040 Cheng family siblings
After Cheng Dong shouted this voice, he pulled Cheng Yi and walked out. Although Cheng Yi was helpless, she thought that her younger brother had already torn his face with others, and it was useless to say anything to herself, so she had to let Cheng Dong pull her away. When the students present heard Cheng Dong's words, they were all a little gloomy, and they didn't know what to say, so they could only watch the sister and brother stumble towards the village.
Cai Youshou was also frightened by Cheng Dong's last sentence, as the saying goes, it is better to settle a grievance than to settle it, he offended the Cheng family sisters and brothers this time, what if Cheng Dong really has a salted fish to turn over in the future? Isn't there often a joke in the drama about poor students winning the champion, and then going home to take revenge, this Cheng Dong, it seems that he really has a little talent to learn, in case he really wins a champion or something in the future, isn't it easy to pinch his little lieutenant to death?
"Master Su, look at this...... This Cheng Dong, who was raised by the villagers, how could he say such heartless words? Cai Youshou said to Su Hao with a smile.
At this point, Su Hao had no choice but to pat Cai Youshou on the shoulder and said, "Cai Lichang, that Cheng Dong is just an angry sentence, Cai Lichang doesn't have to go to his heart." However, digging a well and destroying the field of the two sisters and brothers, I also feel very guilty, I want to ask the chief for personal favors, and give him more compensation silver at that time, what does the chief think? ”
"The master has spoken, how dare the villain disobey." Cai Youshou said, "That's it, even if one acre of land is 6 taels of silver, I will give him a total of 12 taels of silver." ”
"Okay, then I'll thank you for the Cheng family's sisters and brothers." Su Hao said hypocritically.
After dealing with the land requisition dispute, Su Hao picked a branch, walked to Cheng's field, drew a circle on the ground, and said to Wang Tiangui who was standing aside: "Lao Wang, you arrange it, let the craftsman dig a well here, the well is about 80 feet deep, and it should be able to produce water, and it will not be less than 200 quintals per hour." ”
"The villain understands, so he arranges for someone to start digging a well!" Wang Tiangui readily agreed, as if he hadn't seen the dispute just now.
After setting the location of the well, Su Hao called the students and the officials of the workshop over, and asked them to work in groups of two and spread out separately to survey the terrain within a few miles of the surrounding area. In the end, there were only four people left around him, namely Ma Yu, Chen Guanyu and Han Qian's master and servant.
"Brother Duwen, you also saw the matter of the Cheng family's sisters and brothers just now. We dug this well, although it was said to be for the benefit of the people, but it also destroyed his family's field and left his sister and brother without food and clothing. Listening to Cai Lichang, although this Cheng Dong is young, he is full of poetry and books, I think you should be able to talk to him. Therefore, I want to trouble Brother Duwen to persuade Cheng Dong not to have any misunderstanding about us. Su Hao said to Ma Yu.
Ma Yu nodded: "I'll go now." However, Brother Gai, this kind of thing, it's useless to just persuade a few words, what does Brother Gai think about the livelihood of his sister and brother? ”
Su Hao whispered: "Brother Duwen, you also saw it just now, in fact, this Cheng family sister and brother are the little surnames in the village, even if we leave their fields, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be bullied in the future." I think that Cheng Dong is a talent, and it's a pity to stay in this village. I want to persuade them to live in the county, let's find a way to find something to do for the Cheng family's lady, and then introduce Cheng Dong to the academy to study, so that it can be regarded as giving them a way out, what do you think? ”
"The brother of the change is reasonable, and the younger brother admires it." Ma Yu said.
Chen Guanyu frowned on the side and said, "Master, I don't think this kind of thing is our responsibility. The master has just asked Cai Lichang to increase the compensation for his family's acres to 12 taels, which already shows the benevolence of the master. As for how their siblings will live in the future, how can we manage it? ”
Su Hao smiled bitterly: "Lao Chen, what you said is also right. However, when I saw that Cheng Dong, I thought of myself, who is also a scholar in the countryside, who can know the hardships of the cold window in the past ten years? We don't know about it, and since it was caused by us, we can't stand by anymore. ”
"I see." Chen Guanyu immediately changed his tune. He positioned himself as Su Hao's staff, and the role of the staff was to give ideas for the master and remind the master to pay attention to those things that he did not pay attention to. Once the master's will has been decided, the staff must carry it out unconditionally.
"Since the master has a love for that Cheng Dong, Guanyu will go to his house with Ma Xiucai to have a look, and it is good to act with the camera." Chen Guanyu said.
"Alright, let's go together." Su Hao said.
Chen Guanyu and Ma Yu walked towards the village, as for where the Cheng family sisters and brothers lived, they only needed to enter the village and ask. Watching the two walk away, Su Hao came to Han Qian's face, arched his hand to her, and said, "Miss Han is invited, the student is angry when he sees Miss Han, but he thinks that the student has not handled this matter properly?" ”
Hearing Su Hao directly call herself Miss Han, Han Qian, who was dressed in men's clothes, blushed slightly, of course she would not deny her gender in vain, because this could only become darker and darker. She snorted softly and said, "It turns out that you still have a little conscience, and you also know that you don't handle it properly?" ”
"Hehe, there is no way, for the sake of everyone, I can only sacrifice my small family." Su Hao said.
Han Qian said: "We can obviously move the well 20 steps away, so that we don't have to occupy the Cheng family's field." Her family only has two acres of land in total, why can't she take care of them? Besides, we have clearly decided on two places, A and B, and since this place B will occupy farmland, can't we choose place A? ”
Su Hao said: "I can understand Miss Han's feelings, but you can't act rashly when you run an errand in the countryside. Miss Han think about it, even if we insist on it and leave the fields of the Cheng family's sisters and brothers, with Cai Youshou's resentment towards these two, where will we not find a new way to embarrass them? ”
Han Qian was not roundabout, she knew that Su Hao's statement was reasonable, but she still pouted and said hatefully: "Hmph! Anyway, I can't get used to you people colluding and bullying the weak. ”
"Didn't I already have someone to make amends?" Su Hao said.
"It's because you have an uneasy conscience, that's why you let Ma Xiucai and that bullshit Taoist priest appease them." Han Qian revealed.
"Uh...... Well, anyway, Xiaosheng can be regarded as having a clear conscience, right? Su Hao said helplessly.
"Flim Flam!" Han Qian scolded in a low voice.
The Cheng family sisters and brothers returned to their homes with mixed feelings. Cheng Dong sat on the stool, gritted his teeth, and thought over and over again in his heart that after the title of the gold list one day, he came back to flatten the scene of these corrupt officials and corrupt officials. Cheng Yi sighed silently while doing housework with a bitter look on her face.
As Cai Youshou introduced to Su Hao, after the Cheng family sisters and brothers were eunuchs, their father turned out to be a six-rank general judge of the same government. When handling a case involving a local tycoon, Cheng's father offended the backer behind the tycoon, and was finally dismissed on a trumped-up charge, so he could only return to his hometown with his wife and children.
On the way back to their hometown, their family was robbed by a group of inexplicable bandits, and Cheng Yi's parents died at the hands of the bandits. Cheng Yi took her younger brother Cheng Dong, who was not yet 10 years old, to the nearby state capital to report to the official, but received a hint from an official in the state capital who had a friendship with their father in the same year, saying that the gang of bandits was probably arranged by the rich man, and the purpose was to retaliate against Cheng Yi's father for investigating their case.
When Cheng Yi heard this, he no longer dared to return to his hometown as originally planned, so he could only take his younger brother to travel thousands of miles to Fengcheng County, Nanchang Prefecture, and find a small village to settle down. She used the silver taels she brought with her to buy two acres of thin fields, and she made a living from farming here to support her younger brother in school. With Cheng Yi's thoughts, if Cheng Dong can be admitted to the Jinshi and have a half-official position, he may be able to avenge his father Zhaoxue.
Although Cheng Dong is young, after experiencing this change, he is also very sensible. On weekdays, in addition to helping my sister work in the fields, the rest of the time is to study hard. When he was a child, he had the guidance of his father and had a certain foundation in writing. Cheng Yi has been thinking about how to raise a fund for a while and send Cheng Dong to participate in the county and government examinations.
It's really a tree that wants to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop, I originally thought that there would be no right or wrong hidden in this Caijia Village. Who knows, that day Cheng Yi went to Fengcheng County to sell his own spinning yarn, and inadvertently met Li Yuanwai, who was obsessed with color. Li Yuanwai knew from Cheng Yi's outfit that she was not yet married, and from her behavior of showing up to sell yarn, he guessed that her family was poor and there was no one in charge of the family.
In this way, Li Yuanwai found a matchmaker, followed Cheng Yi to Caijia Village, and then proposed to Cheng Yi to marry her as his concubine, and promised to help her send Cheng Dong to take the exam. Although Cheng Yi is so down, after all, she is a young lady from an official eunuch's family, how can she accept such conditions. Cheng Dong heard that the person who wanted to marry his sister was actually a bad old man, and he was even more angry, so he directly beat the matchmaker.
Li Yuanwai saw the matchmaker crying and coming back to report the news, and felt that he had lost face. He had some friendship with Bo Wang Fengshao, the head of the county government, so he asked Wang Fengshao to greet Cai Youshou, the governor of Caijia Village, and asked Cai Youshou to put pressure on Cheng Yi, which meant that he had to marry Cheng Yi into the door.
Cai Youshou went to Cheng's house and said twice, but he was closed, and he had a grudge against the Cheng family in his heart. This time, the location of the well selected by Su Hao happened to be in the field of the Cheng family, and Cai Youshou naturally wanted to take advantage of this to make trouble. In his opinion, if he can force the Cheng family sisters and brothers into a corner, maybe Cheng Yi can only accept Li Yuanwai's arrangement. Taking a step back, even if Cheng Yi resolutely does not let go, as long as they leave Caijia Village, Li Yuanwai and Wang Fengshao will not be able to blame Cai Youshou.
The whole village of Caijia Village is surnamed Cai, only Cheng Yi's family is an outsider, even if Cai Youshou forces them to a dead end, they have no power to fight back, which is why Cai Youshou dares to be so rampant.
Cheng Yi guessed Cai Youshou's thoughts when she heard that Cai Youshou asked the people of the county government to dig a well in her field, and she had no other way but to run to Cai Youshou and beg bitterly, hoping to impress the other party with tears. Who would have thought that after the young and vigorous Cheng Dong learned of this, he ran over and angrily reprimanded Cai Youshou and the master sent by the county government, so that the room for maneuver was blocked.
It seems that in this Caijia Village, their sisters and brothers can't stay any longer. After leaving Caijia Village, where can they find their foothold?
Cheng Yi was worriedly thinking about a way out, when he suddenly heard a clear question from outside the door:
"Excuse me, is this the Cheng family's lady and Cheng Dong's brother's family?"