Zhang also breathed a sigh of relief. This feeling of revenge is really painful, but she doesn't intend to end it like this. Seeing that Wang was carrying the basket and leaving, Zhang's heart was happy and he wanted to follow, and then concocted the same method. However, there was one thing she wanted to forget, and that was this twenty penny pumpkin.

When the old peasant woman saw that Zhang was leaving, she hurriedly grabbed her clothes, for fear that today's first business would be so yellow, and said anxiously: "Since she doesn't want this melon, that girl, this melon will be sold to you for twenty yuan, you take it." As he spoke, he had already put a large pumpkin into Zhang's vegetable basket. Zhang only felt that the basket in his hand sank, and when he heard that the old peasant woman asked for twenty yuan for the melon money sold, he was very unhappy, and poured the melon to the ground, and hurriedly said: "Twenty yuan for a melon, you are robbing!" ”

When the old peasant woman heard the woman in front of her say that she was robbing money, her originally pleasant face instantly became gloomy, and her voice became impatient, and she reprimanded Zhang: "If it weren't for you, the melon just now would have been sold a long time ago." You said you wanted 20 yuan to buy this melon, but now you don't want it, how can there be a person like you in the world. Everyone, come and judge! How can there be such a person! "The people in the market heard someone crying, and the people who had dispersed gathered around again. Everyone accused Zhang's practice of bullying the old peasant woman, complained about the old peasant woman, unanimously denounced Zhang, and even said that they would pull Zhang to see the official. At this time, the Zhang family became the target of public criticism, and if he didn't talk to the old peasant woman, he really wanted to see the official.

"Old woman, I really didn't want to buy this melon, I just didn't want that person to buy the melon just now, I was just angry, you just let me go!"

"If you don't let her buy melons, isn't it also messing up my business? No, no. "The old peasant woman still refused to let the Zhang family go away like this." Even if you don't buy my melons, you will lose ten cents. ”

"Why?" Zhang had a bad conversation with the old peasant woman, and when she got angry, she insisted on going out, but the old peasant woman desperately grabbed her.

"You ruined my first business of the day. Either lose money or buy melons. As he spoke, he sat down on the ground, hugged Zhang's legs with both hands and began to cry.

"My wife is really miserable! The old man died early, and his son was recruited by the imperial court to serve as a soldier, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive, so he left behind a weak and sick daughter-in-law and a two-year-old child. I relied on selling some melons I grew to get medicine for my daughter-in-law・・・・・・"

Everyone's disdainful eyes once again turned to Zhang's in unison, like a sharp sword cutting her heart so uncomfortable, and there were even thick men in the crowd who rolled up their sleeves and wanted to hit her, which made Zhang's heart tremble.

Zhang finally couldn't hold it anymore and reached into his cuffs to take out the money.

"Twenty is twenty. Here you go, here you go. In the panic, the copper coins were scattered all over the ground, and she didn't care whether the money that fell out was more than twenty yuan, and when the old peasant woman let go to pick up the money, she hurriedly rushed out of the crowd and fled.

It's really "Zhou Lang's clever plan to calm the world, and he lost his wife and soldiers." "The Zhang family didn't want to be angry with the Wang family, and it would end up in such a wolf way. She turned into an alley in the market, packed up her clothes, calmed herself, and poked her head out to look at the situation on the street, as if no one was chasing her, and then she was completely relieved. After a while, I thought of the hateful Wang family in my heart, which made her so unbearable, and I wanted to find Wang's unhappiness, but standing at the mouth of the alley and looking through the whole street, there was no trace of the Wang family in the bustling flow of people.

"That's it, that's it, let's let this stinky woman go today." muttered like this in his mouth, comforting his wounded heart. Thinking about it again, it's also a family member, and the right is to give face to the second brother and younger siblings, but the next time I meet him, I'm not welcome. Zhang is the niece of her mother-in-law Zhou and the cousin of her husband Chen Shouli. Mother-in-law Zhou's maiden family has always had a great deal of power to speak, and the women of the Zhou family are also very capable masters, and Zhou helped the old lady of the Chen family to run a business when she was young, and she was also a strong woman at that time. However, Zhang's is a bit unsatisfactory compared to Zhou's. There is a strong and pungent side to the character, but there is a bit of bullying and fear of hardness. Regarding Zhang's character, her mother-in-law Zhou often scolded her like Zhang's useless father.

After being so noisy in the vegetable market, Zhang's had no intention of buying vegetables at all. "Forget it, I'd better go home and cook noodles, but when I go back, I will be counted down by my mother-in-law." Thinking of this, Zhang's expression was full of helplessness, and he lifted the vegetable basket next to him, planning to walk home from the street next door.

"Sister-in-law of the Chen family? Is it the sister-in-law of the Chen family in front? There was a woman's call behind him, and Zhang didn't know who was calling him, so he turned his head and looked, it turned out to be Sister Li. When Zhang saw that it was Sister Li, he was overjoyed and hurriedly greeted him, "Sister Li!" Did you come out to buy vegetables for the government? ”

"Yes! The county magistrate said that he wanted to eat sweet and sour crucian carp today, but I was in a hurry and forgot to buy fish. As soon as I returned home, I remembered it, so I hurriedly came out with the little girl, for fear that I wouldn't be able to buy something fresh. As he spoke, he gestured to a young man who was following him. The young man was carrying an old wooden bucket in his hand, and a large crucian carp was in it, probably not wanting to be made into a Chinese meal, and from time to time the crucian carp slapped the water with its tail, splashing half of the little girl's pants.

Sister Li, named Li Xiuzhen, is the cook in the county government, the same age as Zhang's, although she is not very old, the time she has worked in the kitchen of the county government is not short, and she is considered the "old man" of the county government.

"It seems that this fish is still very flexible, and the dishes made from fresh fish are definitely not bad." Zhang said as he looked at the splash of the crucian carp.

"The county magistrate just likes fresh things, and after so many years, the taste of this Puzhou people has not changed. Fish is not delicious if it is not fresh. Sister Li spoke, as if she remembered something again, and said to the little girl who followed her: "You send the fish back first, find Xiao Liu to clean up, and I will arrive later." The little servant answered, carried the bucket and left.

"How is Brother Chen?" Sister Li asked about Chen Shouli's injury.

"It's good on the mouth, it's still like that on the buttocks, and I've been applying medicine lately!" Zhang talked about Chen Shouli's injury, and his heart was unhappy for a while.

"Pity him, those servants are too ruthless. However, Brother Chen was beaten, and Lu Sanniang couldn't get out of it. Sister Li leaned closer and said.

"Lu Sanniang? What's wrong with her? Zhang was a little puzzled.

"Yes! Not long ago, Lu Sanniang came to the house to find her wife, saying that she was sending the clothes that had been prepared. When I was serving, I listened to the old man and his wife talk about it, but it was actually for the lawsuit between Brother Chen and Wang Yueying. Sister Li slowly revealed the hidden secret, which made Zhang's even more confused.

"Lu Sanniang has a good relationship with that Wang Yueying. Brother Chen eats the board, and Wang Yueying must be the culprit. ”