The B place on Su Hao's map is under a small hill in the south of Caijia Village, and everyone walked for a while to get there. Wang Tiangui and Cai Youshou had already heard the news and rushed over, Su Hao pointed to a field in front of him, and said, "It's in this area, dig a well of about 80 feet, and it should be able to produce water." If I'm right, the water comes out of about 200 quintals per hour. ”

Cai Youshou asked: "Master, are you saying that you can choose any of these fields?" ”

"Exactly." Su Hao replied.

Cai Youshou nodded, then turned around and said to a follower beside him: "You go and call the lady of the Cheng family, this well will be drilled in her field." ”

The follower left, Cai Youshou led Su Hao and the others to walk a few steps forward, came to a field with sparse rice, and said to Su Hao: "Master, look, is it appropriate to dig a well in this field?" ”

Su Hao said: "The location is suitable, but this well, this field is considered to be wasted." The county government has a requirement that if the land is requisitioned when digging a well, it must be compensated according to the market price, do you know? ”

"Yes, yes." Cai Youshou said, "No, I have already asked people to call the landlord to go, just to talk to her about compensation." ”

As he was talking, the attendant who was sent by Cai Youshou to call people came out of the village, and behind him, followed by a young peasant woman. I saw that this person was wearing a small bun on his head and a turban, which was clearly the dress of an unmarried woman. But looking at her figure, she is already relatively plump, like she is in her early 20s. At that time, it was very rare to be in your 20s and not yet married.

Cai Youshou's attendant walked quickly, and the woman followed behind him without a single step, looking very anxious. The two of them came to Cai Youshou and Su Hao, and the woman bowed to Cai Youshou and said, "Cheng Yi visited the chief, I don't know what the chief called the little woman to do, what to order." ”

"Cheng family lady, please get up." Cai Youshou said slowly, "Lady of the Cheng family, the magistrate sent a messenger to our village to help dig a well, do you know about this?" ”

"Cheng Yi knows."

"The matter of digging a well is related to the livelihood of our whole village, and no matter who it is, we must contribute. Now Master Su in the county government has surveyed the location of the well, and this well location happens to be in your field, you see ......"

"Ahh Cheng Yi raised her head in surprise, she looked at the people around her, and realized that what Cai Youshou said was not a lie, so she fell to her knees suddenly, kowtowed to Cai Youshou and said: "Chief, these two acres of land are the only foundation for the little woman and her younger brother, ask the chief to be gracious and dig a well in another place!" ”

"Cheng family lady, what are you talking about?" Cai Youshou raised his face and said, "There is a fixed number of water veins in this underground, and if you change places, you won't be able to drill a well." Besides, the village is digging a well in your field, and it is not that it will not compensate you, and the green seedlings that are broken can be converted into silver taels. ”

Cheng Yi knelt on the ground and said, "Master Li, although the little woman is shallow, she also knows how to dig wells and destroy fields. The little girl, sister and brother were helpless in their hometown, so they pointed to these two acres of thin fields to live, and if this field was destroyed, the little girl and her brother would starve to death. ”

Cai Youshou said: "Ridiculous, didn't I say it, if you occupy your family's land, the county government will compensate you." Your two acres of land were originally cold water fields, and the yield was very small, and according to the market price, one mu was definitely not worth four taels of silver. The village gave you ten taels of silver to buy you two acres of land, why don't you want to? ”

"Li Chang, no matter how much silver there is, it will run out, but with these two acres of land, it can provide for the little girl and her brother to live. Chief, for the sake of my sister and brother, please change places. Cheng Yi put her head on the ground and said silently.

"Cai Lichang, what's going on?" Su Hao couldn't see this miserable situation, he pulled Cai Youshou aside and asked in a low voice.

Cai Youshou shook his head and said: "This woman's name is Cheng Yi, she fled from other places and came to our village six or seven years ago, and she also brought a younger brother who was less than ten years old, named Cheng Dong. She still had some silver taels on her at that time, so she bought this piece of land from the villagers, plus a grass house, and lived here. Over the years, she has cultivated these two acres of land alone, and in her spare time, she will spin some yarn and chop some firewood to sell at the market, so she has dragged her younger brother to grow up.

She was sixteen or seventeen years old when she came, and now she is in her twenties, but she is not married. She said that she had to support her younger brother before she would consider marrying herself. ”

"What do you mean by making offerings?" Su Hao asked.

Cai Youshou sneered: "This sister and brother of the Cheng family claimed to be an official eunuch before the family was in trouble. Her younger brother's name is Cheng Dong, and he has been full of good articles since he was a child, and he is worried about being promoted and promoted to the rank of sergeant. Cheng Yi thought that she would probably wait until her younger brother was promoted before she would get married. ”

"I see." Su Hao nodded and said, he felt that the situation of this family was somewhat similar to his family. In contrast, his family still has more than a dozen acres of land, and his family background is passable. And Cheng Yi and Cheng Dong, sisters and brothers, live on these two acres of cold water fields, and their embarrassment can be imagined.

"Since that's the case, let's change the land." Su Hao suggested, "It's okay to move the well to the side a few dozen steps and move it to another family's field." ”

Cai Youshou shook his head and said: "The master is on an errand in the yamen, and I don't know how difficult it is for us to be the chief. This matter of digging a well, no matter whose field it is spread to, there will be such trouble, if you look at someone's poor family and change it, then I will not be able to do anything here. ”

What can't be done, it's clear that the land you chose is good? Su Hao despised Cai Youshou in his heart. He understood that Cai Youshou did this because Cheng Yi's sister and brother belonged to outsiders in the village and were the best to bully. If it were someone else's field, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to talk to.

"Li Chang......" Su Hao had to hold on, but he saw Chen Guanyu standing aside, desperately glancing at him, so he hesitated and stopped talking.

Su Hao's hesitation was not because he received Cai Youshou's five taels of silver, so he didn't dare to argue with Cai Youshou. In his previous life, he had practical experience, and he knew that the cooperation of the village cadres was very important in digging a well in the village, and if they were to work with the village cadres, it was entirely possible for them to incite the villagers to come and make trouble, and then nothing could be done. Today's Su Hao is just a master temporarily appointed by the magistrate, and he is majestic when he speaks of it, but if he really makes something in the countryside, I'm afraid the magistrate will not protect him.

"In fact, this lady of the Cheng family can't get along with herself. A few days ago, Foreign Minister Li Yuan, who opened a sauce shop in the county town, fell in love with her, wanted to accept her as a concubine, and promised to provide her brother with an exam, but she thought that Li Yuanwai was old and refused to agree. Li Yuanwai entrusted the county government's Wang Zhushu to come together, but there was no result, and the Wang Zhushu still blamed the people a little bit for this. Cai Youshou seemed to complain to Su Hao unintentionally.

I see...... Su Hao secretly felt aggrieved for Cheng Yi in his heart. This kind of thing is really not something he can interfere with. Even if he insists on removing the well from Cheng Yi's field now, Cai Youshou may not find another opportunity to make things difficult for Cheng Yi, in the final analysis, it is because Cheng Yi is helpless, like meat on the board, which can only be slaughtered.

"Captain...... Can you do a good job and give the little girl and her brother a way to live? The little girl will be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay your kindness. Cheng Yi was still kneeling on the ground, crying and begging Cai Youshou.

"This is Master Su who was sent by the county government to survey the well position, this well location is set by Master Su, if you have anything to say, you can tell Master Su." Cai Youshou kicked the ball directly to Su Hao. He believed that after telling Su Hao just now, Su Hao should know how to deal with it. As the lieutenant chief, he is not suitable and seems too ruthless, and these words make Su Hao logical.

When Cheng Yi heard this, he immediately turned around and kowtowed to Su Hao, and said while kowtowing: "Master Su, these two acres of thin fields are the foundation of the life of the little girl's sister and brother, can you ask the master to survey another well location and give the little girl's sister and brother a way out?" ”

"Uh...... Cheng family lady, right? Su Hao said embarrassedly, "This matter is really not something that can be decided in the future, you know, this groundwater, it has a trend, this place is exactly where the underground water veins are, change the position of the well, I'm afraid you won't be able to get water." ”

"This ......" Cheng Yi was speechless for a while, she looked up at everyone, and the students and servants who were watching around were also silent. In fact, everyone also knows that it should be no problem to move a few steps out of this well, but this is all a field, and moving a few steps will certainly bypass Cheng Yi's field, but it will also involve other people's fields.

Just when everyone was embarrassed, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy came out of nowhere, he rushed into the crowd, ran to Cheng Yi's side, pulled Cheng Yi's arm with his hand, and shouted in his mouth at the same time: "Sister, what are you doing, get up quickly!" ”

"This is Cheng Yi's younger brother Cheng Dong." Cai Youshou whispered to Su Hao.

"Xiaodong, you beg the elder for my sister, and this master, they want to dig a well in our field, if these two acres of land are destroyed, we will have no way to live." Cheng Yi struggled and didn't want to get up, but pulled Cheng Dong and wanted him to kneel down with him.

Cheng Dong turned around, glanced at Cai Youshou hatefully, and then turned his gaze to Su Hao, who read an extremely angry emotion in his eyes.

"You are the county master who came to survey the well?" Cheng Dong asked.

"Exactly down there." Su Hao replied with some guilt in his heart.

Cheng Dong stretched out his hand, pointed at Su Hao's nose, and said in a cold tone: "Don't think that I don't know your thoughts, you officials protect each other, just want to use this method to force my sister and brother to not survive, so as to fulfill your wish and let my sister marry that bad old man." I tell you, don't think! ”

"Xiaodong, don't be rude." Cheng Yi saw that instead of pleading with Cai Youshou and Su Hao, Cheng Yi scolded the master who represented the county government, and couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly pulled Cheng Dong with his hand, wanting him to stop.

Cheng Dong said: "Sister, we are not afraid of them, people are good at being bullied, horses are good at being ridden, they are bullying people!" ”

"Uh...... Brother Cheng misunderstood, he just came to survey the well, and it has nothing to do with what you said about the bad old man. As for bullying people or something, I don't even know who the two of them are, where to start with the word bullying. Su Hao explained with a smile that he really didn't want to have a reputation for being a tiger.

Cheng Dong didn't pay attention to Su Hao's explanation at all, he turned around, pulled Cheng Yi up vigorously, and said, "Sister, let's not ask for them!" Don't let us live here, let's go, the world is so big, I don't believe I can't find a place for our sisters and brothers to live. ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head again, glared at Su Hao and Cai Youshou viciously, and said, "I remember you, as long as I, Cheng Dong, don't die, there will be the day when I will be named on the gold list." At that point, I'll come back to settle accounts with you. I tell you, don't bully young people into poverty! ”