The queen wants to run away every day

Chapter 365
Wu Shun had stepped on it before, and the county magistrate's house was in Xizhi Hutong, so he could see it at a glance.The house is embedded in the folk houses, and three brick houses form a courtyard, which is simple and plain.

The two walked around the yard, Yingyun asked, "Who lives in his family?"

Wu Shun said, "There is only one old mother."

Yingyun wondered, "Does he not have a wife or children?"

Wu Shun said: "I heard that the county magistrate married a wife and had two sons, but they died of illness one after another. Now there is only a [-]-year-old mother living in the house."

In this way, the county magistrate Wang is quite pitiful. He is single and has to support his elderly mother.

Yingyun asked: "Although the salary of the county magistrate is not much, but at least he is a local official, so he should not have to worry about finding a partner. Why didn't the magistrate Wang continue?"

Wu Shun was overwhelmed by the question, he shook his head and said, "This slave doesn't know, maybe the county magistrate has feelings for his deceased wife and doesn't want to continue."

Yingyun was bold, seeing that the door of the house was half-closed, she pushed the door open and entered, saying, "Come on, let's go in and have a look."

There was a creaking sound from the door of the house, and an old woman sitting in the courtyard heard the sound and asked with a close ear, "Desheng, are you back so early today?"

Yingyun paused and saw that the old woman's eyes were blurred and her legs were not limp, so she said, "Mother-in-law, we are businessmen passing by. I don't know that there is a disaster in the county and all the restaurants on the street are closed. May I borrow a bowl of water from you?" drink?"

The old woman's face flashed with loneliness, maybe she was looking forward to her son's return, but then she smiled politely and said: "Yes, hot water has just been boiled on the stove, old lady, my eyesight is not good, you guys Pour yourself."

Yingyun turned her head to look at the silent Wushun, and said with a smile, "Mother-in-law, how do you know we are two people?"

The old woman said with a smile: "I have bad eyes, so my ears are used as eyes. I can still hear a few footsteps."

Yingyun smiled, walked towards the stove in the direction the old woman pointed, and said, "Thank you, Granny."

Wu Shun followed Yingyun to the kitchen, and looked at the gray walls around. It must have not been repaired for many years, and the surrounding areas were blackened by firewood, and there were spots of mottled and fallen off in a few places.

"Master," Wu Shun sighed, "The kitchen of a county magistrate's house is so dilapidated, it shows that he is a clean official."

Yingyun didn't talk to her, she poured some water, brought it to the yard, and sat with the old woman for a while.

The old woman smiled kindly and said, "Have you come from a long way away? Just rest here. My son usually leaves early and returns late. I have no one to talk to."

Yingyun looked around the yard, it was simple and unadorned, two or three rooms had their doors open, and the furnishings inside could be seen at a glance, and there were hardly any valuable possessions.

On the other hand, a corner of the courtyard was filled with wine jars, large and small, stacked up to the height of two people, which could reach a wall.

Yingyun questioned: "Mother-in-law, does your son make wine? Why are there so many wine jars?"

The old woman shook her head and said: "My son works in the yamen, and these wine jars are all left over from the past. In the past, there were many people in the family, and they drank a little wine during the New Year's holidays. Later, the family members disappeared one after another, and they stopped drinking. Yes. My son is nostalgic, and he has been reluctant to throw these things away, so he piled them up and put them away."

Yingyun was startled and said, "So mother-in-law, you are still the official wife?"

(End of this chapter)