Chapter 684: The House Was Searched Again
Lian Yi's words stunned the Yao family members who were preparing to conduct a forced search. This girl with her face covered with white gauze was straightforward and frank enough.
The yamen runner on the side whispered a few words in the ear of the leader of the Yao family. Lianyi vaguely heard the name of Miss Dong Er, but she remained calm and pulled her mother aside, went into the house, took Hu Zi out, and made way.
After hearing this, the leader of the Yao family's eyes flashed, and he did not stop Lianyi from entering the house to hug his brother, but still spoke:
"Be quick and search carefully, don't mess up the yard."
Obviously, he gave Lianyi some face because Lianyi was Miss Dong Er's savior.
"Thank you, sir!"
Lianyi thanked him politely.
With the restraint of the leader, these people became much more well-behaved. Although they turned the house upside down, at least they did not steal anything. Even if they wanted to take advantage of others, they could not because the few taels of silver in the family had already been put into the space by Lianyi when she was hugging Huzi. This family was so poor that one could foresee the end of its poverty at a glance.
It only took these people half an hour to search Song Dachuan's house thoroughly, even the vegetable garden behind the yard and the kang pit, but they found nothing. Instead, the rats in the rat holes were scared and ran all over the floor. These people even searched the rat holes and took out some messy garbage from them.
Hu Zi was lying in his sister's arms, with his eyes wide open, looking at the people who were searching in and out, and asked Lian Yi in a baby voice:
"Sister, what are they doing?"
"They lost something, are they looking for it in our house?"
Ripple explained in a low voice.
"How did they know that the things were lost at our house?"
Hu Zi was full of questions. These people had never been to their house, so how could they have left things at their house?
"They just weren't sure where they lost it, so they had to look for it."
"oh!"
Hu Zi seemed to understand, but he just nodded and continued to nestle in Lian Yi's arms, watching the group of people struggling quietly.
As the searchers left the Song family's house one after another, everyone shook their heads. Finally, one person whispered something in the ear of the leader of the Yao family. The leader's eyes flashed, and he looked at Lianyi, and asked with a fake smile:
"Your family may be poor, but you don't have even a penny, do you?"
Lianyi understood the other party's meaning as soon as she heard it. The corners of her lips curled up under the white veil, and she handed Hu Zi to Hui Niang. She took off the simple purse hanging around her waist and handed it to the person who had just delivered the message to the leader.
"Sir, the remaining copper coins in my family are all with me. The five taels of silver that were saved in the family were taken by my father to my grandfather's house in Songjia Village this morning. The old man fainted at home because of my uncle's foreign debt. He couldn't even afford the money for medical treatment. My father was worried about him, so he left at dawn this morning."
She said this to the leader of the Yao family and also to the people nearby who were watching the fun. After all, after such a thorough search, even if there were any treasures, they could not be hidden. Since nothing was found, there was naturally no profit to be made.
The leader of the Yao family's eyes flashed when he heard this, but he said nothing. He just winked at someone behind him, and the person at the end of the team turned and left, apparently to verify the truthfulness of what Lianyi said.
These people did not take Lianyi's apparently empty purse. They could tell from the sound that there were only a few coins in it, so they did not even look at it.
"Has Song Dashan been to your house recently?"
"No, from the day he wanted to sell me, the brotherly relationship between my father and him faded. Since we moved to Zhangjia Village to settle down, he has not come to our house."
Ripple said immediately.
The head of Zhangjia Village and Zhang Huiniang's family all came and surrounded Song Dachuan's house. Although they didn't say anything, they obviously would not sit idly by if these people wanted to harm Lianyi and her two daughters.
"If Song Dashan, that bastard, dares to step into our Zhangjia Village, we will definitely break his legs. He is such an inhuman beast that he even wants to sell his own niece just to get married. He has no conscience."
Zhang Shi just spat and said loudly.
There was a chorus of agreement all around. The incident back then was quite a big deal, and it forced an honest man like Song Dachuan to settle down in their Zhangjia Village. It could be said that he was a live-in son-in-law, so everyone in the entire Zhangjia Village knew the whole story.
When the leader of the Yao family saw this situation, he knew that the two brothers had a deep conflict. They also found out that on the day Song Dashan was on the mountain, Song Dachuan was busy in the fields and it was impossible for him to go up the mountain with him.
"Okay, let's go!"
The leader of the Yao family waved his hand and left with his men and yamen runners.
The people who came to watch the fun in Zhangjia Village dispersed, and only Zhang Hui Niang's family entered their yard and helped to tidy up the messy house.
Zhang Hui Niang's parents asked their daughter and granddaughter again whether what they had just said was true or false.
"You should at least save some money. If something unexpected happens, how will you live? Hu Zi doesn't seem to be sick much now, but he still needs to take care of his little body."
Zhang said worriedly.
"Hey, this is the decision made by the head of the family. Lianyi and I support it. As for the reason, let Lianyi tell you."
Zhang Hui Niang was frightened by those people just now. She just recovered and went to boil water to make tea, leaving the task of explaining to Lian Yi.
In front of the Zhang family, Lianyi repeated the same excuse as before.
"Dachuan has considered everything very carefully. If Old Man Song and Mrs. Song really want to come to live in Dachuan's house, he, as a son, really can't chase them away. Now that he has paid the money, he has cut off their chance to suck blood from Dachuan's family."
The head of the Zhang family affirmed Song Dachuan's approach.
"Grandpa is right. Dad meant the same thing. It's not that he doesn't want to take care of the elderly. He just feels uncomfortable when he thinks about what they did to mom and me. He split up the family because he didn't want to live under the same roof with them."
Ripple said with a smile.
"Hui Niang, Lian Yi, I'm back!"
At this time, Song Dachuan's voice came from outside the yard.
Lianyi immediately went out and welcomed her father into the room.
During these few steps, Song Dachuan already knew what had happened at home while he was away, and he felt more and more disgusted with Song Dashan.
"Dad, Mom, and my four uncles, thank you for coming to our house to help."
"We are all family, why are you being so polite? How did you get things done in Songjia Village?"
Zhang Zhong, the eldest son of the Zhang family, asked immediately.
"It's all done. Fortunately, I arrived in time, otherwise my parents would have been sent to me by Song Dahai."
Song Dachuan took a sip of the water that Lianyi handed over to him, and then said with relief.
Fortunately, he listened to his daughter and called the village chief and the elders of Songjia Village. In front of everyone, he handed over the silver hairpin and silver coins on his body to Old Mrs. Song. He also explained that these were all the belongings he had saved after the separation of the family, and that there was also the dowry saved by his daughter, which was all brought for her father's illness.
(End of this chapter)
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