The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 171

After Fu Shi heard Mrs. Rong's words, his first reaction was to look around to see if the person who threw the child was still nearby. He walked along the village road and the small river on guard, checking carefully all the way.

Li Yousi gave the lantern to He Tao, and he picked up the child himself. Hearing him crying so much that his voice was a little hoarse, he couldn't help but felt pity, and wiped the tears and snot on his face with his sleeves. Someone coaxed him: "Don't cry, don't cry..."

Was this child abandoned by his family?Did his parents not want him anymore, or did other relatives want to take him in without his parents?
He has been begging for a living as long as he can remember, and he has no impression of his biological parents at all. It can even be said that before he was adopted, he didn't even have the concept of parents.At first, he lived with an old beggar who called him "little beggar" and asked him to call him "old beggar". The old and the young depended on each other.They lived in a dead alley, begging at the entrance of the alley during the day, and retreated to sleep in the alley when it was dark, day after day, until the old beggar died and he was left alone.

Probably when he was seven or eight years old, he met Li Laosi who was walking around the streets with a burden, and was picked up and became the heir of the Li family.After living in the Li family, he gradually understood what his parents were.

After he understood it, he often thought about whether his own parents were dead or alive.If he died, how did he die?If he was alive, why did he become a beggar? They didn't want him?Or did he mischievously get lost?Or was he kidnapped?

It is impossible for him to find the answers to all the questions!

However, he still thinks he is very lucky. Even after what happened to the Li family, he finally met Fu Shi and He Tao who are kind fathers and mothers. They are willing to take him in and be his father and mother.

Li Yousi was surprised that He Tao would say "I will never raise this child". He always thought He Tao was the most compassionate.

This child, like him, Nianzu and Nianzong, is helpless and homeless. Why is my aunt unwilling to take him in?Is there any special reason?

After thinking about it, he asked, "Auntie, why didn't you adopt him? You accepted us and Nianzu Nianzong..."

He Tao knew that Li Yousi had always paid her a high tribute, so he almost regarded her as the Avalokitesvara who was shining all over the Buddha and saving the suffering. Every time he looked at her, his eyes were shining with pious light, and she was very uneasy at the same time.She felt that this was a good opportunity for her to step down from the altar, so she said to Li Yousi very seriously: "The reason why I took you and Nianzu in at the beginning was because you are too old, and this child is too young. , I don't have the energy to take care of him."

What she meant was very clear: I am really not the Virgin!The three of you are taken in because you can take care of yourself, as long as you have food, clothing and shelter.If this little poor child is brought back to be raised, then it is really raising a child, I am not that noble!
He Tao roared in his heart: It was so hard for the twins to walk and play by themselves without having to hold or support them all the time.
Who knew that Li Yousi, her fanatical admirer, diverged into another meaning: I want to plan the future for you big, and the two young ones are always inseparable from each other, so I really don't have the extra energy to take care of another child.My energy is limited. If I take it back and take care of it badly, it will not only be unfair to this child, but also unfair to you.

Li Yousi was moved silently: Auntie is so kind!

Fu Shi checked around and found no trace of any suspicious person, and came back to He Tao and the others. He asked He Tao: "No one, I guess he left early! What about this child?"

"Yes, what should I do?" Li Yousi also asked He Tao.Although my aunt doesn't want to raise it, she can't just throw it away, right?

He Tao turned around, facing the crying child in Li Yousi's arms.She felt herself being tested morally again.

It is right to ignore it (necessary!), but I always feel that my conscience is uneasy, so take it back, she must be unwilling!
What the hell is this, shit, if only there was a police station or something nearby!Hey?Yes, it is difficult to find the police, but there is no police to find the Yamen!

"Looking for Lizheng!"

Lizheng's job is to "set up farms and mulberries, urge taxes, control household registration, check illegality, and keep one party safe." Isn't this kind of abandonment of babies within his jurisdiction?
"Find Lizheng?" Fu Shi felt unreliable.When there are disputes among the villagers, they usually go to Lizheng for comment, but Lizheng has always been amicable, always saying, "Everyone has their own reasons, why don't both sides sit down and discuss it calmly?" But he never makes a decision. .Moreover, Li Zheng had a lot of taboos, and he was very afraid of him and He Tao. Fu Shi was worried that if the two of them came to the door in the middle of the night, it might scare Li Zheng into something.

"How about we go tomorrow, after dawn?"

He Tao waved his hands again and again: "No, no, let's go now!"

Children are just like small animals, as long as they touch their hands, they will have feelings, and it will be difficult to push them out again!

The old lady Rong supported He Tao's point of view very much, and said, "I also think it's better to go now, so as not to have long nights and dreams. It would be bad if something happened to this child in your hands..."

"That's fine, let's now..." Fu Shi glanced at He Tao's attire, turned his head and said to Li Yousi, "Yousi, you wait here and watch this child. I will go back with your aunt to change clothes before come over!"

"En!" Li Yousi nodded.

Old Madam Rong said: "I will be with You Si as a companion, waiting for you to come over."

"Okay." Fu Shi took He Tao's hand and went home.

He Tao said as he walked: "I still don't feel safe... If the person who threw the child really just wanted to keep the child, it's okay, if they are still around... Well, I don't believe you , but this night, if he wants to hide, it's normal if you don't see him. I'm afraid that the person who lost the child has some bad intentions! Think about it, when we both leave, the family will just How many children are left..."

Fu Shi nodded and said: "It's okay, I called all the people from Jushiwei to guard in the front yard, nothing will happen!"

After entering the yard, He Tao and Fu Shibing split up. Fu Shi went to the backyard to call for someone, while she went to wake up He Lian, who was so sleepy that she didn't know who Xi Xi was, and briefly explained the matter.

"...When they come, they are guarding outside the gate of the small courtyard. You still stay in the house, sleep when you should, well, if you are really scared, I will call Nianzu to accompany you."

He Lian didn't feel scared at all, but rather excited. This was the first time she encountered such a strange thing!What's more, there are actually forty people protecting them, and the landlord's wife's servants don't have so many people!She smiled and said: "It's okay, big sister, I'm not afraid of so many people guarding me! You let Nianzu sleep on him, he will get up early tomorrow morning to feed the pigs!"

He Tao nodded, and said, "We're definitely going to be wrangling, and we probably won't be back for a while. If we don't come back when it's time to make breakfast, don't cook, just stay here." Look at Dongzhi and Dongye, lest they wake up when you are cooking, and you will be prone to accidents if you are in a hurry."

"Well, I know, don't worry! I'll just stay in the house and wait for you to come back!"

After arranging the family affairs, He Tao and Fu Shi returned to Li Yousi's side. When they went there, they saw that the old lady had also tidied up her appearance, her hair was coiled up, and her clothes were neatly dressed. The old lady said: "I will go with you as a witness, lest Li Zheng be confused again based on your family's words!"

"Thank you, Grandma Rong!" He Tao went over to hold Granny Rong's hand.

Fu Shi walked in the front with a lantern, followed by Li Yousi who was holding the child, and He Tao and Mrs. Rong walked in the back with another lantern.They took the child of unknown origin and walked quickly all the way, and they arrived at the gate of Lizheng's house in less than a quarter of an hour.

"Lizheng, open the door. We are from the Fu family in the Great Wasteland. I need you in an emergency!" Fu Shi slammed the door of Lizheng's house with a loud "bang bang", fearing that Lizheng's turbulent temper would be offended, so he hid inside. Pretend not to hear.

In fact, even if he didn't call the door, Li Zheng would have already woken up.This side of the village is no worse than a wasteland. The yards of every household are next to each other. All the way they walked, the children cried all the way, which disturbed many dogs. Now there are dogs barking everywhere.

Such an unusual sound, not to mention Lizheng's house who was knocked on the door, even many nearby houses lit their lights one after another. Before Lizheng came out, people from the houses next door and opposite to their house all came out.

"What happened?"

"In the middle of the night, if you don't sleep yourself, you won't let others sleep!"

"Who is so vile and brings a crying man out in the middle of the night!"

Waking up in the middle of the night, no one had a good face, and they all blamed He Tao and the others standing in front of Lizheng's house. Granny Rong was afraid that they were going too far, so she hurriedly explained: "Folks, sorry for that. I can't help it, it happened so suddenly, I don't know whose child ran away to us at night, we are also anxious, and the person who lost the child is worried, so come to Lizheng immediately!"

Villager A asked, "Aunt Rong, isn't this your child?"

"No, Fu Shi and his family don't often walk around the village. I'm also old. I don't have a good memory. I can't even recognize who it is. That's why I came to Lizheng!" Mrs. Rong explained. In a word, he raised his hand and patted the courtyard gate of Lizheng's house: "Lizheng, hurry up, this is an urgent matter!"

"Hey, here we come, here we come..." As expected by Fu Shi, Lizheng woke up early, but didn't come out, and quietly told his family members not to go out.Until now, seeing that he really couldn't avoid it, he responded with a raised voice, and then ran out pretending to be in a hurry: "Come on, come on, auntie, what's going on, you It's a big night... I've been busy working in the field for the past few days, I'm too tired during the day, and I slept too deeply."

Everyone knows about Lizheng's turbulent temper, and they haven't exposed him—a busy job?No one is the same!

"Lizheng, look, whose child is this? He ran away to our house..." He Tao followed Granny Rong's words and did not express their guess.

Fu Shi raised the lantern so that Li Zheng could see clearly: "Look, whose child is this?"

Lizheng took a look, it's not someone else's!He coughed, pointed to an elderly villager who was watching the fun and said, "Hey, look, whose family do you think this is?"

"This... doesn't look like it's from our village!" The villager replied with certainty.

"Hey?! It's really not from our village..." An old woman came up to him, and she didn't know what state of mind he was in. She shook her head and said, "There are so many strange things everywhere, especially in our village!"

As soon as the word "strange thing" was uttered, the crowd of onlookers fell silent, except for the cry of the child.

Strange, what strange?Isn't the biggest strange thing that ever happened in Rongshu Village "Rong Lan seeks revenge". The villagers probably had their brains wide open just like He Tao. The tendency to hide farther and farther away.

"Is it a child from a relative's family?" He Tao quickly asked Li Yousi to lift the child up, wiped his face with his hand, and said unconsciously: "The face is burning from crying, it's so pitiful." ..."

Hot face?It turned out to be a real person, not a ghost!

The scattered people gathered around again, tentatively touched the child's face, and started talking again.

He Tao didn't bother to talk nonsense with them. He hugged the child in Li Yousi's arms and stuffed it directly into Li Zheng. Here you go, no one can settle this matter except you!"

"Hey, this, this, this, how can this be done!" A child was stuffed inside, and it was not an object. He felt that it was extremely hot, and he couldn't throw it out. He was sweating profusely for a while.However, even though he is a person who is used to meeting and being careless, his brain is still turning very fast, otherwise it would not be possible to have been in this position for so long. He put on a smiling face and said: "Fu Shi's family, I am in this moment I can't find out whose family or relative's child it is. Since you found this child, you should take it back first, and I will come to pick up the child after I find someone!"

"That's not allowed!" He Tao directly refused, and put on a look of "I'm thinking about you" and said: "It's better to let you go, so that you don't have to go to the Great Wasteland when the time comes, What a waste of time!"

"It's not troublesome, it's not troublesome...it's not too far away..." Lizheng Naken let it go, and walked towards He Tao with the child in his arms.

He Tao pulled Fu Shi and Li Yousi and left: "Lizheng, I will leave it to you. We still have children to take care of, so let's go!"

"You can't go!" Lizheng was also so anxious that he had no choice but to block the middle of the road: "This child's origin is unknown, I can't let you say let me go!"

Fu Shi said: "Then what do you want?"

"You take it back, I have found my family, and I will go find you again."

Fu Shi said again: "Why let my family go, it's not our child."

"Didn't you find this?!"

Fu Shi said slowly: "If I take it back, if someone comes to tell me that I abducted someone's son, I will be all over my body and my mouth will be full of words. Population is a matter of Li Zheng, whoever finds it will not I have to leave it to you!"

"Fu Shi, I think someone sent you a son!" The old woman who said "strange thing" just now shouted, and said triumphantly to everyone: "I guess, someone must not want this child. I heard that the Fu family has no sons, so I specially gave them to raise them!"

Everyone in the village thought it made sense.

Fu Shi's daughter-in-law is no longer able to have children, and I heard that they didn't like the one they raised before, named Nianzong, and gave it to a great scholar (He Youzhi) as a bookboy...

When He Tao heard the "whispering" of the people around her, she was so angry that she almost cursed, you can't have children, your whole village... no, your whole family can't have children!
"Who said my daughter-in-law can't give birth!" Fu Shi roared, standing in front of He Tao, and said to those "whispering" people: "Who said that, if you have the ability to stand up!"

No one else dared to speak anymore after he yelled, but the old woman who said "strange thing" smiled eccentrically and said: "Fu Shi, don't be upset, it doesn't matter whether your wife can give birth or not, she already has a ready-made son." Is it?"

Why is this person so cheap!He Tao stood up from behind Fu Shi and stared at the man, only then did he see clearly that the man was Mrs. Qi from the Qi family!The Qi family has a feud with the second wife of the Fu family. If the two families meet, even if they don't scold each other, they will throw a knife at each other.

"Let you go..."

"Peach girl!" Mrs. Rong took He Tao's hand, interrupted what she was about to say, turned to Mrs. Qi, and said, "Mrs. Qi, don't say things that are groundless. You are a lot older. I have learned the unique skills of Mrs. Xi without learning!"

"I..." Mrs. Qi was reprimanded. Nowadays, what people in the village hate the most are gossips who tell stories. She blushed and couldn't say anything to refute. sarcastic remarks.

Lizheng coughed, walked half a meter in front of Fu Shi, and said, "Fu Shi, well, although the Qi family's words are not pleasant, but, look, I don't think it's really possible to say this. ..."

Fu Shi's eyes were wide open, he took two steps forward and approached Lizheng, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think?"

Li Zheng seemed to be afraid of getting something dirty, he took a few steps back again and again, if the people behind him hadn't supported him, he would almost have fallen.He stood firm before he smiled, and said a little uncomfortable: "It's nothing, it's nothing, I will take care of this child's matter..."

He was really afraid of this male and female pair, a broom star and a mourner, he didn't want to mess with any of them!
Forget it, forget it, if someone intends to raise the child for the Fu family, the family members of the Fu family will come to take it back if they don't accept it. It's not a big deal to go to Anjifang in the county seat, it's just a little bit of errands... It's better than messing with broom stars and mourning stars!

(End of this chapter)