There was no wind in Yunyong Alley in the afternoon, and although the sun could not shine into the dark alley, it was still very hot.
So in the afternoon, almost no one was hanging around outside.
After the fierce dispute, the Jixiang family fell into a kind of silence. This silence was like an active volcano waiting for the next eruption.
But before the volcano erupted, she heard someone knocking on the door of her house.
"Is anyone here?" There was a knock on the door followed by a hoarse man's voice.
However, at this time, Jixiang's family was in the aftermath of the anger, so no one spoke at the moment.
Seeing that no one in the room said anything, a timid woman's voice came from the door, "Is anyone here? We don't mean any harm. My brother and I just want to ask you for a drink of water."
Hearing the clear voice of the woman, the elder brother Ji Xiang was a little confused, so he immediately took the initiative to go down the steps.
"There's someone there, there's someone there, I'm here to open the door."
When Ji Xiang's mother saw him going to open the door, she immediately asked angrily, "What are you going to do? You don't think you are embarrassed enough?"
Brother Jixiang was no longer angry with Jixiang's mother at this time. He just pointed outside and said, "It's a woman! The person speaking outside is a young woman, and I bet she is a beautiful woman."
After hearing Brother Jixiang's words, Jixiang's father immediately knew what his son meant.
He winked and said, "Just ask your son to open the door and take a look. How much harm can you do with a glass of water?"
Jixiang's mother had just fought with the opponent and lost. Naturally, she didn't want to pay attention to her old man at this time.
So when she heard the other party's words, she just snorted coldly, and then she just flicked the frame and entered the house.
Seeing Jixiang's mother's attitude, Jixiang's father felt his anger rising again. However, out of consideration for his elder brother Jixiang, he finally suppressed the anger in his heart.
At the same time, Brother Jixiang also opened the door.
I saw a pair of young men and women standing at the door. They were dressed in rags and dusty, and they looked skinny. But even so, such simple attire could not hide the beauty of the woman in front of them.
Seeing the other party's beautiful face, Brother Jixiang couldn't help but whisper, "So beautiful."
The woman didn't seem to hear the other party's words clearly. She just smiled and said, "Hello, brother, can I ask you for a glass of water? My brother and I are really thirsty."
As if she noticed that Brother Jixiang looked at her a little too nakedly, the woman just lowered her head shyly.
Seeing how beautiful this woman was, Brother Jixiang was a little confused for a moment.
He then immediately said to the woman, "Yes! Yes, can you come in with me and drink some water?"
However, the woman seemed a little wary. She just smiled and said, "We can just drink water at the door. We will leave after drinking the water."
However, Brother Jixiang didn't feel rude when he heard this. He just kept pulling the woman enthusiastically and said, "Don't be embarrassed, come in and drink some water. Besides, I think you didn't eat on the way, so why don't you come in and have something to eat?" Let’s hit the road again.”
The woman didn't say anything when she heard this. She just glanced at her elder brother secretly.
The eldest brother only thought about it for a short time, and then he quickly made a decision.
"Since this big brother has said so, let's stay."
After hearing what her eldest brother said, the woman naturally no longer hesitated, and soon she followed her eldest brother into the yard.
After arriving in the yard, Brother Jixiang changed his previous lazy habit and just busied himself around the woman.
He first asked the woman to sit down with his brother, and then he took the initiative to serve the woman tea and water.
When the woman saw the other party acting like this, she smiled sweetly and said, "Brother, you are such a nice person."
When Brother Jixiang heard this, he just said indifferently.
The sentence "Whether a person is good or not, I just did what I should do."
As soon as he finished speaking, Brother Jixiang went in again.
Compared with Brother Jixiang's unpromising look, Jixiang's father is much calmer. He just looked at the female brother calmly and said in a kind tone, "I see that you two don't look like locals, do you?"
Upon hearing the old man's words, the woman's eldest brother smiled heartily and said, "Yes, we are from Cangzhou."
Hearing this, the old man just smiled slightly and said, "So you are from Cangzhou. I said your accents are not like those of us here."
If they are not locals, if they want to do something, they will probably be unable to do so.
The old man only thought so in his heart.
But after asking this question, the old man felt that he still had something to say to this kid, so the old man just asked in a low voice, "Since you are from Cangzhou, and Cangzhou is so far away from us, what do you think?" Did you come this way?"
Hearing the old man's question, the woman's eldest brother couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, "If it weren't for the fact that life at home was unbearable, who would be willing to leave their hometown? There was a flood in Cangzhou, and our whole family had no choice but to leave our hometown and flee. My parents are both dead, and only my sister and I are left. We heard that we had relatives in Yunzhou, so we came to Yunzhou to look for our relatives! But we searched for our relatives in Yunzhou for a long time but could not find our relatives."
Having said this, the woman's eldest brother couldn't help but sigh.
As soon as Brother Jixiang heard what the man said, he immediately asked, "Then what are you going to do?"
The female eldest brother was also a little confused when he heard this question.
But the woman said openly, "We don't know what to do now. There are only two ways for us to go. One of them is to continue looking for our relative, and the second is to return to Cangzhou. However, our relatives and we We don’t know where the other party is now, and we don’t have enough money to travel back to Cangzhou.”
After saying this, the girl just squeezed her little hands that had nowhere to rest.
When Brother Jixiang heard this, he immediately had the idea of taking advantage of the situation. Then he immediately said, "Why don't you go back and just stay at my house."
Upon hearing this, the woman immediately said in fear, "How can I do that?"
Brother Jixiang lost all his souls after being seduced by the woman. When he heard the woman's words, he immediately said, "Is it worth it? I happen to be in need of a wife, and you are in need of a family. With me, With protection, you can live a good life, right?"
Hearing Brother Jixiang's words, the woman was so shy that she didn't answer any more.
But the girl's eldest brother said, "If you are willing to take her in, I would rather leave my girl in your home, but I still won't stay here, otherwise it will be embarrassing if the two families bump into each other. If you don't mind, I can marry my sister directly to you, but I will need some travel expenses to go back. I wonder if you can provide me with some travel expenses. When I return to Cangzhou and my life is better, I will return the travel expenses to you."
Upon hearing what the other party said, Ji Xiang's father obviously agreed more with the elder brother's approach. After all, this weak woman was indeed no threat to them. However, no matter how thin this man is, he is obviously a potential threat, so Ji Xiang's father will never agree to let the woman's eldest brother live in his home.
So now it would be more appropriate to compare the money with others and buy it.
What's more, a group of poor people are desperate. No matter how high the price is, how can they shout.
Thinking of this, the auspicious father also smiled and agreed, "You are a thoughtful uncle, so why not do this? You, my sister, can marry my son as my daughter-in-law. I can give you some money directly. You There’s no need to pay it back, this is the wedding gift money for my uncle.”
Hearing what Ji Xiang's father said, his uncle just smiled and said, "How can you be so embarrassed?"
Ji Xiang's father then asked, "But our family is not a rich family, so we can only give you a token of appreciation. I wonder how much my uncle wants to pay?"
After hearing Jixiang's father's question, the uncle just said unceremoniously, "
Five taels of silver is enough. "
Upon hearing what his uncle said, the expression on Jixiang's father's face almost became tense.
Five taels of silver. His ex-daughter-in-law only had two taels of silver. He was absolutely unwilling to spend five taels of silver, not to mention that he didn't have that much money.
So after hearing the words of the eldest girl, Ji Xiang's father immediately said, "Brother is really joking. Even an ordinary family can't spend five taels of silver to buy a girl. Isn't this what I said?" Is the asking price too high?"
Hearing this, the eldest uncle said, "My sister is as beautiful as a flower, and five taels of silver is quite cheap."
Hearing that the two were bargaining in front of her, the woman was not happy at the moment. "Brother, what are you doing? I'm not your trading tool. Why did you choose it when someone paid you a price? You really take it seriously." I’m going to sell it.”
When the eldest uncle heard that his sister was anxious, he immediately said, "Good sister, don't be angry. I won't say anything anymore. I won't say anything anymore."
Then the uncle seemed to give in very helplessly and said, "I'll hand my sister over to you. Just tell me how much money you are willing to pay for my sister, right?"
After hearing what the other party said, Ji Xiang's father calmly said, "Two taels of silver!"
"Only two taels?" The female eldest brother immediately said in surprise.
Ji Xiang's father immediately nodded after hearing this, "It's just two taels of silver, and we have to make a contract, otherwise this little lady runs away, and we won't be able to deal with it! So if you are willing, we will do it, if not, you You can also pretend that you haven’t come this time.”
After hearing what Jixiang's father said, the woman's eldest brother was naturally very reluctant.
"Aren't you insulting me? Girl, let's go!"
After saying this, the eldest brother of the woman was about to pick up the woman and leave.
The woman didn't want to leave, but she refused to leave. She just looked at Ji Xiang's eldest brother lovingly, and then she just begged her eldest brother.
