Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 321 Zhao Xiaoxi

"Girl?" Where did the girl come from that he brought back?

Miao Zhaodi nodded: "I met her outside the village. The girl said she ran away from home and her family wanted to sell her to some second-rate people."

"She finally escaped from home and can't go back. If she goes back, she will definitely be tied up by her family. She has to stay with our Shen Liang and let him take her in for a few days."

Ji Wenhe had a bold guess: "Aunt Miao, is that girl very tall?"

She compared: "About this tall, thin, a little tanned, and very strong."

"Yes, yes, yes." He nodded quickly and looked at her puzzledly, "How did you know? Did you see her at our house?"

"She said we couldn't let anyone see us. We came here so early in the morning, and the villagers hadn't gotten up yet, so no one should see us."

"Aunt Miao, if I'm not mistaken, the girl is the wife bought by Zhang Shuanzi."

She told her everything she knew, word for word.

Miao Zhaodi slapped her thigh and showed regret: "This girl didn't tell the truth. If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have let Shen Liang bring her back. What should I do now?"

When the girl arrived at their house, she cried pitifully. They felt sorry for her and wanted to keep her until the evening when everyone in the village went back to bed.

"Wen He, you are an idea person. Think of a way for Auntie. If the people in Zhangjia Village knew about this, they would think that it was our Shen Liang who abducted her. I would not be able to explain myself to them."

Ji Wenhe frowned and thought for a while: "Aunt Miao, I will go back with you to see what the girl wants to do. We are thinking of a solution."

"Okay, okay, come with me."

He dropped the shovel and went home with her.

In the yard, Shen Shuzhuang sat under the eaves: "Wen He is here."

"Hey, Uncle Zhuan."

Shen Liang came out from the kitchen: "Sister-in-law."

Ji Wenhe nodded: "I'll go in and talk to the girl."

Miao Zhaodi pointed to the utility room and said, "She's hiding in there."

He walked up and knocked on the door: "Don't be afraid, girl, we still have something to ask you, let's go in."

The person in the house replied: "Auntie, please come in."

Pushing open the door, Ji Wenhe saw her curled up behind a basket with her head sticking out.

He was thin, with big eyes, and looked at her with horror.

Ji Wenhe said softly: "Don't be afraid, girl. I'm not here to arrest you. I just want to ask you something."

She closed the door, squatted down and looked at her at eye level: "Girl, what's your name? Did you escape from Zhangjia Village? But if you don't tell the truth, I won't help you."

The person opposite lowered his eyes for a long time, then nodded: "Well, my name is Zhao Xiaoxi, my parents sold me to them, I didn't want to, so they tied me up, I managed to escape with great difficulty, I don't want to go back, please help me."

"Wen He, this..." Miao Zhaodi didn't want to get into trouble, especially from those people in Zhangjia Village.

She was also in a dilemma. It was a very tricky matter and she didn't want to get into trouble.

But I couldn't bear to watch her being captured and living a miserable life for the rest of her life.

Suddenly, the girl raised her head and knelt down directly in front of Miao Zhaodi: "Aunt, please keep me. I can do anything. As long as you give me something to eat, I will work like a cow or a horse for you."

"No, no, no, girl, please get up quickly." She took a step to the side. "Alas, my family is in such a bad condition, and you have seen it. I can't afford to support one more person. There is really nothing I can do."

She looked at Ji Wenhe, who quickly raised his hand to stop her from kowtowing.

"Girl, it's not that we don't want to help, but your case is really difficult, unless your parents return the three taels of silver."

Zhao Xiaoxi fell to the ground, a look of despair on her face: "It's impossible. They won't return the money, let alone care about my life or death."

The two looked at each other, walked out the door and came to the yard.

Ji Wenhe lowered his voice and asked the three of them, "Aunt Miao, Uncle Zhuan, Brother Liang, what do you think? Will you help?"

Shen Shuzhuang sighed: "Poor girl, we want to help, but we are powerless."

The other two nodded.

He went on to say, "Those people in Zhangjia Village are not good people. Our family can't afford to cause trouble. We will take her in for a day. We can't help her with anything else."

"Wait until night and let her leave early under the cover of darkness. The farther she runs, the better. As for the future, it all depends on her own luck."

Miao Zhaodi felt sorry for her: "If a girl walks on the street at night and runs into a thug and gets bullied, her life may be ruined."

But she had no other choice.

He looked up at her: "Wen He, do you have any ideas?"

Ji Wenhe shook his head: "I can't think of a good way. The only way is to leave here, the farther the better."

No matter how much I felt sorry for her, it was impossible for me to spend three taels of silver for a stranger.

And three taels of silver is enough for three years of expenses for Miao Zhaodi's family.

"Aunt Miao, just pretend you don't know about this and do what you need to do. When it gets dark and everyone in the village goes back to rest, ask Brother Shen and Brother Liang to drive the donkey cart and take her to a distant village."

Even if I gave her another hundred coins, that's all I could do.

The three nodded.

Ji Wenhe stood up, looked at the door of the utility room, thought for a moment, pushed the door open and went in: "Miss Zhao, when night falls, Brother Liang and my husband will take you to a village far away."

"I'll give you another hundred coins. We can only help you up to this point. You have to walk the rest of the way on your own."

Zhao Xiaoxi kowtowed gratefully: "Thank you, thank you, I will remember your kindness, thank you!"

"Stay here and don't go out. We will come to find you at night. Remember, don't show your head."

"Yeah, I remember."

Ji Wenhe closed the door and glanced at the three of them: "Aunt Miao, Uncle Zhuan, Brother Liang, I'm going to go back to work first, you guys should do what you need to do as usual."

The three of them nodded in agreement.

Return to the wasteland and continue turning the soil.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Niu Guilan ran back from the village entrance in a hurry.

She didn't care and lowered her head to do her work.

After a while, Miao Zhaodi came running over and said, "Wen He, something bad has happened. Zhang Genmiao and his son Zhang Shuanzi are coming to our village to look for someone."

Ji Wenhe asked her suspiciously, "Why did you come to our village to look for her? Did someone see her coming to our village?"

That shouldn't be the case. If someone saw him, they would definitely recognize Shen Liang.

"No, they looked everywhere, and asked passers-by, but they all said they didn't see the girl they were talking about. They guessed Zhao Xiaoxi didn't run far, and must be hiding in someone's house."

"They have searched Zhangjia Village and asked villages to the north, but they all said they hadn't seen him. The blind man said he would come to our village to look for him. What should we do?"