The sun rises, and the sun gently falls on everything. The bird fell on the tree and chirped, and everything seemed so alive.
However, a hoarse voice broke the harmonious atmosphere in the courtyard. Ning asked the maid Myolie incredulously: "There is no carriage for me in the mansion today?"
Myolie lowered her head and said in a low voice: "The steward of the stable said that today the old lady is going to take the three girls to the Huangqi Temple to offer incense, and there is no carriage to send you the lady."
Ning gave a wry smile when he heard the words: "If you don't have it, there will be no. We will rent a carriage outside later."
Fang's mother said: "Madam, the prison is grim, you are pregnant with inconvenience to go to such an ominous place. Madam, let the old slaves visit the old ladies and them!"
After Ning's accident, she ran around, and finally found a way to visit the prison. I can't rest assured if I don't go there in person.
The head of the cell was stuffed with a silver coin, and Ning was sent to the cell by a jailer to see his family.
As soon as he walked into the prison, a pungent smell came on his face. Ning did not vomit.
The cell was dark and damp, and Ning had never been to such a bad place when he grew up so old.
Thinking of her parents living in such a place with her elder brother and sister-in-law, Ning's tears couldn't help but fall.
Old lady Ning was in a daze when she saw Ning Clan, and she couldn't help cursing when she recovered her senses: "Is this the place where you came from? Go back quickly and don't come again."
Ning cried and said, "Mother, the daughter is useless, I can't save you." She has been asking for help since the accident in the Ning's family, but no one answered her.
Old lady Ning looked at the package she was holding, and said, "Put the things down, you go back quickly."
Seeing Ning standing outside the prison and crying non-stop, Mrs. Ning cursed: "You don't think about yourself, you have to think about your children. This kind of place is something that a pregnant woman should come to, and don't come again next time. If you want to give something, let the maid-in-law give it."
Finally, Ning Shi was scolded away by the old lady Ning.
Old lady Ning looked at the three packages she had brought, sighed and opened the things. Ning's brought clothes and food, and the old lady Ning first distributed the clothes to everyone.
Ning Hai looked at the clothes that just fit, and changed them without saying a word.
For Ning Hai, everything now looks like a nightmare. Obviously a few days ago, he was still reading and literacy with his husband in the bright school, but in a blink of an eye, he was locked up in a jail with no view of the sun.
Old lady Ning looked at the low atmosphere and said, "Don't be afraid, the emperor will pay your father innocent." Old lady Ning and Mrs. Ning are childhood sweethearts and love each other after they got married. After three years of marriage, Mrs. Ning did not take a concubine. In the fourth year, Mrs. Ning gave birth to the eldest daughter, and then the eldest and second sons. It's a pity that the older two sons died of smallpox, and the younger one died of illness until he was seven years old.
When the youngest son died, Mrs. Ning was nearly thirty years old. It was difficult to raise a child at this age, so she took charge of giving him two concubines. The belly of these two concubines was very competitive, and they became happy soon after they were taken over. The two gave birth to three sons and one daughter. Ning Hai's biological mother was sent by a colleague of Grandpa Ning, and they were not the same mother. However, the old lady Ning managed the family well, and there was no conflict between wives and concubines, and even the concubine children got along very harmoniously.
After hearing this, everyone hoped that the emperor would return the old man's innocence and then be able to go home. As a result, it was news that Grandpa Ning, Third Master Ning, and Fourth Master Ning were beheaded.
Not long after, they were sentenced to exile in Tongcheng, Liaodong. Going to that place is no different from sending you to death.
A group of people walked out of the cell, eyes pierced by the sunlight outside. Ning Hai's eyes were pierced, and tears flowed out involuntarily.
Mrs. Ning thought he was crying, so she walked over and said softly, "Don't cry, we will be back one day."
Ning Hai gently shook his head and said, "Mother, I didn't cry." Ning Hai's biological mother died of dystocia and was brought up by Mrs. Ning. After a long time, he was treated as a parent-child. The cost of eating and wearing is the same as the other three sons, but the teaching they received is the best.
When they were out of the city, Ning's came to send them off.
Ning Hai used to have a bad impression of Ning, not only because of her timid temperament, but also because of the bed-climbing turmoil that day that made the Ning family embarrassed. But now she is so thin that she is almost out of shape, but she still has a big belly. It makes people look at it, and it's shocking.
Old lady Ning scolded, "I told you not to come and give it away. Why don't you listen? Those people in the Han family are heartless, so you don't care about having a long life and two shortcomings in the future, let the children refer to whom. go with?"
Many years later, Ning Hai thought about this scene again, and it was his mother who saw it thoroughly.
This time, I don’t know if I can see each other in the Year of the Monkey, how could Ning’s not come to see him off.
Ning gave some packages to Ning and they crying and said, "Mother, I heard that it is very cold in Liaodong, so I made cotton-padded clothes and trousers for each of you." I only blame her for being too useless. No family.
After speaking, he glanced at the official staff standing not far away, and Ning said in a small voice: "Mother, I sewed some gold in your padded jacket." This gold is for the old lady Ning to prepare for the unexpected. Required.
Ning Hai was standing by, even if Ning's voice was small, he could hear it.
The Ning family’s family background was there, and that day, when the Ning family got married, she gritted her teeth and collected two thousand taels of silver to buy a dowry. These silvers were not supposed to be needed, and should be kept for Ning's body. But they had a long way to go to Liaodong, and they didn't know what was going on along the way. Such a big family can feel at ease with some silver in their hands.
Old Mrs. Ning glanced at her, sighed and said, "I'll take the clothes. Don't run around in the future. Take care of your baby at home."
Ning Shi wiped his tears and said, "Okay."
When they were separated, Ning Hai looked up at Ning Shi and said, "Second Sister, you have to take care of yourself."
Ning nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will take care of myself. I'm in the capital, waiting for you to come back."
It is thousands of miles away from Beijing to Liaodong. They walked on two legs as a group. My feet are worn out, and every step I take is painful like being pricked by a needle, but I can't stop to rest because I'm in a hurry. People who haven't experienced it can't realize the suffering in it.
The difference between the two government offices was pretty good, although they urged them to go quickly, but they didn't beat and scold them. Ning Hai began to think that the two had benefited from Ning's, so he didn't make things difficult for them. Only later did he realize that Ning's money was not at all worth it, and that it was his father's old man who paid him the money.
The old lady Xiao was serving as an official in the court, and the two government offices were not good enough for him to dare not torture them anymore.
The first half of the month is the most difficult, and everyone will get used to it when the calluses are on their feet.
After going away for more than a month, Mrs. Ning couldn't bear it after all. Walking on the road this day, suddenly dizzy and shaking.
Ning Hai hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and asked eagerly, "Mother, mother, what's wrong with you?"
Old lady Ning looked at the anxious Ning Hai and a few others, and said with a pale face: "I'm fine, but I'm a little tired. Rest and just be fine." In fact, she knew that her body had reached its limit and could not last long. It's just that if she falls down, this family will lose the backbone, and it is likely that she will fall down one after another. For the sake of the two children, she also had to hold on. But she didn't know how long it could last.
The leading Yacha looked at Mrs. Ning's face and said, "Then take a rest."
Because it is a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, they walk very slowly. Before it snowed at this pace, Tongcheng couldn't be walked at all, but the old, the young, the young, they couldn't increase their pace with whips. Therefore, they do not urge. When it gets cold, the body can't bear to fall, but it's not their business.
After resting for two quarters of an hour, the office errand urged the group to go on the road. Ning Hai was a little anxious at this time, so he said to the leader, "Guardian, I want to go to the toilet."
The leader said impatiently: "There are so many shit, hurry up."
Ning Hai quickly got into the dense grass. As soon as he squatted down, he heard the sound of horse hooves.
During the time on the road, he often saw people riding horses, so he didn't think much about it.
After a while, the sound of horseshoes approached them, and then Ning Hai heard someone say loudly: "These two ladies are good..."
Immediately afterwards, Ning Hai heard Mrs. Ning's scolding: "Under the blue sky and white sun, what do you want to do?"
Just now the voice sounded again: "Big brother, many brothers in the stockade are bachelors. These two girls are pretty good-looking, let's take them back to the stockade!" Granny Ning San and Granny Ning Si are both relatively beautiful, although they say I have suffered a lot of crimes in the past few months, but my facial features have not changed. In the bandit's den, women are the most lacking. They won't let go of those who are decent.
Screams, screams, and calls for help, these voices hovered in Ning Hai's ears.
Ning Hai thought of getting up and rushing out to save people, but when he stood up, he saw a black-faced man with a beard sitting firmly on the horse. Looking at that person, Ning Hai knew that this group of people were bandits, and he rushed up with his small arms and legs just to die. Thinking of this, Ning Hai quickly squatted back.
The black-faced man seemed to be aware, and looked in the direction where Ning Hai was. At this time, a gust of wind was blowing, and dense grasses came and went one after another. The man thought that the movement just now was caused by the wind, and turned his head back.
Old lady Ning yelled too loudly: "I'm fighting with you."
"Looking for death..."
Listening to these voices, Ning Hai felt that every second was suffering. If it wasn't for the surviving reason, he really rushed out.
When those people left, Ning Hai didn't dare to go out. He was afraid, afraid that these people would kill a carbine.
However, it turns out that Ning Hai thought too much, and these people never came back after they left.
After a long time, Ning Hai got up from the ground and pushed aside the dense grass. When he walked out, he saw a scene he will never forget.
Old lady Ning and his fifth brother were all in a pool of blood. The second sister-in-law's head was chopped off and his head was thrown aside. The third sister-in-law's naked body was blue and purple.
Ning Hai threw on the old lady Ning and shouted: "Mother..."
Unfortunately, Mrs. Ning could no longer respond to him.
I cried for a long time, until I couldn't make a sound out of my throat.
The sky was getting dark, and Ning Hai couldn't help but shudder when the wind blew.
Ning Hai wiped his tears and picked up the dry food scattered on the ground to eat. When I was full, I started digging. Without tools, use a wooden stick to pry. Pry it loose, holding out the soil and sand with both hands. Both hands were bloody, but he gritted his teeth and insisted on preventing his mother from violating the wilderness with his brother-in-law.
After digging all night, four pits were finally dug out. Then, it took a lot of effort to move the four of them into the pit. Then, it was covered with soil again. Fearing that the pit was too shallow to be dug out by wild animals, I even moved several large rocks on it.
Kneeling in front of the grave, Ning Hai bowed three heads and said in a low voice: "Mother, fifth brother, third sister-in-law, fourth sister-in-law, don't worry, one day I will kill those bandits to avenge you." He will immediately look like bandits. And the voices of the other two bandits are firmly in mind. In the future, he will definitely kill these bandits to avenge his family.
After kowtow, he packed up the package and walked forward. After walking for two days and arriving in a town, he sat in a corner and took the last bread to eat. After eating, I leaned against the wall. I was so tired that I couldn't help but fell asleep.
In a daze, he felt that someone was pulling his clothes. Opening his eyes, Ning Hai found two dark and dirty children picking his clothes.
At this time, Ning Hai is no longer the innocent child four months ago. Ning Hai pushed the two black children to the ground and shouted angrily: "You stretch your hands again, I'm not welcome."
The two children couldn't understand what Ning Hai was talking about, but they looked at him uncomfortable, grabbed his package, picked up and ran.
Ning Hai got up and chased after him, but he was not familiar with the environment and soon chased him away.
He had no food and no money. He couldn't find a job at a young age, and his eyes were dizzy from hunger. In order to survive, he begged people.
After begging for a long time, a kind girl gave him four copper plates. Holding these four copper plates, Ning Hai was about to buy two steamed buns to eat, but was stopped by a group of ragged beggars.
Two hands are hard to beat four punches, let alone one person against a group of people. Ning Hai was beaten lying on the ground and couldn't get up. The men snatched his copper plate, and then stared at the cotton-padded trousers on his body. In this group, many beggars are still wearing shabby autumn clothes.
If the copper plate is robbed, I will find a way to beg for it, but if the clothes are taken away, I will definitely freeze to death tonight. In order to survive, Ning Hai went crazy and tore and bit the two beggars who came to grab his clothes.
Three more beggars came up, pressed his head, hands and feet, and then pulled off his clothes. After getting the clothes, this group of people went away.
It was cold in Anshan in October, and Ninghai was curled up into a ball from the cold, and his head was a little groggy: "I can't sleep, I can't sleep." If I fell asleep, I might not be able to wake up again.
At this moment, someone came over. Ning Hai grabbed the man's trousers, raised his head and said to the person who came: "Uncle, help me."
Ning Hai always thought that Tie Hu saved him because he looked more like Tie Kui. This is not the case. Tiehu saw the strong desire to survive in his eyes, and his expression was exactly the same as his son before he died, so he rescued him. After saving him, I saw that he looked a lot like my son, and then I took him home.