At dawn on the second day, the chickens and dogs in Erdaogou Village barked, and the courtyard door of Tang Wei's house rang loudly.

"It's coming, it's coming." Tang Dong ran out of the kitchen, wiped his hands all the way around his waist, and then wiped the firewood ash on his face a few times with his cuffs.

After the door opened, an aunt walked in happily, Tang Wei just got up, walked to the door and shouted, "The third aunt is here." ”

The third aunt's loud voice immediately shook the whole village to wake up, "Ouch, the dog is back, look at this sturdy one." I'll be honest, it's better than when you left, and I heard that I don't play that Tartar now......"

Tang Dongshi hurriedly pulled the third aunt, "His third aunt, don't mention this stubble, the dog doesn't love people to talk about this." ”

The third aunt hurriedly covered her mouth, "That's it, look at my mouth, I will never mention the stubble of the drama Tartar in the future, you say that this drama is not good enough, and you have to play a Tartar, so many humble people, the girl may not think about it after hearing it, and she will not dare to do this drama Tartar in the future." ”

Tang Wei smiled and didn't talk. Tang Dong's face was not good, and he quickly pulled the third aunt into the house, while packing up the things to be brought to Zhang's butcher's family on the table, which was a bag of rice and a horse of blue cotton cloth from Dengzhou.

Dengzhou cotton cloth is dense and strong, has driven Jiangnan cloth out of Shandong, at the end of the year Dengzhou sold Jiangnan cloth in large sums, so that the market confidence of Jiangnan cloth fell to the bottom, Dengzhou cloth is not much, the price is relatively firm, after the spring to occupy the North Canal and the entire northern market is very sure. But it is not expensive here in Aoshanwei, Tang Dong's purchase price in the comprehensive store is only a little more than two yuan, it is very suitable to give gifts, rice is relatively rare in Shandong, ordinary farmers can not afford to drink tea, generally boil rice soup to serve as tea for the poor. These two items are carefully selected by Tang Dong's family, and they are more affordable and can be used.

The third aunt looked at Tang Dong a little strangely and said, "Why do you still have a dead face when the dog comes back?" ”

Tang Dong glared at Tang Wei and said, "This dog said last night that he didn't want to go on a blind date." ”

The third aunt exclaimed. "Then what to do, I told the Zhang butcher's family."

"It's not up to him to do this, I'll also escort him away, it's the third aunt, don't mention the stubble of the tartar when you go over there, control your mouth."

The third aunt tilted her head and said with a solemn face: "You don't know my third aunt, it's just a mouthful of spit and a nail, if you don't mention it, you don't mention it, sister, don't worry." ”……

"The Zhang brothers are not at home. The drama tartar I told you a few days ago is back, so call your daughter out to meet him. The third aunt took the lead in entering the courtyard of Zhang Butcher, and as soon as she entered, she shouted "Mom". He turned around and fled.

Tang Wei listened carefully at the end, and the howl of a pig came from inside, and a man's voice said: "Third aunt, wait, Lao Tzu killed this pig, just blink an eye." ”

Tang Dong said to the third aunt in the past: "What did you say, third aunt?" Why are you still killing pigs at this time? ”

"Don't do anything, the day before yesterday I only said that I came at noon, don't say it's this morning."

Tang Dong glanced at the courtyard, turned his head to Tang Wei and said, "Don't worry, dog, your third aunt has all said it, this butcher's daughter." I watch it on weekdays, and I am a good hand at doing work, and I can do everything about farming, cooking, and feeding pigs. Just like a man. ”

Tang Wei blinked and thought about it, this butcher's family only came four years ago, lived outside the east of the village, and only started killing pigs after living better in the past two years, and the pork was sold to seven or eight surrounding villages. Especially during the Spring Festival, business is the best, no wonder pigs are killed in the morning.

He had also seen the little daughter of the Zhang butcher. But I haven't spoken, I haven't seen it for more than two years, and my impression is a little vague, and I was only fifteen or sixteen years old at that time, and I seem to feel a little strong.

The pig inside kept barking, and several men's voices were talking in turns, it seemed that the pig had some strength, Tang Wei had seen the killing of pigs, and it was generally two or three strong men, and it was impossible to rely on Zhang Butcher alone.

After another moment, the pig inside screamed wildly, and the sharp voice became more and more harsh, Tang Dong was so angry that he went up and pushed the door leaf, and scolded at Zhang Butcher: "You Zhang Butcher, you kill pigs on weekdays, the old lady came to meet your daughter today, you dragged around, and killed all over the blood, who to show you, if you don't want to talk to you, what are you doing with this twist." ”

Tang Wei curiously followed behind to take a look, only to see three strong men wearing short coats were pressing a fat pig of about 400 catties on the long stone, the middle-aged man in the direction of the pig's head was holding a blood-dripping sharp knife in his hand, the blood on the pig's neck gushed out, the fat pig hooves kicked around, the scream became more and more terrible, but he couldn't stand up under the pressure of the three strong men.

Zhang Butcher turned his head with a knife and saw that it was Tang Dong's family, and quickly smiled, since he had the intention of going on a blind date, he could buy salt and grain cheaply from Tang Dong's family, and he tasted a little sweetness, this Tang family can be regarded as a rich family in the village, and his son is in the army in business, and fifty or sixty taels a year is indispensable.

He looked at Tang Dong's face with an angry face, and let go of the pig's head in a hurry and came over to explain: "Sister-in-law of the Tang family, isn't it urgent to ask for meat, I thought you would come for a long time, this fat pig is too big to kill." He looked back at the door of the house and scolded, "You said that this *** is also, at this time, I was busy taking my daughter to buy beans, and I was not interested in continuing the third aunt and the sister-in-law of the Tang family......"

Before Butcher Zhang finished speaking, there was an exclamation from behind, and Tang Dong also shouted Mom, before Butcher Zhang turned his head, a fat pig's vigorous figure flashed by.

Tang Wei at the door quickly flashed to the side, the fat pig of more than 400 catties had blood on his neck, screamed madly and rushed out of the gate, arched the stunned third aunt to the ground with a nose, and ran wildly along the dirt road in the village, spilling blood all the way.

"The pig is running, catch the pig!" Zhang Butcher screamed.

The three strong men chased them out, Zhang Butcher rushed to the front with a pig-killing knife, and the village women on the road were frightened by the crazy fat pig and ran around, and some men randomly found some stones to throw at them, which had no effect on the fat pig.

Tang Wei looked around on the ground, there was not even a stone, he had to grab a back basket by the door, and chased after him, although the fat pig had blood, but the vitality was very tenacious, and he overturned two or three people all the way, dizzy on the road, Zhang Butcher chased after him with a knife in the back, but he couldn't let the pig suffer a fatal blow when he was stuck on the pig's buttocks, and the pig rose up with the last strength and ran wildly for a while, Tang Wei was also a little anxious, and there were some children playing at the corner of the street. Something had to happen to be arched by these 400 catties of fat pigs.

Seeing that the fat pig was about to rush out of the street, a slanted flat pole smashed with the sound of the wind, and hit the fat pig's head with a bang, the fat pig was bleeding excessively, and it was already the end of the strong crossbow, and the pig's head rolled forward with a scream.

The villagers chasing after him applauded, Tang Wei looked at it attentively, but it was a sturdy woman who was the flat pole, she quickly chased to the fat pig that fell to the ground, and smashed it with a head and no brain. smashed the pig's head into a blur of flesh and blood, and finally the round hit violently, and the flat shoulder snapped into two. The first paragraph flew out in a circle.

The woman stopped, turned her head to the chasing butcher and said angrily, "I told you that you have to tie your hooves when you kill a pig, but you don't listen." Next time I'll kill ......"

Tang Dong's family also chased after her, she pointed at the woman and said to Tang Wei: "See, that woman is the second daughter of Zhang Butcher, I tell you dog, that ass and that waist can definitely give birth." ”

Tang Wei looked at the woman dumbfounded. He didn't listen to a word of what his mother said later, and the third aunt who had stumbled in the back finally arrived, and she gasped and said to Tang Dong's family: "Sister." I...... I didn't lie to you, this girl can do any job, and she can be a cow when she plows the field, but the female red is not very good at it, and the female red is useless for killing. We rural people still have to farm strongly, isn't it? Also, naturally, it is okay to kill pigs. ”

Tang Dong looked at the woman with a smile, Zhang Butcher was counted down by the girl, buried his head in the other two strong men carrying the fat pig and left, and when he saw Tang Dong's when he turned around, he immediately changed his smile and said to the second daughter: "Look, the third aunt will play the Tang family today...... He who was brought in the afterlife will marry you. ”

The second girl blushed all of a sudden, and covered half of her face timidly, Tang Dong's eyes were quite delicate, but the lines were thick, but rural people didn't pay attention to these.

She smiled happily: "Good girl, come and see my boy, that is a match made in heaven with you." She turned her head to pull Tang Wei, and couldn't help but be stunned, "What about people, where did you go?" ”……

"I have to go to Zhou Laifu tomorrow, I have something to delay when he marries his daughter, this time I heard that the fast son-in-law's family is also coming to Dengzhou for the New Year, I have to go to make a scene for him. These old subordinates are getting older, and there are more children and daughters. Chen Xin drank hot tea, put down the teacup and picked up a piece of bread, which is sold in Jiangnan and is said to have been passed down from Matteo Ricci. Dengzhou's economic income is now rising, and this kind of Jiangnan snacks have also come in, and Chen Xin is naturally more accustomed to this bread.

Liu Minyou came to visit the door today, he and Li Ranzhu are both outsiders, and there are no relatives to go before and after the New Year, that is, some subordinates come to visit the New Year, so he can only go to Chen Xin, Zhang Erhui, Wang Daixi and other people's houses.

Liu Minyou said lightly: "These old subordinates are pulling each other's in-laws, is this a high-level self-good breeding?" ”

Chen Xin shook his head and smiled: "If they don't pull each other, where will they go?" They are now considered to have heads and faces, and the country gentry have status, but they are two people from us, and the court officials may not be the opposite one day. ”

Liu Min thought about not continuing this topic, after all, the high-level officials of Dengzhou Town were still young, and at most they would order a baby. He saw that Chen Xin was still eating bread, frowned and smiled: "Do you think this thing is delicious?" ”

"Although the taste is different from what he used to eat, at least there is no need to worry about food safety."

Liu Min said: "What era is not, don't you remember what Deng Keshan told us before, there are people who make up for fruits, and those who use nitrate to soak meat softly, and there are such people in the same Ming Dynasty." ”

Chen Xin smiled and said: "If you eat in my house, you can rest assured, there is a special person in the attendant room who is responsible for these things, and the purchases are random, and it is difficult to find opportunities to poison them." ”

Liu Min has thought about his own house, and now there are people in the security office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who are in charge of security, which is indeed very different from the life of ordinary people.

Liu Min waited for a while and Chen Xin said, "Speaking of this, I think there is something we should do." ”

Chen Xin asked curiously: "Fight gutter oil?" ”

Liu Min glanced at him and said, "Including it, it is the law of our Dengzhou Town, our Tunpu was born from the guard, and the surrounding conflicts mostly use violent methods, when there are conflicts in the Tunpu, they all rely on the administrative management of the tun chief and the general A, to put it bluntly, it is to rely on the character and authority of the tun chief to maintain fairness, now there are more people, the source of the population is more complex, there are more and more public security incidents and disputes between tun households, only last month there were three homicide cases between tun households, five cases of injury and arson, seven sales disputes, a total of seven deaths and eleven injuriesAt least two of the killings were caused by mishandling by the chief. If this method of maintaining civil affairs does not change, problems will soon arise. I thought about this, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to use the Da Ming law, the foundation is to rely on the gentry, clan, and rank differences, such as the same crime, the punishment of domestic slaves is heavier than that of civilians, these are unacceptable to us, it will be too much work to transform a code, and it will give the court a feeling that it is about to start anew. ”

"And what do you mean?"

"I'd like to try the common law system in Tunpu."

Chen Xin looked up at the roof, and said half-loudly: "The implementation of the common law system also requires many conditions, but it does have advantages, you can find a few places to try it first, and see the effect, but it is limited to civil and commercial disputes, and cannot involve administrative and military law." ”