Chapter 326: Someone is in a Dilemma
The first one is what everyone calls Li Gongzi. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info He was twenty years old, with good facial features, a thin body, a little weak, but his tone was very hard. As soon as he entered the courtyard of the Song family, he saw Liu Yuru and Fan Ying sitting there, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, and his two eyes had already glanced at their faces and bodies several times in a short time.
He couldn't tell from the way they dressed that they were coming from, and they didn't have any followers, and they didn't have much of a background. However, he was still surprised in his heart, how could two such outstanding characters come out in such a poor and remote place, but they were much more covetous than that Miss Song.
He said in a soft tone to Mrs. Song, "The big family surnamed Li in Shanzhou is our family in this village, and the current emperor is also related to us five hundred years ago, how can we embarrass Mrs. Song?" It's just that people rely on the sky for food, and if the crops are destroyed, they can only wait for next year, and it is not easy to calculate how much grain they will harvest less. The crops were hung up by Niu Ersheng with firewood and grass on his back, and we only demanded compensation from him. ”
The young man who carried the firewood turned out to be Niu Ersheng, who was also from this village, and his parents were both there, and one of the eldest brothers had already married. His family background is not very good, and he is in his twenties and still has not started a family.
He saw that the young lady of the Song family, who had just moved to the village, was very good-looking, so he often came to help with the work. Mrs. Song had already understood what this young man meant, and secretly asked her daughter, and Miss Song also had this heart.
It's just that the first family in the village, the only son of the Li family, also fell in love with Miss Song, and asked his father to come over to propose marriage, but was rejected by Mrs. Song. This Li Gongzi is the same from the novel, pampered, he wants the moon, if there is a ladder, his father will climb up to the sky to pick it up for him.
Li Gongzi thought that Niu Ersheng had stirred up his own good deeds, and he was trying to find a way to catch him for several days. Today, the servants at home came to him and said that Niu Ersheng, this kid was courteous to Miss Song again, and Li Gongzi immediately brought someone to find fault.
Niu Ersheng happened to pass by the Li family's field with a bundle of firewood and grass on his back, and the bundle was hung on the crops in the field. Originally, it was just hanging on the leaves, but the slave of the Li family ran over and said that he had broken the crops. The servant shouted as he reached out and broke a few of them, insisting that he had hung up.
Niu Ersheng stammered to defend himself, and Liu Yuru and Fan Ying understood. Both of them clearly saw that what this Li Gongzi meant was to make trouble unreasonably. They did not speak, but sat there and watched.
Li Gongzi said, "For Mrs. Song's sake, we don't want much." As long as you compensate us for our losses, everyone will break up, our Li family is not unreasonable, you go and get the silver. ”
As he was talking, an old man and a young man hurried in, and Niu Ersheng saw it and shouted, "Dad, you are here." ”
It was Niu Ersheng's father and brother who came, and they heard that it was the Li family that was provoked, so they were busy coming over to calm down the incident. Li Gongzi didn't let Niu Ersheng speak, and said to the visitor, "Daddy Niu, you came just in time, you have heard the phrase 'plant a grain of millet in spring and harvest ten thousand quintals of grain in autumn', there is a way to rather slap a slap than destroy a seedling." Your son hung up on four or five of my crops at once, how can you compensate us? ”
Niu Ersheng said angrily when he heard this, "Dad, don't listen to his nonsense, I just hung the leaves of the crops on his land with bundles of firewood, and they didn't break them, they tore them off and polluted me by themselves!" ”
Father Niu was in his fifties, and he didn't dare to provoke the Li family, so he listened to his son's words and said angrily, "Shut up!" Li Gongzi is a scholar, will he defile our small business? It's all because you're not careful, why don't you give Li Gongzi a companion, beg Gongzi for forgiveness! ”
Niu Ersheng was very reluctant, lowered his head and said nothing. Li Gongzi laughed dryly and said, "It's still Daddy Niu, you have seen the world and know where to do things." But it's not just a matter of accompaniment. Who doesn't know that people depend on the sky for food? When the crops are broken, they will no longer fight for grain, Daddy Niu, have you heard that it is convenient to delay other people's harvests? ”
Two of his servants also bluffed, "I have to pay a little." ”
Daddy Niu couldn't, so he had to smile and ask, "I don't know how to pay?" ”
Li Gongzi pondered and said, "In this way, you don't need much for a crop, just one or two pieces of silver." All you have to do is pay five taels of silver. "Five taels of silver, the average countryman will take two or three years, and who can afford it for a while.
Niu Ersheng's eldest brother was anxious when he heard it, the matter between the brother and Miss Song had just come to an eyebrow, and the family borrowed less than five taels of silver in order to prepare for this matter. Suddenly gave the surname Li, what should I do about my brother's affairs? He tried to speak, but his father stopped him.
Li Gongzi said, "How is it?" If you don't pay compensation, we will be judged, and we will see you in the yamen then!" Spending money on lawsuits is not limited to this amount. ”
The poor are most afraid of lawsuits, and needless to say, they feel distressed about how much money they spend, and they can't afford to spend their efforts.
Fan Ying was already so angry that she was about to have a seizure, but Liu Yuru secretly pulled her sleeves to prevent her from moving, and the two sisters sat there without squeaking. Hearing that Father Niu was still smiling with him, Li Gongzi said impatiently, "If you don't have any silver, stand back, the person who can say a word can be worth the silver is not your father and son......" He looked at Miss Song and said, "As long as Miss Song begs me, I will waive your silver." ”
One of his house slaves said, "If Miss Song is willing to show her face and go home with our young master, it is okay for our young master to pour fifty taels of silver." ”
Li Gongzi said, "That's exactly the reason! ”
When Miss Song heard this, she felt insulted, she knew that it was a matter of trouble, she was helpless in her heart, she turned around and didn't look at them, this surnamed Li is virtuous and obscene, even if he has thousands of family fortunes, he is not as good as a person with good conduct.
The three masters and servants of the Li family played with their daughter in public, and Mrs. Song was extremely angry, but how could the orphans and widows be opponents. Seeing that today's incident had implicated the father and son of the Niu family, she said with some sadness and indignation:
"Li Gongzi, you have a lot of adults, how can you embarrass my daughter, the old man is here to accompany you for Daddy Niu, please let us go." As he spoke, he knelt down.
Li Gongzi hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, "Old lady, am I embarrassing you?" You know it's too late for me to stammer! Besides, you are older than me, no better than Miss Song, we are the same age and generation, and it is convenient to say anything, you let her say. ”
Mrs. Song was almost about to cry, she had nothing to do, and she had no idea in her heart. She knew that the Li family was like this, all because of the rejection of the proposal. But her daughter's lifelong event, she can't help but her daughter's will, doesn't she let her be wronged for the rest of her life?
If her husband is alive, no matter how powerless and powerless she is, she will not fall into the hands of these villains. Although the Niu family is here, how can they fight the big families in the village? She is sad and chaotic.
A servant of the Li family saw that his master always glanced at the two strange women sitting in the courtyard between his words, and saw that although they were gorgeously dressed and had delicate faces, they were silent, thinking that he was frightened, so he wholeheartedly helped the young master to pull them on.
He saw two horses in the courtyard, cleanly washed, and one of them was covered with a full suit of cowhide armor. He knew that the Song family had no such horses, so it must have been these two women who rode them.
He stepped forward, shook the stirrup of Fan Ying's horse with his hand, and said to his master with a smile, "That's it, son, if this horse can compensate us, he won't ask for silver anymore." ”
His master said, "Exactly, is this horse yours?" Lord Song is no longer alive, and there is no need to ride a horse for business. If I pay my debts with horses, I will admit that I have suffered some loss...... Is it yours? ”
He paced past, and saw that the saddle of the horse was trimmed with red velvet and gold thread, and knew that it must have been ridden by these two beautiful women. They don't squeak, it's not easy for them to go up and talk, the words of the house slave are just an introduction, how can he not climb the pole.
As he spoke, the boy reached out and tried to put himself in the saddle, thinking to himself which of the older and the younger one was sitting on it. (To be continued.) )