auspicious time has come

Chapter 103: Dead or Alive
"Thinking... the one just now is Mr. Liu, right?" The old man asked hesitantly, as if he didn't know where to start.

"That's right." Heng Yu sighed slightly, and said in confusion, "Miss Miao is so good, and now she has such a good son-in-law, why is this mother of the Miao family so overwhelmed and insisted on making trouble like this?" ? The son is gone, so the daughter can’t take care of her? They want to come to seize this shop—”

Speaking of Mother Miao, the old man shook his head and said in a very complicated tone: "Because in their eyes, the daughter is an outsider, no, the daughter is not considered a person at all... the son who is like a bead is gone, and there is a grandson ...People who are used to drinking blood, how can they be willing to let go of this piece of fat!"

When the old man said this, he leaned on the crutch twice in his hand, and said anxiously: "Poor Shao Ting is kind-hearted, and never wants to make people worse... If you have to go back this time and apologize to her mother, That's really stupid!"

"But in the eyes of Mrs. Miao, it's her mother who just suffered the pain of bereavement." Heng Yu said: "After all, everything was fine before, how could the relationship between mother and daughter be separated just because of a shop?" Are you clean?"

The old man's expression became more and more anxious: "This is not a matter of a shop..."

Heng Yu said: "Perhaps that's just the case in the eyes of Mrs. Miao? After all, the authorities are obsessed. If there are no bystanders to remind them, how can they be so good at seeing people's hearts?"

Hearing the words, the old man froze for a moment, and his chapped and white lips moved.

"Old man, I'm too busy talking, why don't you have a sip of tea first."

Heng Yu handed the teacup brought by Shun Shui to the old man.

She is not in a hurry to continue to push forward. If the human heart is pushed too hard and too fast, it will trigger instinctive rejection because of guarding, which is not conducive to conversation.

After all, she is still not sure of the whole truth, so she needs to be more cautious.

The old man was obviously a little absent-minded, subconsciously took the teacup with both hands, and said a few words "Thank you, miss".

"I once heard Mrs. Miao say that you live alone now, what do you do for a living?" Seeing the old man swallowing two sips of tea slowly, Heng Yu asked chatting again.

"There is a vegetable field, and I have raised some chickens and ducks...and Shaoting is taking care of me, so I can get by." The old man's eyes were a little moist: "Shaoting once wanted to pick me up in the city to raise them, but I was afraid that I would be dragged down." She...our Shaoting, is such a good girl."

Heng Yu: "People change people's hearts, I think you are also a good elder."

The old man shook his head, tears filled his eyes, and murmured: "Our family is sorry for Shaoting..."

"Hey, our shopkeeper's life is indeed hard." Brother Shunshui couldn't help sighing as he wiped the tables and chairs beside him.

"No, it's not fate for Shaoting..." The old man shook his head with tears in his eyes: "This is not fate, it's because people's hearts are evil..."

Seeing that she was trembling slightly, Heng Yu gently took the teacup in her hand, and then handed over the handkerchief.

The old man no longer cared about rejecting in fear, and wiped his tears tremblingly, but his emotions became harder to suppress.

Living alone for a long time, facing such an amiable junior at this time, it is inevitable to feel sad: "If my grandson is still here, there should be a baby who calls me great-grandmother... My son and daughter-in-law also left early, Two people who were fine, went to work in winter, and drowned in the glacier just like that..."

After speaking, there was some self-deprecating in the tearful eyes, and the voice was low and indistinct: "Cause and effect... this is karma."

Heng Yu pretended not to understand, kept quiet and let the old man murmur.

"At this age, I should have gone with them long ago... But in my heart, there are two things that I can't let go of... Maybe it's because my sins haven't been redeemed, and even the Buddha won't accept me..."

While the old man raised his hand to wipe his tears, Heng Yu saw a string of shiny wooden beads wrapped around her thin wrist.

He is a believer in Buddhism.

She opened her mouth and asked in a gentle voice: "The two things that the old man can't let go of, one of them is Miss Miao?"

The old man nodded with tears in his eyes: "Fortunately, Shaoting now has a good home..."

Heng Yu said: "The so-called good home does not offset the suffering we suffered before—"

The old man looked up at her in a daze.

Looking at each other, Heng Yu said slowly: "Only the word truth can give those sufferings a due explanation. There shouldn't be people in the world who have suffered all kinds of grievances and hardships, but they don't even have the right to know the truth, and they have to carry the truth forever. Don't you think it's right to spend this life with a bad reputation that can't be washed away?"

The old man looked at the girl in front of him, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

These eyes were telling her... This little girl must already know something!
"Another thing that worries you is your grandson's current situation, right?" The girl's voice was calm and determined.

The old man's eyes trembled when he heard this.

really……

Sure enough, we all know!
"The evasion of military service is of course triggered by the law, and the penalty of exile is punishable by the law. However, when the King of Jin was in charge of Yingzhou, the conscription order was indeed too strict. If you are willing to confess and confess, you may be given a lighter punishment. There is still room for change. room--"

Heng Yu said in a neutral voice, "But if you just refuse to confess, then it's a different story."

The old man's hand trembled, and the crutch hit the ground.

"Say it at this time, maybe I can still help you." The girl's voice did not deliberately induce, and her eyes were open and calm and persuasive.

These words were like the last drop of water, piercing through the boulder that had been pressing on the old man's heart all year round.

"thump--"

Trembling, the old man knelt down towards Hengyu.

"Thousands of mistakes are all the fault of our Wang family, even if I am asked to die to Shaoting to atone for my sins, I should..."

The old man knocked his head heavily on the ground, his emotions were like a flood bursting a bank, and he couldn't help crying: "I can tell, girl, you are a good person, and you are so powerful... Please help me find my grandson! In the end Whether it is dead or alive, there must always be an explanation for whereabouts!"

Hengyu's eyebrows moved slightly.

The implication of this is...

She raised her hand to help the old man: "Get up first, and explain the process to me slowly—"

……

"What are you doing back here!"

Mother Miao with a sallow complexion stood outside the main room door, her eyes sunken due to rapid weight loss were full of hostility, and her voice was also hoarse: "You still have the face to come back!"

Mrs. Miao stood in the courtyard, and replied with a sarcastic expression: "What happened outside the shop that day, whether it was right or wrong, everyone saw it. It should not be me, but my mother who is shameless."

These words set the fire ablaze.

"You bitch... are you intending to come back and piss me off!"

"My marriage is imminent, so I won't cause such unlucky things." Mrs. Miao said, walking forward: "I just came to take my things."

The mourning has not yet come to an end, the word "unlucky" deeply stings and annoys Mother Miao.

She stretched out her hand and was about to push Miss Miao who came, and asked sharply: "What are you trying to grab! Haven't you snatched enough!"

Mrs. Miao dodged her hand, she missed it and almost fell to the ground.

At this time, a figure hurried in from outside the courtyard, and sighed anxiously: "What is this, what is this doing!"

Lady Miao sneered silently.

Just in time, everything that should come has come.

　Good night everyone~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)