"Aunt Dayun, why do you ask me everything!" Yang Ruoqing couldn't laugh or cry.

Yu Xi was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and glanced at the mule leading the way in front of her, then slowed down and said in a low voice: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just something. In the past few years since I got married, I've been listening to my mother-in-law a lot.

Come to tease my father-in-law."

"I heard that when my father-in-law was young, when the family first proposed marriage to him, they planned to marry Jin E."

"Then Jin'e didn't like my father-in-law because she thought he was short, so she immediately fell in love with Wangfu, who used to dig river dams over there."

"We haven't taken a clear path yet. It'll be fine between the two of us in private."

"Wangfu's family took an old hen and took Jin'e there to be their daughter-in-law. Jin'e's family couldn't do anything..."

"What?" Dayun was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

"No wonder Wangfu doesn't take Jin'e seriously, but Jin'e always treats Wangfu like an emperor,"

"After doing this for a long time, how dare you two of them still do this? Tsk, tsk, this Jin'e, you can't blame Wangfu for not respecting her, it turns out that he didn't respect himself from the beginning." Dayun said.

Yang Ruoqing and Yuzhi looked at each other. This was the first time they had heard about this.

Yuzhi said: "Wangfu was an alcoholic. After drinking too much, he beat Aunt Jin'e. Aunt Jin'e was beaten until her nose was bruised and her face was swollen. The next day, she had to buy meat and drink wine for Wangfu to eat."

Yu Xi was stunned, "Is there such a woman in the world? It's really..."

Yang Ruoqing said: "But Wangfu has committed a crime now and is in jail."

Yuxi said: "What did you do?"

Yang Ruoqing said: "When the famine was at its worst, he colluded with a group of prisoners who escaped from the quarry and wanted to murder people in our village."

"Perhaps they are the young and old in our village. The news got out and we caught them."

"They were all put in jail, and the leading thugs were beheaded on the order of the county magistrate. That was in July."

"Wangfu has been locked up in the county jail. Aunt Jin'e doesn't want to eat or drink at home."

"I am bringing my widowed daughter-in-law and two granddaughters to my parents' house. We are good friends with her daughter-in-law. If you don't worry, come and take a look."

Yu Xi is not stupid. After hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, she knew there must be more than that.

My friend and my mother-in-law are visiting relatives, so there is no need for a few friends to come over and have a look like this.

There must be some other reasons for this, but if they don't tell them now, Yu Xi will never ask.

"We're almost at the ferry ahead, let's follow a few steps closer." Yu Xi said to Yang Ruoqing and others with a smile.

Several people nodded, but I didn't say anything and quickened my pace to follow.

At the ferry, there was indeed a awning boat with pointed ends docked.

A little girl about the same age as Luo Baobao was squatting by the water washing vegetables. On the bank behind her, a simple stove was built with a few stones, and a few thick branches were burning inside.

There was a small iron pot on the fire, and the pot was roaring like fish was being cooked.

Without seasoning, the fish pond cooked in the most primitive way is as white as milk.

When people look at it, they actually arouse their appetite.

Yang Ruoqing moved her eyes away from the fish soup and looked towards the mule.

The mule was talking to the old man with a gray beard who was squatting on the bedside smoking a cigarette. He turned around and pointed at the women on the shore.

Then, the old man pulled out the pipe from his mouth, stood up, and went to untie the rope tied to a big rock on the shore.

Here, the mule waved to Yang Ruoqing. The women understood and hurriedly helped each other down the river beach and arrived at the waterside.

"This is Uncle A Shui, the only boatman in Youjiawan. When he was young, he was a big boat driver."

Mule introduced the old man to everyone.

Yang Ruoqing and others greeted the old man with a smile one after another. The people of Qi are open and open, especially in the countryside.

Usually in the fields, men and women work together, and it is very common for everyone to make some non-vegetarian jokes.

So it doesn't matter if a few women say hello to the old boatman.

The old boatman asked everyone to get on the boat and sit on both sides. Then he picked up a long bamboo pole and inserted it into the water.

"Cui Cui, grandpa is sending a few guests to the other side of the river. You can eat the food first when the food is cooked, don't wait for grandpa."

The little girl named Cuicui raised her head and looked timidly in this direction.

He nodded obediently and watched the boat slowly leave.

On the bed, Sheep Whey has been looking at the grandfather and grandson with great interest. The old man is old and his hair and beard are all gray.

He was wearing a coir raincoat and a worn-out bamboo hat hanging on his back.

The granddaughter named Cuicui has a round face. She has been exposed to the sun and wind by the water all year round, and her complexion is a healthy wheat color.

With a rosy face and big bright eyes, a thick braid hangs down behind her and is tied with a red rope.

In addition, her name was also Cuicui, which reminded Yang Ruoqing of the girl Cuicui who depended on the boatman's grandfather in Shen Congwen's "Border Town".

"We're here, everyone, let's get off the boat. Take your time."

The voice of old boatman Ah Shuibo came to her ears. Yang Ruoqing came to her senses and found that the boat had arrived at the shore.

The mule wanted to pay, and Uncle Ashui said, "Don't worry, I'll wait for you here, and we'll just settle the bill together when we go back."

Yang Ruoqing glanced at the river behind her. Although she could see the village on the other side from this bank, it was like running to death while looking at the mountain.

If you really want to get from one bank to the other bank, you have to go through the waterway of a stick of incense.

If the old boatman goes back now, he might have to row over just a while ago, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, so he might as well just wait here.

Everyone got ashore and walked towards Zuojia Bay ahead.

Dayun said: "If we go into the village with a big fanfare like this to look for him, will we scare off the enemy?"

Dayun has been cooking in the school for a long time and listening to his teacher's lectures. Dayun accidentally learned two idioms and used them appropriately here.

Yang Ruoqing said: "Well, let's stop at the entrance of the village and find someone to inquire about the situation first."

"Okay, I know a few people in this village. I'll go to the village later and ask." Mule said.

Several people were waiting near the village entrance as promised, and the mule entered Zuojiawan alone.

After two bowls of tea, the mule came out.

"How is the situation? Has Jin E come back?" Dayun asked quickly.

Mule said: "People in the village said that Jin E took her two granddaughters back to her parents' house a few days ago and has been staying at her second brother's house these days."

"Only three people? Don't have her daughter-in-law Xiaoqin?" Dayun asked again.

Mule shook his head, "I asked emphatically, and they said they only heard about three people. They didn't know if there was one more hidden in the house."

Dayun turned around and looked at Yang Ruoqing and the others, "Qing'er, something is wrong."

Yang Ruoqing said: "Hey, something is really wrong. Let's go directly to Jin'e's second brother's house."

"Well, I'll ask you when the time comes..."

"If I ask, just say that you came to my house to visit relatives. I heard that the little girls are also here, so I stopped by to take a look." Yu Xi said quickly.
Chapter completed!