205. Puncture
Luo Yong came back, and Si Niang was happy, and she felt a little timid in her heart. Because of Feng Gouer's case, many people have told her recently that Sanlang is not at home now, so she will ask her to take a closer look at her younger brother and sister. Don't force yourself to stand up in everything.
Si Niang didn't think there was anything wrong with what she did. �
But after seeing her brother, she began to feel a little uncertain again. What if she really did something wrong? What if her brother also said that she did something wrong?
"You did a good job, it's right to keep the person first." That night, after Luo Yong came back from the Xu family's guest house, he touched Si Niang's hair and said.
"Yeah!" Si Niang nodded, and was happy in her heart. But her eyes turned red for some reason. As expected, Brother A was the best. They all said she did something wrong and said she was forcibly for her. Only Brother A praised her for doing it right and doing it well.
Luo Yong originally wanted to say a few more words, but when she saw her appearance, she gave up for a moment. She would better figure out what Feng Gou'er's mother first.
If the couple really wanted to pick Feng Gou'er up and live with them, they would naturally not change their minds just because of Si Niang's words. If they could change their minds so easily, even if Feng Gou'er went to them, she would not have any good life.
Luo Yong first arranged the production of Eucommia ulmoide in the past two days, and then started to ask for news about Feng Gou'er's Ye Niang. The news came back that day, and the couple were in Lishi County at this time.
As for where the couple lived and what business they did over the years, they couldn't find out for a while. When Luo Yong was thinking about whether he wanted to use some relationship, someone took the initiative to send him a message.
The person who came was Chen Da, Chen Qi's brother, a salt vendor. Luo Yong bought Peng Er and Wang Shao from his younger brother Chen Qi, but the process was not very pleasant. Chen Qi had made harsh words at that time. Later, although Chen Da came to apologize, Luo Yong was still wary of the Chen brothers in his heart, for fear that they would stumbling behind their backs.
Now, from Chen Da’s attitude, the other party seemed to be trying to ease his relationship with him.
"...Huang Er is from Dinghu. He was poor in his early years and could not marry a wife. Later, he married Feng Gou'er's mother in your village. I heard that Feng Gou'er's mother was also a capable person, and the two worked together to do some small business."
"A few years ago, Huang Er's brother-in-law opened a restaurant in Hehe, Lanzhou, and the couple went to Hehe and have not come back in the past years." Lanzhou is just a little above Shizhou. The geographical location of Hehe is somewhat similar to Mengmen Pass, and they are both ports by the Yellow River.
"Dinner?" When Luo Yong heard that the other party was a wine shop, he felt a little suspicious. After all, the food in the Xu family's guesthouse was famous for its delicious food. Could it be that couple was making this idea?
Feng Gou'er is in and out of the Xu family's guesthouse all day long, helping the Xu family run errands. He can always make a big belly every day and often bring some back to Grandma Feng. Could it be that the Huang couple heard about this and thought of getting Feng Gou'er over? Such a young child can also help the store. If they can ask for one or two recipes...
"Yes, Huang Er's brother-in-law's surname is Hu. Hu Ji Restaurant is also quite famous in Hehe." Chen Da said proudly: "When I went to Hehe, I saw the couple at Hu Ji Restaurant."
"Chen Dalang really likes to remember." Luo Yong said flatteringly.
"Of course, I dare not say anything else. If you talk about your eyesight and memory, there are not many vendors in Lishi County that can compare to me." Chen Da was not humble, and he continued:
"The Huang Er and his wife helped sell wine in the Hu Ji Restaurant, and they earned some money every month. However, a while ago, I heard that the couple suddenly came to your village to pick up Feng Gou'er. I was confused in my heart, so I found some things to ask about.
"What's the matter?" Luo Yong knew that the topic was coming.
"Then Huang Er asked someone to cheat last month." Chen Da lowered his voice.
"What happened?" Luo Yong said in surprise.
"I've stepped on the condom." Chen Da stretched out his index finger and tapped the table twice.
"What kind of condom?" Luo said curiously.
"It's not a clever trap, it's just because of the word "greed." Chen Da shook his head and continued, "That day, a Hu merchant was twisted out of the gambling house. If he couldn't pay back his gambling debt, he would have to chop him up. The Hu merchant asked for mercy. He still had a batch of good goods in his hand, which was grape wine from the Western Regions, and could use wine to pay off his debts. As a result, the people in the gambling house only recognized the money but not the wine. The two sides had a dispute on the street, which attracted many people to watch..."
"So that wine was bought by Huang Er?" Luo Yun shook his head. Such a rough routine could even deceive people.
"It's not just him who bought it for money, but Huang Er bought the most. At that time, there was a payment for the goods on his ox cart, and he spent all of it. As a result, when he bought it back, he saw that all the jars were full of water." Chen Da shook his head.
At this point, what else can I understand? Huang Er took the payment from his brother-in-law's store to buy fake wine. He was afraid that he would not be able to explain to his brother-in-law after he returned.
At this time, Feng Gou'er suddenly had the idea again, probably because he wanted to give Feng Gou'er to his brother-in-law to pay off the debt. Even if he couldn't find any recipe, he could still help the restaurant at Feng Gou'er's age. If others asked, they would say that he was helping in his uncle's store, and there was nothing unreasonable.
Luo Yong thanked Chen Da and invited him to a meal.
Luo Yong believed Chen Da's words because the other party had no reason to deceive and tease him unless he didn't want to continue doing business in Lishi County.
Then the next morning, Luo Yong drove the donkey cart to Lishi County. Since repairing the cement road, five pairs of this big donkey pulled a wooden cart alone and walked on the flat cement road. It was like playing, and he didn't see any difficulty walking along the way.
At noon that day, Luo Yong held a banquet at Wangji Restaurant and asked someone to invite the Huang Er and his wife to come to dinner. He said that Si Niang was reckless and wanted to apologize in person with them.
When Huang Er and his wife heard about this, they felt a little uneasy, fearing that their purpose would be exposed by the Luo coffin board. However, when they thought that Hehe was quite far from Shixian, the people here didn't know what happened there at all, so they took the courage to go there.
Think about it carefully, no matter how powerful the coffin board is, it still has to give in for his precious girl. Although there are rumors outside that Luo Sanlang takes good care of the elderly and weak in the village and takes special care of Feng Gou'er, he is just taking care of him. After all, it is not a relative or a reason. When it is related to his own sister's reputation, he must also know how to make a decision.
Thinking of this, the couple felt at ease and were invited to the banquet openly.
At noon that day, the business of Wangji Restaurant was particularly better than usual. Needless to say, many people just came to watch the fun and watched the scene.
When the couple came to Wangji Restaurant, Luo Sanlang was indeed very polite. He greeted and apologized, saying that his fourth wife was reckless and asked them not to be accused of it, all the time.
Seeing his behavior, Huang Er and his wife completely let go of their defenses, thinking that Luo Yong was giving in to them. The most important thing at the moment was to fight for Feng Gou'er. So Feng Gou'er's mother said how she thought about her children. Huang Er also said that her current financial conditions were better and she didn't mind supporting such a child.
As the matter developed here, those in the hall who pretended to drink and eat, actually listened carefully, thought that today's incident was probably nothing to pay attention to.
They originally thought Luo Sanlang was going to ruthlessly fight the couple, but they didn't expect that it would be like this, which was really boring.
"But Luo has something unknown." At this time, Luo Yong only heard him say to the couple.
"What's the matter unknown?" Huang Er put a piece of Dongpo pork in his mouth. Not to mention, the food at Wang Ji's wine shop was also good. He just spoke with all his heart and had not eaten a few bites of food after sitting for so long.
"You two wanted to pick up Feng Gou'er, why didn't you come before, and you just waited for the bad luck to come after you left home." As soon as Luo said this, everyone in the hall responded differently. For a while, they still couldn't react. They even secretly stroking their hands and applauded. Many people turned their eyes to their table.
"What, what bad luck?" Before Huang Er could swallow his mouth, he was caught off guard by Luo Yong. His expression changed drastically at that time, and he didn't know what to say.
"Why did Luo Sanlang say this? But did he misbelieve in any rumors?" The woman was a little calmer when she looked at her.
"I heard from the people on the other side of Hehe that your husband's family bought a batch of grape wine pretending to be clean water on the street a few days ago, using the payment for the goods from his brother-in-law's shop. I wonder if this news is a misinformation?" Luo picked up the wine glass and took a sip of sake, and said with a smile.
My old lady was poked into her face, and the woman couldn't hold her back at this time, so she stood up and said, "Luo Sanlang said this meal was an apology, but in fact she just wanted to make things difficult for us and give your fourth wife a reputation."
After saying that, she pulled her man up and walked out of the restaurant.
How could Luo Yong let the two of them leave so easily? After the trouble in their Xipo Village, he now patted his butt and wanted to leave. There was no door.
At this time, a few black men came in from outside and blocked the door of the restaurant.
"What are you going to do?" The woman finally became panicked at this time.
"I just want to ask you two how they discussed with the Hu Ji Restaurant's store, but they agreed to use Feng Gou'er to pay off the debt?" After working hard to travel to Lishi County, performing such a scene, there are so many audiences in the hall, how could Luo Yong let this good show end?
"Where did you come to pay off your debts? You must have believed in some false rumors." The woman didn't dare to say that Luo Yong falsely accused him, but only said that he had misbehaved the rumors.
"Is it a rumor? There is a clear conclusion in the court. In my opinion, you two are clearly going to sell Feng Gou'er from my village to pay off the debt. If you two are wronged, the county magistrate will give you justice." After Luo Yong said that, he raised his chin slightly, and his disciples walked forward a few steps and twisted the Huang and his wife.
The group went to the county government office in a huge crowd, and there were many people watching the fun on the street. Two days ago, I heard that Luo Siniang was very rude to Feng Gou'er's mother. Why were they going to be turned away to meet the officials today?
After inquiring, I realized that the couple actually owed money from Hehe. They wanted to skip Feng Gou'er from Xipo Village to pay off the debt. Even if someone spitted on the woman, it was said that a tiger would not eat her son, and even the heart of a snake and a scorpion was worthy of being a mother.
At this time, the magistrate Tu was in the public office. When he saw Luo Sanlang twisting someone in person, the matter was reasonable and well-founded. Even if he was detained, Yan Ming still needed to investigate the matter thoroughly.
Later, he invited Luo Yong to Houya and said something completely different from him: "Since that woman is Feng Gouer's biological mother, how can she stop selling him? Not to mention that the baby is still in your Xipo Village now, even if she has been taken to Hehe and sent to Huji Restaurant, she will not stop selling him. The two families are originally relatives."
"I know." Luo Yong sighed. He also knew that although the Tang Dynasty's law clearly stipulated that parents and elders forced their children and grandchildren to sell their children and grandchildren, they also had to be sentenced, but in fact, there were many people selling their children and daughters, but the parents who were sentenced were unheard of.
His behavior today is just to create momentum and create a small sensation so that the news can spread faster, and not to avoid his fourth wife being gossiped about.
"But these two people are despicable. Don't worry, Sanlang, I will teach them some lessons." County Magistrate Tu looked down on the couple, but he could not sentence the person who was the one who was a mother to sell him.
The word filial piety is worth a thousand pounds. The reason why filial piety can be so marketable in this world is nothing more than two reasons: First of all, children will naturally have a feeling of closeness and gratitude to their parents and are willing to be filial to them.
The second is power and order. The so-called filial piety, don’t forget that there is another word "shun" afterwards. Children obey their parents and the people obey their monarchs. This is the order of this society.
On the evening of that day, when Luo Yong and his men returned to the village, many villagers had already heard of this. Everyone gathered at the entrance of the village and wanted to hear a clear letter from Luo Yong.
"Sanlang, Feng Gou'er's mother really wants to trick him into paying off the debt?" Seeing that Luo Yong came back, several villagers immediately surrounded him.
"After hearing the news from Hehe, I said this. County Magistrate Tu needs to investigate the specific situation thoroughly." Luo Yong replied.
"I didn't expect this to be like this." The villagers were deeply moved.
"I also thought she was a good person, but I really didn't expect it..."
"After saying that it is also a piece of meat that fell from her belly. Why can she be so cruel to this?"
"I'm waiting to believe her wrongly."
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After hearing this, Luo Yong felt very bored. It was already this time, and he was still making excuses for himself.
Why did the people in the village prefer to let Feng Gouer leave with his mother? He just treated him as a burden in the village and didn't want to take such a responsibility for nothing, so he wanted to push him out.
The people in the village didn't know where the woman lived and what kind of livelihood she was doing. She wanted Feng Gou'er to go with her, saying that her mother always felt sorry for her children. In fact, it was just an excuse they made for herself. In the final analysis, it was because Feng Gou'er's existence was a trouble for these people in the village, and they needed to pay money, food and energy to take care of her.
"Don't be confused again next time," Luo sighed and said to them: "If the old and weak in our Xipo Village, if the people in our Xipo Village don't want to care, can we still expect others to take care of it?"
"Sanlang, this..." Several villagers wanted to say something, but for a moment they didn't know what to say.
"There are so many families in our village, but can't support Feng Gou'er?"
Luo Yong actually didn't want to say such heavy words to these neighbors in person, but this time the incident really disappointed him. There were so many adults in a village, and at the critical moment, Si Niang and a little girl stood up and spoke, which eventually caused her to cause trouble. These people actually thought Si Niang was doing something wrong.
Although Si Niang's approach is not the best, she at least knows to protect Feng Gou'er. The adults in the village are all thinking about pushing out.
He didn't want to stay here and say anything to these people anymore, Luo Yong planned to go back to his yard. After looking back, he saw Feng Gouer squatting on the side of the road.
Luo Yong walked over and asked him, "What are you doing here? But have you had supper?"
"No." The child pouted and rubbed his eyes and said.
Chapter completed!