All of a sudden, all kinds of thoughts flashed through the village chief's mind, so chaotic that he couldn't even tell what he was thinking.
He could only hear Qian's crying, "Village chief, what should I tell the head of the house when he comes back? Zhou Yin doesn't even have a corpse in the capital..."
This sentence seemed to have split the village chief's two veins of Ren and Du, allowing him to understand in an instant. Who said Zhou Yin didn't have a corpse?
The person Zhou Lang carried back at that time must have been Zhou Yin. Even though his face was scratched, how could he not be recognized by an acquaintance whom he had just met the day before?
But that Zhou Yin was someone who was approached by an official and identified as a bandit; and this one was actually killed by a bandit...
The village chief looked on the verge of crying but couldn't. He could only say to Zhou Xi and Man Bao: "Please tell your mother to stop crying. The official is still here."
The yamen servant was a little impatient, but after all, someone died in his family, so he couldn't stop him.
When Qian's voice slowly lowered, he said: "The county captain asked me to inform you that he will go back to the county to cancel Zhou Yin's household registration and do everything that needs to be done. Recently, the county magistrate has been concerned about civil affairs.
Ruthless, please don’t cause any trouble to the county captain.”
Qian nodded timidly and asked, "Do you need to bring anything with you?"
The yamen servant then took out a notice sheet from his arms and gave it to her, saying: "Take this, along with your family's household registration and the villagers' letter of guarantee."
Before the village chief asked, Qian already said, "Why do you need a guarantee letter?"
"Of course you have to have a letter of guarantee, otherwise who would know if Zhou Yin belongs to your family?" The Yamen servant said matter-of-factly: "This letter of guarantee directly states that the Zhou Yin on this road is your family's Zhou Yin."
Without this thing, who would know if their things were sent to the wrong person?
When the village chief heard this, he immediately looked at the road guide in Man Bao's hand.
Man Bao quickly showed it to him.
The village chief read with squinted eyes for a long time, all kinds of thoughts flashing through his mind, and then nodded when the yamen servant became more and more suspicious: "This is her Zhou Yin, this, this word is really unique, haha, haha...
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Upon hearing this, the yamen officer knew that he was not very illiterate and didn't care too much. He stood up and said, "Okay, since your village chief is also here, then this matter is settled."
Qian quickly persuaded her to stay, "It's almost noon, why don't you stay and have dinner? I'll ask the boy at home to buy a piece of meat. I'd like to trouble you to make a trip on this hot day..."
After hearing this, the yamen servant hesitated. If he didn't have money, it would be fine if he could eat meat.
When Qian saw it, she tried her best to stay, and told Xiao Qian repeatedly, "Go and get some money for Er Tou and Er Ya. Forget it, let Er Tou's family go and buy some meat. Then you can get the eggs."
Come out and cook some dishes for the official..."
After hearing this, the yamen servant asked: "Your family also raises chickens. Do you have many eggs?"
When Qian heard this, he paused for a moment and then said with a smile, "How many are there."
Then he turned to Xiao Qian and said: "Forget it, let your second brother and sister go to the chicken coop to catch a chicken and kill it, and then go to the vegetable garden to get more vegetables."
The Yamen servant quickly said: "This chicken needs to be tender and delicious. It is best to be a chicken that laid eggs in the first year. Otherwise, although the old chicken smells fragrant, the meat will be too woody."
Mrs. Qian responded "Yes" and said to Xiao Qian: "Let your second brother and sister catch a younger hen."
Man Bao was stunned for a while before she realized what was happening. There was a rush of anger in her chest. She opened her mouth to speak, but was covered by the sharp-eyed Zhou Xi.
Hearing the noise, the yamen officer looked over.
Qian immediately said: "Take your Yaomei down quickly. This child has never seen such a battle. She must be frightened. Take her back to the house. In the evening, take food and go to the entrance of the village to call her."
Zhou Xi responded, half hugging and half dragging Man Bao down.
Er Tou, Er Ya and others outside the door also had some anger on their faces, but they were stared at by their mother and aunts and stopped, so no trouble occurred.
Mrs. Feng glared at them and lowered her voice: "Why don't you take your brothers and sisters over there quickly? Just stay in the room and play with my sister-in-law. Don't go anywhere."
Zhou Xi dragged Man Bao back to the room and then let her go.
Man Bao felt aggrieved and angry at the same time, and tears streamed down his face.
Zhou Xi hugged her and comforted her: "Good boy, this matter is different from others. We can't lose our temper, you know?"
Zhou Xi didn't quite understand, "It's just because things are different that we should be more angry."
In her memory, when encountering a bad official position, although her parents and brothers would nod and bow down, they would push back without being soft or hard. Why did she lower her body so low this time?
Man Bao said: "He is just a government servant who announces the funeral. I also know the county magistrate."
"This thing is different, this thing is different," Zhou Xi didn't know how to explain it to Man Bao, so he could only wipe her tears and said, "Don't go out and do bad things about your mother."
Zhou Xi said: "You see my mother is so bowed, so you can't mess up this matter."
Man Bao slumped his shoulders now, and nodded after a while: "Okay, I won't scold him, nor will I be angry."
"Good boy."
Man Bao raised his head and asked Zhou Xi, "Sister, is that really our brother-in-law? I saw on the road sign that he is from Shangzhou. If he is from Shangzhou, why is he our brother-in-law?"
Zhou Xi was stunned, but then he remembered that his parents once said that his aunt was from Shangzhou. A few years ago, when life was getting better, they had mentioned that they wanted to go to Shangzhou to find relatives of the Xia family, but Shangzhou
The state is so far away, they don't even know where Shangzhou is.
Not only Lao Zhoutou and Qian, but also the more courageous Zhou Lang were afraid of going to such a far place.
The thought flashed past, Zhou Xi thought of something, and immediately stood up and said: "Manbao, you just read in the room. When your fifth and sixth brothers come back to play with you, I will go next door to take a look."
As soon as I went out, I saw Er Yaer leading a few little ones over with their mouths pouting unhappily, and quickly said: "Stop basking in the sun outside, come inside and accompany your sister-in-law. Don't run around around, okay?"
Zhou Xi hurried to the next door, and Mrs. Qian asked Xiao Qian to bring out two bowls of bean curd, one for the yamen servant and one for the village chief, and asked them to sit and talk.
Seeing her daughter standing outside the door and winking at her, Qian wiped her tears and went out...
Zhou Xi pulled her mother aside and whispered the question Man Bao asked, "Mom, we can't understand this guide either. We have to ask clearly, otherwise we will find out we made a mistake later..."
Mr. Qian nodded, "I thought so too, so I wanted to keep him here for a while. When your father comes back, I can ask him more questions."
Qian frowned when he said this, looked at the door and said, "Why haven't your father and the others come back yet?"
"How about I go look for it in the mountains."
Qian thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, go and have a look. You are alone, don't go too deep."