After serving the porridge, the Taoist priests got up and returned to Tianning to watch. Su Cheng leaned in the carriage and couldn't move. The bumpy ride was about to come, and Su Cheng suddenly said slowly: "On the first day I ran away from home, I was so worried that I was deceived into being a pawn."
Sister-in-law, the person who lied to me was still a twelve-year-old girl; on the second day, I learned that there are still places in the Jiangnan water town that are short of water and fight every day.
On the third day, I saw the real victims. Hunger is indeed the most terrifying thing in the world." She breathed out, "How compassionate the name Bodhi Corner is... Taoist priest, is there anything worse?"
Zhenming thought for a while: "Yes. There is a small village in the northern suburbs that is a leprosy village, which is worse than Bodhi Point."
Su Cheng said after a long while: "I still won't go see it. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on."
"You are a young girl who doesn't go out. I've never seen you before. You have to walk step by step."
Su Cheng said in a daze: "Earlier, I didn't respect my father that much. I always felt that he was pedantic and stubborn and not as enlightened as my grandfather. Now I know that it's amazing that he can serve as an official in a place and make the people and things prosperous.
"
Zhenming said: "What's more, one year of being a magistrate, ten years of snowflake silver. Being an official of a province can bring you more benefits than you can imagine. Since you were a child, you have been used to Mr. Su and Mr. Su being incorruptible, so you feel that they are incorruptible.
This is a natural thing, but it is a big mistake. Girl, selfishness is human nature. As the saying goes, nature is hard to change, and it is extremely difficult to resist all kinds of temptations. Don’t other magistrates and magistrates also read the books of sages and take the imperial examination to become officials? But most of them
I couldn’t hold it back.”
"I understand." Su Cheng held his head and said, "I just don't know how to persuade him to let me go out."
"Isn't there Mr. Su?"
"He deliberately coaxed Liu Xiaoqi away just to prevent others from helping me. He would never help me himself."
"Then you're the only one who can figure it out yourself."
"It's just that things are urgent right now and I don't have time to worry about myself." Su Cheng sighed, "I don't know there will be floods this year."
Zhenming glanced at her: "Why would Yang Qianli only tell me, an old Taoist priest, about such a big thing and not Mr. Su? Don't be arrogant. Although you are smart, you are still a little girl who just left the backyard. Mr. Su has been in the official position for many years.
He has managed floods in Jingzhou, and it's not your little girl's turn to come up with ideas." Su Cheng let out an "ouch" and was speechless.
Su Cheng thought about a night out for a long time, but still couldn't think of a way to persuade her father to let her go out. The next day, she didn't go anywhere, she just lay in a daze under the old camphor tree in Tianningguan. The guy from Jia's Horse Shop suddenly came.
Tell her: "The female worker named Xiaoque is dead."
Su Cheng was shocked: "What?! Why did the good guy die?"
"Her second brother has been thinking about you since he met you. Her mother blamed her for not having eyesight, so she brought a vixen back to steal her brother's soul, and accidentally beat her to death." The man said, "Now their whole family is
If you come to Ma Xing to cause trouble, I want you to pay for Xiaoque’s life.”
When Su Cheng heard the first words, he didn't know what he was feeling. Later, he was stunned: "Should I pay for Xiaoque's life?"
"If you had not gone to their house and refused to marry her second brother, her second brother would not have lost his soul, and her mother would not have beaten her daughter to death. Now that Xiaoque is dead, not only does their family lose a share of wages,
She is also missing a daughter. We originally agreed to exchange Xiaoque for her eldest brother next year, but now it is obvious that the exchange is not possible. Their two daughters-in-law are missing because of you, so you will naturally have to compensate."
Su Cheng was confused: "This...this doesn't make any sense..."
The waiter laughed and said, "Everyone is making trouble in front of our horse shop. This is something caused by the eldest lady herself. Tell me what to do."
Su Cheng thought for a while: "Report to the official."
The waiter raised his eyebrows: "Seriously reporting to the official? The official is Su Zhifu."
"Report it to the official." Su Cheng said, "There is no way to reason with stupid people, the only way is to ask the government to come forward. If you, the shopkeeper, report the case, you can still join the queue."
The clerk looked at her and said, "Master Su will have to confront 'Miss Zhang' when the time comes."
"Go ahead." Su Cheng shrugged, "I have prepared a set of unreasonable words. Anyway, they are not unreasonable, so everyone will be unreasonable." After a moment, he said, "Don't worry, Dr. Mei is so
A rare talent who has made great achievements, my father will not let him go."
The clerk said sternly: "I was about to talk to the eldest lady about this matter. I went to see Dr. Mei yesterday. He didn't want to ask for mercy from your Majesty, and would rather follow the clan to North America so that he could take care of the clan's three disasters and two disasters in the future.
sick."
Su Cheng also said sternly: "This is not his decision. My father really doesn't have many talents. Look at this mess! What is rare about Dr. Mei is not his medical skills, but his sobriety."
The waiter frowned: "He may not be willing to surrender to Mr. Su."
"He is a kind man and cares about the people. He does not need to surrender to my father. He can do many practical things if he stays. Neither Xie Jing nor my father bothered him to take care of the well at Bodhi Point. Although North American immigration is important, to my father
After all, it is not as important as governing Jiangxi."
The man shook his head: "He has made up his mind."
"How did the people of the King of Yan persuade my father to come to Jiangxi back then? That can be copied to persuade Dr. Mei." Su Cheng said, "My father worked in Jingzhou all his life, and he got along well with the King of Chu, and the people of Jingzhou also loved him.
, was he suddenly coaxed to take over this mess, wasn't it because King Yan took advantage of his love for the people?" The man was dumbfounded.
The clerk then returned to Jia's Horse Racing Company to discuss with Shopkeeper Zhou, and finally reported it to the official. Su Cheng borrowed a horse from Zhenming and rode to the government office. On the way, he ran to the General Military Office and took Li Guopei and Yang Guotai to the government office.
She moved it as a back-up in case her father got angry and beat her. After hearing this, the two of them quickly dropped their official duties and followed over to watch the fun.
Shopkeeper Zhou was careful and said that the Xiaoque family had killed their daughter because of their son's marriage. Hearing what Huli Mengden, the yamen servant, had told him, Mr. Su Tao had no choice but to let them join the team now that they had lost their lives. Shopkeeper Zhou entered the yamen lobby.
Deliberately hiding his head and showing his tail, he said: "There are two female workers in my shop. One of them wanted to ask the other to be his sister-in-law for her brother. But then, for some reason, the older brother died yesterday, and now the whole family is making trouble in our shop. Xiao
The man was very confused after what he heard, and saw that a human life had been lost, so he came to beg the great lord for justice."
Su Tao couldn't understand what was going on at all, so he asked: "If one is dead, where is the other?"
"The other one hasn't come to work since yesterday."
Su Tao immediately suspected that there was something wrong with this woman and asked, "Do you know where she lives?"
"I know. The villain has called her, and she has been waiting outside for a while."
Su Tao nodded and ordered the plaintiff to be invited first. Xiao Que's family then followed the Yamen servants in. Xiao Que's wife kept talking for a long time with snot and tears, but Su Tao couldn't understand it at all. Helpless, he ordered another female worker to come in. Not long after,
I saw a woman wearing a servant's clothes walking in. Su Tao took a closer look and his eyes almost dropped: Didn't this girl run away from home? When the little bird girl saw her, she immediately howled and rushed towards her. The government officials
He had already recognized the eldest lady and hurriedly stopped the little bird girl. She was still struggling to pounce on Su Cheng and yelled loudly. The two government officials tried their best to cover her mouth but could not cover her mouth. Su Tao was angry and slapped the gavel tree: "
Be quiet! If you roar again, drag her out to the court and hit twenty big shots first!" Xiao Que Niang was frightened and closed her mouth. She stared at Su Cheng as if she was about to spit out fire. Xiao Que's two brothers both glanced at Su Cheng from the moment he entered the door.
Yes, he stared at her. Li Guopei and Yang Guotai also quietly slipped into the lobby and hid behind the pillars.
Su Cheng was kneeling downright in the hall: "Ms. Zhang, the daughter of the common people, is here to see the eldest master."
Su Tao gritted his teeth and pointed at her and said fiercely: "Ms. Zhang, what's going on!"
"The great master is generous." Su Cheng then started talking about Xiaoque's invitation to look at cloth flowers, until he said that Xiaoqueniang wanted to force her to keep her as a ration for her son. Su Tao was so frightened that Su Tao slapped the table and shouted "How dare you!" Su Cheng ignored it and lowered his head.
He said, "Then the folk girl picked up the weapon she carried with her and poked a hole in the wooden water tank in their courtyard. They were so frightened that they let the folk girl go. The other folk girls didn't know anything about it."
Shopkeeper Zhou had been kneeling silently beside him and said quickly: "The other villains know. Xiao Que's brother was very envious when he saw Miss Zhang's upright appearance. He encouraged Xiao Que to go to work the next day and persuade Miss Zhang. Who knows that the next day Zhang
The girl never came to work. When Brother Xiaoque heard about it, he was very disappointed and depressed. Seeing that her son was in pain, Lady Xiaoque blamed her daughter for not having the vision and price, so she found a woman for her brother who couldn't marry, so she beat and scolded her to vent her anger, and accidentally beat her daughter to death.
."
Su Tao was stunned: "This is unreasonable!"
The little chick cried loudly: "It's all my fault, you bitch..."
Su Cheng said loudly: "This little girl is not at fault."
Xiaoque's second brother hurriedly said: "Miss Zhang, since you have become my wife, our whole family will no longer blame you and we will no longer file a lawsuit."
Su Tao was so angry that he slapped his hands again: "How outrageous!" He pointed down and was speechless for a long time.
When he was so angry that he couldn't stop himself, Su Cheng knelt straight and said loudly: "Xiao Que's death is the fault of three people. First, the direct perpetrator was his mother. Even if he missed it, it was an accidental injury to someone's life. Second,
, Xie Jing, the prefect of Jiangxi Province. When Mr. Xie was in office, he did not educate the people, nor did he adjudicate the many cases of raping women as wives according to law, so that many people mistakenly believed that there was no need for three matchmakers and six hires, and no need for two parties to be willing.
, you only need to trick a woman into entering the house and take her as a wife. If you go unpunished, you will allow more people to break the law. This is a great dereliction of duty by the prefect. Moreover, there are three strong laborers in the family, but they can't support them.
When he started his family, he couldn't afford a daughter-in-law or even enough to eat. It can be seen that the people under the rule of Mr. Xie Jing were in dire straits. The third was King Yan in Beijing. As we all know, Mr. Xie Jing was originally a guerrilla general in the Beijing camp, and then the emperor transferred him to Jiangxi.
The general of the army is an authentic general. The so-called civil and military are different. However, the King of Yan transferred him to be the prefect of Jiangxi. Although Mr. Xie can command troops and horses to fight, he cannot govern the people of the province. The King of Yan made mistakes in hiring people, which also caused
The reason for the death of the little bird girl."
Yang Guotai couldn't help but stick out his thumb and chuckled in a low voice: "Although it is crooked, it is very reasonable."
Li Guopei thought: "I don't think she is being unreasonable."
After a long while, I heard Su Tao sigh: "One family, three strong laborers. Can't support the family, marry a wife, or have enough to eat. This is my fault."
Su Cheng said crisply: "Master Su, there is no need to take the blame. You have just moved the Xie family, and there is no time to do anything else. The daughter of the people believes that with Master Su as a capable official in power, the people of Jiangxi will be prosperous and healthy in a few years."
Already."
Su Tao shook his head and asked Xiaoque's father: "What do you do?"
The little bird's father kowtowed and said, "I am a bricklayer."
"Is there always work?"
The little bird's father shook his head: "It's rare to find a job. Big families support their own masons, but small families don't need us."
Su Tao said: "In the future, if more factories are built here, you will have a lot of work to do."
Xiaoque’s father was surprised: “Seriously?!”
Su Tao nodded: "I just want to marry a daughter-in-law and be a matchmaker. You can't forcefully deceive a woman from a good family."
Xiaoque's father said: "Every family is like this."
"Everyone is wrong. The previous magistrate did not take care of this matter. I will take care of it."
Brother Xiaoque suddenly said: "Then the wife who was deceived from another family must be returned?"
Su Tao said: "It should be like this."
The eldest brother said in surprise: "That's not Liu Ermao. He Suozi and his wife are also going to give back their wives? Hahaha, they are about to have no wives!"
The second brother looked at Su Cheng and said, "How about I make money and marry you with three matchmakers and six betrothals?"
Su Tao yelled again: "Presumptuous!"
Su Cheng thought to himself: "I don't recognize you, so why do you like me?"
The second brother said: "You are good-looking. The best-looking women in this city are either sold to other places or put into brothels. Apart from you, I have never seen any good-looking woman."
Su Cheng laughed: "I'm serious about not lying. Have you ever thought that since I am the only one with good looks in the city, wouldn't there be other men interested in me? I have to choose the one who is most pleasing to my eye."
The second brother was silent for a moment. After a while, he said again: "If I don't lie, am I no better than those people outside who visit brothels?"
Su Cheng shook his head: "Not telling lies is indeed a strength, but it cannot cover up the fact that you cannot support your family. No woman would choose a husband just because of one strength to cover up all the other shortcomings. Since you are determined to marry a good-looking man,
Women, if you work hard in the future and earn money to support your family, you will naturally marry a good wife."
The eldest brother said from the side: "Even if you don't marry into our family, my sister died because of you. I was going to use her to replace my wife and now I don't know where to get her. Shouldn't you compensate me?"
Su Cheng sighed softly and looked at their whole family: "Your sister just died last night, her body is not yet cold, but you only want to exchange her for marriage? It's a shame she lied to you in the shop for you."
The eldest brother disagreed: "She just wants to send less money to the family after she gets married."
Su Cheng was stunned: "After she gets married, she still needs to send money to her family? Is her husband's family very rich?"
"Where can one be rich? Since she is a girl, she is not allowed to help her second brother get a wife for her?"
"Since you exchanged her for your own wife, you will have to make a lot of money to marry your brother!"
The eldest brother said confidently: "The money I made belongs to me, what does it have to do with him?"
"What about your sister? Doesn't her money belong to her?"
The eldest brother blurted out: "She is a girl, and the girl belongs to the whole family."
The two of them spoke smoothly. Su Tao and others were too busy being surprised and didn't think to interrupt. They didn't know what to say after hearing this. Su Cheng sneered: "So she is not your sister, but a pig raised by your family.
The pig belongs to the whole family. Even if it is sold, I have to steal it from the buyer's house and give it to you." Then he looked at Su Tao and kowtowed, "Sir, Jiangxi Province has been in chaos for more than ten years. The idea in the early years is basically gone.
It’s all a waste. Folk women think that folk women must go out to work in order to fill the labor gap.”