Traveling through life as a widow: six sons to support her in her old age

"What do you mean by smacking you?"

"Oh, nothing much, it's just that your three sons want to interrogate you."

Lan Qiyan kicked him and said, "How can that be called a three-court trial? Where did you learn that?"

"Did you hear that from someone else?"

"You little brat, a three-court trial is a joint trial by three departments. It usually refers to major cases, such as treason and extermination of a family... What are you doing?"

"Mom, I need to pee."

Lan Qiyan asked the heavens in silence. She just wanted to popularize the earliest knowledge of joint trials by the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs, but she met a son who had a lot of shit and urine.

When she walked into the main room, she saw her three sons with solemn expressions. Her heart skipped a beat. No wonder the second son ran away. This kid had no sense of loyalty at all. It was all in vain that she loved him so much.

"Mom, do you know you are wrong?"

"Oh? What's wrong?"

"In the middle of the night, alone, on an adventure alone!"

"Sacrificing one's life for money, trusting others without considering the consequences."

"Hiding the truth from one's family and causing them to worry is an even greater crime."

The three children shouted at her one by one, almost killing her.

Lan Qiyan sat on the stool, looking around, twisting his clothes with his fingers, "I can argue about this."

Yu Qi stretched out her hand and made a gesture of invitation, "Mom, please start your sophistry."

"The five old men are usually very nice to you, right?"

"Yes, but in return, I picked up all the firewood for their house and delivered it to them."

"You are all from the same clan. I don't think he is a bad person."

"See? Mom, what can you see with those two big eyes of yours?"

"Old Four, you are looking down on me."

"Mom, I would never dare to do that. I just want you to meet someone."

"That old man lied to me. That village was destroyed three years ago. And it seems that there is not much food in the village over there. The children are starving to death."

Yu Qi sighed, "Mom, you shouldn't have kept it from us. Usually no one goes to those villages."

"what happened?"

“Because the people in those villages were not doing their jobs properly, the land was left uncultivated, and they spent their days eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, the government could do nothing about them.

No matter what tricks are used, people are not afraid, but Mizuno Village is too much. They made a medicine by themselves, which makes people feel euphoric when used.

They even started selling it outside, so it disappeared, and some people in the nearby villages were also deeply involved in it.

The government is waiting for them to fend for themselves, and then reclaim their land and resettle them.”

Lan Qiyan had a puzzled look on his face, "How do you know so clearly?"

"Everyone knows that you married from Taohua Village, so you don't know.

The old man was betting that you wouldn't tell us where to go, so you were fooled."

Lan Qiyan stood up from the stool and said, "I chopped him off."

Yumian and Yulin were holding him on the left and right. Yuqi said, "Mom, chop him up. You'll go to jail."

"But why did he hurt me like this?"

"Do you think he is a good person? If he were a good person, he wouldn't have come back from the capital."

Lan Qiyan looked at him with a half-smile, "You know quite a lot?"

"I couldn't find you, so I went to inquire about this matter. Everyone in the village knows that he used to be a high-ranking official in the capital, and later he made poison under the instructions of a nobleman.

After the truth was revealed, the nobleman was sentenced to death, and Liu was dismissed from office and returned home.

Otherwise, his medical skills are so great that the villagers dare not go to him for treatment, because they are afraid that he will do something shady."

“But when Yulin had a stomachache, did we go to him too?”

“So when mom went to get medicine, we didn’t dare to blink, just to keep an eye on him.

It may also be because he is from the same clan as the Yu family, so he showed mercy. "

"So this time he asked me to find Ma Lan to make a poison?"

"I guess so, I don't know who it will be used for."

"But I didn't find it, and the ten taels of silver flew away."

"Mom, we don't make money that we shouldn't make. We've survived the days of eating wild grass. We're not afraid of poverty. Please don't put yourself in danger. Can you discuss anything with your son in the future?"

Yu Qi was almost crying, and Lan Qiyan's heart was gripped.

"Okay, okay, I get it. Men don't cry easily."

Lan Qiyan comforted her for a long time, saying, "Why are you crying? I'm back now."

"Fifth Grandma, why are you here?" Yu Xiu shouted in the yard.

Yu Qi wiped her tears, and everyone quickly returned to their seats. Lan Qiyan sat in the main seat, and the three children sat below.

Old Lady Yu came out from the inner room and greeted them, "Chunxiu, why are you here? Yanyan, hurry up and make dinner, and keep your Fifth Aunt for dinner."

"Okay, mother."

"Sister-in-law, please stop working so hard, Qiyan. Are you at home?"

"Yes, he said he went up the mountain to catch pheasants, but he didn't see a single feather."

"Nothing?"

"No, the backpack is empty. I wasted a whole day."

"Oh, that was really hard work."

"Who says it isn't?"

The two talked for a while, and Old Lady Yu invited her to dinner, but she was not happy about it.

After she left, Lan Qiyan came out of the kitchen and looked at her back quietly. It seemed that there was a big problem here.

On the other side, the fifth old man saw his wife coming back empty-handed and understood what was going on.

"She didn't find it?"

"I came back with an empty backpack."

"Given how much she loves money, if she can't find it, then the horse is really gone."

"What should I do?"

"Let's go. This is related to whether we can return to Beijing."

"Are we really going back?"

"Your children are all in the capital. Do you really want to die of old age in this remote place?"

"It's not impossible. I feel quite comfortable with it."

The fifth old man sighed, "Xiu'er, you think too simply."

"what happened?"

"Those children in my sister-in-law's family are not simple children."

"what happened?"

"Haha, their identities are valuable."

"What do you want to do? Don't hurt them. These days are just getting better. Let them live like this."

The five old men looked at her and thought that women with long hair and little knowledge would only do bad things when they spoke.

"Let's go find Ma Lan."

"You know the situation in those villages. It's too dangerous for us to go there."

"We'll take a smaller route and avoid those villages. It's settled. Hurry up and get some food, and then we'll leave."

The fifth old lady always felt uneasy, "Old man, I still think we shouldn't go.

Moreover, traveling at night, especially on mountain roads, is even more dangerous. Old man, can't we just live a good life?"

"I'm going when I say so. Don't be so talkative. I've had enough of the hard life here. Go get something to eat."

"Okay, I'll go cook."

"Well, boil some hot water and bring it with you."

"it is good."

……

In the middle of the night, two of the five old men carried backpacks and walked up the mountain. The detour he mentioned meant going around the mountain and going directly to the interior of Mizuno Village.

Lan Qiyan sat on the wall and watched all this. "Old Four, why do you think he insisted on having Ma Lan?"

"He wants to harm people." Yu Qi sighed. The fifth old man knew too much and could not be kept.

"It's really fun to walk up the mountain, brave man."

"maybe."