“Grandma ……”
Song Wan Yue hugged her arm, “Don’t be angry, they didn’t get any good results today, I think our first priority is to get Third Uncle back first and ask him what happened?”
“Yes, mother ……”, Xu followed suit, Song Gua’s mother and son were already terrified, and if her mother-in-law brought someone to her door again, she would inevitably be gossiped about behind her back.
After saying that, she also quietly tugged down Song Lin’s clothes from behind.
He was thinking of finding something to fight with and going along with her.
When Xu tugged on his clothes, he hesitated for a moment before saying, against his will, “Yes, mother, first find Lao San and give him a good beating.”
Several people urged him to do so, especially Song Wangyue, who was holding her arm, so Grandma Song suppressed her anger, “Fine, go to the county and find Lao San, no matter how late it is, bring him back to me.”
Song Shu answered, turned around and went to set up the ox cart, drove quickly out of the house, all the way to the county, to the place where Song San Xiao often settled.
One of them put his hand on his shoulder, “Tell us honestly, how come you suddenly have money to buy us drinks?”
A few of them, too, were idle and unprofessional.
Some of them had families, some did not, and they could not see a single dako in their pockets for many days.
Song Sanxiao was a little better than them, but he never had more than 50 dazi in his pocket at one time, so he used to come to the county just to drink half a catty of poor quality wine, and then go to another family’s vegetable garden to gather half a handful of vegetables to drink.
“I ……”
Song San Xiao had just opened his mouth when the door was pushed open with a bang and Song Shu’s voice came through, “Lao San!”
Hearing that it was his voice, Song Sanxiao was startled, his wine suddenly woke up and he ran out without even putting on his shoes, “Second, second brother ……”
Song Shu’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot, “Mother told you to go back!”
“What, what is it?”
“Where so much nonsense, hurry up, the city gates will be closed in a moment.”
Song San Xiao dared not delay, went back to the house, put on his shoes and came out to get on the ox cart.
Song Shu turned the oxen around and drove out of the county, just outside the city gates, then in a deep voice, “Go down!”
“Huh?”
Song San Xiao was a little confused.
Song Shu shook the whip in his hand, “What, want second brother to help you down?”
Song Sanxiao nimbly got off the ox cart and walked briskly alongside, “Second brother, what’s going on at home, why is mother suddenly asking me to go back?”
“Did you go to the gambling house?”
Song Sanxiao’s heart thudded and his face instantly turned white, “You, how do you know?”
Song Shu raised his whip and struck the cow, the cow ate the pain and trotted off, Song Sanxiao followed suit and was panting in no time.
“That side brought the people from the gambling house to the door, saying that you owed them silver, when Yue’er was the only one at home!”
Song San Xiao’s mind buzzed and his feet became weak, and he immediately lost the strength to run. If anything happened to Yue’er, the family would definitely not spare him, “Yue, Yue’er she ……”
The ox cart had already run ahead of him, Song Shu coldly, “Follow!”
Poof!
Song San Xiao sat down on the ground, his lips trembling into a ball, unable to speak.
With this attitude of the second brother, it must be that something had happened to Yue’er, he, he, he ……
He wanted to run, but he didn’t have any strength left in his body.
Song Shu stopped the ox cart, hitched the ox reins on its back and came over with the whip. Song San Xiao did not dodge or evade, but just held his head with both hands, ready to be beaten.
Song Shu approached, grabbed him by the shirt and dragged him forward, “How dare you enter the gambling house? Luckily Yue’er is fine, otherwise our mother would have skinned you.”
No, nothing?
Song Sanxiao came to life again, relaxing his body and letting Song Shu throw himself like a piece of rag on the cattle cart, panting heavily, “It’s good that it’s okay, it’s good that it’s okay ……”
Song Shu glanced at him and drove the ox cart back to the house.
The family had already eaten dinner and were crouching outside their homes to enjoy the cool air. When they saw Song Shu entering the village with the bullock cart and Song Sanxiao lying on all fours on the cart, they knew they were in for a treat.
Song Shu drove the cart straight into the house and gave Song Sanxiao a knock with his whip, “Close the gate.”
Before he could turn around, he felt something come down behind him, he hurriedly turned around and before he could see it, the broom fell on him.
Song Sanxiao was beaten and screamed, and the village people gathered around the Song family’s door and listened with their ears open.
“Mother, mother, I was wrong, I was wrong, I won’t dare to do it again.”
Song Sanxiao didn’t dare to hide this time, it was about Yue’er, if he dared to hide, his elder brother and second brother would definitely hold him down and beat him to death.
Grandma Song gave him a dozen blows in a row, and only when the breath she was holding in her chest was out did she throw away her broom, “Kneel down!”
Song San Xiao kneeled down, “Mother, it’s not my fault, I didn’t want to go to the gambling house, it was Song Ming Fei who dragged me there ……”
His voice was not low, the people outside the door eavesdropping could hear him clearly.
After hearing him out, there was still anger on Grandma Song’s face, “What did Mother tell you?”
Song San Xiao’s voice trailed off, “Mother, Mother said no whoring or gambling, otherwise she would break my legs.”
“Are you treating my words as if they were falling on deaf ears?”
Song Sanxiao knelt down in front of Grandma Song, “I didn’t forget, I wanted to get some silver so that I could get the jade bracelet back sooner, so that Yue’er wouldn’t have to be betrothed to the Gu family. Mother, I’m wrong, I’m really wrong, please forgive me this time, I won’t dare to do it again.”
“A dog can’t change its ways, if there’s a first time, there’s a second time, Lao Er, bring the stick!”
Song San Xiao’s liver and guts were splitting in fear, the Song family was also terrified, Grandma Song had never said one thing, she would break Song San Xiao’s legs if she said she would.
“Wife ……”
Elder Song wanted to persuade, just shouted, Grandma Song a look over, Elder Song immediately goaded.
He had experienced the power of his own wife, if he dared to speak for Lao San today, it would be his bad luck to do so.
If his leg was really broken, she and Song Lin would never have any peace of mind. She was about to go forward and say a few good words for Song Sanwei, but Song Wangyue had already gone over to him and said, “Grandma, if you break Uncle San’s leg, we still have to get him medicine and serve him in the future. Why don’t we just punish him by letting him kneel, and when your anger subsides, let him get up, and make him promise that he will never go out and fool around again and work honestly for the family.”
