Chapter 44 Miscarriage
Those who can be exiled are either extremely evil people or people who are wronged or feared by the court. However, these people have high IQs. Even if they are tortured by exile, they will not lose their brains.
Lin Hongyuan looked at the turbulent river surface, and thought that it would rain from time to time in Lingnan. Even if the river embankment was built higher, there was no guarantee that the next time there would not be a bigger flood that would wash away the embankment that was built with great difficulty.
What’s more, the officers didn’t provide any tools at all. Did they want them to dig with their bare hands?
The people in Baixiang Village were in panic, looking at each other, not knowing what to do.
"Sir, can you please give me a hoe?"
A man who looked a little better dressed took out a five-liang ingot of silver and quietly handed it to the official, with a flattering and fawning look on his face.
The official in the straw raincoat had a fierce look on his face. He casually tossed the silver he had just received and nodded with satisfaction.
"Go get one, but this hoe will only last a month. You know what I mean if I want to use it again in the future."
The officer laughed heartily, feeling that he had gotten a good job this time, and his original depressed mood also dissipated a lot.
The briber took the hoe and started digging the soil, not caring about the eyes of the people around him.
"What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and do it. Can't you see that others have already started digging? Why, are you the only one who is special? Do you really want to be whipped by me?"
“Pah.”
A whip hit the person who was still standing there motionless.
"Why does this person have a hoe? I want one too. It's not fair!"
"Damn it, if you don't accept my toast, you'll have to drink the wine for punishment. What kind of shit is this to disgust me? I will teach you a lesson today on behalf of your ancestors."
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Help! Sir, spare me! I won't dare to do it again!"
The man who spoke wildly was beaten to the ground with a whip, and all the people around him stayed away from him, fearing that they would be mistaken for his gang and get whipped as well.
When Lin Hongyuan heard Feng Shiyun say that this was the first time he was asked to build a river embankment, he felt that something was wrong. Could it be that the murder of Prince Jing's spy was exposed?
Or was it explained that Baixiang Village was deliberately being made difficult?
All kinds of thoughts flooded into Lin Hongyuan's mind. He was afraid, but he couldn't stop his hands.
The people in Baixiang Village also followed the crowd's lead and found a stick or stone. They squatted on the ground and began to dig the ground while humming. Some even started digging with their hands.
Half a day passed. Even though there were many people, the progress was quite impressive without any tools. Except for the person with a hoe who piled up a small hill, the others only had mud piles half a person's height.
The water level seemed to have risen, and the weeds that were originally clearly visible on the river bank were now submerged. If this continues, I am afraid that if the river embankment is not built, the water will directly spread out.
The chief constable who was resting nearby came back and saw how lazy everyone was and became furious.
"What did you do all morning? You only dug a small amount of soil. Good, very good. Don't eat lunch today."
Lin Yixu looked at the blisters on his hands, then looked at his wife who was shivering from the cold and digging the soil with her numb and bloody hands, and he felt despair in his heart.
If this goes on, they might really die here.
Behind the official, there was a man driving an ox cart with several large barrels on it. Now everyone could only watch as it drove away.
Not only were everyone extremely tired, but their stomachs were also rumbling.
Only the man holding the hoe took two black steamed buns and gobbled them up in a few bites.
Lin Hongyuan sighed. If they continued like this, they would not be able to complete the task even if they died of exhaustion. It seemed that they could not follow the officials' ideas. Widening the river was the most correct choice.
"Youdai, what's wrong with you, mother? Look at your daughter-in-law!"
Lin Yi Yan felt like he was struck by lightning when he received the news that he had to serve in the military. His wife had just gotten pregnant with their first child, so was she going to lose the baby?
He looked for help from his father, his uncle, and even offered money to the officials to see if they could be lenient, but was rejected.
On the way here, I escaped the fate of miscarriage by making myself a human cushion, but standing in the rain for a long time caused my body temperature to drop little by little. Now I have been squatting and working for half a day, so how could there be no problems?
"Blood, bleeding, wuwu, my wife, what should I do?"
Lin Yiyan, a seven-foot-tall man, had tears all over his face, his voice was full of helplessness, and his expression was desperate.
Min, who was so tired that her whole body was trembling, was just about to rest for a while when she heard her son's shrill cry, "Youdai, your daughter-in-law."
What's wrong with her?
She is pregnant. Oh, how could she forget such an important thing.
"Get out of the way, let me see."
Min struggled to her feet, walked quickly to Lin Yiyan's side, and checked on her daughter-in-law who was in excruciating pain.
A large pool of blood flowed at the feet, making Min feel dizzy. She was afraid that the child could not be saved. This was her first grandson!
He left before he even had a chance to see this world. He was born into the wrong family at the wrong time. It's better that he is gone, otherwise he would have suffered if he had been born in their family.
Mrs. Min sighed, "Dai'er, you can have children in the future. Don't be sad. Now cooperate with me to abort the placenta."
Min felt very aggrieved when she said this. It was really shameful that they couldn't even protect a pregnant woman these days.
"No, mother, I feel the child is still in me, mother, please save him, I beg you to save her, wuwuwu, husband, save our child."
The moment You Dai heard that she could not save her child, she collapsed and frantically begged Min to save her child. She held her hand tightly with a crazy and desperate look in her eyes.
Lin Yiyan felt his wife's sorrow and ran to the officer while holding You Dai.
"Sir, please find a doctor for my wife, please."
Lin Yiyan's tone was urgent. He had to save his child no matter what. Even if his mother said the child could not be saved, this was his first child! The child he and his wife had been looking forward to!
"Go away, bad luck."
The officer saw a man running towards him holding a woman who had just had a miscarriage, thinking that this was a sign of seeking bad luck for himself, so he treated him very badly.
"Sir, I beg you, my wife is having a miscarriage. I have money, I will give you all my money, please save my child!"
Lin Yiyan seemed not to hear the scolding and scattered all the copper coins hidden in his clothes. But at best, it was just a waste of money. The official, whose appetite had been pampered, would not look down on such a small amount of money. What's more, he brought a woman who had had a miscarriage in front of him, which was very unlucky.
"Didn't you hear me telling you to get out? I don't need your money."
The officer kicked him directly, and he got angry. Who was he insulting with the copper coins?
The Lin family's eyes widened when they saw this scene.
"Sir, sir, this kid is ignorant and has caused you trouble. Please be magnanimous and forgive him this time."
Lin Hongzhi bent his waist, smiled humbly and flatteringly, begged for mercy, and handed over two shiny gold bars.
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