Chapter 48: Voluntary Offering of Ginseng
There had just been hail on the ground, and it was difficult to walk on it. The ground was all white, and it looked like a thin layer of snow.
Wandelan moved forward cautiously, but still slipped on the hail on the ground and fell flat on her face.
Her movement also alarmed Wan Xingchen in the shed. Wan Xingchen turned his eyes and leaned out to look in the direction where Wan Dielan fell, a hint of doubt flashed through his mind.
What is my aunt going to do? She was trying to get into their shed when it was hailstorming just now, and now she is sneaking out again.
Wan Xingchen was cautious and secretly inquired about Wan Die Lan's whereabouts.
I saw Wan Die Lan crawling up from the ground with a bruised mouth. Blood was flowing down the corner of her mouth, but she rarely cried out in pain. Instead, she continued to tiptoe forward.
When Wan Xingchen saw Wan Dielan walking away, he immediately walked out of the shed and followed behind.
The two sheds were not far from each other. Wan Xingchen had just taken a few steps when he saw Wan Die Lan talking and gesticulating to the officers and soldiers. Several officers and soldiers were surrounding the unconscious Gangzi with sad faces. After hearing Wan Die Lan's words, they showed joy and determination on their faces.
Wan Xingchen was not far away. He pretended to pick up hailstones on the ground and toss them in his hands for fun, but he pricked up his ears to listen carefully to the conversation between Wan Dielan and the soldiers.
But I could only vaguely hear a few words.
"Country bumpkin", "ginseng", "audacious" and the like.
But Wan Xingchen had already understood, he knew how Old Lady Wan's family had dug up the ginseng.
Wan Xingchen glared fiercely at Wan Dielan's back, then turned around and ran towards Old Lady Wan's shed.
When Grandma Wan saw that the hail outside had stopped, she fearfully poked her head out of the shed. Little Fubao was wrapped tightly in a quilt and held in her arms, for fear that the hail would fall and knock down the flimsy shed, so that she could protect little Fubao as soon as possible.
But for some reason, although these three sheds looked shabby, they were able to withstand the fierce hail and allowed Mrs. Wan and her family to escape the attack.
Even Wan Xingchang, his mother Chang, and grandmother He shamelessly squeezed into Old Lady Wan's shed, but the shed was too small to accommodate so many people.
Chang was squeezed by He so that half of her body was exposed. Chang became a protective umbrella for He and Wan Xingchang. Her arms and back were all bruised by the hail.
After the hail stopped, Old Lady Wan immediately chased the people away and kicked out the three shameless people.
Chang was the only one limping along at the end. Wan Xingchang didn't care about his mother at all, he was an ungrateful person.
When Wan Xingchen ran to the door of Old Lady Wan's shed, he just saw these three people coming out. He paused for a moment, and waited until the three people walked away before he hurried into the shed.
"Grandma Wan, hurry up, the soldiers are coming to steal your ginseng. My annoying aunt seemed to have told the soldiers that your family has ginseng. A soldier was hit by a shed and fainted. They want to save him but have no way to do so. They will be here soon."
Wan Xingchen finished speaking in one breath with an anxious look on his face, his eyes constantly looking back at the road they came from. After the hail stopped, the sky was not so gloomy anymore, and some vague shadows could be seen.
After a moment of panic, Old Lady Wan immediately said to Wan Xingchen, "Good boy, thank you for coming to tell Grandma Wan the news. Don't worry, Grandma Wan has her own ideas on this matter. Wait for a moment. Grandma Wan wants you to do something."
Old Lady Wan quickly took out half a ginseng from her bag, broke off a piece from it, and hid the rest among the leaves on the shed. Then she sat down and said to Wan Xingchen, "Child, take this to the soldiers and say that you asked for it from Grandma Wan."
Although Wan Xingchen was young, he was very smart. He immediately understood what Old Lady Wan meant. She wanted their family to do a favor and prevent Wan Dielan from taking the credit. Wan Xingchen was a little moved, but did not refuse. He immediately took the ginseng and ran away. If he was any later, the soldiers would come, and the rest might not be able to be saved.
However, just in case, Old Lady Wan hid the remaining ginseng. It would be best if the soldiers did not come to ask for it again. If they came to search, they would not think that she would hide the ginseng on the ceiling.
Wan Xingchen hurried over with the ginseng and happened to run into Li Zuo.
"Hey, you little bastard, you are blind, where are you going?"
The ground was too slippery and Wan Xingchen accidentally fell and bumped into Li Zuo. They both fell straight to the ground and Li Zuo served as a human cushion for Wan Xingchen.
Wan Xingchen quickly climbed up from Li Zuo's body, and before Li Zuo could lose his temper, he helped him up and said, "Sir, I just saw that the official was injured, and I remembered that Grandma Wan's family had dug up a ginseng before, but unfortunately, Sister Wan ate most of it, and some of it was used to replenish Grandma Wan's body. It just so happened that there was a small piece left. When Grandma Wan heard that the official was injured, she took out all the ginseng without hesitation, and it's all here."
Before Li Zuo got angry, Wan Xingchen quickly explained his purpose and handed the ginseng in his hand to Li Zuo.
Li Zuo looked at Wan Xingchen with some suspicion, but was thinking in his heart: How did this kid know that I need ginseng?
Wan Xingchen seemed to have guessed Li Zuo's doubts, and lowered his head to explain: "When the officials' sheds collapsed, there was a lot of noise. The criminals heard it, so they stood at a distance and took a look. They found that an official had fainted, so they thought that the ginseng from Grandma Wan's house might be able to help in an emergency."
Li Zuo took the ginseng from Wan Xingchen's hand with some doubt, but thinking that the number of their officers had been reduced by half and they could not afford any more deaths, he did not say much to Wan Xingchen and went back directly with the ginseng.
Wan Die Lan was observing secretly. She wanted to see Old Lady Wan's family make a fool of themselves, but she didn't expect that her good nephew would ruin her good fortune. Wan Die Lan was so angry that her teeth were itching.
She returned to Liu angrily, who was now complaining to Wan Jinshu in tears.
When Zhao saw that the hail outside had stopped, she wondered if Liu should leave. Unexpectedly, not only did she not intend to leave, she also wiped away tears in front of Wan Jinshu.
"Jin Shu, I watched you grow up as your mother. Although I didn't take care of you for a few years because you followed your father to the border, I have never owed you anything."
After hearing this, Zhao turned her face away and snorted in her heart: The person is not around, how do you want to owe me?
Liu continued to cry, "Now that your two brothers have passed away, you are my only son. You can't ignore me. The late emperor valued filial piety the most. Our Wan family followed the late emperor to build the country. Our Wan family's ancestral teachings also put loyalty and filial piety first. Do you think what mother said is right?"
Liu looked at Wan Jinshu with red eyes from crying. Wan Jinshu was lying on the ground with his brows tightly knitted together. Although he was not often in the capital, when he returned occasionally, he could see that the relationship between Zhao and Liu was not very harmonious. He always advised Zhao to respect her mother-in-law and not to be laughed at. He never asked how much trouble Zhao had suffered from her mother-in-law at home.
Now seeing that Wan Jinshu was about to lose his temper again, Zhao stood up and kicked Wan Jinshu in the butt, then angrily pulled her daughter out.
This is not the general's mansion. She no longer has to act according to Liu's mood or endure Liu's anger. If Wan Jinshu really refuses to repent and continues to treat this vicious woman as her own mother, she can just divorce her. Anyway, the children are grown up and she believes that they will understand her.
Wan Jinshu was stepped on the wound on his butt by Zhao, and he gasped in pain. However, Liu was only concerned with preaching and brainwashing Wan Jinshu, completely disregarding Wan Jinshu's feelings at the moment.
Wan Jinshu endured the pain in his buttocks while listening to Liu's chattering. He felt a little annoyed and was also a little angry with Zhao.
He said nothing. He didn't understand why his wife was angry and took it out on him as a patient.
The story of how Zhao was tortured by Liu in the capital could not be told in ten days and ten nights, but in order not to affect Wan Jinshu's leading troops to fight at the border, she never told Wan Jinshu about what happened in the mansion.
In addition, Wan Jinshu was a straight man as hard as steel and he didn't understand Zhao's feelings at all.
As soon as Zhao left with her daughter, Wan Xingmo and Wan Xingchen came back at the same time.
The two of them heard Liu crying in the shed from a distance.
Wan Xingmo's eyes darkened and he immediately strode into the shed.
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