Chapter 125: Extortion
Wei Zhan didn't show up, and Yingbao finally had a peaceful birthday for two days.
When a few girls don't go out to do things, they learn from Yanru to make rouge and incense powder.
They went to pick some lotus flowers and red and blue flowers, and then put them in a stone bowl and repeatedly pestle them, then wash them with water, pour off a layer of yellow liquid on them, and finally precipitate the red grease to form a bright rouge.
Scrape these thick rouges into small porcelain vases and can be used for a long time.
The production of incense powder is more troublesome, folk women mostly use the butterfly powder made of ground chestnut rice flour to apply the face, and the ladies of the family use lead powder, or chestnut rice flour with different lead powder aluminum powder.
There is also a jade peach blossom pollen made of gypsum, talc, mussel powder, wax fat, shell musk deer and motherwort.
Yan Ru taught them to roast the mussel shells on the fire, remove the outer layer of black shells, and leave only the shiny inner layer to mash and grind into fine powder.
Then the lotus and peony flowers are dried and powdered, and the mussel powder and chestnut rice flour are mixed together.
This kind of fragrance powder is fine and smooth on the face, and it is better if you add a little lead powder.
However, Yingbao said that the woman would get sick if she applied lead powder, so she didn't let Yanru add lead powder in.
On this day, Yan Ru was taking a few girls to make rouge, and suddenly a few uninvited guests came.
Leng's mother-in-law, Mrs. Cao, took her son and daughter to Jiang Erlang's house.
Jiang Erlang was not at home at this time, and Yan Ru didn't know these people, so she was pushed by them several times.
"You vixen! Actually seduced my son-in-law! "Cao Pozi came up and beat Yanru.
Dani Erni was frightened and hurriedly stepped forward to protect Yan Ru.
"Erni! You're actually helping this slut? Seeing his daughter protecting Yanru, Leng couldn't help but be furious, and rushed up and slapped Erni in both mouths.
Seeing this, Ying Bao hurriedly shouted: "Uncle! Auntie! Come on! ”
Sister-in-law Jiang and Chun Niang heard the sound, pushed away the Leng mother and daughter, quickly pushed Yan Ru into the house, and closed the door to prevent the Cao mother and daughter from approaching her.
"What are you doing here?" Chunniang was very angry.
This Leng family is really too much, Jiang Erlang has already married a wife, she has also married and had children, I don't know why she is making trouble again.
"Third brother and sister, woo woo woo... You're protecting that slut like that? Leng covered his face and cried.
Chunniang said coldly: "I'm not your brother and sister, don't climb relatives." ”
This Leng family has two children with the pickle seller surnamed Zuo, and I don't know what I want to do when I come here today.
"Chunniang, are you so ruthless?" Leng was crying, and seeing that Chunniang was indifferent, she ran to Zhou again: "Sister-in-law, is your mother-in-law at your house?" I want to go and kowtow to her old man. ”
Zhou's goosebumps rose, and he hurriedly glanced at Chunniang and asked her to go find Jiang Sanlang and Jiang Erlang to come back.
Chunniang went out without saying a word, and met Jiang Erlang who came back in a hurry halfway.
"You're finally back, the Leng family doesn't know what kind of madness they have, and it is estimated that the person who came is not good." Chun Niang said.
"Got it, third brother and sister, you take the children back first, and I'll take care of this matter."
Jiang Erlang stepped into the house, glanced at a few people standing in the courtyard, and asked in a cold voice: "Do you want to have a lawsuit for trespassing on private houses?" ”
As soon as Mrs. Cao saw Jiang Erlang coming back, she immediately pounced: "Erlang, it was my wife's fault in the past, I shouldn't have broken up your husband and wife, I want to beat or scold you now, but now my maid knows that it's wrong, and you two will reconcile." ”
Leng also wanted to pounce on Jiang Erlang, but he dodged and dodged him.
"Erlang, I was really wrong, for the sake of the two of us and the two children, let's reconcile, woo woo woo woo ......"
Jiang Erlang ignored her crying, and directly touched a broom and swept over: "Get out of here!" ”
Cao Pozi's family was swept back again and again, and was finally driven to the gate of the courtyard by Jiang Erlang, refusing to leave again.
"Jiang Erlang! What are you angry about? Leng's younger brother Leng roared angrily: "I'm the uncle of Erni and Huzi, you actually beat me like this?" ”
"My Huzi Erni doesn't have an uncle, and it was clearly written on the letter of severance at the beginning, but your family has a handprint on it."
In order to get the fifteen taels, Mrs. Cao's family has said all kinds of ruthless words, and it is ridiculous to mention what uncle is not an uncle at this time.
"What if you press your handprint? Erni and Huzi have always been my sister's biological flesh and blood. Leng Da roared unrelentingly.
Jiang Erlang sneered: "Your sister's flesh and blood are selling pickles in the town, don't feel uncomfortable with me." ”
Leng gave birth to two children to the pickle seller, still a son and a daughter, and the youngest son is only a few months old, I don't understand why she came here again and again to find trouble.
"I don't care, you have to give us another fifty taels, no, one hundred taels of silver. Otherwise, it's not over. Leng Dalang shouted, and finally said the purpose of this trip.
"It turned out to be extortion for money, what kind of thing are you, and you dare to ask me for money? In this way, Sun Li is just about to come over, so let him decide. ”
At this time, Sun Li was leading the county government to learn about the cotton planting situation with the three brothers of the Jiang family, but he didn't expect someone to tell Jiang Erlang that the Leng family came to Nanpo to make trouble again, so Jiang Erlang hurriedly ran back.
When Cao Pozi heard that Sun Li was coming, she couldn't help but turn her calves, turned her head to look at her son, and asked silently what to do.
Leng Dalang was dazzled by the Jiang family's new houses, and didn't pay attention to the old lady's hint at all, "It's useless to rely on him to come to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is the uncle of Erni and Huzi, and their marriage in the future must be agreed by Lao Tzu." ”
Uncle in the countryside has a lot of power, some are arrogant and unreasonable, and even nieces and nieces can meddle in their family affairs, so Leng Dalang will say this.
"Yo, it's not a small tone." Sun Li was walking over with his hands behind his back, followed by several village leaders and villagers, and everyone was surrounded by two middle-aged people with long beards.
Sakura recognized at a glance that one of them was Mr. Liao, the staff member of the previous county magistrate.
"What's going on?" Mr. Liao asked.
Jiang Erlang immediately said that he was entangled with the Leng family.
"I have reconciled with the Leng family, signed a marriage agreement with each other, I paid the Leng family fifteen taels of silver, who knew that the Leng family had married and had children, but he still came to my house three times and twice to entangle, and today he still wants to blackmail me for one hundred taels of silver, if he doesn't give it, he will ruin the marriage of my children."
"You said that if you break off your relationship, you will break off your relationship?" Leng Da was still shouting, "My sister and I are not dead yet!" ”
Mr. Liao looked at Leng Da coldly, turned his head and asked Sun Lizheng: "Sun Weng, do you have this kind of people in the countryside?" No one cares about the blatant extortion? ”
Sun Lizheng was sweating from his head when he was asked, and defended: "It's the first time I've encountered this kind of thing." ”
As he spoke, he turned around and instructed the villagers: "Tie up all of them and send them to the village hall to await trial." ”
Seven or eight villagers rushed up, knocked Cao Pozi, mother and son to the ground, pulled out the ropes they carried with them, and tied them up.
Leng and Cao Pozi screamed in fright: "I am Jiang Erlang's relative, why are you kidnapping people." ”
The townsman didn't wait for Li Zheng to speak, tore off Leng Da's sweatshirt, tore it and stuffed it into the mouths of Leng's mother and daughter, and dragged them away, so as not to make noise to people in the county.