Village Flowers and Female Scholars

In fact, Cao Xiaotao still has a secret deeply buried in her heart, which is about Xie Jinniang's dead fiancé, Fang Wenbo.

In the beginning, she didn't have a good impression of this man, but as she got older, Fang Wenbo became more and more serious. After meeting him a few times, her girl's heart couldn't help but thump. In addition, when I heard that he was almost admitted as a scholar, I secretly promised him, wishing to snatch him from Xie Jinniang's hands.

It was also because of this that Cao Xiaotao and Xie Jinniang had been at loggerheads all these years, but she never expected that something like this would happen later.

The originally jealous mood has now turned into a mood of blaming, complaining that Cao E, mother and son should not come back, otherwise Fang Wenbo would not die.

Just when the grandfather and grandson were cutting the piece of soft cloth into sevens and eights, they heard noisy voices from the yard. They looked at each other, and before they even put down the cloth and scissors in their hands, Quickly ran to the yard.

I saw a group of people gathered around the yard at some point, just like when the family was separated, it seemed that all the people from the village had come.

Granny Cao felt something was wrong, so she hid the cloth and scissors behind her back.

But sister-in-law Xiaohua in the sharp-eyed melon-eating duo had already seen it, and roared: "Cao's, I heard that you went to Xie's to grab a piece of cloth this morning. Could the cloth you are holding now be a piece of cloth?" Did you grab it this morning?"

The old lady Cao knew why these people came as soon as she heard it. Seeing that the matter was brought to light, she said unceremoniously: "This little bastard owes our family two taels of silver and refuses to pay back, but he is so happy with food and drink. We can only use cloth to pay for it."

Xie Yan just squeezed out from the crowd, and came as soon as she heard the old woman open her mouth, without even thinking about it, she replied directly: "The contract clearly stated in black and white, the two taels of silver will only be given at the Dragon Boat Festival next year, why do you go to my house to grab it?" Something, or do you not want to recognize this contract at all, and you don't want to put Lizheng Xiucai and Thirteenth Master in your eyes at all?"

As soon as Xie Yan's voice fell, Cai Chu on the side immediately picked up the words: "Cao's family, if you think our words are not pleasant, why don't you go directly to the Yamen and tell the magistrate to exchange my Lizheng?" Forget it."

When Cai Chu said this, Mrs. Cao dared not answer, not to mention that they did such a thing, and going to the Yamen was like throwing themselves into the trap, but she was not willing to admit her mistake, she still cursed.

"At that time, it was said that they had no money so they were given a few months to delay until the Dragon Boat Festival, but their family eats hot food and drinks spicy food, and those who have money don't return it. Why can't we still take things? What is the reason for this?"

Xie Yan turned around and said to the crowd of onlookers: "Folks, please comment. When the three of us, mother and son, were separated from Cao's house, we were penniless and brought nothing, not even a change of clothes. Now that I have finally borrowed some money, shouldn’t I buy some clothes to hide my shame, don’t tell me you want the three of us, mother and son, to spend a year without washing or changing our clothes!”

Granny Cao choked for words immediately, and then muttered a little: "Since you can borrow money, why don't you pay our family back first?"

The old thirteen who was standing on the side didn't want to come here at first, after all, there was a joke here last time, but Cai Chu talked to him nicely and gave him enough face, and if he didn't come this time, he would stay in the village in the future. Rick lost his prestige, so he had to come this time.

After I went home last time, I finally figured out the cause and effect of the whole thing. Before I came this time, I asked about Cai Chu’s situation carefully, and I couldn’t help but be annoyed by the family’s showmanship. Good thing you don’t have to buy food, and you have to pay back your money if you die of starvation, otherwise why did you even bring back other people’s frying pans?”

Mrs. Cao was about to reply, but the old thirteenth yelled: "Cao Qing, you old guy, come out quickly. Are you in charge of this family and let an old woman come out to speak?"

If other people dared to talk like that, Mrs. Cao would definitely not be convinced, but Old Thirteen is a respected old man in the village, and now even Lizheng doesn't like their family very much. If this old thing is annoyed again, the family I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to get along in Shangyan Village.

The old lady Cao shut her mouth resentfully, and the old man Cao who had been hiding in the house pretended to be ignorant and walked out slowly with the dry cigarette behind his back and his hands behind his back.

Someone in the crowd whispered: "This old guy always pretends he doesn't know anything, but in fact he knows better than anyone else."

"Not to mention, maybe he sent his old woman and granddaughter to rob things."

"This old thing is really shameless. My daughter is like this, but she can still make trouble. My heart is so poisonous."

"You said that you can treat your own daughter like this. Whoever's daughter marries into their family as a daughter-in-law, I'm afraid they will be tortured to some extent by the two parents-in-law."

"Otherwise, you think that Cao Xingshou is almost 35 years old and hasn't found a wife yet, and even the third child of the Cao family is [-] and still single..."

"In this family, whoever gets involved will be unlucky."

The surrounding crowd disliked the sound, and the juniors of the Cao family stood beside him, their faces turned blue and red, and the colorful colors were very ugly.

The old man Cao naturally heard this in his ears, but he still said in a daze: "What's the matter, Lord Thirteen, why are you all here, hurry up——Ah Shou, bring some stools out to Lord Thirteen Uncle Lizheng and Xiucai are sitting, why are they so ignorant—”

The old thirteen said angrily: "I didn't come here because of this cold bench in your family. I just asked you. Since you all agreed to let Cao E, mother and son be separated last time, why are the mother-in-law and granddaughter at home now?" To steal things from others?"

The old man Cao hadn’t licked the oil off his mouth when he was eating at noon, so he naturally knew about the cloth and the oil pot, so he could only pretend to be stupid and turned around to stare at his wife and said, “Stupid woman, what’s going on? one thing?"

The old thirteen and Cai Chu are both good people, how can they not know that the old man is acting, so they put their hands behind their backs and don't speak, watching the family acting.

Mrs. Cao has always been very stubborn, and said unconvincedly: "You little bitch has money but doesn't pay us back the money. What's wrong with me getting something to pay for it?"

Cai Chu said: "This matter has just been made clear. When the three of them separated, they had no clothes, food or place to live. Whether it was borrowed money or earned money, as long as the way was clear, the first It’s understandable to tear up cloth and cut clothes to cover your body and buy some rations to survive. Besides, when the family was separated, it was clearly stated that the two taels of silver will be paid back at the Dragon Boat Festival next year. The fathers and folks can all hear it clearly, or are you a family who want to say something but don't believe it?"

If this matter were to be transferred to Mrs. Cao, she would definitely play tricks as much as she wanted, but after all, the old man Cao saw farther than his own wife, and he could hear clearly when he was in the room just now. Cai Chu said, Or let them go to the Yamen to sue him for dismissal.

It is impossible to sue Lizheng for dismissing him. Although Lizheng does not receive the imperial salary, he is in charge of corvee household registration. He is still a senior official. If they sue him without a valid reason, the worst thing will be them in the end. The Cao family, and if this incident becomes serious, the Cao family may be kicked out of Shangyan Village.

After thinking about all this, the old man Cao turned around, slapped his old lady hard on the face without saying a word, and angrily scolded her: "Look at what good things you have done, you will only get it for the Dragon Boat Festival that was agreed that day. Yinzi, are you deaf?"

Mrs. Cao's face was burning hot from this slap, her whole head was buzzing, and she couldn't say a word for a while.

Cao Xiaotao, who was still muttering about Cao E and the other three, turned pale with fright, fearing that the old man Cao's rough palm would slap her in the face any second.

The old man Cao said to Cai Chu and the others with a smile: "I'm sorry, I caused trouble to brother Cai Shisan and Zhuang Xiucai. I didn't discipline my family well. I will reprimand them after I go back. I won't do it again next time." If something like this happens, everyone leave.”

Seeing old man Cao's hypocritical old face complete his smile, Xie Yan took a step forward unhurriedly, and said, "He came to rob, beat my mother and my younger brother, but wanted to send us away without even apologizing to the victim." , or I’ll slap you too, and just say a few nice words to Uncle Cai and the others, let’s see if this works?”

Old man Cao's face turned red immediately. He didn't know when his granddaughter became so eloquent and unkind, she didn't even want to call her grandfather. A few days ago, he was still able to manipulate her at will, but now This little girl is like a little beast with fangs and sharp teeth, waiting for an opportunity to come up and bite you.

"What do you want?"

"I don't want to do anything, I have made money by collecting herbs in the mountains these days, and I can return the two taels of silver to you now, without waiting until next year's Dragon Boat Festival, otherwise I'm afraid that these crazy dogs in your family will not stop biting people everywhere .”

Hearing what Xie Yan said, the old man Cao's face suddenly became very embarrassed, but the old lady Cao jumped up and said, "Let me tell you, there is a reason not to pay back the money, If Xiaotao and I hadn't gone to make a fuss this morning, I'm afraid that little bitch would never plan to pay back our money in this lifetime."

"Oh, the time limit is not up yet, you don't take anything for granted, I can return the money to you now, but this morning you came to my house for no reason to grab our cloth and a pot of lard, and you slapped my brother , All of these must be converted into silver and deducted, and I will pay you back as much as is left over.”

Granny Cao became anxious when she heard this: "You little bastard, how much is a piece of cloth worth?

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