Chapter 66 They are all very nice to me
One can imagine how much money this damn county magistrate has extorted from the people.
When the messenger sent by Master Cang arrived at the county magistrate's mansion, only an empty shell was left.
Maids and servants fell to the ground, and he felt more and more depressed as he walked towards the hall.
Before reaching the hall, I saw bloodstains flowing down the stone steps in the hall, and a strong smell of blood came from the half-open door.
He felt a chill and his scalp was tingling. He pushed the door open despite the intense discomfort.
There was a large pool of blood on the ground, and a human skeleton was lying there carelessly.
The heart, liver and lungs were scattered everywhere, and the head was split into several pieces next to it, with white brain matter splattered on the blood.
The young official couldn't help but vomit. When he looked up, he saw the bloody handprint on the ground. He was so scared that he crawled out of the hall.
He ran while shouting: "Hurry up and help me! It's bad! The master has been killed."
Xia Xing'er had already taken Xiao Yuanniang out of the city and stuffed her with a hundred taels of silver.
"Okay, now that you've had your revenge, just live your life well from now on."
Xiao Yuanniang didn't reach out to take the banknote. Instead, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to the brother and sister with great sincerity: "Miss, Master, I, Xiao Yuanniang, will obey your orders from now on. I will serve as your slave and servant to repay your kindness today. I beg you to take me in."
"I have no home now. Wherever my masters are, I will be there. I have no special skills in my life, but I am good at business."
She really wanted to follow these two, but she also didn't want to embarrass them: "Following you is my own wishful thinking. If the young master and the young lady don't want to, I won't force you. But in this life, I only recognize you two as my masters."
"If the young lady and young master don't need servants, I will go somewhere else. In the future, if the young lady and young master need me, as long as you give the order, I will come even if it means thousands of miles away, even if it means going through fire and water."
After saying this, he kowtowed to the brother and sister again.
In the past, Xiao Yuanniang lived for revenge, but now she lives to repay a favor.
The brother and sister looked at each other, and Xia Xing'er said speechlessly: "Saving you is just a favor to us brothers and sisters. We don't need you to become a slave in return."
Given their current status, they don't need slaves. They don't even bring their own four maids, servants, and nannies with them, let alone recruiting anyone along the way.
Xiao Yuanniang thought to herself that this was indeed the case, something she had expected a long time ago, but she was still very disappointed and sad.
But she was not someone who gave up easily. She had been following her benefactor quietly, waiting to appear in time when her benefactor needed her.
He kowtowed to the two men again, then stood up and stepped aside.
Seeing this, the brother and sister felt relieved. How wonderful it was! Such a good girl, why should she always be treated as a slave?
Xia Xing'er smiled and stuffed the banknote into her hand. "I hope that Xiao Yuanniang will be able to have everything go smoothly and be safe and happy in the future, and never have to encounter things like today again!"
As the brother and sister turned to leave, Xiao Yuanniang hurriedly asked, "Where are you two going, benefactors?"
After asking, she felt that she had been presumptuous and quickly changed her words: "Please don't misunderstand me, benefactor. I really didn't mean to specifically inquire about your whereabouts. I just wanted to be closer to you, benefactor."
Xia Xing'er stopped walking but didn't turn around: "We are exiled prisoners, and we are going to a place of exile. If we can avoid going there, we should not go. Most people can't survive there."
The road to exile is difficult, and it is even more difficult to live well in the land of exile.
There are all kinds of people there, some are extremely vicious, and everyone there is either a criminal or a prisoner.
Some are guilty of real crimes, some are wrongly accused, and some are implicated.
He was already very satisfied to know where his benefactor had gone. He bowed to the two of them and said, "I hope my benefactor has a safe journey!"
The brother and sister never stopped and strode away.
After finding a deserted place, Xia Xing'er released a carriage.
This carriage still belonged to the mansion at that time, but it was used by servants for shopping. It cannot be taken out for the masters' use now.
Xia Qingyu looked at the carriage that appeared out of nowhere without much reaction. He felt that everything was normal for his younger sister.
But why does this carriage look so familiar? It seems to belong to my own house.
Then he saw his little sister taking out rice, flour, chicken, duck, pork, eggs, egg cake, osmanthus cake, mung bean cake, roast duck, roast chicken... and putting them in the carriage.
Food was also prepared for the horses and donkeys.
He thought that was the end, but he saw the little sister still taking out things, including men's and women's clothes, shoes, and even rouge and powder.
But they are all made of cotton, which doesn’t look conspicuous and is also stain-resistant.
Xia Xing'er took out everything she could think of.
When did my younger sister prepare so many things? When I think about the things in my ring, I feel sorry for the treasures my younger sister prepared for me.
He took out the two storage bags and placed them in Xia Xing'er's hands: "Little sister, take these. I just collected them from the county magistrate's mansion."
Xia Xing'er was a little surprised: "Third brother, why are you giving this to me? It's yours if I give it to you. Besides, you collected all these by yourself. I'll take my share."
The system roared frantically in Xia Xing'er's mind: "Host, subordinates, don't give it to me, I want it."
Xia Xing'er directly blocked all contact with the system.
Xia Qingyu ignored Xia Xing'er's refusal and stuffed it directly into Xia Xing'er's hand: "This is given to you by your third brother. You have been taking out food for the past few days. You will have to rely on your sister in the future."
Xia Xing'er did not refuse and directly received the space.
The two of them prepared their things and drove the carriage directly to the place where they would meet Zhang San and the others.
When the brother and sister arrived at the city gate, Zhang San and his friends had just come out of the city.
Wow, there were five trucks full of supplies, and each person was carrying five bags of varying sizes.
They mostly buy these to sell to the prisoners in the team, making a lot of money again.
They also saw the carriage of the Xia brothers and sisters, and it went without saying that it was filled with supplies.
This is not exile for the Xia family, it is clearly a trip.
The fact that they already had a donkey cart was eye-catching enough, and now they have a horse carriage too, they are really not afraid of trouble.
But they really didn't dare to say anything. Not to mention the skills of the Xia brothers and sisters, they could only turn a blind eye to the old lady of the Xia family's cooking skills.
The Xia siblings sat on the edge of the carriage and said to Zhang San, "Master Zhang, there's still some space on our carriage. Do you want to put your things there? You can take them down when we get there."
Zhang San was quite surprised. He was quite wary of Xia Xing'er because of her good martial arts skills, but now it seems that she is easy to get along with, as long as you don't provoke her.
"Thank you, Miss Xia. I'll obey your command!"
After thanking them, Zhang San asked the brothers behind him to take down two of the bags and put them on Xia Xing'er's carriage, leaving two or three on him.
In the camp, three children squatted on the ground, looking into the distance and chatting idly.
"My aunt has been gone for almost an hour, why hasn't she come back yet?"
"I wonder what delicious food my aunt will bring us?"
"I wonder if my aunt can take me with her next time she goes out instead of my uncle."
"Uncle, you are so lucky to be able to go out with your aunt."
"I wonder if my aunt bought my favorite roast duck."
The rumbling sound of a carriage was heard, and the three little ones' six eyes all looked into the distance.
When he saw the Xia brothers and sisters sitting on the edge of the carriage, his eyes were shining and he rushed out like a cannonball.
The Xia siblings saw the three little guys running towards them from afar, and smiles appeared in their eyes.
Xia Qingyu drove a little faster.
Soon I reunited with the three little ones. Their three fair and tender little faces were red because they had just run away, and they looked so cute that I wanted to take a bite.
Xia Xing'er quickly jumped off the carriage, picked up Xia Zibo who was in the front, and gave the little guy a kiss on the face.
Xia Zibo's face turned red instantly and he buried his head in Xia Xing'er's arms.
Xia Ziyu and Xia Zibo looked at her eagerly, as if saying, "Auntie, come and kiss me."
Xia Xing'er put Xia Zibo down, hugged Xia Ziyu and Xia Zibo one by one, and kissed each of them on the face before stopping.
Xia Qingyu said with a look of resentment: "Alas, you three only see your aunt, but not your uncle!"
After saying that, I made an expression as if I was very sad and needed to be coaxed.
The three little ones climbed up onto the side of the carriage resignedly and began to flatter the horse in various ways.
"Uncle, you seem to be a little more handsome!"
"Uncle Zichuan likes you the most."
"I want to take care of my uncle until he dies!"
"Hahaha……"
Xia Xing'er laughed so hard that tears came out. The three little ones were really cute. Fortunately, the family changes did not make them lose their childlike innocence.
Xia Xing'er took out the food she had prepared and distributed it to them, and also gave them the wood carvings she had bought from the stall to choose from.
"I want this little monkey, it's so cute!"
"I want this tiger, it's majestic!"
"I want this giraffe, with a long neck so I can see far!"
Three little guys, talking to each other, it’s so lively!
Liu Youran looked at her children who had returned safely, her face full of smiles.
"Little sister, just spoil them!" Zhuge Pei said this, but she was still very happy in her heart.
Which parent doesn’t like more people to love their children?
Before we even reached the camp, the Xia family came out to greet us.
When they saw the carriage, everyone in the Xia family had a happy smile on their face.
Others who heard the noise saw that the Xia family had another carriage. They knew without a doubt that the carriage must be filled with supplies and food, and their eyes were filled with unconcealed envy.
The one who was most upset was the third uncle. He had originally wanted to make Xia Chengsheng's family so destitute that they could not survive, and finally came to him for help. He even thought of the words to say.
But now, far from being in poverty, their lives are getting better and better. They have donkey carts and horse carriages, and they eat and drink delicious food every day.
Look at myself again, dragging a heavy iron chain and gnawing on hard steamed bread every day.
In the past, the clan members respected him quite a bit, but as Xia Chengsheng's family lived better and better, the clan members had more and more complaints about him.
Wang didn't care about all this. She soaked the hard steamed buns in hot water and fed them to her son bit by bit.
She gave the official some silver and asked him to bring back millet for her son.
Xia Qingping woke up the next day after taking the medicine. Although he didn't go crazy due to the fever, he looked listless and no longer as lively and active as before.
Amidst the mixed gazes of the crowd, the Xia siblings parked the carriage at the Xia family's resting place, and Zhang San brought people to unload all their belongings.
When Zhang San turned to leave, Xia Chengsheng called out, "Master Zhang, thank you for taking care of our two children. I'll ask my wife to make some more porridge later, and you can ask me to come and have some too."
No matter what the reason was for Zhang San to agree to let Xing'er and the others bring back a carriage and a cart of supplies, he still had to do what he had to do on the surface.
Zhang San and his companions dared not take credit for it: "Mr. Xia is very polite. Miss Xia and Mr. Xia also went into the city to get the carriage and supplies themselves. If it were up to us, we would not even be able to enter the city today."
"The eight people who came back earlier also know why!"
Who doesn't like others praising their children? Liu Youran was also happy to hear Zhang San say that his children are capable: "Master Zhang, we made a little too much porridge today, please help me."
Zhang San heard Liu Youran say this and stopped refusing. "Then I'll obey your command. Once I've put my things away, I'll bring my brothers over to bother the old lady!"
On the other side, the two sisters-in-law also pulled Xia Xing'er to talk: "Little sister, how is it? Is it fun in Qingyang County? Is there anything interesting?"
"Little sister, you are such a wonderful person, so thoughtful. Look at all the things you bought. You even prepared rouge and powder for us. We are in exile all the way here, so how could we need these things?"
Which woman doesn't love beauty? But in their current situation, they can only look at it. In fact, these things have been prepared in the rings that my younger sister gave them.
Their dowries and valuables had already been put away, but it was really heartwarming to see what the sister-in-law had prepared.
Although they are all women, I have to admit that they are really not as careful as my sister-in-law. The things they prepare are not suitable for wearing on the road now.
"Little sister, let's go eat first. Mom has prepared the meal long ago and is waiting for you to come back to eat."
“Qingyang County is quite fun!”
Isn't it fun? She sold a pair of glass bowls for 300,000 taels of silver, not to mention that she emptied the entire county magistrate's mansion, and her own small treasury was enriched. She will go again if something like this happens next time!
Bai Wan'er looked at her sister-in-law with heartache. She had suffered a lot in the past few years and only reported good news but not bad news to her relatives.
"Little sister, if anything happens, tell us. Your sisters-in-law can't help you. And your brothers and parents are here. You are not alone now. You have family like us behind you."
"Sister-in-law, I'm really fine. The people in the city are so nice and have given me a lot of gifts!"
Seeing Xia Xing'er's serious expression, the two sisters-in-law believed it.
My sister-in-law is such a good person, it is normal for everyone to like her, and it would be even more abnormal not to give her anything.
Everyone was amused by her behavior, only Xia Qingyu, who knew everything, twitched her mouth.
If he hadn't followed her into the city today and witnessed everything, he would have definitely believed it. How could his little sister be so deceiving?
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