Chapter 52 Xie Anhuai's good son is gone
Before dawn, Little Shen and Old Shen were crying loudly.
Everyone in the main guest room of the inn was woken up.
Xie Yun is gone.
Xie Tingting was originally going to pick a fight with Xie Xiangxiang, but when she heard that Xie Yun was dead, she was so scared that she dared not say a word.
Fang said, "What are you afraid of? We will take this opportunity to make things worse."
After the mother and daughter discussed it, Fang burst into tears: "Tingting, my poor daughter, please don't die and leave me alone."
Tiffany Xie lay there motionless, looking dying.
No one doubted this, as the doctor said yesterday that Tingting Xie was poisoned.
Fang grabbed the crying Xie Xiangxiang like a madman, beating and scolding her, and exposing that Xie Xiangxiang failed to kill Xie Tingting and ended up killing her own brother!
Li Rong asked what happened? Why did Xie Xiangxiang kill her brother?
Fang gently woke Xie Tingting up and cried, "Tingting, let me tell Master Li about this. Please point out what I said is wrong."
The first half of what she said was true, that is, Xie Xiangxiang gave Xie Tingting buns and sweet wine mixed with poison, in an attempt to kill Xie Tingting.
She also swore that if she lied, she would be struck by lightning.
In ancient times when science was not well developed, people's reverence for ghosts and gods was far greater than fact-finding, and swearing by the punishment of heaven and earth was more credible than the law.
Then she said that Tingting Xie believed what Xiangxiang Xie said, and was eating buns and drinking sweet wine in a corner. Xie Yun happened to pass by, scolded Tingting for eating alone, and snatched a bun and a whole glass of sweet wine from Tingting Xie.
Xie Yun, who ate more, died, while Xie Tingting, who ate less poison, was half dead.
That's very convincing.
Xie Xiangxiang refused to admit it. She cried and said, "No matter how much you throw dirt on me, you can't frame me for murdering others. My brother is dead, do you still want to kill me?"
Fang was so angry that she pointed to the sky and said, "Do you dare to swear? I dare to swear."
Xie Xiangxiang didn't dare and kept crying to divert attention.
Xie Yanyan didn't even bother to look at them.
She had no sympathy and couldn't write off what Xie Yun had done just because he died.
Xie Yun is the murderer who killed Xie Bingbing, the real eldest daughter of the Xie family. According to the original conversation between Xie Anfeng and Jiang Shuang, the incident was restored: Xie Yun pushed Xie Bingbing into the water, was discovered, and jumped in for fear of being punished. He lied that he was pushed into the water by Xie Bingbing and pretended to be sick. Jiang Shuang took care of him day and night for many days, which led to Xie Bingbing's death.
This loser has lived for more than a decade, that's enough.
The little boy was woken up by the noise, rubbed his eyes and asked, "Auntie, who is making noise?"
Xie Yanyan said: "A group of dogs are fighting."
"Oh," the little bun continued to sleep.
Xie Yanyan couldn't sleep, so she got up, washed the cicadas by the well, and prepared to cook them all.
After Xie Yun's matter is dealt with, they will take advantage of the cool weather to set off. By then, it will not be so convenient to be a cicada.
400 cicadas were too many to fit in one pot, so she simply made them into several flavors.
Fried cicadas are definitely the most popular. Nowadays, there is not enough oil to eat and our stomachs are lacking in oil and water. Eating a plate of fried cicadas is simply heavenly.
So she first made two pots of fried cicadas, about 200 in total, and after frying, she placed them on an oil filter rack to drain the oil, and let them cool for easy storage.
Then I fried another pot of spicy food. Such rich protein must be spicy.
She cooked it on her own small stove, frying and stir-frying in a small pot. Soon, Xie Ning and his brothers came.
Xie Yong was greedy and asked, "Sister, can I eat now?"
Xie Yanyan nodded and took out several paper plates from the space. There were fried dishes on them, one plate sprinkled with pepper and salt, one plate sprinkled with cumin, one plate coated with sweet bean sauce, and one plate fried with spicy food. There was always one that would make you linger on the taste.
Xie Yong picked up one from each plate and ate it. The muscles of the cicadas that had not yet transformed were firm. After being fried or grilled, they were golden and crispy on the outside and rich in aroma on the inside. They were truly high in protein.
Xie Yong was reluctant to taste it alone, so he brought a paper plate and asked Xie Anfeng, Xie Ning and Xie Lingyu to eat together.
Xie Anfeng and Xie Ning were both making soap and woke up very early.
Now they are not trying to make a lot of money by making soap, but more than 200 prisoners are waiting to make handmade soap boxes in exchange for steamed buns. They are shouldering everyone's expectations.
Xie Ning felt sorry for her sister, so she didn't rush to eat. She said, "I'll make it. Sister, go and eat something."
Not surprisingly, the bailiffs came following the scent.
"I can eat some cicadas every year, but they are never as delicious as this one." Liu Mingjie's mouth was watering as he came over with a smile, "It's delicious. The spicy and fragrant ones are the best."
"If I had another bowl of wine, my life would be like a god." He said with a smile, "Miss San, I want to finish this mission, and then discuss with my family and go to you, Miss San."
Everyone laughed.
Xie Yanyan knew what he said was true, but did not respond.
While eating, Liu Mingjie told them about the treatment of Xie Yun: bury him on the spot and register him dead.
Xie Anfeng and his son did not say anything. When a person dies, his debts are settled, and their disgust towards Xie Yun can be put aside.
The people in the big bunk bed did not sleep well the whole night because of Xie Yun's death. In the morning, when they received the bread distributed by the police, many people were reluctant to eat it and saved it for later consumption when they were extremely hungry.
Li Rong contacted the Xiangzhou Post Station, which pointed out a burial site. Xie Anhuai, supported by several illegitimate sons, personally watched Xie Yun being buried. He was very sad, as this was his eldest son, who was of the legitimate lineage, and he was gone like this.
Xie Huan supported him in silence as they went to the mass grave, helped dig a hole, and buried Xie Yun. He showed neither gloating nor sadness.
Xiao Shen's spirit was drained away all of a sudden, and she collapsed completely. She knew very well that what Fang said was probably true.
Xie Xiangxiang didn't kill Xie Tingting, but she killed Xie Yun.
Xie Yanyan saw that there was still time and it was still a bit cool in the morning, so he called his father and three brothers to the room, and they all moved large wooden barrels to make ice.
Last night she used the remaining Glauber's salt to make a bucket of ice. Overnight, the ice had frozen very thick and lay in her space.
She opened the lid of the bucket and a gust of cool air hit her face.
Xie Anfeng touched it excitedly and found it was ice, very cold.
"Yan'er, you are so smart!"
"Yeah, I think so too."
Xie Yanyan was not polite. How could he not be smart if he could make ice in the middle of summer?
"Brother, please buy me some more saltpeter. The more the better." Xie Yanyan pointed at the ice and said, "Ice is made from saltpeter."
She didn't want to tell anyone the method of making ice for the time being.
The exile team does not have the opportunity to enter the city or town every day, and most of the time they bypass the town.
It’s hard to say whether we’ll be able to enter the city or town again, so if you can buy saltpeter now, stock up as much as you can.
He greeted Li Rong and said he wanted to go into the city.
Li Rong hesitated a little and said, "It's too hot during the day. We need to hurry on our way. Don't delay too long."
Everyone headed straight for the target, and Xie Anfeng bought a large bag of saltpeter.
Xie Yanyan continued to take care of the Huangfu family's business in the county town.
The Huangfu family’s signboard was taken down, spun in the air ten thousand meters high, and allowed to fall freely. It then fell to the ground with a “bang” and broke into several pieces!
When they returned to the inn, Xiao Shen's group had already returned. Li Rong ordered them to set out immediately and told everyone that if they did not enter Xiangyang City today, they would not lose a single step in the 40-mile journey.
Everyone packed up their things and just left the inn when they saw a fast horse coming towards them.
(End of this chapter)
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