Village Flowers and Female Scholars

Xie Yan sneered and shook her head: "These two things should not be confused. The two taels is one thing, but it is another thing to go to my house to grab cloth, grab oil and beat people. I can even return the two taels to you in advance according to the agreement. , but the cloth and oil that your Cao family took away should be returned to me, and my brother's face was swollen and swollen, and he had to pay for the medicine."

"You have a good idea—" Mrs. Cao was so distressed when she heard that she would have to pay for medical expenses, she refused without even thinking about it. Why don't you ask me for money?"

When the onlookers heard Mrs. Cao say this, they all booed. The old man hated iron, so he gave her a hard look.

Xie Yan heard her speak loudly about the abuse of Gu'er in the past, while feeling sorry for her younger brother, and hating the old woman's arrogance, her tone became cold: "The family hasn't been separated before, although you will We treat you like animals, but we still think of you as an elder, but now that we are separated, we will no longer be angry with you."

Mrs. Cao was in a hurry, and was about to speak, when she saw her old man slapped her high, and hurriedly covered her face and hid aside.

Only then did the old man squeeze out a smiling face and said to Xie Yan: "Jin'er, your grandmother has always been impolite, don't be as knowledgeable as her, we will return the cloth you brought in the morning, and let you return the oil pan too. As for Gu'er, this time my grandfather has the cheek to apologize to you, so don't worry about it with your grandma, okay?"

"Then take out the cloth and oil pan to see if they still work?" Xie Yan sneered.

Old man Cao didn't know that the piece of cloth had been cut by his wife and granddaughter when he came back, so he turned around and scolded Cao Xiaotao to take out the cloth, and asked 12-year-old Cao Xingyue to bring over the oil pan he brought in the morning, thinking Returning the things face to face, the girl will have nothing to say now.

That Cao Xiaotao opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, the old man drank it back. She had no choice but to go into the room and take out the cloth that had been cut into large and small strips, and put it on the table beside her.

And Cao Xingyue, who came out of the kitchen, put the pot on the ground, and half of the pot of oil was spooned out into a hole as deep as the mouth of a bowl.

The lady Xiaohua standing in front had sharp eyes and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it is the oil that was snatched from another house. You can put it in vigorously. Cao's, you put a big bowl of oil in one meal, but you are really willing to add oil."

When the people behind heard it, they all squeezed forward to look at it, discussing it a lot.

"It's really a luxury. A bowl of oil can last for ten days in our family."

"It's not that I don't feel bad for spending money on my own."

"The cloth has been cut like this, who wants to go back?"

"This family is really greedy. They take everything, even daily necessities."

The old man Cao didn't expect that what he took out would have such an effect, and he couldn't hold back his old face, but he had already said his words, so he could only look at Xie Yan helplessly. As long as this little girl doesn't pursue this matter, it will be fine.

But today's Xie Yan would not accept his tricks, and said coldly: "This piece of cloth was brought back by the cloth shop in the town for my mother to do embroidery, it is not the cloth we bought ourselves, if the cloth has not been touched, I will take it for you." Just go back, but now that the cloth is cut like this, we can’t do business with the cloth shop, so you have to pay the money.”

After saying this, there was no room for manoeuvre, Old Man Cao gave his wife a hard look, and asked with a burst of anger, "How much is this batch of cloth?"

"This is white and soft. It's a high-quality cloth. It costs two hundred cash per piece."

"Stinky girl, why don't you snatch it—" Mrs. Cao couldn't help but yelled.

"If you don't believe me, I'll take you to Buzhuang and ask. I'll accompany you twice for one point less."

Before the old lady Cao could say anything, the old man Cao was disturbed by this incident, his veins bulged, he turned and walked towards her, kicked her to the ground, picked up the shoulder pole next to her, and beat her hard, expressing his dissatisfaction. There was the scream of old lady Cao crying for her father and mother.

Seeing this, everyone was discussing. Some people thought that Mrs. Cao deserved what she deserved, some thought that the family was playing a show, and some thought that the old man was taking the opportunity to win the sympathy of Cao E, mother and son, and wanted to erase the money.

With the sound of wailing on the ground, Cai Chu certainly knew the intention of the old man in front of him, but this matter couldn't just be so vague and shouted: "Cao Qing, if you continue to beat like this, your wife will be killed. It has to be dealt with, the cloth will not be stitched back even if it is killed, so just pay for it.”

Only then did the old man stop and said, "But where can I ask for money? The family is poor and poor, so they can't afford a copper coin."

At this time, a cold voice came from beside him: "Didn't Xie Jinniang just say that she would pay you back the money in advance, and just deduct two hundred cash from the two taels, so why bother?"

As soon as Zhuang Wan's voice came out, the Cao family was dumbfounded.

"There is still a pot of lard. I bought seven catties of lard for fifty renminbi. Big ones, ten cents for the medicine, always have to be paid, adding up to a total of 260 cents."

At this time, Mrs. Cao was lying on the ground and groaning in pain, and she didn't have the strength to get up to refute.

The old man Cao had no choice but to smirk and say: "We didn't eat much of this oil, so you can just go back, don't forget about it, and Gu'er, I'm really sorry, but the child is playing around, and the grandmother taught me a lesson. Isn't this human nature, how can we count the medical expenses?"

"Master Cao, it is clearly written in the deed that after the three of us, mother and son, have nothing to do with the Cao family, the two taels of silver will be used as alimony in the future. Don't take it now. The elders taught the younger ones to fool me, we are two families now, the well water does not violate the river water, if you touch my mother and brother, according to the law of the court, it is a crime of intentional injury, I can go to the yamen to sue you."

In fact, the Cao family didn't take the matter of the deed seriously, but now that Xie Yan repeatedly brought it up, the three representatives of the village who had the right to speak were here, and they couldn't say a word to refute it.

Old Thirteen said displeasedly: "Cao Qing, you are too outrageous, since Lizheng and Xiucai have come forward to guarantee the writing of the contract, if you can't even keep this point, what's the point of living in this village , you didn't even pay attention to the few of us, if you don't want to live and move out, no one will stop you."

This is not to say that it is not serious, it is simply driving people away in disguise.

The villagers couldn't help talking about it.

The old man Cao panicked. Their family has been living here since fleeing famine. There is no other place to go, but if they want to settle down in the village, the three people in front of them must not be offended. With a bitter face, he begged Cai Chu: "Brother Cai, please do me a favor and make a deal for me. The cloth will be fine, and it will be deducted after two hundred cash, but we only scooped up the lard. As for the bowl, it’s okay to be bitten by a mouse, as for Xiao Gu’er, there will be no next time, do you think it’s okay?”

In fact, when the cloth was bought, it was only [-] Wen. Xie Yan just doubled the price because she knew that the lard money and medical expenses would definitely not come back. The price of the cloth was higher. Can also make up.

Sure enough, Cai Chu turned his head to look at Xie Yan after hearing what he said.

Xie Yan said: "Originally I didn't want this pot of oil anymore, but this pot was borrowed from the scholar's family, so I have to take it back. As for Gu'er's medical expenses, I don't have to pay. Let the violent person and my brother Sorry, that's all for now."

Old man Cao hurriedly said: "Success, I will ask your grandma to apologize to Yuan Gu."

After speaking, he turned his head and scolded: "Stupid woman, don't hurry up."

The old lady Cao was beaten to pieces just now, seeing her husband scolding her, how dare she disobey her, so she crawled up to Xie Yuangu with her sore body, and said unwillingly: "Yuangu, your grandma beat you accidentally this time. You, I'm sorry."

Xie Yuangu looked at the completely different face of the old woman in front of him, with a no-nonsense attitude, snorted, and hid behind his sister.

The matter of apologizing came to an end here, Xie Yan counted the scraps of silver in his hand and said: "Except for the two hundred coins, the remaining one or two or eight will be returned to you, and there will be no relationship between our two families. From now on, don’t take a step on our land, if you have nothing to do, you are not welcome in our family. In the future, whether our mother and son get rich or go begging, it has nothing to do with you. Don’t regard yourself as our elders. You are not worthy. From now on From now on, the two families will settle the matter."

After Xie Yan finished speaking, the people around were overwhelmed by her courage and eloquence, secretly admiring her.

Seeing that the dust had settled, the old thirteen said to the old man Cao: "Since the money and goods are not owed to each other, we will be strangers when we meet in the future. Don't make eye contact with yourself. Show some face, okay. Alright, scholar, grind and write the deed." Book it, I was not there when the family was separated that day, so I will write a new copy, including today's two taels of silver, so that no one will repay the debt in the future."

In the past, Zhuang Wan was naturally in charge of the paperwork for major events in the village, so when she came, she brought a pen and ink with her, and started to write after a reply.

In a short while, a large contract was written, signed by both parties, and the guarantors Cai Chu, Lao Shisan and Zhuang Wan also signed together, and then broke into two copies from the middle, and kept them separately.

In this way, the dust finally settled, Xie Yan hurriedly thanked the three speakers who came to help, and covered the oil pan for her mother to carry back.

Cai Chu had previously discussed with Lao Zhangtou about building a house for Xie Yan’s family. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone in the village was here, he quickly found people who usually build houses together and talked together. Those people heard that Now that I have work to do, I am naturally very excited, so I asked when it will start.

There are still more than two months before the Chinese New Year, and it would be good to take this opportunity to buy one or two pieces of clothes for the child with the entire hundred and ten coins.

As soon as I heard that the wages were [-] Wen a day, and I was working in my village, I was very motivated, and I just waited to start working as soon as possible.

The author has something to say: Play it all at once so that you won't cry again.

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Xie Yan: Do you love me or not?

Zhuang Wan: I love you

Xie Yan: Then why is it almost [-] words now, the number of times you have met me can be counted with a single slap.

Zhuang Wan: I love you more and more day by day. The author is the dog who has locked me in. I can only copy books at home every day and cannot go out.

Xie Yan: But I miss you.

Zhuang Wan: Good boy, wait for me.

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Dog Author: 嘤~_