Chapter 126
Since they decided to move to the town, the yard became busy. Those people were hung on the tree, and no one dared to let them down. The old woman and the mother of the dead child begged, but no one paid attention to them. It was not that they did not care about the friendship of the same villagers, but that this family itself had a bad relationship with others in the village. And the people in the village? Most of them were honest. Those who could agree to do such a wicked thing were naturally not good people. They just took advantage of the fact that the village chief was not there and no one could control them.
The people in the village could not afford to offend Shen Jin and his group, for fear of being implicated. Besides, this was not the first time. The last time it was the same, but they released the person at night.
Those who were hung on the tree started shouting and cursing, then crying and begging, until they didn't even have the strength to speak. The old woman and the mother of the dead child could only cry under the tree. The other child's relatives never showed up, because Shen Jin and the others were leaving and it was impossible for them to leave the child alone in the yard. So Jia Si and An Yi had no choice but to ask someone about the residence of the child's relatives, and then they went to ask, but when they came back, they all looked unhappy.
Shen Jin sat on the kang, watching An Ning packing her things. When he saw An Yi coming back, he asked, "What's wrong? You don't want to pick up the child?"
If they were willing to take care of the child, things wouldn't have turned out like this, so Shen Jin asked An Yi to take some money, saying it was for the child's medical treatment. But looking at An Yi's expression, Shen Jin knew that things were not going well.
An Yi said, "That family didn't want to raise the child, saying that the child was not theirs."
Shen Jin looked at An Yi, gently stroked her belly and asked, "Where is the child's mother?"
An Yi didn't expect the child's background to be like this, and it's no wonder that the uncle's family didn't want to deal with it. She said, "This child is not his brother's. At the beginning, his sister-in-law had never given birth, and the family finally discussed adopting a child from his brother's family. Who knew that his sister-in-law was not happy, saying that children would recognize their parents when they grow up, and she didn't want to raise a child for others. In the end, she went back to her parents' home for a while, and when she came back, she brought this child back, saying that the child was from a relative's family. The child was only a few months old, and his brother thought about it and recognized him. This matter has caused unhappiness between the two families. If it weren't for his biological brother, the family would have no two sons willing to adopt him. One day, his brother had an accident when he went out and died outside. As a result, his sister-in-law took away all the valuables in the house before waiting for three months, and changed the price not long after returning to her parents' home. The child became parentless, and everyone in the village knew about this, otherwise the child would not be bullied and no one would care."
Shen Jin frowned, "It's not the child's fault."
An Yi nodded and said, "The child's uncle said that the family was poor and he really didn't want to take care of the child. He said that if he was sent to our house, they wouldn't care whether the child lived or died."
Shen Jin felt the baby in her belly kick her, and after thinking for a while, she said, "If that's the case, let's ask him to sign a contract to sell his body, and pay him the money he deserves. Whether the child has a future or not has nothing to do with them."
It's not that Shen Jin was making malicious guesses about people, but it would be inappropriate to make such things unclear.
An Yi nodded, wrote the indenture immediately, and handed it to Jia Si, asking him to do it, and she went to the kitchen to cook for Shen Jin. Not long after, Jia Si came back with the child's indenture. Shen Jin took a look at it and asked someone to put it away.
It was not until night that Jia Si went over to take the people down from the tree. Those people didn't even have the strength to move. Jia Si gave them a warning in a deep voice and went back. He originally wanted to go and see the rescued child before resting, but when he pushed open the door, he found that the child had woken up. When he heard the noise, he turned his head to look at the door. When he saw Jia Si, he was a little confused and surprised.
Jia Si was very happy to find that the child had woken up. He hurried over, touched his head and said, "The fever has finally subsided. It's good that you've woken up." After saying that, without waiting for the child to respond, he hurried outside to call Yue Wen.
When Yue Wen came in, the child had already sat up, but was leaning against the wall. After all, he had been sick for a few days and could only be fed with rice soup every day, so it was normal for him to have no strength in his body. Yue Wen came over to take a look and said, "There are noodles in the kitchen. Jia Si will bring him a bowl later." After saying that, he left first. Since the child was awake, there was nothing to do, and he was busy helping to clean up.
Jia Si responded with a smile on his face, no longer having the gloomy look from before, "Wait a minute." After saying that, he went to the kitchen to prepare the noodles.
An Yi was busy in the kitchen. When she saw Jia Si, she asked, "How is the child?"
"Awake, and don't talk." Jia Si said.
An Yi nodded and served a bowl of soup, saying, "Give him some warm water first, then a few sips of soup, and I'll serve."
Jia Si nodded and went out with the soup. After entering, he saw that the child still didn't move. Jia Si put the soup aside and poured him a glass of water. He sighed in his heart that women were really attentive. He only thought about telling Yue Wen and the others, but forgot to get water for the child.
The child seemed much more sober. He took the water with both hands, drank a few sips and then said, "Thank you." His voice was a little hoarse. He was already dark and thin, and the illness seemed to have left him with only a bag of bones.
Jia Si said, "Nothing."
After the child finished drinking the water, Jia Si brought the soup over and fed it to the child directly. He roughly told the whole story, and the child said, "I didn't push him. I saw him fall into the water and wanted to save him... Erniu and others in the village saw it. They said it was frozen and they wanted to go up to play, but they fell in..."
The child explained anxiously, "It really wasn't me."
"Okay, don't worry." Jia Si comforted, "I'll go ask."
An Yi cooked the noodles and brought them over. She heard the child's words at the door. The child seemed to have hurt his throat, and his voice was very unpleasant. He frowned unconsciously when he spoke, probably because of the pain. He said, "Don't talk for now. We already know what happened. Eat the noodles, drink some medicine, and then continue to rest."
After Jia Si finished feeding the child the soup, he put the bowl aside and made way for An Yi to feed the child noodles. He said softly, "Don't worry, we are not bad people."
"I know you guys." The boy didn't have much of an appetite, but he wanted to eat the noodles after smelling them. He hadn't eaten something so delicious in a long time. He ate the noodles in big mouthfuls. If his hands weren't too weak, he would have taken the noodles and eaten them himself. "Last time you gave me white steamed buns with meat in them."
Whether it was Shen Jin or An Yi, they all liked children, so they would inevitably give them some food when they saw them. To be honest, An Yi had forgotten what the boy had said, but she smiled after hearing what the boy said. There wasn't much noodles, after all, the child just woke up and it wasn't suitable for him to eat too much. They were all gone soon, and then An Yi said, "In another quarter of an hour, go to the kitchen and bring him medicine."
"Okay." Jia Si won it in one go.
An Yi checked the room again and left only after making sure that everything was in place.
Shen Jin had finished his meal and was walking slowly around the room. When he saw An Yi coming in, he smiled and said, "The child is awake. Is he making a fuss?"
"He didn't make a fuss. He's very sensible." An Yi said, repeating what the child said. In fact, she felt sorry for the child. He was so sensible at such a young age. She didn't know how much he had suffered.
Shen Jin frowned and said, "Then let's find those kids and ask them tomorrow."
An Yi nodded. They didn't actually pack too many things. They would just buy more when they got to town. An Ning had already packed everything. An Yi checked everything again. Shen Jin said, "Let's ask the child tomorrow if he's willing to go with us."
In the palace, the queen was gently wiping the sweat off Emperor Cheng and said, "Your Majesty, everything will be fine."
Emperor Cheng was so weak that he couldn't even take the medicine. He just vomited it out and smeared it all over the empress. The empress didn't dislike it, but took better care of him. Emperor Cheng was inevitably moved. When he thought of the other concubines, he secretly hated them for waiting for him to get better so that they would be in trouble. The empress was full of guilt. After feeding Emperor Cheng the medicine again, she went to the room beside to wash up. Yuzhu served the empress and whispered, "Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince is dead."
"Oh? How did he die?" The queen looked normal. She just passed the matter down, and now naturally many people were willing to do things for her.
Yuzhu whispered, "The Seventh Prince was afraid of the cold last night, so he asked for a few more charcoal basins. The palace maids were careless and forgot to open the window."
The queen looked at the person in the mercury mirror, touched the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes with her fingers and said, "What a pity, give her a dignified burial. Those palace servants who failed to serve her well should all be executed."
"Yes." Yuzhu responded respectfully.
"His Majesty is not feeling well, so please don't bother him with these things, lest it aggravates his condition." The queen looked at her nails, which were painted with beautiful nail polish.
When the queen went out, she saw a guard reporting to Emperor Cheng. The queen did not hear what was said before, but naturally a young eunuch would tell her later. She only heard the guard say that the empress dowager had been found.
Emperor Cheng's expression turned ugly and he said directly, "Send someone to invite the Queen Mother back to the palace immediately."
After the guards left, the empress returned to the emperor and took care of him gently. After Emperor Cheng fell asleep, she went to change the incense herself and lowered her eyes slightly. She had wanted to let Emperor Cheng live a little longer so that his father and others could make preparations, but now she could not wait any longer. After all, after the empress dowager returned to the palace, she would not be able to be like this anymore. It was not her fault. Turning her head to look at Emperor Cheng, whose condition had improved slightly, the empress sighed slowly.
Chu Xiuming had already made all the arrangements in the border town, and selected fifty people to go to the capital with him. The affairs of the border town were also handed over to Chu Xiuyuan, with the help of Chief Steward Wang and Steward Zhao. Chu Xiuming had not seen Princess Rui for a long time. Princess Rui looked rosy, even better than when she was in the capital. Prince Rui had lost a lot of weight, but he was in good spirits.
Princess Rui directly handed Chu Xiuming a list with several names on it, some from the palace and some from outside, and said, "These people can be used."
Chu Xiuming took it, read it carefully and wrote it down, then handed it to Zhao Duan, who also wrote it down, then burned the paper and said, "Thank you, sister."
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