Chapter 22 Steward Hu arrests people
When she came to the cloth village, Xiao'er also knew her family's current economic situation, so she asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, may I ask if there is any affordable cloth, such as outdated, damp and so on." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The shopkeeper saw that several people were coarse cloth clothes, and he also knew that the family was not good, so he cleared out two muslin cloths in the morning that had been backlogged for several years, one blue was a little moldy, and the other white one was yellow, so he took it out: "These two pieces of cloth are damp, only 60 wen a horse." The original price is a few hundred dollars. ”
Cotton production in this era was very low, so cotton cloth was also very expensive. Linen cloth and coarse cloth are much cheaper, but those good ones cost more than 100 yuan a horse.
In the previous life, many heroines who crossed through didn't buy cloth heads, make head flowers and the like, Xiao'er really saw two bags of cloth in the corner, so she asked the shopkeeper: "How do you sell this cloth head of the shopkeeper?"
"Do you want it? Take all the ten papers, and there are two bags in it. "The two bags of cloth in it should be better, mostly silk, satin and the like. This cloth village was opened by Hu Mansion in Dongcheng, and Hu Mansion is famous for doing good deeds, so many times it will provide a little convenience to some people with poor family backgrounds. It will not ask for a price, and sometimes it will even be a little lower than its peers.
After putting the things in the ox cart, a few people went to the place where the pork was sold to buy ten catties of plate oil, one catty of pork belly, and a big bone, and before going out of the city, Shen Chengyao bought two meat buns for each of the three children, and bought two steamed buns for himself, which he ate on the road.
The three children were very conscious, and gave a meat bun to Shen Chengyao, even if Shen Chengyao didn't eat it, he didn't eat it, and left it for the Liu family at home. During this period, Jing Hao talked about Xiao'er's bargaining in the grocery store, and said that the grocery store shopkeeper saw that Xiao'er only bought 20 bowls but he gave out a bunch of things, and said "Loss, loss", several people laughed until their stomachs hurt.
When he returned to the village, he saw a lot of people gathered around the door of his house from a distance, Shen Chengyao was surprised, and shook the bullwhip to let the cow speed up.
Xiao'er guessed something, and glanced at Jing Rui Jing Hao, both with tacit expressions.
The ox cart soon arrived at the door of the house, and when the villagers saw that it was Shen Chengyao who had returned, they all consciously made way for them to pass. Shen Chengyao got out of the ox cart and asked, "What happened, why did everyone gather around my door?"
"The third child is back, what's going on with your family lately, it's been a family that hasn't been separated, and suddenly it's split up again, and it's just broken up and sold your daughter. "A well-known big-mouthed Ba Mei in the village pulled Shen Chengyao to dig up gossip.
Shen Chengyao was confused: "What's the matter?
Seeing that her family didn't know about it, Mei's desire to discuss gossip aroused her desire to discuss gossip: "Don't you know? The housekeeper of the Hu family in the town came to your house to receive people, saying that your second sister-in-law sold her daughter Shen Beier to Hu Mansion to be a maid. But your second sister-in-law insisted that it was your Xiao'er who was sold, not Belle. Now they're arguing over it!"
It's really big news, the sister-in-law sold her niece, and the niece's biological parents didn't know about it, and more importantly, she made a mistake and sold her daughter. If she didn't want to see how things were resolved, Mei wanted to go to her good sister and talk about it quickly.
"Nonsense, when is my family Xiao'er going to be a maid. Shen Chengyao was not polite when he heard that the matter involved his daughter.
"I didn't make this up, it was your second sister-in-law who said it herself. Seeing that Shen Chengyao was angry, Mei Shi hurriedly left a sentence and retreated to the back, found someone to block it, and continued to watch the excitement.
Shen Chengyao found a brother who usually had a good relationship: "Dashi, you help me drive the ox cart to the village chief's house first, and I'll go get things later." ”
Lin Dashi answered and drove away the ox cart and left.
Shen Chengyao picked up Xiao'er and walked in with the two brothers to squeeze through the crowd.
As soon as Xiao'er entered, she reminded Old Man Shen: "Master, there are many people outside."
Only then did Old Man Shen remember to close the courtyard door to discuss this matter, and hurriedly asked Shen Chengzu to close the door. The door was closed, but no one outside the door left. Watching other people's excitement is a common problem for many people.
Shen Bei'er was crying on Li's body at this time, and Li also shouted loudly while crying: "I didn't sell Belle, it was Steward Hu who deliberately deceived me." ”
Shen Chengzong was arguing with Steward Hu.
Shen Zhuang's was also scolding, saying that the Li family lied to her that it was twenty taels, but it turned out to be fifty taels.
Liu was wiping tears while holding his little sister.
Shen Chengyao came to Liu's side: "What's the matter, how did I hear that I was going to sell Xiao'er to Hu Mansion to be a maid?"
Liu wiped her tears: "The second sister-in-law sold our Xiao'er to Steward Hu, who knew that the name of Shen Bei'er was written on the paperwork, and Steward Hu came to take it, but she refused, saying that the document was wrong, and it was Shen Xiao'er who sold it, not Shen Bei'er." ”
Shen Chengyao was furious when he heard this, and clenched his fists: "It's just too deceitful!"
He just wanted to step forward to seek justice, but Old Man Shen yelled: "Shut up!"
Hearing the roar, everyone stopped and looked at Old Man Shen.
Old Man Shen breathed a sigh of relief before he spoke: "Steward Hu, can you explain the whole story in detail?"
Steward Hu told the whole story, and of course concealed the fact that Shen Jingrui went to find him. Every year, Hu Fu buys new maids, but most of them don't buy them nearby, they go to more remote mountain villages. Because the pork in Hufu is usually bought for Li's mother's family, he mentioned to his father that he was going to find a few new maids recently. On the second day, Li came to the door and told him that his family had many children and little land, and he couldn't eat enough for a meal. Her brother-in-law has just given birth to a girl, and she has more mouths to eat, and there is not much food left at home, so she plans to sell a daughter. At that time, he thought that Li Butcher had known each other for many years, and her daughter should not lie to herself, so he should go down and pay a deposit of 10 taels. But he did things safely, and he still asked people to inquire about Shen Chengzong's family, and knew that Li's daughter was called Shen Bei'er, and at that time, Li only said that he planned to sell a daughter, he thought that it was her daughter who was selling, Xiao'er was her daughter's nickname, and her daughter's age was up to his requirements, so he wrote Shen Bei'er's name on the paperwork.
After speaking, Steward Hu asked: "Isn't her daughter's name Shen Bei'er? Is Shen Xiao'er a niece or a daughter? Whoever sells people is the biological parents." ”
"Of course it's my niece, but I call my second aunt uncle, and I call my own mother to call my mother. Whoever sells someone, you can find whoever wants her child, not to mention that we have already separated. Xiao'er said loudly.
"Yes, I will never do anything to sell my sons and daughters!" Shen Chengyao hugged Xiao'er in his arms tighter.
"Second sister-in-law, I asked myself if I have never done anything sorry for you, and housework, you said that you can't do something and let me do it for you, and I have never helped you do it. How can you do such a thing? How can you secretly sell my daughter without asking? How can your heart be so black? I have already lost a daughter, how can you bear to let me lose another one?"
Having already lost a daughter?Xiao'er wondered, but didn't have time to pursue it now.
Shen Chengyao also thought of this, his eyes were red, and he also squatted down and called Liu, and then he didn't speak.
"My mother also agreed to this, and she received a deposit of 10 taels of silver, and said that she would tell you. Li hurriedly shirked his responsibility.
When Shen Zhuangshi heard this, he scolded loudly: "You black-hearted mother-in-law, why don't we be struck by lightning? You yourself have lost thirty taels, and you still want to blame me? I deliberately dug a trap and I jumped, saying that it was Dongcheng Hufu to buy a maid, who knew that it was Xicheng Hufu to buy flowers! And deliberately mentioned this matter to me before the autumn harvest to coax me to promise you, and then I was so busy that I forgot to tell the third family. Why did our family marry you, a mourning star, a ruined mother-in-law? ”
"Mother, you didn't say that when you took the money, you were happy. If you don't agree, how dare I sell Xiao'er. "The Li family doesn't care, anyway, she is determined by the Shen Zhuang family, and with the Shen Zhuang family as an accomplice, the old man can't do anything to her at that time. I thought of pulling Shen Zhuang into the water beforehand, and now that she has taken all the money, she can refute anything.
"You black-hearted, rotten mother-in-law, you ......"
"Okay, don't argue, solve the problem first. Old Man Shen stopped Shen Zhuang's family. These two have been arguing every day lately, and no matter when or what the occasion, he is annoyed.