Song Si came and went in a matter of a few moments, and when he got home he pretended that nothing had happened, not to mention telling his family.
In the evening, after dinner, the family was cooling off in the courtyard when Grandma Song called out to Song Si and gave him twelve taels of silver, “Keep this, if you don’t have enough, go to the stall and tell your parents, and Grandma will give it to you.”
Song Si only kept ten taels, the tuition fee had to be paid tomorrow when he returned to the college, so he couldn’t default, as for the food, he would try to earn some, “I still have some left over from last month, I can’t use that much.”
“Take it.
Grandma Song didn’t know that he already knew that the family needed the silver to redeem the bracelet, “Although your uncle can’t go hunting in the mountains anymore, the sale of cold skins can earn more than one tael of silver a day, the family’s life is better than before, take this silver and eat more at the academy, don’t be reluctant.”
“I do have some more, last month I helped my fellow students copy some things and earned two taels, if grandma doesn’t believe me, I’ll bring it over to show you.”
He said, about to get up.
This was her grandson who had grown up in front of her eyes, and she knew all about his temperament, and he had never lied. But still, she pushed two taels of silver to him, “Grandma believes you, but there is not much time left before the autumn exams, so take this silver and eat well in the academy and get well.
It would be a pity if they fainted in there.
If she continued to put it off, her grandmother might get suspicious. Song Si took the silver, “I know, don’t worry, grandmother.”
The next morning, Song Si followed the family’s bullock cart to the county town. The school did not open until the afternoon, so he followed the family to the market to sell cold skin.
Last night, Song Si said that he would follow them in the morning, so Liu Cui Lan and Song Shu combined their efforts and got up a little earlier to make a few dozen more, which they sold until after midday, when the last few were left.
They left one sheet, and Liu Cui Lan generously cut the rest, put shredded cucumber and seasoning to mix it up, and asked Song San Xiao to buy buns, and the family sat at the stall to eat them.
After eating and cleaning up, it was almost time for Song Si to go to the college.
“Shen’er, you and Yue’er go and see your big brother off, we’ll stay and pack, come back quickly afterwards, we have to rush back.”
The two answered, Song Shen consciously put the book basket on his back, and the three of them walked through the marketplace, which was no longer crowded, and headed for the academy.
At the back, Liu Cui Lan finished cutting and mixing the cold skin she had left behind and put it aside, “Third brother, when you go to put away the tables and benches later, bring this bowl of cold skin to the people.”
Song Sanxiao was very honest these days, obediently following the stall and going to the ground every day.
“I know, second sister-in-law, you put it there, I’ll bring it over to them later.”
Song Shen unloaded the book baskets and gave them to Song Si, who was just about to give them a few instructions when a surprised voice came over from the side, “Little girl, how come it’s you again?”
As the words left his mouth, Qi Ying came over with a big stride, his gaze seemingly unintentionally pa*sing over Song Si’s face and landing on Song Wan Yue, “It’s really fate that we can run into each other every day.”
Song Wan Yue took in her movements and pursed her lips, “Yes, what a coincidence, sister Qi Ying.”
Not knowing if she heard the flirtation in her voice or if she was just being vain, Qi Ying blushed slightly, “I’m here to see my cousin off, he also goes to school here at the academy.”
“Oh…,”
Song Wangyue stretched out her tone, Qi Ying blushed even more, afraid of being seen, and hurriedly changed the subject, “You are ……”
“Second brother and I came to see off big brother.”
Only then did Qi Ying look as if he had just seen Song Si and nodded slightly towards him.
Song Si nodded back, and with outsiders around, he swallowed back what he was about to say and instructed, “You two go back quickly, the family is still waiting.”
“Got it, big brother.”
Song Wan Yue and Song Shen answered in unison.
“Big brother is watching you guys go.”
Hearing him say this, Qi Ying was too embarra*sed to say anything if she wanted to go with them, and watched as Song Wan Yue and Song Shen turned to leave after greeting her.
Until the two were no longer visible, Song Si also turned around and entered the academy with his book basket on his back.
Qi Ying opened her mouth, as if to call out to him, but in the end no sound came out.
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Song Shu looked at the carriage twice, it was too rare to see a carriage, especially one with a canopy, and wondered who had such good relatives in the village, how come he had never heard of them before.
When they arrived home, they unloaded the carriage and washed it briefly.
Song Ming’s daughter-in-law rushed in from outside and fell to her knees in tears, “Second brother, please help me, Daya has been sold by her father!”
“What?”
Song Shu was shocked, “When did that happen?”
“It was just now, I went to work in the field, my mother-in-law said she had broken her leg and left Daya to serve at home, I was not sure and left Erma at home too. That murderer, took advantage of the situation to sell Daya, and when Daya ran to tell me, by the time I got home, Daya had already been taken away.”
“You get up first, let’s go after them.”
“They came in a carriage, we can’t catch up with them on two legs.”
Song Shu thought of the carriage from earlier and turned to set up the ox cart. Song San Xiao was also furious and found an arm-thick stick to hold in his hand.
The village people were having a hard time, but they hadn’t heard of anyone selling their daughters, and Song Ming, the brute, it was his own daughter, how could he be so cruel.
“I’ll go with you.”
Song Lin and Xu came out of the house when they heard the commotion, and after hearing Song Ming’s daughter-in-law’s words, they limped forward.
“Big brother should not follow, don’t hurt your leg again, the three of us will go.”
Liu Cui Lan said as she helped Song Ming’s daughter-in-law up and took her arm towards the door.
“Then you guys be careful.”
Song Lin instructed uneasily.
When they got on the cart, Song Shu raised his whip, not caring about the pain, and hit the bull hard, and the bull ate the pain and ran wildly forward.
Song Lin hated him so much that he gritted his teeth, “This Song Ming, the tiger’s poison does not eat his son, he does not fear that God will strike him with lightning!”
“All right, don’t get angry with him, go back to the house first.”
Xu persuaded him to go back to the house.
Song Wangyue pursed her lips and walked to the door, looking towards the distance.
“Little sister, what are you looking at?”
Song Shen followed him out.
Before Song Wan Yue could reply, Gu Yi’s carriage appeared in the distance.
