As luck would have it, as soon as Old Man Xiao and Old Mrs. Xiao came out of the Compassion Hall, they met Mr. Cao and Cao Cheng'an, who were being carried by two families, also coming to see the doctor.
Mrs. Xiao originally resented Mr. Cao for being unreasonable, but now that she saw him, she immediately questioned him rudely.
"Mr. Cao, we are in-laws after all. What's the matter with you? Your son has taken care of things early, and you didn't care about our voyage. My daughter is your daughter-in-law. Do you think she is in-laws like you?"
Mr. Cao also felt unlucky when he met Mrs. Xiao!
He originally wanted to invest in Xiao Yuanhang, but after this deal, he spent a lot of money. Not to mention that the wife he got back was lazy and greedy, and his mother-in-law's brother was deprived of his reputation as a scholar and did all those dirty things!
If he had known that Xiao Yuanhang was pulling his son to do these things, he would not have been able to get married to the Xiao family even if he killed him, and he would have told his son to stay away from Xiao Yuanhang earlier.
He was so angry that he didn't even try to reason, but Mrs. Xiao pointed her nose at her and scolded her. She immediately stopped caring about people who were in-laws or not, and replied rudely:
"Care? How to care?
Don't even look at the immoral things your son has done! Is it something I can take care of if I want to?
How dare you? Don't you keep saying that you have a general and a princess at home? Why don't you fish your son out and let me take a look! "
"you you,"
Mrs. Xiao didn't expect Mr. Cao to be so rude. When he came up, he exposed her face, making her whole body tremble with anger.
Mr. Cao said impatiently
"What are you doing? If you have the ability, go find it yourself. That's your son. Why are you looking for me? I'm still busy treating my son! Let's go!"
After saying that, he took Old Mrs. Xiao aside.
Old Man Xiao was also dissatisfied with Mr. Cao's attitude. Just when he was about to argue with him, Old Mrs. Xiao bumped Mr. Cao's head with her head like a mad cow.
"You dare to pick on me, my son is the general, and I am the general's mother, what's wrong!
If you don't save my son, then don't treat your son. Fortunately, he is still a brother-in-law. He can't even look down on his brother-in-law. You still have the honor to live. If you still act as a witness for someone named Sun, and you hurt me on a long voyage, I will strangle him to death. you! "
Mrs. Xiao, who had been holding back her breath for a long time, found an exit. While cursing, she grabbed Cao Cheng'an who was lying on the stretcher and pinched and scratched her. She overturned the stretcher and Cao Cheng rolled to the ground, screaming in pain.
Grandpa Cao became anxious and asked his servants to beat up Mrs. Xiao. When Old Xiao saw it, he started to fight with Mr. Cao. You two kicked me, and I will give you a pestle. In the end, Liu Zhuoxuan was afraid of destroying his shop. Now, let the guys pull them apart!
However, Liu Zhuoxuan still held his hands and watched the show for a while. Even if they pulled away, the two families were still bruised and swollen.
Of course, there was no result, and everyone cursed and went to treat their sons' injuries.
After fighting for a long time, they had another fight. Old man Xiao and Mrs. Xiao were already exhausted, so they simply ate a bowl of bone noodle soup. Mrs. Xiao felt sorry for her son. On the way to the prison, she thought that her son had suffered a serious crime, so she gave him another His son bought some steamed mutton dumplings and crucian carp soup and other things to bring with him.
When the guards in the prison saw Old Man Xiao and Old Mrs. Xiao coming, they still stopped them according to the rules. Repeat offenders were not allowed to visit the prison casually, except a few days before being exiled. Death row prisoners were generally allowed to visit once a day before their heads were beheaded.
But Old Man Xiao and Mrs. Xiao saw that Xiao Yuanhang was beaten so badly. They couldn't rest assured if they didn't go in, so they cut their flesh and felt for money.
But seeing that he was a little jailer, he dug around and found a hundred copper coins!
When several jailers saw that they really wanted to send beggars away, they all said righteously
"We can't afford the risk if we don't follow the rules!"
But there are gray areas in that industry. For important prisoners who do not need special monitoring, it is not so strict. The main reason is that they are afraid that someone will intercept the prison or kill someone to silence them. However, Xiao Yuanhang's case is not that complicated. As long as someone follows him and keeps an eye on it, It's possible if nothing happens, but it's not beneficial and it's risky, so who is willing to do it!
Old man Xiao thought that if Mr. Cao could provide activities for Cao Chengan, of course they could also watch Xiao Yuanhang, so the money must not be enough!
So another tael of silver was deducted.
"Here, let's buy some wine and food for the little brothers. It will be convenient for us!"
But when Mrs. Xiao first gave away a hundred copper coins to others, a few people held grudges! One tael of silver was still ignored.
Old man Xiao had no choice but to add another one or two.
No one paid attention.
Add one or two more
Still no one paid attention.
Having no choice but to grit his teeth and take out ten taels, the warden waved his hand and directed the two young jailers to take Old Man Xiao and Old Mrs. Xiao in.
Old Mrs. Xiao was so distressed that she almost cried. She clutched the clothes on her chest and muttered softly as she walked.
"My money, that's my money!"
Of course Old Man Xiao felt distressed, but compared to his son, whom he had loved for more than twenty years, he was willing to risk everything.
Anyway, this money was given by the princess. I will ask for more when I go to the capital.
In the prison, the doctor was applying medicine to the people who had been slapped one by one, and it happened to be Xiao Yuanhang's turn. Xiao Yuanhang had already been pinched and revived.
When Mrs. Xiao saw this, she drove the doctor away, took out the medicine she bought at a high price, and gave it to Xiao Yuanhang herself.
Not long after finishing it, Xiao Yuanhang stopped screaming, saying that it didn't hurt so much. Mrs. Xiao thought that she had spent ten taels of silver! angrily
"He knows what's going on and didn't lie to us, otherwise I would have smashed his hospital!"
After applying the medicine, he fed Xiao Yuanhang a few steamed dumplings and a bowl of fish soup, and then reluctantly left.
Of course, they came to see Xiao Yuanhang every day for the next few days. For seven days in a row, Xiao Yuanhang's wounds were scabbed, he could not survive, and the old couple's money was all gone. , just returned to his hometown.
And Xiao Yuanhang also officially started prison life.
Old Mrs. Xiao thought she would go home and rest for a few days before packing up and heading to the capital. Little did she know that what she had experienced these days was just the beginning of her retribution. Let’s not talk about how the two women of Xiao Yuanhang at home were fighting to the death. Let’s just talk about Mr. Xiao. The wife and old man Xiao met Mr. Cao at the door of the Compassion Hall, and almost beat his head into a dog's head, but they immediately cut off Xiao Yan's path.
Cao Chengan's mother, Mrs. Cao, Xiao Yan's mother-in-law, was not very satisfied with Xiao Yan from the beginning. She had never seen such an unruly, mean, lazy and greedy new wife!
This has to be said from the first day Xiao Yan entered the house.
Mrs. Cao felt that the happy event of having a new baby made her whole family happy, so when she was serving tea early the next morning, she specially prepared a table of delicious dishes, including steamed big carp, which symbolized plenty every year, braised pig head with soy sauce, which symbolized a head and a face, and pig knuckles. Chicken stewed with mushrooms and a few vegetarian dishes were arranged in eight large bowls.
As a result, Xiao Yan had never eaten such a sumptuous meal before. She secretly swallowed saliva after smelling the aroma. After serving tea to her parents-in-law, she went directly to the table and ate hard, as if she had never seen rice in eight lifetimes. , he also filled a bowl full of meat and vegetables without looking at the others on the table to see if they were eating.
Mrs. Cao frowned fiercely, but she still thought about her new daughter-in-law, who had to teach her slowly. As a result, she and Cao Chengan's son, her stepson, eight-year-old Cao Baoer, got into a fight over a chicken leg!
Cao Baoer didn't grab Xiao Yan and started crying. Mrs. Cao couldn't stand it anymore. She picked up the chopsticks and flicked the head of the chopsticks at Xiao Yan who was hugging the vegetables. The slap made a red streak appear on Xiao Yan's hand. son.
