Family Has a Concubine

Chapter 97: Dead or not (two more)

Before Ye Tang picked it up, she told Mother Cai to report Wen’s physical condition to her the next day.

Early the next morning, breakfast was put on the table, and a little maid sent by Madam Cai came and said that there was nothing serious.

Qiu Ju said: “It’s not far away. If the girl is worried, we can go back and have a look. We can also chat with the wife.”

“Are we still the decent masters of Jing’an Houfu?” Hui Ran gave her a blank look. “Even if Chu’s family is in charge, we will come in by ourselves at the West Point Gate, but what will the people at Jing’an Houfu say? The little boy guarding the gate sees us coming and going every day, and I don’t know what nasty things he will make up.”

“Anyway, the day after tomorrow will be the old lady’s birthday banquet. Let’s go back.” Ye Tangcai said, “Sit down and have breakfast.”

The three of them sat round the table, eating steamed buns and porridge.

“Girl! Girl!” Qinger rushed in.

“What’s the name? Can’t you grab the buns from us?” Qiu Ju stunned her lips.

“There’s news!” Qing’er panted desperately.

“What’s the news?” Ye Tang took a sip of porridge, “Are you going to have breakfast?”

“No, no need!” Qinger waved her hand. “It’s the last time, two months ago, didn’t the girl tell me to tell Uncle Wu to touch the bottom of that Yin Tingniang?”

Ye Tangcai was in a moment of energy: “Yes!”

Speaking of putting down the chopsticks, Qiu Ju and Hui Ran also looked at him with bright eyes.

Qing’er didn’t enter the house, she just sat on the steps and wiped her sweat: “But what Uncle Wu found is news that everyone knows.”

“That’s enough,” Ye Tangcai said, “Say it quickly.”

“That Yin Tingniang is a person named Xujiacun in Changzhou.” Qinger said, “Before she married, she was a daughter of Qingshigou on the second road from Xujiacun. Both her natal family and her husband’s family are very ordinary. A farmer. But Yin Tingniang has two differences. One is that she looks like a beautiful girl, she is a well-known and beautiful girl from ten miles and eight townships. Second, she is literate and literate. The Yin family is an ordinary farmer and there are no scholars, but the neighbor of the Yin family is a neighbor. Old scholar, old scholar often teaches her daughters to read characters, and Yin Tingniang recognized it with her. The old scholar also praised Yin Tingniang’s good aptitude, and if she is a man, she can take the exam.”

Speaking of this, Qing’er covered her eyes and wanted to laugh: “As a result, this Yin Tingniang is really good, and the future son-in-law of the old scholar, who doesn’t know what’s going on, suddenly doesn’t want the daughter of the old scholar, she has to marry Yin Tingniang!”

Ye Tang pounced, and almost spewed out a mouthful of porridge. She really deserves to be Yin Tingniang!

“The old lady didn’t want to talk about this, because he felt embarrassed. First, he felt that he had taught a white-eyed dog, and he was afraid of laughing at him. Second, he was afraid that people would laugh at his daughter and be rejected by others, so he lost his worth. So this matter No one knows. Back then, her daughter’s engagement was during the mother’s funeral, so it’s hard to tell. I didn’t expect to be pried away before it was announced.” Qing’er smiled and shook his head, “Uncle Wu spent thirty-two silver, then The old scholar was eager to spend money again, so he said it.”

“This fiance who pried away is Xu Rui’s father, right?” Ye Tang asked.

“Yeah!” Qing’er nodded, “The Xu family is considered a rich family in Xujiacun. I don’t want to. Yin Tingniang married and gave birth to Xu Rui. Not a few days have passed, her father-in-law went out to herd cattle, but fell to the hillside. The Xu family ran out of savings in order to treat her father-in-law’s legs. In the end, her legs were not saved and had to be amputated. As a result of the amputation, the wound was rotten. He healed illnesses and sold fields.”

“Someone in the village came to their home to persuade them that they would not be cured if they watched, and the Yin Tingniang husband and wife were silent, and they didn’t want to be cured. Who knew that this old man was afraid of death and said that he must be cured, so he could live! In the end! Two acres of thin farmland were left for sale. The Xu family suddenly became poor and white! Because of this, the old scholar laughed for a long time, and he personally came to the door to give a gift to thank her!”

Ye Tang chuckled and wanted to laugh for a long time.

“In the end, the old man of the Xu family tossed all the fortunes, but still did not save his life, he died. With such a father-in-law, a well-known rich family in the village suddenly became a poor one. Yin Tingniang had to follow Xu Rui’s father to eat chaffy vegetables. Oh, Xu Rui’s father’s name is Xu Dashi! After five or six years, due to the tense war in Yingcheng, the court came to conscript. Xu Dashi was forced away because he had no money and no background.”

Ye Tangcai’s brows jumped when he heard the battle in the city. That should be the big defeat led by the Chu family! At that time, Chu Jiashou was known as Yingcheng.

“Yin Tingniang took the child in this way and spent several years with her mother-in-law. One day, a soldier who was disarmed and returned to the field suddenly returned to the village. The villagers surrounded them, especially the villagers whose men were confiscated together. So. The soldier said that the Yu’an Pass was lost and almost the entire family was folded in. The soldiers below died out of ten. He finally survived. He also said that the brothers in the village were all with him. Yes, some are dead and some are missing. If they are alive, they will naturally come back just like him.”

When Ye Tangcai heard this, her spirit came up again: “So, is Xu Dashi dead or not?”

“No, isn’t there a saying that the corpse is wrapped in leather? Isn’t the corpse brought back?” Qiu Ju asked urgently.

“People are shrouded in horse leather, the general’s corpse is wrapped, your soldier still wants to get the corpse back?” Qing’er gave Qiuju a sideways glance.

Qiuju looked at Ye Tangcai, and Ye Tangcai naturally knew that if soldiers died on the battlefield, they could only be buried on the spot, or dragged to a mass grave not far away, or even thrown in place to wait for the beasts to be wiped out.

“Anyway, the man from Xujiacun who was confiscated only survived the one who came back, and none of the others came back. Everyone was busy erecting the mound, but Mrs. Xu was crying and unwilling to stand up, clamoring that his son was not dead. In the end, it was Yin Ting’s mother who gave him up. “He left the tomb.” Qing’er said with a sigh, “Later, Mrs. Xu could not afford to be ill and died within two months. Yin Tingniang sold out the land at home and took Xu Rui to Beijing to join a distant relative, but that Relatives did not take them in. Yin Tingniang had to work in embroidery and spinning. Within three months, she met her elder son, and then she became an outside room.”

But Ye Tangcai focused all of his attention on Xu Dashi’s death, and Qiuju did the same. She eagerly asked, “That Xu Dashi, is he really dead?”

“It’s true that he didn’t come back anyway.” Qinger said, “If he doesn’t die, why didn’t he come home? There are not only wives and children, but also mothers! So, it is very likely that he really died.”

Ye Tangcai was unwilling. She couldn’t find a way to deal with Yin Tingniang. If Xu Dashi didn’t die and could come back alive, then there would be a show to watch!

Although she is not hopeful, she still wants to find it.