Chapter 337 After all, it was Li Si who committed the death penalty!
Old Madam Gu got into the donkey cart to rest, while Gu Yanzong, who had a leg injury and was unable to walk, sat beside the shaft of the donkey cart and acted as the driver.
The officials turned a blind eye to this. After all, Ran Qingxuan had given him a lot of good things, and there was no reason for them to not let him hide from the rain.
Since it rained all day long, the straw raincoats in ancient times were made entirely of woven palm bark and dragon beard grass, and would leak after being used for a long time.
Several families set out at noon and walked in the rain until the team entered the county town and settled down in the inn. The women quickly changed into clean clothes and went to the kitchen to boil ginger soup to ward off the cold.
The sister-in-law had noticed Ran Qingxuan's abnormality a long time ago. While Chen Wan'er was adding water to the pot, Zhou Furong walked to Ran Qingxuan and cut ginger slices with her.
"Sixth brother's wife..."
Ran Qingxuan was thinking about something and subconsciously cutting something with the kitchen knife in his hand. Zhou Furong suddenly made a sound, and the sharp blade instantly left a cut on her finger.
"Ouch, Third Sister-in-law, go get some clean gauze and disinfectant. Sixth Sister-in-law cut her hand..."
In case someone gets injured in the team, Ran Qingxuan specially prepared a small box of medicine with all the necessary items. The moment Zhou Furong saw the wound, she naturally cried out.
When the third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er heard that her hand had been cut off, she subconsciously thought that her fingers had been cut off, and she was immediately frightened.
"Third sister-in-law, I'm fine..." Before she finished her words, Chen Wan'er had disappeared. Ran Qingxuan opened his mouth and stood there awkwardly.
"Sixth brother's wife, I'm so sorry. I didn't expect to scare you and even cut your hand..."
Ran Qingxuan pressed the wound to stop the bleeding, smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, I was just distracted by thinking about something."
Zhou Furong was just about to ask her why she had been so absent-minded all day when she heard a bang at the kitchen door.
When the cold wind blew in, Gu Yanchen's tall figure appeared in the dim kitchen. Before she could explain, her second sister-in-law ran in breathlessly.
"Sixth brother's wife, which finger did you cut off? Can you sew it back together?"
Ran Qingxuan was so confused by what he said that he raised his hand before Gu Yanchen could ask anxiously.
"It's okay, it's just a cut."
The worry on Gu Yanchen's face did not diminish, and he walked forward quickly to check.
As soon as I let go of my hand, half of my fingernail, along with the skin and flesh, was instantly pushed open by the blood...
"Hiss..." The sister-in-law also saw the wound on her hand. She was frightened and then suddenly felt annoyed.
"It's all my fault. It's all my fault. Why did I suddenly ask you to do something like that..."
The tension on Gu Yanchen's face eased a little, and he comforted her, "Sister-in-law is fine, it's just a minor injury."
Ran Qingxuan knew that he was not not worried about himself, but was trying his best not to let his sister-in-law blame herself.
Naturally, he felt sorry for his own wife. God knows how worried he was when he heard his third sister-in-law's intermittent words about Ran Qingxuan cutting off his finger.
Ran Qingxuan had suffered more serious injuries before. After quickly rinsing the wound with saline and hydrogen peroxide, he pressed the cut nail and flesh back to its original place in front of the shocked eyes of others.
Gu Yanchen, who had been waiting there, immediately pressed the wound with a piece of clean gauze, and then bandaged it layer by layer until it was almost wrapped into a small sausage, and then she spoke out to stop it.
"You're wasting too much gauze wrapping like this. Three to five layers are enough..."
"Okay." Gu Yanchen replied with one word and silently applied some gauze.
Afraid that his sister-in-law would blame herself, Ran Qingxuan quickly waved his injured hand and said, "Don't worry too much, sister-in-law. I will be fine in three to five days at most. It won't affect my activities at all."
Zhou Furong felt relieved when she saw that she looked very relaxed.
Finally, the women from the Xiao and Chen families changed their clothes and came over. Chen's mother Zou Yu insisted that she go back to rest, so she followed Gu Yanchen back to the dormitory.
After the explanation, everyone's worries were relieved. It turned out that everything was just a mistake in the communication between a few people...
The third sister-in-law blushed and stepped aside. She and her husband Gu Yanjing sat on the bunk bed and said embarrassedly, "It's my fault for not explaining it clearly. I made everyone worried."
"If you want to blame someone, blame me. If I hadn't suddenly spoken to my sixth sister-in-law, she wouldn't have been scared..."
Madam Gu knew that Ran Qingxuan was not the kind of reckless person, so she held her hand and asked worriedly, "Ran, you normally wouldn't be like this, but what happened?"
Ran Qingxuan originally wanted to shake his head, but some things can be kept secret for a while but not for a lifetime. It will be revealed sooner or later, so why not take this opportunity to speak out directly.
Thinking of this, Ran Qingxuan immediately withdrew his hand, and his eyes showed unprecedented seriousness.
"Mom, sisters-in-law, there is something I really want to talk to you about. It just so happens that my eldest brother and third brother are here too. After all, I don't dare to make a decision on such a big matter alone."
Infected by her attitude, everyone in the Gu family except Gu Yanchen became serious.
"Sixth brother's wife, what's the matter? I noticed that you seemed a little absent-minded after we set out at noon. I wanted to ask you just now before you cut your hand."
"Yes, Sixth Sister-in-law, what could have distracted you so much?"
Seeing that everyone looked a little anxious, Ran Qingxuan was afraid that they would have wild thoughts, so he spoke quickly.
"It's like this. Brother Bu told me about the current situation in Zixi County at noon for no reason. He mentioned intentionally or unintentionally that the Zhao mother and daughter were pregnant..."
As he spoke, Ran Qingxuan raised his head and glanced at everyone, then continued speaking with gritted teeth.
"According to my husband and I's speculation, Li Si will be detained immediately after being escorted to Zixi County. She is likely to give birth to a child in prison. No matter why my sisters-in-law can't have their own children, they are always lonely..."
"So...Brother Bu means that if we are willing to do so, maybe...maybe we can wait until the child is born...and adopt him..."
The further Ran Qingxuan spoke, the smaller his voice became. The whole family was silent. Gu Yanchen was about to add a few words, but unexpectedly, Gu Yanzong spoke first.
"During this period, I have had drinks with him several times, and I feel that he is a genuine person and we can become close friends!
Brother Bu was able to bring up this issue implicitly with my sixth brother and his wife, perhaps because he didn't want to see us brothers left alone for the rest of our lives, without even someone to mourn for us when we die.
And generally, children born in prison will only die, but this child’s mother almost killed Yan Chen and Xuan Er, if we bring him back to raise…”
This question is exactly what Ran Qingxuan is worried about. If Li Si is guilty of killing Lin Xueer, then it goes without saying that he will definitely...
"What did the child do wrong? After all, it was Li Si who committed the capital crime!"
No one expected that the first person to speak was the fifth sister-in-law who was holding Xuan'er in her arms.
"I think so too. The child is only a few months old and what does he know? Even if Brother Bu hadn't told me, I would have wanted to ask what will happen to the child after it is born..." The one who said this was the eldest sister-in-law.
As the head of the family, Madam Gu has the most say, and everyone unconsciously turns their eyes to her.
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