Chapter 124
To buy a decent-looking indentured maidservant in the children's shop would cost at most two taels of silver. Shen Jin said that ten taels was not a small amount. In fact, this matter had nothing to do with Shen Jin. If it weren't for the unconscious child in the house, Shen Jin wouldn't even say a word.
Yue Wen glared at everyone, followed Shen Jin and the others into the house, and then closed the door tightly. The man and woman outside the house looked at each other. The old man on the ground howled a few times, and when he saw that no one was coming out, he stopped crying and was helped up. It was too cold to lie on the ground in this weather. The woman with swollen eyes from crying suddenly said, "What about the child's father?"
"Ten taels of silver." The old woman who had just been dying looked thin but in good spirits. "That much."
The man was also somewhat moved. Although he was sad that his son had died, he was already dead, so he could just have another child when the time came. Even if his wife couldn't have children, he could buy a wife with ten taels of silver. The man thought about it and looked at his father, but his father said, "Go back first."
"Okay." The man responded, and the family stopped making a fuss and went home.
This village was originally poor, and this family was considered poor in the village. It could be said that they were penniless. If they had not wanted to have a son, they would not have been so poor. They gave birth to seven daughters before they had only one son. However, the woman had hurt her body by giving birth to so many daughters in a row. The son was born weak. In order to raise this son and let him find a wife, the old man sold all his seven daughters. Now their only grandson is dead, and the old man is also sad.
In fact, before this grandson, there was a granddaughter, but she was sold when she was five years old. In order to make more money, she was even sold to a dirty place.
After returning home, the man looked at the old man and asked, "Dad, what do you say we should do?"
The old man kicked his feet at the door to get rid of the mud on his feet and said, "I'm going to cook."
In this family, if you want to talk about serious matters, there is no room for women to interrupt. The man's wife also kept silent and went into the kitchen with the old woman to cook. Her son's body had not been buried yet, but was placed in the yard of the house and covered with linen.
The old man said, "Ten taels is too little."
The man suddenly realized and said, "Yes, they are so rich, they should at least give... one hundred taels!"
The old man nodded. "This is my only child. Of course they have to pay compensation for killing the child. Anyway, they are so rich, one hundred taels is nothing. You can find more people in the village later..."
The more the father and son talked, the more they felt this was the case. They even felt that if it weren't for them, their child would not have died.
An Yi gently rubbed Shen Jin's swollen legs. An Ning went to take care of the unconscious child, then came back and said, "Second sister and the others have left."
"Yeah." Shen Jin responded and asked, "Is the child still not awake?"
An Ning shook her head and said, "Not yet."
"Let Jia Si go down the mountain tomorrow and invite the doctor up ahead of time." Shen Jin thought for a moment and said, they have done everything they can, whether they can survive depends on the child himself, "The village chief hasn't come back yet?"
"No." It was An Yi who spoke. "The village chief and his family went to visit relatives. It will take at least ten days for them to come back."
Shen Jin nodded and said nothing more. An Ning asked, "Second sister, do you think they will give up after taking ten taels of silver?"
"No." Shen Jin lowered his eyes slightly and said, "I'm afraid there will be more trouble tomorrow."
Although An Yi likes children, Shen Jin is obviously more important. She said, "Why not let Jia Si leave later? After all, two fists can't beat four hands."
"It's OK." Shen Jin said, "Let Yue Wen go tomorrow. They don't want the ten taels of silver, but there are many people who are willing to take it."
An Yi was stunned for a moment before she responded and said, "Yes, this ten taels of silver is not a small amount for these people. Whoever can deal with these troublemakers and prevent them from bothering us again will be paid ten taels of silver."
"Yes." Shen Jin no longer bothered about this family and said, "An Yi and Yue Wen can go out and deal with it tomorrow."
"Yes." An Yi thought about it carefully and felt that she couldn't just take out all the silver. She took out one tael of silver first...
An Ning took a look and went out to tell Yue Wen about it. Yue Wen was not feeling well at the moment. He had only saved people, and it was not him who pushed the two children into the water. Why were those people making a fuss? If his wife had a miscarriage because of him, how could he have the face to see the general? He felt extremely guilty when he thought about it.
"Second sister asked Jia Si to invite the doctor and his family to the mountain early tomorrow to see the child." An Ning said after coming in.
Yue Wen frowned and said, "I'm afraid those people will cause trouble again tomorrow. Why don't we wait a little longer?"
An Ning said, "Don't worry, Second Sister has already found a solution." Then she repeated Shen Jin's words, and Yue Wen felt a little more at ease.
Jia Si smiled and said, "Madam is the one who has the solution. I will go down the mountain early tomorrow morning and try to come back the day after tomorrow."
Yue Wen patted Jia Si's shoulder and said, "Safety comes first."
Jia Si nodded, and An Ning bit her lip and asked, "Jia Si, is there still no news about An Tao and the others?"
Hearing An Ning's words, Jia Si shook his head and said, "I'll go ask around again this time."
In the border town, doctors have been invited to treat Chu Xiuyao, but the results are the same as the previous doctor. However, an old military doctor said, "In fact, this kind of thing can't be rushed. The first thing to do is to adjust the body. He has lost a lot of energy over the years. The human mind is the most mysterious. Maybe he will slowly remember it in a familiar place."
Chu Xiuming also felt that what the old military doctor said made sense, so when he was in the general's mansion, he brought Chu Xiuyao with him. At this time, they were in the room specially decorated by Nanny Zhao. The floor of this room was covered with a thick mattress with fluffy leather on it. Dongdong was holding the little one and playing with him, while Chu Chenbo was looking at Chu Xiuyao cautiously. Chu Xiuming had already told him that this man was his father, but he was seriously ill and couldn't recognize people now. The last bit of resentment Chu Chenbo had for his father disappeared after seeing Chu Xiuyao's condition. It was not that his father didn't want him or didn't want to find him, but that his father was sick and there was no way to find him. Now his father didn't even recognize his uncle.
Chu Chenbo was also playing Nine Rings, but he sat closer to Chu Xiuyao, looking up at him from time to time. Even when he was playing with Dongdong, he would turn his head to look at Chu Xiuyao after a while. Although Chu Xiuming was reading official documents on the side, he also noticed their situation. After playing for a while, Dongdong crawled to Chu Xiuming's side and sat in his arms.
Dongdong can already walk, but when he was just learning to walk, although he couldn't walk steadily, Dongdong liked to walk by himself and even kicked his legs to run. When he could walk steadily, he didn't like walking anymore and liked to crawl around instead. Everyone didn't know what to say. Chu Xiuming simply waved to Chu Chenbo to sit with him. Chu Xiuyao was next to Chu Xiuming. Chu Chenbo chose to sit between the two of them. He secretly touched Chu Xiuyao's hand with his little hand and felt that Chu Xiuyao was very thin.
Chu Xiuyao was still dazed and didn't move at all. Chu Chenbo felt relieved but also a little lost. Chu Xiuming reached out and rubbed Chu Chenbo's head. Because of the environment Chu Chenbo grew up in, his hair was very bad and he had lice. Finally, after questioning him, he simply shaved his hair off. Now, Nanny Zhao often makes some black sesame and walnut cakes for him, and he has to drink goat's milk every morning and evening. His hair has grown a little longer. Although it is still very short, it looks good.
Chu Xiuming didn't say anything, he just held Dongdong and read the document word by word. Chu Chenbo was also attracted. He had always envied the children from rich families who could read, and now that he had the opportunity, he naturally didn't want to let it go.
Other children's enlightenment was taught by books like "Three Character Classic", but Chu Xiuming directly used official documents for them. Dongdong was not even two years old yet and could not understand anything at all. Sometimes he just uttered a word or two following Chu Xiuming's words. Chu Chenbo also found it particularly difficult. He tried hard to compare the pronunciation with the words in the official documents. Although Chu Xiuming slowed down, he had no intention of stopping.
The little one put his big head on his paws, yawned, moved his ears, and shook his tail from time to time. He missed his mistress a little. When he was with his mistress, he always had endless delicious food to eat. Aunt Zhao hadn't made meat jerky for a long time. The little one sighed with his mouth wide open.
In the court, Emperor Cheng had not attended the morning court for a long time. Many ministers were already uneasy about their own plans. Now most things were handled by the prime minister and several important ministers in the court. This was the decree from Emperor Cheng. He also personally called these people to his bedside and explained many things in detail. However, after they finished handling the matters, they still had to be sent to Emperor Cheng for review. Among them was Duke Cheng'en, but the current Duke Cheng'en was no longer the prime minister. Therefore, even if Emperor Cheng asked him to handle the affairs of state together with several other ministers, not many people liked him, let alone listened to him.
By that time, several people who were promoted by Emperor Cheng would join Duke Cheng'en.
The current prime minister is an old minister in the court, a recognized good guy, and a Jinshi during the time of the previous emperor. At that time, the Prince of Ying led his troops into the capital and a group of ministers died. After Emperor Cheng ascended the throne, he dealt with another group of ministers, making the court empty. Emperor Cheng promoted many of the ministers who were sent out at the beginning, and the current prime minister is one of them. He never has any opinions of his own. No matter what Emperor Cheng says, he just does it, without any merit or fault. After Duke Cheng'en withdrew, Emperor Cheng also needed a prime minister, but he did not want to find someone who would oppose him, and the people he promoted were not qualified enough, so he promoted this good guy to the position of prime minister.
At this time, the good man watched the crowd arguing without saying a word. The people below had been arguing about whether to send troops or not for several days. The good man who had been silent all this time finally spoke up, "Even if we want to send troops, who will lead them?" He glanced at the people below, "Who has the ability to capture and defeat the Prince of England alive?"
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