Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 436 Erlang, You're Going to Get Beaten

Jiang Shangxian looked at his guilty brother and sister and slammed the table in anger, "That guy just now... that guy, what's his name? Where does he live? What does his family do? What does he do? Tell me! If you don't explain clearly, after the New Year, I'll have your brother-in-law send you to the border!"

If they don’t find out clearly, the Jiang family will be filled with peach blossoms!

Jiang Wangri was frightened by these words. He had originally planned to resist to the end, but now all thoughts were gone. His two thin legs softened and he knelt on the ground: "Sister, I was wrong~!"

The soldiers on the border are no joke. He is only twelve years old and hasn't grown up yet. If he goes there, let alone getting married, it's hard to say whether he can come back. He might even die there. Although he made some minor mistakes, he doesn't deserve the death penalty!

Although Xia Zhenying didn't receive any death threats, she was still frightened and her face turned pale. "Cousin, I was wrong too. I won't dare to do it again."

Jiang Shangxian was originally just a little unhappy. Her younger brothers and sisters were doing little secrets behind her back. Wasn't this forming a small group to isolate her?

How can this work!

Isn’t it the tradition of the Jiang family to share little secrets and gossip?

It's fine to hide it from my grandmother and my mother, there's a generation gap between them.

But what about me! Aren't the three of them part of the Yong'anfang Ox and Horse Squad? Why did the Ox and Horse Squad break up?

As a result, these two guys were so scared that she felt a little embarrassed.

As children grow up, it's normal for them to have some little secrets.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jiang gave Yingzi a wink. She was the eldest sister, and according to the rules here, if the elders in the family were not around, her younger siblings had to listen to her. If they were disobedient, she could just teach them a lesson. Going to help them would make both sides feel a little strange.

Yingzi, who received the signal but not fully, walked over and grabbed Jiang Wangri, muttering to him in a scare tone: "Erlang, you've been caught doing something bad, you're done for, you're going to be beaten."

Jiang Shangxian: ...While that's true, there's no need to scare him now...

Children cannot be beaten or scolded from the first to the third day of the first lunar month, so families who want to beat their children will usually do so before this time.

If a child is going to be naughty and do something that will get him scolded, anyone with a brain will endure it and wait until these three days before doing it. This way, he can probably avoid a beating.

Of course, if you are unlucky and it is the fourth day of the New Year, and your parents still remember you, they will beat you up all at once.

If you don’t remember, then you’ve been blessed by your ancestors.

Jiang Wangri couldn't help but shed a tear for himself. Why was he so unlucky?

If it's two days later, just two days!

"Tell me." Jiang Shangxian remembered that Cui Shuhua would always bring a cup of tea when she said something. She looked very imposing, so she subconsciously wanted to bring some too. But of course, she got nothing.

Everything that can be packed up has been packed up, for fear that there will be no one to watch over it during the seven-day break and it might get robbed. Forget teacups, there isn't even a single bowl left!

Xiao Jiang withdrew his hand awkwardly, pretended to touch his hair, and then took his hand back without leaving any trace.

Jiang Wangri said with a sad face: "Sister, if I tell you, can you not tell Grandmother and Mother?"

"No." Jiang Shangxian resolutely refused to give him a chance to bargain. It's not like he's buying vegetables and he has to bargain!

Jiang Wangri couldn't help but feel angry. What was going on? At this moment, shouldn't he say: "Okay, I won't tell them."

But when he saw his sister's expression, he knew that if he didn't tell her he would be beaten, so he had to tell her the truth.

It turned out that Qi Sanlang was a student who went to Beijing to take the imperial examination. Unfortunately, he failed, so he stayed to prepare for next year's exam. Since the Yangyang Noodle House opened for a while, he often came to eat there, and Jiang Wangri became familiar with him after a few visits.

Although Jiang Wangri's grades were at the bottom of Zhang Yingxue's literacy class, he knew a lot of words. He now had a very good impression of people who read books, and even had a good impression of people like Qi Sanlang who had read a lot of books.

Specifically, every time Qi Sanlang ordered braised mutton, Jiang Wangri would give him a small piece of meat.

Jiang Wangri gradually discovered that Qi Sanlang was always staring at his cousin Xia Zhenying in a daze. Several times when he walked over to talk to him, he ignored him and only stopped after he blocked people away.

As for Old Lady Xia and Jiang's mother, one was old and could take it easy sitting in the kitchen doing the washing and scrubbing, otherwise she couldn't stand standing outside serving food. The other one needed to catch up on some sleep in the morning, so by the time she came in the afternoon, Qi Sanlang had already finished his noodles and left.

Therefore, the two of them really didn't notice anything unusual.

This time, it was Qi Sanlang who offered to help move things after he heard that they were going to move all the things in the store back home and move them out after the New Year. Jiang Wangri thought, it would be a waste not to use this free labor.

Moreover, Qi Sanlang's feelings for his cousin were so obvious that he had discovered it a long time ago.

Whenever Jiang Wangri thought about how good his brother-in-law Cui Bianxu was to him, he couldn't help but wish that he would have another brother-in-law. Wouldn't he be so happy?

He immediately decided to help Qi Sanlang and agreed to this matter.

Jiang Shangxian was speechless. She looked at her brother as if he were a fool. "So, he didn't even give you a hair, and you became his pimp?"

And he gave away a lot of slices of braised lamb?

"You can't say that..."

Jiang Wangri licked his lips, unable to think of anything to say in rebuttal, but he also felt that it was a bit too harsh, and a trace of dissatisfaction appeared on his little face.

He also has principles. This man is his brother-in-law. Even if Qi Sanlang gives him any benefits, he cannot accept them!

Seeing this, Jiang Shangxian didn't bother to be polite. He stood up, took two steps towards him, and slapped him on the head with a big dice. "I just asked you where he's from and what his family does, but you didn't tell me a single thing. You obviously don't know anything. How dare you instigate your cousin when you know nothing? What if he's already married? Do you want your cousin to be someone else's mistress? What if his family can barely make ends meet? Do you want your cousin to support them all?"

Xia Zhenying was so scared that she immediately took two steps to the side. It was too scary. She had never seen her cousin get angry and hit people. She was finished, she was really finished!

Her knees were a little weak. She had already beaten Erlang. She wondered if her cousin would stop beating her if she knelt down now.

Jiang Wangri would cower a little when Jiang Shangxian said something, and finally he fell on the stool with a thud, almost falling to the ground. It was Yingzi who kindly helped him up: "Erlang, even if you broke your leg today, you still have to be beaten."

Jiang Wangri wanted to cry even more: "Sister, I don't know."

Woo woo woo, he really didn't know. Which good man who is already married would come out to seduce a good young lady? He had never thought of this possibility.