Hearing the slap from the village chief, Bai Ling felt pain for him.
"Uncle the village chief, don't be in a hurry." Bai Ling pulled the village chief's sleeve and said with a smile: "It's completely dark today, and you can't go to the county even if you write. If Brother Hongyun is not busy, please ask Brother Hongyun to accompany me.
Go to the county, you also know that it is inconvenient for me to live at home, so you must help Sanfang!"
"Sure, then you come here early tomorrow and let your brother Hongyun go directly to the county seat so that we don't have to worry about anything else," the village chief said loudly.
"Mr. Chen, I'm sorry to trouble you today. I'll wait for the girl to clear out the new food and bring it to you." Only now did Bai Ling discover that Mr. Chen also has the attribute of a foodie.
Today I was tormenting Mr. Chen a lot, but Mr. Chen refused to accept the money for the consultation. It was just a simple meal, which was not enough to express his gratitude.
"Then I'll wait. Girl, if you don't keep your promise, I'll come to your house and ask for it." Mr. Chen said with a smile and asked the medicine boy to get on the bullock cart.
Mr. Chen is the doctor in the town, and he has Tongjitang as his guarantor, so he doesn't have to worry about not being able to go back even if it's dark.
The village chief was a little drunk, so Mr. Chen asked Bai Hongyun to send the village chief home first, which also saved the third house a headache.
After seeing off the guests, Bai Ling returned to the east room and smelled a sour smell. Bai Wei was squatting on the kang and wiping the place where Bai Sanshu had vomited.
"Mom, you don't have to try too hard to persuade dad. Today's incident has allowed dad to see clearly the people in the old house. Although he will feel uncomfortable, it is also a good thing. He will avoid being deceived and used as horses in the future.
, you still have to be beaten and scolded." Bai Ling looked at Bai Sanshu who was drunk and fell asleep, and said to Bai Liu.
"Mom also knows this. She just feels sorry for your father." Bai Liu said, wiping her tears.
"Mom, please stop crying. Those people in the old house are like leeches. It's a good thing if we get rid of them as soon as possible. Let's live a good life from now on, and dad won't have to suffer anymore. You should be happy." Bai Wei went out with the basin.
Before that, he called the two little guys and said, "Come to the west room with us to sleep today, and we will all make new bedding."
"Great, a new quilt!" Bai Xiaoshan clapped his hands happily.
"Don't make any noise, I'll wake dad up." Bai Xing hurriedly covered Bai Xiaoshan's mouth and pulled him out of the house.
Bai Ling got on the kang and hugged a quilt, closed the door and went back to the west room.
Mrs. Bai Liu turned on the lamp and went to the kang. She didn't see the tears falling from the corners of Bai Sanshu's eyes. She tucked the corners of the quilt for Bai Sanshu considerately, then put on her clothes and lay down.
As for the old house, after the village chief warned Mrs. Bai and others, he couldn't do anything to them, so he went to the third room.
The villagers were too embarrassed to continue watching the fun, so they left one after another.
Bai Dashu's plan failed, but the money promised to the doctor must not be less, otherwise the matter will not be finished.
When only her family was left, Bai Qishi had already woken up. Under Bai Ershu's vicious look, she was helped back to the house by Bai Mei, crying loudly.
"Mom and brother, should you give me an explanation?" Bai Ershu said gloomily, his eyes filled with blood.
"When your wife gave birth, I was still in the town. Later, you sent someone to send a message, so I invited a doctor to come to your house. I didn't handle other things, so I didn't know what was going on." Bai Dashu said with one sentence.
Clean, it also implies that Bai Ershu is ungrateful.
"I don't know either. When your wife was in confinement, she was served by the third family, and the medicine was cooked by the Liu family." Old Mrs. Bai shook her head vigorously, as if she was innocent.
Bai Ershu looked at the two of them, and the blood in his eyes had not faded, but was blocked by the lowered eyelids. Seeing that Bai Ershu remained silent, after the mother and son exchanged looks, the old lady cursed bitterly, "I must
It was Liu's bitch who did it. No wonder when something happened to that bitch Bai Wei later, she had the money to hire a doctor! Humph! God will accept this unscrupulous bitch sooner or later."
Bai Dashu remained silent. He always pretended to be a good person at home and would only express his attitude through silence.
"Second son, we have no evidence for this matter. Even if we sue the officials, we can't win. When we find a chance, we will settle the accounts with them. The most important thing now is that Qi cannot give birth. Do you think you should divorce her or not?
Want a younger one to come in? There is only one daughter in the second room, Bai Mei, and this is going to end the family!" Old Mrs. Bai slapped her thighs, looking distressed.
"What mother said is, if you don't have a leader, who can you expect when you get old?" Bai Dashu said.
The three of them, mother and son, were discussing the matter of their offspring in the house. No one noticed Bai Mei, who was listening in the corner outside, covering her mouth and quietly ran back to Bai Qi's house.
After hearing what her daughter said, Mrs. Bai Qi almost couldn't breathe, but there was no place to vent her hatred.
"Third room, I, Mrs. Qi, am not done with you!" Mrs. Bai Qi said bitterly, with unwillingness and hatred on her face. She grabbed Bai Mei's hand and said, "Meizi! Mom, you are the only one left, and your father is
If you accept a child, there will be no room for us and my mother in this family, so you must live up to your expectations, otherwise we and you will be doomed!"
Bai Mei shrank her neck in fear and nodded under Bai Qi's cannibalistic gaze.
Early in the morning of the next day, Bai Hongyun drove the bullock cart to the third room, and happened to meet Bai Ling who was about to go out.
"Good morning, Brother Hongyun." Bai Ling greeted with a smile.
Today, Bai Ling has two braids tied with a hairband and is wearing fine cotton clothes, which were made by the servants of the Qian family.
"Brother Hongyun is eating steamed buns. The ones made by my second sister are delicious." Bai Wei wrapped a few steamed buns in white cloth and handed them to Bai Hongyun, and then handed two bamboo tubes to Bai Ling, "Second sister, don't worry, I will make them today."
Stay at home and see who dares to come and bully you."
"You don't have to stay at home. I'll deliver the two fish I prepared later. Don't say anything to them. Just do what you have to do." Bai Ling glanced at Bai San who was weaving a straw curtain.
Shu, blinked at Bai Wei, lowered his voice and said: "Anyway, we don't have any money at home. As long as our family is fine, we won't be afraid of them making trouble."
"Okay, I understand." Bai Wei nodded, waved to Bai Ling, and then took the vegetable basket to the foot of the mountain.
There are not many honeysuckle flowers in this season, so picking some is enough for home use, which is what Bai Ling meant.
After arriving in the town, Bai Ling suggested that the ox cart be stored at a carriage and horse shop, and the two of them could ride a carriage to the county town.
Bai Hongyun came with me to do the business, so all the expenses were naturally paid for by Bai Ling.
Bai Hongyun often ran errands for Cun, and he had some superficial friendship with the people in the county government, so he quickly completed the paperwork.
"Thank you for your hard work, brother, yamen servant. We are in a hurry to go back to the village. I will save this little thought for brother to drink tea." Bai Ling stuffed two coins into the yamen servant, thinking that it would be a good idea to spend some money to become familiar with him.
The yamen servant didn't expect that a peasant girl could be so generous, so he looked at Bai Ling carefully, turned back and patted Bai Hongyun on the shoulder and said: "You are a good cousin. If you have any problems in the future, please come to Brother Wu Zi. If you can't handle big things,
I can give you some advice and run some errands."
"Thank you, Fifth Brother." Bai Ling nodded in thanks.
After finishing the business, Bai Ling took Bai Hongyun to a roadside stall to eat wontons. For five cents a bowl, they were thin-skinned and filled with large fillings. Of course, they couldn't be pure meat.
Bai Hongyun was embarrassed to eat more, so he ordered two more steamed buns to fill his stomach.
"Bai Ling, why did you give so much money? For such a trivial matter as your family, a dozen copper coins is a lot." Bai Hongyun couldn't help but say after eating.
"Brother Hongyun, those troublesome relatives in our family won't end like this. In the future, if I know someone in the county government, I might be able to use him some time, and it's worth spending some money." Bai Ling explained.
Half of the reason is that he didn't say that he planned to develop in the county.
Bai Hongyun remained silent and glanced at his distant cousin distressedly. He was also glad that his family did not have so many troubles. (To be continued)