Chapter 468: Old Sheep Head Inquires for Information
Finally, the old sheephead saw that it was getting late and daybreak was about to begin. Should he rush to the town to inquire about the news?
"If you want to cry, don't cry in front of my house. It's unlucky. You come to my house so early in the morning to make trouble. What do you mean? How about I go and find the village chief to argue with him?"
Old Sheephead also knew the concerns of the Second Uncle's family, which was nothing more than fear that their reputation would be bad if it got out. However, when he wanted to force his daughter on him, he didn't think about the reputation. Now that his grandson is getting married, he cares about the reputation. It's really a relationship between generations.
When the second uncle heard this, he immediately kicked Ronghua, who was kneeling on the ground, and yelled, "Why are you howling? Shut up."
Ronghua shuddered with fear and fell silent, leaving only soft sobs.
The second uncle doesn't know what to do now. He feels like he has aged a lot in an instant. His wife passed away, and he raised several children by himself. He didn't educate them well, and now none of them is doing well.
The second uncle's two sons and one daughter are now looking at him, hoping that he can give an answer.
The second uncle was in a dilemma. He had to give up one thing no matter what: either spend his money to avoid disaster, or give up his reputation and let this son-in-law go to jail.
The old sheep started to urge him again, and the second uncle's brain was about to smoke, but he couldn't think of any good solution.
"Dad, don't you care about your eldest grandson anymore? Do you really want to make our family extinct because of this good-for-nothing?" Quanfu's words woke up the second uncle.
"Sever the engagement. From today on, there will be no girl named Ronghua in our family. Let's go home and find the village chief to write a letter of severance."
The second uncle's attitude suddenly became tough. Quanfu was right. Ronghua was already married. No matter how much he loved Ronghua, he couldn't let their family be childless.
Ronghua was completely dumbfounded. She wanted to chase after her father and brothers, but she couldn't ignore Gousheng. Just as they were in a dilemma, Gousheng started to cry: "Ronghua, you are the only one who can save me now. I don't want to see the officials. Please sell our children to raise money for me. You must save me."
Ronghua originally felt sorry for Gousheng, but when she heard the second half of his words, her face darkened. Even if she couldn't live without a man, she would not sell her child for him.
Ronghua stamped her feet fiercely and left a message: "Even if I sell you, I won't sell the child. Just wait, I will go back and sell my house and land to save you. After I save you, we can get divorced."
Gousheng doesn't care what Ronghua says, as long as he doesn't go to jail.
"Ronghua, I'm waiting for you, you'd better hurry up." Gousheng didn't know that Ronghua had already run away, and he kept shouting at the top of his voice.
The old sheephead could only pull Gousheng off the ox cart and throw him in the yard.
"Mother, you stay at home and look after him. I'm going to the town to see a doctor. I'll deal with him when I come back. If his family doesn't give us money, we'll send him to the authorities."
The woman nodded, with a hint of worry, "Can you do it alone? How about I go with you?"
"It's OK. This minor injury won't kill me."
"I'll help you." After watching a good show, Wan Laoer walked out from under the eaves, ready to lend a hand.
When the woman saw Wan Laoer coming out, she quickly greeted him, "Brother, are you awake? I'll go make breakfast."
"Sister-in-law, don't be in a hurry, tie this man up first."
Because the old sheephead was unable to move easily, the woman and Wan Laoer worked together to drag Gousheng back into the sheepfold.
Even though Gousheng shouted and yelled that he didn't want to go in, his hands and feet were tied and he had no power to fight back. Moreover, he felt pain all over his body if he moved, which was the aftereffect of being beaten last night.
Wan Laoer didn't care how he screamed and dragged him in and tied him to the same pillar as last night.
Because the old sheep chief was going to town today, these sheep had to be kept in the sheepfold. When the sheep saw someone coming in, they were scared and huddled together, making the sheep shed a mess.
After Wan Laoer tied the man up, he left the sheepfold.
Old Sheephead said hello to Wan Laoer and drove the ox cart towards the town.
The woman made breakfast at home. In order to express her gratitude to Wan Laoer, she specially made white flour pancakes and mutton soup in the morning.
Fubao slept late last night, but did not wake up late in the morning like usual. She was woken up by hunger and woke up when she smelled the fragrance of food.
Wan Laoer dressed Fubao, wiped her face, and carried her to the dining table.
"Wow, it smells so good. The food cooked by my aunt tastes like my mother's. It must be delicious." Fubao was almost drooling.
The woman smiled as she heard this. "Girl, eat more. If you don't have enough, I'll have more in the pot. You can have as much as you want."
The woman was very honest. She first served Fubao a large bowl of soup, and then carefully broke off a white flour cake for her to soak in the soup. The milky white mutton soup and the soft white flour cake made Fubao swallow his saliva unconsciously.
"Okay, eat." The woman took a small wooden spoon and placed it in the bowl, then gently pushed the bowl towards Fubao.
Fubao had been starving for a long time, so he could no longer hold back his hunger. He picked up the small wooden spoon and started eating in big mouthfuls. Soon he was sweating all over his forehead.
After breakfast, Wan Laoer couldn't sit still. He took the initiative to help the old sheephead with housework and cleaned the sheep pen.
Because he felt a little guilty about them eating and living in someone else's house for free. He was a hardworking and simple person, and was good at doing things. Now that the old sheep was injured again, he took the initiative to do the work in the other person's house.
The woman couldn't stop him, so she had to help.
Old Sheephead, who had already arrived in the town, did not go to the clinic at all. Instead, he drove his ox cart around the streets.
But the town today was unusually quieter than usual, with few pedestrians on the road, especially the inn where Wan Laoer and his friends had stayed, which was guarded by soldiers and no one was allowed to approach.
The old sheephead was timid and afraid of causing trouble, so he did not dare to stay any longer and drove the ox cart away from the main street.
He hadn't had breakfast in the morning and was thinking of buying some steamed buns or something so he could find out more about the situation.
As soon as the old sheephead stopped the ox cart, he heard people talking.
"Have you heard? I heard that the officers and soldiers caught a few robbers in the inn last night."
"I heard that there was a commotion in the middle of the night. The robbers actually lived right under our noses. If someone hadn't reported that the robbers were staying in the inn, how would we have known that there were robbers living in the town?"
"Who do you think reported this?"
"I heard from a relative of mine that it seemed to be the owner of a fur shop, but I don't know exactly how he knew about it."
"The noise of the fight last night didn't sound very loud, which means the robbers weren't that strong either?"
"You don't know this, do you? I heard that when the soldiers arrived, the robbers seemed to have been taken care of. They were seriously injured. One of them fainted, and the other three had bruises on their faces."
"Ah? Someone is still cleaning up the robbers? That's really justice, otherwise the robbers would have attacked our town last night. We have only had peace for a few years, and we didn't expect robbers to appear again. It's really not peaceful."
The old sheep head heard people talking in low voices. He held the bull whip, found a place to sit down, ordered two buns and a bowl of multi-grain porridge from the bun stall, and ate slowly. He listened to the discussions in the crowd and tried to find out more information. But what made him anxious was that no one talked about the sheep.
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