The general kneels on the washboard again

Zhang Lan'er's mother returned home and became more and more angry. She threw the fish to the ground just as Zhang Lan'er came in.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong? That old beggar and that little beggar from the Fu family, I, your mother, will be too ashamed to walk around the village from now on."

Seeing her mother so furious, Zhang Lan'er felt so bad for her: "Since you knew you were going to hit a wall, why did you still insist on sticking to it?"

When her mother mentioned this, she became even angrier: "Why put it up there? Go and see for yourself how empty our rice jar is. If this continues, I'll have to become a beggar too."

Zhang Lan'er calmly took out a purse from her pocket and poured out two taels of silver in front of her.

Her mother's eyes widened. She grabbed the money and counted it: "Where did you get this?"

Zhang Lan'er said proudly, "Don't ask where I came from. Go buy some rice and meat before it gets dark, and call my father and brother back. I have an important announcement to make."

Their family is very happy.

Yue Niang hadn't seen Li An and Erya for a long time, so she went to Zhao Xiaoming to ask.

Zhao Xiaoming was also a chatterbox: "They heard that Li An was sick and Sister Erya has been taking care of him for several days."

"sick?"

"I don't know the details, but Li An asked me to keep a close eye on Zhang Lan'er. I actually discovered something these past few days."

Yue Niang looked at his gossipy face and said, "What's the matter? I want to hear it too."

Zhao Xiaoming started to speak without restraint: "I saw Zhang Lan'er enter a small courtyard in the alley next to the academy. There were dozens of men entering there yesterday."

Yue Niang snorted, "I can guess that. The key is whether you have caught anything."

Zhao Xiaoming said, "Don't worry," and continued, "I spent some money and asked one of the men. Tsk tsk tsk, the world is getting worse and worse, and people's hearts are not as they used to be. It's only a hundred coins each time."

One hundred coins per time!!! Dozens a day, what kind of breed is this Lan'er?

But this wasn't enough to catch Zhang Lan'er in the act. Yue Niang continued to ask impatiently, "Is there something more important? Like, can we get in?"

Zhao Xiaoming thought for a moment and said, "Yes, there's a dog hole behind the yard."

As long as there are flaws, it's fine.

Yue Niang made up her mind. The next morning, after hearing that Zhang Lan'er had gone out again, she went to Li An's house.

I could hear someone cursing from a distance, and from the voice I knew it was Zhang Lan'er's mother.

At this time, a group of people gathered outside Li An's house.

Yue Niang relied on her small stature to squeeze through the crowd and get to the front.

I saw Li An kneeling on the ground, and Erya standing behind him with a red face.

Zhang Lan'er's mother recounted the whole story: "Today I thought Li An was ill and had a marriage, so I came to see him. But before I could even sit down, this little whore knocked on the door."

He even imitated Erya's speech: "Brother Li An, I'm here to bring you food."

But Zhang Lan'er's mother didn't want to argue today. She changed the subject and said, "I'm not unreasonable. I said that as long as he gave this house to my family, his marriage with Lan'er would be cancelled. Who knew that this guy would kneel here."

At this time, Li An also forbeared and said: "Aunt, I said, this is an ancestral property, I will not give it away casually."

It's really too much to ask.

Aunt Zhang launched into a rage, "You won't give it to me? Then I'll drag you and this little whore before the village chief and ask the elders of the family to judge."

Li An's patience reached its limit. He stood up suddenly and said, "Aunt Zhang, Erya only brought me food. Where were you when I was terminally ill? It's been so long, and I haven't even seen Zhang Lan'er a few times."

But Zhang Lan'er's mother refused to give in: "So what? It's our parents' order and the matchmaker's words. You can't break off the engagement."

Li An retorted, "If I really wasn't trusted, Erya wouldn't have suffered so much injustice from you. We are innocent and self-disciplined, so you can't make such a fuss."

The village chief also came out from the crowd and scolded Zhang Lan'er's mother: "Zhang Wang's family, that's enough. Erya hasn't even entered the house yet. If you have anything to say, come to my house and talk."

At this time, several elders of the clan also arrived one after another.

Yue Niang then went over and said a few words to Li An and Er Ya.

Li An's face lit up with joy, and his sickness disappeared by seven points.

He bowed to the village chief and the elders of the two clans and said, "Village chief, elders of the Li and Zhang families, Aunt Zhang said that I did not keep my promise and was unwilling to marry Zhang Lan'er. She beat and kicked Miss Erya. Now, I would like to ask for a favor."

The village chief still took care of the only scholar in the village and immediately asked him what was the matter.

Li An put on a pitiful face and said, "It's not that I don't want to marry Miss Zhang Lan'er, but she doesn't want to marry me. Please follow me to the town and you will understand everything."

Zhang Lan'er's mother was anxious: "You are not allowed to go, you are not allowed to go, explain it to me clearly."

"If you want me to give you an explanation, I'll go with you, but you're not allowed to tell anyone."

At this time, Zhao Xiaoming and Zhao Shikai also drove the ox cart to the door of Li An's house and were asking everyone to get on the cart.

Yue Niang accompanied Er Ya and went with them.

The alley turns into the right side of the academy. Zhang Lan'er may have guessed that Li An was a scholar and would not notice her near the academy.

A group of people tiptoed to the outside of the house, and Li An volunteered to crawl through the dog hole.

Yue Niang pushed Zhao Xiaoming. She was really afraid that Li Ang would turn evil, so she bargained with Zhao Xiaoming to two hundred coins and asked Zhao Xiaoming to help her drill.

Zhao Xiaoming readily agreed, and at this moment he came out with a dignified attitude: "Let me do it, Brother Li An."

Zhao Xiaoming gently opened the door, and the group tiptoed into the yard. The yard was very small and there were only two rooms in it.

The next second, everyone froze on the spot.

Only some unbearable sounds were heard.

Ang Lee looked through the crack in the window and saw clothes scattered all over the floor, making the room look charming.

The woman who was entangled with the two people and inseparable from each other was Zhang Lan'er.

Seeing this scene, Li An was at a loss as to what to do when the village chief coughed twice.

The people in the house had time to react before rushing in.

When Zhang Lan'er saw so many villagers coming in, she tried her best to hide behind the man.

The man was also confused, and must have been left with a deep psychological trauma. He didn't care about Zhang Lan'er, just put on his clothes and ran outside.

Zhang Lan'er was left with her head buried.

Zhang Lan'er's mother couldn't bear to see her daughter in such a state, so she rushed over, took off her outer robe and put it on Zhang Lan'er.

The elders of the Zhang family turned their heads away, and one of them angrily sighed a few times: "It's all up to you to handle it."

At this time, Li An's face darkened. "As the fiancée of the Li family, if you have an affair with someone else, according to the clan rules, you will be thrown into the pig cage. But you and I have no intention of this marriage. Return my engagement letter and my property, and we will part ways from now on."

Zhang Lan'er's mother took out the letter of appointment and threw it to Li An.

She stared at Li An with a vicious look: "Are you going to force my Lan'er to death just for this piece of torn paper?"

Li An tore up the engagement letter: "Aunt Zhang, if you are going to die, it is because of your greed. Zhang Lan'er has been engaged in this flesh trade for a long time."

Li An sighed, "But for my family's meager fortune, they used the letter of appointment as bait to deceive me again and again. Can I be blamed for this?"

Zhang Lan'er didn't say a word from beginning to end. Only after the crowd dispersed did she bury her head in her mother's shoulder and cry.

Although she had never thought of marrying Li An, this ending was not what she wanted.

Before she left this morning, she told her mother to go find Li An and ask him to hand over the house deeds and land deeds, and she would return the engagement letter, this time for real.

She was still immersed in the dream of owning those houses and fields, and thought that today was the last time, but a group of people rushed in.

When Li An went out, he was not upset about the green on his head. He was even a little happy. He had kept his integrity and also kept his lover.

She called Yue Niang: "Yue Niang, thank you."

"You're welcome. You guys helped me more."

Li An smiled and said, "As for Zhao Xiaoming's matter, I will return the two hundred coins to you as soon as possible."

Yue Niang didn't respond. If he wants to return it, then let him return it.