Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Tian Jing just sat down, drank a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "The little one is being presumptuous. This time, the little one went with not many people, but everyone's heads are familiar. I went to Zhangjiacun outside the city to talk to the Xu family. The three-star village in the middle of Zhuangzi..."

Sanxing Village should actually be called "Three-surname Village". At first, three families settled down there and took root there.

As for Xu's Zhuangzi, Xu Laosan's own [-] mu of fertile land is surrounded by a large house built by his family, and there are twenty tenant farmers around.

Because they are all owned by Xu's family, it is called "Xujiazhuangzi".

It has its own style, but the tenants there also open a grocery store or something, farm the fields when they are busy, and do some small business when they are not in the field, and some people can do some carpentry.

People like local snake catchers and tax collectors are also very familiar with them. Even among the track and field leaders, two are from Sanxing Village.

Because in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhang Fei called Lu Bu a "family slave of the three surnames", so they felt that "the village of the three surnames" was not pleasant, so they changed it to the homophonic "Sanxing Village".

The first thing they went to was Sanxing Village, where Zhang San'er's family was located. Zhang San'er was originally from Zhangjia Village, but because he was a gambler, he was kicked out by the people in the village. The village is down.

I bought a house in Sanxing Village. Once I entered the farmyard, it was considered an old house.

Zhang San'er's family has a daughter-in-law, a son and a daughter. The son is only ten years old and the daughter is six years old. The daughter-in-law does some manual work to supplement the family income. Although Zhang San'er is not a good person, he is still very good to his family. Although he does not farm, he has some income, which is enough for the family to eat.

There is no big animal in the family, so Zhang San'er wants a big animal, but he doesn't want to spend money to buy it. He wants to use his "skills" to earn a big animal, which will make him look good.

Everyone in the village knew that he was an "old man", and no one played with him at all, and he didn't want to "eat grass by the side of the nest"....

Therefore, he usually just cheated the caravans passing by, and he didn't care too much. He only needed three or five taels of silver, and the caravans had money, so they didn't care.

But...he took a fancy to the cows of Xu Laosan's family!

"Why did he take a fancy to the cows of Xu Lao San's family?" Du Zhifu wondered, "They didn't meet, did they?"

"Mr. Xu's family has eight cows, three males, and five cows." Jing Tian said: "There are many cows, and they are of very good condition. There are also four draft horses. The twenty tenants of Xu's Zhuangzi all Zhang San'er has seen farming with these big animals once."

"Thus, Zhang San'er set up a trap. Xu Lao San is not a good person. He eats, drinks, prostitutes and gambles, and there is no one who does not get involved. When he went to Sihai Casino, Zhang Saner saw them. The two of them were on the table of Sihai Casino. Go, bet more than 100, Xu Laosan lost everything, in order to redeem a jade pendant he lost to Zhang Saner, he used one of his own cows to pay the debt, the middleman of Sihai Casino, Xu Laosan went to My family’s barn took a rather weak cow and gave it to Zhang San’er, Zhang San’er took the cow back, returned his jade pendant, and got a cow.”

"So, this cow belongs to Zhang San'er?"

"No, because Xu Laosan regretted it. The groom of Xu's family was not at home at that time. When he came back, he saw that the cow was missing, and he panicked. He told his owner Xu Laosan that the cow was wilting because of that cow. A cow has a calf... the compensation is a cow and a calf!"

Everyone listened enthusiastically, and said in a hurry: "That Zhang San'er has made a lot of money!"

A cow with her calf is definitely more valuable than a single cow!

On the contrary, Du Zhifu stroked his beard: "Could it be that Mr. Xu went to Zhang San'er's house in the middle of the night and stole the cow back?"

"But Mr. Xu's family doesn't have that cow." Jing Tian said: "A cow is a living thing, and it's a big thing. It's not easy to hide it! Besides, a cow with a calf needs careful maintenance. , if this is gone... the government will definitely pursue it."

No matter who stole the cow, or a cow with a calf, the government will not sit idly by and ignore it.

If it is light, you will be fined, and if it is severe, you will be punished as a coolie!

What's more, if the cow is resold, it needs to be registered with the government, because it is a big animal.

Even if you don't register, when you take it out for use, it will be seen by others. They all belong to the folks in the village. Does anyone know if there is a big animal?

So after looking around, you can know that Niu is not at Zhang San'er's house.

"What about Xu's Zhuangzi?" Master Du frowned and asked, "Their family...has a livestock shed and twenty tenants...

There are many people and the space is too large, so it is inevitable that the cows will not be hidden.

"I thought the same way. I didn't tell anyone. I went directly to Xujiazhuangzi, and sent people to block the intersection on both sides of the Zhuangzi to prevent people from entering and leaving. But... I still didn't find it." Tian Jing smiled wryly: "The cattle shed , the tenant’s house, I even searched their woodshed, kitchen, storehouse, and bedroom..."

Even if he thought it was impossible, he had checked every place where a cow could be hidden.

This is seriousness about work. Of course, if the female relatives of Xu's family are not happy, that is their family's business.

"The two families don't have any cattle, so what about the cattle?" Prefect Du took a sip of tea, "Where are the nearby villages?"

"My lord, folks in the village, if someone has an extra cow, no one will know, and the village chiefs should also understand that this cow cannot be hidden. They may be arrested by the government, fined, jailed, or even do coolies...the cow will not belong to them." Jing Tian said: "It's just that the cow is gone now, and Zhang San'er thinks that Xu Laosan stole it; Xu Laosan The third is to exchange a cow for Zhang San’er, but Zhang San’er said that the cow is missing, it’s cheating, and he doesn’t want to exchange the cow with him!”

These two people had their own mistakes. The cow was supposed to go to the Yamen to transfer the ownership the next day, but the cow disappeared!

Unable to pass the household, the cow still belongs to Xu Laosan in name, and Zhang San'er thinks Xu Laosan is playing a scoundrel, and wants to repent, and the gambling is not good!

"Theoretically speaking, this cow belongs to Zhang San'er, but according to the law, the cow has not yet been transferred, and in name, it still belongs to Xu Laosan. The key is the cow?" thing, gone?"

Everyone also thinks this is interesting, the cow is gone!

As a result, at this time, someone sent a message from outside: Xu Laosan's family members came to visit the prison.

Today is June [-]th, according to regulations, you can visit the prison every three or six nines.

So people came to visit the prison!

Everyone looked at Ding Tian, ​​and Ding Tian rubbed his nose: "Let them in, I will watch and see what they are talking about."

"It can be done like this." Prefect Du nodded, "Tian'er, go get busy."

"Hey!"

After Ding Tian went out of the three halls, he went straight to his own site, and Old Zheng followed closely behind. When the two arrived, they found that the cells were almost ready.

In fact, he took someone to stand at the door, waiting for Ding Tian to come.

Ding Tian didn't nod his head, no one dared to let anyone in to visit the prison.

"This is?" Ding Tian asked knowingly.

"Prisoner, this is the housekeeper of Xu Lao San's family." The prison guards are most convinced by Ding Tian, ​​the immediate boss, so they don't even dare to take the benefits of the past casually, but introduced Ding Tian to Ding Tian very politely. down people.

"Little Xu Xiangzi, send hello to Prison Ding." The man who came was a man in his thirties, with triangular eyes, two mustaches hanging from his mouth, wearing short linen clothes, and carrying a big bag in his hand. , followed by two middle-aged men who looked like domestic servants, and they were also packed, well, this is basically the case for those who came to visit the prison.

"Well, come in!" Ding Tian waved his hand, and naturally a jailer opened the door of the prison.

Without Ding Tian's nod, they didn't dare to let anyone in.

Xu Xiangzi was winking, and handed a big purse to Ding Tian, ​​but Ding Tian ignored him, he was startled, but it was Old Zheng, who reached out to take it: "Okay, let's go in, your youngest Xu is inside It's good."

Isn't it good!

This will make it time for dinner, and the jailer just brought it over.

Today's dinner is stewed eggplant with sauce, fried potato shreds with hot pepper, and small rice.

That's all the farmers eat, Xu Xiangzi was immediately happy when he saw the food on Xu Laosan's plate: "Master

,master! "

This master means the landlord of a rich family.

"Xu Xiangzi?" Third Xu pinched his chopsticks: "Are you here? How is your family?"

"Everything is fine at home, my lord, you... oh! Madam will know about you...you... oh!" Xu Xiangzi asked people to put everything on the door of the cell: "This is what Madam gave you. brought something."

Seeing Xu Laosan's shaved hair, he felt that the master suffered a lot in there, and he blamed his family's lack of information, otherwise he would have come here yesterday to take care of it, and it wouldn't have been...

Ding Tian pointed to the bundles and ordered the two guards: "Check it out!"

"Yes!"

"It's all clothes and bedding, don't you need it?" Xu Xiangzi didn't want the jailer to do anything, and wanted to give the jailer some copper coins, hoping to be lenient.

"I have to check," Ding Tian said, "What if there is something wrong with it?"

Xu Xiangzi chuckled: "This is something our wife prepared...."

"Let's not talk about Madam, even the food for them is served in a big pot, and the food for the jailers is in the same pot. Who wants to poison the whole thing? It's that easy." Ding Tian insisted on a search, which is common sense in modern prisons.

What's more, you can't let the prison guard check what you handed in the cell?What if there are dangerous goods?What if something is not right to eat?What if there are contraband?

These are all possible things.

So Ding Tian searched and found that inside was a silk quilt and a silk mattress, both of which were made of the best silk.

The two sets of clothes changed from inside to outside are just underwear. Knowing that there are prison uniforms in the cell, I think it is impossible to clean them, but in the prison, there is no way to pay attention to these.

There are also two oily roasted chicken legs, and two strings of copper coins, which are used to give Xu Laosan some change for the jailer.

Why don't you spend money in this prison?

If you want to drink a pot of boiling water, you have to spend a copper coin.

But that was in the past, and now Ding Tian is in charge. He chopped up the chicken legs and brought a dog over. The dog ate the bones, and Xu Laosan's greedy moan flowed out, so he didn't dare to say anything.

After the dog had finished eating for half a day, Ding Tian handed the plate of broken chicken legs to Xu Laosan: "Eat it, this food can't be left overnight, after one meal, it will go bad the next day, you should eat it." I have a stomachache."

"Hey, hey!" Although the food in the cell was good, and it was the same in the farmhouse on weekdays, the oil and water were still not as good as Xu Lao San's food at home, and he was already hungry for meat.

In his house, no meat is enough for a meal!

Ding Tian asked Xu Xiangzi to take the rest of the things back: "Clothes and quilts are in the prison. Things that never belong to your house.

Take it back and leave the money for him. If he wants to buy and eat by himself, we will also buy it for him. "

"This...?" Xu Xiangzi looked at Xu Laosan.

Xu Laosan nodded while eating: "Take it all away, I don't need it here, everything in the prison is good, but the food is too vegetarian, there is no meat, next time you come, bring some meat."

"Oh, I got it!" Xu Xiangzi nodded and bowed, "Master, I'm leaving now."

"Go, go!" Xu Lao San was not worried about what would happen to his family.

Xu Xiangzi left, and took others with him, but he was worried, thinking about going back and talking to his wife, and sending the master a plate of meat and vegetables every day?

When the others left, Ding Tian also left, and he was about to go on business.

Back home, Wang Zuo had already come, with a big piece in his hand....