HLnovel Chapter 374: Tangled
Chapter 374: Tangled
Chapter 374: Tangled
Tian Funiang had just opened the box and was frightened by the shout before she could even look through it.
"What are you yelling for, you little kid!
I'm not stealing your things, I'm looking for Xing'er's things!"
As he was speaking, Bai Xing'er beside him noticed his piece of cloth with her sharp eyes.
When he took it out, he found that it had been made into a coat for children.
When Yang Shubao saw his new jacket being snatched away, he cried even louder.
Village chief Yang in the main room heard the sound and came to the door of the east room.
After listening to Bai Xing'er's brief explanation of the whole story, he couldn't help but frown as he looked at Yang Shubao crying on the ground.
This child has been corrupted by his mother. He has no serious behavior and only acts like a spoiled child like his mother.
Suddenly, he thought of the quiet little girl, so he went forward and dragged Yang Shubao back to the kang in the west room, and said to Shulin's mother:
"Look at this child. He goes to the east room and cries and makes a fuss, making it difficult for people to work.
If you're worried, I'll let your daughter look after it, so nothing will go missing from your house!"
Seeing that Village Chief Yang spoke with a cold face, Shulin Niang was a little scared of him.
But she couldn't say that she was afraid of people finding her things, so she had to agree.
When Jian Ya saw that it was Village Chief Yang calling her, she obediently went to the east room.
In the east room, Jian Ya saw them rummaging through the big box.
Thinking that the village chief had already decided the punishment, he just stood quietly aside.
Bai Xing'er turned around and saw her coming. She was silent for a moment and said nothing.
Soon, in addition to the clothes, the bag where Shulin Niang hid her money and the bag of medicine powder were found.
Village chief Yang took the two things to the west room. When Mrs. Shulin on the kang saw them, she didn't dare to say a word.
As for the purse, he didn't give it to her either.
When it comes time to pay compensation, I can just take it from it and save myself the trouble of arguing with her.
Soon, all the dowry was calculated.
Lu Tianming, Yao County Magistrate and Yang Yongyan worked together to calculate the missing part.
Of course, when they were moving things, everyone also moved all of the Yang family's food and money to the main room.
As for the missing part of Bai Xing'er's dowry and the Yang family's existing grain, silver and money, Lu Tianming, Village Chief Yang and others had all looked at them.
Village chief Yang calculated silently and thought for a long time, still looking conflicted.
But looking at the two skinny girls beside him, he finally said:
"Miss Bai, I have a request."
Bai Xing'er quickly replied, "You go ahead."
Village Chief Yang looked a little embarrassed and said:
“When supplementing the dowry, can you pay it off with silver first, and then the rest with grain?
I know this too, and I have made you suffer a loss.
However, the Yang family didn’t have much food, and it was still some time before spring.
If all the food is moved away, the Yang family members will have no way to survive."
After saying this, Village Chief Yang looked embarrassed.
He knew it was not a good thing to say, but the two girls in the Yang family were still young.
It is really unbearable that children have to pay with their lives for the sins committed by adults.
He had just calculated that if he paid compensation for the grain first, the Yang family would have nothing left.
By then, even if he scraped out the food from his home and borrowed food from families in the village who had more food, it would be difficult for the children to survive until spring.
If they paid the silver first, the Yang family would only need to pay about half of the remaining grain.
Even with only half of the food, the children would barely be able to eat it until spring.
But by then he could talk to a few elders of the clan and borrow some food from the village, which would allow the children to survive until spring.
When spring comes, the wild vegetables in the fields can keep people alive.
Moreover, he had just looked at the dowry list and knew that Bai Xing'er still had a lot of food.
Not to mention one person, even two people can eat it for another half a year.
But nowadays, food cannot be bought even with money, and every family in the village is short of food.
What he said was equivalent to calculating Bai Xing'er's food supply.
But he was the village chief of Linshan Village after all, and he couldn't just watch the children starve to death.
Conscience and responsibility made him feel entangled and self-blaming.
Beside them, Bai Xing'er looked at the silent Shulin Niang and Yang Shulin lying on the kang, his life or death unknown.
Thinking about what happened last night, I hated them so much.
But looking at Jianya and Tingmei standing in the corner, he thought for a long time and finally agreed.
Soon, everyone in the north yard left Yang Shulin's house, pulling their fully loaded carts.
Westinghouse.
When Mother Shulin saw the people leaving, she cursed at the bitch:
"You idiot, you are such a fool!
Now, because of you, our family has lost all its money and most of its food.
If I were you, I would have banged my head against the door and died out of shame!
You are a money-losing person. You ate up so much food at home, and instead of earning some for your family, you did such a stupid thing!
How dare you live in this world? You deserve it..."
The little girl listened to her mother's vicious curses in the room, lowered her head and said nothing.
Mother Shulin cursed for a long time, and when she looked up and saw her like this, she felt like she had punched cotton.
I wanted to beat her up like I did before and vent my anger.
But as soon as she moved, the cut on her stomach hurt so much that she broke out in cold sweat and couldn't get off the bed at all.
Yang Shubao, who was sitting next to him, was feeling a little bored as he listened to his mother scolding people.
After a while, he felt very hungry and interrupted:
"Mom, I'm hungry, I want to eat!"
Mother Shulin ignored her stomachache and said to the bastard:
"Didn't you hear Shubao is hungry? Go to the stove and make some food!"
Then he added:
"Now, the family has no food because of you, you and that little bitch, don't eat today.
When you cook later, just scoop a small spoonful of grain and add some dried vegetables to make porridge, understand?"
Jian Ya responded in a low voice and pulled Ting Mei out of the house.
In the kitchen, Tingmei pursed her lips and said aggrievedly:
"Sister, are we going to be hungry again today?"
"No, if we save some of the food at home, it will be enough for the two of us to eat until spring!"
As the bitch spoke, a sarcastic smile appeared on her face.
How could her mother think that she would listen to someone who couldn't move?
Jian Ya picked up the bowl of frozen porridge and placed it directly on the grate in the pot.
Then, in a good mood, I started to light a fire and heat up the meal.
After a while, the bowl of hot porridge was brought out again and placed in a new bowl.
Then he carried the bowl of porridge into the house.
In the west room, Mother Shulin looked at the porridge in the bowl, frowned and cursed:
"Idiot, who told you to add so much food?
This much food is enough for several meals!"