I rested at Wu Chuan's house for an unknown number of days.
The Chinese New Year will be approaching in a few days.
The wound on Dong Qingqiu's shoulder was almost healed.
Hina's belly also gradually grew bigger visibly to the naked eye.
During this period, Wu Chuan disliked Dong Qingqiu more and more for being an eyesore. Dong Qingqiu also tried to kill Wu Chuan, but Wu Peng followed him every day, and his eyes never left him.
Wu Chuan privately praised Wu Peng as his good son, and he also knew how to be wary of a stranger whose origin he did not know. I was just too stupid to be smitten by a daughter-in-law who came to my door. Besides, the few taels of silver he gave me had already been eaten up. If I didn't drive him away, I would be considered kind-hearted.
On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, it was rare for there to be no snow and a rare day of sunshine.
Wu Chuan planned to go out to buy some new year's goods today. He asked his eldest son to keep an eye on Yang Cai and his younger son to keep an eye on Dong Qingqiu. He did not forget to take away the long knife when he left.
Dong Qingqiu walked out of the room. The sunlight was not easy to shine in this place. Standing under the densely forested mountain, this place is inaccessible and the spiritual energy should be abundant. Maybe you can try the white wolf method to find the wandering energy in your body.
Wu Peng, who was following him, secretly smelled his scent, and even picked up the snow he had stepped on and put it into his mouth.
"Brother Angkor, can you do me a favor?"
Wu Peng, who was sucking his fingers, raised his head and nodded. He came behind him happily and couldn't help but look left and right.
"I want to sleep in the snow for a while, please help me and don't leave, and don't touch me."
"The ground...the ground...cold...up...cold..."
Dong Qingqiu still smiled and touched Wu Peng's face, and instantly became quiet.
Wu Peng felt the warmth in his palms and laughed out loud. Suddenly he stamped his feet anxiously.
"I will continue to touch you when I tell you to wake up, but you must be obedient first. You must remember what I told you."
Although Wu Peng didn't understand, he nodded aggrievedly and sat down on the snow like Dong Qingqiu.
Dong Qingqiu took off all his clothes and sat naked on the snow.
Wu Peng, who was sitting behind him, kept swallowing his saliva and unconsciously touched Dong Qingqiu's back, which was as white as snow on the ground, up and down with his rough palms.
Dong Qingqiu slapped Wu Peng on the face and stepped on Lu Tie's face with his foot.
"Comfortable?"
Wu Peng replied cheerfully:
"Hey! Comfortable... comfortable."
"Close your eyes if you feel comfortable. There is something more comfortable."
Wu Peng closed his eyes obediently, waiting for the surprise.
Dong Qingqiu took out the small sickle that had been hidden for several months from his clothes. He had worked very hard in the past few months to avoid being discovered by Wu Chuan. She suffers the same harassment as Hina every day.
One physical and mental, one just mental.
He grabbed the snow on the ground and scattered it on Wu Peng's face. It was so cold that Wu Peng opened his eyes, looked down at the condescending Dong Qingqiu, and reached out to grab it.
Dong Qingqiu, who had one hand behind him, kicked Wu Peng away with his feet and stepped on his chest hard.
"If you don't close your eyes, there will be no surprise."
Hearing that he seemed angry, Wu Peng quickly closed his eyes and did not dare to open them again.
"Is your neck feeling cold?"
Dong Qingqiu covered Wu Peng's eyes with his hands, and the small sickle was already pressed against his throat.
Wu Peng, who felt something was wrong, opened his eyes and saw his hands on his eyes, so he closed his eyes obediently without thinking too much.
"Next, use some pain..." Dong Qingqiu slit Wu Peng's throat with his right hand, and covered his mouth with his left hand to prevent any sound from coming out, although he said fiercely: "Don't cry out in pain."
Blood splattered all over the floor. Dong Qingqiu was covered in blood. Wu Peng struggled for several times but there was no movement.
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From starting out in the morning until the sun was about to set, Wu Chuan arrived in Wucai County.
Seeing that it was getting dark, it would be troublesome if it snowed heavily at night, so we had to find an inn to rest for the night.
"Damn it! Houses in the city are expensive. After looking at so many houses, the cheapest ones cost the same amount. When we go back tomorrow, we will get rid of that freeloader."
Wu Chuan was lying on a wooden bed that would rattle whenever he turned over. I have eaten all the dry food I brought with me, and now my stomach keeps growling. Wu Chuan, who originally wanted to stay up all night and eat tomorrow, felt a little dizzy and had no choice but to go out to eat.
The shopkeeper, who was originally very bad-tempered, smiled and pointed out the cheapest restaurant to Wu Chuan. When Wu Chuan walked out, he turned around and scolded the two waiters who were snickering beside him.
It was already dark, but the streets were brightly lit.
Seeing this scene, Wu Chuan thought of his two silly sons who had never been to the county town in their lives and didn't know whether they had eaten or not. If you dare to bully my son, I will make you look good when you come back.
He punched the big tree, Wu Chuan's mind went blank, and he slapped himself hard on the head, crying secretly in his heart: "Why don't I take him with me, so that I can abandon him and let him fend for himself, anyway, he is injured." It’s already gone.”
With a sad look on his face, Wu Chuan walked into a small restaurant that was crowded with people. It was steaming hot and noisy.
There was really no room left in the store, so Wu Chuan could only squat at the door with a bowl of steaming noodles and start eating.
There was no feeling of inferiority or resentment in my heart, simply because the people sitting inside were people similar to me. There is nothing shameful about sitting outside the door, and sitting directly on the ground is already pretty good for me.
I can only dare not come to the county town. I only dare to buy New Year's goods in the surrounding villages and towns. Now it is the first time that my new daughter-in-law has entered the house.
"Hey, have you heard? The county master went crazy today!"
Hearing "County Master" Wu Chuan pricked up his ears unconsciously, wanting to hear what was going on?
"It's not good. The family has been arguing all day long. They saw that the court was going to inspect it after the New Year, and they made such a fuss."
"The old lady is dead. The daughter I worked so hard to raise doesn't know whether she is alive or dead. How can she not make a fuss?"
The people sitting in the store seemed to be talking to each other, and Wu Chuan basically understood the general outline of the matter.
The mother of the troublemaker must have died and his daughter was lost.
Wu Chuan put a big mouthful of noodles into his mouth and just shook his head. Although he didn't know why he picked up a daughter-in-law for nothing, at least it was not when the Chinese New Year was about to come. This family is really troubled now. Even if they sell it, they will make a lot of money, right?
"I heard that he disappeared more than two months ago. The old lady was dead and his son went to collect the body. It turned out that the daughter who grew up with the old lady was missing. If you don't see anyone dead or alive, it's like knocking on the county government. . If it were normal, he would have been kicked out long ago."
Wu Chuan's eating speed of noodles slowed down, as if he had met the two of them two months ago. Listen again.
"This family is really unfilial. It was only after the old mother died that they found out that their daughter was missing. Now all I can do is knock on the Yamen."
"Isn't that right? The gentleman sent by the imperial court to investigate directly sent people to beat the unfilial son with twenty sticks to calm the public's anger."
"This family was so stubborn that they placed the old lady's body at the gate of the government office and refused to bury her alive."
"Isn't that right? In the end, the gentleman sent by the imperial court promised to reward ten gold coins for catching the fugitive, but he refused to give it to the two of them. It was very satisfying."
Ten gold? So to the common people, what is the difference between it and a thousand pieces of gold?
Wu Chuan put down his bowls and chopsticks, pretending not to care, and interrupted to ask where the trouble was from.
"Hey, where else could it be? From Wushi Town."
After Wu Chuan listened, he paid the money calmly and walked quickly back to the inn, his heart beating faster along the way.
I didn’t expect to get a reward for picking up a wife.
I'll go to the county government office tomorrow to have a look.
If she really belongs to their family, I will use the reward money to buy my daughter-in-law and get the best of both worlds.
Wu Chuan lay on the bed and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. I was secretly glad that I didn't bring him here.
This is a reward of thousands of gold! I almost lost it myself.
