Chapter 416: Shrewd Woman
"Lord Fu! How come you have time to come here?" Su Ying said with a smile.
"And what's more! Magistrate Hu was promoted, took Fu Lu with him, and left me alone to support Wu County! I don't know when the successor will arrive!
There's so much to do at the end of the year! Today I finally managed to get some free time to go for a stroll.
Hey, it's all here! You really think I'm the county magistrate! " Fuxi was both angry and amused.
I work so hard, but these people are just sitting here enjoying the good life.
"Haha, those who are capable should work harder, those who are capable should work harder!" Su Ying said with a smile, "We are discussing the matter of Rong County. There will be a new county magistrate to take over at the beginning of the year."
"You care about Rong County, but you don't care about Wu County?" Fuxi was depressed.
"Everyone knows Lord Fu's ability. We don't need to worry about him. Rong County is different. It's extremely poor and is a burden to Wu County.
If we don't quickly pull it up, Wu County will suffer as well," Su Ying explained.
There are officials, village elders, and men in the yard. It's noon now, and there are a lot of people. It's better to have hot pot.
Zheng Niangzi and others were called over, and stoves were built in Su's house and the village schoolyard. Vegetables from each family and the mutton, mutton offal, chicken, fish, etc. ordered by Su Ying were put in.
While they were making preparations, Ade brought the people from Jinfeng Village in an ox cart and came to pay New Year's greetings with gifts.
We quickly added two more stoves and didn't have time to eat until the end of noon.
A charcoal stove was set up for Yang Chunhua, and they had a small hot pot in the outer room.
During the banquet, Ade learned that the men from Huanggou Village were going to other places with these adults to build a road, and he took the initiative to suggest that some people from Jinfeng Village should go as well.
Whenever Ade goes out, he always takes the young people from his own village with him. If there are more knowledgeable people, the village will be as capable as Huanggou Village in the future.
Su Ying will take the children back to Chang'an for study tour in August or September, and they will have to rely on themselves for everything from now on.
The heads of the Ministry of Works were very happy about the new staff added to Jinfengzhai. They were all experienced in road construction, and one more person meant more strength.
"Master Su, Master Su, help!" A woman's cry was heard outside the yard.
Everyone looked and saw that it was Su family's wet nurse Huang Si Niang. She rushed in in panic and ran towards Su Ying.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious! Who wants to harm you?" Su Ying took Huang Si Niang's hand and comforted her.
"No, no, go and save Mo Sanniang!" Huang Siniang cried.
Outside the door was the coachman Zhang San, who followed in, "Master Su!"
Many people go to the city during the New Year. Zhang San and Li Si are too busy to sit still, so they drive ox carts to do business. Halfway through, they see Huang Siniang stumbling towards Heifeng Township.
They were just picked up from the Su family yesterday. Didn't we agree to take them back to the Su family on the fourth day of the New Year? What's going on now?
Zhang San stopped Huang Si Niang and before she could ask any questions, Huang Si Niang grabbed Zhang San as if she had seen a savior and quickly sent her to Huanggou Village to find Su Ying.
"What's wrong with Mo Sanniang?" Su Ying's heart tightened.
"Master Su, please go quickly. If you delay any longer, Mo Sanniang might die!" Huang Siniang stamped her feet anxiously.
"Mo Sanniang was so angry that her husband Feng A'er sold the child that she accidentally injured Feng A'er during the argument.
The Feng family elders tied her up and said they would punish her according to family rules and throw her into the mountains to feed wild animals.
"What? How can there be such a beast! He actually sells children! And even beats and kills his wife!" Everyone was shocked.
Why would someone sell a child when there is nothing wrong with it?
"Lord Fu! Let's go!" Su Ying went back to the house to change into official robes, and took Atang with her, riding horses to Shanghe Village not far south of the city.
"Second brother, let me go and take a look!" Su Laosan was worried and followed him.
"Well, be careful. If anything happens, send someone to send a letter back immediately!" Su Laoer couldn't leave, so he hurriedly reminded.
Zhang San was carrying Huang Si Niang back in an ox cart, but there was no sign of Su Ying, Su Lao San and Fu Xi.
Huang Si Niang and Mo San Niang married into Shanghe Village one after the other. Both were poor people. They became pregnant and gave birth one after the other.
Mrs. Hu went to look for the wet nurse and found that the two babies had similar birth dates and were from the same village. After examining them, she thought they were okay and brought them to the Su family.
The boy born to Huang Sanniang was a treasure in the family and was fed well with rice porridge.
The girl born to Mo Sanniang was weak. Her family did not take good care of her and she was not full. Who would have extra rice to make rice oil?
He fell ill within a few days, mostly due to hunger.
The parents-in-law were worried that it would bring bad luck if the child died at home, so they took the child to the wilderness to fend for himself.
She would never spend a penny on the child's medical treatment. When Mrs. Hu took the child away, she gave him some money as nutritional compensation.
Her husband Feng A'er was a bastard. Not only did he not try to dissuade her, he also took the child to a man and exchanged him for 200 copper coins.
Yesterday, the two of them happily brought New Year's goods home to celebrate the New Year, but Mo Sanniang did not see the child she was missing so much.
When asked, they said the child was dead!
Huang Si Niang didn't believe it and asked where it was buried.
My parents-in-law hesitated and said, how can a child who died of infancy or illness be buried in the ancestral tomb if it was just buried in a random pit?
Huang Si Niang kept asking questions, blaming her husband for not taking good care of the children. Feng Er became impatient and pushed Mo San Niang down.
He cursed and said that it was his kindness not to throw a sickly girl into the wilderness to feed the beasts, but to find a good home for her.
When Mo Sanniang learned that her child had been sold to another man, she rushed to the pawnshop like crazy, but the child had already been resold.
The man bought the sick child because he knew the child would not survive, so he bought him to be married to the grandson of a local gentry family in the provincial capital who died young.
The matchmaker told Mo Sanniang that the child died not long after she was bought, and now she is the granddaughter-in-law of the wealthy local squire, Mr. Mo. She is lucky!
Mo Sanniang returned home in a daze. Her parents-in-law, husband, brother and sister-in-law collected the rice, grain and oil she brought back, cooked and ate the meat, and left nothing for her.
They took away all her money and even her cotton-padded clothes because the old woman took a fancy to her.
Anyway, the Su family is rich, so they can let Mo Sanniang wear rags when she goes out and she will have a new set of clothes when she comes back.
During the struggle, Mo Sanniang resisted, and the family of three, plus her brother and sister-in-law, bullied Mo Sanniang.
Mo Sanniang was forced into a corner, so she grabbed the axe and swung it wildly, hitting Feng A'er's leg, causing blood to flow out.
The sister-in-law was jealous of Mo Sanniang because she was eating and drinking well at the Su family's house. In less than a month, she became much whiter and plumper.
Taking the opportunity to fan the flames, the parents-in-law reported the matter to the clan leader.
How can this be tolerated? A woman dares to attack with a knife and kill her husband, parents-in-law, brother and sister-in-law!
The Feng family must not keep such a fierce woman.
According to Feng family rules, he was dragged to the mountains to be fed to wild beasts.
A group of Feng family men held down Mo Sanniang, tied her hands and feet, and carried her into the mountains.
Huang Si Niang didn't expect Mo San Niang to end up like this, so she secretly ran away and went to Huanggou Village to find Su Ying.
"Atang, take Huahua and Xiaohei with you to rescue people first!" Su Ying put Atang down halfway.
Atang disappeared into the woods, jumped onto Huahua's back, and rushed deep into the mountains.
"I say, Lord Su, why are you running so fast?" Fuxi came running from behind, panting.
I just took two bites of hot pot and something happened. What a shame!
Su Laosan also caught up, "What's the matter?"
"Uncle San, let's go to Shanghe Village first. Lord Fu, please go back to the county government office and gather people!" Su Ying said coldly.
"The Feng family is too arrogant. They don't care about the laws of the Tang Dynasty and arbitrarily execute a life. They must be taught a lesson today!"
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