flstandardbreds Chapter 123 Don't Take Them to Jail
Chapter 123 Don't Take Them to Jail
Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin had no idea that due to the exaggerated publicity of the Four Pillars, they had become female knights who could cut through mountains with their bare hands.
I chatted with Yang Dapeng, Dachun and a few others along the way and soon returned home.
Just as he was about to push open the gate, Old Mrs. Chen and Old Mr. Chen, along with their family, came running over from a distance, panting.
"Second son's wife! What have you done wrong? Why are the officers here to arrest you?"
As the old lady got closer, she saw two officers behind her and her legs almost went limp with fear. But when she thought about the two men being arrested, she didn't care anymore and ran towards this side desperately.
Yang Dapeng and Dachun were both very upset. Why did these people say today that they were going to capture these two aunts? They looked so ferocious?
Before they could say anything, the old lady had already rushed in front of them, panting like a broken bellows, and stretched out her hand to tightly grasp the corner of Yang Dapeng's clothes.
Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin were about to help her up: "Mom, it's not..."
"Huff, huff, huff... Sir, Sir, please be merciful. Our two children are pitiful people. They lost their husbands at a young age and have to raise so many children. They have bad tempers, but they are not bad at heart. Maybe they were confused for a moment. Please give them a chance to correct themselves and don't arrest them and send them to prison."
The old lady interrupted the two men before she could even catch her breath, and spoke a long speech begging for mercy. The others also wanted to kneel down like her.
If we don't say anything now, the misunderstanding will be huge.
"Father and mother! Big brother and sister-in-law! That's not true. These two adults are here to give us compensation money, not to arrest us."
"Ah?" Old Master Chen half-knelt, bent his waist, raised his head and looked at Yang Dapeng and Dachun.
Seeing them nod, I breathed a sigh of relief. Who the hell was spreading rumors all day long? He didn't even find out the truth before spreading it everywhere.
They were just busy working in the fields when the onlookers from the village came to their fields and said that the second and Zhao families had committed a crime and were going to jail. The whole family was so scared that they ran straight over here from the fields. Fortunately, it was a false alarm.
Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin helped the old lady up. The old lady was a little embarrassed and muttered, "It's all because of that gossipy Zhao Chunya."
He tugged at Zheng Yuan's clothes again, looked them up and down, and then asked in a low voice, "Old Second's family, but what's going on? Why are you sending compensation money? Are you injured?"
"It's nothing, mother. Don't worry. But this is a long story. Let's cook for the two adults first. You can sit in the yard for a while and we will have lunch together later."
"No, no, no, we won't eat here. Please entertain the official."
When the old lady heard that she wanted to have dinner with the two officials, she didn't dare to do so. She just asked them to entertain the officials well, and the whole family ran away.
Looking at the family's backs as they walked away, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin laughed. The Chen family was really adorable.
"These two elderly people must be my aunt's parents-in-law. You two have a really good relationship." Yang Dapeng sighed.
"That's right. They are all very good people. The messenger today delivered the wrong message. I am very sorry that they offended the two adults."
Yang Dapeng waved his hand: "It's okay, they are kind-hearted, why would we blame them?"
The two men brought Yang Dapeng and Dachun into the yard. Young Master Jiang was also standing under the eaves. He had woken up early because of the loud noise outside the door, thinking that something had happened.
After listening under the eaves for a while, he almost understood what was going on, so he did not go out.
Yang Dapeng and Dachun were a little shocked to find that there was such a nobleman living in this shabby thatched house.
When Mr. Jiang saw that they were looking at him, he took the initiative to bow to them as a greeting.
"This is our distant nephew, who is here to visit us for a few days." Duan Minmin casually gave Mr. Jiang an identity.
Yang Dapeng and Dachun nodded but said nothing.
Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin went into the kitchen and quickly brought out water and stools, and Mr. Taoer lit the fire.
"My Lords, please sit down and have a drink of water. We will start cooking and it will be ready soon. We will not delay your business."
"No need, no need. We'll just drink some water and go back." Yang Dapeng took a sip of water, and when he heard the two of them were going to cook, he hurriedly called them.
The family was already so poor, and they just counted eight or nine children, so they were probably having a hard time. Although they had received 15 taels of silver as compensation, such a large family had a lot of money to spend, and they were embarrassed to eat this meal.
"Yes, yes. We don't have anything special to offer, so we'll just give you a home-cooked meal to express our gratitude."
The two of them could not do anything that would make them travel on an empty stomach. Besides, having good relations with these officials would only benefit their ice jelly business.
Seeing that they kept asking them to stay, the two men could no longer refuse and sat in the yard to drink water.
Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin hurried into the kitchen and began to prepare lunch.
Young Master Jiang felt a little awkward staring at the two men in the yard, so he started to find topics to talk to them.
He had been traveling around the country with his father since he was a child, so he knew what to talk about with different people. Under his guidance, the three of them started chatting in a short while.
Yang Dapeng and Dachun were somewhat surprised to hear Mr. Jiang's talk. The nephew of these two aunts was not an ordinary person. No matter how you looked at it, he was somewhat out of tune with this family. But when they thought about the performance of the two aunts in the court, it seemed that it was not surprising that his nephew had such talk.
It seems that this family is actually out of place in this village.
Several people were talking in the yard, and soon the aroma of food wafted from the kitchen.
Yang Dapeng and Dachun sniffed the air, what? It seemed to smell like meat.
No way!
It was not until Zheng Yuan and the others put all the food on the table that Yang Dapeng and Dachun looked at the table full of greasy food that the shock in their hearts finally sunk in.
And seeing that the children seemed to be used to it and didn't seem to be fighting for it, I guess this is how they usually eat.
No, are these two aunts so rich? How can they eat so well in the middle of the day? They thought they couldn't even afford to eat.
The two finished their meal with deep shock at this family.
I have to say that the taste of this meal is not inferior to the Jinyulou in the county. Lord Ma took his brothers there to eat once before, and they all thought it was the most delicious food in the world, and they all remembered it in their hearts for a long time. But compared with today's meal, it seems to be slightly inferior.
After dinner, Yang Dapeng and Dachun got up and said goodbye.
Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin saw him off to the door, then took out a piece of silver the size of one or two taels from the compensation money delivered today and stuffed it into Yang Dapeng's hand.
"Master Yang, thank you for bringing this here from so far away. Please use this little bit of silver to have some tea."
Yang Dapeng shook it quietly in his hand and quickly pushed it back: "You are too polite, Auntie. This is our duty. Don't take it to heart."
Zheng Yuan stuffed it back and said, "Brother Yang, please accept it. Without you, we don't know what will happen to our ice jelly stall. You helped us to beg for this money, so please accept it and treat us brothers to some tea. In the future, we will rely on you to take care of us when we go to the city."
Yang Dapeng naturally understood what she meant. She was trying to seek asylum.
He no longer refused and accepted the money. This kind of thing was very common among the merchants in the city, but he didn't expect to receive money for tea from two women in this mountain village. It was really strange.
"Okay, Auntie, from now on you just come to the city to set up your stall. We brothers will definitely not let those rogues harass you again. We have been out for a long time today, so we will leave first."
"Hey, hey, gentlemen, slow down."
The two were very happy to get the promise from the officials that the children would be protected even if they were not around.