The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

On the eighth day after Cixiang Village took in the robbed woman, there was finally the first case of someone looking for a fiancée.It's a pity that the woman was not found, so Bai Lu left her name, address, and information about the woman he wanted to find.The brothers in Jiang Yuwa's family were going to seek revenge on those who robbed their sisters. Su Cheng was afraid that there were many opponents, so he hesitated to send two soldiers to pretend to be Jiang's children to help out.But at this moment, someone from outside the village sent a letter in, saying that a doctor surnamed Mei had come to find the eldest lady.Su Cheng ordered him to come in.

The person who came was indeed Dr. Mei.This person has changed into a green robe and a hat, with a medicine box on his back, looking a bit fairy-like.Nai cupped his hands towards Su Cheng: "Miss Su."

Su Cheng had stood up, and cupped his hands: "Dr. Mei has worked hard." Let him sit down again.Two servant girls served tea.

Dr. Mei didn't sit down, but bowed to the ground: "I'm here to apologize."

Su Cheng frowned: "What happened?"

"In the name of the eldest lady, I spread a rumor and did a private matter. Please rest assured, the eldest lady, it will never be passed on." He smiled wryly, "The matter came in a hurry, it's my subordinates."

It turned out that the Mei family knew that he had done a great job in protecting the Bodhijiao well, and the magistrate spared him and a group of close relatives from being distributed, so a cousin came to ask him for help.This cousin's family is rich and arrogant.Raising a daughter who loves her like a treasure is very spoiled.A few years ago when her daughter got married, her husband's family was not bad, only inferior to the Mei family, so her daughter remained pampered.Now that something happened to the Mei family, it collapsed.Her husband immediately showed Mei's face and took two concubines.Now that the Mei family is about to travel to North America, my cousin is afraid that his daughter will have a worse life in the future, so he asks Dr. Mei to take care of her.

Dr. Mei immediately said: "I'm just an ordinary doctor who will be exonerated. I was admitted as a scholar more than ten years ago. I can't afford such a big responsibility. I heard that the secular rules in North America are lax and there are a lot of gold mines. You didn’t go there empty-handed. Brother, if you don’t want your niece to suffer, follow my advice and try to get your uncle to divorce her back to her natal family. It won’t be too late to find a good son-in-law when you go abroad.”

After the cousin heard it, he didn't close his eyes to think of the dawn all night, and finally thought that what Dr. Mei said was reasonable.Fortunately, that uncle is soft-hearted and easy to believe rumors.So I asked someone to tell my uncle that the matter in Mei's family was not over yet, and if the guarantee was not complete, it would implicate the married daughter's in-law's family.Sure enough, my uncle is going to send Mei a letter of divorce.

However, Mrs. Mei was so angry that she forcibly killed her husband's two concubines yesterday, which angered her husband's family.Her careless mother-in-law tore up her son's written divorce letter, and coaxed Mrs. Mei with a pleasant face.After Dr. Mei heard about it, he knew that this mother-in-law was not a cheap lamp.Therefore, he personally released another rumor: Mr. Su wants to choose a son-in-law.There are also several conditions listed, this young master can achieve [-]%.If his hexagram is correct, the niece will get a divorce letter within three days.Nai first came to Su Cheng to confess his guilt.

Su Cheng couldn't help but laugh when he heard it.After thinking about it for a moment, he put it aside: "I don't know how Dr. Mei's disaster victims have been resettled?"

Dr. Mei cupped his hands: "They have all settled in the several Zhuangzi pointed out by Mr. Su, and they have fulfilled their mission. It's just that they are old, young and sick, and they can't work for the time being. They have to take care of them first."

Su Cheng nodded: "That's all."

Dr. Mei smiled and said, "Aren't you annoyed, miss?"

"My father is very busy, so such trivial rumors will not reach his ears." Su Cheng said, "I think Dr. Mei has a sense of propriety."

Dr. Mei cupped his hands: "Thank you."

Suddenly hearing someone talking outside the door, Su Cheng asked what was the matter.Only a servant girl said outside: "Miss, the messenger from Nail Lane is here again."

Su Cheng said, "You leave the list and give him the verified money."

The servant girl said: "He has some important news to tell the girl."

The eldest servant girl, Li Xia, went out and raised her eyebrows: "I don't know what's going on. The girl has an important guest and I don't have time to see him. Tell him to go to the East Wing and tell me if there is anything to do." The servant girl agreed.

When Li Xia came back, he saw Su Cheng and Dr. Mei were discussing about finding work for the victims, and coughed twice.Su Cheng looked at her: "Speak."

Li Xia glanced at Dr. Mei, and said, "He's here to inform."

Su Cheng smiled and said, "He didn't come here to inform me."

Li Xia glanced at Dr. Mei again: "Girl, that man in Nail Lane... is the one whose mistress died."

"The one that General Yang said he walked through the green forest?"

"Yes. This person has contacted the elders everywhere recently, and wants to go to the magistrate's office to petition and beg our master to return his children to them."

Su Cheng frowned: "Does he still have such thoughts?"

"That's what the messenger said."

Su Cheng thought for a moment: "Reward him with [-] coins, let him help to keep an eye on that person. Warn him that he walked through the green forest, so don't be spotted." Li Xia agreed and left.Su Cheng lowered his head and thought for a moment, seeing that Dr. Mei seemed to be interested, he smiled wryly, and then told him what happened.

After hearing this, Dr. Mei thought for a while: "What's this person's last name?"

"what."

"It's not a common local surname."

"Obviously not." Su Cheng said, "His family is very poor, and he was the second one confessed by brother Xiaoque in the hall of the government office. Most of the people living in Nail Alley are fools, but he is the only one with a brain." Nai shook his head and said, "Since I miss my dead concubine, why should I rob a good man's daughter?"

Dr. Mei said: "Brother He is only mistaken in robbing a woman. As a son of man, one must be filial to one's parents. As the saying goes, there are three ways to be unfilial and to have no descendants. If you miss the old man, you don't need to marry a wife, just buy a wife. It will be good for the maidservant to give birth to the incense." Su Cheng frowned, but he didn't know how to argue with him.He went on to say, "I'm afraid this man won't let it go. He didn't intend to marry a wife, so he robbed a woman to have a child. Even if he has money in the future, his parents will still force him to marry a wife. It's better to get the original two children back." Go." Nai said with a smile, "I'm afraid this trick has pinched the young lady's weakness."

Su Cheng tilted his head: "How do you say that?"

Dr. Mei said: "Master Su must approve of rescuing the robbed woman. However, I dare say that Master Su will not approve of taking away the offspring together. A woman is a small matter, but an heir is a big matter, which hurts the foundation of the common people's family." .Missy, as a woman, refuses to give in to a man, so she must be dissatisfied inside. Unfortunately, this is the way things are."

Su Cheng pursed his lips: "That's right. I didn't tell me that I rescued the child together. If I didn't say it, he would subconsciously think that he only saved women and the child was still robbing people." Nai thought, "I don't I think that man named He can guess my father's mind."

Dr. Mei said: "He must not have guessed that the eldest lady is hiding the truth from Mr. Su. But he knows that Mr. Su is a Confucian scholar who is hard-nosed towards whom and soft towards whom."

Su Cheng cupped his hands: "Please enlighten me."

Dr. Mei laughed and said, "If it's a treacherous official, a bully, a tyrant, Lord Su will stand upright and would rather die than submit; if it's an ancient villager, a sick old Confucian..."

Su Cheng suddenly said, "That's right, if this kind of people cry and complain, my father might surrender." Unconsciously, he clenched his fists, "Don't let them see my father."

Dr. Mei said: "Even if this trick is resolved, I'm afraid this person has other tricks. After all, he is a person who walks through the green forest. Snakes have snakes, rats have rats. Missy still needs to guard against the back .”

Su Cheng glanced at him: "It's easy to stop the elders. I really don't know the methods of the green forest people. Why don't Dr. Mei help out with an idea?"

Dr. Mei waved his hand and said, "I don't know anything about green forests. Master Su has many green forest masters under his command? Why don't you ask them, miss."

"That's right." Su Cheng thought to himself, what kind of green forest master should he be looking for?It is obvious that Yang Guotai, the deputy general of Jiangxi, came from the way of a thief.Dr. Mei stood up to say goodbye, and whispered something before leaving.Su Cheng clapped his hands.

In the next few days, Su Cheng and Yang Guotai still went around arresting the robbed women and children.

In the afternoon of this day, a dozen or so elderly people in Nail Lane got up and went to a dilapidated Town God's Temple in the western suburbs of the city, fully dressed.Halfway down the road, I encountered two groups of people fighting and blocking the road.The old men couldn't get in if they wanted to, and they were trapped by watching the excitement if they wanted to get out and go other ways.After a while, some people went to report to the official.Seeing that he was about to squeeze out from the crowd, the policemen rushed over again, yelling that no one should leave.After tossing like this for more than half an hour, the old men are about to get away.

Although I was helpless, I didn't dare to complain, so I had to speed up my pace to rush to the Town God's Temple.Although the temple has been in disrepair for a long time, the place is spacious.After finally walking to the temple, I was shocked: I had made an appointment with everyone to discuss the matter together, and I would go to the magistrate's office to petition tomorrow morning, but only my group came, and the other more than 200 old men did not come!Then they looked at each other.

After a long time, an old man said: "Could it be that they have finished their discussions and thought that if we don't come, they all dispersed?"

The other looked around for a moment, pointed to the ground and said: "It's so thick with dust, there's not even a footprint, obviously no one has been here before."

Another one said: "Could it be that they have bad legs and walk slowly?"

The one in front nodded repeatedly and said, "It must be so. Let's get closer anyway. Why don't we wait."

Having said that, in fact, everyone has a vague idea in their hearts: I am afraid that no one else will come.Otherwise, they have been delayed on the road for a long time, and others should have arrived long ago.After waiting until the setting sun fell to the west, no one came over.The old man in the lead slammed his feet: "It's all useless things! When my son talked to them, he agreed to each of them. He didn't come to discuss serious matters!" Thinking of his grandson who was snatched away, he sat on the ground burst into tears.The old man next to him also cried loudly when he thought of his grandson. Suddenly, there was a lot of crying in the Town God's Temple, reflected in the setting sun, so pitiful.

As everyone knows, the other old men also left the house on time, and they also arrived at the Town God's Temple according to the time.

There is a road near the Chenghuang Temple.About an hour ago, the first group of old men rushed to the Temple of the City God through this road.I saw three tables set up at the intersection, and the four treasures of the study were placed on the tables.There were three people sitting beside and two standing.Sitting is an accountant and two stewards; standing are two clerks.Seeing someone coming, the man beat the gong and shouted loudly: "Fathers and folks, come and have a look - we are recruiting workers from the Daguangming Match Factory - our factory occupies a huge area and the wages are very high." The highest—welcome all the folks to come and work—"

These old men were all robbed by the government of their daughters-in-law. They were all so poor that their eyes were darkened, and their sons didn't find any serious jobs.Hearing that a factory made a confession, they hurriedly gathered around to inquire.A manager coughed twice, stood up and said loudly with his hands behind his back: "Our Daguangming Match Factory uses prescriptions and equipment from Lingnan Wang's Match Factory. The match factory with the largest output in the south of the Yangtze River. Now there is an urgent need for a lot of labor to level the site, build factories, and install equipment. Workers are required to be strong, willing to work, and listen to the foreman. Three full meals a day, monthly wages of [-] yuan. If With craftsmanship, more wages!"

All the old men were dumbfounded: three full meals, five hundred coins!Where can I find such a good job?They all asked tremblingly, "Where do you go to work?"

The clerk pointed out: "Going southwest from this Sangyu Road for less than half a mile, you can see the preparatory office of our factory. There is Manager Wang who is in charge of recruiting workers. There are already many young men going for interviews. .We need to recruit about [-] workers until we fill up."

Only less than half a mile away, the old men looked at each other for a while, and one of them said: "We came very early, and half a mile is not far away, why don't we go to their match factory?"

The man said: "There is a big sign at the entrance of the preparatory office, and there are many people waiting in line for interviews. We are the only ones recruiting on this road, and you can't make a mistake."

When the old men heard that someone had already gone there, they couldn't be more suspicious, so they followed the path pointed out by the man to find the past.

The preparation office is really easy to find.Halfway along the road, I could also see a few small and dilapidated houses, but no one was there; there was a bustling voice in front of the preparatory office, and some people could be heard yelling from afar.Take a closer look, what a big Zhuangzi!The gate of the village was built tall and majestic, and two strings of huge red lanterns were hung.There was a long line at the gate, all men lined up, the young ones were seventeen or eighteen, and the big ones were forty or fifty.There are also two tables at the gate of the village, and two guys are sitting beside the tables.All the old men gathered around and asked again, what the man said was exactly the same as those outside.Only a few things were added: the owner is a rich man from the capital, backed by several princes.It is said that this time the factory is opened, only success is allowed, and failure is not allowed.

The old men had already noticed that the guy was wearing a silk shirt, so they knew that their boss was really rich.The buddy said it again: only 700 people are recruited, and if there are more people, it will not be used for the time being.There are more than seven hundred men without work in Nanchang Mansion?There are four No. 50 in the queue at the door, and I don't know how many people have registered their names.Such a good thing let others get it first, wouldn't my family be gone?An old man turned around and ran away, rushing back to report to his son, asking him to take the recruitment test.As soon as he left, the old man next to him was also afraid that his son would be too slow to catch up, so he also ran home.As for the old men's discussion of petitioning with the magistrate, who cares?

The more than 200 old men who were going to discuss matters were all coaxed away by these recruiters, and none of them entered the temple gate of the Town God's Temple.There are also a few who think about whether to go back after they get home.It's just that they are all old, and they are tired enough to rush back to report the news, and they really can't get up the energy to run again.Most of them are full of joy thinking that their sons are recruited to work, that they can have enough food every day, and have a lot of wages; everything else has long been forgotten.