Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

"I thought of a possibility about buying leftovers." Ke Muqing said, "Maybe it was a trap set up to make our family offend the government officials."

"You also know that the fuel for these yamen servants to take this job comes from these exiled prisoners. These prisoners only eat steamed buns a day. If they want to eat good food or have other needs, they have to spend money from the yamen servants. purchase."

"The Huang family comes to us in a big way to buy leftovers. If we make money, we are competing with the government officials for money. Blocking people's money is like killing their parents. The government officials will naturally hate us."

This was Ke Muqing's guess, and the reason why the Huang family girl came without mentioning or asking for it was probably because she knew the purpose behind the trap set up by her family. The Huang family gave her such a task, and she bit the bullet and did it. Yes, but just for a formality and without speaking.

That girl from the Huang family may not want to harm anyone.

"If it's true what mother said, that girl from the Huang family is also a pitiful person." Feng Ying sighed.

"Let her grab food at noon. A teenage girl already knows how to save face, but she has to bite the bullet." Zheng Qiu Shuang shook her head, "Let her come out to harm others at night. This family is really... Worse than pigs and dogs.”

Several children had become energetic and had begun to yawn while listening to the adults talking. After a while, you could hear the sounds of children falling asleep.

Zheng Qiu Shuang laughed in a low voice, "It is better to treat the children of ordinary people like us. There are no dirty things like those of rich families. The Huang family has many wives and concubines, and the children are born in a litter. If there are too many children, it is no longer a surprise. "

After finishing speaking, Zheng Qiushuang added, "My sister-in-law and I are lucky to have a good mother-in-law like my mother."

"You're the one who talks sweetly tonight." Ke Muqing was amused by Zheng Qiu Shuang, "You should rest early. You will definitely have to get up early tomorrow."

"Mom, are we going to sleep in the mountains like tonight?" Zheng Qiushuang asked again.

"Not necessarily. The distance was not right today, so I rested halfway. Normally, there should be a post station where I can rest." Ke Muqing explained.

Zheng Qiu Shuang felt relieved upon hearing this.

The movement outside gradually disappeared. Even Ke Xiucai's group of drinkers had dispersed long ago. They had to go on their way tomorrow, and the government officials also went back to rest early.

Yang Wenxiao and Zheng Hui went to the mountains to hunt birds. When they came back, the place was quiet, so they came back more slowly. Zheng Hui returned to the government office, and Yang Wenxiao returned to the Yang family.

"Eldest brother, fourth brother, are you still awake?" Yang Wenxiao ran over and greeted his two brothers.

"Lao Si and I will stay for the rest of the night, and you and Uncle Wu will stay for the rest of the night. You can take a rest as soon as possible."

Yang Jiye waved his hand towards Yang Wenxiao, and just as he was about to urge him to go back quickly, he saw the bird eggs in Yang Wenxiao's hand, and he said, "You didn't hit the bird, so you went up the tree to get the eggs?"

Yang Wenxiao scratched his head and replied, "I dug out all the bird's nests nearby. Brother Zheng Hui and I divided the eggs. You and your fourth brother can roast them and eat them."

After speaking, Yang Wenxiao sat down between the two brothers and said in a low voice, "Brother Zheng Hui reminded me that we should take good care of our sisters and nieces and don't let them go to the government officials."

"What's wrong?" Yang Jiye lowered his voice when he saw Yang Wenxiao. When he spoke, he also deliberately lowered his voice.

"Brother Zheng Hui and I were digging out bird eggs from the tree when we happened to meet the Huang family uncle and Chen Hu who came to the grove to talk together. The Huang family uncle wanted to give one of his concubines to Chen Hu to play with for a few days. Please ask Chen Hu for help. Hu could give the Huang family a few more mold-free steamed buns and an extra water bag every day along the way." "Chen Hu agreed. When Zheng Hui and I came back, we saw the Huang family's uncle taking his concubine. I went to the grove, Chen Hu is waiting in the grove."

"Brother Zheng Hui told me that among the government officials from the capital, there are two or three like Chen Hu, so brother Zheng Hui reminded us not to let our girls be alone, and no matter where they go, they must be accompanied by men. "

Yang Wenxiao held his chin with both hands, "When my mother brought us rabbit meat, Chen Hu treated her like a mother-in-law. She was not polite at all. When my mother brought them food, she still suffered from the anger of their bad men. , or give it away for free, it’s really irritating to say.”

The eyes of brothers Yang Jiye and Yang Jimin almost fell out of their sockets.

"As long as we know about Chen Hu, we will find an opportunity to tell my mother and the others quietly tomorrow morning. Zheng Hui treats you as a brother, so he is telling you these things from his heart. Don't let these words out to the Yamen servants. I'll kill your brother Zheng Hui later." Yang Jimin warned, "We can't take care of the government servants' affairs. Okay, you go and rest early."

At dawn the next day, the yamen officer whipped his whip and told the exiled prisoners to get up, pack up and prepare to leave.

Someone wanted to relieve themselves and went to the woods, but not long after walking past, the man suddenly shouted loudly, "Someone is dead! Someone has hanged himself!"

Ke Muqing put on his outer clothes and hurriedly rushed out of the tent. Just as he was about to run to the grove where the noise was coming, the yamen servant reacted faster and was already there to prevent anyone from getting close.

But the matter had spread, and everyone knew that it was a young concubine from the Huang family's eldest house who hanged himself in the woods in the middle of the night. Some people said that the concubine was disheveled and one could tell what happened to her before she hanged herself.

Upon hearing this, Ke Muqing hurriedly rushed some of his very curious children back to the tent.

Yang Wenxiao trotted over, pulled Ke Muqing aside, and whispered to Ke Muqing what he and Zheng Hui heard in the woods last night.

"Mom, this is too scary." Yang Wenxiao faced for the first time how insignificant human life was.

"You brothers have died in your own stomachs about Chen Hu and the concubine of the eldest wife of the Huang family. You can't talk about it outside." Ke Muqing said, "I will account for our children."

The time to prepare breakfast was relatively short, and the Yang family almost couldn't catch up after finishing their meal and packing their things.

After a while, Ke Muqing hurriedly packed up his things and led the children back into the carriage. Yang Yi was still driving the horse.

Yang Shuangshuang hugged the pillow and leaned on the car frame, "Grandma, this morning's meal was really heavy. Tonight we will prepare breakfast for tomorrow morning and put it away. We can eat it as soon as we get up early tomorrow morning. , it’s much faster than cooking it freshly tomorrow morning.”

"I think so too." Ke Muqing nodded. Those government officials ate casually in the morning. They didn't even need to boil hot water. They just ate a steamed bun and drank some water. So the time for breakfast in the morning was really short.

But it was precisely because of the short time that Ke Muqing guessed that no one would collect the body of the concubine of the Huang family who was hanged in the woods.

They're probably still hanging on the trees right now.

The suicide of the concubine of the Huang family seemed to have offended Chen Hu. Chen Hu had been staring at the Huang family for a long time in the morning to vent his anger. If anyone in the Huang family took two steps slower, he would be whipped. The Huang family was complaining endlessly.

After Chen Hu vented his anger and left, several members of the Huang family cursed all the way, scolding the Huang family if the concubine died.