Chapter 8405 Winter Night Fantasy
On a night like this, with the cold wind howling outside and the carriage driving through the night, driven by her own man, how could she sleep peacefully?
I just want to stay awake, sit quietly, and be with him.
On this twelfth lunar month day, I am always afraid of unruly people coming out to block the road and rob me on the road late at night.
And after a while, Yang Ruoqing would open the curtains and take a look outside to see where she was.
It was dark all around, except for occasional lights in the distant fields.
Yang Ruoqing stared at the lights in a daze, imagining what the scenes in those farmhouses were like at the moment.
On such a winter night, when travelers are on the road, lights are bright lights in the dark night, and lights are also a source of warmth that dispels the darkness in people's hearts.
Every light means a family. The family gathers together and eats a simple meal around the light. After the meal, the man sits at the table and repairs the child's small toys. During the day If you don't have time, leave it until night.
After the woman washed the pots and dishes, fed the pigs, chickens and ducks, she brought a basin of foot-washing water over to soak the children's feet.
After the children were soaked, the man added more hot water and the man continued to soak. When the men and children had finished soaking and got into bed, it was the woman's turn.
Even when she was soaking her feet, she was not idle. She picked up her sewing basket and did a few stitches under the dancing soybean oil lamp.
The man put his hands behind his head, lying on the bed and staring at the yellowed and patched tent ceiling, chatting with the woman about everything they wanted to buy for the New Year this year. It’s about New Year’s goods.
What things should be purchased, how much of each thing should be purchased, how much money will be needed, how much money the family currently has, how big the gap is, and which relatives and friends will go to borrow the shortfall money. Try...
Most of the children who had been tucked into the bed earlier and told to sleep quickly were pretending to be asleep. When they heard their parents discussing New Year's purchases, they all poked their little heads out of the bed.
"Dad, I want a new slingshot."
"Daddy will make it for you later. I'm sure it will work better than the one I bought."
"Mom, I like the red headband."
"Okay girl, ask your mother to pull two for you later."
"Dad, I also want a Guan Gong sword!"
"What kind of knife do kids play with? What do you do if you poke someone during the Chinese New Year?"
"Dad, it's a wooden knife with gold foil on the outside. It's so domineering!"
< br>"Don't buy it, don't buy it, children are not allowed to play with it" Knife."
"Dad, Erya next door ate a candy man today, and she let me take a bite..."
"Haha, daddy will buy you a candy man later during the Chinese New Year. And buy sugar cookies.”
The quilt was suddenly lifted, revealing a boy's head.
The boy in the dark tent must have raised his mouth high and shouted loudly: "Dad, you are partial! Whether you buy it for my sister or not, I am not your biological child!"
At this time, the father will definitely look down and have a bad temper and slap the kid on the head.
"You brat are still talking nonsense? This family will belong to you in the future. Your sister will get married when she is a teenager. Why don't you want your parents to be nicer to her now?"< br>
“But...”
"It's nothing, just go to bed quickly. If you keep yelling, believe it or not, I will kill you?"
The boy must still be full of grievances and dissatisfaction. At this time, the mother will probably put down her sewing basket and wipe her feet in a hurry. He came over to mediate the conflict between father and son, then coaxed his son to sleep, and told him: "Buy, buy them all, your father is teasing You are just playing. It’s late at night and go to bed quickly..."
The boy got his mother’s assurance, and his father no longer insisted on whether to buy or not. The boy was relieved and fell asleep in anticipation...
Yang Ruoqing looked at the lights in the village in the distance outside the car, watching them gradually go out one by one in the night wind.
Expecting that the whole family would fall into a deep sleep, she also retracted her fantasy and stretched herself. She picked up the water bag next to her and came to the front again.
"Come on, let me help you pull the reins, and you have a drink of hot water."
Yang Ruoqing sat down, handed the water bag to Luo Fengtang, and took the reins from his hand without any explanation. .
Luo Fengtang was indeed a little thirsty. He took off his mask and scarf, raised his head and drank seven or eight sips.
"Are you feeling better?" Yang Ruoqing asked him with a smile.
Luo Fengtang nodded: "My throat feels much better. It was dry and astringent before."
Yang Ruoqing said: "It must have been blown by the cold wind. When we get home, the first thing we do is drink isatis root and drink it with wine." Soak your feet in hot water, otherwise you will get cold easily."
Luo Fengtang said 'hmm', tightened the lid of the water bag, and reconnected the reins.
"We will arrive in Qingshui Town soon. We will almost be home before the third watch." He said.
Yang Ruoqing looked around and looked at the shadowy scenery in the night. She found a few iconic long dams, "It's really fast. It went smoothly tonight and there were no robbers on the road."
Even if you encounter it, don't be afraid.
With both of their hands, even if a village of people came out to block the road and rob, it would not be enough for them, and she had not had enough of beating Brother Dao today.
"Okay, I drank the water, you go back inside."
"Oh, you started chasing me again, it's stuffy inside, I changed the door to let some air flow."< br>
“Disobedient!”
"Hmph."
Yang Ruoqing made up her mind to sit next to him, but he had no choice.
"By the way, when Magistrate Zhang asked you for advice today, what did you say?" Yang Ruoqing asked Luo Fengtang again about the follow-up of the thieves.
Luo Fengtang said: "I did not give a clear request. After all, this is the power and responsibility of County Magistrate Zhang. I just suggested that each thief should be sentenced according to the severity of his crime and his attitude towards admitting his mistake."
"The youngest Xiao Liuzi, I think among all the confessions, his attitude of admitting his mistake is the most sincere." Yang Ruoqing recalled that
The young man named Xiaoliuzi was the one who was captured later to clean up the rice grains in Yang Huazhong's warehouse.
At the age of seventeen or eighteen, there is only one old woman left in the family who needs long-term medication.
According to what my subordinates went to Xiaoliuzi village to inquire about, Xiaoliuzi was very popular in the village. He was a warm-hearted person and a filial son.
I have never stolen before. This year, due to the flood, my family couldn't open the pot, and my mother couldn't lack medicine. Then, the young man was bewitched.
Although making a mistake is a real mistake, it cannot be beaten to death with a stick.
Luo Fengtang glanced at Yang Ruoqing and said, "Well, I also mentioned Xiao Liuzi's situation to County Magistrate Zhang. Considering that the others are habitual offenders, Xiao Liuzi is a first-time offender and has a sincere attitude in admitting his mistakes. The family situation is not very good. I hope Give him a lighter sentence and give him a chance to change his ways.”
Yang Ruoqing smiled and nodded: "That's good. As for people like Yang Huasheng, they won't realize their mistakes if given a chance. We don't have to worry about his life or death."
Luo Fengtang's estimate is really accurate. When the carriage stopped steadily at the door of the five-bedroom courtyard, the sound of the night watchman came from the village.
Bang, bang, bang...
Exactly three times.
The courtyard door of the fifth room suddenly opened with a creak from the inside, and Yang Huazhou came out neatly dressed, holding a lantern in his hand.
(End of this chapter)