Wangfu little dumb wife

Chapter 35 The Little Secret 12 Years Ago
The whole family was in a state of confusion last night, especially when going to Dahuan Mountain, Song Wei was full of thoughts about his father, and he had no time to calm down and think about other things. Now he is sitting on the bullock cart going to the county seat , some details are slowly emerging.

On the way back and forth last night, Wanwan seemed to ask to change the road several times.

At that time, he only thought that the little girl was tired from walking so far, so he listened to her everything.

Now that I think about it, it is not.

Even though she looked weak, she didn't fall and get hurt after walking so far with the two big men in the rainy night.

On such a muddy and difficult mountain road, the three of them were surprisingly safe and smooth, and no one had any accidents.

Song Wei also thought about when Wanwan first got married, they were going to the county town to buy a door gift, but she pretended to be sick and refused to go. Yesterday at the bookstore in the town, she dragged him out for no reason, lying that she felt that there was a lot of trouble in the store. The pen and ink are too expensive, buy another house.

Although these things are not big, it is impossible to say that he has no doubts in his heart.

Xie Zheng said that he hasn't encountered any bad luck since he got engaged until now, no matter the big one or the small one.

Song Wei also realized it.

For someone like him who has been unlucky since he was a child, the current level of smoothness is too weird.

It is precisely because of this that a certain answer is ready to come out——

From the beginning, she didn't lie.

She said that she is Wangfu, which is true.

She also said that she could see the dangers he would encounter in advance, and it was true.

Song Wei turned his head.

The little girl who accompanied him from a long journey in the rain last night and came back from a sleepless night was leaning quietly on his broad shoulders, her eyes were slightly closed, her breathing was shallow, her lips were pink and tender, His little face was rosy and pale, and he felt a softness somewhere in his heart, and his thoughts drifted away unknowingly.

……

At the age of 15, the little girl was three years old. Before she left, her mother, Mrs. Lu, handed over her daughter to him and entrusted him to take care of her for the rest of her life.

The little girl kept crying and crying, chasing Lu's carriage in the icy and snowy field without stopping, and accidentally fell into the ice hole.

When he rescued her, the little girl had passed out, her high fever persisted, not only burned her throat, but also burned away her little immature memory.

During the 15 years from when she was three to 12 years old, he was afraid that his bad luck would catch her, so he never dared to get close to her, and could only take care of her secretly.

The extra pigweed in the basket was not a hallucination, it was sent by him.

When she went to herd cattle on the mountain, he quietly pulled the vines that shaded her head when she was sleeping at the foot of a tree.

The road was slippery in snowy days, knowing that she would persistently go to the village school to eavesdrop on the teacher's lecture, and he would help her shovel the snow on the edge of the field as soon as possible.

……

In the past 12 years, he has personally watched her grow from a milk doll carved in powder and jade into a pretty girl with a beautiful appearance.

As for when he turned the little girl who was regarded as his younger sister into the person on top of his heart, he couldn't say for sure.

Maybe it was when Yuan Bao was deliberately allowed to approach her two or three years ago, or maybe, earlier.

It was precisely because he was interested and did not allow others to touch him that he picked a suitable time to appear in front of her after hearing the news that she was going to discuss marriage.

The "first meeting" that she thought of in the village school was not accidental, it was planned by him long ago.

He even planned to persuade Father Wen to marry his daughter later.

At Wen's house that day, he only said one sentence: When Aunt Lu was leaving 12 years ago, I promised her that I would take care of Wanwan for the rest of my life.

Father Wen never knew there was such a thing. After hearing what Song Wei said, he asked him about the situation in the past before he was completely relieved and married his daughter to him.

This is why Wen Wan couldn't figure out why her father was reluctant for her to marry Song Wei in the first place, and then changed his attitude immediately after Song Wei came to Wen's house.

……

Song Wei gathered his thoughts, if he had known that his little girl still had such abilities, and was not afraid of being implicated by his bad luck, he might have avoided some detours these years.

But it's not bad now, at least 12 years later, she took the initiative to throw herself into his arms and became his wife.

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Wen Wan didn't dare to sleep too deeply, she just woke up when she heard the hustle and bustle around her when she entered the county town.

Opening her eyes and seeing that she was still leaning on Song Wei's back, she immediately sat up straight and rubbed her sleepy eyes.

Song Wei said: "I have already entered the county seat, I will take you to eat something first."

Wen Wan hurriedly shook her head, she didn't want to eat, and her father-in-law's case was still unsolved, so she couldn't take a bite.

Song Wei looked at her, "You didn't have dinner last night, if you don't eat two mouthfuls now, your spleen and stomach won't be able to bear it."

Wen Wan still shook her head, he didn't even eat, how could she swallow it?

Song Wei didn't try to persuade her anymore, and when passing by the breakfast stall, he bought a bowl of hot soybean milk and a basket of steamed buns and handed them to her.

Wen Wan drank the bowl of soy milk under his "forcedness", and her cold body was quickly ironed and warmed up.

The steamed buns were eaten alone, and half was given to Song Wei.

Song Wei wasn't in the mood to eat it, but she insisted on it, as if he wouldn't eat it and she wouldn't eat it either, so she had to take it and ate two at random.

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When they arrived at the county government office, the couple unexpectedly discovered that a group of people had gathered in front of the gate, all dressed in mourning. From the conversations of these people, it was not difficult to hear that they were also the family members of the workers who died in the mine yesterday.

Some people are weeping, some are full of anger, but no one dares to beat the drum of injustice.

Song Wei was fearless, and parked the ox cart under a tree with a crooked neck, and told Wen Wan to sit on it not to get off and run around. He went straight to Mingyuan Drum, picked up the drumstick and beat it vigorously.

Soon a servant from the gate came out, seeing this, he asked impatiently, "Are you also here for the mine?"

Song Wei nodded, said yes, and asked the county magistrate when he would be promoted.

"You guys came too early, the county magistrate hasn't woken up yet!" The Yacha's voice was extremely perfunctory, wishing he could dismiss Song Wei with a few words and stop bothering him.

Song Wei frowned, "With such a big case, the magistrate can actually sleep?"

The yamen officer suddenly shouted angrily, "Presumptuous! Where is the yamen, it is enough for you, a scumbag, to arrange for Master Qingtian, isn't it?"

After finishing speaking, he yelled at several other yamen servants to arrest Song Wei for questioning.

"Stop~"

A voice slowly came from inside, it was the magistrate Lu of Pingjiang County, who was born with a fat head, big ears and mung bean eyes, and his official uniform was deformed by a round-bottomed pot belly.

When he came out with his hands behind his back, he glanced at Song Wei, "It's so early in the morning, what's going on outside the county office?"

When the relatives of the miners outside saw Mr. Qingtian, they knelt down and kowtowed tremblingly.

Song Wei didn't kneel, but looked straight at County Magistrate Lu, with no emotion on his face, "More than two months ago, the government posted a notice saying that the imperial court was going to mine coal mines in Dahuan Mountain, and recruit miners in large numbers for fifty cents a day. But now the Caomin got the news that the Dahuanshan Coal Mine was not a formal mine approved by the imperial court, so many people died yesterday, the Caomin dared to ask the county magistrate for justice."

The other relatives who were kneeling on the ground also said repeatedly: "I beg Master Qingtian to uphold justice!"

County magistrate Lu looked at so many people, a flash of disgust flashed in his eyes, but he showed the benevolence of local parents and officials on his face, and said loudly: "The county understands your feelings when your relatives are killed, but you can't come back to life after death. Even if they knocked their heads outside the yamen today, they wouldn't be able to survive, would they?"

Someone boldly said: "Then we must give an explanation for this matter, right? Our family just counts on that little salary to eat. Now that there are no people, won't this cut off my family's livelihood?"

Others chimed in.

Magistrate Lu nodded, "This county can understand the feelings of your relatives, and I have already asked the superiors overnight, and the reply I just got at dawn said that all registered miners and victims will be given a pension of ten taels of silver per household. , Does anyone have any comments? Yes, it was said in the court.”

Originally, Lu Yanqing didn't want to take this responsibility, but the incident in the mine was too much trouble. In order to silence the miners' families, he had to change his mind temporarily and asked Lu County Magistrate to distribute 20 taels of pension to each family.

Yinliang dialed it down in the afternoon yesterday, and Lu Yanqing had already left overnight to prevent the night from having too many dreams.

Seeing that the masters were not around, County Magistrate Lu granted the other half of the pension as a matter of course, and changed it to ten taels of silver for each family.

The relatives fell silent.

Ten taels of silver, for the poor households who plan their food from the ground and depend on the sky, can eat for several years.

If they just took over the money, their life might be easier in recent years, but if the quarrel continues, not only will they not receive pensions, but they may also face lawsuits, which is not worth the loss.

They are just ordinary people and cannot compete with officials and lords.

Therefore, except for Song Wei, everyone else lined up to receive the pension.

County magistrate Lu glanced at Song Wei who was standing beside him, raised his eyebrows, "Little brother, do you not want money, or is it irrelevant to this case?"

Song Wei smiled lightly, "Since ten taels of silver can buy a life, then I will give the ten taels of silver to the county magistrate, and I hope you will accept it. The grass people only want the truth about the mine."

The yamen guards clenched the sabers around their waists one by one, and looked at Song Wei angrily, as if they were going to eat people.

Lu County Magistrate patted the shoulder of one of the irascible government servants, walked slowly to Song Wei, and said with a sarcasm, "Young man, the county advises you, don't toast or eat fine wine, the coal mine is opened by the imperial court Yes, anyone who dares to say that they violated the rules is slandering the court, which is a felony! This county thinks that you are a first-time offender, and you accidentally made a slip of the tongue, so please forgive me, otherwise, if you dare to make trouble today, none of them will be able to take it Go a big boy!"

As soon as County Magistrate Lu finished speaking, the eyes of relatives and relatives who blamed and resented fell on Song Wei one after another.

"What's the matter with you, you can't see other people's good, right?"

"Our family ate the last meal and didn't finish the next meal. We just point to this little pension to save our lives. If you dare to ruin it for me, I want you to look good!"

"Young man, let's go quickly, and you will be the heart of a Bodhisattva, and save the life of this frail and sick old lady."

……

Song Wei looked at the group of relatives and family members who were wearing hemp and filial piety to collect the ten taels of silver, and suddenly couldn't speak.

He couldn't point out where they were at fault, and he was in the position of a poor peasant. At this time, the best choice was to take the money and settle the matter.

It's not that they don't want to seek justice for their relatives, it's that their power is too weak and insignificant in the face of power.

trouble?How can we make trouble?Their relatives could not survive, and they ended up in a big prison instead. For them, fighting with officials is ignorant and the most stupid behavior.

Song Wei could understand their choice, but there was still a gloom in his chest.

In the eyes of the powerful, the lives of the common people are worthless, and they are lured with profit when necessary, and oppressed with power when not necessary.

Ten taels of silver for one life, what a joke in the world!
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Song Wei returned to the bullock cart.

Seeing his gloomy expression, Wen Wan took the initiative to hold his hand, wrote a few words on the palm of his hand, and added sign language, to the effect: Don't be discouraged, Mr. Xiang. From next year, you go to take the exam. Can protect whoever wants to be protected.

Song Wei stared at her innocent eyes, "Wan Wan trust me?"

Of course, she will protect him all the way.

There was a smile on Wen Wan's lips.

"it is good."

He held her little hand instead, and answered solemnly and simply.

This was the first time that Song Wei had officially agreed to take the exam since she had been persuaded so many times by Wen Wan.

Wen Wan thought, probably the father-in-law's death and today's scene chilled his heart, and stimulated a man's ambition and ambition at the same time.

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Father Song's body was not dug up, so it could only be used as a tomb. Song Wei asked someone to transport the coffin back from the county.

A mourning hall was set up in the main room, and white candles flickered in front of the dark coffin.

Wen Wan knelt aside with red eyes, opposite, Erlang's daughter-in-law was crying like a fake.

Song Wei was wearing sackcloth and filial piety, and was outside greeting helpers, when he suddenly heard a surprised voice from outside the door, "Sanlang, what's wrong with our family? Who's wrong?"

Song Wei turned his head abruptly, "Father?"

(End of this chapter)