The Return of the General to the Field

Chapter 50

Meng Wu was hugging his husband and feeding him egg custard. The baby was sleeping in his crib. This crib was custom-made by Meng Wu from the carpenter Meng Dalin. bed frame, the lower part is a solid wooden frame.The only difference is that Meng Wu asked Meng Dalin to add four wheels and a hand-push putter, which would be much more convenient.

After feeding a bowl of egg custard, Meng Wu helped Xia He lie down and tucked him in before going out to eat.Xia He's body suffered from this hardship, and his body was even weaker. He felt tired easily, and fell asleep again not long after lying down.

Meng Wu put the bowl and spoon on the stove, and then went to the table to eat. Just as he lifted the bowl, the old village head came without warning.

Going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, the youngest Li knew why the old man came, put down the bowl with a slap, and snorted unceremoniously towards the old man, "I'm full, Ah Wu, you and the old man have a long chat." " After speaking, he stood up abruptly, the chair made a loud noise, and left.

"Grandpa Lichang, please sit down, Mo Zhu, go and help Lichang get a pair of bowls and chopsticks." Meng Wu still respectfully called the old Lichang, but the familiar tone before did not exist.It's just that the old village chief can't care about these anymore!

The old village chief was also very embarrassed, he knew that neither Li Lao Yao nor Meng Wu actually welcomed him, but for the sake of his grandson, he had to put on an old face and make this trip.

"Ah Wu, after so many years, you have a family and a career now, you must..."

"Grandpa Lichang has something to say, just say it, don't have to go around in circles."

The old man came to the table and hesitated for a long time before opening his mouth, but Meng Wu was not in the mood to listen to his nonsense, so he interrupted him immediately.

The old village chief was choked, very embarrassed, and he wanted to get close, but Meng Wu didn't want to show him this face.

"Ahem! Since Ah Wu said so, and grandpa doesn't beat around the bush, Ah Wu must be able to guess why grandpa came here. Grandpa would like to ask you, can we mediate in private about Yu'er?"

According to the clan rules, "Reconcile first if there are disputes, and harmony within the clan is the most important thing." If Meng Wu agrees to private mediation and expresses his willingness to forgive Meng Yuer, then the clan elders will also play a coordinating role, and Meng Yuer will not have to be subject to the clan law. Punishment by regulations, not to mention sending to the government.

"Grandpa Li Chang, I am willing to talk to you about anything, but this matter is out of the question!" Meng Wu immediately refused!

"Meng Wu!" The old village head was fuming with anger at Meng Wu's tough attitude, but he suppressed his temper again when he realized that he came here to ask for help, and put on a kind face with difficulty, "Ah Wu Well, Yu'er is still considered your younger brother, and besides, he is also in love with you, so he did something wrong in a moment of confusion. Your father and I have a deep friendship, so you can see that, forgive Yu'er! He is still young, if Publicly punished by the family rules or handed over to the government, Yu'er's life will be ruined! Besides, Brother He is fine in the end, and the child is fine, so you don't need to pursue it anymore."

The more the elder said, the more he felt that what he said was reasonable, but he ignored the bulging veins in Meng Wu's temples and the gloomy expression on his face that was about to rain.

"Li Zhang, have you finished speaking? You can get out after you finish speaking!"

The old village chief couldn't hold back his temper anymore, and said angrily: "Meng Wu, this is how you treat the head of my village! This is how you treat the elders!"

Meng Wu was still sitting, but the old village chief had already stood up, pointing at him with his index finger while roaring.Meng Wu opened Lao Lichang's fingers with a slap, stood up slowly, and his momentum exploded.

Meng Wu was much taller than the old lichang, and when he stood up, he stood in front of the old lichang like a mountain.The old village head felt that he had never really known Meng Wu, at least he had never seen Meng Wu in front of him before. Same, the momentum is all down.

"Old Lichang, you should be glad that you are an elder, otherwise why do you think you can still stand here? You should be glad that Ah He and the child are all right, otherwise I will directly break Meng Yuer's neck! This matter is according to the rules Just do what you want, I don't want to talk nonsense with you anymore, do you hear me clearly? If you hear me clearly, you can get out!"

Meng Wu spoke very slowly, with a feeling of gnashing his teeth. The old village chief knew that he could not please him, so he left angrily. The relationship between the two families was completely broken.

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"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

"Wang Wang, Wang Wang..."

"Brother Meng Wu, open the door!" Xu Ran hurriedly knocked on the door of Meng Wu's house.

"What's going on!" Meng Wu heard the knock on the door and the barking of a dog, so he comforted Xia He who was almost woken up, and came to open the door.At this time, Li Lao Yao and Mo Zhu were both woken up, and they also came to the gate of the courtyard.

"Oh! It's too late, you come with me, we'll talk on the way."

It seemed that something urgent had really happened, Meng Wu asked Mr. Li and Mo Zhu a few words, and then walked out of the house with Xu Ran.

"Just now, A Kui went to change shifts with the man guarding the ancestral hall. On the way, he met Brother Liu who looked strange. A Kui felt that something was wrong, so he hurried to the ancestral hall to have a look. It turned out that the man was knocked out, and Brother Yu also Run away! Akui immediately asked someone to look for it, and asked me to inform you."

Xu Ran was in a hurry and spoke quickly, but Meng Wu understood, Meng Yuer absconded in fear of crime!Judging by Meng Yuer's performance at noon today, it doesn't look like she has the guts or wants to abscond. Someone must have persuaded him temporarily, and this person must be Xin Liu whom Meng Kui met!That's right, except for Xin Liu, no one in the village can have that kind of shady medicine!Xin Liu must have heard the news that Meng Yuer might be handed over to the government tomorrow if Meng Yuer did not confess him, so he persuaded Meng Yuer to escape overnight.

A government office is no better than an ancestral hall, where there is no elder to protect it. With all kinds of instruments of torture to extract a confession, Meng Yuer, a thin-skinned and tender-skinned brother, can't keep any secrets.

"Do you know where you are going?" Meng Wu remained calm, in stark contrast to Xu Ran who was in a panic.

"The ancestral hall is close to the back mountain. When Ah Kui went there, he only met Xin Liu. Judging by the footprints on the ground, Brother Yu must have gone to the back mountain. He probably wanted to go to the next village from the small road in the back mountain. There is a ferry in the next village. ! Thanks to the early discovery, if it was a little later, the heavy snow would have covered the footprints in a short while!"

Meng Wu and Xu Ran rushed to the back of the mountain, and Meng Kui had already led his men to follow the footprints with torches and chased them first.

Meng Wu joined some other village men and became the second batch of people looking for someone.

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Meng Yu'er hadn't run far when she heard the voice of someone chasing him.His heart was flustered all of a sudden, and he went into the mountains in a panic, and the road was slippery in snowy weather. Even if Jiangnan didn't have the heavy snow that could sink one foot in the north, it just covered the instep, but even so, the road It is also very difficult to walk.

The chaser was getting closer and closer to her, and Meng Yuer completely deviated from the original planned direction in the chasing and drilling.

Meng Yuer has been hesitating whether to run or not, and it took Xin Liu a long time to convince Meng Yuer that she ran into someone who came to change shifts.If they run, both of them can live, and if they don't run, they can both die.Xin Liu told him that he had had enough of being tortured by Meng Dashuan's family, and was willing to run away with Meng Yu'er and start a new life elsewhere.According to their original plan, Meng Yuer first went to the next village to catch tomorrow's boat, took the boat directly to the next county, and then hid there. Afterwards, Xin Liu would find a way to help Meng Yuer get the directions. Then merge again.

"Brother Yu—"

"Brother Yu—"

"Brother Yu—"

Almost the whole village sent out to look for Meng Yuer. Meng Yuer ran all the way, afraid that she would be found, and ran up the cliff in the back mountain while running blindfolded.

Meng Yuer immediately turned around and walked back, but it was too late, Meng Kui found him!

"Brother Yu!"

"You, don't come here!"

Meng Yu'er stood on the edge of the cliff fearfully holding the burden that Xin Liu had given him.

"Okay! Brother Yu, Brother Akui can't come here, so watch your step." Meng Kui was afraid that Meng Yuer would slip up, so he could only comfort him first.By the way, I asked the people next to me to inform the others and the old chief.

As soon as the old village head received the notice, he rushed to the cliff immediately, and his old arms and legs couldn't care less!

Meng Wu, Meng Dequan, Liu Fang and other people who could come to find someone all gathered at the edge of the cliff. Because Meng Yuer refused to leave the cliff, the old Li Chang was so anxious that he stuck his crutches straight.

"Yu'er, let's talk about something, it's snowing and slippery, let's get out of there first, are you going to kill grandpa?"

"Grandpa, it's over! Everything about me is ruined!"

Meng Yuer suddenly felt sad, as cold as snowflakes falling into her neck. The more the people on the other side held up torches to persuade him, the less he felt that he should leave. They were afraid that he would fall, but he thought it would be good to fall. At least now everyone is worried about him, unlike that day in the ancestral hall, where everyone spurned him.

"How come, how come, Yu'er has to trust Grandpa, as long as you don't do anything stupid, come here, Grandpa promises nothing will happen!"

Liu Fang and the others felt uncomfortable for the village chief's words, but they only frowned and didn't object because of Meng Yuer who was on the edge of the cliff.

"Grandpa, it's useless. I did something bad, and nothing can change this fact!" Meng Yu'er cried and trembled, standing on the edge of the cliff, like a butterfly whose wings could break at any time.

In the empty mountain forest, Meng Yuer's cries were mixed with the cold wind. He stood on the edge of the cliff, so pitiful.The people on the other side were inevitably moved with compassion.

"Hey, Yu'er is only 17 years old!"

"Yes, yes, it's really pitiful."

"He was also misled by love for a while."

……

Who doesn't have a brother, people are most likely to be moved by poor people, but they often ignore that poor people must have something to hate.

"Yu'er, do you know that you are a good boy? Come here now. Let's discuss this matter slowly. It's just that I did something wrong for a while. Who didn't do anything wrong? Brother He didn't take the medicine you gave in the end. , all the mistakes are due to that lowly servant who bumped into Brother He..." Xu Wei and the other elders also spoke.

Meng Yu'er stopped crying and moved hesitantly.

"Heh!" Seeing the direction of the matter, Meng Wu sneered.

Meng Yuer looked towards a corner on the left side of the crowd as if she had a premonition.Meng Yu'er's whirling eyes made it impossible for him to distinguish who was standing there, but he was certain that it was Meng Wu, the one who made him lose himself in love.

Meng Yuer felt a pain in her ankle and knee, it was a stone!He couldn't control his body at all, his feet slipped, and he was falling backwards...

"what--"

Meng Yu'er fell very fast, the wind blew his face, snowflakes were dancing, and his eyes were ashen.

"Yu'er! Yu'er!"

"Lichang, don't go there, it's dangerous!"

The scene was chaotic.

"Yu'er, my Yu'er!" The old man burst into tears, and the crutches were thrown aside.

"Li Chang, it's not good! It's not good!" A little brother ran out of breath! "The village is on fire!"

"What!" Meng Dequan's eyes were tearing, and he couldn't count on the old village chief at all at this time, Meng Dequan left a few people to greet the old village chief, and led them down the mountain.

"Where did the fire start? Where did it go?"

"Meng, Meng, Meng Dashuan's family!"

"What!" Xing Damo ignored everyone's obstruction and almost rolled down the mountain all the way.

"My big Shuan, my son! He didn't come looking for anyone, he's still at home!"