Can't a general provide his family with a life of luxury?
What she was worried about was that Old Man Xiao mustn't get into any trouble in his haste!
Seeing the old man's deeply distressed expression, Widow Liu couldn't help but speak up.
"It's not a good idea for us to just sit here and worry. Why don't we call the eldest brother back and invite the village chief over to discuss how to save the fourth brother?"
At the very least, have the village chief send a few reliable people to Tai'an Prefecture to find out what happened; just in case it's a misunderstanding!
The whole family was in a panic. When Widow Liu mentioned it, Old Mrs. Xiao and Old Mr. Xiao grasped at a straw. One of them immediately got up and ran to Xiao Yi's yard to find Xiao Dayong, while the other went to the village chief's house to find Xiao Zhengde.
Before leaving, Old Mrs. Xiao gave Widow Liu some instructions.
"Keep a close eye on these two jinxes! If they dare to hurt my two grandsons, I'll skin them alive!"
Although Xiao Dayong and Xiao Zhengde had no desire to have anything to do with the old couple, they couldn't just sit idly by after hearing that Xiao Yuanhang had been stripped of his academic titles and arrested for cheating in the imperial examinations, so they came to see for themselves.
After much discussion, it was finally decided that Xiao Dayong would go to the Cao family to see what arrangements they had made, while Xiao Zhengde would send his eldest son and two young men from the village to Tai'an Prefecture to see what was going on.
The matter was settled, but Old Man Xiao and Old Lady Xiao acted as if nothing had happened. Xiao Zhengde couldn't help but remind them that it would take several days to travel from the village to Tai'an Prefecture and back. Now that everyone had just escaped the drought, every family was dirt poor. They had to pay for the travel expenses and the money to inquire about information!
Old Mrs. Xiao's stingy nature flared up again; she wouldn't part with even a single copper coin. Old Mr. Xiao, on the other hand, dug out five hundred copper coins and gave them to Xiao Zhengde, saying...
"The matter of the fourth brother is entirely up to the village chief!"
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