The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

Father Xue was impatient, and repeatedly gestured in the dark to jump out. Xue Yinsong gestured to him, wanting to wait and see what the other party was going to do.

In order to be strong, the earth wall is mixed with stones inside, and some small corners of the stones will protrude from the wall. The young man on the wall is obviously uncomfortable due to the stones, and he crawled while cursing in a low voice, but he missed it with one hand. It fell to the ground with a plop.

This fell on his back first, it must have hurt a lot, but the young man could bear it, covered his mouth and snorted twice, and asked outside the wall: "Xue Song, are you coming in?"

Outside, Xue Song whispered: "I won't go in, so hurry up and look around, we'll run away after we get it, I told my mother that I'm going to the toilet, we can't come out for too long."

The young man got up, touched his buttocks, turned around with a limp, saw two black shadows standing in front of him, and shouted in shock: Ghost!Turn around and climb up the wall.

Chen Xuesong hurriedly scolded outside: "Hush your voice!"

Xue Yinsong and his father went up to catch him easily, Xue Yinsong covered his mouth and said: "I let you go, don't scream, do you understand? Trick the man outside into it." In the darkness, he felt that the child tapped lightly. Turning his head, Xue Yinsong let go of his hand, only to hear the young man shouting at the top of his voice: "Xue Song, run! I've been caught!"

The people outside heard this, and ran away. Xue Yinsong thought that even if he rushed out, he would not be able to catch him. He lowered his head and smiled: "You are very loyal at such a young age. Come on, let me teach you what is loyalty." He went to the corner to find a thick rope, tied the opponent's backhand firmly and led him to the door.

After walking a few steps, the young man saw that the direction was wrong, so he hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?" Xue Yinsong smiled and said, "Of course to Lizheng's house."

The young man took a deep breath: "I just climbed over the wall, you... why are you going to Lizheng's house? I haven't started stealing yet!"

Xue Yinsong pushed him and said with a smile: "I won't say you steal, don't worry." The young man was a little puzzled: "Then what are you looking for?"

Xue Yinsong laughed and said, "I mean you came to cast poison." The young man took a deep breath, turned around and stood still: "Don't wrong the good man, Xuesong and I just, just came and came to see... How is your family today? We received a lot of betrothal gifts, we just want to take back what our family gave us."

Xue Yinsong stood still and asked, "Oh? Tell me, if I don't think it's true, I'll send you to Li Zheng."

The young man saw that there was something going on, and quickly confessed: "My name is Hu Yazi, and the man who ran away just now is called Chen Xuesong. There is a master Juren in your family. My father wanted to take the land, so he sent the only piece of meat in the family as a gift. The meat... I went up the mountain and chopped firewood for half a month in exchange for my mother to eat. My mother has been ill for a long time and has been ill. The last time the doctor said it was delicious and delicious, I am afraid it will not be a few months. It's..."

Xue Yinsong sighed in his heart, this family has hard-to-recite scriptures, and asked again: "Then why did Chen Xuesong hook up with you?"

Hu Yazi hurriedly said: "Chen Xuesong's mother also gave your family a chicken for Natian's affairs. Xuesong said that the chicken was the only one in his family. It was supposed to chime in the morning and evening, so we gathered together to discuss it." I wanted to go to your house to get my things back... but I was caught by you just as I climbed over the wall." He said dejectedly and muttered, only blaming himself for his bad luck.

Xue Yinsong thought for a while and said: "Since you confessed honestly, the organization will let you go. Now you only need to promise me two things, and I will let you go. Are you willing?"

Hu Yazi hesitated: "What request? What if I can't do it?"

"It's all very simple," Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "First, you quietly go to find out which one sent you what, and then come and tell me, remember to inquire only in private. Second, it's even simpler. Question, have any pigs in Chenjia Village been poisoned to death in recent years?"

Hu Yazi was very surprised, pondered for a while and said: "Many pigs have been poisoned, most of them were rescued, and some died. How do you know? Could it be that your pigs were also poisoned?" ?”

Xue Yinsong raised his eyebrows: "Boy, I'm the one asking questions."

Hu Yazi hurriedly apologized with a smile: "I promise, I promise, you can untie me quickly."

While untying the rope for him, Xue Yinsong said: "Come to my house tomorrow morning and talk about the poisoning in detail. If you don't come, I will go to your house."

Hu Yazi hurriedly said: "Definitely, definitely come." As he spoke, he ran away and disappeared.

Only then did Father Xue return his breath and said, "It's really alright?"

Xue Yinsong nodded: "It's just two boys. What I want to catch is the poisoner. Let's go. I'm exhausted after tossing around all night."

Hu Yazi came early the next morning, carrying a bamboo basket knife in his hand, and seemed to be going to dig wild vegetables: "I'll leave after a while."

Xue Yinsong pointed to the stool and said: "Sit down, talk slowly, I'll give you cabbage after you've agreed." Hu Yazi was stunned for a moment, beaming with joy: "That cabbage is so good, it tastes sweet, fragrant and crisp, my mother like to eat."

Xue Yinsong sighed in his heart and said, "Well, then you can answer my question properly. How long did this pig poisoning incident start?"

Hu Yazi thought for a while and said: "It happened seven or eight years ago. I was young at that time, and I only heard it mentioned by adults. At least a dozen households in the village have been poisoned, which is strange. Only pigs were poisoned. I have never heard of other poultry being poisoned to death."

"Go on, go on, the more detailed the better."

Hu Yazi said: "These people are all surnamed Chen in this village, like the elders of several families in the clan, from Li Zheng's family, from Lao Li Zheng's family...at least a dozen households, all of them have been poisoned, and the poison they cast is not good. What a powerful thing is just a few handfuls of grass. If a strong pig can survive it, some piglets will die if they have a lot of diarrhea. There is a lot of grass on the mountain. It’s hard to say who made it hand."

"How many years does this usually happen?"

Hu Yazi thought for a while and said: "This is not necessarily true, sometimes three or four times a year, but generally speaking, it is only once or twice a year."

"Are all the victims rich?"

Hu Yazi frowned and thought for a while, "No, Chen Erhua from the south of the village is not a rich man, but his sows were raised well that year, and they gave birth to fourteen piglets in one go. It is said that the sow died, and the piggies all died later because they had no mother or milk."

Xue Yinsong frowned and thought for a while, then unconsciously knocked on the stone table with his fingers: "Since they are not all aimed at rich people, could it be jealousy? Because other people's pigs have more births, and because other people's pigs grow longer Well, because someone else's family is rich?"

Hu Yazi couldn't understand what he was thinking, so he could only ask tentatively: "Brother Xue, can I go? My mother is still waiting for wild vegetables..."

After hearing this, Xue Yinsong turned around and asked Father Xue to bring up a cabbage in the vegetable cellar and said, "Is this enough? Sit down for a while, and I'll ask you again, is there anyone who has money or a well-raised pig but Haven't been poisoned?"

Hu Yazi pondered for a while holding the cabbage and said, "It's really hard to say. There are at least 100 households raising pigs in Chenjia Village, and there are dozens of households who have not been poisoned."

Xue Yinsong explained patiently: "The pigs in the family are well raised, there are a lot of them, the courtyard walls are short, and there are also some wealthy families. I don't believe there are many such people."

Hu Yazi frowned and thought hard for a while: "Chen Xiangyao's family, his family is considered a bit rich. They got married a few years ago and gave birth to a fat boy. His family has two pigs. Poisoned."

Xue Yinsong's eyes lit up: "Does he have any relatives?"

Hu Yazi said: "There is an uncle named Chen Ying. His son died as a soldier. He lives alone in the third house under the big banyan tree in the south of the village."

Xue Yinsong nodded: "Does Chen Ying's family have pigs?"

"No," Hu Yazi shook his head: "He used to raise pigs when his wife was still around, but after his wife died, he only liked to drink, and when he drank, he didn't care about his family. How can you raise well if you don’t clean it? After buying piglets a few times, they all ended up being raised to death, and then he stopped raising them.”

Xue Yinsong said in his heart, yes, I'm sure it was you, an old tortoise, who poisoned him, but he didn't catch the present, so he had to take his time: "His son died in battle?"

Hu Yazi shook his head: "I haven't fought for many years. Where did the war come from? That year when the government servant came to conscript, he drank for three days and didn't come back. When he came back, he found out that his family was conscripted for military service, because he was dragged away when his son was not here He got the top spot, and it was okay for the first year. Later, he heard that his son was very good and was chosen as a guard by a prince. He was quite happy at first, but the boy didn't learn well. Later, he said that he was stabbed to death because of drinking and fighting. "

Xue Yinsong nodded, yes, definitely and definitely this old turtle. You can’t blame the society for being a bit of a back, and you can’t blame the government for your hard life. How can you blame others for your own crimes?Thinking that it was not too early to see the sun here, he said to Hu Yazi: "You go back, remember to find out who gave you something."

After this day and night, Hu Yazi felt that he did not look like a bad person, so he boldly asked tentatively, "You want to return all the gifts?"

Xue Yinsong laughed and scolded: "Get out of here, you will be proud if you don't clean up, right?" Hu Yazi ran outside with the cabbage in his arms, and said loudly: "You can't retreat, if you do, people will think you want to reject Natian , but will resent you, really!"

This is the truth, Xue Yinsong stood up and stretched his muscles, it was time to discuss with Xiucai, this Natian has now become the top priority.

When he walked to the front yard, Xiucai was teaching two children to write. Pei Yuanqi was very serious, but he couldn't stand Changhui's constant harassment, and his handwriting was crooked.

Xue Yinsong watched clearly from outside the door, coughed and said, "Pei Changhui, if you kick brother's stool again, I will punish you to stand up."

Changhui was surprised that someone was outside the window, so he quickly sat down properly: "I didn't, I didn't."

Xiao Xiucai looked up and saw him coming, straightened up and smiled, "Come and see, Xiaoqi's handwriting is pretty good, much more serious than Changhui's."

Xue Yinsong beckoned him to come out, walked aside and asked, "Have you considered the matter of Natian?"

The little scholar frowned: "I know many people regard this as an income, but is our family short of that money?" Xue Yinsong nodded and said, "Wait a minute, I'll take you to a place."

The little scholar wondered, "Where?"

Xue Yinsong didn't answer, went to the backyard and grabbed a big rooster with red feathers and yellow claws, stuffed it into the bamboo basket and picked up another piece of meat, saying: "Just follow me."

The two went out, and Xue Yinsong led the scholar into a shantytown in the south of the village.This is where the poor and tenants of the village live. Not to mention there is no yard, some houses are built together in order to save walls.

Little Xiucai had never been here before, so looking left and right, he saw some children in shabby clothes sitting on the ground at the door and throwing stones, and when they saw strangers, they rushed into the house with a bang.

Xue Yinsong walked a few steps and knocked on the door of a few better soil embryo houses. Hu Yazi appeared in response, and they couldn't help being surprised: "Brother Xue? Are you... are you here to sue? Don't tell me. My dad, please."

Xue Yinsong asked blankly, "Where's your father?"

Hu Yazi hurriedly grabbed his arm and said, "Brother Xue, please, don't tell my father..." Just as he was speaking, a thin man came out from inside. He looked a little lonely and numb.

Hu Yazi hurriedly hung down and stood aside, Xue Yinsong introduced with a smile: "I am Xue Yinsong, and this is Mr. Pei from my family."

The man was stunned and immediately recognized the person, he hurriedly said: "Your honored guest, please come in quickly, Yazi, hurry up and boil the water."

Xue Yinsong hurriedly entered the door with a smile: "Don't bother, just come and have a look." As he said, he handed over the piece of meat wrapped in lotus leaves in his hand and said, "Your Madam has been ill for a long time, here is a piece of lean meat, cut it up and boiled it Eating meat porridge is good for the body."

Father Hu was taken aback for a moment, and quickly took it over to thank him: "Thank you for your trouble, thank you for your trouble."

Xue Yinsong smiled: "It doesn't matter, it's just a little effort."

Hu Yazi understood at the side, and hurriedly shouted to the inner room: "Mother, mother! There are guests at home, Master Pei is here!" The woman inside responded, and after a while slowly came out, Hu Yazi hurried forward to help He sat down on the chair and said, "Mother, Mr. Pei has brought us meat."

The woman had been sick for a long time, her complexion was sallow, and she was thin and small as if she had shrunk in a circle. When she saw the two of them, she hurriedly kowtowed to the ground.

Father Hu was busy supporting the woman, Xiao Xiucai stood up and gave her a little help, only to hear Xue Yinsong say: "Hu Yazi, help your mother to sit down."

Several people were seated again, and Xue Yinsong spoke first: "I am here today for the matter of Natian, how many fields does your family have?"

Father Hu's eyes lit up, and he replied tremblingly: "The total is only half an acre. There used to be two acres. In order to treat his mother, I sold some of them these years. Now there is half an acre left. I really dare not sell it. Just rely on this little money to get the medicine, the medicine is taken, but it just doesn’t get better, the doctor said it’s a day after day.”

Xue Yinsong asked: "Where is the doctor?"

Father Hu replied: "The doctor who usually walks the square."

"Why don't you invite a doctor from the county seat?"

Father Hu smiled wryly: "Our Chenjia Village is far or near from the county town, and there are more than ten miles away. The doctors in the city have to pay two taels for a consultation. Besides, the doctors in the city like to prescribe good medicine. One pair costs one or two liang of silver, even if someone is invited, there is no money to prescribe the good medicine."

Xue Yinsong nodded and changed the topic: "My master Pei said, this is Natian..." Xiao Xiucai hurriedly interrupted him and said: "Satisfy! Sat! Brother Xue, do you have any money?" Xue Yinsong turned his head as if She glanced at him with a smile that wasn't a smile: "Yes."

The little scholar hurriedly said: "First take a few taels of silver and go to the city to ask a doctor to see a doctor. Don't hire someone who is poor, but invite a famous doctor. This disease must not be delayed."

Father Hu's family was stunned, and it took a few seconds to realize that they were so busy that they knelt down to thank each other, and Xiao Xiucai hurried to help them, and knelt down after helping one another, making a lot of noise for a while.

Finally, Xue Yinsong supported the two adults up and pressed them on the chair: "Well, I happen to be going to the county seat in two days, so I can just hire a doctor for you. This is Natian, since my master said Natian , that means it is agreed, and in a few days you will have time to take the land deed or something, and go to Lizheng’s house to prove it.”

Father Hu hurriedly agreed, his hands trembling badly and he was about to kneel down, Xue Yinsong quickly grabbed Xiao Xiucai and ran out, before he left, he didn't forget to pick up the big red rooster.

When the two went out, Xiao Xiucai was so busy that he was sweating: "You brought me here on purpose, right? You just want me to agree."

Xue Yinsong spread his hands, with a helpless expression: "You are the one who wants to agree, and I wanted to refuse." Xiao Xiucai gave him a hateful look and said: "Bah, you just said that because you were sure I would agree."

"Isn't that good? You're helping them, understand? If you agree with Natian, they can pay less food and keep more for themselves. Look at how poor they are, and there are sick people at home with little income. Isn't it worthy of sympathy?"

The little scholar patted his clothes and asked, "You still have something in your hand, where are you going?"

"Chen Liang's family, Chen Liang has been imprisoned. There is only one woman and son in the family. She also came to ask about Natian yesterday."

Little Xiucai frowned: "Didn't you expose his family's affairs? She doesn't hate you?" Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "What does it have to do with me? It's useless to hate me. It's not me who killed people. If you don't understand Just hate me, anyway, there is someone who can vent their anger, go, go to her house to see, and return the chicken to them."

Little Xiucai looked at the chicken in his hand and praised: "It's so beautiful, with fiery red hair."

Chen Liang's house was in the middle of the village. The two knocked on the door and entered the yard. They saw Chen Xuesong and his mother breaking corn in the yard.

Chen Xuesong was stunned, and stood up fiercely like a little leopard: "What are you doing here?" Mrs. Chen Liang hurriedly scolded her son, and smiled apologetically: "Please sit in the room, Xuesong, go pour some water."

Xue Yinsong and Xiao Xiucai walked into the room and sat down. Mrs. Chen Liang hurriedly asked, "Did Master Juren come here for Natian's business?" While talking, she suddenly saw Xue Yinsong's rooster at her feet, and her expression changed. Bian hurriedly stood up: "Is this gift too thin? Hey, I also know that the letter of ceremony is too light, but..."

The little scholar hurriedly stood up and said: "Sister-in-law is serious, I agree with Natian, but I can't have this chicken."

Mrs. Chen Liang was stunned, then sat down again and said, "Agreed? But this chicken..."

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "Your family raised the chicken to crow, how can you accept it? The gift will be waived, and it will be fine if you accept it. Chen Liang's matter, I am also..."

The woman hurriedly said: "I don't blame you, I don't blame you, he did the crime himself. Although I can't read and write, I understand the truth."

Xue Yinsong laughed: "It's great that Sister-in-law Chen is so sensible, then we'll leave, and you just remember to come and prove it in a few days."

The woman hurriedly hugged the cock and sent them out, thanking them all the way.

After leaving the gate of the courtyard, Xiaoxiu took a few steps and turned around. Seeing that she was still standing at the door, looking around and waving, she turned around and asked, "Should we just accept two of them? The two are fine."

Xue Yinsong showed a sly smile and said: "How can you brake halfway with such a great start? But anyone with land at home will flock to the limelight when they hear this. Can you refuse them all? Don't forget that they are also all Are you helpless, can you be ruthless?"

Only then did the little scholar know that he had been duped, and he was so angry that he raised his hand to beat him, Xue Yinsong hurriedly grabbed his hand and said: "We are outside, so we should not be too intimate in our words and actions, as it is easy to cause people to gossip."

When the little scholar heard this, he became even angrier: "Fuck, if you are so shy, you won't, and won't... you dead slave who talks nonsense, see if I don't beat you to death!"

Xue Yinsong laughed and ran forward, not far away, and landed one meter in front of him as if teasing him. No matter how much Xiucai chased him, he couldn't touch the corner of his clothes.

Xiucai started to chase him, but after several times he found that he couldn't catch him, his footsteps were not as fast as his and his strength was not enough, so he was so tired that he couldn't breathe, stomped his feet in anger, and went home by himself as if he didn't know him.