Qiao Yuyan had already heard it inside, and now she had to go out to meet people. She had to speak a few sentences with Ping'er in the local dialect to get a feel for the accent here.
Then he walked into the yard and saluted the head catcher with the knife, "Liang Yan, a civilian girl, has met the official."
The moment Captain Yang came out, his eyes were glued to Qiao Yuyan's body, and he was almost stunned. When he saw her bowing, he quickly stepped forward to help her up.
However, Qiao Yuyan quickly took a step back and stood up.
"I'm just telling you!" Although Capt. Yang's hand failed, he was not angry at all. A smile appeared on his face that had been stern just now, "How can a girl's family be suspicious?
How could Miss Liang Qingqi, who is so delicate and frail, have anything to do with the role model bandit from Heifeng Village? These people are so confused by the search that they even suspected that they came to your house."
Sister Xiang said repeatedly: "What do you mean by this? All the officials in our family know it! Dali and I are both from this county, and my parents-in-law have also lived in the county for decades and have always been law-abiding. How is this possible?
It has something to do with those bad guys!"
Captain Yang nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, the people under me made a mistake. Sister-in-law Dali, don't worry. Our county government has always been very fair in handling affairs and will not wrongly accuse people at will."
I just don’t believe it, so I made this trip in person to get confirmation. Don’t worry, Miss Liang, I’ve already seen it, it’s impossible!”
Sister Xiang was relieved, "I really want to thank Capt. Yang! I don't know who made such nonsense. How can an innocent family like ours withstand such slander."
Although she said this, Yang Captou's gaze was no longer on her, but was always staring at Qiao Yuyan.
"Is your girl a cousin? How old are you this year? Who else is there in the family? Where is your mother's family from?"
When he spoke, he didn't look at Sister Xiang at all, his eyes were only locked on Qiao Yuyan.
Sister Xiang moved slightly in front of Qiao Yuyan, half-blocking her, "She is sixteen this year, so she is my cousin! My parents are still here, and there is an older brother above me."
After saying that, he added: "Because we have already agreed to get married, and we are far away from each other, and we sisters don't know when we will meet again, so I want her to stay with me for a few more days, so that we can talk to each other.
The meaning of the words."
When he heard that Qiao Yuyan was engaged, Yang Captou finally turned his eyes away and fell on Sister Xiang, "Is it engaged?"
"Yes, yes!" Sister Xiang tried her best to stabilize her emotions, "It has been decided a long time ago that we have been waiting for the other party to turn eighteen to get married!"
Hearing this, Capt. Yang's face became unhappy. He glanced at the two sisters with a frown, coughed lightly and said, "Okay, I understand, as long as she is a girl from a good family."
After saying that, he took the middle-aged man away.
It's just that in this small alley, any news is easy to make people talk. The appearance of Captain Yang at Sister Xiang's house has already attracted onlookers.
At this moment, many neighbors gathered at the door, all raising their feet and stretching their heads to look this way.
After Yang Captou left, Sister Xiang said with a smile: "It was a misunderstanding. Yang Captou has already come to check. Our family is fine. Neighbors and folks can rest assured. There is nothing like Black Wind Village in my family."
people!"
This made everyone laugh, and someone joked: "There are no bandits in your family, but there is a fairy!"
Sister Xiang joked with them for a while and told everyone to disperse. Only Aunt Wu stayed at the end with an ugly face. When everyone had left, she hurriedly asked: "Is your sister married to someone else?"
Sister Xiang pretended to be puzzled and said, "Yes! We made an engagement earlier. They are distant relatives of my family."
When Aunt Wu heard this, she immediately slapped her thigh and said, "You didn't say anything about this!"
Sister Xiang felt a little funny in her heart, but she still pretended to be confused and said: "What are you talking about? I'm just afraid that she will get married and never see her again! That's why I want to keep her in my house for a few more days!"
"You..." Aunt Wu looked at Qiao Yuyan who was in the room.
The figure was filled with annoyance, but the words were not spoken out, so it was hard to complain at the moment.
And in a sense, it would be more honorable to learn about this matter now than to actually hire a matchmaker later.
Just thinking about her nephew who has been acting silly and cheerful since he walked out of this door makes Aunt Wu feel like she's feeling fried.
Faced with Sister Xiang's confused look, she had no choice but to suppress all the unhappiness in her heart, and forced a smile and said: "Your family is too impatient. With your sister's appearance, even if she becomes a concubine in a wealthy family's home,
It’s more than enough to get married so early..."
Sister Xiang stopped laughing when she heard this, "What do you mean? My distant cousin's family has thirty or forty acres of land, and two long-term workers are rented to do the work. If my sister marries her, she will not be wronged.
, it’s better than serving tea and water.”
Aunt Wu knew that Sister Xiang was unhappy, so she immediately smiled and passed away.
Sister Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and finally let out the news that Qiao Yuyan was engaged.
Qiao Yuyan on the other end also found it funny. She didn't expect that Sister Xiang would really get angry when faced with such a lie!
She walked out with a smile, held Sister Xiang's hand and said deliberately: "Sister, please remember what you just said! Now you owe me a good family with thirty or forty acres of land, who can afford two long-term workers."
ah!"
Sister Xiang was amused by her, so she patted her hand and said, "I don't want to hear what she said the most. It seems that all the good girls in this world should be concubines for those officials. What's the point of being a proper lady?"
Can’t you live a good life?”
In a wealthy family, it seems easy to say that I would rather be a poor woman than a rich man's concubine, but when I say this to a truly poor family like Sister Xiang, I feel a little more firm and arrogant.
Qiao Yuyan couldn't help but admire Sister Xiang.
When she left Sister Xiang and went to close the door, she saw a man in some shabby clothes in the alley opposite looking towards her.
The sinister look on his face made Qiao Yuyan feel a little uncomfortable.
Seeing her stop, Sister Xiang thought someone was coming again, so she quickly followed her, looking at the person outside, and frowned, "What are you looking at?! I'll ask Dali to come back and beat you."
After saying that, he closed the door with a "bang" sound.
This was the first time Qiao Yuyan saw Sister Xiang looking so fierce, and she couldn't help but wonder: "Who is that?"
"The ruffian on the street bullied me before. He became honest after being beaten by Brother Dali. Fortunately, you don't go out. If you encounter him when you go out, just avoid him."