[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

"My lord!" The matchmaker looked at Jia Lian with pity in her eyes, and begged for help, "My lord! Help me!"

And those two hooligans seemed to have just realized it, they turned around and were about to run, but one of them trotted too fast, so they were naturally caught up by the tall and powerful officials and pressed against the wall.

"grown ups……"

Jia Lian was in no mood to appease the little girl. When passing by her, she walked around two steps away, and then walked to them. She really couldn't call such a person a "rogue", and she was looking at the girl curiously. Two young children heard footsteps behind them.

"grown ups……"

"Is it called Hun'er?" Jia Lian turned her head and looked helplessly at the man who was following him step by step, who was still sobbing, "I said, little girl, doesn't your tailor shop need help? Why are you so busy? ?”

"I don't," Hong Niang lowered her lips a little bit aggrieved, "The little girl is here to deliver rice cakes to my aunt's house, and they stopped me from trying to tease me..."

As soon as Jia Lian looked down and saw that there was indeed a bamboo basket on the ground and a few pieces of jujube rice cakes scattered on the ground, he raised his head and silently looked at the two teenagers who were still struggling against the wall, and asked after a long time, "Do you two recognize each other?"

One of the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys who were dressed in shabby clothes turned to look at Jia Lian, and retorted: "My lord, the villain is wronged! It's her! She said let's pretend to be a moleste so that you can save the beauty!"

"You are talking nonsense!" The matchmaker's voice was a little shrill, she pointed at him and shouted, "You are the ones who robbed me of my rice cake!"

"It was you who spoke back first!"

"It's you……"

Jia Lian's ears hurt from the piercing sound, and he couldn't help but move away in disgust. He frowned and looked at the two talking to each other, "Why are you arguing! I answer every question I ask!"

The two were still a little unconvinced, Jia Lian didn't talk to them, but looked at another boy who looked much younger in stature, and asked him, "Tell me what's going on."

The boy also stared at the matchmaker viciously, and said: "She asked us to act in a play! After the agreed money came, I went back on my word, so I, brother Di, said that I want her to use rice cakes!"

Jia Lian was speechless. Seeing that his teeth were itching with hatred, he asked again, "How much money do you still regret?"

"Five hundred words!"

The boy named Brother Di spat at the matchmaker. The matchmaker thought it was dirty, jumped a step away, and shouted angrily, "You are talking nonsense! I didn't! My lord! Don't believe these two little rascals!"

Of course Jia Lian didn't want to listen to and believe in one side, but her hopping was obvious, so she couldn't help complaining: "Your family is also in business, so your parents taught you to do business without believing what you say?"

The official let go of the young boy, and quietly reminded him from behind: "My lord, that's not the point." However, he thought his voice was low, but no one could hear him.

When Jia Lian heard this, he coughed, and said righteously and solemnly: "This matter is very bad and must be severely punished! Take them all away!"

Anyway, the two brothers Di didn't itch because they had too many lice, and they didn't struggle.

But the matchmaker didn't want to. If she was a girl, her reputation would be lost if she entered the Yamen. She squatted on the ground and cried loudly, "I don't—— woo..."

It's really not easy for two officials to touch a girl, and they were a little at a loss for a while.Jia Lian looked down at the crying girl, she felt a headache, she was stupid, she wanted to do everything and couldn't do it, and she was so short-sighted, so loud that everyone around her couldn't hear it!

He waved at the two boys who were also stupid there, "Pick up that rice cake first."

The younger boy immediately ran over to pick up all the rice cakes on the ground. Jia Lian noticed that the boy had swallowed several times before he looked away from the rice cakes.

Turning around, he glanced back and forth at the two officials, and said to one of them, "Send her home later."

The matchmaker cried for a while, and then she might feel that it was too obvious, and "beep" again.Jia Lian looked at the official servant he just pointed to and left the word "stupid" in his eyes, and for some reason he still wanted to laugh.

But in front of the common people, he still needs to establish a good image, straightened his expression, and said solemnly to the matchmaker: "You should be punished for making mistakes. Since you are a girl, I can be more lenient this time, but you don't have to go to the Yamen and fine some money." It is necessary, I will personally go to ask your parents to pay later."

The matchmaker just turned back because she was reluctant to part with the little private money she had saved so hard, but she didn't expect to make trouble in front of her father, she immediately shook her body in fear, and opened her mouth to beg for mercy.

Jia Lian didn't listen to her at all, and led the people out of the alley.

When the owner of the wood carving at the entrance of the alley saw the two children behind the magistrate, he hesitated for a moment, thinking that the adults were always lenient, so he nervously pleaded with him: "My lord, these two children are not bad in nature. To offend you, your lord has a lot..."

Jia Lian didn't expect that the two teenagers would be interceded by someone, and they seemed to have nothing to do with each other, so he just nodded and said casually: "I'm just going to teach them myself, so that they won't make mistakes later. .”

"Teach me well, teach me well!" The boss felt that there should be nothing wrong, so he wentssiping and said: "It's not that they are poor, they are also poor children."

Jia Lian smiled, and took a few people to the clothing store. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that the smaller one kept holding the basket and didn't let go, so she asked, "It's all on the ground and it's too dirty to eat. Are you still holding it to cook?" What?"

The little boy clenched his hands, lowered his head and said, "Yes, you can eat..."

After Jia Lian heard this, he was silent for a moment, and with the corners of his lips curled up, he lowered his head and stretched out his hand towards him, and said softly, "Try it for me too, I haven't eaten local rice cakes yet."

The boy raised his head in surprise, blinked his eyes and laughed, lifted a piece of cotton cloth covering the basket, stretched out his hand and found that his hands were a little dirty, took the cotton cloth to wipe his hands carefully, and then picked out a clean piece handed over to the adults.

Seeing that he was still staring at her, Jia Lian stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it a few times without pausing. To be honest, the taste was average, but he still nodded to the boy and said, "It's okay."

The little boy smiled and nodded, and then cheerfully told Jia Lian what he thought should be delicious, what he wanted to eat in the future, and occasionally asked Jia Lian if he had eaten it?

Of course, Jia Lian would not have never tasted it, and even when those things were brought to him, although the name was still the original name, he did not know how many processes had gone through, but some people might never taste it in their lifetime...

"I can ask you to try it." After Jia Lian finished speaking, he continued with a very serious expression on his face: "But that is all for the future. If you have done something wrong now, you must reflect on it and be punished."

Brother Dee had been listening in silence, but at this moment he said a little stubbornly: "If you want to punish me, you can punish me alone, and the dog has to take care of the young children at home."

"Your family has younger children? What about the elders?" Brother Di turned his head and didn't answer, Jia Lian knew the reason, sighed inwardly, and said, "Punishment doesn't necessarily mean locking up, just listen to the arrangement and do it carefully."

When they arrived at the clothing store, the proprietress greeted the county magistrate warmly, but Jia Lian waved her hand and said directly: "Please ask the boss to come here."

The proprietress yelled inside, glanced at the two teenagers beside the county magistrate with some distaste, and served him tea graciously.

Jia Lian didn't move, and when the boss came over, he directly explained the reason, and then said: "Your daughter made a mistake, I decided to fine you three taels of silver as an example, and in the future, just restrain it."

The owner of the clothing store smiled embarrassingly, and was about to go to the counter to get the money, but the proprietress stopped her, and then she played tricks on Jia Lian: "Why should my lord condemn my daughter? Is there a contract? My daughter is right!"

Jia Lian didn't plan to argue with the unreasonable person, looked directly at the boss, and asked him coldly: "Does the boss also think that the official's small punishment and big commandment are superfluous?"

"No, no." The boss glared at the proprietress, and happily took the money and presented it to the magistrate respectfully with both hands.

Jia Lian glanced at him for taking a lot of extra money, and only picked up the three taels of silver he asked for, then stood up, said "I can do it for myself", and took Brother Di and the others back to the county government.

After arriving at the county government office, Jia Lian handed over three taels of silver to Liu Ye, and then said to several people: "I just want to clean up the county, so I will let them clean the streets in the county, and use this money to provide them with steamed buns and porridge. "

After finishing speaking, he was about to leave. When he reached the door, he paused and said to several people with his back: "If you want, you can go if you have older children at home. I will hire some people for a long time during my tenure. Remember to Registration number in the county government."

Brother Dee's eyes were sore, he knelt on the ground with his younger brother, kowtowed and said, "Thank you, my lord."

At this time, Jia Lian had already gone out, and did not reply, and went back directly to the back house.

Later, I learned from the official messenger that Brother Di's parents died, and he left a house in the house, but he still took in a few children at home. If it weren't for the occasional donations from some neighbors around, he definitely wouldn't be able to support them.So the reason why he would agree to the matchmaker to do such a thing is understandable.

And the three taels of silver to buy porridge and steamed buns can be eaten for a while, so it shouldn't be too difficult to survive this winter.But after all, they are half-grown children, and it is not easy to clean the county all day long, so they found some orphans in the county who could not afford to eat to share with them.

However, in a small county town, there are many people who are not rich in food and clothing. If the county government only pays them for cleaning, there must be complaints after a long time, so Jia Lian thought it would be better to find something else. To accommodate them, it is best to be self-sufficient...