Chapter 279
Is there no one in this family who can speak human language?
Shen Jiao looked up at the courtyard gate. Hey, surprise, there really was a suitable place to tie the rope.
The woman's face turned pale and red. She raised her hand and slapped the little head that popped out. "You little bastard, you still remember I'm your mother. How could you be so ungrateful? I scolded her, and she scolded me back. You even kicked the door down."
"Oh, grandma said, whoever teases first deserves to be beaten to death."
The boy covered his head and cried out in pain, but still dared to talk back.
Shen Jiao sobbed and pulled out a belt from her bag.
A quarter of an hour later, she felt the simplicity of the local customs and the hospitality of the villagers. She sat at the table, gnawing on a chicken thigh in her left hand and a piece of meat in her right hand. She ate without even looking up, and said politely, "How can I feel so embarrassed? I even killed the crowing rooster. You are so kind! How can I repay you?"
"Just don't die." The boy wiped his saliva and spoke bluntly.
Shen Jiao waved her hand: "Don't say that, it's unlucky. I wasn't planning to die anyway."
The woman's face darkened: "Then why did you put the neck in there?"
In the blink of an eye, she had tied the rope and jumped up to put her head inside.
Shen Jiao said, "My neck is itchy. I haven't washed it in half a month, and I don't want anyone to rub it."
Whose good person is so rude?!
How do you rub it?
Jump up and hang yourself up, then rub yourself by the force of the swinging?
I rubbed it until half of the neck broke. When I rubbed it clean and took it off, I saw that I was completely cold. I turned it over and saw that there was still one side that I hadn't rubbed.
The woman found the scene outrageous.
I don't know where this "goddess" came from, I'm afraid she has an iron neck.
Her silly son was quite understanding and said, "Hanging and rubbing the neck, this must be some kind of martial art, right? Auntie, please teach me, or you can ask me to dance with the sword. I think I'm a genius and will learn quickly."
It would be terrible if he wanted to learn this.
The woman's face was almost black with anger: "What's your business? Go away, go away and stay outside."
The little black hand that tried to touch the two long swords shrank back unwillingly.
"Just go out, I'm still craving for food standing here."
The child turned and ran away.
When Shen Jiao arrived, it was time for dinner. The fire was already lit, so the family simply cooked their own meal, but set up the table outside and did not eat with Shen Jiao.
Looking at the boy's expression and the amount of chicken nuggets, Shen Jiao guessed that they probably had nothing to eat, and all the good food should be with her.
The woman muttered uncomfortably at her son's words, "This brat."
He turned his head to look at Shen Jiao again and forced a smile. "Well, little sister, we can be said to have known each other for a long time. You can stay here for the night. It's not too late to leave tomorrow. We'll go get some grass and help you feed the horse. It's not easy to be away from home. I said something unpleasant, but it's really because of the kidnapper's behavior. I'm holding my anger in. Don't take it to heart. It's not just you. We here can't stand strangers. We get angry as soon as we see them."
"What's going on?" Shen Jiao was genuinely curious. "It's okay if the children are scared, but why are you adults scared too?"
"Oh... don't mention it... This story started last year. I don't know where a group of people appeared. They kidnapped anyone they saw. If they couldn't trick them, they would just grab them. Not to mention children, even three or five adults could be taken away. If they were lost on the road outside the village, it would be normal, but some people just disappeared in the village."
The woman wiped her tears and said,
"Don't be ridiculous, my father-in-law, my husband, and my brother-in-law were tricked. They were drawing water for the fields when they saw a child drowning in the river. His parents were kneeling on the bank, crying for help. My husband jumped in to save him, but was pulled down by the child.
My father-in-law and brother-in-law naturally couldn't just stand by and watch, so they jumped in to help. However, they fell into a trap. As soon as they entered the water, the couple jumped in after them, pretending that they were anxious and couldn't swim. In fact, they wanted to drag the people until they were exhausted. When they got ashore, my husband and the others were confused. They pretended to send them to the clinic, put the people on the carriage in front of so many people in the village and ran away. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't catch up with them.
My eldest daughter ran fast and clung to the back of the carriage, and disappeared as well.
Later, after being cheated many times, the villagers learned their lesson. But they also changed their tactics and started asking for ransom. However, no one who paid the ransom returned. If you want to leave the village, you can't come back without more than ten people.
The woman burst into tears and asked:
"Sister, if that's all you say, how can we not be afraid? How can we be nice to outsiders? It's only in the past two months that they've calmed down."
"They're so rampant, how come no one's in charge?" Shen Jiao was quite certain. She must still be in Hedong Road. "They can't be under the jurisdiction of Tongcai Villa, right?"
"No one is in charge of Tongcai Villa... sister," she said with a wry smile, "You're really new to the martial arts world, don't you know? Tongcai Villa has long been unable to control this place. Only the Qishui County is better. Ours is managed by the villa owner's former adopted son. I heard that he rebelled and no longer works with Villa Owner Xue. We don't understand either. A few years ago, when Madam and the Seventeenth Young Master came here, they arrested many bad guys. We only had a few years of good life..."
She had cried enough.
But what Shen Jiao was most concerned about was whether she could take a bath before going to bed after eating.
Those who are thin-skinned may feel embarrassed to speak up when they see how upset others are.
Shen Jiao was different. She also wanted a bath bean. If she didn't have that, she would have to have soap beans, pancreas ash or something else. It would be best if she had clean clothes, because her clothes were all rotten.
I remembered Xue Shun’s instructions.
Shen Jiao thought about it and took out some copper coins he had exchanged on the road and gave them to them. A dozen or so coins were not even enough to buy the stewed chicken.
Shen Jiao cried, "This is all my belongings. If it's not enough, these two sets of clothes of mine are worth some money. My sword is an heirloom from my ancestors, so I can't give it to you."
The family was silent.
Shen Jiao not only took a bath, but also found a slightly better broken pot for her wild flowers and weeds.
The little boy, Qian Goudan, was puzzled and asked, "Isn't this thing everywhere? Auntie, why are you growing it?"
"You don't understand."
This was the first time she had grown something alive since she was seven years old.
The vegetables in Xue Shun’s yard don’t count.
Shen Jiao said: "This is something from my hometown, a memory. When I see it, I remember the time before I was homeless."
Shen Jiao also started to sob.
"Auntie, what happened to your family?"
"Those who left have left, those who are gone are gone, and those who are scattered have dispersed." Shen Jiao said this very sadly.
At night she heard Qian Goudan pleading for her: "Mother, that aunt doesn't look rich, but she's quite pitiful. Let's let her go."
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