Chapter 118
Lao Song's words undoubtedly proved Sang Ye's previous remarks. The onlookers who originally subjectively believed that Liu Qiang had burgled now completely believed that he had done this. They were ready to wait for Mayor Zhao to come back and make the final decision.
He was full of voices discussing how to punish him. Liu Qiang swallowed hard and finally realized that he was afraid. He looked around and wanted to find someone who could help him, but found that those who seemed weak and bullied on weekdays wanted to rush up and bit him to death, and it was impossible for him to speak for him.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, the younger brothers who carried Liu Qiang over said in a panic: "Brother Qiang, I'm afraid this matter cannot be done well. Please think about a way to get out of here."
Liu Qiang has always been a good-tempered person, and now he was disturbed again. He kicked the little brother who was talking at the most: "Don't you know what to think? Do you want a reminder like you?"
My younger brother was kicked to the ground and dared not speak out. He kept begging for mercy: "Yes, yes, it's my younger brother's cuo. I beg Brother Qiang to spare me this time, I will never dare to do it again."
Seeing that my younger brother was afraid that this would happen, Liu Qiang finally felt a little calmer, and squatted down and whispered to me: "It's okay to let me spare you. Hurry up and take someone to find Master Zhao to me and ask Master Zhao to have a relationship like Mayor Zhao. Otherwise, if I fall this time, you guys will not be able to get on the town again in the future."
This is not all dangerous. You must know that under the leadership of Liu Qiang, his subordinates have done a lot of stealing things. If it weren't for the protection of Zhao Town's nephew Zhao Er, they would have long since no one had they been slapped in a bag.
Once Liu Qiang is charged with stealing and these people in the town are unwilling to let go of this opportunity, then Liu Qiang will be taken to the county government by the town, and maybe he will have to have a jail meal for several years.
Without Liu Qiang's favor, Zhao Er would not have protected the people below Liu Qiang. By then, these people would really become rats crossing the street and beating them.
The younger brother knew the pros and cons. Even if he hated Liu Qiang very much, he had to do what he told him. So he stood up and said, "I will gather all my brothers now. I will definitely find Mr. Zhao Er and let him save you, Brother Qiang."
Worried that someone would rush up to beat him later, Liu Qiang asked all the subordinates who had just sent him in to find Zhao Er. He left four or five people to protect him and supported all the remaining seven or eight.
Liu Qiang's actions could not be hidden from the people present. Someone kindly reminded Sang Ye: "Miss Sang, the person surnamed Liu is afraid that he will go to find a helper. If you can find someone who helps, go find him quickly, otherwise the person surnamed Liu may bite you back, and you will suffer the loss at that time."
"Thank you for reminding me that it's just that justice is in the hearts of the people. The three of us, brothers, believe that Mayor Zhao will deal with it impartially and will not let a bad person go." Sang Ye sincerely thanked the kind-hearted person, and it seemed that he did not take this matter to heart.
When the kind-hearted man saw that Sang Ye actually placed his hope on the mayor, he shook his head weakly and sighed a long time ago.
Sang Ye didn't explain anything when he saw this. If Mayor Zhao had not left in a hurry just now, she should have been worried that Liu Qiang would bite him back, but now, it should be Liu Qiang who should be responsible for this.
After waiting for about a moment, none of the people sent to find Mr. Zhao came back. However, Mayor Zhao returned and sat back in the town hall. His face looked a little solemn than before. His eyes looked at Liu Qiang with deep disgust.
This time, the onlookers all calmed down, and no one said that Mayor Zhao would cover up Liu Qiang. In their opinion, Liu Qiang's stealing was a foregone conclusion. Even if Mayor Zhao had a confusing intention, they would not agree.
However, what is unexpected is that Mayor Zhao did not favor anyone. After looking at the bloody shovel on his back, he asked two servants who went to the Du family to collect evidence, and then asked Lao Song, and finally made a conclusion: "Liu Qiang's burglary is true, and he will be sent to Yunlai County on a date and will be sentenced and dealt with by the yamen."
Liu Qiang, who was originally expected to help him for Zhao Er's sake, was stunned. When the two servants came to arrest him, he woke up like a dream and struggled loudly: "It's unfair, it's unfair, the mayor, the little people are unfair!"
"Hmph, the evidence is conclusive, do you still dare to call for justice?" Zhao
The mayor's ruling was questioned and he was immediately angry: "If you really have any grievances, you will go to the county government later and call for injustice with the county magistrate."
After saying that, no matter how Liu Qiang yelled, he waved his hands at the two servants and left in a hurry when he got up as Tathagata.
Liu Qiang was completely panicked now. He opened his mouth and was about to shout when a smelly cloth suddenly became stuffed into his mouth.
It turned out that he came forward to take one of his servants and thought Liu Qiang was noisy, so he took off his socks and stuffed them with him.
Liu Qiang was so dizzy that he was so stinky that he rolled his eyes straight, and finally he was tied up with a rope by two servants and directly arrested him.
When Liu Qiang, who was tied up, was beaten and kicked by everyone when he passed through the crowd.
"Okay!" As the disaster was tied away with his own eyes, bursts of lively applause bursts out from the crowd: "This kind of disaster of rotten embryo should be taken into prison for food. Without him, there will be much peace in the town."
"No, the old man who set up a stall to sell noodles in the town can sell noodles with peace of mind, and you no longer have to worry about this gangster making trouble."
"Haha, it's great. Our Mayor Zhao finally became fair and strict."
Speaking of this, a burst of laughter burst out from the crowd again. I don’t know if there was a big disaster in Gaoxing’s town, or if it was ridiculing the “just and strict” mayor.
"Sister, is this matter so done?" Sang Yu came up and asked his elder sister incredibly. He thought Mayor Zhao was going to favor the villain Liu Qiang and make things difficult for them.
"Yeah, it's over." Sang Ye said lightly, not surprised by the result at all.
"Uh, I always feel that things shouldn't be like this, and I feel uneasy." Sang Yu frowned slightly. Things were too smooth, but it made me feel unrealistic.
"Isn't this the best result of the treatment? Don't think about it." Sang Ye patted his brother's shoulder, but sighed silently in his heart.
This time I owe a favor to a great man. Sang Yu thought about it but couldn't figure it out, and said jokingly: "If my elder sister hadn't left here, I would have thought my elder sister had found the backer you mentioned, so that things would have been so smooth!"
Sang Ye blinked: "I have found a backer, haven't you seen it?"
"Ah?" Sang Yu was even more surprised: "Where is the backer, I have to thank him in person."
When Sang Ye heard this, he raised his chin toward the undispersed crowd: "It's them!"
Seeing that his younger brother was thinking, Sang Ye patted his shoulder with relief: "The so-called water can carry a boat and can overturn the boat is the strength of the people's hearts and the people's hearts and the people's hearts and people's hearts and people's hearts and people's hearts and people's hearts and people's hearts and people's hearts and people's hearts and people's hearts and people's hearts and people's hearts are used by themselves."
At first, she deliberately asked her younger brother and Yue Niang to run from the street to the town hall crying, which was aroused the curious gossip of these people. Then she told Yue Niang's unfortunate experience along the way, which aroused the sympathy of the people and inspired the indignation towards Liu Qiang's villain.
As long as it is used properly, the gathering of these people's hearts and opinions will become the force that will influence Mayor Zhao's decisions. Even if he thinks about his prestige in the town in the future, Mayor Zhao will not dare to go against everyone's wishes on the surface.
In this process, she didn't take into account any important matters, so she could make the villain Liu Qiang's chances of turning the tables. However, the initiative was in her hands. Although it took some effort in the middle, she had a way to let Mayor Zhao handle this matter "fairly and strictly".
What she didn't expect was that someone would take the initiative to help her, and not only did her previous plot uselessness, she still owed a favor. Of course, Sang Ye was grateful to the person in his heart. If the person hadn't put pressure on Mayor Zhao, even if the goal was finally achieved, she might have something that she could not predict in the middle.
Sang Yu benefited a lot in just a few words. He said with some annoyance: "Many people know this principle, but not many people know how to use it. Just like this article that can carry boats and can overturn the boats, I can recite it backwards, but I don't know how to use it for myself."
Sang Ye comforted him: "You are still young and have not experienced any major events, so it is normal not to think of this."
"Well, I will learn to apply what I have learned in the future, so that I will have a more thorough understanding of the knowledge I have learned." Sang Yu made up his mind to stop reading, otherwise his sight would only be on the one-pointed acre of ground in front of him.
Mulberry leaves
Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected joy and said with relief: "It's good that you can think so. In addition to studying in the future, you should also go outside to see more, and maybe you will have different insights."
She understood my passion, but the wide range of scientific examinations involved in previous years cannot be passed by rote memorization, and neither theory nor practice can be missed. Looking at the famous academies in Beijing, a large number of students will be sent to study around every year.
After walking out of the town hall, Mang Ye suddenly relaxed, and then she realized she was hungry, so she suggested to have dinner at a nearby restaurant.
Sang Yu and Yue Niang were already hungry and agreed without thinking too much.
After finding a small street restaurant that looked pretty clean, Sang Ye took his younger brother and his "good sister" to sit down in a remote place and ordered six dishes in one breath.
While waiting for the food to be served, Sang Ye Wenyue Niang: "What are your plans in the future?"
Yue Niang shook her head blankly, and her eyes turned red without realizing it: "Yue, Yue Niang doesn't know either."
Sang Ye sighed and expressed his thoughts: "You are alone now and a woman. If you continue to stay at home, you may not meet Zhang Qiang and Li Qiang. If you have nowhere to go, you might as well find a living craft in the embroidery workshop or dyeing workshop."
Embroidery workshops and dyeing workshops can be said to be the best places for women to learn art today. If they happen to have the talent in embroidery and dyeing cloth, they can usually become masters after staying there for seven or eight years.
In this way, women will not only be decent and will not be verbalized, but will also receive generous rewards. Even if they do not rely on their in-laws, they will have enough food and clothing to spend the rest of their lives.
Of course, there are countless girls who want to enter these two places. Many of them can get in through relationships. If you have excellent talent or luck, you can get in through these two places.
"Sister, Yue Niang has no familiar people in the embroidery and dyeing workshop, so this is probably not possible." Yue Niang said with a puzzled look on her face.
Yue Niang thought about the way to learn art in the embroidery workshop. Even when she was young and showed her talent in embroidery, her father sent her to the embroidery workshop. However, the embroidery workshop in the town was not suitable for outsiders, so she couldn't go in and wasted until now.
"Just tell me if you want to go or not, I'll find other ways for you." Sang Ye likes this little girl Yue Niang, and he really sympathizes with her wanting to help her, otherwise she wouldn't have to find trouble to take this matter on her.
"No, no need, Yue Niang is already troubled by her sister enough, so she can no longer worry about Yue Niang." Yue Niang knew that the two benefactors in front of her were just from ordinary farmers, and even if she could help her, she would have to pay a lot of favors. She already owed them enough, so how could she still have the face to owe another money?
"Since you call me sister, I naturally can't leave you alone!" Sang Ye smiled slightly, not minding spending favors to help the little girl.
The rest of the world already owe a favor today, and she doesn't care about owing one more, and she will pay it back together.
"Sister, sister" Yue Niang was moved to tears and her fingers trembled. In her life, there has never been a second person who has been so kind to her, so why is such a good sister not her own sister?
"Okay, don't cry. If you feel embarrassed, study hard when you go to the embroidery workshop in the future. If you don't lose my face, you will be grateful to me the greatest thanks." Sang Ye reached out to wipe the little girl's tears, saying half seriously and half jokingly.
"Well, Yue Niang must study hard and never lose her sister's face." Yue Niang nodded heavily, and her eyes that had been washed by tears were flashing with a firmness that she had never felt before.
Worried about Liu Qiang's minions causing trouble for Yue Niang, Sang Ye decided to ask Yue Niang to stay at her house for a few days, and when she contacted the embroidery workshop, she would send the person directly there.
In addition to being embarrassed, Yue Niang naturally wanted to do so. After experiencing such a terrible thing, she would be afraid that she would not even sleep well if she had left her home alone.
When I went to Yue Niang's house to pack up the clothes for changing clothes, it was already very late. Sang Ye hired a ox cart at the entrance of the village, and the three of them climbed onto the ox cart and headed towards Lijia Village.
On the way, Sang Yu joked: "Today we earned 90 cents for selling Spring Festival couplets, spent 150 cents for eating, and 10 cents for hiring a ox cart. In total, we lost 70 cents for a total of 70 cents. It's not worth it, it's not worth it."
Murata doesn't think there is anything wrong with mulberry leaves
It's cost-effective, and said seriously: "You don't calculate the account this way. You should think so. If you don't sell Spring Festival couplets or can't sell them, we will lose not seventy cents but one hundred and seventy cents."
Sang Yu was even speechless: "Sister, this account is not what you calculated like this. Why don't you say that if we don't go out, we won't lose a penny?"
Sang Ye retorted: "If we don't come out, can we know that sending Spring Festival couplets to our door is more profitable than selling them on the street? If we don't go out, can we save Yue Niang and eliminate the harm to the people and send the evil people Liu Qiang to prison?"
After listening to it, Sang Yu thought that he had learned what he could not learn in school today, but could not buy even if he had money, so he spoke in an instant.
Yue Niang, who was standing beside her, listened with relish, and felt a little guilty. She became more determined to study hard and repay the kindness of her two benefactors in the future.
The three people laughed all the way but did not appear. Since they left the city, several people followed them sneakily until the ox cart drove into the territory of Lijia Village and the people left.
Unexpectedly, Mu's eldest daughter and youngest son went to the town to do business, not only did they lose 70 cents, but they even brought a living person back.
She thought wrongly at the first time, thinking that her son was hooking up with a girl from the town during the break of school. This time she brought the girl to the house to recognize her relatives, so she almost didn't take out a bamboo strip to suck her son hard.
It was not until Sang Ye told the whole story that Mu felt relieved and pulled the timid Yue Niang for a while to comfort her. Like Sang Ye, she had a good impression of this little girl who looked weak but had a moderate attitude.
In this way, Yue Niang lived in the Sang family for the time being. There was no extra room in the Sang family, so Sang Ye drove Huan'er to sleep with Xiao Jiang. This made Huan'er feel lost for a while. She felt that her mother had a "new" sister, so she didn't want him, the "old" son.
That's right, it's the new sister! On the fifth day after Yue Niang lived in Sang's house, Mu and Sang Hushi drank Yue Niang's kneeling tea, recognized Yue Niang as their adopted daughter, and Sang Ye became Yue Niang's true sister.
For the next period of time, Sang Ye and Sang Yu still went to the town to sell Spring Festival couplets. The business was so good. Almost as soon as they opened the Spring Festival couplets and hung them on the rope, there was a long queue in front of the stall, and there were endless people buying them.
All this is attributed to Sang Ye becoming a heroine who is not afraid of power in the public. He sent Liu Qiang, the villain to the county jail, greatly purifying the air in the town. Later, the county jail sentenced Liu Qiang to three years of labor for the crime of "stealing", which means that he not only had to go to jail, but also had to work hard every day.
At that time, the news came back to Taoyuan Town, and not only did the whole town be full of excitement. So the Spring Festival couplets of Sang Ye and his brothers became completely popular. Not only did the people in the town buy their own posts, but they also brought a few pairs to their relatives. Even the people in the village below came to buy them after hearing about the "wisdom battle" of the Sang family and his brothers, saying that they could ward off the cults and laughter.
This is also a good reward for good people!
On that day, when Mangye was packing the stall and returning home, he saw his mother picking up the dried pheasant and hare under the eaves, he said, "Mom, if this rabbit has no other use, leave it to me."
These pheasants and hares were caught by the two brothers from Mangshu and Manglin a few days ago. There were more than ten of them in total.
While putting the rabbit he took into the basket, Mu said, "Apart from leaving a few as gifts for his in-laws, the rest will be eaten at home and give two more to your girl."
Speaking of this, she asked her eldest daughter in confusion: "What do you want these to do? Gifts?"
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