Chapter 360 359 Ignorant
As An Xin expected, as time passed, Liu Huai saw that the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping, so he announced that he would spend the night in the temple.
Fortunately, when everyone saw An Xin and his companions passing through the town, most people bought some dry food just in case.
The dozen or so exiled officials who had been in office for so long that they had lost common sense of life thought that they could have hot meals every night when they stayed at the post station.
I don’t understand why An Xin and the others bought those dry biscuits to carry with them. Don’t they feel tired and tired because of the heavy biscuits?
Now trapped in the dilapidated temple by the heavy rain and seeing that it was getting dark, they finally realized how kind An Xin had been when he slowly reminded them that it would not be a problem for them to buy one or two tickets.
The officials turned around and looked at An Xin with gratitude. Otherwise, if they had not encountered such an unexpected situation today, they would really have starved.
An Xin nodded to them as a greeting, and noticed that the rain outside had subsided.
I just wanted to put the large oilcloth in my hand over my head and go out to see if I could be lucky enough to catch one or two prey to add to my meal.
"Little Shanzhang, we will go out with you."
An Xin turned around and saw Leng Xiangbai and the others, and glanced behind them.
If the five of them, teacher and students, left, only Doctor Su, Shan Jinzhe, Gongsun Hong, and the second branch of the Chen family would be left here.
If they didn't want to put themselves in a difficult position every day and eat and use things that are eye-catching, it would be fine to leave the old and the young behind.
However, as the exile journey lasted longer and longer, the silver that everyone brought with them was almost gone.
An Xin had already noticed that someone would occasionally cast malicious and greedy glances at him inadvertently.
If they all left, leaving only the old and the weak, An Xin couldn't guarantee that nothing would happen, so he said, "Ajing, you and An Rui stay, I'll take Abai and Jiang Zhou out to see if there are any unexpected gains."
Zhu Shijing turned around and saw Doctor Su and his aunt's family. He reluctantly suppressed the urge to go with them and nodded. He was a smart man, so how could he not understand why An Xin asked him and An Rui to stay.
"Okay," Zhu Shijing warned worriedly, "The further south you go, the more snakes, insects, rats and ants there are in the mountains. You and Xiang Bai Azhou should be careful too."
The people in the dilapidated temple who had heard that their teacher and students were going to leave, when they saw that there were two young men who were good at fighting left, suppressed the little thoughts that had just arisen in their minds.
Especially those who have impure thoughts to begin with, seeing An Xin and the others eating and using good things, they have long been jealous.
I have long wanted to find an opportunity to steal, rob, or act like a rogue to get some money from them to spend.
As soon as An Xin and the other two left, Zhu Shijing took An Rui and his cousin Chen Runze out to pick up some firewood for burning in the evening while it was still raining.
After all, whether An Xin and his friends caught any prey or not, it would be a bit cold to spend the night outside in autumn. If they picked up some more firewood and lit it at night, they would be warmer.
Someone stuck his head out and looked into the inner room separated by wooden boards. There were only two gray-haired old men, two middle-aged men in their forties who looked frail, and Zhu and Chen Runzhi, mother and daughter, two frail women.
Some people with evil intentions could not suppress their greed and walked around the wooden wall.
Facing Zhu and Chen Runzhi, she said with a smile: "My two young ladies, I saw you buying a lot of cakes from the tea shop built beside the official road when you passed by it this afternoon.
You can't finish it, why don't you share some with us?"
Chen Runzhi was taking out a small pot from her bag for easy carrying on the road when she turned around and saw her mother looking unhappy and at the old woman with a mean face.
When Chen Runzhi saw this old woman, the one who had cursed his wife with foul language, a look of displeasure flashed in his eyes.
"How do you know we can't finish the food?" Chen Runzhi said slowly, with a hint of sarcasm: "There are so many of us, and you're not afraid there won't be enough food."
"I was just thinking of going out to see if anyone has extra food today so we can spend money to buy his bread or other food. We can't be shameless and ask others for food when we don't have any."
"Who are you calling shameless?" The cunning and mean old woman heard the sarcasm in Chen Runzhi's words and habitually said: "You little bitch, I can come to you to ask for a few cakes, which means I think highly of you."
"You know, I am a famous and virtuous woman in our village. Everyone praises me for my eloquence. I went door to door to persuade them to give up their husbands' exams."
Chen Runzhi and the Zhu mother and daughter looked at each other, then looked at the smug old woman, their eyes twitching and revealing an indescribable expression.
Even Doctor Su, Censor Shan, Hong Sunhong, and Master Chen, who had come over to stand behind the mother and daughter when they saw someone causing trouble, curled their lips.
Everyone wondered if the old woman in front of them had a problem with her brain. It was obvious that she was being taken in by someone else, praising her for her eloquence, but the real intention might be to say that she was being unreasonable.
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She went from house to house to persuade people to support her husband in taking the imperial examinations. However, those villagers themselves were tightening their belts to make ends meet, and if they had money, they would not support their children and grandchildren in school.
How could she be willing to spend money to support her husband's studies for the imperial examination? This further proves that the old woman in front of him was probably going from house to house, blocking people's doors and making a scene, so the people in the same village had no choice but to give her the money.
After all, the old woman's husband is a scholar, and the villagers are afraid that he will have a bright future. If she does something too ruthless, they are also worried that their family will come to settle the score.
I probably had no choice but to give her the money.
Doctor Su and the others guessed correctly. This old lady Ding relied on her shamelessness and shamelessness. Every time her husband was going to take the imperial examination, he would borrow money from the villagers.
But every family in the village doesn't get their money from the wind, so how could they be willing to lend it to her?
So she would block people's doors and throw a tantrum, saying all kinds of nonsense. Everyone has their own problems, and in order to avoid revealing their own secrets, everyone would lend her some money, just as a way to get rid of a scoundrel.
However, when her husband really passed the exam and was appointed as a county magistrate, the old woman was unwilling to pay back the money, and the matter was reported to her husband's superior.
It already had a bad influence on her, and later someone reported that the old woman's husband was corrupt and accepted bribes while in office. As long as no one was killed and the amount of embezzled money was not large, such a matter could be considered a big deal or a small one.
But a man who can turn a blind eye and let his wife force the villagers to pay for his studies can't be a good person.
So after his superiors learned about his family's behavior, they sentenced them to exile on charges of corruption and bribery that caused serious consequences.
Seeing that Chen Runzhi and Zhu didn't give her anything, Mrs. Ding's wrinkled old eyes rolled around, she lay down on the ground, and used her best skills to start throwing tantrums and acting like a rogue.
(End of this chapter)