12dz Chapter 286 Visiting an old friend in Daliushu Village
Chapter 286 Visiting an old friend in Daliushu Village
Ye Jingxue looked down, thought for a moment, and sighed:
"To be honest, I'm here to look for someone."
Su Wanwan's heart tightened again.
Lin Wenyue also asked curiously:
"I was wondering why you came here to buy a farm. Sister Ye, who are you looking for? Is he in our Beichang Prefecture?"
Ye Jingxue nodded.
"I only know that he might be in Tongxu County, but I don't know which village specifically. After all, many soldiers in the Northwest Army Camp retired from the army, so he was a big target and hard to find."
Lin Wenyue became even more curious.
"Who do you want to find? I can ask my father for help, or I can go directly to Magistrate Xu. The government should have registered those soldiers who returned from the battlefield, right?"
Su Wanwan's heart was in turmoil.
"I went to the county to check, but it doesn't work. There were too many soldiers who returned to the countryside in those two years, and the registration was very chaotic and incomplete. Moreover, there are too many villages in Tongxu County, so it is difficult to check."
Ye Jingxue was helpless.
These days she has been busy dealing with the affairs of Wanggang Village and has no time to organize the results of the investigation.
"I've only been married for a few months, so I don't know much about this, but my husband just came back from the battlefield, but I don't know which military camp he's from."
Su Wanwan thought about it and decided to choose her words carefully.
She must ask Shen Yuan about this matter before making a decision.
"That's right. My sister-in-law has only been here for a few months. She definitely doesn't know. Sister Ye, why don't you go ask the head of the village."
Lin Wenyue made a suggestion.
Ye Jingxue looked at the sky and shook her head:
"It's too late today, let's do it another day. Anyway, we're close now, and I'll come often in the future. Sister Wanwan, please don't find me annoying."
Ye Jingxue made a joke, and Su Wanwan came back to her senses.
"By the way, I want to visit an old friend. Wanwan, is there a young man named He Dong in your village? He should have a blind mother."
This was also the reason why Ye Jingxue did not ask about the retired soldiers at this time.
Su Wanwan was shocked again. She knew this He Dong.
When the wild boar came down the mountain and Shen Yuan was injured while saving He Dong, the young man came to her house and worked for them for a month, and even helped them build a toilet and bathroom.
She was so familiar.
The young man doesn't talk much, but he is very hardworking. I heard that he can even read.
How come they also know someone like Ye Jingxue!
Could it be that when I heard her asking about Daliushu Village in the town, she was not looking for Shen Yuan, but He Dong?
"Yes, he has a blind mother and lives a very hard life. I wonder how you know them, sister?"
There is nothing wrong with asking this question.
Su Wanwan asked directly.
"Hey, actually I'm not familiar with them, but the old lady He's eyes were blinded by... my ex-husband. You are from the same village, so you should know that they once went out to make a living, and by coincidence, they met my ex-husband."
Ye Jingxue did not hide anything and explained the grudge directly.
It turns out that Ye Jingxue's ex-husband is also from Beichang Prefecture. He Dong and his mother, an orphan and a widow, want to go out to make a living, and they happen to meet that scumbag who is going to Beijing to take the exam.
In ancient times, many scholars were powerless except for studying. The journey to the capital was long, and people in the clan were afraid that they could not take care of themselves and could not reach the capital, so they hired a mother and son, one to serve as a servant and the other to take care of their daily life.
Just like that, miraculously, the three of them arrived in the capital together.
When they arrived in the capital, the scumbag rose to fame and actually passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer. He originally thought that the mother and son might have a good future if they followed him, but he fell in love with Ye Jingxue and prepared to marry her.
But He Dong and his mother knew his background. When he left his hometown, his childhood sweetheart said goodbye to him and they were very affectionate. Both mother and son saw it.
Fearing that the two would ruin his plans, the scumbag simply asked the mother and son to return home.
The scumbag passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar, but he had spent all his money. He asked the two of them to go back and ask their clan for their wages, but they didn't even have the money for the trip, so how could they go back?
The mother and son had no choice but to work in the capital to save money for the trip.
"One time, he and I went shopping and we ran into He Dong and his mother on the road. If he hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have known they knew each other. He was probably anxious and said they were just from the same hometown. I was kind-hearted, and seeing that the mother and son were dressed in rags, I secretly gave them some food and clothes."
"It's all my fault. If it weren't for my action, he wouldn't have wanted to kill. The mother and son were being hunted down, and it was my people who saved them. Unfortunately, the old lady was blind. They told me about him, but at that time I was blinded by that man and didn't believe it at all."
"I went to question him, and the man swore that he didn't have any childhood sweethearts. He also said that the mother and son were lying to me, and that they followed him to eat and drink for free just to pester him for benefits. I don't know what happened, but I believed the man's lies and never went to see the mother and son again."
When Ye Jingxue said this, she wanted to slap herself a few times. Why did she trust him so much at that time? It was as if she couldn't control herself and just trusted him.
"So, you believed what Old Lady He and the others said only after you saw it with your own eyes on your wedding night?"
Su Wanwan felt something was wrong.
According to Ye Jingxue's description, she should be a kind and simple lady from a noble family, and most importantly, she is in love.
Unless you see the scumbag with another woman with your own eyes, it is not easy for a love-brained person to face reality.
There was a hint of unnaturalness in Ye Jingxue's eyes.
“I guess I saw it with my own eyes.”
What you see in a dream can also be considered as what you see in reality.
Okay, Su Wanwan believed it.
I didn’t expect that He Dong and his blind mother had such a story.
She just heard that the mother and son returned to the village last year. They had gone out to make a living, but they couldn't make it, so they returned to the village.
It turned out that I met a scumbag.
She took care of him all the way to the capital to take the imperial examination, but after he passed the imperial examination, she not only did not reward him but also killed him to silence him. What a scumbag.
As they were talking, the group had already followed Su Wanwan to the door of He Dong's house.
Old Mrs. He was twisting hemp rope at the door, and He Dong was chopping wood in the yard.
Hearing the noise outside the door, He Dong immediately came out.
He didn't dare to look around and only saw Su Wanwan at a glance.
"Sister-in-law, why are you here?"
He Dong was a little surprised.
"I brought an old friend here."
Su Wanwan responded and immediately moved aside.
Ye Jingxue felt a little sour when she saw them, especially the old lady.
Although she was not the one who blinded him, it was because she had good intentions and did the wrong thing. If she had not contacted them privately, the man would not have suspected that they would complain.
He Dong obviously recognized her and suddenly knelt down.
"Ms. Ye........"
Ye Jingxue immediately asked the servant beside her to help him up.
"This is not the capital, no need to be so polite, Dongzi, I came to see you and your mother."