Chapter 38: Holding back evil, confusing right and wrong
Seeing that there were indeed white steamed buns in the open cloth bag, the women of the Gu family and the Chen family swallowed subconsciously.
Even though they had been hungry all day, no one was the first to reach out for it.
After Ran Qingxuan and other officials left, he spoke to Old Madam Gu.
"Mother-in-law, I made the decision to propose conditions to the officials. Please forgive me for acting on my own!"
Old Madam Gu didn't expect that Ran Qingxuan would accuse her for such a trivial matter. She really didn't expect that he would take her, an elder, to heart like this.
"You are a person with your own ideas. The conditions you put forward must be beneficial to our family. How can you talk about understanding?"
In fact, before Ran Qingxuan got married, Madam Gu had asked someone to inquire about it privately.
But the result she got was different from what she had seen in the past two days.
Apart from being unruly and willful, Ran Qingxuan was illiterate and only knew how to eat and drink. He was not at all as polite and knowledgeable in medicine as he is now.
Especially the fact that he had caught the whip from the officer with his bare hands was enough to make her doubt Ran Qingxuan's true identity.
But coincidentally, when Ran Qingxuan went to the dilapidated temple to find the officials, she mentioned it vaguely to Gu Yanchen.
Gu Yanchen had analyzed the situation long ago, so after telling Mrs. Gu his conclusion, her doubts were dispelled.
However, both mother and son still had doubts about the fact that she knew medicine. Although they really wanted to know the reason, they could only put it aside for the time being and deal with the matter at hand.
Putting this matter aside, Mrs. Gu is now very satisfied with Ran Qingxuan.
Ran Qingxuan also felt relieved because Madam Gu did not make trouble in front of him. Being too vague or having hidden meanings in her words would be a burden to her.
Fortunately, what she loves has not changed!
“Gugu~Gugu~Gugu~”
An embarrassing sound came from Chen Yue'er's stomach. Several people looked at Chen Yue'er's blushing face and immediately burst into laughter.
Ran Qingxuan picked up the bag full of white flour buns and distributed them one by one, first to Old Madam Gu and then to the elder Chen Chengping.
The Chen family looked at Ran Qingxuan's actions in shock, and some could not believe that she would share such precious food with them.
"Ran, you can't do that. You saved the person, so the bun should be yours."
"Uncle Chen forgot that you and Brother Chen also helped to find herbs, so this book includes a copy for you."
Ran Qingxuan insisted, and Chen Chengping turned around and looked at the hungry eyes of the whole family, and finally stretched out his hand.
"Uncle Chen, don't feel any psychological burden. The official agreed to let me go to the next county to buy supplies. If you have money, you can also let Brother Chen go with you to buy some."
Ran Qingxuan had forgotten that Chen Chengping was taken away directly after the court session. When the officials searched their homes, they even stripped off their brocade clothes and took them away. How could they hide any silver or money?
Not to mention the third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er. She had given all the silver, money and jewelry to the fourth and fifth brothers' wives to take away, and now she didn't even have a penny on her.
Ran Qingxuan forgot about this and didn't notice Chen Jia's bitter expression.
Originally, the officer was going to give two to each member of the Gu family, for a total of twelve. Excluding the 'unconscious' Gu Yanchen, there were still two left after distributing them to the five members of the Chen family.
Ran Qingxuan was just about to discuss with Madam Gu about giving the steamed buns to Chen Zhao, after all, he would help pull the cart tomorrow. But before he could say anything, he saw Zhao Chunxiu approaching with a sullen face.
"Um, Ran, can you give me the extra buns in your hand?"
Before Ran Qingxuan could say anything, his second sister-in-law Chang Yue'e stood up suddenly.
Before Zhao Chunxiu could react, he pointed at her nose and started cursing without caring about her image.
"Give it to you? How dare you give it to you? If it weren't for my sixth sister-in-law who went to save those officials under great pressure, we wouldn't have the chance to eat such delicious food.
for you? How did such words come out of your pig mouth? ”
Zhao Chunxiu had one of her teeth knocked out by Chang Yue'e hitting her with a steamed bun, and her mouth became swollen as well. This description couldn't be more apt.
But even though she was scolded so harshly, Zhao Chunxiu still couldn't resist the hunger and asked Ran Qingxuan for steamed buns.
"You can eat them if you want. Five taels of silver each!"
Ran Qingxuan's eyelids twitched. Even the police officers didn't dare to sell it like this. His second sister-in-law was really amazing. She directly increased the price five times!
Zhao Chunxiu gritted her teeth. She knew this would be the result, but her son kept crying out for food, so she had no choice but to go forward and give it a try.
Unexpectedly, I didn't get any food, but instead felt very angry.
The Gu and Chen families had already started eating. She was close to them, and the aroma was so delicious that it almost made her feel like she was going to die.
There would be no good result if she stayed any longer, Zhao Chunxiu snorted coldly, looked at Ran Qingxuan and actually called her a "slut".
Now not only the second sister-in-law Chang Yue'e could not sit still, but even Old Madam Gu and the Chen family could not sit still. They all stood up and walked towards Zhao Chunxiu.
Ran Qingxuan frowned, feeling that Zhao Chunxiu's words were malicious and she was not referring to what happened three months ago.
There was anger on everyone's face. When Zhao Chunxiu saw this scene, she was so scared that she shouted "murder" and ran towards her own team.
Qian Zheng came out with a water bag and happened to see this scene. He walked over with a frown.
What the Gu family didn't expect was that as soon as Zhao Chunxiu saw Qian Zheng, she immediately rushed over and complained first.
"Sir, you have to make the decision for me. I just went to ask for a steamed bun. It would be fine if they didn't give it to me, but they actually wanted to kill me!"
He was crying and snotting. Ran Qingxuan sneered. He really could confuse right and wrong.
Qian Zheng knew that Ran Qingxuan was not the kind of person who would deliberately cause trouble, so he looked at her, and it was obvious that he wanted to hear what she had to say.
"This person failed to ask for a steamed bun, and called my sixth brother's wife a 'slut' in front of so many people...
My sixth brother's wife is an innocent person but she has been slandered and insulted again and again. Who can tolerate this? Besides, we just want to argue with her, not kill her! ”
Second sister-in-law Chang Yue'e had just finished speaking when Zhao Chunxiu, who had hidden away, spoke in a sarcastic tone.
"Slander? Who slandered? You are the only ones who are still kept in the dark. When I went to get the medicine, I saw with my own eyes that Ran Qingxuan kissed the chief of the officials in public.
Maybe, Ran Qingxuan saw that Gu Yanchen was in poor condition and couldn't bear the hardship of exile, so he relied on his good looks to seduce the chief of the police. Maybe those steamed buns were given by Ran Qingxuan's mistress..."
Zhao Chunxiu became more and more excited as she spoke, wishing the whole world could hear her, and she shouted out what she thought at the top of her voice.
The thinking of ancient people was very conservative. Even if a man and a woman who knew each other stood together and talked to each other, it would be considered immoral.
What's more, as Zhao Chunxiu said, Ran Qingxuan kissed the chief of the police, which was a crime he would be thrown into a pig cage.
The Gu family stood there in shock for a moment, and the steamed buns in their hands didn’t seem as fragrant anymore.
Ran Qingxuan saw the shock in the eyes of the women of the Gu family and Old Madam Gu, and immediately explained.
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