On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

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These yamen runners looked at each other. None of them wanted to offend Li Shiyue, for they were afraid that if they offended Li Shiyue, Ma San would be led out.

It was obvious that Li Shiyue was a subordinate of General Liu Tan. The yamen runners didn't care whether Li Shiyue was a skinny girl less than six feet tall, or a strong man seven feet tall with broad shoulders and a thick waist.

They don't care whether Li Shiyue is strong enough to lift a tripod or has a fortune.

The ancient profession of yamen runners is passed down from generation to generation, and they have their own way of survival.

Finally, with Li Shiyang's tacit approval, they had to find someone to lift Wang Ergou, Sun Laoliu and the others, oh, and the black man who was knocked away by Li Shiyue's stick at the beginning, onto a cart one by one, and sent them to the medical clinic in Qingsong Town to seek medical treatment.

The person who paid the money could only be Li Shiyang.

After all, Li Shiyang was the real leader of these dozens of men. He was originally sent to Liujiatun to supervise the work. If something went wrong, he was responsible for his poor supervision.

Everyone felt that after Li Shiyue and his men had established rules with the men doing corvee labor, the two sides should not interfere with each other in the future. You build houses and I build roads, and we should just keep our distance from each other.

This was indeed what happened afterwards. Li Shiyang and the yamen runners were no longer lazy, but reorganized these men into teams and disciplined them one by one. They no longer dared to cause trouble in Liujiatun.

But three days later, Li Shiyang, who took time out to return to Sanshan County, received some unexpected news.

Wang Ergou is dead.

Yes, Wang Ergou, the man who molested Zhou Lanhua and Zheng Meiniang, the man who was beaten half to death by Li Shiliang and his men, the man who had all his teeth broken, his hand bones broken, and his kneecaps smashed by Li Shiyue, is dead!
he died!

Li Shiyang always felt that there was something strange about Wang Ergou's death. Although he hated people like Wang Ergou in his heart, human life is human life after all.

He also specifically inquired about the people who were sent to the medical clinic for treatment together with Wang Ergou. Except for Wang Ergou, Sun Laoliu and the others were all still alive and well.

Li Shiyang felt a little guilty, so he went to look for Wang Ergou's family.

Who would have known that Wang Da, who worked at Sanshan Port Wharf and was Wang Ergou's elder brother, was unwilling to answer Li Shiyang's questions at all.

In the end, Li Shiyang revealed his identity as a clerk in the county government, which made Wang Da stop and speak to him.

At that time, Wang Da was working as a laborer at the dock of Sanshan Port, carrying heavy bags for others to earn some money. After saying something to the foreman, Wang Da left the team and followed Li Shiyang to the side.

Li Shiyang invited him to drink two bowls of coarse tea at the tea stall nearby. Wang Da wiped the sweat off his face with the cloth towel around his neck, then he turned his head and looked at Li Shiyang: "Young Master, you look like a scholar, why did you think of asking about those brothers in my family?

He also owes money to Langjun?

My dear, don't think that I have money to give you. Ergouzi and I separated a long time ago. We separated the family property when my parents were still alive. Except that we are brothers on the surface, we have no other relationship.

If he owes my husband money, I won't pay him back.

Now he is dead, and a dead person is dead. If you come to bother me, I have no money."

After Wang Da said this, he picked up a cloth towel and wiped the sweat off his head. At this time, Wang Da, who wanted to get up, felt a little distressed when he saw that there was still half a pot of coarse tea left on the table, but he didn't want to talk to Li Shiyang anymore. After all, he pretended to get up and leave.

However, Wang Da had only raised his body halfway when Li Shiyang grabbed his arm and pushed him back.

Li Shiyang raised his hand and poured half a bowl of coarse tea into the large coarse porcelain bowl in front of Wang Da. That was not all. Li Shiyang also took out a dozen copper coins from his pocket and put them on the table.

"I'm offering this pot of tea to you, Mr. Wang. Drink it before you leave.

And these copper coins are my gift to thank Lord Wang for being willing to sit down and talk to me.

I know that you have delayed my work by talking to me, Mr. Wang, so please accept these," Li Shiyang pushed the dozen copper coins in front of Wang Da, "Mr. Wang.

I just have a few questions for you, and then I'll leave."

Wang Da could only earn a few dozen copper coins after carrying heavy bags all day.

The dozen or so copper coins given by Li Shiyang were enough to equal half an hour's work for Wang Dagan.

For the sake of money, Wang Da finally sat down and drank the big bowl of tea that Li Shiyang poured for him, which meant that he agreed with what Li Shiyang said. So, Li Shiyang spoke: "Is Wang Ergou really dead?

When did he die? How did he die?

Why weren't you sad about Wang Ergou's death? Why didn't you go to the county government to ask about it?"

Wang Da looked up and carefully examined Li Shiyang's face. Seeing that Li Shiyang was really serious, he asked, "Are you not from Sanshan County?"

Li Shiyang was stunned for a moment, somewhat puzzled, "Is this related to my problem?"

"Haha," Wang Da actually laughed twice, "It seems that you are not from our area.

The young man must be from another place.

If you are from Sanshan County, how could you not know what Ergouzi has done?
My father sold half of his family's land to pay for Er Gouzi's peeping at a woman bathing, so that the man would not report the crime to the police. He used the proceeds to pay for the crime.
Later, my father fell while clearing the river, so the other half of the land was sold to pay for my father's medical treatment.

I finally grew up and was able to work for others. I saved every penny and married myself a wife. But Ergouzi dared to flirt with my wife, so I beat him up severely and forced my father and mother to separate the family property, and I moved out with my wife.

My dear, guess what happened next?"

Although the corners of Wang Da's mouth were raised and he was smiling, Li Shiyang looked into Wang Da's eyes and knew how sad Wang Da was in his heart.

It didn't matter if Li Shiyang didn't respond, Wang Da continued talking on his own.

"He assaulted a pregnant woman, and the woman was so frightened that she had a miscarriage and almost died!

The people brought their clansmen to our house with sticks. My father blocked the stick for Ergouzi, and my mother fell on the threshold in order to let Ergouzi run.

Haha, my dear, my parents died for Er Gouzi, they all died."

Wang Da said this with a smile, but his eyes were now filled with tears.

The man, who already had a tanned skin, now had crying on the upper half of his face and smiling on the lower half. The sight of all these emotions combined on his face made people feel very uncomfortable.

Wang Da lowered his head and rubbed his eyelids twice with his rough hands to wipe away the tears.

When Wang Da raised his head again, there was no emotion in his eyes. He picked up the teapot and poured himself a large bowl of tea.

Lifting the pot, he felt that it was no longer heavy. He had almost finished the whole pot of coarse tea. Wang Da turned around and said to Li Shiyang, who had a blank expression on his face: "When Er Gouzi was sent back, someone did go to my house and tell me;
I also asked, and they said there was a doctor to treat the disease and it wouldn't kill me, so I didn't care.

Later, the pharmacist who went to deliver medicine knocked on the door started shouting when no one answered. Uncle Zhou from next door climbed over the wall and went into the house to see, only to find that Ergouzi was dead.

I don't know how he died, maybe his injuries were too severe.

I am not angry or sad. My parents died for him, and he still treated my wife badly. Now that he is dead, why should I be sad?

As for how he got injured?
I guess he must have bullied someone's woman again and got beaten?

But this time he was hit too hard and he couldn't hold on, so he died.

It’s better to die, it’s better to die. Death will bring peace. My parents are waiting for him in the underworld. The three of them can finally be reunited. It’s good.

I collected his body and buried it next to his father and mother.

That's it, it's good."

He picked up the copper coins on the table one by one and put them in his palm. Holding such a handful of money, Wang Da nodded to Li Shiyang and stood up and left.

Li Shiyang was the only one left at the table, staring at the empty teapot. (End of this chapter)