Two official servants walked over at a steady pace.
Mrs. Zhao straightened her back and glanced at Shen Qingqing and others proudly, "See, this is Pai Noodles!"
After saying something arrogantly, she put on a flattering smile and stepped forward to greet the officers. As soon as she opened her mouth, the two officers passed by her as if they hadn't seen her.
?
Mrs. Zhao was anxious and quickly reached out to stop the official, "Official, you two officials, you have passed, my master is here!"
The little thin man turned his head, looked her up and down, then looked at Wang Xiucai beside her, and asked from his soul: "Who are you two?"
The villagers burst into laughter.
Mrs. Zhao dragged Wang Xiucai in front of the two of them, "Don't you know my master? Wang Xiucai from Yanghua Village, a good friend of the county magistrate!"
The thin man and another official looked at each other.
"Does Mr. Lin have a scholar friend named Wang?"
"No, I haven't heard of it."
"How could you not have heard of it?" Mrs. Zhao pulled Wang Xiucai hard and said, "Sir, you should say something!"
Wang Xiucai broke away from her hand, covered half of his face and hid behind the bullock cart, "What do you want me to say? What is there to say?"
He hasn't been to the county government office in a year or two. Who would recognize him?
One of the villagers asked the official indifferently: "May I ask you two officials, who are you here to see?"
"Then they must be here to see Brother Meng and sister-in-law. We don't know the others either."
When the word "other people" was mentioned, the little thin man deliberately looked back at Mrs. Zhao. Who didn't know that Mr. Lin was a well-known workaholic and had no time to make friends at all.
Even if you make friends, you won't be able to make friends with such a cunning and stern look. You can tell at first glance that you are not a good person!
The little thin man curled his lips in disdain, turned and walked to Shen Qingqing and Meng Yuan, changed his expression, and said with a smile: "Brother, sister-in-law, good morning, I saw you all the way away, do you want to go in for a cup of tea and rest?"
Rest?"
Meng Yuan nodded slightly as a greeting.
Shen Qingqing smiled and replied: "There is no need to drink tea. The scholar in our village has something to discuss with the county magistrate. How about you help me and call Mr. Lin over?"
"What you said is so outrageous that I can't even get used to it."
The little thin man smiled and rubbed his hands, "Next time if you have anything to do, just give me your instructions, and I'll be happy to do the errands. If my sister-in-law feels bad, remember to bring me a bowl of noodles next time you come over."
Without waiting for Shen Qingqing to answer, he happily ran into the county government office to call for help.
Another official rushed to Shen Qingqing and cupped his hands. Before leaving, he said: "I have longer legs than that guy. You can call me next time if you need someone to run errands. And I will pay you for noodles, so you won't be in vain!"
Shen Qingqing chuckled, these two people really risked their lives to eat stew noodles.
The villagers were stunned for a while, "Looking at the tone of their words, why do I feel that Meng Yuan and his wife are the ones who are the officials?"
"Zhao Shuangjiang, didn't you say that they came to greet you? Why don't you speak now? Are you mute?"
Zhao's face was burning with pain, and she stammered and found the steps for herself: "The two of them should be new here and don't know us. Isn't this quite normal?"
"Okay, they are new here, so the county magistrate is not new, right? Let's hear what the magistrate has to say later... Hey, Master Xiucai, don't run away!"
Some villagers reacted quickly and grabbed Wang Xiucai back, who was covering his face and trying to escape.
Lin Ziyan came very quickly. He first greeted Meng Yuan and Shen Qingqing, and then looked at the villagers beside the oxcart, "Who wants to discuss something with me?"
The villagers quickly pushed Wang Xiucai out, "It's just him. He has huge grievances that he wants to appeal to you!"
Lin Ziyan looked him over and asked, "Wang Xiucai?"
"It's me." Wang Xiucai drooped his head, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead one after another.
"If you have any grievances, just tell me."
Wang Xiucai's lips were trembling and speechless, but Mrs. Zhao next to her became more energetic. Since the county magistrate remembered her husband, it meant that the two of them still had some friendship.
Things will be easier to handle if there is friendship.
Mrs. Zhao knelt down on the ground, wiped her tears and told the story of her daughter's tragic experience, and finally cried: "It's all Mengyuan, a heartless man, who has caused my daughter to be like this. Please make the decision for us, the county magistrate!"
"
Lin Ziyan: "?"
I was completely stunned.
He knitted his eyebrows for a while, looked at her with a complicated expression, and asked slowly: "Are you okay?"
Zhao: "I'm fine, I just feel a little uncomfortable."
"I think something is wrong with you."
Lin Ziyan tapped his temples, "Especially here, there seems to be some kind of serious illness!"
Mrs. Zhao hadn't realized the problem yet, "I'm not sick, Lord County Magistrate, I'm telling the truth. If it weren't for Meng Yuan, my Bihe family would never have ended up in this situation!"
"I already know that your daughter is possessed by a female ghost. I can only blame the old man for being too cunning. What does it have to do with anyone else?"
Lin Ziyan sighed helplessly, "If you go by your theory, I should be blamed for this matter. I should blame myself for not being able to arrest the old Taoist earlier."
"Your Excellency, County Magistrate, don't listen to her nonsense. She is just afraid that her daughter will not be able to get married and will go to someone else's house to get married."
The villagers chattered about the mother and daughter's dirty tricks, and by the way mentioned the Wang family's behavior of bullying their neighbors and looking down on ordinary people.
Lin Ziyan was furious when he heard this, "Wang Xiucai, you have been studying hard for decades. Have you ever heard of the poem 'The original intention of studying is Yuanyuan'?"
"As the only scholar in the village, you enjoy the preferential treatment from the villagers. Instead of trying to benefit your neighbors and bring convenience to everyone, you instead bully others and indulge your family members to do their best work."
"Do you still have the integrity that a scholar should have in what you do?"
Wang Xiucai blushed at what he said, lowered his head and muttered: "Master Lin, I know I was wrong, and I will change it in the future."
"I hope you will do what you say."
Lin Ziyan suppressed his anger and said: "Because it is not easy to obtain academic honors, I will make an exception and spare you. If you dare to do something like this again, I will report your evil deeds to the Superintendent of Schools and have you punished."
I won your reputation as a scholar!"
Hitting the snake seven inches, Lin Ziyan's words can be regarded as the fate of the Wang family. Not only did it frighten Wang Xiucai, but even the talkative Zhao family did not dare to say a word.
After Lin Ziyan left angrily, everyone in the village burst into laughter.
"Oh, I finally understand what 'stealing chickens means losing rice' means! Madam Scholar, do you understand, do you want me to tell you?"
Ms. Zhao glared at the person who spoke and turned her head away, daring not to answer.
"Today is such a good day. When I look at it, the sun is brighter than yesterday."
Wang Tiezhu walked up to the crowd with his hands behind his back, "To celebrate that the sun is getting brighter, I will hold a big banquet at home tonight. All the folks will come over to have a banquet. Remember, we only eat and don't accept gifts."
"Don't ask why, just ask because you are happy! Hahaha!"
After being depressed for so many years, I was finally able to express my anger.