Chapter 1 Exile Family Bucket Set
Introduction
In the second year of Zhenguan, there was a drought in the capital and locusts swarmed.
Taizong entered the garden to inspect the crops and saw locusts. He picked up a few and said, "Human beings live by desire, and you are eating them, harming the people. The people's fault lies with me alone. If you have a spirit, please only eat my heart and not harm the people."
When he was about to swallow it, his attendants suddenly advised him, "I'm afraid it will get really serious. Don't do that!"
Taizong: "I hope to avert the disaster from myself, so why should I avoid the disease?" So he swallowed it.
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"Old man Yang, old man Yang!" someone shouted outside the house.
"Hey, here I come, here I come!" A skinny old man ran out of the house. He had gray hair and a slightly hunched back, but his movements were agile.
When he saw the visitor, he was slightly stunned. It had been years since an official had visited.
"Hey, gentlemen! What brings you here?" The old man bent his waist and asked flatteringly.
"Here are the new fugitives, please settle them down." The officer was too lazy to chat with him and went straight to the point.
"Villain?" The old man then noticed that there were more than ten or twenty ragged, disheveled people standing outside the yard.
They were crowded together, young and old, just like my family back then.
Ugh! Another one exiling the family bucket meal.
"Yes, I'm handing the person over to you. You must take good care of him. If anyone is missing, you will be held responsible!" the officer knocked.
"I dare not! I dare not!" The old man said with a smile.
"Come here!" the officer shouted at the convicts.
The group of people, carrying the elderly and children, supported each other and came over.
"This is Old Man Yang, the village chief of Huanggou Village in Heifeng Township. You'll all be settling here from now on! Behave yourself. You're a criminal, don't even think about escaping. If you cause us any trouble, none of you will be spared!"
The officers uttered harsh words to the convicts and left without hesitation.
"I am the convicted official Su Bucheng. These are my family members. Thank you, village chief!" Su Bucheng raised his hand and bowed to Village Chief Yang.
His face is weathered, but his back is still straight, he is calm and indifferent, not happy with things nor sad with himself, and he has lost the spirit of a scholar.
"It's okay, it's okay!" Old Man Yang looked at these people in a dilemma, "You came so suddenly, there are no extra accommodations here..."
"It doesn't matter, I just need a place to stay." What else can I care about when I'm in this situation?
"Uh, there are a few abandoned houses at the end of the village. If you don't mind, you can stay there temporarily!"
The group followed Old Man Yang to the end of the village. A few dilapidated thatched houses stood alone at the end of the road. The loneliness and desolation revealed endless desolation, and some rotten fence posts remained on the ground.
The doors and windows are gone, the thatch on the roof is sparse, and the exposed beams and walls are covered with weeds, swaying in the evening breeze.
"Uh, this, this..." Village Chief Yang looked at the dilapidated house with an apologetic look on his face.
"Thank you, Village Chief!" Su Bucheng raised his hand to express his gratitude. "I'm new here, and I appreciate your care. I'll definitely come to thank you someday!"
"No, no!" Village Chief Yang said goodbye.
Su Ying held her sister's hand and looked around the new house.
The small village with only twenty or thirty households is surrounded by continuous mountains. The only way to the outside world is the rugged mountain road we came from.
This is the foot of the mountain, the outermost corner of the village, far away from other villages, lonely and isolated. There is a stream flowing beside it, and further in are the mountains.
When wild beasts appear, this house is the first to rush out.
I would rather leave it empty than uninhabited. I figured this wasn't a good place to be, so I had to give up in order to survive.
"Bang!" Just as she was thinking, Su Ying was hit hard on her calf and staggered.
"What are you standing there for? Get to work!" An old, vicious voice suddenly rang out.
Su Ying frowned and turned back.
The old woman with white hair was leaning on a cane, her eyes full of disgust and hatred. She was supported by two girls of the same age as Su Ying, looking like an old ancestor.
The official left, the village chief left, and the old woman stopped pretending to be cowardly and returned to her old ways, arrogant and domineering.
"Why, dissatisfied? Aggrieved?"
The old woman's eyelids were drooping, and the cloudy eyeballs in her triangular eyes were now gleaming with brilliance, without a trace of weakness.
"Bah! Jinx! You've ruined your entire family, and you still feel wronged? Who here isn't more wronged than you? Who hasn't been harmed by you?"
"Sister!" The five-year-old sister Xiaotao held her sister tightly, her eyes timid and worried.
My grandmother is so terrible. She is no longer kind and gentle. She beats and scolds my elder sister at every turn. She used to favor my elder sister the most and praised her as the lucky star and wisest person in the family.
"Don't be afraid! Sister is fine!" Su Ying gently moved her sister's head and comforted her softly.
"Mom! What are you doing again?" Su Bucheng hurried over when he saw his mother taking out her anger on her daughter again.
"Aying has just recovered from a serious illness, so please don't provoke her with your words! This is my son's fault. If you want to blame someone, blame him. It's my son who has implicated you, my second brother, and my third brother!"
"Da Lang, you just spoil her! Look at what harm she has done to our family? What a rotten idea she gave you! I think she has evil intentions and is deliberately harming our Su family! She has exiled the whole family to this damn place!
Ouch! What sin have I committed to end up with such an unfilial son! Old man, I feel so sorry for my ancestors! I feel so sorry for you!
Our Su family can no longer return to our homeland, and can only rest in this desolate land from now on, wuwu..."
The old woman beat her chest and cursed with all her might, then covered her face with her sleeves and cried bitterly.
After hearing what the old woman said, the families of Su Laoer and Su Laosan lowered their heads silently, looking depressed.
"Aying!" Mrs. Du hugged her eldest daughter, who was as thin as a bone, with heartache.
The eldest daughter suffered all kinds of grievances along the way, was broken off her engagement and humiliated, and she dragged her sick body to continue the journey, and she almost died in a foreign land!
After finally reaching the destination, the mother-in-law came to insult and beat me. How could a mother like her bear it?
"Mom! I'm fine!" Su Ying comforted Mrs. Du.
"It's you, bitch! You gave birth to a disaster! My wonderful Su family has been ruined by you and your daughter!"
After the old woman said this, she picked up her crutch and hit Du on the back, taking her anger out on her.
"Mother!", "Mother!", the three Su Bucheng brothers rushed towards the old lady.
"Mother! Take your anger out on your son! No matter how you beat him, he will bear it! It's his fault, he deserves it!
I just ask you not to take your anger out on Xian'e and Aying! This has nothing to do with them!" Su Bucheng grabbed his mother's crutches.
"Grandma, take your anger out on your grandchildren! It's my incompetence, it has nothing to do with mother and sister!" Su Bucheng's two sons also knelt down.
"You, you guys! Very, very, very good!" The old woman looked at her son and grandson kneeling in front of her, her chest heaving with anger.
"You all protect this mother and daughter! You, you are a loving family, only I am the evil one, I, I..."
The old woman covered her chest with her hands and glared at Du and Su Ying with resentment. She hated the mother and daughter, and hated herself even more for being bewitched and believing their lies, thinking that they were capable and could help her eldest son.
The result was this: the eldest son's career, which he had worked hard for for more than ten years, was gone, the Su family's foundation was gone, and the whole family was exiled here!
I regret it, I regret it! I would have known it earlier! If I had known earlier, I would not have listened to the slander!
"Yeah, it's going to be dark soon!" Su Ying was speechless as she looked at the old lady who was making trouble.
Can we settle down first? We have been walking for more than two months and are extremely tired.
The old lady was full of energy and had the energy to find trouble. It seemed that she was not tired. She was well taken care of on the way and did not suffer much.
"Yes! Business is important!" Su Bucheng came back to his senses.
Arrangements were made, "Second brother, you guys stay on the right. Mother, you take He'er and Lu'er to the second room on the right! Our family will stay in the room on the left. Third brother, the second room on the left."
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