The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

On this day, a man came from Cixiang Village, his clothes were washed and faded, and his face was tired. He handed over to the guards and said that he wanted to come to find a wife, and discussed with her not to get married, and he had earned enough dowry money to marry her.The guard pointed to the door.At this time, the door has come up.The man went to talk to the door again, and glanced at the guard out of the corner of his eye.

Not long after, Menzi led him in, and went to the front hall to look for Bailu, who was in charge.Bai Lu asked him to sit down with a smile, and brought up the charcoal pencil on the desk: "It would be a good thing if we can reunite. Sir, please tell me your name, address, the name of the woman you are looking for, how old she is, and what she looks like. I will go check."

This person hesitated for a moment, then asked: "May I ask Eldest Sister, are those...women all in Cixiangzhuang?"

"Not all of them are in Cixiangzhuang." Bai Lu said, "Some are in Ciaizhuang. There are too many people to live in Cixiangzhuang. If there is no woman you are looking for here, I will write a note and send it to Ciaizhuang for investigation."

The man nodded: "My name is He Suozi, I live in Nail Lane, my wife's surname is Qian, she is about thirty years old, and she is less than five feet tall..."

Bai Lu wrote down the notes, looked up at him and said, "Listen to me repeating." Then she read it again, "Is that right?"

He Suozi cupped his hands: "Yes, thank you, Miss."

Bai Lu stood up: "Mr. He, please wait a moment, I'll go inside and check the list."

"Troublesome girl."

Bai Lu took two steps, and suddenly called a little girl to serve Mr. He tea. "There are so many rosters, I'm afraid it will take some time to check." He Suozi thanked again.

So he really waited for more than half an hour, Bai Lu came out and said apologetically: "I checked and found nothing, I'm afraid I missed it and checked again, still nothing. I'm afraid Ms. Qian is in Ci'aizhuang. I'll write a note right now." Well, when someone goes to Ci'ai Village to deliver things, they will naturally take them there, and there will be news tomorrow."

He Suozi thought for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "May I ask where is Ci'ai Village? Don't bother Miss, I'll just go myself."

Bai Lu apologized again: "I don't know. I'm just a register." He Suozi had no choice but to thank her and said he would come back tomorrow.

The next morning, He Suozi came again.Bai Lu smiled and handed him a piece of paper with the address written on it: "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my mission. Ms. Qian has two sons in Ci'ai Village, one is six years old and the other is one year old, right?"

He Suozi was pleasantly surprised: "Not bad!" Then he bowed to Bai Lu to the ground, "Thank you, miss!" He took the note and left.

Ci'aizhuang and Cixiangzhuang are not far away, this person ran fast and arrived in a short time.But when he walked into Ci'aizhuang, he saw the big maid in charge and asked to see Mrs. Qian.The servant girl still took a charcoal pencil to record the names, addresses, etc. of the two, and got up to check the book inside.After checking for another half an hour, he came out and told, "I checked. They are training today, and I will call her. Wait a moment." He Suozi was overjoyed.

After a while, Mrs. Qian came out.He Suozi took a few glances, it seemed like he had changed after not seeing this woman for a few days.He was obviously fatter, wearing a blue blouse and trousers, a blue turban on his head, and a clean handkerchief in his hand.Seeing He Suozi, he asked lightly, "What's the matter?"

He Suozi had a bad premonition in his heart, and sighed softly: "The child is doing well."

"Everything is good. Eat well and sleep soundly. My son and I will start studying next month."

He Suozi was silent for a moment, then said: "Nowadays, some factories have started to recruit workers, and the prefect of Su has also advertised to recruit talents for water management. I earned money and went to your house to propose a marriage."

Qian sneered and said, "Do you know where my home is?"

He Suozi asked softly: "Daughter-in-law, where is your home? What kind of temperament is the father-in-law and mother-in-law? Do you have uncles and sisters-in-law? Tell me about it."

Qian's expression was blank: "I don't want to marry you."

He Suozi said earnestly: "In the past, I was always bad. Now that you are gone, I can only think of your kindness. Without you, the family does not know what it would be like." Qian said nothing.He said again, "I will change from now on." Qian Shi remained silent.He Suozi bowed to her, "For the sake of the two children."

Qian Shi said: "I have been in your house for seven years, working from morning to night, but I can only eat so much wild vegetable soup."

"From now on, I will definitely let you have enough food." He Suozi said, "It's just that my mother is getting old, and I can't let her do things. These days, even my clothes are washed by her, how can you bear it?"

Qian looked at him with tears in his eyes: "Your mother scolds me every day, beats me when she does something, and speaks ill of me in front of my children. Why should I not bear it? I chopped firewood for your family before I was even confinement. , Washing clothes and quilts in icy water to save face, how can you bear it? Your mother is human, so I am not human?" Nai gritted his teeth holding back the tears, stood up and left.He Suozi didn't hold her back, but just stood there calmly watching her turn around.

The next day, He Suozi came to Qian Shi again.The maid in charge already recognized him, and said with a smile, "Uncle He is so infatuated. Wait, I'll call her for you."

He Suozi smiled and cupped his hands: "Thank you."

After waiting for half a day, the servant girl came back and said with some embarrassment, "Uncle He... Sister Qian..."

"What's up with her?"

"She's gone." The servant girl said, "She quit her job and left yesterday afternoon."

He Suozi was shocked: "Resigned and left? Isn't she a female worker here? How could you let her go?"

The servant girl said: "She is a female worker, not a slave. She doesn't want to do it, and we have nothing to do."

He Suozi frowned: "Do you know where she went?"

The servant girl shook her head: "I don't know. According to her foreman, she inquired about the ferry ticket to North America, and said it was too expensive. She took the wages and left, so she should have around three hundred dollars. The North American ferry ticket must be Can't afford it."

He Suozi slammed down the table with a "bang", which startled the servant girl.He Suozi's complexion was as black as pig iron, and he left without saying a word for a while.The maid muttered behind her: "What does it matter to me that your wife is gone! It's nothing to show me!" Seeing him walk away, she spit again.

More than half an hour later, He Suozi arrived at the Ganjiang Wharf and asked if anyone had seen a woman who looked similar to Qian's yesterday.Sure enough, someone saw it. "Wearing all blue cloth clothes, holding a six or seven-year-old boy in his hand, and hugging another in his arms."

He Suozi nodded: "Not bad."

The man said: "This sister-in-law is very anxious to leave. Yesterday, the boat to Jiujiang was full. She begged for a boat ticket and gave her extra money. I persuaded her, There is a boat going to Jiujiang every day, so don't leave now; she just won't listen."

He Suozi hurriedly said, "Every day? Is there today?"

"Yes! Earlier, no one sat there. Recently, I heard that the king of Wu built a new port in Shanghai at the mouth of the Yangtze River. He was in urgent need of labor. He specially set up labor transport ships at various ports on the Yangtze River. Starting from the Kingdom of Shu, many people rushed there along the river. Work." The man said with a smile, "Jianggang wants a man, what can she do as a woman? Find a strong man to marry?" He Suozi stared at him coldly, scaring him I shivered.

In the afternoon, He Suozi bought a boat ticket to Jiujiang.After the boat left, someone on the pier returned to Cixiangzhuang to report to Su Cheng and Yang Guotai.Su Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that Dr. Mei reminded Su Cheng a few days ago that he might have to hide Qian's mother and son somewhere else.Su Cheng hated this He Suozi the most, so he immediately sent them to Jia's horse shop.Yang Guotai thought that green forest people love to climb trees on the wall at night when the moon is dark and the wind is high, so he sprinkled fine ash ground with bluestone on the top of the outer wall of Cixiang Village.It is quite conspicuous during the day, but hardly noticeable at night.Every morning before leaving he checked the top of the wall.Although there must be some imprints, it is obviously either a cat or a bird.One day, the limestone on the top of a certain wall was wiped off.From the eyes of Yang Guotai, a green forest veteran, it can be seen that it is left behind by people's clothes.So she told Bai Lu to pay attention.This morning, He Suozi came.Bai Lu pretended to be nothing and coaxed him to come back tomorrow.

The next day, Mrs. Qian rushed to Ci'ai Village from Jia's horse shop early, and met with He Suozi pretending to be working there.That night, Yang Guotai waited for the rabbit in Ci'aizhuang, and he really waited for this person.Seeing him wearing night clothes and running along the main road to the gate - there is only one road leading out of Ci'ai Village.He Suozi was not in a hurry when he arrived at the door, and walked around Zhuangzi twice.According to the rules of the green forest people, it should be turned three times.Zhuangzi was too big, and he was a little anxious, so he only turned around twice.Then he jumped over the wall from the gate and entered unscrupulously, as light as a swallow.Yang Guotai secretly raised his thumb: people with high skills are bold.Both Qian and the two children were at Jia's horse shop, so he couldn't find them.

Yang Guotai felt that this person was not ordinary and reckless, and he had to deal with it well.Su Cheng hurriedly sent several people to the pier to act.Later, when it was reported that He Suozi's boat had left, Su Cheng thought over and over again, and always felt that Jia's horse trip might not be safe.After discussing with Mrs. Qian, the three of their mothers were asked to set off immediately and follow the convoy of the post office to Lingnan.Qian was a little frightened, fearing that the man would find her again.Su Cheng then said: "There are ships from Guangzhou to the Malay country in Southeast Asia, and he will never find them there." He gave her some more money.Kneeling down and kowtowing three times, Qian said in a deep voice, "Thank you for your kindness." He took the child and left.

The next day, the person in Nail Lane who was watching He Suozi came to report. He Suozi's parents told the neighbors that a boss had taken a fancy to him, took him to work in Wu State, and paid some salary in advance.The old man and the old lady bought half a stone of rice in one go, quite elated.Su Cheng sneered: "What salary advance? It's clear that you're going back to your old job. Didn't you promise your mistress not to enter the green forest again?"

A few days later, Su Cheng received a telegram from Guangzhou saying that Mrs. Qian had arrived safely. After only staying in Guangzhou for two days, she bought a boat ticket and emigrated to Malay.Nai pressed it with his heart and left the matter alone.

The robbed woman and her children were gradually rescued by Su and Yang.Last time the old men wanted to join forces to petition the magistrate, but nothing happened, and the cement factory and the soap factory were also recruiting workers, and then no one gathered the petitioners.Su Cheng concentrated on starting a chocolate workshop.

In the afternoon of this day, Su Cheng was in the factory directing people to adjust the prescriptions, and he was busy for half a day before finishing the work.After a short rest, he went home in a carriage.The carriage bumped and came to the gate of Su Mansion, the driver waited for a long time but no one got out of the carriage, he yelled twice but no one answered, he felt strange.Lifting the curtain of the car to see, I was so frightened that I fell down: the big maid Li Xia was tied up, her mouth was stuffed with a veil, and Su Cheng was gone.The coachman hurriedly tore off the veil, and Lixia cried out in tears: "He Suozi!"

It turned out that not long after the carriage left the Charity Village, He Suozi jumped in from nowhere.Before the two girls could yell out, He Suozi covered their mouths with both hands.He kicked Lixia down and stepped on her chest, tied up Su Cheng first, then tied up Lixia when he lifted her up.Only then did Lixia realize that the He Suozi in front of him was completely different from what he saw in Nail Alley that day.His eyes were as fierce as a wolf's, and his body was full of evil spirits.Then He Suozi said softly: "Tell the magistrate Su to exchange my son for his daughter. My son is probably in Shanghai. There are too many people and I can't find it by myself. The engineers in Shanghai and Hong Kong are all invited from the Taiwan government. Yes, the workshop for buying steel is also run by the Rongguo Mansion, and they also have the Maxing Post Office, so you can definitely find it even if you are not in Shanghai." Nai jumped out of the carriage with Su Cheng in his arms.

Coincidentally, a few days ago, Su Tao led people to inspect the river embankment. Su Cheng was afraid that something might happen to her father, so he sent all the special battalion soldiers Jia Cong left to her to her father, and he only brought a few ordinary guards at home every day.From beginning to end, no one noticed.

Such a big event happened, and Su Tao was still not there, so Li Xia and several guards had no choice but to go see Su Zheng.The old man had just figured out a poem, and when he heard that his granddaughter was lost, he was so frightened that he slammed his brush on the desk: "What?! Explain it more clearly!" Li Xia held back tears and told what happened on the carriage and what He Suozi said.The old man shouted: "Who is He Suozi!" Li Xia then told the story of He Suozi.Su Zheng was stunned for a long time, then suddenly said: "He is still pointing to exchange Cheng'er for his son, right?"

"Yes!" Li Xia hurriedly said, "He said he couldn't find his son, and asked us to find the Rongguo Mansion for help. If we found him, we would replace him."

Su Zheng flung his sleeves and left: "Prepare the horse, go find Yang Guotai!"

The old man hurried to Yang Guotai's camp.Yang Guotai was training soldiers, and when he heard that he was coming, he personally greeted him out of the camp: "Why are you here?"

Su Zheng pointed to Li Xia: "Let her tell." Although Li Xia was terrified, he spoke clearly, so he stood at the gate of the camp and told the story.

After hearing this, Yang Guotai wondered: "She sent all the guards left behind by Jia Cong to Mr. Su's side? Didn't she keep any of them?"

Su Zheng stumbled: "No! I told her to keep two, but she only said that she would be fine in the city."

"This is weird." Yang Guotai thought, "Ever since she was in danger in Nail Lane, this girl never dared to run around alone again. Besides, she trusted Jia Cong's soldiers so much that she would never take them with her when I led them out with her." Those few can’t. Didn’t Liu Hu follow Mr. Su? The leader of the Ouchi guards in the early years, he is more useful than any special battalion when he is in danger.” After thinking for a long time, “Let me see if there are any traces in the carriage. He called another lieutenant general and asked him to lead a team to Nail Alley to find He Suozi's parents; after thinking about it, he ordered another lieutenant general to go to Tianning Temple to invite Zhenming.

When a group of people came to Su Mansion, Yang Guotai rummaged around in the carriage and found a note.Open it and look, it was written in Su Cheng's own handwriting, "Go out to do errands, you will return on the same day, don't worry. Don't let my mother and grandfather know." Yang Guotai rolled his eyes and handed the note to Su Zheng.

Su Zheng was so angry that he cursed: "I'll break her legs when I come back!"

Not long after, the two parties came to report: He Suozi's parents and Zhenming had disappeared.