Chapter 57 Rejected
The house was bare and needed to be bought with everything, and Lin was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
"We also have to go to the market. Let's borrow an ox cart from someone else first."
Shen Xitang cursed Shen Jinan again in his heart, and glanced at the room and urged anxiously, “Mom, stop cleaning up!”
What’s the point of cleaning up now? I can’t even eat a meal and I have to sleep on a stool at night.
“Here it comes!”
Pulling up her skirt and wiping her hands, Lin ran out in a panic.
They hurried out of the house and looked at the unfamiliar environment. There were few people in the village and it looked extremely desolate.
"What the hell, why is this place so gloomy?" Shen Xitang hugged his arms and shuddered, looking around anxiously.
"First ask a household to see if they have an oxcart."
She looked around and saw that the area around them was full of prisoners who had been assigned here. Not to mention ox carts, they probably didn't even have a grain of rice at home.
I still have to go and ask the people in the village. It would be even better if I could find the village chief.
With this thought in mind, Lin went up and knocked on a door.
Why close the door in broad daylight? Lin murmured in her heart.
Soon there was a noise inside the house. A woman with a dull expression but alert eyes opened the door and asked her impatiently, "What do you want to do?"
That attitude seemed like they were worried that Lin was going to do something bad to them.
Thinking of the purpose of her visit, Lin took a deep breath to calm herself down, forced a smile, and said patiently, "Madam, do you know anyone who owns an ox cart?"
"We're new here and would like to borrow an ox cart to go to the county to buy things." Shen Xitang also followed and tried to speak well of them.
"No, I don't know." The woman's tone was cold and her attitude was extremely bad.
"We just want to borrow the ox cart to purchase things. It's not like we won't return it to you." Seeing her bad attitude, Shen Xitang couldn't pretend anymore and his face suddenly fell.
"No, that's all." The woman glanced at her coldly and slammed the door shut.
"Why is this person like this!" Shen Xitang waved his fist, but the door in front of him remained closed.
Lin was very depressed, but there was nothing she could do. She could only comfort her: "It's okay, we can ask someone else."
After knocking on several doors and getting the same attitude, Shen Xitang immediately gave up.
"Do you think we can borrow an oxcart? Everyone looks at us as if we are a monster!"
Since they wouldn't lend it to him anyway, Shen Xitang walked to the door of the next station and banged on it: "Is anyone there? Is anyone home?"
"Who is it? Are you knocking so hard to kill me?" the person inside shouted back.
It sounded like a firecracker that would catch fire at any time, and Lin felt a little scared.
She reached out and pulled Shen Xitang's sleeve, saying, "How about we go to another place?"
Unexpectedly, he was waved away. Shen Xitang looked paranoid: "This one!"
A woman who looked a bit shrewd opened the door, raised her eyebrows and asked, "You guys are planning to rob us so early in the morning!"
When Mrs. Lin heard this, she quickly smiled and explained, "No, no, we just wanted to borrow an ox cart, but we didn't know who had one, so we came over to knock on the door and ask."
Unexpectedly, the lady folded her hands in front of her and said proudly, "I have one at home."
The mother and daughter's eyes lit up, they finally found it!
"Thank you, lady."
As they spoke, they wanted to go into the yard, but were blocked.
"When did I say I would lend it to you?" She raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes full of sarcasm.
"We'll return it to you after we finish buying the things, please be kind, lady." She winked at Shen Xitang.
When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. After asking for so long, Lin finally found a family with a bullock cart, and he didn't want to mess it up.
Reluctantly turning his head to the side, Shen Xitang pricked up his ears to listen to the woman's answer.
"Forget about it, no one will lend it to you!"
She looked at the mother and daughter in front of her coldly, and sarcastically said, "People like you still want to borrow things in the village? You are just dreaming!"
After she finished speaking, she turned around and wanted to walk into the house, but Shen Xitang grabbed her arm and asked anxiously: "What do you mean by this? Explain it to me clearly!"
"What do you mean?" Li Ruqian sneered. "Everyone knows that there's a corrupt official in your family. Who would lend you anything?"
Most of the people in this village were exiled. Some were implicated, and some, like their family, were framed.
Li Ruqian hated this corrupt official with gnashing teeth.
"That corrupt official is from Shen Jinan's family. What does he have to do with us? Why don't you go find her? Instead, you come to embarrass me!" Shen Xitang's eyes were red, and he felt more and more unfair.
They were obviously implicated but were being made difficult at every turn, so Shen Jinan took a bullock cart to the county early in the morning.
Maybe they have already finished shopping and are ready to come back.
"You are all family, so you must not be good people." Too lazy to talk nonsense with them, the woman slammed the door shut with a look of disgust.
"What should we do now?" Lin looked at Shen Xitang with resentment.
Of course, she would not give up if she couldn't borrow the ox cart.
"Let's go find the village chief! Ask the village chief for help!" Her eyes were full of anger.
Why should Shen Jinan bear the consequences for his evil deeds?
Lin nodded. Isn't it easy to borrow an ox cart?
"Is this the one?"
Shen Xitang compared the information: a mahogany door, a jujube tree in front of the door, and vegetables planted on both sides.
"That should be right." Lin rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward. "I'll go knock on the door."
"Village Chief, Village Chief, are you home?"
"Here they come." The shouts finally called out the village chief, but the moment he saw them, his face fell. "What are you doing here?"
If someone hadn't informed him yesterday, he wouldn't have known that there was such a corrupt official hiding in this family. It would be impossible for him to look so happy.
"Village chief, we want to borrow an ox cart to go to the county, but the villagers are unwilling to lend it..." Lin was about to cry.
"No one wants to lend it to you?" The village chief repeated their words, his expression stern. "A cow is a valuable commodity, so it's normal that no one wants to lend it to you. You can just walk to the county and buy an ox cart. You'll need it often in the future."
"But it's so far to the county..." Shen Xitang pursed his lips reluctantly, but was interrupted before he could finish his words.
"If you don't want to walk, then don't go. No one's forcing you." The village chief waved his hand impatiently, his tone rising a little. "I told you yesterday, don't cause trouble, or I'll kick you out of the village."
After driving them away, the village chief closed the door and a coughing sound came from the inner room.
He quickened his pace and walked towards the house, supporting the person attentively: "Why did you get out of bed? Didn't the doctor tell you to take good care of your body..."
"I know, I still have to wait for Heng'er to come back!"
After hearing this, the village chief lowered his head slightly, his eyes flickering, and he felt a little guilty.
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