No, it was Dad who unilaterally beat Qian Jiu hard.
Qian Jiu was beaten until his face was covered in blood, and Uncle Xu quickly dragged him into the house to clean him.
Xu Qiuniang kept crying, but she didn't dare to come up and tear Jiang Sanlang and Chun Niang apart.
On the way back, Jiang Sanlang was carrying the twins in a bamboo basket, and Chun Niang was carrying Ying Bao. The five members of the family were silent.
Halfway through, they met Jiang Cheng who came to pick them up.
"Third uncle, why is your hand broken?" Jiang Cheng asked.
Only then did Jiang Sanlang realize that he had a cut on his hand and the blood on it had dried.
Chun Niang was very nervous and regretted that she didn't notice that her husband's hand was broken. It was really wrong.
"It's okay, it's just a scratch on the skin." Jiang Sanlang touched his hand and reassured his wife: "It's not my blood."
Ying Bao also came over to check, and was relieved to see that her father was really fine.
After returning home, Yingbao washed her hands and face and went back to the house to rest.
It is expected that this old man will fight with Qian Jiu.
They had fought in their previous life, and it was more intense than now. Qian Jiu had two of his teeth knocked out.
It is said that many years ago, the Qian family and the Xu family discussed marriage, and Qian Jiu was engaged to be the eldest girl, Chun Niang, but for some reason, Qian Jiu suddenly made a lifelong private commitment to the second girl, Xu Qiuniang.
So there was a story about sisters getting married. In the end, Xu Chunniang married Jiang Sanlang, a poor boy from Dongchen Village, and Xu Qiuniang, the second girl, married Qian Jiu, who came from a relatively well-off family.
Originally, this matter was due to Qian Jiu and Xu Qiuniang being dishonest, but they didn't think so. Instead, they were complacent and showed off in front of Chun Niang.
But since Chun Niang gave birth to twins, life became better and better. The more Qian Jiu looked at his wife, the more he disliked her, feeling that she was not as good as Chun Niang in every aspect.
Because of this, Xu Qiuniang disliked seeing her eldest sister even more. She wished that her eldest sister would be stuck in a mud puddle all her life, unable to get up, and live a life worse than her.
So there may be some sisterly love before getting married, but after getting married there is nothing left.
As soon as the second day of the Lunar New Year passed, the Jiang family began to entertain relatives and friends from all walks of life who came to pay New Year's greetings.
But none of this affects Yingbao and her younger brother.
Several boys in the family went to the village threshing floor to play football whenever they had free time, and the twins were among them. Yingbao rode a deer to Chen Silang's house to see Chen Silang.
Chen Zhu could already sit up and was very happy to see Ying Baolai. He called his son Xiaoyao to call him sister.
Yingbao checked his wound and saw that it was basically healed, so she nodded: "You can go for a walk. Don't lie down all the time. It's not good for your recovery."
"Okay." Chen Zhu already regarded this child as a real doctor and responded very respectfully.
Yingbao asked Tang next to her: "Grandma Tang, how are you doing lately? Are you feeling dizzy?"
Tang smiled and said, "No, I'm fine now after taking your medicine. I used to be dizzy and my hands and feet would be numb, but now I'm not numb anymore, and I can walk much more easily."
"Well, we should keep it like this in the future. We should pay more attention to our daily diet. Don't eat rice porridge and sweets. We must also give up pickles. Move your legs and feet more. Don't sit for long periods of time. You should stand up more slowly."
Mrs. Wen said that many elderly people suffer strokes due to prolonged sitting or squatting.
"You all listen to Ying Bao." Tang Shi said with a smile.
After coming out of the patriarch's house, Yingbao rode on the big deer and walked slowly to the threshing floor, where several boys from the Jiang family were playing football. She would go home with them later.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed in a flash.
Yingbao was about to tell her parents about going to the county town when she suddenly heard a noise in the yard.
When I went out to take a look, I saw two detectives carrying sticks and dragging my father, Jiang Sanlang, out.
Chun Niang exclaimed: "Why are you arresting my husband?"
One of the detectives said: "Someone accused Jiang Sanlang of committing murder and wounding someone. The county captain ordered me to come and get the person! Anyone who is not involved should get out of the way!"
Ying Baobao ran out and said to Chun Niang: "Mom, let's follow!" She must go to the county town with her father to see what's going on.
In my last life, my father was never arrested by the Yamen.
Chun Niang also reacted and quickly hit the mule cart.
Sun Lizheng, who brought the police over, saw that Jiang's family was in a panic, so he comforted him: "The county captain is just taking people to question him. If your Sanlang has never done anything, he will be released soon."
Chun Niang was not comforted at all, because she always remembered the scar on her husband's shoulder.
"Third brother and sister, you stay at home and take care of the children, I'll go." Jiang Erlang was a little panicked and quickly took the reins of the mule cart.
Mrs. Jiang Liu and Mrs. Jiang also advised Chun Niang: "It won't do anything for you if you go, so let Erlang go."
Chun Niang shook her head: "I must go, and I also asked my sister-in-law to help look after Xiaojie and Xiaowu." Her husband was arrested, how could she stay at home and wait for news?
"Me! And me!" Yingbao hugged her second uncle's calf, "I want to go!" She knew the newly appointed county magistrate, so she could have a word with him no matter what.
And this matter must be related to himself, and also to the Han family and the little Han family.
Jiang Erlang naturally knew what was going on, and also knew that his niece was rescued by the county magistrate, so it might be helpful to bring his niece with him, so he picked up Ying Bao and put it on the mule cart.
Immediately, Jiang Erlang drove his car and drove behind the government servant's car with his sister-in-law and niece.
In the afternoon, the mule cart entered the county town.
The police officer took Jiang Sanlang back to the Yamen and said to Jiang Erlang and others who were following him: "Tomorrow the high officials will hold a court hearing. You can come to hear the trial tomorrow morning."
"Thank you for telling me, brother."
Jiang Erlang thanked the policeman and took his sister-in-law and niece to the Gaojiadian Inn.
The innkeeper still remembered the little girl, registered her household registration, and took them upstairs.
Early the next morning, Chun Niang and Ying Bao got up and went downstairs to wash up. They saw their second uncle already downstairs, with a graceful lady standing next to them.
The lady was holding a big tin pot in her hand and was pouring hot water for the second uncle.
"Sister Yanru." Yingbao ran over, raised her neck and looked at her second uncle, and then at Yanru.
Sister Yanru's makeup today is very elegant and delicate, as if she has been dressed up carefully, and there is no trace of makeup. Anyway, she is very beautiful.
Yan Ru touched Ying Bao's head and said with a smile: "Bao'er, I see you again, I'm very happy."
Ying Bao thought to herself that if you didn't see me happy, you probably saw your second uncle happy.
"Why is Sister Yanru at the inn?" This Yanru is not a waiter at the inn, let alone helping in the inn, but she showed up here early in the morning and even brought hot water for washing for her second uncle.
Mao Niyingbao didn’t believe it at all.
Didn't you see that the innkeepers stayed away from the two of them? The lady innkeeper must have told them something.
Yan Ru's face was stunned for a moment, she glanced at Jiang Erlang, and said in a low voice: "My uncle is out on business today, and my aunt asked me to come to the inn to help."
Jiang Erlang was someone who had been here before. How could he not see that this lady was interested in him? He didn't turn his head and coughed lightly, "Yingbao, wash up quickly. We have to go to the Yamen."
Ying Bao blinked, brushed her teeth and washed her face with her mother, and went to the latrine again.
When the three of them rushed outside the government hall, they saw two government servants sitting inside the court gate, looking at them lazily.
Yingbao jumped off the mule cart and stood at the door of the Yamen, looking inside.
OMG! I didn’t take a close look at this Yamen Court last time. Now that I have a look, I can sum it up in three words: Old! Broken! Old!
The yamen does not even have a gate. Although it has brick walls, the roof is thatched and is in a dilapidated state.
The stone cracks on the steps of the court hall are covered with weeds. Now the weeds are withered and yellow, making it look even more depressed.
"Second uncle, weasels!" Yingbao pointed at the small animals that ran away quickly and shouted: "Two of them!"
Jiang Erlang glanced at it, not surprised at all.
Although this is a county government, except for the county magistrates and government officials, it is impossible for ordinary people to get close to this place unless they have something to do, let alone traders.
As time goes by, won't this place become deserted?
Moreover, the county magistrate is appointed for three to four years and will leave at that time. Whoever has lost his mind would spend his own money to repair it.
As long as they could get shelter from the wind and rain, the county magistrate and his family would live in the back hall and courtyard to survive.
