The ancient life of a master craftsman

"Matchmaker Zhang, are you treating everyone as idiots?" A spunky fat aunt rolled up her sleeves, "Just now, I was afraid of being taken to the government to beat the board, and I made a slip of the tongue, thinking we didn't hear? Get up!"

The fat aunt grabbed Matchmaker Zhang by her hair and pulled her up, "I don't have time to listen to your nonsense, take the money!"

Dragging Matchmaker Zhang to her home, Matchmaker Zhang was dragged by the fat aunt like a piggy waiting to be slaughtered, and she couldn't break away from the fat aunt's hand even after screaming for a long time.

"Wait, auntie, I'll go with you, so she won't be dishonest for a while." A rather burly husband called to stop the fat aunt.

The fat aunt turned around and saw someone, "Third daughter-in-law, why are you here? Does the sister-in-law know?"

Zhuang Fulang is not very talkative, and he looks a little gloomy when he has no expression, "Mother knows, my sister-in-law has gone to Zhang's house."

Matchmaker Zhang turned into a puddle of mud all of a sudden. The strong man's mother-in-law is the current wife of the Mu clan, and what she did...

The women and husbands present all shivered. The others may have been a long time ago, but Bai's end is still in sight.

Matchmaker Zhang thought of something, and yelled to excuse herself, "I'm really a decent matchmaker, I don't do deceitful things! It was Li Enbai who took the initiative to ask me to introduce girls to him! He took the initiative! It was him!"

Li Enbai just wanted to defend himself, but Mu Yunshan stopped him, "Linfeng, the village will give you an explanation for this matter."

Mu Yunshan wanted to show off the strength of the family, and Li Enbai couldn't have to settle everything by himself. The family was bullied, and the family should seek justice for him.

At this time, the people in Lushi Village already felt that something was wrong. Li Tongsheng was a master of talent in the future. How could the matchmaker Zhang offend him to death?

The villagers in Lushi Village felt a little uneasy, and they wanted to discuss it together, but they couldn't.When they got together, everyone felt uneasy, as if they were being bullied by Huaimu Village.

Matchmaker Zhang was still taken home, and enough money was taken from her house, and the strong husband and fat aunt brought her back, as well as a bunch of portraits.

Zhuang Fulang opened the portrait and looked at it, then went to the cheated men and asked if it was the portrait Zhang Matchmaker showed them.

There are more than [-] portraits in total. The women in the paintings can't be said to be particularly beautiful, but they have gentle eyebrows and eyes, making them very comfortable to look at.Two of them are particularly outstanding, not because they are beautiful, but because they are painted as if they were real people right in front of them, which is very attractive.

The men Zhuang Fulang asked immediately confirmed the two portraits, "That's it. At that time, I didn't believe it when she said to introduce a girl to me, so Matchmaker Zhang brought this portrait together with several others. I fell in love with this right away.”

Most people fell in love with the two realistic versions of the painting, and they also said that they had seen the girl in the painting at the Pearl Tea House, and it was exactly the same as in the painting.

"These two people must be entrusted by Matchmaker Zhang!" Some people reacted, pointing to the two portraits and swearing, "If you catch these two portraits, let's see how Matchmaker Zhang will deny it!"

"The question is where can I find it?" Others also came to their senses, and made suggestions one after another, "Why don't we go to the town to look for it? With so many of us, we should be able to find it."

"The town is so big, where do you go to find it? Isn't that like looking for a needle in a haystack!" Some people retorted.

Matchmaker Zhang's face turned pale, trembling all over, desperately trying to figure out how to get rid of it, while she was a little thankful that the two female liars were not there, otherwise she would have nothing to do.

At this time, a child from a family living near the entrance of the village came running, "Grandpa the village chief! Someone has been cheated again! Grandpa the village chief!"

Behind him were two plainly dressed women, trying to catch up with the child. When the two approached, weren't these the same two women in the portrait?

The child slurred about the two women who entered the village and knocked on his door to find the village chief. The two women wiped the sweat from their brows, "Which one is the village chief of Huaimu Village?"

The old man Yun stood up, "It's me, the old man, what's the matter with the two girls?"

The two fanned each other with their sleeves, "We came because a few days ago, the matchmaker in your village charged the two of us an introduction fee of [-] Wen each, saying that he would introduce a man to marry us, but the money If you get the money, there will be no shadow of the person, and we only found out that it is from your village after many inquiries."

They talked, turned their eyes around, pointed to Matchmaker Zhang and said, "No, it's her, and she took us to drink tea, a cup of tea is so expensive!"

It was also said that the two people were entrusted by people who were deceived, and the two girls who co-authored were also deceived?

"That's not right, we all meet each other separately, and there are always four or five times together. This girl can't be suspicious four or five times, right?" A man questioned.

The girl explained again, "In the beginning, she asked me to meet at the teahouse. I hadn't paid for it yet. She said that she knew a lot of rich men, and that although the teahouse was expensive, they could afford tea." It’s definitely worth the money.”

"He also pointed out two of them to me," the girl pointed to a man, "Well, she said that he was the only child in the house, and the big brick houses were built, and asked me if I wanted to get to know each other."

The man who was named was the one who was deceived at the beginning. There were several brothers in his family, and it was a lie to hear it. Now think about it, the matchmaker Zhang was sitting with this girl at another table that day, and pointed at him. , these are all correct.

Others felt the same way, and they gradually believed it.

But Matchmaker Zhang jumped up and said, "Nonsense! You guys are the ones looking for me, and you even said that you would give me fifty Wen as a favor for introducing someone!"

"What, didn't we agree that you would find a good house for us, and thank the matchmaker for more money?" Another girl confronted her.

"Did you say that at the time, there are many people here who earn two thousand yuan a month! If they can marry in, they will not have to worry about food and drink, and they don't have to work in the fields." The girl said.

"Fart, obviously you two have already found out that our village is rich, so you rushed to find me and said to cheat someone into giving me a fifty-cent introduction fee!"

"I haven't even met the man alone, how did you get the money? Besides, you brought us to the teahouse!"

The two sides were arguing, and Matchmaker Zhang, who was already a little flustered, slipped her tongue again, and the two girls were also very angry, saying that Matchmaker Zhang framed them both.

This time, the mother-in-law is right, and the public is right. It is impossible to judge whether the two girls are liars, but what is certain is that Zhang Matchmaker has indeed lied to everyone.

As for whether the two girls are liars, everyone has no time to think about it. They just want Matchmaker Zhang to return the money to them. They spent at least [-] Wen alone. Thinking about it, it hurts like hell.

"Stop talking nonsense, liar, pay back the money!" "Pay back the money!" "Pay back my money!"

Shuangzhong quietly walked to Li Enbai's side, "Master, I asked you clearly, Matchmaker Zhang knew the shopkeeper of the Pearl Teahouse, and she took the initiative to take them to the teahouse to cheat."

"understood."

Yunli didn't hear what the two of them said clearly, and was about to ask, when Li Enbai's face became ugly, as if very angry.

"Lizi, wait here for a while, I'll go and have a word with Uncle San." Li Enbai squeezed his hand and asked Shuangzhong to accompany him.

Yunli knew that Li Enbai might have found something, so she let go, "Well, don't be too angry."

"I'm not angry, don't worry." Li Enbai's expression has gradually calmed down.

He walked to Old Man Yun and Old Man Mu on the other side, "Father, Uncle, I found out something. Matchmaker Zhang is familiar with the shopkeeper of Pearl Teahouse, so she took the initiative to bring someone over to let the teahouse sell our high-priced tea." , Usually a cup of tea can cost up to twenty Wen."

This sentence made old man Yun and the others change their faces, and Yunhe said before that the owner of the pearl teahouse is the young lady of the Zhang family, and this young lady happens to be Chen Yingcai's wife.

They all thought of the possibility, "It wouldn't be..."

"I think it's very possible that Chen Yingcai is an out-and-out despicable person. He was only in the 70th place in the Tongsheng examination, and it was the last of his luck to be a scholar. But even so, his status It is also special enough, because he is the only scholar in the town now."

Li Enbai slowly analyzed, "I have a grudge against him. He can't let me destroy his limelight, so he tried to ruin my reputation and make it impossible for me to continue the imperial examination. That's his only way. If I fall down because of this , life is unsustainable, he can still find a way..."

He didn't say anything in the second half, but Old Man Yun and the others understood that Chen Yingcai had a strange stubbornness towards Yunli, and he even did things like kidnapping people, so what else would he not dare to do?

Once again, old man Yun regretted his help to Chen Yingcai's family back then, and let him get engaged to his younger brother. It was a disaster!

"It's all my fault, I'm blind." Old man Yun's face was full of creases.

Li Enbai patted him on the shoulder, "Father, it's not your fault. You know people and face but don't know the heart. Who would have thought that after reading the sage books, he is still so dirty."

Mu Laosan supported his crutches, "The child is right, now is not the time to think about these things, first find a way to put this matter to rest."

"Does Linfeng have any ideas?" Old man Yun cheered up and asked Li Enbai what he thought.

"This matter is no longer something that our village can solve. I think it should be sent to the officials, so that if someone comes out to discredit me about this matter in the future, it will not succeed."

Li Enbai originally planned to get rid of Matchmaker Zhang in the village, but he didn't expect someone to use his plan to pour dirty water on him. If he still solves it in the village, it will inevitably leave hidden dangers. After all, there are still a group of deceived people who are not from Huaimu Village. , if they give some money, it will be easy for them to talk back.

Reporting to the official is the best way. The official also wants him to win the reputation of "Xiao Sanyuan" and add a fortune to his political achievements.

Old man Yun was a little hesitant. He took a look at Mu Laosan. It is the custom in the village not to go unless he meets an official. If it spreads out, it will bring bad reputation to the village. Mu Laosan pondered for a while before answering, "Listen to Lin Feng , sent to see the officer."

So the villagers of Lushi Village who could have taken the money and left had no choice but to go to the town with the old man Yun and the others to find the official to judge. Amidst the begging for mercy, a group of people came to the town yamen.

As soon as the town official heard that it was related to the first child, he was promoted immediately. The villagers of Huaimu Village first told about their experience of being deceived, and the villagers of Lushi Village took over. At these times, Matchmaker Zhang was indisputable, and she wanted to deny it. , the town official immediately sent someone to call the shopkeeper of the Pearl Tea House.

As soon as the shopkeeper saw Matchmaker Zhang kneeling on the ground, the other people were full of anger, and immediately blamed her, saying that she asked the waiter in their shop to double the price by ten times, and they just acted according to the customer's request, and the extra money They were all given to Matchmaker Zhang.One sentence turned matchmaker Zhang into a liar, and she couldn't turn over.

The two suspected trustees also stated how they were deceived. Even though Matchmaker Zhang denied it in every possible way, both of them bit the same rhetoric to death. The judge judged as a deceived person.

Matchmaker Zhang was deprived of her matchmaker status. Because of the crimes of slandering Tongsheng and cheating, she was beaten [-] times in public and sentenced to three years in prison.

There are very few promotions in the town. If it is some trivial matter, it will not mobilize the people to promote the hall. Therefore, when they heard the sound of the promotion, the surrounding residents came to watch the excitement. After [-] beatings, his butt blossomed, and he shook his head, tell me what this person thinks, a serious matchmaker, can't he just talk about the matchmaking?

I have to come out to bluff and deceive, now it’s all right, the money I cheated was not spent yet, I was arrested, beaten to pieces, and thrown into a prison, what are you talking about?

"Don't you understand? If she didn't lie too intensively, everyone wouldn't be able to find out at all. Think about it, the matchmaker said that the matchmaker can only get the matchmaker's thank you money, which is usually two to three hundred yuan, but she introduced a Two hundred cash is accepted, and ten is only two taels of silver, and if you look at how many people have been cheated, at least two NO.30, seven or eight taels of silver is the minimum."

"What's the use of that, haven't you been arrested? The money has to be returned to others, and she has to go to jail, tsk tsk tsk, stupid!"

"Hey, I'm so greedy, I deserve it."

"It really deserves it."