Afterwards, Jiang Sanlang personally delivered rice, flour, food, salt, pepper, etc. to Li Xu.
He also sent two quilts and some cotton cloth to his mother and son, and told him that he could use any vegetables in the vegetable garden behind the school, because they were left by the previous teacher.
The cotton cloth and bedding were all made of cotton, and they were snow-white and soft, which stunned Li Xu.
It was the first time he had seen such white and soft cloth.
Mrs. An touched the cloth and said to her son, "Xu'er, it seems we have come to the right place. The people here are simple and kind. Although you are teaching here, you can still find time to study, which is much better than staying at home."
Li Xu nodded: "You are right. With you by my side, my son will feel at ease. No matter what happens in the future, we must stay here."
If possible, he would like to live and work here with his mother for the rest of his life.
Before, when Li Xu finished cleaning the house and went out for a walk, he saw that every house in this small village was made of blue bricks and blue tiles, and looked very wealthy.
Both adults and children were gentle and polite, and they were dressed neatly, without any sign of hunger or poverty.
Li Xu was very curious about how this village became rich as a whole.
It is not like this in his hometown. In a village, there are rich and poor people. The rich and the poor do not interact much. Even children living in the same village will not play together because of the gap between rich and poor.
It was as if there was an invisible gap that divided them into two classes.
In the evening, the patriarch and his family finally returned.
Everyone got off the carriage, looking wilted like leaves hit by frost.
They had been in the county jail for about two months. Although they had not been tortured, they were all unkempt, haggard, and had lost a lot of weight, like refugees fleeing from a disaster.
Chen Zhu supported his pregnant wife as they walked home, and his mother, Tang, followed closely behind with Xiao Yao in her arms.
The clan leader looked at his wife's back, then at his eldest and second sons' families, sighed, and said to his two sons, "Jiaxing, Jiazhen, you can stay at your uncle's house for now, and go back to the old village tomorrow."
The two sons had no house in Nanpo, so they could have stayed temporarily at their younger brother Chen Zhu's house. However, judging from the youngest son's attitude towards his two older brothers, this might be impossible.
Chen Jiaxing said nothing and went to his cousin Chen Shu's house at his invitation.
However, Chen Shu said to the clan leader: "Uncle, my house is limited, so I can only take in my eldest brother's family."
As for my second cousin and his family, we can only ask him to find another place.
The patriarch turned his gaze to his nephew Chen Ting.
Chen Ting immediately looked away and turned into the crowd.
You must be kidding. His own family still relies on his mother for food and drink, how can he entertain his second cousin's family
Seeing his brother running away, Chen Yin had no choice but to say, "Why don't you come to my house, second cousin? I still have a room available, you can stay there for one night."
Chen Jiazhen had no objection, and Han Miaoniang didn't dare to say anything, so the family of four went to their cousin Chen Yin's house.
After patriarch Chen settled his two sons, he breathed a sigh of relief and then returned to his youngest son Chen Zhu's home with his hands behind his back.
His wife, Mrs. Tang, ignored her husband and went to the kitchen to boil water to wash away the bad luck for her son, daughter-in-law and grandson.
Chen Fu coughed lightly and said to his wife, "I'll light the stove, you go and knead the dough and make some noodles for them."
Tang threw down the fire fork and stood up to knead the dough.
Chen Fu stole a glance at his old wife, then sat quietly at the stove adding firewood to the fire.
Because of the trouble caused by the second and eldest daughter-in-law, the youngest son Chen Zhu's family was implicated and the youngest daughter-in-law Shao almost had a miscarriage. Therefore, Chen Fu dared not say a word about his wife's anger.
From beginning to end, the youngest son Chen Zhu's family was the most innocent. They knew nothing, but were forced to experience an unexpected disaster.
Shao and Xiao Yao stayed in prison for about two months. Due to fear and hunger, the mother and son became as thin as bones.
If Jiang Sanlang had not gone to Constable Jin Wu to make some arrangements and had not given him the pills prepared by Ying Bao, it is unknown whether Shao and Xiao Yao would be alive today.
In the evening, Chen Zhu and his wife and children washed up, ate something, and asked Shao to take his son Xiaoyao to rest first. He went to his father's room and said coldly: "Dad, let's separate the households!"
He had three brothers, and only his second brother was separated because he opened a cloth shop in the town.
However, he and his eldest brother's household registration had always been under their father's account, even though the family was divided but the households were not separated, so he was cheated by his eldest brother and his friends one after another.
First they tricked him into serving in the military, and this time they directly sent his entire family to jail.
If it weren’t for Third Brother Jiang and Xiao Yingbao, I wouldn’t know how my family died.
Patriarch Chen was silent for a moment, then opened the box and took out the household registration. "Okay, tomorrow morning, I'll take you to the village head to re-register your household registration."
The younger son's family suffered a great injustice this time. No matter how dissatisfied Chen Fu was with his younger son's attitude, he dared not say anything. He took out five ingots of silver from the box and pushed them to him.
"Take this money, take Shao Shi and Xiao Yao to Ying Bao to have a good look, and buy some medicine back."
My younger daughter-in-law, Shao, has been pregnant for a long time and is probably more than seven months pregnant now. This imprisonment almost resulted in her death and two deaths.
This is also one of the reasons why the youngest son hates his eldest and second brothers.
Alas, having too many sons is like a debt, and when I am old, I still have to deal with my sons.
After this, he was afraid that his position as patriarch could no longer be passed on to his eldest son.
The second son and the youngest son are not the same. They have both been to prison, and although they have never been sentenced, they are still criticized.
Then, my eldest nephew Chen Shu can only take over.
Chen Fu touched the thick, yellowed Chen family genealogy and couldn't help but burst into tears.
He never expected that his glorious reputation would be ruined by his son's family in his old age.
When he goes to the underworld one day, how will he face his father and grandfather
Xiao Mansion in Luzhou.
Xiao Mo asked someone to call his younger brother Xiao Chengjun.
He slammed a letter on the table and asked coldly, "Chengjuan! What's wrong with you? Why did you abandon Jiang's mother and daughter halfway?"
Xiao Chengjun was stunned for a moment, then asked nonchalantly, "Why? Did they complain to you?"
"Xiao Chengjun! Have you read so much that you can't even remember what it means to repay one's parents? Not to mention that the Jiang family girl once saved your life, even if she was personally ordered by the King of Dai to be returned safely, you shouldn't have abandoned her halfway."
Xiao Chengjun frowned, lowered his eyes and stopped talking.
But I have many questions in my mind.
Could it be that the country girl wrote a letter to my brother
How dare she
Xiao Mo stared at his brother coldly and continued to ask: "Where did you put her five boxes?"
Xiao Chengjun frowned and subconsciously denied: "What box?"
Xiao Mo slammed the table and shouted, "Xiao Chengjuan! You are a son of a noble family, but you actually did such a shameful thing! Tell me! Where are the Jiang family's suitcases?"
Xiao Chengjun's face flushed red, and he stiffened his neck and said, "It's just a few broken boxes, why are you yelling, brother?"
"I'm asking you a question, Xiao Chengjun. Where's the box? It contains not only the Jiang family's property, but also the gold, silver and cloth bestowed by the emperor. If you can't take it out, you have to compensate the Jiang family!"
"Why should I pay for it?"
Xiao Chengjun was furious: "How can the Jiang family, who are just lowly people, be worthy of gold, silver, and silk? I threw all those boxes into the river. If they want them, just go and fish them out!"