Cheng Xue said this, but in her heart she was still thinking about the five girls in that room.
Even if she couldn't wake up the people who were pretending to be asleep, if she didn't stop them on a night when she knew they would commit suicide, she would always feel... uneasy.
"Hey, have they had dinner tonight?"
A soft voice broke the silence, and Li Hui sighed softly and replied:
"The food was delivered, but it was not clear whether to eat it or not. The two men who committed suicide were not awake when we left."
"What do Haifu Yin say? It's not that easy to deal with the county magistrate, even if he is the immediate boss."
The county magistrates of Liangyan were all Jinshi, and all the scholars could still survive, let alone Jinshi.
Li Hui looked at her look and knew that she was just as worried as him. Even if he said "I don't care", it was impossible for them to ignore it!
"Let's go, I'll accompany you to the kitchen to make some food and send it to them."
"Uh...don't mean...let's go!"
Cheng Xue quickly stood up and dressed. After Li Hui finished dressing himself, he picked up her cloak and put it on her.
"Do you think the way we are now looks like the Virgin White Lotus heroine in the online article you've read?"
"Why does the heroine have to be the heroine? Isn't the hero in the Stallion novel the Holy Father?"
Cheng Xue's unwillingness to be outdone earned her a kiss from Li Hui. When he let her go, her lips and tongue were numb, so embarrassing!
"Okay, Xiao Ni'er, have you read the stallion novel? Who gave you the courage?"
The strong sourness in her voice made her dumbfounded.
"Please, I didn't know you when I watched it. Is it necessary to go on and on like this? According to what you said, do I have to ask you if you have seen the short movie? Come on, don't make random remarks."<
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Seeing that she was about to run away, Li Hui hooked her neck from behind and whispered in her ear:
"I'll let you go this time, and I won't let you do it again in the future."
"I'd like to see it. Is there a place like this?"
Cheng Xue's rhetorical question made Li Hui chuckle, and the two of them left the house side by side. After going to the kitchen, they made a pot of pimple soup as quickly as possible, put it in a basin, washed five clean bowls, and carried it.
Get out.
It was very cold at night, and the entire inn was dark, except for the dancing candlelight in the west room.
Under the moonlight, the food in the basin is steaming.
"Hold it carefully, this is their ration." Cheng Xue warned in a low voice.
He knew she was joking on purpose, so he bumped her gently with his shoulder as a response.
As I approached the door, I clearly heard the sound of sobbing in the room. It was probably not a person.
It's a good thing to be able to cry, but it's terrible to hold it in!
Pulling the door open and entering the house, the crying in the house didn't stop, but when Cheng Xue opened the door to the inner room——
"Who?"
"It's me, bringing you some food. My daughter found the clothes you are wearing, so don't be afraid."
After Cheng Xue finished speaking, she entered the room. All five girls had red and swollen eyes. The two girls with cotton and silk cloth wrapped around their heads were obviously more energetic than the other three.
One of them went down to the ground to put on his shoes, took the initiative to take the bowl and chopsticks from Cheng Xue's hand, said with a slight blessing:
"Thank you for your help."
Looking at her firm eyes, Cheng Xue knew that the girl in front of her had completed her self-salvation.
The room was the same as when she came here before. There was some food on the lid of the box, but it was too cold to eat.
"Is your forehead still hurting? I'll check it out for you later and let's change the dressing."
"Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you."
"No." Cheng Xue shook her head gently.
Being willing to think about her body means that she has given up on the idea of committing suicide. She probably woke up from the impact, or maybe she was penetrated, or maybe she was reborn.
Of course, these are all Cheng Xue's own inner aberrations and cannot be exposed to the outside world.
Li Hui put the pimple soup on the kang, and another girl with a cloth on her head came over and filled the rice with a spoon.
After filling five bowls, he looked at the three girls who had no intention of moving and said:
"If you insist on dying, at least be a well-fed ghost before you die, and come over to eat."
After saying this, she picked up a bowl and handed it to the girl who lived and died with her, then lowered her head to eat. The other three looked at me and I looked at you, and they all came over to pick up a bowl and started eating. Cheng Xue looked at the five girls eating, her heart pounding.
If placed in modern times, she firmly believes that children will not commit suicide again. After all, if the impulse at that moment does not succeed, it will basically be difficult to realize the follow-up. But this is the Liangyan Dynasty, and women value chastity more than life.
What to do!
After thinking about it, I told them what happened after they were discovered while they were eating.
"... After Haifu Yin came, those two beasts were imprisoned in the stable. This incident alarmed Mr. Pang, and Haifu Yin will deal with it strictly. But if you can come forward to correct me, I believe you will be more convincing. I know you will be punished
Telling everything you have experienced will undoubtedly rub salt into your wounds. You should consider this matter, and I will make arrangements for you as to where you will go next."
Just like Li Hui said, take two away and send the remaining three back to the village to start over.
The two girls with bruises on their foreheads all nodded, while the other three were busy eating without expressing their opinions.
After finishing the pot of pimple soup, Cheng Xue asked Li Hui to leave first. He took out the trauma medicine that he had specially packed. During the dressing process, he learned that the two girls who committed suicide were sisters. They were two years apart. The older one was sixteen and the younger one.
Fourteen, both parents died. There was a younger brother, but he got sick and died during the snowstorm in the twelfth lunar month last year, so the two sisters came to the county to find work in order to survive.
They are the eldest among the five. The other three are the youngest, twelve, and the other two are both thirteen.
After changing the medicine for the two sisters, Cheng Xue said softly:
"I'm short of people around me. If you two have ideas, come to me after the matter is over and we can discuss it."
The two sisters looked at each other, and the elder sister immediately said:
"No need to discuss, we agree. Living or dead deeds are acceptable. I just ask Madam to give our sisters a place to stay."
They definitely can't go back to the village, and they can't stay in the county. They have to live hard if they don't die. Anyway, their bodies are already unclean, and they won't get married in the future. It's better to stay with the person in front of them to ensure that the future is not chaotic.
Being homeless and being humiliated by others.
Cheng Xue shook her head in relief, said "No hurry", stood up and said:
"You two think carefully about it. It's no small matter to serve by my side and wait for the natural fall. You can decide it later. As for the three of you, if you decide to live a good life, I will also arrange a place for you. There is a Zhuangzi at home, and the steward is
Mammy Hong is very good. If you don’t want to go home, go there and earn some money from embroidery work and support yourself.”
If they are too young, it is impossible to send them to work in a workshop. It is better to let them have a skill. Anyway, they should be given a way to survive. As for whether they want it or not, it depends on themselves.
As soon as she left the house, she met the doctor who came to check. Cheng Xue gave way and did not leave. It was not until the doctor came out of the house and heard that the door bolt was hung inside that she felt relieved and left...