The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 107

When Li Changan saw Zhen Zicha approaching, his expression froze at first, and then he took it indifferently.He politely asked Zhen Zicha to take a seat, and said, "Life is always so unpredictable. I didn't expect that you and I would meet again. Back then, you came to Li's mansion to find Yuzhen, right? Yingniang was taken aback, thinking that you were looking for her. She also said that you beat Bo Ming until he was beaten to death in order to take her as a concubine. The young couple had nowhere to go, so they had to go first. Li's residence took refuge."

Zhen Zicha was taken aback when he heard this, and then laughed heartily, "This Yingniang is full of evil ideas. At the beginning, I wondered why Brother Li was so open-minded, and he didn't know anything about his wife's past. I don't want to ask, I didn't expect it to be like this! But speaking of it, Yao Yuzhen never gave me a good face, and I can't even touch her fingers. In this way, you have to thank me, if not Because of me, Yao Yuzhen would not have fled to Wuzhou, and you would not have married such a good wife and mother as her."

Li Changan nodded and smiled, but felt very guilty in his heart.He didn't think much about dismissing Zhen Zicha at the beginning, but after a few days, he suddenly became suspicious and sent someone to secretly come to Yongzhen to inquire about Yao Yuzhen.He didn't feel much relieved until he heard that Yao Yuzhen had no interest in Zhen Zicha.

Thinking about it now, I feel that he did not trust Aunt Yao, and sending someone to secretly inquire is also a villain's act.After Yen Zicha mentioned it, he felt that he was not a real man anymore.

Yen Zicha knew that it would be impolite to talk about Aunt Yao in front of Li Changan, so he said, "Brother Li, I heard that you are focusing on flowers and trees now, do you really have other ideas? Zhuangzi planted a lot of medicinal materials, I wonder if you would like to be a steward of my family and go to the capital to do business? The profit will be [-]% of the profit, how about it?"

He is Li Chang'an and he is a good businessman. If he is willing to help, he will not worry that the medicine village will not have a good market.

Li Changan smiled and waved his hands, "I am no longer interested in business, I just want to spend my old age peacefully and live my life." Although his fighting spirit is no longer there, his ambition is still there. He used to be the famous master of Yinzhuang in Jinghua The boss, no matter what, would never be willing to be Yen Zicha's subordinate, let alone Yen Zicha once coveted his wife.

Yen Zicha also knew what was interesting, and thought it was impossible to touch Li Changan, so he said goodbye after a few pleasantries.

When he went out and passed by the school door with his hands behind his back, he heard Aunt Yao's round and smooth reading voice coming from the window, "Guan Guan Suijiu, in the river island. A fair lady, a gentleman is very good..."

Yen Zicha frowned upon hearing this, and smiled slightly.Tasting the meaning of the poem again, he sighed deeply again, and left the courtyard.

Just as Bo Ming came out of the workshop, he happened to see the back of Yen Zicha leaving the girls' school.He came to his "office" with Yingniang, and said with some concern: "Yingniang, Zhen Zicha is the eldest master of the Zhen family. He must have come to the girls' school in person because he wanted to see Aunt Yao. You said Brother Li is not He will be angry, he must be able to guess now that we were fooled by him."

Yingniang just smiled slightly, not worried at all, "It's all about Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds, don't underestimate Brother Li, he won't take it to heart, he probably didn't care about what happened back then." You already know the details. Now that you see Zhen Zicha coming out with his hands behind his back and sighing, you know that nothing is wrong. Don’t you know Zhen Zicha? If Big Brother Li is angry, I guess he can still get excited."

Bo Ming felt that what Ying Niang said was reasonable, so he stopped worrying.

"Yingniang, there is something very important that I want to discuss with you."

Ying Niang looked up at him, wondering: "What's the matter? See you say it so solemnly, why can't I remember any important things in our house or workshop?"

Bo Ming chuckled, got up and came to Yingniang's back, and beat her shoulders.

Seeing him like this, Yingniang couldn't help laughing, "You're being courteous for nothing, you're either rape or stealing. Come on, what's the matter?"

Bo Ming beat his shoulders for her and said, "This is not a matter of adultery or robbery, but a great deed of immeasurable merit. The Foyun Temple has been in disrepair for a long time, and the dew and rain began to rain in my master's room. Brothers and sisters In my house, it was raining heavily outside, and it was raining lightly inside. Several Buddha statues in the Buddhist hall were also dilapidated. There were fewer and fewer pilgrims, and the popularity became more and more depressed. And people who wanted to become monks in the temple saw this temple It is so dilapidated that they all went to the Jingtuo Temple in the county. My master is very worried. If this continues, this Foyun Temple may not even have a disciple to inherit it in the future, because my brothers and sisters He is not young anymore, but he has not received any apprentices. The master is getting old now, and he is really worried that one day he will pass away, and no one will care about the Foyun Temple, and it will gradually become a ruined temple. The brothers and sisters are gone one by one, and the Foyun Temple may be a dilapidated house overgrown with weeds in the future."

Seeing what Boming said, Yingniang was very sad, after all, Foyun Temple was his once blessed place.He recovered from his illness there, received the love of his master, got along with his master and younger brothers like brothers, and lived a carefree life for ten years. How could he be willing to let the Foyun Temple gradually fall into disrepair.

"Oh, I see, you want to pay for the repair of the Foyun Temple, right?" Yingniang nodded briskly, "Okay, you take 20 taels to ask someone to repair it, it's just a trivial matter, I thought there would be What a big deal."

Boming still beat Yingniang's shoulder hard.

Yingniang understood, turned her head to look at him, and asked with a smile, "It's too little? It took 20 taels to repair a lot."

Bo Ming hesitated and said: "It's not repairing, it's building a new temple. The temples are broken down like that, and the repairs are not much better. I want to build the Foyun Temple bigger and pave the ground with bluestone slabs, otherwise As soon as the pilgrims enter, there will be mud everywhere they step on, and there is no mood to worship Buddha."

Yingniang had to think twice now, she estimated the cost of building a new temple in her head, "According to what you said, it would cost at least two or three hundred taels of silver, which is much more thoughtful than building a girls' school. Although the money is right Our family is not a big sum, I just worry that we will be targeted by the government in the future, and our family will be asked to donate money and food every now and then. For example, where there is a drought, where there is a pest infestation. If it is really donated to the victims of the disaster, it is fine. But haven’t most of them been handed into their own pockets by corrupt officials? It’s said that ten years of Qingzhi county, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver, do you think their money fell from the sky?”

Bo Ming recalled the floods in Jia Town in the year before last. He heard that the government asked many wealthy families to donate money and food, but many local people still starved to death.Later, people from Yongzhen and several other towns spontaneously sent dozens of carts of food, which solved the urgent needs of the local people.Back then, the Xue family had no money, and the government didn’t come to urge donations, but Bo Ming and those spontaneous people went to deliver food, and saw that the government only sent people down to distribute some cornmeal that was about to be infested with worms, and then left in a hurry Vice scene.

Bo Ming also knew that once he was targeted by the government, there would be no end to it.Isn't Li Changan in front of him an example, because his family was ruined because of being targeted by the emperor.

"Huh? Why hasn't the Zhen family ever come to urge donations of money and food?" Bo Ming asked curiously.

"His family has had contacts with the magistrate and the state government for many years. Of course, no matter what is apportioned, his family will be missed. How can our family compare with his family? They are Yuanwai's mansion. Even if Yuanwai has passed away, the plaque on the door of Yuanwai's mansion It's still hanging high. In my opinion, it's better to spend money to repair the Foyun Temple, you... won't be unhappy, will you?"

Bo Ming was not unhappy, but felt a little regretful. He really wanted to see the scene of the Buddha Cloud Temple being in full swing and crowded with pilgrims.

He was hesitating when Zhaodi knocked on the door outside.

Boming went to open the door and let Zhaodi in. Zhaodi was drying some damp thread with Yinyue and Jinling at the entrance of the workshop just now, but she saw four people in yamen uniforms coming, saying they were looking for Xue Boming The rich man Xue.

Normally, no one called Birming that way, they were all just called Big Master.Zhao Di felt that it was not a good thing for these people to come, so she hurried over to find Bo Ming.

Bo Ming was asking Zhaodi what's the matter, and the four yamen servants had already followed Zhaodi in.

Birming had no choice but to take the four of them to the reception room.

Zhaodi sat on the chair that Birming usually sat on, and poured herself a glass of water to drink, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you, is there anything to worry about?"

Because Yingniang was frowning at this time, she just talked about donating money and food, but four yamen servants came unexpectedly, feeling very bad.

Ying Niang sighed: "The government sent people to look for us, can something good happen?"

Zhaodi became a little nervous, "They don't come here to arrest people, do they? But none of our family committed any crime?"

Yingniang shook her head, "It's impossible to arrest people. Our family conducts business in a respectful manner. There was no fight in the workshop, let alone fatal accidents. I thought, the government is here to ask for money. I heard that the county magistrate may ask for money." Go to a state in another province and take office as the state capital, and want to make a fortune while leaving."

Zhao Di sullenly said, "No! These corrupt officials can't be fed enough. If this corrupt official has tasted the sweetness once he leaves, the next corrupt official may also know about it, and he will think of ways to do it from time to time. Just come here to make a fortune, then our family will be taken advantage of."

Yingniang replied: "Isn't it? You know it's not easy for us to earn this money. There are many women who weave clothes and their health is getting worse, especially in the oil mill. All they earn are hard-earned money. .Our family has money, but we don’t know how to pay more wages to the short-term workers, so what do we do to feed those moths that eat people and don’t spit out their bones?”

When Yingniang was talking, she opened a notebook and handed it to Zhaodi, "Yesterday, Boming and I were discussing about raising the wages of the day laborers. I wonder if you, Yinyue and Jinling will agree?"

Zhaodi naturally rejected things with words, so she just said: "I agree, Yinyue and Jinling will definitely agree. You know I don't know a few words, so let me see."

Ying Niang put away the notebook, and said with a smile: "Even if you don't read it, I still have to tell you. Let's think of a countermeasure to deal with those yamen servants. We must not give money, and we must not let them hold grudges."

Zhaodi said with a bitter face, "This is too difficult, anyway, I can't figure it out."

(End of this chapter)