Chapter 8 Section VIII

I was very unhappy during that meal. From the beginning to the end, I didn't show any kindness to Wang Junfang, but he kept staring at me frequently and talking loudly from time to time, trying to get my attention.I find it quite funny, this is just a mediocre man's favorite trick, I have seen it many times in various high-level meetings in Xiaqiu, Zigong has never been like this, he has always been so self-righteous.Well, in fact, my heart is really contradictory. I don't want Zigong to leave me and go to Chang'an, but if he doesn't have this kind of ambition, can he fascinate me like this?

The county magistrate Wang Wengji also seemed very pleased with me.Cut, how can you be dissatisfied, who doesn't know that I am Leying, the most beautiful peony in Xiaqiu County, and the young man who is eyeing me like a tiger's eye.Wang Wengji also told my father with concern that I looked a bit haggard and that I should take good care of my body.My father was very embarrassed, and lied that I had suffered from a bit of wind and cold recently, hadn't eaten well, and would recover soon. Since then, my father has tightened his control over me.I can no longer go out casually, even if my father still goes to the county court on time every day, I can't go out.The servants and maids of our family closed the door tightly, the reason is that the outside is not peaceful recently, some prisoners rebelled and stole the arsenal and soldiers, and the county government is recruiting soldiers to suppress it, so it is very dangerous to go shopping casually.I don't believe this is true, because there is nothing strange in the whole place.I remember that there were only a few thieves who robbed the year before last, and the elders in Lizhong sent people to wait on the turret day and night in turn. What's more, some prisoners rebelled and stole the arsenal?My father must have ordered them to spy on me, but although I knew this, there was nothing I could do about them.

I could only sit in the attic by myself, gnashing my teeth with hatred for my son-in-law. I obviously gave him more than 670 yuan, but he didn't pay the reconciliation money and draft tax. I don't know how it was spent.According to the law, he will be fined to guard the border county.At the end of the year, he will be sent to an unknown county as a garrison soldier, and he will probably die there.Does he really want to die, why doesn't he care about me at all?Thinking of this, I really want to cry but have no tears.I saw two crows meeting Erru on the roof, and the grief in my heart was even more indescribable.How I wish I could spread my wings and fly to Zigong's side like this divine crow.I still have more than a dozen golden hairpins in my dowry, which can be exchanged for money to atone for his sin.But I have no wings.

Occasionally, my mother would go upstairs to see me, and saw that I was thin and beautiful, but there was nothing I could do.I asked her to find out for me why Zigong didn't pay taxes with the money I gave him, and why he didn't listen to me even at the risk of being a soldier in the border county.My mother quickly brought me feedback, saying that Zigong used the money to gamble. It is said that he wanted to make a sum of money to bribe the county court magistrate, to clear up the relationship, and let the county court recommend him as a scholar.He thinks he is talented and has learned from others. If he has the opportunity to go to Chang'an to write a letter to the Golden Horse Gate, whether it is talking about "Guliang Chunqiu" or offering policies for public security, it will not be difficult to win the status of a public car waiting for imperial edict.As long as you can wait for the imperial edict, you will have the opportunity to be entrusted to the right, and the eagle will look at the tiger.But his luck was really bad. He lost all the money I gave him, and he owed an extra debt.Obviously he can't afford it, and according to the law, he can only be fined to guard the border county.

After hearing the result, my eyes went dark, I couldn't stand upright, and fell on the mat.Originally, I hadn't eaten a good meal for a few days, so I couldn't stand such a blow.When I woke up leisurely, I saw my mother was feeding me porridge. I looked at her kind face, and my tears couldn't help but flow down, all scattered in the porridge bowl.The mother sighed deeply again, and said, "A Ying, don't blame me for not being one-hearted with you anymore. In fact, what you A Weng said is right, that little bastard Chen Tang can only talk in exaggeration and is not reliable at all. At this moment, his heart What I thought of was going to Chang'an and wanting to seek an official by chance, so why did he care about you? If he really loved you, how could he use the money you gave him at the risk of risk to gamble? Aying, you still listen to me According to A Weng, he married Wang Junfang honestly. Although his chin looks like a drawer (my mother fully accepted my description of Wang Junfang), his mouth is not clever enough, and his appearance is not as good as Chen Tang's, but he is steady and down-to-earth. It's our county magistrate of Xiaqiu County again, if others want to climb high but still can't, don't just go to the dark with all your heart."

I was crying, not knowing what to say, my mother picked up another spoonful of porridge with a spoon, and said softly: "Aying is a good boy, be obedient. Eat the porridge." I opened my mouth, wanting to eat this spoonful of porridge, when suddenly I felt my stomach churning, and I wanted to vomit something.I hurriedly grabbed the foam towel on the couch, and wanted to spit on it, but there was nothing except vomiting a little bit of bitter water.Maybe I've been really hungry these days.I smiled apologetically at my mother, wiped off the bitterness from my mouth, and said, "Mom, I listen to you and forget about that ruthless little Lizi from today on."

But the mother's face suddenly became very ugly, she hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Aying, have you been like this these days?" "It's nothing, Mom, I will eat well in the future and try to add more meals." I tried to squeeze a drop of wet smile from my lack of moisture face. My mother was even a little nervous. She got up and closed the door, put the latch on, and sat down next to me again. "You haven't come here this month? When did you come last month?" Her voice was trembling. I shook my head: "No, I didn't record when I came last month." I suddenly understood why my mother asked me this way, "You mean, I might be pregnant?" I also learned a lot in "Chinese Art", so I reacted immediately.

Sweat dripped from the mother's forehead, and she said, "Ah Ying, you are really in trouble this time. I have to discuss it with your father." She stood up, as if in a trance, stumbled Went downstairs.My heart suddenly felt empty, and I didn't know what it was like.