Chapter 12, pat the horse and count the corrupt officials, pretending to be stupid and crying to get by
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After Situ Yan entered the room, she blinked her eyes twice, and then she looked around, and saw a bookshelf standing on the north wall, a table in front of her, and a man in official clothes sitting behind the table.
The master bookkeeper sat behind the table, originally didn't want to care about this matter, but after hearing Menzi, this kid still knows how to pay filial piety, although he is poorer in clothes, maybe he still has some money in his hand, so he moved his mind to see it, and then he looked at Situ Yan twice, and felt that this kid was thin and withered, and he really didn't look like a rich person, and he couldn't help but regret it a little. But this side still has to be pretended.
"You're here to do the household book, you have to find the county magistrate for this matter, I'm afraid it's not easy to handle here!"
Situ Yan knew that the master must have seen that he didn't look like a rich man and didn't want to do it, so she made an excuse and hurriedly handed over the cloth bag containing copper first, "My lord, I heard that you are the most capable person in this county government, and the boy's affairs can only be handled by adults, please do well and help." β
The master book looked at the cloth bag, opened his hand and glanced at it, and saw that it was full of copper, and he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.
"I see that you are still polite, what do you have to say, let's hear about it first?" He also motioned to the Yayu behind Situ Yan to find a place to sit.
"Thank you, sir!" Situ Yan bowed, and then continued, "The boy's father was originally from Lijia Village, Xinchang County, and his mother was from Situ's family in Hebazi Village, Henan County. But halfway through, I met a 'ringing horse', and my father and eldest brother were killed. Speaking of this, Situ Yan didn't forget to cry a few times, and then continued in a dumb voice, "My mother was unwilling to be ruined by the 'Ringing Horse', so she wiped her neck, but fortunately a team of dart masters passed by, and the frightened 'Ringing Horse' retreated, and the boy was left alive." The people of the dart bureau helped bury the father and eldest brother, and also found out ten taels of silver from the mother, at that time, it was said that the boy was used to protect the boy to Lijia Village, and he also changed my clothes, and the companion became the appearance of a boy, and then it arrived smoothly. But my father's household book is in prison, and the prison was robbed by the 'ringing horse', and now the kid doesn't even have a household book, so I want to ask for help from adults, and I want to run a 'lonely household'. β
Situ Yan saw from the book that if this little baby wants to run a household book, he can only run an "orphaned and young household", in fact, this "orphaned and young household" is not bad, at least the tax is halved, and there is no forced labor. It's just that she has to find someone to take care of in the future, she has already thought about it, and the person who raised her will write Li Dazhu's name.
"Why aren't you a kid, a little girl?" As soon as the master heard that this child was a girl, he couldn't help but think differently, but when he looked up and down, he stopped thinking about it, this girl is not only black and not slippery, but also has no two flesh, small eyes, big mouth, and pockmarks on her face, and there is no place to take it.
Situ Yan paid attention to the expression of the master book while speaking, and when he heard that she was a girl, a dirty evil light flashed in his eyes, and his heart couldn't help sinking, and he looked at himself up and down, and then he looked disgusted, so he let go, "It seems that my disguise has played a role." β
Then he replied, "Yes, my lord, I'm just a little girl, 6 years old this year." These are all the money I have on me, or the people in the dart game have returned it to me, saying that it was spent on other roads. I thought that I would need money to go into the yamen to make a household book, so I took it out. Situ Yan cried a few more times, and then pretended to be weak, hoping not to arouse the other thoughts of the master book.
"That's natural, this account book costs a lot of money, and you don't know if you have enough for this bag?" Situ Yan heard this, and scolded secretly, you are a shameless corrupt official, you can ask for a few dollars to open a household book, if you didn't have a household book before, you wouldn't have taken this risk.
But this is not the time to argue with this kind of person, so I hurriedly squeezed a few tears, "What can I do, I have nothing but a few cakes?" The dart master said, here is 2 yuan, why is it not enough? The more he spoke, the quieter he became, but the cry became louder.
The main book heard that there were 2 pieces of money, isn't that 2 taels of silver, to put it bluntly, it is a lot, it is worth his monthly service, and I saw this ugly girl crying with a snot face, very dirty, I couldn't help but feel a little upset, thinking about doing things quickly, driving people away, saving me from looking at disgusting people.
"Okay, you are lucky today, you met the official, I did this for you, these silver money is not enough, that is, the official is kind!"
Situ Yan saw that things had an eyebrow, so she didn't pretend to cry, lowered her head, knelt down and saluted this person, and didn't forget to flatter a few words, "You are really a big lord of the sky, a great official." β
Situ Yan flattered her mouth, and she had scolded this person in her heart, but she had to bow her head under the eaves, not to mention that she was a spy in later generations, and she did not seek to do things by means, but only to achieve the goal. And she has always been able to bend and stretch, kneel down, and kowtow a few times is nothing.
"Alright, alright, tell me your parents' names, where they come from, and your names and birthdays. From now on, you are from Lijia Village, don't talk nonsense when you go out, you won't have to cause trouble for the official. The master bookkeeper laughed in his heart, this ugly girl is also a fool, he has won silver and fame here, and he is happy for a while without thinking about it, where is this so simple. In fact, it is also because she is a poor girl that this thing is done smoothly, if you are a kid, only this Situ surname, I am afraid that it will cause trouble.
Situ Yan nodded yes and said yes, handed over the paper written by Ya Yu in the tooth shop, and told the master that she didn't follow the surname Li because her mother's maiden family only had one daughter, and her father wanted to leave some incense for her mother's maiden family. The master Bo didn't doubt it, waited for a while, and saw that the master book was sitting on a blank household book, and then went out and stamped the official seal of the register, and then handed it to Situ Yan.
"Alright, look at you, let's get out quickly! Don't get the house dirty. The master bookkeeper was in a hurry to count the coppers, and hurriedly drove Situ Yan out.
"Thank you, thank you, your lord." Situ Yan didn't want to stay longer at all, she quietly glanced at the household book, and saw that there was nothing wrong, so she hurriedly stepped up and retreated.
Situ Yan trotted all the way out of the county office, found an alley and got in. Only then did he take a deep breath, "This household book has finally been settled, and the next thing is to do the transfer of the house deed, this can no longer find this master book, if you let this corrupt official know that he still has five acres of garden land, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to talk just now." It's time to go to the meeting, and the upright prefectural order has to find a better tooth shop. β
In fact, Situ Yan just wanted to do the transfer of the house deed together, but looking at the master book was too greedy, he was afraid that as soon as the house deed was taken out, it would no longer be his own, so he was patient and did not do it together.
Here, Situ Yan was still looking for a better tooth shop on East Street to meet the county order, and the master over there poured out the copper, counted them one by one, and counted them three times and only 1312 texts, "These damn dart masters even cheated a little girl's money." "This corrupt official himself asked for other people's money, and even if he was disgusting, he would blame others for not giving enough. But he didn't think that it was not a dart master who really deceived him, but a 6-year-old ugly girl.
In fact, Situ Yan is deliberate, if she can save it, she is not willing to give this kind of person money, if she can, she would rather not give a child, in doing so, it is to calculate this kind of sanctimonious person, and will not count the money in front of others, so she deliberately pretends to be less, but she doesn't dare to give too much, for fear of being seen through in person.
Perhaps it was the money that the master had received, and although he had taken less than he thought, he was still happy in his heart. After a while, he walked out of the county office, and when he left, he didn't forget to call the door just now, it seems that the two have some friendship, so they went to find a place together.
Finally, I found a tooth shop at the head of East Street, the faΓ§ade was very small, but the person in charge looked very loyal, asked carefully, and only received fifty wen to write the deed, and handed it over to a tooth waffle together with the deed and the house deed in Situ Yan's hand, and asked him to take Situ Yan to the county government to do business.
What kind of master is what kind of slave, this upright steward, the tooth under his hand also has a sense of righteousness, and the people are also kind, talking and laughing with Situ Yan all the way, and when he arrived at the county office, he saw that the door had changed, and he heard that the master had just gone out, and the county magistrate had just returned, so Situ Yan was relieved.
It took a quarter of an hour for the door to go in, and then he turned back and led Yayu and Situ Yan in.
Situ Yan saw the county order for the first time, and looked up carefully after saluting, and saw that the county order was sitting behind the bookcase, wearing an official hat, similar in style to the black gauze hat of the Ming Dynasty, all of which were covered with real green crepe and attached to the hat wings, wearing a round-necked green robe official uniform, embroidered on the complement was an emu, and the waist was tied with a silver belt, so it was inferred that this Xinchang County was only an inferior county, and this county order was only a civil official from the seventh grade. Looking at his facial features again, this person is slightly wooden, with a straight back when he sits upright, and he should be conservative and principled. Although such a person does not know how to be flexible, as long as he does not violate the law and taboo, it should not be difficult to do business.
The county magistrate put his hands on the table, looked at Ya Yu and Situ Yan, asked what he meant, and saw that Situ Yan's house deed, document deed, and household book were all complete, so he collected a transfer tax of 100 wen in accordance with the tax regulations and handled the matter.
Situ Yan secretly rejoiced with the completed house deed, and after thanking her repeatedly, she went out of the county office with Ya Yu, she didn't want to meet the previous master book again. After the matter was done smoothly, I felt hungry, look at the sky, it was already noon, and I hadn't eaten lunch yet, so I found a small stall selling food, and invited this kind tooth to eat a bowl of somen noodles. It's finally done.
During lunch, Situ Yan inquired with Yayu and learned that there would be ox carts or mule carts in the villages around Xinchang County, and those like Lijia Village, which is located in the north of Xinchang County, can go to the north gate of the county seat to inquire about it. After eating, she thanked Ya Yu, and then walked to the north gate of the county seat, asking if there was a car to Lijia Village, and she could take a ride by the way.
And after leaving the post road, not to mention the dirt road, it is still inaccessible, and she is afraid that there will be any danger. Although she can handle it, but a hero is difficult to defeat four punches, and if there are many people on the other side, she can only accept her fate.
When he went out of the city gate, he saw some oxen, mules, and donkey carts parked on the left side of the gate. I went over and inquired about it, and I found out that today is September 20, and there will be a small market in the county every tenth, and it just so happens that there is an ox cart in Lijia Village that brings the people of the village to buy and sell things.
Situ Yan was very happy that she was still in a hurry, the ox cart in Lijia Village hadn't left yet, so she sat by the car and waited for the people from Lijia Village to come back, and chatted with the car watcher by the way.
This car watcher is a kid from a poor family in the city, who has nothing to do, and can't afford to enter the school, so he and a few friends came to the city gate to show people the car and earn some money to supplement the family. This one car costs two pennies. Situ Yan checked, there are ten cars here, then they have twenty yuan a day, and it is not too small for a few people to share it.
"Little brother, do you have to look at these cars every day?"
"How can it, only when you catch up with the set, will there be these cars, which are usually very rare. The tenth, twentieth, and thirtieth are all small sets, and there are fewer cars, if the fifth, fifteenth, and twenty-fifth episodes of the first year, there are more cars, and you can earn 2 or 30 wen a day! When it came to money, this person's face flushed, and when he wanted to come to the big market, there were still a lot of people.
After waiting for a while, seeing that it was approaching the time of Shen, I heard the little brother who was watching the car pointing to the city gate and shouting, "The people from Lijia Village are back." If you want a ride, just ask! Situ Yan looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a group of people who had just left the city gate and were walking towards this side with their backs. (My novel "Troubled Times" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )