Blissful Days After Widowhood Chapter 6: Into the city

Ning Xi found a branch and wanted to dig a hole to bury the old believer's body, but after digging a few times, she realized that the ground was so hard that she couldn't dig a hole with the strength of a little girl. I found a slightly deep dirt pit, pulled the old believer's body with great difficulty, and filled the pit with as much sand, gravel and soil as possible. One word: "The Tomb of the Old Believer", which can be regarded as the completion of the old believer's entrustment.

After bowing to the ground three times, Ning Xi looked up to see the surrounding terrain clearly, trying to remember this place as much as possible, thinking that if he had the ability in the future, he would still have to re-carry the old man.

After all this, the sky was about to get dark, and the cold wind was blowing, and the mountain began to feel eerie and terrifying. Ning Xi tightened his clothes and quickly trotted down the mountain. She thought, if there is really no way, I'm afraid I really have to go to Qingshan, but I wonder if the man still remembers a joke that he wanted her to be a cook.

As soon as I got to the bottom of the mountain, someone grabbed my arm: "Where have you been, Ningxi, your uncle's family is beating gongs and drums to find you!"

"Why are you looking for me?" Ning Xi asked cautiously.

"Your dad is back, I heard he's going to pick you up into the city!"

"Ah?" Ning Xi was completely stunned. Could it be that this is a village where the mountains and rivers are full of doubts and there is nowhere to go?

I ran back immediately, and there was a horse-drawn carriage standing in front of the house, tall axles, and a sturdy tarpaulin shed. At first glance, it was not something in the village.

Seeing her coming in, a well-dressed middle-aged man suddenly stood up: "Xi'er!"

Ning Xi looked up and down at the man. He was in his thirties. He was clean and a little rich. Although he had just finished his journey, his clothes and hair were still neat and tidy. Yes, she tentatively shouted: "Dad?"

The man waved to her: "Xi'er, come in quickly and let Daddy see, you have suffered for all these years."

Ningxi thought, isn't it bitter? All starved. But I still don't know the situation, so I can't say nonsense: "Thank you dad for remembering, my daughter is fine."

The aunt also warmly greeted Ning Xi to come in for dinner. Looking at her flattering smile, Ning Xi was so disgusted that she wanted to vomit. She thought that if there was a chance, she must tell her father about the woman's evil deeds, so that she could give her The original Ning Xi, his real daughter, sighed.

"Xi'er's mother left early. Thanks to her elder brother and sister-in-law's care for so many years, Xi'er is also getting older. When I come back this time, I want to take her into the city and learn how many girls should learn. Things, it's easier to find my husband's house in the future." Ning Wen said nicely.

Ning Wenzhao said: "Second brother, what are you talking about, Ning Xi is also a child of our Ning family, and it is our duty to take care of her, but second brother is right, in our rural area, naturally Not as good as in your city."

"I was able to enter the city back then, thanks to my parents selling the land at home, and I was able to make up enough money. When I come back this time, in addition to picking up the stream, I also want to buy back double the land I sold back then. Some compensation for your years."

"Hehe, second uncle, you're so polite, there's no need for a family to say these words." Qin Sulian said polite words insincerely, her eyes twinkling with greed.

Ning Xi stood up abruptly: "Father, no!"

Ning Wen frowned: "You kid, what are you talking about!"

"These years, they have not treated the child well. The child has never been fed and clothed. If the child hadn't gone to the mountains to find some wild vegetables to eat, he would have starved to death."

Qin Sulian shouted injustice: "Your uncle has bad legs and feet, and all the work in the fields is done by me, a woman, and the family is so poor that it would be good to have a bite to eat, even if it is my two children. , I have never eaten a full meal, second uncle, you really can't blame us for this, you can only blame the family for being poor, if there is not even an acre of good land, how can this be the case."

Ning Wenhao also said sternly: "Xi'er, it's no wonder your uncle and auntie, if the family has money, would they not give you food?"

Ning Xi said: "Dad, don't be deceived by this woman, the uncle does all the work in the fields alone, let alone work in the fields, she never does the work at home, it's all What I did, look at my hands, like what a girl should have?" Ning Xi stretched out a pair of thin and rough hands full of redness and wounds to show Ning Wen a good look, she was rude He also counted Qin Sulian's injuries on the mountain today for the burial of the old believer.

"What's going on here?"

"Not only that, she also wants to sell me to the poorest family in the mountains as a child bride!"

"What?" Ning Wen stared at Ning Wen Zhao, "Brother, is there such a thing?"

"This..." Ning Wenzhao couldn't say anything.

Qin Sulian still wants to quibble: "Nothing, Ningxi, don't listen to other people's nonsense." Compared with those betrothal gifts, the land that is twice as valuable is much more valuable. She has already thought about it, and at most post them. The money returns the relatives.

"Sister-in-law, this kind of thing is not easy to joke about. If it's something that doesn't matter, will Xier take out her life's important events and talk nonsense?"

Ning Xi said loudly, "I'll tell you if I lied or not. You can tell when you look in the uncle's room. Don't tell me that the dowry gifts are for my cousin."

"Then, that's what my parents sent me today, where is the dowry!"

"Stop talking!" Ning Wen patted the table with a photo, "Second brother, we are sorry for you, you don't have to buy the land, for the sake of our brothers, spare your sister-in-law. Go back, take Ningxi back to the city early!"

"You don't need to buy any fields!" Qin Sulian screamed, "If he hadn't sold the fields to him to enter the city, how could he have a good life today, and how could our family be so miserable? My poor daughter, I finally entered the villa to be a maid, and the mother doesn't even have any money to give you a little money, isn't this letting my daughter be bullied to death!"

"Nonsense, the second brother has brought back a lot of money over the years. If you hadn't used it to make up for your parents' family, how could our family live like this!"

"What's wrong with me subsidizing my parents' family? Don't you tell me that I was a good old girl and married you a lame..."

"Okay, don't say anything." Ning Wenhao shouted, "I didn't expect my only relatives to treat my daughter like this all these years, I don't need to say anything, Xi'er, let's go, let's go here. Go to town!"

"Brother, it's going to get dark now, so I'll stay overnight and go out tomorrow morning."

"No, I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, my good girl will be sold by you." Ning Wenhao said angrily.

Ning Xi is naturally reluctant to keep more, and there is nothing to clean up with a few tattered clothes. The copper coins she has saved these days and the book that the old truster gave her are all well carried in her arms, so she said: "Okay. Yes, Dad, let's go now!"

The already broken wooden door was kicked open with a "bang!": "I want to run, but it's not that easy!" A dozen or so sullen and tattered mountain villagers came in, "Our old Wang family finally bought it. A daughter-in-law, you can't just run away like this!"

Qin Sulian was frightened, thinking that she would not be able to get Ning Wen's good money anyway, she simply tore her face, pointed at Ning Xi and said, "This is not your daughter-in-law, hurry up and take it back!"

"I'm not! Their children are in that room!" Ning Xi didn't expect Qin Sulian to say such a thing in front of her father.

Soon someone dragged out Ning Shuanggui and Ning Jincheng, who were shivering with fear in the room, "There's a woman here."

"You take her back, and next year you are guaranteed to have a big fat son. Isn't it much better than my little girl!" Ning Xi said.

The leader of the mountain people glanced at Ning Xi, who was thin and thin, and then looked at Ning Shuanggui, who had an old man on his chest, and smiled evilly: "Of course, whoever accepted Lao Tzu's dowry, whose girl is Lao Tzu's daughter-in-law! Brothers, do it!"

"No, mother! Dad! Help!" Ning Shuanggui shouted in fright.

Qin Sulian knelt down with a "thump", her hands firmly holding the thigh of the leader of the mountain: "I beg you, don't take my daughter, I will give you all the dowry from your family, what do you want from me? I'll give it to you, please spare my daughter!"

The man shook his leg coldly and threw Qin Sulian aside: "I don't want anything, I just want this woman!"

"Second uncle, I beg you, give them some money! If Shuanggui is captured by them, he will be tortured to death!"

"Dad, don't worry about them, if you don't come today, I'll be the one who was taken away."

Ning Wenhao couldn't bear it at all and wanted to help his niece. Hearing what Ning Xi said, he immediately reacted and snorted coldly, "You deserve it, you deserve it!" door out.

There was also Ning Shuanggui's shrill scream behind him: "No, mother, help me! I'm going to the villa, I haven't had a good life yet!"

Ning Wenhao lifted the curtain on the carriage: "Get on the carriage, let's go to Lizheng Kailu first, and then see who can stay overnight."

"Yeah!" Ning Xi agreed obediently. After coming to this world for so long, it was the first time that he had someone to rely on. He suddenly felt very at ease. Don't be afraid!

"Xi'er, Daddy will discuss something with you."

"What's the matter, please tell me!"

"After entering the city, can you stop calling me Dad?"

"Ah? Why?"

"Actually, Dad always wanted to come back to pick you up, but your current mother doesn't allow it, and she only let go a few days ago, but she asked you not to enter the Ning family as my daughter, and said it was me. My niece from home."

Ning Xi's heart that had just warmed up immediately cooled down.

"Xi'er, Daddy knows that Daddy is sorry for you, but Daddy also has difficulties with Daddy. In the future, Daddy will treat you well."

Ning Xi was silent for a long time, and finally answered in a low voice: "Then what should I call you?"

"Just like your cousin, call me second uncle!"

"Okay, second uncle." Sure enough, men are unreliable, but just go to the city, everything is a new beginning, Ning Xi believes that with her own ability, she will be able to do it in the future. Allow yourself to live a good life.