Yipin Farmer

It was Ting Shuang's first time in Luoyang, and she looked left and right to see that everything was fresh. Baoqi held a bunch of snacks in her hands and said with a smile, "You really can rest assured."

"I have nothing to worry about." Ting Shuang took a bite of the yellow rice cake and said, "The county magistrate of Queshan has handed over the manuscript. When the governor finds out that it is true, I will clear up my wrongdoing and get back my property."

"But you rejected the Ruan family's marriage, be careful that he retaliates against you."

"No way, old man Ruan is not that kind of person. Before he left, he even sent me a letter asking me to find someone." Ting Shuang trusted Ruan Ying's character and hired a mule cart with handlebars. The two were sent directly to the gate of Shen's residence.

Unexpectedly, Shen's mansion has a high gate and a big wall, when they heard about Ting Zhi, they told them to wait behind the wall, as for when, I don't know.

Ting Shuang was so angry that she waved her fist at the porter: "Damn it, you're so arrogant, if you dare not let me in, I'll just..."

The concierge glared at him: "What about you?"

Ting Shuang stared back: "I'm going to climb over the wall."

Bao Qi pulled him aside: "You are already a seventh-rank official, what kind of wall did you break through?"

Baoqi dragged him to a nearby teahouse, ordered a pot of tea, told him to wait, and then ran away without a trace.Ting Shuang didn't know where he was going, and was anxiously waiting, when Baoqi came back in a hurry and said, "Let's go, you can go in."

Ting Shuang was puzzled and followed him back to Shen's residence. The concierge of Shen's residence changed his face and respectfully invited them in.Ting Shuang expected that Bao Qi revealed his identity and changed Shen's face, but he didn't know what his identity was. According to the agreement reached at the beginning, "If you don't tell me, I won't ask", Ting Shuang suppressed her strong curiosity. ask.

Everything went well in Shen's mansion, and he soon saw Tingzhi.Ting Shuang was relieved when she saw the courtyard was clean and the house was clean and there were servants to take care of her, but she saw Ting Zhi lying on the bed with a pale face and red eyes.

"What's the matter, what happened?" Ting Shuang asked hastily, she heard that Shen's family was a famous family, and Shen Zaisi was a great Confucianist at that time, and he never did anything to bully others.

Ting Zhi couldn't help hearing his question, so she cried again and told the story.Ting Shuang was trembling with anger, she lifted the thin quilt to take a look, and sure enough, Ting Zhi's buttocks were bruised and purple with stiff marks.

"Your grandfather, you actually bully people like this. I'll go find him." Ting Shuang asked fiercely, and Baoqi hurriedly followed him, fearing that he would suffer.

Ting Shuang looked for the housekeeper of Shen's residence and cursed: "My Zhizhi is also a good young master, how dare you treat him like this..."

The butler said slowly: "Since it is my servant of the Shen residence, it is natural to follow the rules of the Shen residence, so what's wrong with me as the steward dealing with the fugitive slaves?"

"What slave, how dare you fucking say one more thing..." Ting Shuang was so angry that he swung his fist up.

Baoqi hurriedly grabbed him and said in a low voice, "Speak up if you have something to say, this is in his territory."

Baoqi said to the butler, "Zhizhi is the Fourth Young Master of the Meng Mansion, and has been educated and has a reputation. How can you treat him as a servant?"

The housekeeper knew that he was not young, so he was no longer arrogant. He told the story and pointed out that Tingzhi was well received here, but he didn't remember it well and ran away in the middle of the night, so he dealt with it according to the rules. The young master was protecting him life and death, so he lightly punished him and gave Shi Banzi a little lesson.

Ting Shuang was still very angry and reasoned with him: "Although Ting Zhi didn't enjoy that much in my family, no one gave him face, let alone touched a finger of him. How dare you hit him."

Bao Qi held him firmly, and said to the butler, "Don't say anything now, Zhizhi is so sad, we want to take him away."

The housekeeper didn't budge: "His mother signed the deed of selling herself, and the Shen family paid the money, but you want to take him away again. Are you trying to cheat money?"

The housekeeper showed Ting Shuang the contract of sale, and Bao Qi hurriedly supported him and patted him on the back. Ting Shuang was so angry that she couldn't breathe for a long time and rolled her eyes. Word: "You wait, I'll go home and collect money."

Ting Shuang was so angry that night that he couldn't eat and couldn't sleep, Bao Qi advised him: "Don't be angry, Zhizhi works as an accompanying student in the Shen family, and he said that the young master of the Shen family treated him very well, even better than his own brother."

"I know." Ting Shuang was still rubbing her stomach angrily, "I'm angry with that inhuman woman, how can there be such a mother, although it is the same as a companion, being a companion as a guest is completely different from being a slave. Wouldn't she have broken Zhizhi's heart by doing this. When I see her, I will..."

Ting Shuang was furious, but she didn't know what to do with Fu Rong when she saw her.

Baoqi coaxed him for a long time before coaxing him to eat some porridge. The next day, the two continued on their way. After a few days, they returned to Sanhua Village's house. of.

"How is this going?"

Ting Hui hurriedly reported what happened at home. One night, people from the Tianli Sect came to attack and forced them to hand over some treasures. The hole in the gate was shot by a sharp arrow.Fortunately, there was Chen Guang at home. He was skilled in martial arts and overthrew several gangsters. Later, someone surnamed Lu came and beat the Tianli Sect members away, and promised to protect his family.

"Who is that surnamed Lu? It seems that you know him." Ting Hui asked.

"Oh, I haven't known each other for long, I'll tell you later." Ting Shuang became more and more troubled by these endless troubles, "How much money does the family have now?"

Ting Hui was surprised, and said: "The family property has been sealed off. The pharmacy and the third child's cosmetic shop still borrowed money from the bank, and they haven't repaid it yet. The remaining fields and hairy ones are not included in the property. The government No seal. What do you want money for?"

Ting Shuang told him what happened in Luoyang, Ting Hui was so shocked and angry that he couldn't speak.

Ting Shuang ordered: "Sell all the hairy ones in the house."

Those with hair and wealth are not counted, and the government has not seized animals. There are two thousand chickens, five or six hundred ducks, two hundred sheep, more than 50 pigs, and cows, horses, mules, donkeys, etc. deer or something.

"Are those deer also sold?" Ting Hui asked. These deer are the most important thing for his family to open a pharmacy. Now it is not easy to grow to eighteen.

Ting Shuang hesitated for a moment, and said, "You go and ask Uncle Yao to cut the antlers. If you cut off these dozen antlers, you can sell them for at least one or two hundred taels."

There were also the two fine horses that Geng Xianghua had sent to him last year as studs, so they had to sell them as well.After all the calculations, there is still a difference of more than 200 taels.

Ting Shuang took out the shrimp whisker bracelet that he had kept for a long time. This was the only intact item in the pawn shop garbage. He was reluctant to sell it and planned to keep it as a bride price for his wife. Now he had to sell it. Although it only weighed seven dollars, it was exquisitely crafted. It is worth seven or eight taels of gold, and can be sold for more than 100 silver.The rest is really difficult.

"I have to sell the house." Ting Shuang deliberated, but couldn't make up the 500 taels of ransom. Ting Hui suggested taking bear bile, which is very valuable, but Ting Shuang looked at Huanhuan's pitiful eyes and couldn't do anything to kill him. it.

"No, don't kill Huanhuan." Xiaolan begged at the corner of Tingshuang's clothes, and took off her jade earrings, jade bracelets, jasper, fortune, fortune, and longevity, "This is for you, these are good jades, will it be worth it?" Less money."

Ting Shuang patted her head and said, "Take it back, the money is not bad."

In order to sell the house, Ting Shuang asked Li Zheng to help him bid, but Li Changfu disagreed: "Where will your family live after the house is sold?"

Li Changfu called the villagers together, talked about the current difficulties of the Meng family, and called on everyone to join in. They are all farmers in the countryside, so they don’t have so much extra money, but everyone still has one or two. , Shenjian Zhang took out all the ten taels of silver from his coffin.

Ting Shuang was so moved that he couldn't speak, and the tears kept rolling in his eyes, and he endured them without falling. He Dehe was subsidized by the villagers twice and three times. How could he afford such kindness and kindness? .

Shenjian Zhang knew what he was thinking, patted him on the shoulder and said: "You have survived several setbacks, and each time is better than the last time. Everyone believes that you will definitely survive this time, and live better than before. Okay, so I feel relieved to lend you the money, and I believe you will pay it back."

Ting Shuang was so moved that she nodded her head, collected the odds and took the horse to sell in the city. Shi Jie complained to him when she learned about it: "Why didn't you find me?"

"I haven't repaid my uncle's great favor, so I really don't want to trouble you."

"Nonsense." Shi Jie was angry, "It's all the family who said what to report or not. Your horse is a rare good horse. You can make a lot of money by selling mules and horses for breeding. It will be of great use to you in the future. , you listen to me, don’t sell it, I’ll make up for the rest of the money.”

Ting Shuang was so moved that she almost shed tears, and after listening to his words, she left the good horse behind.

Bao Qi was also very moved, saying: "Those rich and powerful families are fighting to the death for their property, but these country folks are so loyal. No wonder the old saying goes: Every time more dogs are slaughtered in righteousness, it is because of the chivalrous men that they make a living."

"Exactly." Ting Shuang nodded in agreement.

After finally raising enough money, they were going to Luoyang to redeem people. Several very elegant mule carts came to the village, which seemed to be rich families.Surprisingly, Ting Zhi jumped out of the car, although her face was still pale, but her spirit swept away the previous sadness.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, I'm back." Ting Zhi happily ran into the yard.

Ting Shuang was very surprised to see him come back. At this time, another gray-haired old man got out of a mule cart.

Tingzhi made an introduction: "Brother, this is Lord Shen, the Minister of the Dynasty, who just came back from Beijing."

Ting Shuang hurriedly saluted and looked at him secretly. This old man was Shen Zaisi who wrote poems for Yang Zaixing's tomb in Xiaoshangqiao, Tingzhi's idol, and a scholar in this dynasty.

Shen Zaisi took his seat, directly stated his intention, and said: "This old man has a young son who has been sick since he was a child and couldn't go out, so he wants to find a boy of the same age for him to study with him. I only tell the butler that whether it is bought or somewhere else As long as he is a good person, he will be treated as his master. Unexpectedly, his younger brother was sold to my house. He didn’t know it, nor was he willing. I went to school."

Ting Shuang said: "Although my family is not from a scholarly family, no matter how poor I am, I will never sell myself into slavery. Moreover, Zhizhi will have to test her achievements in the future, and it will be troublesome if she becomes a slave."

Shen Zaisi's attitude is sincere: "The old man came home and found out about this, and he also complained that the housekeeper should have asked about it first. As for the matter of causing my brother to be beaten, the old man also blamed the housekeeper, so here is an apology to the eldest son."

Ting Shuang hurriedly returned the salute. His principle of life is that people respect one foot and I respect one foot. The other party is the first-rank Shangshu, a great Confucian in the dynasty. If he apologized so humbly and sincerely, he no longer resented and got angry.

"I'll send Zhizhi back, and I'll pay you back the deed of prostitution, which doesn't count." Shen Zaisi gave the deed of prostitution to Ting Shuang.

Ting Shuang took it, took out the collected money, and said: "I have collected the ransom, and I am preparing to go to Luoyang to pick up people. It would be best if Mr. Shen came here in person."

Shen Zaisi got angry: "What do you mean? Is this old man greedy for money? If he is greedy for money, why bother to go all the way to send Zhizhi home in person, and wait until you come to deliver the ransom."

Ting Shuang quickly apologized, but felt sorry for it. In the final analysis, it was the Shen family who suffered a financial loss. The other party insisted on not accepting the money and had to give up. He hurriedly ordered Aunt Li and Aunt Liu to prepare meals, and then cooked some of the best dishes by herself. .

Shen Zaisi stayed for a light meal, and said: "I have also heard about the deeds of the eldest son. He is really a young hero who dares to do things and is enthusiastic about public welfare. It is really admirable. I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good. The old man thinks you If you take an official career, your future is limitless."

Ting Shuang was not interested in official career, so she only replied respectfully: "The younger generation is dull and unfit for official career."

Shen Zaisi didn't force it, only said that there would be no problem with the closure of the Meng family's property, and he would ask Ting Zhi, "I think your articles are full of strength and strength, but I just need to be good at it. These books are based on your foundation." And the progress is selected for you, you read it carefully in order, especially the annotations I approved, and after reading it through, show me your article again, and I will correct it for you."

Tingzhi was so moved that she nodded and couldn't speak, and made a deep bow.

"This year is the year of the Qiu Wei Grand Competition, you should hurry up, if you have time, write a letter to Qin or visit him." Shen Zaisi said goodbye and left.

Ting Shuang finally smiled again, hugged Baoqi, and leaned her head on his chest: "I'm so happy today."

Bao Qi also smiled and hugged him back: "Now you can rest assured, with Ruan Ying and Shen Zaisi as two big backers, as long as you don't rebel, no matter how big the case is, it will be over."

As expected, it didn't take long for Ting Shuang to be wronged in the case of colluding with the Tianli Sect gangsters, and his family property was sealed and returned.

Ting Shuang began to take inventory of the property, Caigenxiang Restaurant, and a Sanjin house on Yandai Street behind the restaurant, Jingdetang Pharmacy, powder room, fruit shop, pastry shop, and the land of the neighbors to the left and right of the restaurant, and... …

There is also a powder room on Tonghua Street, a brewery, an oil workshop, a knife shop, stop...

Where did these come from?The powder room of the Meng family is obviously on Yandai Street behind the restaurant, why did it go to Tonghua Street, and what happened to the brewery?

Ting Shuang looked at the property list sent by the yamen, and racked her brains to figure out where these properties came from. Could it be Ting Hui's private property?

Ting Hui complained: "How could I open a shop without my elder brother's permission? I don't know what's going on with these shops."

Unable to understand, Ting Shuang took the list and went to the county government to ask Mr. Zheng.

Master Zheng laughed: "Do you not understand, your property has been seized, how come there are more after you return it?"

"Yeah, I don't understand. I'm sure I haven't opened a brewery, although I want to."

Master Zheng told him what was going on.Because Ting Shuang has a good reputation in the city, some petty and cheap people pretended to be his family's property. Naturally, this time they were also included in the seizure, and when they returned, they would return it as when it was originally seized.

Ting Shuang was at a loss: "Then what should I do?"

"What should I do? Just keep it." Master Zheng pointed out, "Pretending to be another person's business name is as illegal as pretending to be another person's name. Although you were magnanimous and didn't pursue it at the beginning, breaking the law is breaking the law. Do they dare to admit it? To do something honest, you have to take the risks you deserve.”

Ting Shuang went back with the list in a daze, and sure enough, as Uncle Zhang said, every time he suffered a setback, he would live a better life than before. Look, the property was seized, and after returning, there were more shops for no reason. Now what is he doing? I can't even count how many industries there are.