The disheveled beggar woman handed the money to the jailer with a large handle and begged: "Sir, please do me a favor and let me come in to see my son. I promise, I will come out soon. Please
Yes, please, I will kneel down for you..."
The jailer was very disgusted when he saw her like this, especially since not only the woman's body smelled bad, but the silver she handed her also had a smell, and it was only a few copper coins, which could not be bought with a pot of wine.
But this woman didn’t seem to understand rejection. No matter how hard he tried to drive her away, she just wouldn’t leave. The jailer was also annoyed by her, and finally let him go:
"Okay, let's go in. But remember, you will come out as soon as a stick of incense comes out. Otherwise, you will be in trouble."
"Yes, yes, thank you, sir!"
The beggar woman put the money in his hand with great gratitude, and then walked towards the prison with steps that did not match her appearance.
As soon as she entered the prison, the gloomy and musty smell assaulted her nostrils. However, the life she had lived these days had made her completely accustomed to it, and she followed the prison officer who led the way to a cell.
"One stick of incense, remember." The jailer warned again, and then the beggar woman was left alone.
The beggar woman looked at the figure huddled in the corner through the cell door, tears streaming down her face. She began to call in a low voice: "Kang'er, Kang'er, mother is here to see you!"
The figure who was huddled there thought he heard it wrong, until the sound got louder and louder, he suddenly raised his head. When he saw the unkempt figure in front of the cell door, he was stunned, and then he didn't dare
I walked over slowly and confidently:
"Mother?" Zhao Kang looked in disbelief at the woman in front of the cell door who had aged much and became like a beggar. Is this his mother?
"Kang'er, it's mother, it's mother." The beggar woman turned out to be Mrs. Zhao. She felt very distressed when she saw her son who had lost a lot of weight. She wanted to reach out to touch him, but when her hand was dirty, she
Shrank back.
"Mom, what happened? How did you become like this? And why didn't my sister and brother-in-law come to rescue me?" Zhao Kang had not seen his family for several months, and he collapsed. When he was arrested
In prison, he was sentenced to two years in prison by his brother-in-law and was very confused.
However, Zhao Kang thought that his brother-in-law was just doing it for outsiders to see, and he would be let out soon. Who knew that it would be several months after he was in prison. Except for his parents and sister who came to see him at first, he never saw him again.
them.
As for letting it go, that's out of the question.
Zhao Kang didn't know what was going on outside. He asked the cell leader, but the cell leader ignored him at all. A few months passed like this, and just when he thought he had been forgotten, his mother actually appeared. It's just that mother's
The image was beyond his expectation, and the light of hope he had just raised was extinguished again.
Hearing her son's question, Mrs. Zhao couldn't help crying: "Kang'er, my mother has suffered a lot during this time. After you were put in prison, your brother-in-law, the county magistrate, turned his back on you. What else could he say about you?"
He can't do anything about offending people he shouldn't offend."
"But mother is not willing to give in. Since he said that there are big shots and he can't let you go, then I will find someone I can provoke to take revenge. I found out about the country bitch couple who had a conflict with you and sent people to hunt them down. Who knows?
Not only were all the people sent out captured, but I was also confessed..."
"Then what?" Zhao Kang was originally very happy when he heard that his mother had gone to avenge him, but then he heard that he had not succeeded at all. Somehow, he had a feeling that he would end up like this and that he would most likely break away from the couple.
It doesn't matter.
But didn’t that couple come from the countryside? How could they know any big shot? Even the county magistrate’s brother-in-law fell out with their family because of this?
"Although they confessed me, I was very cautious at the beginning and did not leave any substantial evidence, so I was not jailed. But those people were sentenced, and their accomplices hated me and poured dirty water on me.
, asked your father to divorce me. And your sister also died in childbirth, and now your nephew is being raised by the county magistrate’s wife, who doesn’t even admit that the child has the blood of our Zhao family..."
Mrs. Zhao's natal family has long been deserted. After being divorced by her husband, she had nothing. In addition, she had offended many people by relying on her daughter to learn about the county's favor. As soon as she fell into despair, those people she had offended immediately fell into trouble.
, this is how Mrs. Zhao has now become a beggar.
"How could this happen?" Zhao Kang felt weak. He didn't expect so many things to happen in just a few months.
"Kang'er, your old and immortal father has a son again. I'm afraid he won't care about you at all." Mrs. Zhao thought of her ruthless husband and hated her so much. "Son, now we are the only two who depend on each other. You
Be strong, you will be able to come out in more than a year."
Zhao Kang was at a loss. If he was not the legitimate son of the Zhao family and did not have the county magistrate's brother-in-law as his backer, what would he be able to do after he was released from prison?
Mrs. Zhao saw her son's depressed look, and her heart tightened, and she quickly said: "Son, do you know who I saw today?"
Without waiting for Zhao Kang to answer, she continued: "I saw the couple who harmed you. You suffered in prison, but they lived freely. Son, don't you hate it?" She hated it to death anyway.
That couple, if it weren't for them, her son would not be in jail, and there would be nothing that happened later. Without all this, she would not be divorced, and she would still be Mrs. Zhao now!
Hate, of course I hate!
Hearing his mother mention Nie Zhou and Yun Xi, Zhao Kang's hatred seemed to have found an outlet.
"Mom, I listen to you, I will persevere. When I have the chance to go out, I will definitely take revenge!" Zhao Kang said forcefully, the people who harmed him are all fine, why should he eat so much?
Bitter. When he gets out, everyone who has bullied and betrayed him must be punished.
"Okay, this is my good son." Mrs. Zhao nodded, "Don't worry, mother will be waiting for you outside. And I will keep an eye on this couple. If there is a chance, I will definitely seek revenge on them.
Blood hate."
"good!"
"The time is up, get out quickly." At this moment, the prison boss came to urge Mrs. Zhao.
Although Mrs. Zhao was very reluctant to part with her, she could only take three steps and look back.
…
"Ah sneeze, ah sneeze——"
After booking a house, Yun Shu and the others came out and made an appointment with shopkeeper Qiu for the transfer time. The couple planned to go back to the inn to rest, and then wait until the time to meet the people Nie Zhou's friend had prepared for them. Who knew they hadn't returned yet?
At the inn, Yun Shu sneezed one after another.
"What's wrong?" Nie Zhou quickly asked with concern, "Are you catching a cold?" Although spring has begun, the temperature is still a little cold.
"No." Yun Shu shook her head, "I always feel like someone is talking about me behind my back?"
Who is it? Is there someone plotting against her behind her back?