Chapter 31: Idle Things
Seeing this, Xia Huaizhong and Bai Zhu both frowned subconsciously, Zhuo Haoxuan obviously showed an expression of displeasure and even some disgust, while Ling Yuxin saw this, but immediately took the initiative to pour a cup of tea and stood up and handed it to the shopkeeper.
This move not only made the shopkeeper stunned on the spot, but also made Zhuo Haoxuan, Xia Huaizhong and Bai Zhu all stare at Ling Yuxin in surprise.
Ling Yuxin saw that the shopkeeper didn't accept the tea, but only looked at herself blankly, and the corner of her eyes swept to the three people next to her who also stared at her in surprise, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled.
Zhuo Haoxuan was already dissatisfied with the insatiable greed of the shopkeeper, and he didn't want to do what he wanted, but seeing Ling Yuxin glaring at the shopkeeper with tea like this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly and winked at Xia Huaizhong.
Xia Huaizhong understood, and immediately took out another ingot of silver and threw it on the table.
Ling Yuxin's actions were completely instinctive, when he saw the shopkeeper coughing, he naturally thought of pouring him a cup of tea to moisten his throat, and didn't think much about it at all, but after seeing everyone's reaction, he felt something strange, and then began to subconsciously think about the reason, at this time, when he saw Xia Huaizhong throwing out another ingot of silver, he immediately understood, it turned out that the shopkeeper was not really coughing, but deliberately said half of it and didn't say it, the purpose was to blackmail them again, and Zhuo Haoxuan and the other three had obviously seen through it, Only he was still stupid and didn't know what to do, so he couldn't help but be ashamed and annoyed, and angrily put the teacup in his hand on the table.
The shopkeeper looked at the silver on the table at this time, and then looked at the tea that Ling Yuxin put down hard, and was a little embarrassed subconsciously, he originally saw that Zhuo Haoxuan was dressed and had an extraordinary bearing, and Xia Huaizhong was generous again, so he really wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail some silver, so he deliberately paused halfway through, but he didn't expect Ling Yuxin to make such a move, which was also beyond his expectations, so he was stunned at the time, although now he saw Xia Huaizhong throwing out a silver ingot as he wished, But seeing Ling Yuxin's shy and annoyed look, there was a slight feeling in his heart, and after hesitating for a moment, he first picked up the tea on the table and drank it up, and thanked Ling Yuxin with a sincere smile, "Thank you, the guest officer, the little one has been working in this shop for more than ten years, but he has never drunk the treasure of the boss's town store. Then he reached out and took the ingot of silver on the table.
Ling Yuxin listened to the sincerity of what the shopkeeper said, and most of her anger had disappeared, thinking that he was just trying to make money, not to mention that Bai Zhu and Zhuo Haoxuan's master and servant could see that she herself would be wrong, and she could only blame herself for not having experience in this area, and she couldn't immediately see the shopkeeper's intentions, as soon as she thought of this, she was relieved, pursed her lips, and sat down.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper immediately continued: "That sister-in-law Zhou, what a good woman, although Aunt Zhou is not very good to her, but after the death of the eldest son of Zhou, she still abides by the duty of a daughter-in-law, filial piety for her husband, has been taking care of this mother-in-law, it is said that her mother's family is also a big family in other provinces, after the death of the eldest son of Zhou, I heard that she was not doing well in the Zhou family, and also sent someone to take her back, but she still insisted on staying, to take care of her mother-in-law for her husband, no matter how difficult the woman was, she never left the Zhou family, So without regrets for her husband to keep five years of widowhood, endured the harsh woman for five years, and took care of her mother-in-law for five years, it was already pitiful enough, but originally everyone thought that the sky was pitiful, she could finally get through, because last month Zhou Auntie was also sick, according to the doctor, I am afraid that it will not survive for three months, Sister-in-law Zhou originally planned to finish her filial piety, and wait to send away Aunt Zhou, and after keeping filial piety, she packed up her burden and returned to her hometown, and the neighbors have been waiting for her to see her off after three months. Who knew that Tuesday son actually couldn't change the dog to eat, drunk one night last month, while his daughter-in-law was not at home, he forcibly bullied his brother and sister-in-law, coincidentally the woman came back not early or late, happened to bump into it, and smashed and fell on the spot, so that the neighbors thought something was wrong, and they all ran to her house to see it at night, and the result was naturally known to everyone, at first she was beaten and scolded by her man, but Tuesday Gongzi didn't say a word, and ran out directly on the soles of his feet, so he left only Zhou's sister-in-law alone, How can the be a person who can collect this anger, so she took Zhou's sister-in-law out of anger on the spot, scolded her, said she was a fox spirit, seduced her man, scolded and scolded and moved her hands, at first there were neighbors who couldn't look at it and came forward to persuade and stop it, but the immediately found the help of Yanhuan Pavilion's nursing home, and beat the neighbors who spoke for Zhou's sister-in-law, and then no one dared to stand up for Zhou's sister-in-law. It is even more important for everyone in the capital to know that Sister-in-law Zhou seduced her husband and slept with her husband behind her back. After the shopkeeper finished foaming at the mouth and describing it vividly, he didn't forget to add, "I don't know if the little one has made it clear, do you have anything else to ask?" ”
After listening to the narration of the shopkeeper, Ling Yuxin was already quite dissatisfied with the Green Willow couple bullying Sister-in-law Zhou so much, and at the same time sympathized with Sister-in-law Zhou, at this moment, she glanced at the crowd that was gathering more and more on the opposite side and the Green Willow who was still pulling Sister-in-law Zhou's hair, and when she asked the shopkeeper again, she couldn't help but speak angrily: "Isn't this the capital?" At the feet of the Son of Heaven, is there no royal law? Isn't there anyone in charge of this kind of thing? That Tuesday Gongzi and Luliu bullied, beat and scolded their brother and sister-in-law, shouldn't the government take care of it? There were so many onlookers, seeing that Sister-in-law Zhou was beaten and bullied on the street, and no one came out to stop them! ”
"Hey, this young master, look at what you said, the so-called Qing officials are difficult to judge family affairs, and the so-called, the people do not sue the officials and do not hold them accountable, although it is true that the son of Tuesday deceived and raped Sister-in-law Zhou, but Sister-in-law Zhou took care of Aunt Zhou, and she endured it herself and refused to sue him. As for the lively people on this street, there were some neighbors at the beginning, and they would say a few words or come out to stop them if they couldn't see it, but as long as this beckoned, there were four or five courtyards in the Yanhuan Pavilion next to them, all of them were big men, who in the capital didn't know that the backers behind this Yanhuan Pavilion were very hard, even if they were beaten, there was nowhere to be reasonable, and naturally no one dared to come out again, after a long time, those neighbors who were fighting for Zhou's sister-in-law couldn't bear to look and didn't dare to stop, so naturally they all tried to avoid it. Now the twenty percent of the people who look at the excitement are those who are not familiar with the Zhou family and like to join in the fun, thirty percent are people who are familiar with the, and the remaining half is the same as a few masters, who happened to pass by unknown passers-by, and those who don't know the inside story listened to the scolding of the, and they must think that it was Sister-in-law Zhou who seduced her man and slept with her man behind her back, she was the victim, and how many people would come forward to take care of this idle matter? ”
Ling Yuxin became even more angry when she heard this, and said to the shopkeeper: "Then you, who know the inside story, are all sympathetic to what happened to Sister-in-law Zhou, why don't you come forward to stop it?" ”
"Oh, this little master, you can laugh, don't say that I am weak when I am small, not only can I not stop it, but I will be beaten half to death by those nurses, even if I have this ability, I can save Sister-in-law Zhou once, I can't save her for a lifetime, as long as she stays in the Zhou family, even if the fierce woman in the green willow doesn't beat her in front of her, who can guarantee that she won't bully her when she closes the house, is it possible that the little one can still live in their house every day and protect Sister-in-law Zhou? Besides, this week's sister-in-law is bent on doing her husband's filial piety, and she is so insulted and beaten by that that she still has to stay in Zhou's house, and she has to stay in Zhou's house until the end of her life, and for Zhou Auntie to protect her son, she would rather suffer her own losses and swallow her anger than sue the official, what can you do about it? ”
Ling Yuxin looked at the shopkeeper's smiling face, and suddenly became angry, but she wanted to reprimand him, but she felt that what he said was indeed reasonable, and she seemed to have no way to refute it, and then looked at the sister-in-law Zhou who was already tortured by the green willows across the street and was embarrassed, and she really couldn't stand by and watch, so in a hurry, she slapped the table and rushed out.
Everyone in the room was taken aback by Ling Yuxin's sudden move, and they were stunned for a moment, seeing Ling Yuxin rush out of the private room like this, Bai Zhucai was the first to react and immediately followed.
Zhuo Haoxuan had already felt Ling Yuxin's growing anger when he listened to the shopkeeper's narration, and was surprised when he heard her question the shopkeeper, until he saw her slap the table and rush out of the private room angrily, he stared at her back in surprise, with his understanding of Ling Yuxin, such a reaction and behavior should not and would never appear on Ling Yuxin, but he actually witnessed it.
It wasn't until he saw Bai Zhu chasing him out that Zhuo Haoxuan came back to his senses and immediately followed, Xia Huaizhong naturally followed Zhuo Haoxuan inch by inch, and didn't forget to throw a silver ingot on the table before leaving, leaving only a shopkeeper stunned on the local area, just watching the people in the room walk one by one.
As soon as Ling Yuxin ran out of the gate of Pinxianglou, she did not hesitate to go straight to the crowd diagonally opposite, the closer to the crowd, the clearer the scolding of the green willow, the ugly words made the already angry Ling Yuxin even more angry, she plunged into the dense crowd of people, left and right to break through the crowd of the inner and outer three layers, and it took a lot of effort to squeeze into the innermost circle, just stood firm, and when she looked up, she saw that the green willow was raising her palm, wanting to slap Zhou's sister-in-law, so, Without even thinking about it, she rushed up and grabbed the hand of the green willow's falling, and pushed it vigorously.
Lu Liu was caught off guard, and was pushed by Ling Yuxin to staggered back a few steps, finally stopped his figure, looked up, and found that the person who did it to himself just now was actually a young family, and he was immediately angry and anxious, and scolded: "Stinky boy, what are you doing?" ”