Chapter 23: Known as a murderer
After thinking about it for a long time, Yuan Changhe simply persuaded Yuan Dongchu to wash his hands: "Otherwise, forget about selling wild vegetables." Originally, you also said that this business will not last long, and you will earn a lot of silver in only one month, and it will not be rare for us to be able to keep peace in the future. There is a father in the family, and there are more ways for the father to do so these days, so you don't have to worry about making money. ”
Yuan Changhe was really worried, the stewed fragrant small fish and refreshing water spinach had no taste at this time.
Yuan Dongchu still ate deliciously: "Look at you, that's not what I'm talking about." I'm asking if you know Gu Tiancheng? He said he knew you, and said that today's work was your introduction. ”
"Count acquaintances, introduce him to work, and earn ten yuan." Yuan Changhe was sullen, feeling that what he had just said to his daughter, whether he was at home or something, was not convincing at all.
Then I remembered that Gu Tiancheng came forward to save his daughter from danger, "You said that Gu Tiancheng helped you, this ...... This is not a trivial matter, and we have to thank them. Tomorrow, my father will buy two packs of snacks, thank them in person, and help him pay attention to the news of the loading and unloading of passenger ships in the future, and will not charge him money. ”
Yuan Dongchu was speechless for a long time, and while pulling out the bones of a small fish, she leaned at her father: Dad, can you still do the work of a Chinese person? If we can't do it, we won't do it, right?
In the past, there was no intermediary fee for large households, so that the river transportation would not be manipulated in the future. This is not what it is, without asking Gu Tian what he has become to help, he has to provide free services to others for life, can he still make money in this way?
"You have to know what Gu Tian will help you with, and then decide how to reward others, right?"
Yuan Changhe disagreed: "No matter why, people will help you break the siege after all, and you will come back safely, of course you have to thank others." ”
"Is this man's character okay?" Yuan Dongchu asked.
"How do you say that?" Yuan Changhe pondered the language, "Dad has just heard some things about him, and he is also a poor person when he says it, although he is known as a murderer, he is still reasonable in his daily life, and he is usually kind to others." ”
Is that called kindness? That's cheeky, okay? Yuan Dongchu secretly complained, but grasped the key point in Yuan Changhe's words, "He is young and looks good on the outside, how can he have a murderous reputation?" ”
"His family, like many other families in the town, fled to us when there was a shortage of war. It's just that other families are dragging their families, old and young, but his family is only him, his mother, orphans and widows......"
When Gu's mother took Gu Tiancheng to settle in Muliang Town, Gu Tiancheng was only eight years old, and he was really an orphan and widow. Gu's mother usually does some chores in the back kitchen of some restaurants and restaurants, and occasionally does some work for rich people to wash and sew.
Although the family was poor, Gu's mother forced out the shackles and sent Gu Tiancheng to the school to study.
It is said that Gu Tiancheng reads books well, but his temperament is too out-of-the-box, he is naughty all day long, and he interacts with a few scoundrel boys who are not disciplined from time to time.
Therefore, when he was young, Gu Tiancheng was often taught by the master in the school, and Gu's mother carried a broom to beat him, which was even more commonplace.
The accident happened when Gu Tiancheng was thirteen years old, and Gu's mother helped with needlework at the house of a squire surnamed Li in the town. As a result, the eldest lady of the family lost a piece of jewelry she liked, and asked three questions and two questions, and the thief chose to point directly at Gu's mother, who was temporarily working in the house.
After being searched and tortured for a long time, Gu's mother insisted that she had done nothing. Despite this, several subordinates of the Li family have testified, and the crime of theft finally fell on Gu's mother.
The squire didn't report to the official, but just beat Gu's mother to the board, and slapped his mouth many times during torture, and by the time Gu's mother was thrown out of the squire's door, her face was so swollen that she couldn't open her eyes and couldn't stand up.
Gu Tiancheng got the news and hurried over, found a few little brothers, sent his mother home first, and invited Lang Zhong.
Then, taking advantage of the crowd before noon, he took a knife and a brick and stood outside the gate of the squire's house. It was earlier that Gu's mother was thrown out by the rack and pointed at the place.
The young Gu Tiancheng did not step forward to cry, but smashed open the door of the squire with the brick in his hand.
When the door opened and the gatekeeper appeared, Gu Tiancheng turned the brick in his hand, and he slapped himself all over the face.
For a while, the crowd was full of voices, although the thirteen-year-old Gu Tiancheng was a half-grown child, but his body had already grown, and he stood outside the gate of the street like that, pulling his voice in the voice change period, and asked the squire and his eldest wife to come out by name to explain the reason.
As he spoke, he waved his hand again, and the sharp knife in his hand made a hole in his leg.
It was early autumn, and the people were thinly dressed, and the onlookers watched as blood spilled from the knife and dripped to the ground. In a short time, the news of what was happening here began to go viral, and the wide street in front of the squire's door was full of onlookers.
At the beginning, the squire did not appear, and it was a young man who was scolded by the housekeeper with someone.
How could the young man be not afraid, as if the injuries on his face and body had nothing to do with him, he only told everyone coldly: Don't think about waiting for his blood to run out, before he loses hope, it will be when the fish he and the Li family fight will be broken! Although he Gu Tiancheng is young, he will never do a stupid thing of exchanging his life for a life! He vowed to ruin the Li family, make them pay for framing his mother, and make the Li family regret this matter for life!
When the sharp knife poked a third hole in the leg, and the scene was bloody enough, not only did the people around the outside not only lose their water, but also the discussion became louder and louder, pointing out that the squire surnamed Li was rich and unkind, bullying orphans and widows.
The squire of the Li family and his eldest wife finally appeared.
At the same time, there were also officials in the yamen.
The yamen participated in the inquiry, and the results soon came out, and the little girl in the Li family's daily cleaning of the eldest wife's room was the granddaughter of the face-wrenching mother-in-law next to the eldest wife.
When the little girl was cleaning the room, she accidentally touched one of the eldest lady's favorite jewelry to the ground, and fell in a panic, completely damaging the jewelry.
Afraid of being punished by the master's family, the mother-in-law moved her mind and asked Gu's mother to come over to get two pieces of fabric.
Later, I found that the eldest lady was missing a piece of jewelry, so it was logical that I relied on Gu's mother for this matter.
This kind of trick is actually not technical, and the reason why it can be planted to Gu's mother is completely because of the kind of high-minded and domineering problems in the big house. A poor stick, when he sees something valuable in front of him, he must take it...... So, what has been determined, how to look at it, is like that.
The facts are clear, but even if this kind of thing is tried, it will not be enough to charge a big crime, and it will only be punished.
To pay compensation to Gu's mother, this is a certainty.
However, Gu Tiancheng was young and played with his life on the street in front of the squire's door, of course, not to ask for a few pieces of compensation.