses. If all the men in the city imitated Huang Wenqiu, what use would the marriage certificate have?
The Luo family was even more shameful and happily married the Huang family.
Huang Wenqiu came home from prison without saying a word, as if he had lost his soul, and just stared in a daze.
Even when he was bathing and changing clothes, he didn't allow anyone in, so he washed himself in there for a long time.
Both women were worried about his reaction.
Luo Huiniang fed him soup and said softly: "Wen Qiu, don't be afraid. From now on, our family will live well, and life will definitely get better and better. Only then did I know that it was Zhang Yanei who helped us."
Huang Wenqiu didn't hear what she was saying at all, he just watched her mouth open and close, and his heart fell into hell.
He didn't know if he could still be considered a man, and said silently in his heart: "Not a human being, just a thing in the Elephant House."
A man is used as a prostitute with a hundred rods, but the Elephant Aunt House still keeps prohibiting him.
The men inside are just like the female prostitutes, they are just toys and can be trampled on by others. If he is an ignorant man, he can still pass it off, but he has studied for so many years and has so many aspirations to achieve success.
I can't even fool myself.
Little Chen looked at Huang Wenqiu in panic and asked in a low voice: "Hui Niang, please go to Lushan Temple to pay homage tomorrow."
Luo Huiniang had nothing to say to this ignorant mother-in-law. She was silent for a moment, and when she was about to reply, Huang Wenqiu suddenly said: "No need."
He seemed to cheer up and smiled: "I'll be fine after just two days of rest. When I get better, we'd better move away to Fuzhou. We'll live a good life there and never mention Tanzhou again."
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After that, he held Luo Huiniang's hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Huiniang."
Luo Huiniang's heart trembled, and all her unhappiness disappeared. She choked and said: "As a family, what hard work can you say?"
Little Chen nodded repeatedly: "It's good to go to Fuzhou. I also want to enjoy the blessings of my children and grandchildren in peace."
Luo Huiniang was very happy and not tired anymore. She was full of energy to serve Huang Wenqiu. Huang Wenqiu asked to sleep alone in the study, and she thoughtfully gave him midnight snacks.
The lights in the study went out and no one answered the knock on the door. Luo Huiniang called softly: "Wen Qiu?"
When no one answered, she turned to leave, but felt uneasy and asked the maid to open the door. The maid pushed the door open, and then a scream broke through the night.
There were two legs dangling in the air in the room.
After all, Huang Wenqiu was unable to overcome this hurdle.
The news also reached Zhang Xutang's ears. Zhang Xutang had never made such a twists and turns in planning. He lost control on the spot and smashed a set of porcelain.
He gritted his teeth and asked Zhan Shizhao: "Is Tanzhou trying to defeat me?"
Zhan Shizhao thought that Mrs. Song might be the one who defeated you.
Zhang Xutang sighed again: "The best policy is not good, and the worst policy is not good. It seems that the only solution is to take action tonight. All the tails outside must be cleaned up. Act at the same time, and don't give people a chance to react."
Zhan Shizhao said: "I will go to Wu'an Army to transfer people now."
When the Zhang family didn't use it, the Wu'an Army was a garrison. Now that the Zhang family wanted to use it, the Wu'an Army became the Zhang family's private army.