Chapter 86 Comforting Zhao
The village chief went over helplessly and knocked on the Shen family’s gate.
The one who came out to open the door was the second son of the Shen family. His wife, Ma, had her head broken by Shen. Ma was still lying on the kang in the room. Here, Feng had an accident and also had her head broken, one on the forehead and the other on the back of the head. The people of the Shen family were worried at home at this time.
The medical expenses for two people are also a considerable amount of money, but we can't just watch two people die like this.
When the village chief came, the Shen family was shrouded in gloom.
"Village chief." Shen Laoer greeted him expressionlessly, then opened the gate and said nothing.
The village chief was being supported by Jinniu at this time, and there was no good expression on his face. His prestige in the village was still quite high. After all, he was a native and a member of a large clan, and half of the entire village were members of their family.
The village chief said with a fierce face, "Second Shen, you are the boss in your family now, I want to ask you for an explanation today. Shen is your eldest sister-in-law after all. I have no right to interfere with how your family bullies her. It is your own business behind closed doors. But you should never cause a death. Shen has been married to your family for several years. Every day you treat her like an animal? Even a cow or a donkey needs to rest, eat and drink, and you need to provide for them well. But you beat her to death every time."
The village chief did not wait for Shen Laoer to refute and continued, "Today, you will represent your Shen family and give me a clear answer. Will you divorce Shen or take her back to heal her injuries? You decide. If Shen dies in your family, I will have to give you an explanation. A living person can be tortured to death by your family. The atmosphere of our Shizi Village has been corrupted by your family. In serious cases, it is not too much for me to expel your family from the village."
Shen Lao Er didn't take it seriously at first, but the more the village chief's words became, the more serious they became. He began to panic, and immediately said with a smile on his face: "Village chief, we have lived in the same village for so many years, how can you say such a thing? But I really can't make up my mind, how about I go back and discuss it with my mother to see what she means, do you think it's okay?"
The village chief kept silent with a sullen face, and said after a while: "It is reasonable to discuss it, but we can't keep Shen's family in front of the Wan family forever, this is not justified, you should quickly take them back and don't affect the Wan family's entry and exit."
Shen Lao Er said quickly: "Village Chief, don't worry, I will ask my sister-in-law to bring him back."
The village chief sighed and was helped away by his son. When he passed by the Wan family, Old Mrs. Wan had already asked her son to bring out a bag of snacks and wait for them.
When the village chief passed by, Old Lady Wan called out to him, "Brother Village Chief, you are so tired today. These are the snacks that the mayor brought when he came last time. We have never been willing to eat them, so we plan to give them to you during the New Year. Today, I would like to thank you in advance for coming here. I really caused you a lot of trouble."
As Old Mrs. Wan spoke, she stuffed the snacks into Jinniu's hands. Jinniu glanced at his father and the village chief with a satisfied smile on his face. He felt that this new member of the Wan family was really tactful and generous. The first time they gave him a wolf skin, and now they gave him such precious snacks. It was obvious that they were sincerely expressing their gratitude.
The village chief deliberately refused at first, but then accepted it. After all, the snack didn't look cheap, and it would cost at least several hundred coins.
In fact, Grandma Wan also felt distressed, but this was food after all, and she didn't spend her own money. Even if it changed hands, the children would eat less. If they were really greedy, she would let her son go to the street to buy something cheap to satisfy their cravings.
But if they give these things to the village chief, the village chief will be able to help them avoid a lot of trouble in the future, and will even take the initiative to stand on their side in everything.
Old Mrs. Wan had a good plan. After sending the village chief away, Shen was quickly taken away by the Shen family.
The Wan family courtyard finally quieted down, and Old Mrs. Wan was helped into the house by Zhao.
The women all sat on the kang, and the men of the Wan family avoided them because Zhao was coming to visit.
Only Old Lady Wan, her daughters-in-law and Zhao were left in the room to talk.
Wan Laoer built a fire in the brazier in the main hall and pulled Wan Xingmo to sit down and chat. He had a lot of ideas that he wanted to talk to Wan Xingmo about, but he never had the chance because he was busy on the road, and as soon as he settled down, he was busy with the New Year and the beginning of the next spring.
Today I finally got the chance to have a good chat with Wan Xingmo.
In the room inside, Zhao had a worried look on her face.
"Aunt, you said that no one in our family has ever farmed, so what are we going to do in the spring? Besides, Mo'er's father has a broken arm, and he's feeling depressed. Life will be difficult from now on." Zhao's eyes were red as she spoke, but no tears fell.
Old Lady Wan took Zhao's hand and said with a smile, "What's so difficult about this? You can support yourselves without farming. I saw the clothes you embroidered for Xiao Fubao. Few people can surpass your craftsmanship. Are you afraid that you won't have enough to eat? Besides, with Mo'er's skills, can he let your family starve?"
After Mrs. Wan consoled Zhao for a few words, she continued, "My niece, to be honest, many people from the village came to visit my house today, and I also learned some information about the situation in the village from them."
"This place has a vast area and few people, but the land is barren and we can't harvest any food. Compared with where we came from, the harvest is less than 70% of what we had before. After deducting taxes and other things, the food we can save is not enough for our family to live on. So I think it's very hopeless to expect to feed a family by farming."
The more Zhao listened, the more uneasy she felt. However, what Old Lady Wan said was right. Her embroidery skills were still decent and could supplement the family income. But she couldn't bear to let her son go out to earn money to support the family. She also heard on the way here that there were very few jobs that exiles could do, and most of them went to mines. But how could Zhao bear to let Wan Xingmo suffer like that?
Old Lady Wan continued, "We have just settled down. The food sent by Master Lu is enough for us to eat for a year. When the spring comes next year, I will teach you how to plant vegetable seedlings, how to grow vegetables, and how to hoe the land. You should learn slowly and grow the vegetables first."
After hearing what Old Lady Wan said, Zhao felt more at ease. Although the things sent by the Lu family did not specify who they were for, Old Lady Wan had secretly divided the things into two parts, one for herself and one for Zhao. Although it was Xiao Fubao who discovered the rescue, it was Wan Xingmo who made the effort after all. It would be unreasonable not to give him the thank-you gift, especially now that Zhao's family had just arrived in the village and everything was unfamiliar and scary. The things Old Lady Wan gave her undoubtedly gave her a lot of confidence.
After talking to Old Lady Wan for a while, Zhao left.
At dinner time, which is the time when the Wan family eats lunch and dinner together at the hour of Hai, the dining table is quite lively.
Old Mrs. Wan asked her sons how their visit to the village chief's house went today. The eldest son, Wan, told them what happened at the village chief's house today.
While Old Lady Wan and her family were having dinner, the fourth son of the Shen family had already sneaked out of the village and went to Feng's parents' home.
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