take a wife to support the family

Chapter 421
On the road this day, Hezhen pretended to be obedient and waited for the kidnapper and his wife to make mistakes.

The clothes that he and Brother Rong pulled off were all new clothes for the festival. They were made of expensive materials, exquisitely embroidered, and there were some fine jewelry that could be pawned for a few taels of silver.

If the kidnapper and his wife are short of money, they will definitely sell these clothes. When the family members trace the origin of the clothes, they can roughly infer the direction of the kidnapper and his wife's escape, and they can be rescued after chasing them all the way.

In particular, Hezhen's clothes were sent from the capital, and they didn't seem to have any special marks, but they were actually marked by the Palace Fashion Bureau.

Who knows that this time Hezhen still miscalculated, these two kidnappers are no better than others, they are both habitual criminals, when it comes to the ability to escape the pursuit of officials, how can ordinary criminals compare to them?
Don't look at them stripping the clothes of Hezhen and Brother Rong, they are actually packed tightly at the bottom of the box, and they don't want to be seen by others. They just wait for these children to get rid of them. After two or three years, the limelight has passed, and then they will slowly sell them. Clothes and jewelry are not too late.

Even if they get rid of the child, they are not in a hurry at this moment: if their family is in a hurry to find out, they will naturally do it as soon as possible, but if they escape, they can just train them slowly.

For example, Brother Rong wants to sell as soon as possible, Yuer can also be sold for money, but Yuanyuan can be adjusted for a few years, and then sold for a good price when she grows up. During the few years at home, use her as a punching bag and order her It's good to work.

The husband and wife had good calculations, but they didn't avoid the truth, one said: "If you dare to ruin our affairs, you will be the first to kill you!"

The other said good things: "If you are obedient, we will love you, and the family business will be yours from now on."

They knew that Hezhen was the son of a wealthy family in the capital. They were afraid that there were relatives who were officials at home, so they would not dare to go to the capital. Instead, they would go south all the way. I can't even understand the dialect, let alone recognize the place.

He pinched his palm, not daring to show his face, and said obediently: "I'm afraid my father will beat me, so I dare not have bad intentions."

He only hoped that his other arrangement would work.

In a certain village, a farmer couple said while eating: "The two guests yesterday left so early, they didn't even want to eat breakfast."

"It's no wonder people can do business because of this hard work, so we have to dig food in the soil. What are you doing, big boy? Why don't you hurry up and eat, after dinner, go outside to forage grass stalks!"

The eldest child hurriedly lowered his head to pick up the rice, took two bites, touched a cool and hard thing in his arms, and jumped for joy.

After eating, according to his parents' instructions, the eldest child went out to the cornfield with a basket on his back to collect hay stalks, and took them home to dry and burn them, saving a lot of firewood.

Usually he could hit the basket once in half a day, but today he hit it twice, stopped for a while, and finally returned home with half a basket of corn stalks on his back, put it at the door of the house, and ran away like flying before his parents could speak.

His mother shouted from behind: "Is this idea enough for cooking or burning? Where are you going?"

The eldest boy's heart was pounding, and he didn't care about his mother, so he ran to the entrance of the village. Sure enough, there was a peddler under the big pear tree at the entrance of the village, with his burden resting at his feet, and there were many edible and useful toys placed on it in various colors. of.

Dawa swallowed, walked up to him and asked, "Do you have the candy you mentioned last time?"

The peddler smiled and said, "Rose pine nut candy, I only have one pack here. I'm afraid you can't afford it. If your parents give you the money, you might as well buy two packs of malt candy."

Dawa screamed, "I want that pine nut candy!"

He thought to himself, the last time he saw the richest family in the village, the candy his relatives brought back from the city was like a flower in the palm of his hand, he wondered how delicious it was.

In his heart, being able to eat that candy is the most remarkable thing in his life.

The peddler was not annoyed when he saw many children coming to exchange things with him with bird feathers and flower stones: "If you have money, show it to me. I will sell you candy for your money." .”

Gritting her teeth, the eldest child took out a shiny, yellow thing from her bosom, handed it to the peddler, her hands were sweaty, and said nervously: "This is worth the money, I know!"

The peddler looked at the heavy gold bracelet, and his expression changed: "I dare not accept this thing, you take it back!"

The eldest child stomped: "I picked it up! It's not stolen!"

As he said that, he grabbed the bag of candy that he had been thinking about for half a month, dropped the gold bracelet and ran away. The peddler couldn't catch up with him, so he shouted anxiously from behind.

The big baby held candy in his hand and showed it off everywhere in the village. All the dolls in the village looked at it with a rarity and were so greedy.He put a piece of candy into his mouth in front of the big guys, squinted his eyes and said, "It's so sweet, so delicious!"

Seeing the drooling of her former playmates, the eldest child is very satisfied.

It doesn't matter how important the doll is, but the eldest child doesn't even bother to eat lunch. At noon, when everyone goes home for dinner, he hears his mother yelling, "Big child, come back to eat!"

Instead of going home, I simply found a big tree, climbed up and tasted the rare candies slowly and happily.

In the afternoon, after eating the candy, the eldest child was so hungry that his stomach growled, so he climbed down the tree and went home.At this time, the courage to buy candy and the pride of having candy in his hand are gone, and he is so afraid that his calf twists: remembering that he hadn't finished punching the straws in the basket a long time ago, he was afraid that his mother would beat him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, his mother didn't yell at him, but beckoned him to come over.The eldest son went to the kitchen. The poor people in the countryside do not want to burn more fires in winter. Even when guests come, they also keep warm by the firepit in the kitchen.

The sun was bright outside, but the kitchen was dark. When Dawa walked in, he saw a peddler sitting inside. His hairs stood on end, and he lowered his head and was about to run away. His father caught him and asked harshly, "Where did you steal it?"

The eldest baby girl wiped her eyes and tears in front of her: "Our family is poor, and we treat you badly, but poor people also have ambitions, who will allow you to steal things?"

The eldest child was dumbfounded, and saw the peddler take out a gold bracelet from his sleeve, and said to his mother, "This is something from your family. I have more than ten loads of goods to buy. I dare not accept it. If I return it to you now, the candy will be fine." When I send him off, the little baby is not sensible, so he has to teach him well."

His mother said honestly: "It's not from my house, I'm afraid it was stolen from somewhere."

The peddler was taken aback for a moment, thinking that the doll was useless, but the lord was honest, and said: "Then don't beat him in a hurry, but ask him. He told me he picked it up, but don't really pick it up."

Even though he said this, the peddler didn't believe it: the gold bracelet was so precious, who would drop it on the ground and let a kid pick it up if he didn't look carefully at it?

The eldest child's parents also believed that the eldest child was stealing, and the eldest child's father picked up the firewood on the ground and beat him: "I told you to steal, I told you to be cheap, and I told you not to learn well!"

Dawa howled ghostly, jumped on the spot, and shouted: "I really picked it up!"

The eldest son's father beat him so hard that the peddler couldn't stand it anymore, so he stopped him and persuaded him. The elder son's mother was also distressed, and she hugged her son and cried: "If you don't tell the truth, I can't save you. Let your father beat you to death." !"

The eldest child was so wronged that he cried: "I picked it up. The family was sleeping in my room yesterday. I picked it up under the mattress early in the morning."

The husband and wife of the farmer looked at each other, "That family is also big-hearted, and they are not a big family. If such a valuable thing is lost, they don't know how to come back to find it."

The peddler said with a smile: "Since it is really picked up, it is considered a fortune for your family. I think this bracelet is only suitable for a three or four-year-old baby. Since no one in your family wears it, it is better to sell it to subsidize the family."

The eldest baby girl was taken aback: "Yesterday they brought a ten-year-old boy, and he doesn't seem to be able to wear this bracelet, so don't steal it from them."

Thinking back carefully, the husband and wife became suspicious, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt that there was something wrong with the husband and wife last night, maybe it was a family thief.

Since it was stolen goods, I dare not keep it at home, otherwise they would not be able to tell if they had to trace it back, so the man followed the peddler to the city to find a gold shop to sell the gold bracelet.

He Zhen is looking forward to this happening: he has stripped all his clothes and accessories clean, and there is nothing that can be marked.Yesterday when he hugged Yuanyuan to coax her, he touched a small gold bracelet on her wrist, and he had a plan.

Originally Song Xiuxiu’s life was not easy, Yuanyuan couldn’t afford such expensive things, but during the Chinese New Year, Yuanyuan gave it to Lily for the New Year, and Lily wanted to subsidize their mother and daughter, and chose a pair of heavy solid gold bracelets for the baby to give to Yuanyuan , put it on for her on the spot.

Song Xiuxiu didn't dare to reveal her wealth, so she covered Yuanyuan up to her elbows, and told her not to let others see: "It's because your second aunt loves you."

During the Lantern Festival temple fair, Yuanyuan was dressed plainly, ordinary commoner clothes, captured by Song Haojie, and asked the kidnapper and his wife to sell them from a distance: "My sister is a slut, poor, and loves to make trouble. "

For this reason, the kidnapper and his wife didn't think about rounding up her body and changing her clothes, and the pair of gold bracelets survived.

He Zhen hid a gold bracelet under the mattress of the farmer's house, hoping that the second uncle and the others could find it. He hadn't had a chance to get the other gold bracelet out yet, because he was on the boat at the moment.

The more south you go, the denser the water network, the kidnapper and his wife rented a small boat, boarded and lived in the boat, and no outsider could see it.They released several children to breathe, and they were not afraid of them running away.

Yuanyuan leaned against Hezhen, and Hezhen touched her to get her heart. Seeing the kidnapper lighting a fire and cooking, she quickly smiled and said, "Mother, teach me, and I will cook to honor you and dad later."

Brother Rong snorted coldly: "You son of a bitch, I thought you were a man in vain!"

As he spoke, he gave Yuanyuan a push, "You son of a bitch, get out of here!"

Yu'er hurriedly followed her to help with the cooking. She was a girl, if she didn't show her worth, the kidnapper and his wife might push her into the water right away.

Brother Rong saw that the two girls were helping Hezhen, his eyes were red with anger, he felt that they were all ganging up with the kidnapper to kill him, seeing that no one was paying attention, they grabbed the oars and were about to beat the kidnapper .

Unexpectedly, before the oar was swung out, the kidnapper Wang Jixiang grabbed it, and the oar fell on Brother Rong hard, beating his head to the point of bleeding.

(End of this chapter)