After Cheng Dong shouted this, he pulled Cheng Yi and walked out. Although Cheng Yi was helpless, she thought that her brother had already broken up with her brother and it was useless to say anything, so she had to let Cheng Dong pull her away.
When the students heard Cheng Dong's bold words, they all felt a little sad and didn't know what to say. They could only watch the siblings staggering towards the village.
Cai Youshou was also frightened by Cheng Dong's last words. As the saying goes, it is better to resolve enemies than to make them end. This time he offended the Cheng family siblings. What if Cheng Dong really turns around in the future? In the play,
Isn’t there often a story about a poor student who wins the top prize and then returns home to repay his kindness? This Cheng Dong seems to have some talent in learning. If he really wins the top prize in the future, he will pinch himself to death.
Isn’t it easy to make a small space longer?
"Master Su, look at this... This Cheng Dong was raised by the villagers after all. How could he say such heartless words?" Cai Youshou said to Su Hao with a smile.
At this point, Su Hao had no choice but to pat Cai Youshou on the shoulder and said: "Cai Li Chang, that Cheng Dong just said an angry word, Cai Li Chang doesn't need to take it seriously. However, digging wells destroyed the fields of these two siblings.
, I also feel very guilty in my heart. I want to ask for a favor from the village chief and give them two more money to compensate them. What does the village chief think?"
"Master has spoken, how dare you disobey me?" Cai Youshou said, "Well, one acre of land is worth 6 taels of silver. I will give him a total of 12 taels of silver."
"Okay, then I would like to thank the elder brother on behalf of the Cheng family." Su Hao said hypocritically.
After settling the land acquisition dispute, Su Hao picked up a branch, walked to the Cheng family's land, drew a circle on the ground, and said to Wang Tiangui who was standing aside: "Old Wang, please make arrangements and let the craftsmen dig a well here.
, the well is about 80 feet deep and should be able to produce water, no less than 200 tons per hour."
"I understand, I will arrange for people to start digging the well!" Wang Tiangui agreed readily, as if he had not seen the dispute just now.
After deciding the location of the well, Su Hao called over the health workers and the office workers, and asked them to work in pairs and spread out to survey the terrain within a few miles of the surrounding area. In the end, there were only four people left around him.
, respectively Ma Yu, Chen Guanyu and Han Qian, the master and servant.
"Brother Duwen, you have also seen what happened to the Cheng family siblings just now. Although we dug this well to benefit the people, it also destroyed his family's fields and left his siblings without food and clothing. Listen to Cai Li
The chief said, although this Cheng Dong is young, he is well-read in poetry and books. I think you should be able to talk to him. Therefore, I would like to trouble Brother Du Wen to persuade Cheng Dong not to have any misunderstandings about us."
Su Hao said to Ma Yu.
Ma Yu nodded: "I'll go right away. However, brother Gai, just a few words of persuasion are useless on this matter. Regarding the livelihood of his two siblings, what do you think of brother Gai?"
Su Hao whispered: "Brother Duwen, you saw it just now. In fact, the Cheng family siblings have a minor surname in the village. Even if we keep their fields, there is no guarantee that they will not be bullied in the future. I think Cheng Dong is
It's a pity for such talented people to stay in this village. I want to persuade them to live in the county town. Let's find a way to find a job for the Cheng family's wife, and then introduce Cheng Dong to study in the academy. This can be regarded as a way out for them.
,what do you think?"
"Brother Gai's words make sense, and I admire him," Ma Yu said.
Chen Guanyu frowned at the side and said: "Master, I feel that this kind of thing is not our responsibility. The master has just asked Cai Lichang to increase the compensation for his family's acres to 12 taels, which already shows the kindness of the master."
As for how their siblings will live in the future, how can we control it?"
Su Hao smiled bitterly and said: "Old Chen, you are right. However, when I saw Cheng Dong, I thought of myself. I am also a scholar in the countryside. Who can know the hardships of living in poverty for these ten years?
It’s okay if we don’t know about this matter. Since it started because of us, we can’t just sit back and watch.”
"I understand." Chen Guanyu immediately changed his mind. He positioned himself as Su Hao's staff. The role of the staff is to advise the master and remind the master to pay attention to things that he has not paid attention to. Once the master's intention is decided,
The staff must execute it unconditionally.
"Since Master has a love for Cheng Dong, Guanyu will go to his house with Ma Xiucai to have a look, so that he can take advantage of it," Chen Guanyu said.
"Okay, you can go together." Su Hao said.
Chen Guanyu and Ma Yu walked towards the village. As for where the Cheng family siblings lived, they could find out just by asking after entering the village. Watching the two of them walking away, Su Hao came to Han Qian, cupped her hands and said
: "Miss Han invited me. Just now, the student saw that Miss Han looked angry, but do you think the student handled the matter improperly?"
Hearing Su Hao directly call herself Miss Han, Han Qian, who was dressed in men's clothing, blushed slightly. Of course she would not deny her gender in vain, because it would only make her darker. She hummed softly.
With a loud voice, he said: "So you still have some conscience and know that you have mishandled it?"
"Haha, I have no choice but to sacrifice my family for everyone." Su Hao said.
Han Qian said: "We can obviously move the well position 20 steps away, so that we don't have to occupy the Cheng family's land. Her family only has two acres of land in total, why can't we take care of them? Besides, we have clearly decided on A and B before.
There are two locations. Since location B will occupy farmland, isn’t it okay for us to choose location A?”
Su Hao said: "I can understand Miss Han's mood, but when running errands in the countryside, you can't act on your whim. Miss Han, think about it, even if we insist on setting aside the Cheng family's fields, Cai Youshou's attitude towards these two people
How can you not find a new way to embarrass them if you are full of grievances?"
Han Qian was not shy. She knew that Su Hao's statement was reasonable. However, she still pouted and said bitterly: "Huh! Anyway, I can't stand how you people work together and bully the weak."
"Didn't I already ask someone to remedy the situation?" Su Hao said.
"You asked Ma Xiucai and that bullshit Taoist priest to appease them because of your uneasy conscience," Han Qian revealed.
"Uh...well, no matter what, Xiaosheng still has his conscience, right?" Su Hao said helplessly.
"Glib tongue!" Han Qian cursed in a low voice.
The Cheng siblings returned home with mixed emotions. Cheng Dong sat down on the stool, gritted his teeth, and imagined over and over again in his mind the scene where he would come back to beat these corrupt officials after being named on the gold list. Cheng Yi took the lead
With a bitter look on his face, he sighed silently while doing housework.
As Cai Youshou introduced to Su Hao, after the Cheng family siblings were originally officials, their father turned out to be a sixth-grade general judge of the same government. While handling a case involving a local rich man, Cheng's father offended the rich man's backer.
In the end, he was dismissed from office on an unfounded charge, and he could only return home sadly with his wife and children.
On the way back home, their family was robbed by a group of unknown bandits. Cheng Yi's parents were killed by the bandits. Cheng Yi took her younger brother Cheng Dong, who was under 10 years old, to the nearby state capital to report the crime.
However, they got a hint from an official in the state capital who had the same age as their father, saying that this group of bandits was probably arranged by the rich man, with the purpose of retaliating against Cheng Yi's father for investigating their case.
After hearing this, Cheng Yi no longer dared to return to her hometown as originally planned. She could only take her younger brother to flee thousands of miles to Fengcheng County, Nanchang Prefecture, and found a small village to settle in. She bought it with the silver she had with her.
With two acres of thin farmland, he made a living by farming here and supported his younger brother's education. According to Cheng Yi's idea, if Cheng Dong could pass the Jinshi examination and have an official position, he might be able to avenge his father Zhaoxue.
Although Cheng Dong is young, he is very sensible after experiencing this incident. In addition to helping his sister to work in the fields, he spends the rest of his time studying hard. He received guidance from his father when he was a child, and he has a certain writing skills.
, after working hard in the past few years, his attainments have become quite profound. Cheng Yi has been thinking about how to raise a sum of funds for a while to send Cheng Dong to take the county examination and the prefecture examination.
It’s true that the trees are quiet but the wind is not stopping. I originally thought that hiding in Caijia Village would not cause any trouble. Who knows, that day Cheng Yi went to Fengcheng County to sell home-spun yarn, and accidentally met the lustful man
What is Li Yuanwai? Li Yuanwai knew from Cheng Yi's attire that she was not married, and from her behavior of selling yarn in public, he also guessed that her family was in poverty and there was no one in the family who could take charge.
In this way, Li Yuanwai found a matchmaker, followed Cheng Yi to Caijia Village, and then asked Cheng Yi to marry her as his concubine, and also promised to help her send Cheng Dong to take the exam. Although Cheng Yi was in such a state of despair, after all,
She was a young lady from an official family, how could she accept such a condition? When Cheng Dong heard that the man who wanted to marry his sister was actually a bad old man, he became even more furious and beat the matchmaker out.
When Li saw the matchmaker coming back crying to report the news, he felt that he had lost face. He had some friendship with Wang Fengshao, the head of the county government, so he asked Wang Fengshao to say hello to Cai Youshou, the head of Caijia Village, and asked Cai Youshou to put pressure on Cheng Yi.
You must marry Cheng Yi into the family.
Cai Youshou went to the Cheng family twice to talk, but was rejected in both cases, and he harbored resentment towards the Cheng family. This time, the well location chosen by Su Hao happened to be in the Cheng family's field, and Cai Youshou naturally wanted to take advantage of this to cause trouble. According to his idea,
If the Cheng siblings can be forced into desperation, Cheng Yi may have no choice but to accept Li Yuanwai's arrangement. To say the least, even if Cheng Yi refuses to let go, as long as they leave Caijia Village, Li Yuanwai and Wang Fengshao cannot be blamed.
Cai Youshou is here.
Everyone in Caijia Village has the surname Cai. Only Cheng Yi and his family are outsiders. Even if Cai Youshou forces them to a dead end, they have no power to fight back. This is why Cai Youshou dares to be so rampant.
When Cheng Yi heard that Cai Youshou asked people from the county government to dig wells in her fields, she guessed what Cai Youshou was thinking. She had no other choice but to run to Cai Youshou and plead hard, hoping to impress him with tears.
Who would have thought that when the young and energetic Cheng Dong learned about this, he ran over and angrily rebuked Cai Youshou and the master sent by the county government. In this way, the room for maneuver was blocked.
It seems that the two siblings cannot stay in Caijia Village any longer. After leaving Caijia Village, where can they find their foothold?
Cheng Yi was worryingly thinking about his escape route when he suddenly heard a clear question coming from outside the door:
"Excuse me, is this the home of Mrs. Cheng and brother Cheng Dong?"