"We are all from the same village. We usually meet each other with our heads down but not up. I don't want to embarrass you, and I hope you don't make things difficult for me."
"There are people who like to talk about me behind my back, saying that I am a lone star in the sky and can kill my parents. I didn't hear or see them, so I just pretended that I didn't know."
Jiang Anning glanced coldly at the people present. Several people who usually chatted with Aunt Xiurong about the parents of the east and the west lowered their heads with guilt.
"But if you come up to me and say some nonsense to me, I can't guarantee that I will do something to scare you."
Jiang Anning pinched her phalanges, making a crunching sound, and then gently broke them on the green bricks on the edge of the kang.
With a click, the neat green bricks broke into two pieces with neat incisions.
Aunt Xiurong was just about to curse, but the words that were about to escape her lips were swallowed back into her stomach quietly, as if cotton had suddenly grown in her throat, and she was so panicked that she dared not speak.
The pain in my cheek, which had obviously subsided somewhat, started to hurt again.
Not to mention that Aunt Xiurong, who had been slapped by Jiang Anning earlier, felt sad. Even the villagers who gathered around to watch the excitement felt a chill down their backs.
The scene was deathly silent.
Patriarch Jiang swallowed a few times, trying to put on airs, but unconsciously restrained himself a lot.
"Peace..."
His tone became a little more kind, and he said conscientiously: "I have listened to your Aunt Fang's explanation of the cause and effect. It is indeed your Aunt Xiurong who did something wrong in this matter. She said something that she shouldn't have said, which ruined the harmony. .”
But...
Chief Jiang wanted to say, but you shouldn’t hit people.
As a junior, he actually slapped his elders with his hands, which will never be justified at any time.
However, his eyes fell on the green brick that was broken by Jiang Anning, and he could not feel confident.
He Xini's words, each playing fifty pieces, swung around in his throat for a few times, and finally swallowed them back.
"Look at what your uncle Xiurong is doing..." Chief Jiang glanced at Jiang Xiurong and pulled someone over to act as a shield: "Isn't this an apology from you?"
"Just for the sake of your Uncle Xiu Rong's face, and also for my sake, let your Aunt Xiu Rong give you a proper apology. How about this matter being overturned?"
Patriarch Jiang smiled as amiably as possible.
The original plan was for Aunt Xiurong and Jiang Anning to apologize to each other and shake hands to make peace, but now they had Aunt Xiurong apologize to others alone.
Jiang Anning was not busy talking, and looked at Aunt Xiurong coldly.
Aunt Xiurong's face was livid, and she muttered dissatisfiedly: "She obviously hit me first, and I didn't even fight back. Why should I apologize to her? What did I say wrong? I don't have a father or a mother..."
Her voice became quieter and quieter, until finally she was the only one who could hear her clearly.
Seeing that more and more people were looking at her, and even her own men kept winking at her, no matter how dissatisfied and unwilling she felt in her heart, she could only say in the end: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that. Those words of yours.”
She looked at Patriarch Jiang and others with a bad attitude: "Okay?"
After saying that, he went to pull Jiang Xiurong again, his voice sounded dissatisfied: "Get up quickly, your knees are weak in front of a junior, it's not embarrassing enough!"
Jiang Xiurong did not insist on kneeling down again this time.
It's true that this girl Jiang Anning didn't even look at her at all.
He actually made him kneel for so long without even saying to come over to help him or express his apology.
It made his knees feel like they had been stabbed with ice needles. They hurt, itched, and were numb, and he was extremely uncomfortable.
After Jiang Xiurong stood up, he quickly collected his emotions and said with a compensatory smile to Jiang Anning: "An Ning, your aunt really knows that she was wrong and she sincerely apologized to you. Just forgive her for this." Go back, don’t be the same as her, okay?”
Sincerely?
Do you know you are wrong?
Jiang Anning almost couldn't help laughing.
I'm sorry that she really didn't see it, nor did she hear where the sincerity was and where the real intention was.
"Peace..." Chief Jiang was standing aside, trying to act like an elder, but he lacked the courage.
Although he always brags to others about his experience as a beard in the mountains.
In fact, he was also kidnapped at that time. In order to survive and with good luck, he got a job washing people's horses, feeding them and pouring night scent on them, so he barely managed to survive.
Later, the government sent troops to suppress the bandits. He took the initiative to lead the way for the scouts who came to investigate. He also took advantage of the old Yutou on the stove who was unprepared to add enough Mongolian sweat medicine to the fish head pot to help the officials who came to suppress the bandits. The man effortlessly wiped out all the bandits and received a reward of silver, which gave him the opportunity to come back and live a comfortable life.
If he really had to be tough and talk loudly to a girl who could break rocks with his bare hands, he would really be a little intimidated.
I thought that this time, Jiang Anning would be like before, disobeying discipline and humiliating him.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Anning just smiled and said very honestly: "I listened to the patriarch, so I will expose it."
Chief Jiang reacted for a long time before confirming that he had heard correctly.
There was something unreal about him.
It's strange, why is this girl talking so easily now?
But it's good to be obedient and save him a lot of trouble.
Chief Jiang happily said to Xini: "Okay, okay, girl An Ning has grown up and is sensible. Children can be taught, children can be taught!"
It's as if he really taught people something.
After speaking in a pretentious manner, Chief Jiang became serious again and scolded Jiang Xiurong and his wife.
"Elders don't act like elders. Fortunately, An Ning girl is generous, otherwise, even I wouldn't let you off lightly in this matter today!"
Patriarch Jiang spoke righteously, as if he was leaning toward Jiang Anning.
"This matter is up to me and I will let it go."
He looked at Jiang Xiurong and his wife, and then at Jiang Anning.
Seeing that no one on either side had any intention of objecting, I was relieved.
Aunt Fang always felt that something was not right.
"Okay, let's all disperse. Go and do whatever you need to do. If you delay for a while, it will get dark."
Haven't had lunch yet.
Chief Jiang dispersed the others and couldn't help but murmured quietly.
But no one paid much attention to him.
"Hey, there's still meat stewed in the pot!"
I don't know who shouted first, and everyone recalled the work they were doing before coming to watch the excitement.
"It's over, it's over, there's still meat being grilled in the backyard, I'm afraid it's going to be burnt soon!"
It was Jiang Wei who suggested the barbecue.
Everyone had never heard of this way of eating, and they all thought it was new and interesting. Following Jiang Wei's instructions, everyone set up a few simple brick stoves and burned charcoal.
There was no excitement at the moment, but everyone was worried about the food being grilled on the stove.
When Aunt Xiurong had a dispute with Jiang Anning, Jiang Wei didn't come.
It was a rare opportunity to enter Jiang Anning's house openly like this. He wanted to see if he could find any clues about the incident that year. According to what he knew from his eight years of surveillance and observation, Jiang Anning's house had a small workshop that seemed to be used for dyeing cloth.
In the past, there was never a chance to come in during the day. It was pitch black at night, and I really couldn't find any valuable clues.
While everyone was away, Jiang Wei sneaked into the side room where Jiang Anning usually studied making Xiangyun gauze.
The light is good during the day, and after pushing the door open, you can see everything in the house at a glance.
Jiang Wei closed the door gently.
Relying on the memory of sneaking in several times before, I rummaged through all the places that I had not had time to search carefully before.
In the cabinet against the wall, apart from rows of bottles and cans of unknown purpose, there was nothing else.
Jiang Wei searched inside and outside for a long time, but couldn't find anything paper-like.
He couldn't help but feel a little discouraged: Could it be that everything was really destroyed?
Or did that person not leave anything to Jiang Anning at all?
Otherwise, how could it be that after so many years, he didn't find any trace?
Just as he was about to become angry and depressed, voices suddenly came from outside.
Thinking that the excitement over there was over, Jiang Wei hurriedly put all the small and portable bottles and cans in the cupboard into his sleeve bag and took them away.
There are so many people today, and even if Jiang Anning wants to look for something that has been lost, he will just be wandering around in circles like a headless fly, unable to quickly locate the target.
Even if he really found something, he could have framed these things while everyone was in danger and confused.
Jiang Wei felt very at ease and took away all the items that were convenient for him to take away.
He always has to check carefully to see what these things are and whether they are related to what happened back then.
Otherwise, you will always be unwilling.
Jiang Wei hurriedly came out of the side room before everyone returned to the backyard, and quietly locked the door. With the smoke shrouding him, as if nothing happened, he swaggered back to the barbecue stove, took out a big cattail leaf fan, He pretended to fan himself very casually.
"Muramasa, isn't the meat burnt?"
The first person to come back was concerned about the meat roasting on the stove.
If this is burnt and inedible, it will really make people feel distressed to death.
That’s meat!
Jiang Wei pretended to cough a few times, as if he was choking on the smoke: "I guess it's not very good. This charcoal is not very good. The fire will be strong and small, and I can't take care of it at all."
When the man heard this, he rushed forward anxiously.
Looking at the black coal-like thing on top, I immediately started beating my chest and stamping my feet.
"Hey, it's all for nothing, it's all for nothing!"
He hurriedly picked up the pieces of meat that had been roasted into black charcoal from the barbecue stove, feeling so heartbroken that it was difficult to breathe.
"If it's burnt or burnt, just throw it away. It's like this and it's designated as inedible."
It was really hard for Jiang Wei to understand why this person looked like his parents were dead even though he was just roasting a few pieces of meat.
It's just a few pieces of meat, how can it be as heartbreaking as mourning a concubine?
Seeing someone stuffing meat into his mouth that was obviously burnt and blackened, and even though his face was wrinkled in pain by the black ash, he was still reluctant to spit it out and throw it away, Jiang Wei was disgusted.
It was really hard for him to understand why he still refused to throw away things that were obviously broken.
Aren't you afraid of eating your body and causing problems?
"The meat is already burnt to that point. You'd better not eat it. You'll ruin your body by eating it later. It's not worth the gain."
Jiang Wei really couldn't stand it anymore and gave someone some advice.
"It's okay, it can't be spoiled. How could something as delicate as meat be spoiled?"
The man was still reluctant to throw away the good meat.
"It's just burnt, just throw away the burnt outer layer."
It was obviously a piece of meat that was burnt black and bitter, but the man still enjoyed eating it.
After a while, a few more people came. Seeing people eating the burnt pieces of meat, they hurried over and competed to share it.
"This meat is so roasted that it's so dry and dry that I can't even chew it."
"Isn't it all the fault of Aunt Xiurong? I've never seen someone like this who starts smashing the pot while eating. If he doesn't want to eat, he has to make everyone else eat too?"
"Come on, is there anything she doesn't want to eat? She just lost her face and left in despair long ago. She is still just staring like a normal person, waiting for the meal to start! ”
"I've never seen such a shameless person."
A few young guys, when it comes to talking about the rights and wrongs of others, they are no worse than the group of ducks passing under the bridge at the entrance of the village.
It was rattling, like falling into a vegetable market, it was very noisy.
Jiang Wei did not participate and barbecued silently on the side.
When the number of people gradually increased, he finally left in a hurry.
At this moment, everyone was busy eating, drinking, and having fun, but no one really paid attention to him, except...
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Jiang Anning:......
She looked at the densely packed text that quickly covered her eyes, and blinked blankly.
When the word "reward" floated over, she felt that her body seemed lighter.
Click.
The bluestone brick she was holding in her hand broke into several pieces unpreparedly, and she was so frightened that she retracted her hand.
Fortunately, he retreated quickly and his body was extremely light, as if he had mastered the Qinggong movement technique in the storybook. He could move his body at will, so he didn't hit his foot.
Jiang Anning opened her eyes wide in surprise.
At the entrance of the courtyard, Jiang Wei, who was looking around and looking sneaky, made sure that no one was nearby, quietly opened the door and got out, and closed it gently.
Jiang Anning was extremely surprised when she saw all this.
Her yard is large, and the gate is far away from the main house.
But just now she was in the room, and she saw Jiang Wei's behavior clearly through the crack in the door.
It seemed that her eyesight was much better than before.