Song Baqi's face was gloomy and he said nothing. His eyes were as cold as ice when he looked at his third son.
This rebellious son is not easy to deal with. His wife almost killed Jizu, and he hasn't investigated the matter yet, but he is the first to complain and is not letting Jizu's family off.
If I had known that he was so disobedient and unfilial, I should have let him apply for the army!
"Dad, please say something?" Song Jizu urged.
Song Baqi glanced at him and saw that his face was pale, his eyes were dark, and he had lost a lot of weight. Finally, he nodded: "You go to live in the county first, and I will stay."
This home is his root, and there is no way he can sell it.
Looking at the patriarch's posture today, if he doesn't send Jizu's family away, it will definitely not work.
Never mind, Jizu's family will eventually go to the capital anyway, so he might as well keep things quiet and give in.
Thinking of this, Song Baqi said to his third son coldly: "Are you satisfied now?"
Song Sanshun said indifferently: "Dad, it's not my son who harmed people. Are you trying to confuse right and wrong by saying this?"
Song Baqi was furious and rushed over to hit him: "How am I confusing right and wrong? It was Jizu who was poisoned! That bitch deliberately sent it back to harm people. How can you say such things?"
"Okay!" The clan leader glanced at Song Baqi with his hands behind his back: "Song Jizu was poisoned by your granddaughter. What? You want to put the blame on Sanshun's family for this?"
Song Baqi's face turned pale, and he yelled at the clan leader: "How old is Xiyue? What does she know? Since Wu knew that the eggs were poisonous, why did she bring them back? Isn't it intentional to harm people?"
All the villagers present were shocked by Song Baqi's twisted logic.
The clan leader was so angry that he pointed at Song Baqi and said, "How can you say such a thing? Well, I don't want to talk to a mentally ill person. You have three days to send Song Jizu's family away. If you are late, don't blame me for opening the ancestral hall and expelling you from the clan!" After that, he
left with his sleeves.
Everyone followed him.
Except for Song Baqi, the rest of the Song family were all happy.
Nowadays, there is a shortage of water in the village, and life is very inconvenient. It is better to move to the county town. It is said that there is a river there. Even if it doesn't rain in the future, there will be no water there.
Old Zhao took out the silver she had saved over the years and asked her husband, "Boss, how much does it cost to buy a small courtyard in the county town?"
Song Baqi said with a gloomy face, "Even if it is three rooms with a courtyard, it will cost at least twenty or thirty taels." That's not the price of a tiled house.
Old Zhao said cautiously, "Then our family will buy a three-room house." Anyway, her family will go to the capital with Xiyue in the future, so just make do with it and buy a house that can be lived in.
Song Baqi sighed and said nothing.
Xiao Zhao was packing up in the house, and said to Song Xiyue with a smile: "It's good to go to the county town. You and Chengye will be city people in the future. Even if we don't go to the capital, we can do a small business in the county town, which is better than farming those acres of land."
Song Xiyue was not very happy, and couldn't help but pour cold water on her mother: "Can the county town be as good as the capital? I dreamed that the capital was very prosperous, and the doors of the rich families were paved with bluestone slabs, which were cleaner than our stoves."
Xiao Zhao glared at her daughter: "How can you talk like that?"
"That's right."
Song Xiyue paused for a moment, and said unhappily: "Once we leave, it will be difficult to deal with the third uncle and others. Mother, what if someone from the capital comes to pick up Changan, wouldn't we have worked in vain?"
Xiao Zhao frowned and thought for a while, and said: "Your grandfather stayed at home, why don't you let him lead the people to the county town? As long as your third uncle doesn't know the whole story, they won't chase to the capital, right?"
Song Xiyue was silent for a moment, and felt that her mother was right.
As long as the third uncle and Changan didn't know about the pick-up, when she arrived in the capital, she would be sure to let Jiang Shi believe that she was her daughter.
After ten or eight years, even if Changan and others didn't starve to death, they would definitely not be able to go to the capital to find their relatives.
When she marries into the official family, who cares about Jiang or Li, they are just tiles to wipe her butt, and they will be thrown away after use. However, why hasn't there been any news of the death of the second uncle?
In the previous life, the second uncle's relics and ashes would have been received by now, and there was also a considerable pension.
"When we get to the county, we will spend money to deal with the county government officials. Once there is news of the death, we will go to the county government to collect the money." Song Xiyue whispered to her mother. Xiao Zhao
nodded: "Well, I will tell your father later to take your second uncle's household registration with you when you leave."
The next day before dawn, Song Baqi took his wife and family to the county.
The chickens at home were not taken, including the big black dog, because he and his wife would be back in two days.
Old Zhao also specially invited Widow Cui to help take care of the chickens and dogs at home, and promised to bring her gifts from the county. Widow
Cui did not refuse. As soon as Zhao Pozi and her family left the village, she immediately happily took her daughter and son to live in the new house of the Song family.
When Chang'an was letting the dog out for a walk, she saw the big black dog that was driven out by Widow Cui, running to her pitifully and wagging his tail.
Bai Huahua was furious when she saw Da Hei, barking at him and barking all over the place.
Da Hei, however, ignored Bai Huahua and continued to follow Chang An in a flattering manner, following him wherever he went.
Bai Huahua got tired of barking for a while, so she simply used her body to separate Da Hei from her young master.
After a walk, Chang An returned home, and Da Hei followed him, but he did not enter the yard. He stood at the door and looked at Chang An pitifully as he closed the door.
Bai Huahua was so happy that she jumped around and turned in circles in the yard when she saw that her young master did not let Da Hei in.
Chang An felt very uncomfortable.
She could not bear to see Da Hei in that
state. But her family had already fed Bai Huahua, and there was no more food left to feed a tall Da Hei.
The next day, Chang An went out to walk the dog again and found that Da Hei was still lying at the door.
Seeing Chang An, Da Hei stood up and wagged his tail at her.
Bai Huahua was no longer surprised, so she pushed her young master aside and bared her teeth at him.
Chang'an saw that Dahei's belly had sunk so much that even his ribs were visible, and he couldn't help but frown.
He turned back to the kitchen, scooped some vegetable porridge from the pot, put it on the broken tiles, and brought it to Dahei: "Eat quickly, and go home after eating."
Dahei immediately licked the food voraciously until the tiles were clean.
It licked the corners of its mouth a few times, looked up at Chang'an, and wagged its tail even more happily.
Chang'an touched its head and whispered: "In the future, you, you go to the bamboo forest to catch wild rabbits to eat." There was really no way to raise two dogs at home.
Dahei tilted his head, looking confused.
Just then, Goudan and Xiaochutou came over and saw Dahei here, standing far away and not daring to come forward.
Song Chengye's dog was very fierce. Although he had never seen it bite anyone with his own eyes, it had a bad temper and often barked at people passing by the Song family's door.
Seeing this, Chang'an had to go to the house to find a rope, tied it to the collar around Dahei's neck, and dragged it to a tree at the door and tied it.
Dahei cooperated throughout the whole process, staring at Changan eagerly, without any defense.
"Hey, isn't this Song Chengye's dog? Why don't we kill it and eat its meat?" Song Chengqi and the two children came over.