Claude drove the carriage crazily on the street. Fortunately, the soldiers on guard duty on the street did not intercept his carriage. Carriages entering and leaving the town need to be inspected. As for this car that was already in the town
No one in the carriage was willing to cause trouble. Instead, they wondered if someone in the family of the carriage driver was sick and rushed in such a hurry.
There was no crowd in front of the big red brick house, but there were some idlers standing in front of several shops across the street, talking and pointing towards Claude's home from time to time. Claude was driving a carriage.
The arrival attracted their attention even more, and they stopped chatting and stared at Claude...
Claude ignored these people. He just wanted to know what happened at home and what crime his father was arrested for.
The mother sat at the dining table and cried silently, while the younger brother, Little Booker, had an obvious slap mark on his face. He was huddled in the corner holding the little snow dog, still sobbing. The younger sister, Anna, was holding a huge floor mat and dragging it on the floor.
The kitchen was mopping the floor, and there was a large puddle of water on the floor. It seemed that the pot of black tea fell on the floor and all the black tea was poured out...
As soon as Claude came in, the little snow dog waggled its tail and rushed forward. His younger brother, Little Booker, also got up from the ground and started crying again. He stretched out his hands for Claude to hug him. His younger sister Anna looked at it with tears in her eyes.
Looking at Claude, two more lines of tears fell on his face.
"Mom, what happened at home? Why was father arrested?" Claude didn't care about his younger brothers and sisters, he just wanted to know what happened.
The mother shook her head with tears: "I don't know either. When I was preparing to make breakfast in the kitchen in the morning, two officers and several soldiers came with an order saying that your father had been arrested for endangering the security of the kingdom and needed to be investigated.
.Your father was taken away without even eating a morsel of bread..."
Are you kidding! Is this possible? Mr. Molsang is just an administrative director of White Deer Town. He is responsible for people's livelihood and economic development. Will he endanger the security of the kingdom? This is too ridiculous. He is not a technician in the musket workshop.
, is not the commander of the army, nor the chief executive of the three southwest counties. He is just a civil servant in a local town. How could he endanger the security of the kingdom? This crime is almost as serious as treason. If it is confirmed, there will be no other choice.
There is no other option than shooting.
"Is this a mistake?" Claude doubted the authenticity of this charge. If the reason for arrest was corruption and bribery, it might be more reliable. But none of the local civil servants in the kingdom have their own gray income, and Moore
Mr. Sang has always been honest and never accepts gifts. This is a fact known to all residents in the town. He just likes to take a share in other people's business and make a little profit. He is never greedy or usurping the guest, so those who cooperate with him
Everyone is very satisfied.
"There is no mistake. The two officers who broke in this morning announced this crime. We all heard it clearly." My mother also knew the seriousness of this crime. There was a look of fear and despair on her face, and she burst into tears.
It fell on the dining table.
My sister Anna also nodded and added: "My mother was so frightened when she heard them say this in the kitchen that she even dropped the black teapot."
"What about father? Did he defend himself?" Claude hugged his crying brother who was pulling his thighs and trousers to prevent him from wiping his nose and tears on his trousers.
"No, your father just took a deep drag on his cigarette, put his pipe on the table, stood up, nodded to the two officers and followed them without saying anything."
Only then did Claude realize that his mother was still clutching the black mulberry wood ivory pipe that his father had left behind.
It's a little strange why my father is silent. Doesn't it mean that people who have been wronged will loudly defend their innocence when they are arrested? My father's behavior is really like the latent spies and spies who were caught in those TV series in his previous life, but he may
Are they spies and spies from other kingdoms lurking here? It would make people laugh to think so. As a civil servant in a local town, my father has no access to so-called national secrets.
"By the way, where is Albert?" Claude looked around and didn't find Albert. Didn't this guy eat and sleep at home every day during this period? Where did he go when such a big thing happened at home?
My mother wiped her tears and said, "Your eldest brother has gone out to inquire about the news."
This is still a bit ridiculous. Claude was about to nod when he heard his sister Anna say: "He took the family's money and ran away."
Family money? Claude was stunned: "What money?"
"He didn't run away, but he said it would cost some money to find someone to help find out about my father, so I gave him some money." The mother explained while stopping her tears.
"He took away all the money from the family. We don't have any money to buy groceries today." My sister Anna said unhappily.
"Damn girl, what's more important now is shopping for groceries or asking for news about your father. It's not like there's nothing to eat at home. If you're hungry, just two slices of bread." The mother looked at her sister Anna angrily.
"How much money did he take?" Claude asked his sister. If Albert really took money to get information, it wouldn't matter. He was just afraid that he would just find an excuse to defraud money from his family.
"It seems to be more than a dozen silver thalers." My sister Anna thought for a while and said, "I don't know how many there are. Anyway, he took all the money in the small box where my mother kept the money."
My mother has a small box, which contains her private money and the money her father gives her every month. Basically, my father’s monthly salary of three silver thalers is given to my mother for household expenses. He also has other gray income, sometimes
When I am in a good mood, I will give my mother more money. My mother relies on the money from my father to support the family's main expenses. Over the years, she has accumulated more than a dozen silver thalers and probably more than three gold crowns.
Now all of his mother's money has been taken away by Albert, in the name of going to find out about his father. Claude didn't want to argue with him, and besides, he couldn't find this so-called eldest brother. He took out the clouded leopard from his own pocket and sold it.
Eight silver thalers were given to his sister Anna.
"Here, you go shopping for groceries at noon, just like usual. When people ask you about your father, just answer that you don't know. At this time, we must be calm. No matter what happens, our family must be brave.
Face it, understand?"
During this time, my younger sister Anna was responsible for the grocery shopping at home. She was only fourteen years old and already knew how to help her mother with a lot of housework. Claude didn't want to give the money to her mother. Her father was arrested and she was left confused and easily affected.
People are bewitched and deceived. On the contrary, my sister Anna listens to me very much, regards me as someone I can rely on, is more decisive in doing things, and will not be easily fooled.
Claude put down his crying brother Little Booker: "Stop crying, Little Booker, my brother will take you to wash your face."
Then Claude saw the five red finger prints on his younger brother's face, and his face suddenly sank: "Who hit this?"
If it was the two officers who came to arrest his father in the morning, Claude wouldn't mind going to the military camp at night to cause a scene. His younger brother Booker and younger sister Anna are his two opposite sides. In his previous life, he was an only son and had no brothers or sisters.
, there is only brotherly loyalty. Only in this world did young Booker and Anna feel the affection of brothers and sisters. He usually loves his younger brothers and sisters the most, and anyone who bullies his younger brothers and sisters will have trouble with him!
"It's the eldest brother. After my father left with the two officers, my mother went upstairs to get money for the eldest brother and asked him to go find out the news. The younger brother was crying, but the eldest brother thought he was too noisy and slapped him. I was afraid that he would hit me too.
, just before he came out of the kitchen. The little snow dog wanted to bite him. The elder brother said that if he pounced on it, he would have someone beat it to death that night. The younger brother held the little snow dog to prevent it from pounce..."
My sister Anna explained briefly and clearly what happened in the family restaurant in the morning.
Claude took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. If Albert was still in front of him now, Claude would make sure that he would lie in bed for ten and a half days without being able to get out of bed.
He dared to show off his power in front of his younger brothers and sisters just after his father was taken away. So it is conceivable that all the money his mother gave him was used as meat buns to beat dogs, and he will never get it back.
If this guy really goes to find out about his father, then you can forgive him for once. Otherwise, you must let him understand why the flowers are so red.
"Have you eaten in the morning?" Claude asked his mother while wiping his brother's face with a towel.
The mother shook her head bitterly: "I have no appetite, I can't eat, and I feel very sad."
It seemed that no one had eaten, so Claude went into the kitchen to take a look and found that his mother's morning breakfast was only half cooked, the eggs were not fried, the bacon was not cut, and only a small basket of white bread was prepared.
"Mom, if you feel uncomfortable, go upstairs and rest for a while. I will take care of little Booker and Anna. You can come down again after Albert finds out the news about his father."
The mother nodded and wiped her eyes with her hands: "Okay, Claude, I'll lie down for a while first. You watch them and call me if you need anything."
Mother almost tripped and fell on the stairs when she went upstairs. It was obvious that what happened in the morning had not calmed down her mind. As a housewife, she had never experienced such a change, and her father's arrest was very exciting to her.
It's really too big. If Claude hadn't arrived, maybe my mother would have sat at the dining table all day...
"Anna, after you finish mopping the floor and tidying up, I'll make breakfast for you."
"I don't want to eat bread, I want my brother to make noodles." Little Booker said. After Claude smeared the perfect quality primary treatment potion on his face, the mark on his face had almost disappeared.
"I can't make noodles now. I'll make them for you at noon. You can eat some bread first in the morning, and my brother will make you some sweet egg soup, and then spread the bread slices with honey, okay?"
Little Booker thought for a long time before nodding and saying: "Okay, then brother will make noodles for lunch, so you must keep your word."
After breakfast, Claude and his sister cleaned up the kitchen and dining room. Then they took their sister, brother, and the little snow dog to the open-air market in a carriage to buy ingredients. They also bought a large bag of fodder and selected a large wooden box.
The basin will serve as the food trough for the black horse Jamie. I estimate that I will spend more time at home in the next few days, so I have to take care of the black horse Jamie so that he does not starve.
There were people coming and going in the open-air market. Many people already knew the news that Claude's father, Mr. Morsant, the administrative director of Bailu Town, was arrested by the soldiers. Many people gossiped behind their backs. But fortunately, no one
It was a fool who came to Claude and the others to openly ridicule him. Otherwise, Claude would definitely kill the chicken and show it to the monkeys, letting those blind guys know that even if their father is not around, their own family is not someone they can easily insult.
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Sister Anna came back with a small bag of potatoes and said to Claude, who was deliberately grabbing prunes from Little Booker: "Second brother, just now I heard Sister Lini, the potato seller, say that those soldiers not only went to our house to capture
After leaving my father, they arrested many people in the town, and it seems that Uncle Thomas was also arrested."
Uncle Thomas, who was my father's colleague, Mr. Morsan, who was the administrative supervisor, who was the patrol supervisor.
Claude was stunned: "Are you sure?"
Sister Anna put the potatoes on the carriage: "That's what Sister Lini said. She said that her husband saw the soldiers grabbing Uncle Thomas in the morning. Uncle Thomas resisted a few times and was knocked down by the soldiers with the butts of their rifles.
On the ground, throw it into the carriage and take it away."
Claude felt like he understood something: "Anna, let's go home first. You watch Little Booker at home, and I'll go out and find out."
"Yes." Sister Anna nodded sensibly.
Sorry, I was supposed to post two chapters today, but I really can’t make it out. I’ll make them up tomorrow and the next two days.