Lu Baichuan nodded and said, "Yes, but they went east, and we met them on the road before."

Qian Xiao gasped, and suddenly realized that he had been cheated, and he immediately became angry: " You kid is fooling me!"

"Believe it or not," Lu Baichuan took two steps back and continued, "By the way, my wife is a doctor. She saw that you were weak and said that she could help you with treatment. As long as you can afford the treatment, I guarantee your recovery."

"Go, go, go! Where are you charlatans! What a bad luck!"

Qian Xiao was so angry that he drove away. Fortunately, he thought Lu Baichuan could tell some important information and did not hesitate to offend the Lin family. In the end, he was deceived and he really had no place to express his anger.

He had just handled the matter in court, and it was no longer possible to reexamine it. Moreover, the traces were too obvious and could easily be investigated.

In other words, he could only suffer the consequences of this matter. Afterwards, he had to go to Mr. Lin to explain his apology, which inexplicably caused him a big trouble.

Jiang Jiuniang and Gouer left with the Miao family. At this time, the Miao family was grateful to her and wanted to invite them to stay at home, but Jiang Jiuniang refused, saying that she still preferred to stay in an inn.

"Sister Jiang, what did Brother Lu just say to the prefect? ​​I see his attitude changed instantly. Will this cause you any trouble?"
< br />Miao Lanlan is a smart person and has noticed the changes in the prefect. She is worried that Lu Baichuan is threatening the prefect with something, and it will be bad if she is retaliated afterward.

Jiang Jiuniang waved her hand and said: "It's not a big deal, I just saw that the prefect was not in good health, so I asked my husband to tell him that he was willing to help him see a doctor, and he naturally made a choice."

Of course Jiang Jiuniang knew that Lu Baichuan would not just talk about treating diseases, but the Miao family could only know so much.

"Is the prefect sick?"

Miao Lanlan was very curious, and they just took a look at it from a distance, and Jiang Jiuniang could tell that the prefect was sick. This is too awesome!

"Of course, he doesn't even have the strength to speak. He is weak to a certain extent. If he doesn't get treatment, he probably won't live in a few years."

"So serious!"

The Miao family were all shocked. Jiang Jiuniang nodded. This is the fate of a young man who does not know how to restrain himself.

Everyone returned to the Miao family's small stall. Miao Shan scratched his head and said, "Mom and Dad, I will continue to set up the stall. I am still busy at the moment."

From beginning to end, his mood swings were not very big. He is a person with strong self-control.

But no emotionFluctuation does not mean that he will not feel sad. After all, he is the wife he chose, and they have lived together for so many years and have two sons.

In the future, without his wife, he will have to take care of his two children and look after this small stall. Life will become very difficult, but he will not regret today's decision.

The daughter-in-law’s problem is too big and has directly affected her two children. The two sons are both seven or eight years old, but they never help at the stall because the daughter-in-law said that her sons are the treasures of the family. , I can’t do any of these menial and tiring jobs with them.

In the past, his wife was the one who made the decision in their little family, and he would do whatever she said. Now that he has no wife, he has to educate his children according to his own ideas.

Just like his parents taught him when he was a child, children of poor people have already become masters of their own families and have the ability to settle down and make a living. When they grow up, their lives will not be difficult.

The Miao family’s parents wanted to comfort him, but didn’t know what to say, so they could only nod and let him go ahead.

After Miao Shan left, they said to Miao Lanlan: "Your elder brother was hit hard this time. If you help him more in the future, the Liu family will definitely come back to make trouble again. How careful are you, never tell her the recipe of the soup base."

She has long known that Mr. Liu is unreliable, so she has never told Mr. Liu the recipe of the soup base for so many years. .

His son listened to Mr. Liu in other places, but he also knew the importance of the formula and did not say anything about it, so they were not afraid of Mr. Liu leaving and taking the Liu family to rob him. Their business.

"I know, mother, don't worry."

Miao Lanlan nodded, then pulled Jiang Jiu Niang to sit down at the table.

As soon as I sat down, I heard Miao’s mother cursing again. After listening carefully, I realized that when they were away, all the food in the stall was stolen, and then the stall was filthy. All destroyed.

Mr. Miao comforted him: "Forget it, forget it. If you encounter this kind of thing, you can only admit that you are unlucky. Since you can't leave the stall, just go back. There are still distinguished guests tonight!"

Jiang Jiuniang was a little curious: "Why don't you go find out who stole it?"

It felt like they were just scolding and angry, but they had no intention of catching the thief. , this seems to be the norm.

Miao Lanlan explained: "It's useless, it's just the kids around here who did it."

As she said that, she pointed at a group of dirty people on the corner of the street. A naughty child.

They were all covered in black from head to toe, with messy hair, and looked very thin. The older ones were eight or nine years old, and the younger ones were only three or four years old.

“Are these all little beggars?”

Miao Lanlan shook her head: “They are not beggars, but they are more troublesome than beggars.”

Seeing that Jiang Jiuniang was really curious, Miao Lanlan simply helped her parents clean up the stall while telling Jiang Jiuniang about these children in the city.

These children are not beggars, but children from ordinary people's homes in the city. Even though they are very young, they are so pitiful on the street, but they do so on purpose.

Because the whole family, old and young, depends on them for support.

The roads in this place are rugged, the land is small, and the population is large. Each family is allocated very little land, and the family has a large population, so it is impossible to survive farming.

There are coal mines in the mountains, and the government outsources the mining to wealthy businessmen in the city. All they need to do is pay the government taxes and coal on time.

Businessmen value profits and are unwilling to pay wages. They always let their slaves go mining, and they only need to provide food.

The common people had no chance to make money, so they thought of other ways. They worked hard to have children, let the children go to the mountains to steal coal, and stole money and food on the streets, which was enough to feed the whole family.

Children are very young. Even if they are caught stealing, the other party will not be harsh. At most, they will just curse a few words, which will not delay them from continuing to steal next time.

This has also caused children to become more and more arrogant, daring to steal things like this in broad daylight.

Jiang Jiuniang was shocked: "Does the government not care about it?"

Miao Lanlan shook her head: "There is no way to control it. Even the government acquiesced, because those children stole it. The coal and food do not belong to the government. If they are not allowed to steal, they will need help from the government if they cannot survive. In order not to take responsibility, the government will turn a blind eye to these things."
< br /> At this point, Miao Lanlan sighed and continued: "It was okay in the early years. The gap between the rich and the poor was not very big. There were many people who were willing to spend money to eat fans, and we could also make money. With money, now the rich are getting richer and richer, while the poor are getting poorer and poorer, and fewer and fewer people are eating fans.”