kvmb Chapter 180 Willow Slope
Chapter 180 Willow Slope
Luo Xiaoran led the distraught Du Kongqing back home, followed by the confused Qiu Niang. She didn't know why Du Kongqing suddenly became excited.
After returning home, Luo Xiaoran briefly explained the dispute between An Ruquan and them, and Qiu Niang finally understood: "An Luhai is holding a grudge, so he made a fuss about this corvée."
Du Kongqing was ashamed, guilty, and angry. "Otherwise, I will risk my life to kill that official, so as not to implicate the people of Hexi Village."
Luo Xiaoran pushed Du Kongqing to sit on the chair, "If you put all the blame on yourself, then you are really wrong. It was clearly that bastard An Ruquan who caused the trouble. He deserved to die. His father also couldn't tell right from wrong and abused his power for personal gain. They are a pair of black-hearted people, father and son!"
After listening to Luo Xiaoran scolding the An family father and son, Du Kongqing was still a little stubborn. Seeing this, Luo Xiaoran changed her mind and continued to persuade him: "If according to what you said, the person who made An Luhai target Hexi Village should be me!"
"Xiao Ran, what nonsense are you talking about!" Du Kongqing was puzzled.
Luo Xiaoran laughed at herself, "If I hadn't brought you to Half Moon Lake, you wouldn't have met An Ruquan, and there wouldn't have been a series of events afterwards, so I'm the one who really implicated Hexi Village!"
After saying that, Luo Xiaoran threw herself into Qiu Niang's arms. Although no sound came out, her body was shaking constantly and it was obvious that she was crying.
Du Kongqing was now panicked. He held his aching waist and wanted to pull Luo Xiaoran out to apologize to her.
But how could Du Kongqing possibly pull Luo Xiaoran? He pulled her several times but Luo Xiaoran didn't move at all. Du Kongqing could only stamp his feet in anxiety.
"I was wrong, Xiao Ran. I shouldn't have taken all the blame. I always felt that it was my fault. We were just unlucky to have met the An family father and son who were worse than beasts..."
Before Du Kongqing finished speaking, he looked up and saw Qiu Niang trying to hold back her laughter. A flash of inspiration came to his mind and he immediately stopped talking.
Seeing that Du Kongqing stopped talking, Luo Xiaoran trembled even more violently, and Qiu Niang laughed even harder.
When Du Kongqing went to Balalo Xiaoran at this time, he was able to pull her out of Qiu Niang's arms, but there were no tears on her face. It was obvious that she was laughing so hard that she had no strength left, which made Du Kongqing unable to pull her away.
Du Kongqing looked at Luo Xiaoran and Qiu Niang in disbelief, and said in a faint voice, "Did you two lie to me?"
Qiu Niang looked innocent and said, "I didn't say anything."
"Then what are you laughing at?" Du Kongqing murmured.
"I was laughing along with Xiaoran!" Qiu Niang showed a mischievous look on her face.
Du Kongqing was mad, "I thought she was crying in your arms!"
Qiu Niang grinned again, "Silly Kong Qing, is Xiao Ran such a crybaby?"
Luo Xiaoran added calmly, "The one who knows me best is Qiu Niang."
Du Kongqing: ...angry.
Luo Xiaoran raised her eyebrows, "I haven't settled the score with you yet! But you're the first to get angry!"
Du Kongqing felt weak in the heart, and said in a soft voice, "I have thought it through, and I will never mention that I was the one who implicated Hexi Village."
Luo Xiaoran was very pleased to see that Du Kongqing really did not dwell on this issue anymore. She rolled her eyes and suddenly said:
"Who told you this? I want to settle the score with you because you pulled me out of Qiu Niang's warmth and softness. It really spoiled my fun." Qiu Niang has a great figure!
Du Kongqing: ...
Qiu Niang: ...
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In addition to Chou Li, Luo Xiaoran's family also had a horse that Zhu Jingxing had prepared for them when they went north. Both were equipped with carriages. Luo Xiaoran planned to take both carriages because she brought a lot of food and cooking tools.
Although she strongly requested Du Kongqing not to put the blame of the corvée labor on her, Luo Xiaoran knew that An Luhai's concern for Hexi Village was largely due to her.
After all, the knife that Yu Hongmei stabbed An Ruquan to death was hers, and it was she who told Yu Hongmei that An Ruquan had recovered from his leg injury and could leave the county government office.
That night, when Yu Hongmei saw her son Li Xiaohu's body covered with wounds, she almost cried to death.
She had long been tormented by Li Xiaohu's disappearance and was in a trance. The shock of seeing her son's body completely broke her down.
Yu Hongmei is an orphan. Her husband Li Quan is not considerate. Her son Li Xiaohu has been sensible since childhood and is her biggest motivation to live. Now that her son has died in torture, she has no desire to live anymore.
"So, don't you want revenge?"
Luo Xiaoran's words were bewitching, and Yu Hongmei's eyes lit up with the last bit of light, as if a demon from hell had grasped the last ray of light in the world.
Thinking back to reality, Luo Xiaoran smiled helplessly. Letting Yu Hongmei kill her enemy and die without regrets was a bet Luo Xiaoran made.
The bet was won, An Ruquan died and everything was over. No one would bother Du Kongqing anymore, and no one would clamor to take Zhang Xiuqiao, the village chief's family, as a concubine.
Originally, An Luhai had not noticed Hexi Village, but Luo Xiaoran never expected that Qian Dazhuang, the troublemaker, would come out to make trouble, resulting in Du Kongqing and Sun Qingyuan being thrown into jail. Du Kongqing almost lost his life, and Luo Xiaoran broke into the prison in desperation.
This incident also made the ruthless An Luhai remember Hexi Village, which led to this corvée.
Luo Xiaoran secretly made up her mind to complete the corvée no matter what.
The two carriages had a lot of space. In addition to the things prepared by Luo Xiaoran, Qiu Niang and Du Kongqing, there was still some space left for other people from Hexi Village to stuff a lot of things. Even the driving space outside the carriage was full.
Luo Xiaoran and the other two did not get on the car, but walked with the villagers. The place they were going to was not far from Yizhou City, called Yangliupo.
The people from Hedong Village had arrived first. Compared with the people from Hexi Village, the people from Hedong Village were dressed a little thinly and brought very little. Upon seeing them coming, a man from Hedong Village walked out of the crowd and went straight to Village Chief Zhang.
"They said that the corvée rations are all in your care. According to the rules, you must eat a full meal before starting work. Let's cook!"
The person who spoke was the village chief of Hedong Village, whose surname was Wang.
As the village chief, Zhang Changzong naturally knew this rule, so he quickly asked his two sons to push the grain carts over, and gave one of the carts to the village chief Wang opposite.
"This was delivered by the county government yesterday. They said one cart of grain per village."
"Okay, okay!" Village Chief Wang's yellow and shriveled face showed a sincere smile, "Then let's have breakfast quickly and talk about the rest later."
After saying that, he called two young men from the village to come over and push the cart away, and then went to cook in a hurry.
The villagers in Hexi Village cannot be allowed to work on an empty stomach, so they have to open the sacks and take out food to cook.
As a result, before the sacks were opened, a group of people rushed over from Hedong Village, glaring at the people from Hexi Village viciously.