After driving away Li Cuihua, Xu Zheng returned home smelling delicious.
Xie Xing was in no mood to accept it, so she sat at the door and stared blankly in the direction of the village entrance.
The villagers had probably heard about what happened to the Xiao family, and originally wanted to go up and ask, but they had just seen the aggressive way Xu Zhengxiang beat Li Cuihua, and after thinking about it together, they decided not to touch the bad luck.
Xiao Changhe also walked out of the room.
Seeing Xu Zheng's fragrant smell, he stepped forward and persuaded: "Don't worry, the second brother will be back soon."
"I'm not worried!"
Xu Zhengxiang patted the dust on his body and said, "I just don't like your sister-in-law's gloating over misfortune."
"She has been like that for so many years. There is no need to argue with her." Xiao Changhe tried to fool him.
"You always say don't worry about it, don't worry about it. After many years, the child has become sensible, but she still seems to be ignorant. I think she just needs a lesson!"
"Okay, okay, you taught me well."
Xiao Changhe looked around as he spoke. Seeing no one around him, he reached out and took Xu Zhengxiang's hand, coaxing in a low voice:
"Don't get so angry. The children are grown up. Just let them make up their own minds about anything."
Xu Zhengxiang felt Xiao Changhe's fingers scratching her palm, and her old face suddenly turned red: "What are you doing? It's broad daylight."
The two of them were talking with their heads down, and the cold voice of Ye Luoxin came from the front.
"Dad, Mom, is your husband back?"
Xu Zhengxiang was startled and quickly retracted her hand.
Xiao Changhe immediately stood up straight and coughed covertly: "Cough, cough, Luo Xin is back."
Behind Ye Luoxin were Da Hua and Xiao Hua, all three of them carrying baskets of grass.
"Well, it's getting dark soon, so we'll come back quickly."
Ye Luoxin saw something was wrong between the two of them and realized that she seemed to have come back at the wrong time.
"Husband, hasn't he come back yet?" she asked.
"Not yet." When Xiao Mu was mentioned, all the charming thoughts in Xu Zhengxiang's heart flew away.
"I don't know why he went there or if something happened."
"No." Ye Luoxin said with certainty, but actually she didn't know for sure.
Just as he was talking, at the entrance of the village, a tall figure walked back against the sunset.
It's Xiao Mu.
The afterglow of the setting sun fell on his body, like thousands of golden lights covering his whole body, making him look stunning and graceful.
Ye Luoxin dropped her backpack and ran two steps to meet him.
Xiao Mu opened his arms, and she hung on Xiao Mu's arm like a wombat.
"You're finally back. My parents are very worried." Ye Luoxin's voice was soft, with some anger in it.
"It's okay, I'm just dealing with some things." Xiao Mu spoke softly and stroked her head twice.
"Hey, look at these two children, they are so shameless in public!" Xiao Changhe pointed at the young couple not far away.
Xu Zhengxiang slapped his fingers and looked at the two people with a smile: "Don't mind your children's affairs. If you don't dare to do it yourself, why don't you let others do it!"
Xiao Mu put down Ye Luoxin and pulled her towards her parents.
"Mom, Dad, I've made you worry."
"It's good to be back, it's good to be back!" Xu Zhengxiang pulled Xiao Mu's sleeve, looked up and down, and asked worriedly: "Are you hurt?"
"No." Xiao Mu bent down and picked up the grass Ye Luoxin had cut.
"Let's go home and talk."
Dahua and Xiaohua also handed the cut grass to Xiao Mu, and the family turned around and walked into the yard.
Yang Feng was still cleaning up in the kitchen when she saw a few people coming back and hurriedly went to the backyard to greet Xiao Song who was working.
By the time we sat down at the dinner table, the sun had already set.
Doctor Pei and Xiao Jing came back from school together. When he saw a few people in the room, Pei Shu asked, "Where is that little bastard Xu Cai?"
Everyone was silent for a while.
Pei Shu saw it and understood immediately.
He sighed and said, "I keep scolding him for being stupid, but he is still unconvinced. You guys think, how could he be like this and send himself to jail in a hurry? It's really a waste of all his father's efforts."
Xiao Changhe: "This kid is also kind and righteous. I can't just sit idly by while I am in prison."
After a pause, he turned around and said, "Second brother, tell me, what happened today?"
Xiao Mu then talked about what happened during the day, and also told the county magistrate's suspicions and plans,
However, he hid the most critical part and did not mention that the county magistrate asked him to deliver the letter.
"What should we do next? Wait? If something happens to the Xu family, will it involve our family? That Mr. Shen, will he really take care of this matter?"
Xiao Changhe asked the question that concerned him most.
After living for so many years, the greatest official he has ever seen is County Magistrate Liu.
In Xiao Changhe's heart, Magistrate Liu was a rare good official.
Will the people above really take care of things that even good officials dare not take care of?
"Dad, only Mr. Liu can handle the rest. We just need to listen to the news."
Xiao Mu comforted him.
"But what if..." Xiao Changhe was still worried.
Xiao Mu: "Master Liu loves the people like his own son, and he will never let the Xu family and his son suffer injustice."
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Everyone didn't eat much in the evening. After dinner, Xiao Changhe couldn't sleep, so he took advantage of the moonlight to go to the backyard for a walk.
Tomorrow is the scheduled day for beam mounting.
In Qingshan Village, raising beams is a very important thing.
The host's family will arrange a banquet and lottery, and all the men, women, and children in the village will come to join in the fun and send a few auspicious words to the host.
But now that something like this has happened, can the matter of getting on the beam continue?
Xiao Changhe circled around the prepared beam twice, knocking left and right, still unable to make up his mind.
At this time, Xiao Mu came over.
"Dad, when will Uncle Li Zheng and the others come tomorrow?" Xiao Mu asked.
Xiao Changhe stood up straight, put his hands behind his back, and replied: "We agreed to come over after breakfast, but second brother, I'm thinking, should we move the day of the beam to a later date?"
"Dad, isn't this the day calculated by Confucius? Why are you moving it back?"
Xiao Changhe looked at the moon in the distance and breathed a long sigh of relief:
"To tell you the truth, I don't know what's going on. I always feel like something is going to happen."
Xiao Mu: "Dad, it's all a matter of disappearing, don't worry too much.
Besides, the people in the village are watching. If the date is really changed, they may think something really happened to our family. "
Xiao Changhe nodded when he heard this: "That's right, just stick to the original plan! I have to show them that there is nothing wrong with our family and everything is fine!"
