No one will be optimistic about the marriage of Fat Chun and Li Dalang, in Li Kui's opinion, this is just Xu Bo's wishful thinking.

Although Fat Chun has the absolute potential to become a saint, he can't find a man who is not as good as himself, right?

And the only advantage of this man is that he will live.

What's wrong with living a life?

It's as if she can't make money.

Li Kui was sure that Fat Chun would definitely not take a fancy to Li Dalang. This is not to grow the ambition of others and extinguish one's own prestige. It's a fact.

Fat Chun is a cook, and in the Song Dynasty, the cooks have always been one of the highest-ranking servants in large families, and most of the time, one of them can be removed. Because most of the servants are sold as servants, at least one or two years, and at most four or five years, but only the cooks are not, most of them are hired, and they are masters who can pick and choose with their employers anytime and anywhere. It is enough to see that the identity of the cook is not ordinary.

Moreover, the income of the cook is also the highest part of the servants, even higher than that of the housekeeper, especially the cook who comes out of the official eunuch's house, and the income is not a few dozen yuan a month.

If the cook from the official eunuch's family goes to the merchant's house, her status and monthly income will skyrocket. That is, she bullied the nouveau riche in Yishui County who did not want to be motivated, and her shortcomings were exposed. If she is really in the capital, her worth can rise to 30 yuan a month, if it is a cook from the family of a big man above the third grade, the wealthy businessmen are willing to pay hundreds of yuan a month.

Why?

First, the identity is decent and there is face.

Beckoning friends to come, holding up his chest and telling a bunch of eyeless goods around him, my family's cook has served Master Shangshu and made a banquet for the prince, can this face be supported by a gorgeous mansion? You have been invited, come to you to have a meal, that is the creation of this life, after eating, go back, enough to blow half a year's capital, understand?

This is the essence, the concrete manifestation of the sublimation of the quality of life.

Fat Chun is almost, mainly because Zhou Yuan's official position is not high. Even so, Fat Chun is also a cook from the official eunuch's family, and the ultimate important activity in the life of the eunuch family is to have a lot of guests and big rules. If you can't even make a proper banquet, can you still be a cook in an official eunuch's house?

From this point of view, Fat Chun's social status is much higher than that of Li Dalang.

At least rich people will be polite to her, but for Li Dalang, I'm afraid it's already good if you don't call and drink.

Speaking of making money, although Li Dalang's business is good now, his business is booming for four months a year, and his money for a year is also earned in these four months. Maybe the secret recipe will be leaked that day, and if there is one more competitor, his business will be cut in half, or even worse. But Fat Chun is different, she can get a job with a monthly income of more than 20 yuan anytime and anywhere, and she can guarantee income during drought and flood.

Of course, as long as Fat Chun continues to do it in the Zhou family, Zhou Yuan will never dismiss Fat Chun in his life.

Because these are two generations of servants who have served in the Zhou family, and they are the most loyal servants, how can an official eunuch family not have one or two generations of loyal servants who serve his family?

This is still decent, the decency of the eunuchs.

Following.

Outside the county hall, a group of people scuffled into the hall.

Zhou Yuan wore a green official mansion and a black gauze official hat, swayed from the back hall into the lobby, sat on the big chair of the county order, gently picked up the startling wood, and fell down heavily

Bang –

The loud sound of the ebony hall knocking on the long case echoed in the hall, and the officials shouted in unison: "Might-"

Zhou Yuan looked at the chaotic group of people under the lobby, led by a few people pushing and shoving an embarrassed young man, shouting, gritting his teeth angrily, as if he wanted to bite the other party to death to relieve his hatred.

"Who's in the hall?"

"Master Qiqi, the villain is the owner of the wine shop on the street, Zheng Er."

"The big man, the little one is the carpenter in the county."

……

There are also many women with a variety of household utensils. There is a dustpan, which is probably attracted when sweeping the floor; There are soles and needles and threads, and it is estimated that they are attracted by chatting at the door of the house; There is also a rolling pin, this sister-in-law has a really big heart, and the family is hungry, so they came to see the excitement. It's just that the young man who was beaten badly suddenly wailed: "My lord, help! ”

Ruffian!

Zhou Yuan was preconceived, and there was no pity in his heart, but he had an uncomfortable sense of disgust for the beaten. Since he went to the court, this guy's eyes haven't stopped, this kind of person is not necessarily a bad person. But to say that he is a proper person, he is really exalted. He shouted for help, probably because he thought he had seen the county order and found a savior.

"Adult, villain Wang Fu, villain wants to sue Zheng Er for framing villain, and he, he, he...... They all started beating the villain. ”

Wang Fu kowtowed vigorously in the lobby, and the one who cried was miserable, but when he heard the wailing, he didn't see tears. Of course, this guy was on his knees with his head buried in him, and he couldn't tell if there were tears in his eyes.

"Come on!"

"Your Excellency!" The head of the official squad took a step forward and replied with a salute.

"Let's follow the rules first!"

"Yes, sir."

The head of the team shouted, full of energy, and the people outside the entire lobby listened to it really, as if they were talking in their ears: "Left and right, call me!" ”

This is called killing the mighty stick, anyway, the small people who are fighting the lawsuit will suffer from this, Wang Fu was afraid, and his eyes dodged a strong cry: "My lord, I am wronged!" ”

The other people were stunned, they didn't understand, why they were the reasonable party, and they still had to be beaten?

Under the flying board, the people below cried wolf one by one, and even the passers-by who watched the excitement outside the yamen were scared for a while, why was this old man so ruthless?

Soon the 20th board was finished, Wang Fu also wilted, and the surrounding plaintiffs hated Wang Fu even more. Those who have no reason to suffer this torture are all harmed by this king's blessing.

Zhou Yuan saw that it was almost there, and then asked: "Is there a form of paper?" ”

"Villain, villain......"

Obviously, no, many ordinary people have never entered the yamen once in their lives, how can they know these processes. Zhou Yuan didn't care, and asked the scrivener to start recording, and he began to ask the case: "Since you are the plaintiffs, why do you want to sue the defendant?" ”

"My lord Mingjian, we are all good citizens in the county, half a month ago Wang Fu sold our beef, but I didn't expect this guy to use poisoned dead beef to harm us, and now the child of Qi Da Niang's family is sick and can't do it, but he flatly denies the deal with us."

"There is certification, but there is physical evidence?"

"This one doesn't." The plaintiff then reacted in a state of agitation: "My lord, Wang Fu has no property and no job, but he has been in and out of wine shops and gambling halls every day recently, and his money is the money from selling beef." At least a few dozen times, my lord. If he doesn't sell beef, where will the money come from? ”

Zhou Yuan asked Wang Fu: "Can you sell beef to them?" ”

"No, the villain never sold beef to them." Wang Fu bit to death and didn't say it, can he tell the origin of his cow? As soon as he said it, it was a big basket, and he was beaten desperately, and he couldn't fold himself into it.

Zhou Yuan continued to ask: "You have no property or job, so let's talk about the origin of the money!" ”

Wang Fu's eyes rolled for a while, and he made up a story: "My lord, I have an uncle passing by this county, and his old man is a businessman, and he gave me a sum of money to repair the dilapidated ancestral house. ”

"Then why spend it indiscriminately?"

"The villain has received a lot of favors from people in the township, and he thinks that he has money in his hand, so he invites some neighbors who have helped the villain to drink wine and eat meat, and repay the kindness of others." Wang Fu pretended to be sincere.

Outside the yamen, the shopkeeper Qiu was anxious to look for it in the crowd, and then the guy he sent squeezed around the crowd and went back to report: "The shopkeeper, Master Li didn't come." ”

Shopkeeper Qiu said angrily; "How is it possible, doesn't he live in the county office?"

The guy said helplessly: "Maybe he doesn't like to watch the excitement?" ”

Shopkeeper Qiu is a little blind, he directed such a big drama, but the main protagonist didn't appear, wouldn't it make him waste his efforts?