The Red Chamber Collection

Sun Butou led seven or eight people, including Uncle Wei, to the gate of Daniu's courtyard.Kicking open the half-hidden door, he stood in the center of the courtyard and shouted, "Everyone inside comes out." The old woman, Da Niu and Xiao Hua, pulled the dog out one after another, and the old woman pretended to be surprised, "Why is the uncle here again?"

"We are here this time to let the lady walk with us! Let the lady come out!" Sun Butou said.

"She left yesterday. She said she was tired of waiting here and wanted to go out for a stroll, but we couldn't stop her!" The old woman was surprised and said, "Why, didn't you go to the county town to find the master?"

"Let's go? Auntie, this is not a joke. Her relatives have committed a crime. She is a criminal committed by the imperial court. Our master is going to arrest her. You dare not hide her for her, she will go to prison. "

"Uncle Wei, what are you talking about. Why are we hiding her? We don't know what law she broke? Could it be that we hid a stranger and took the blame for her? There is no such reason in the world! Uncle Wei, her relatives What did you do?" The old woman looked serious and frightened.

"Stop rambling, don't let us search for it, you'll see it. Don't blame me for not recognizing my folks." Uncle Wei stared at the old woman, and said to Sun Butou, "Let's go search!" come out.Those yamen servants rushed in immediately.The master said, there is a reward for catching her.In the room, the bed was turned over and under the bed.I didn't find it either.Uncle Wei approached Sun Butou's ear and muttered for a while, Sun Butou nodded.I walked around the old woman's potato cellar, and ordered a catcher to dig up the soil that was half-hidden by the door of the cellar, and drilled in, but there was nothing inside.Uncle Wei muttered: "Is it really possible to leave?" Sun Butou said helplessly: "It's not a sudden trip. If you say that I just returned to the county government last night, I was still a day late. Where will she go? Where are you going?"

Uncle Wei looked around again and asked the old woman, "Then do you know where she went?"

The old woman said: "Yesterday she only said she wanted to leave, so I said miss, where are you going, you are such a precious person, what if something goes wrong? Don't leave, I persuaded you once... ··”

"Yeah!" Uncle Wei said impatiently, "What did you say when I asked you, why did you come here to talk about it? Just say where she went?"

"Hey!" The old woman said a little embarrassed when she heard this, "She got into this way as soon as she went out. She didn't tell me where she was going. If you say that this young lady is really stubborn, she won't listen to any advice. Let’s just talk about this raw potato, I won’t let her eat it, but she won’t listen to it if it’s cooked and eat it, she wants to eat it raw…”

"Okay, okay, you think we are here to listen to you talk about big books? It's so long-winded!" Catcher Sun was overwhelmed by listening, and he pointed at Da Niu, "You come with us!"

"Where are you taking him?" said the old woman, "He hasn't finished his work in the field, why don't I go with you!"

Butou Sun was a little impatient, he waved his hand, and two yamen servants came over and took Daniel away.The old lady chased after him, saying that she had not finished the work in the field and she was going.Uncle Wei said, "Auntie, there is nothing wrong, let him go and explain to the master, and we will have a good time. You go? It's so long-winded, the master is not bored to death by you!"

The old lady thought to herself, anyway, with Uncle Wei, nothing will happen to Daniel.She thought about it for herself, and felt that the play between herself and Uncle Wei was relatively successful.I am happy in my heart.

Sun Butou rode quickly with Daniel, and arrived at the county government before noon.When the magistrate heard that the man had escaped, he was furious.He pulled Daniel over to question him, and Daniel told him exactly what his mother taught him. "You take in criminals from the imperial court, and you can't escape your responsibilities." Uncle Wei hurriedly whispered these words in his ear when he saw that the county magistrate was angry with Daniel.Master Fang nodded, "You go back first, don't run away, wait at home!" Daniu went out tremblingly, Uncle Wei came out, and told him to wait outside the door first, and wait for him to intercede!

Uncle Wei went back to the yamen and drank a cup of tea in the side room.Then he came out, "Go back and prepare 30 taels of silver, which is the least. The master originally asked you to give up 50 taels of silver. Said that I belong to the same village as you. The master thought about it for a while, and then said, for your sake, 40 taels is absolutely indispensable. .You go back and prepare. Just send it in two days. It must not be too late. You will have to sue at that time, but it will be really worthless." Daniu was frightened by the county magistrate just now. Happy.Hearing so much money again, my heart tightened again.Uncle Wei just said that it only costs 30 taels, which shows that Uncle Wei is really a bodhisattva.He was very grateful and asked Uncle Wei to go to the tavern for a drink.Uncle Wei said: "You are so famine now, how can you have spare money to drink?! Hurry up and collect this silver tael, hand it over to me, and let this matter go. It's a favor for all the villagers. I always I can't watch you go to jail, can I? I can't bear to leave orphans and widowed mothers behind!" Daniel thanked him again, and promised, "I will repay you for your kindness in the future!" Then he got up and went back to Xiaowangzhuang .

The magistrate was angry just now and wanted to put Daniel up.When Uncle Wei saw this, he was afraid that if Daniel was here, if he asked about the silver tael, his own affairs would be exposed.Only then did he whisper in the master's ear, "This young lady is at Daniu's house. They didn't know that there was going to be an accident in Jia's house. They just did a good thing and took this young lady in. Didn't the old lady just know about it yesterday?! According to me, let him go, the master will also gain fame, and the villagers will praise him, and they will not say that the master is a foolish official. Didn't our yamen pay back 12 taels of silver? I think these days are also spent by his family. It’s almost enough for this girl. His family is poor, so there’s no need to get more. Let him go home and sell it together, and borrow some more. They will always be able to bear 20 taels of silver. If it’s too much, I’m afraid they won’t be able to get it out. Master, please don't show up, I'll deal with him, what do you think?" The magistrate thought to himself, originally he was going to take this young lady to ask for a reward, but he didn't expect her to run away, it was nothing.I really complied with that sentence, sometimes there must be something in life, and there is no time in life, don't force it.Now, after listening to Uncle Wei's words, it's still a bit of a profit, and I don't want to show up, so why not do it? !

Let's say that Uncle Wei listened to Catcher Sun's narration last night and knew that he would take Daiyu the next day!He hurried back to the manor overnight, and he couldn't let Daiyu fall into the hands of the master, because he was afraid that those few coins would be exposed, and he was afraid that he would force a confession about some of his past manipulations, so he killed the dog and told the truth.In case the dog barks, wakes up the neighbors, and is recognized.

Daniel went home and told his mother about it.The old lady is worried, but what's the matter, 30 taels? !It's terrible. "Daniu just said, if you fight me to go to jail, you won't be hungry!" The old woman scolded: "You think you will be free of money if you go to prison? It's naive. You want to go to prison and leave this orphan and widow behind." How does the mother live? Besides, Uncle Wei has put in so much effort, isn’t it for the good of our family?!” So ​​he made up his mind, sold the grain, sold the trees, and Xiao Hua borrowed money from the seven aunts and eight aunts of her mother’s family. Some, but it is still nearly ten taels away from the 30 taels.Unable to find a way, the old lady thought and thought in her heart, and felt that the only one in the village who could give out so much money was Uncle Wei.So Dian went to Wei's house to borrow it with a straight face.Aunt Wei has no good face, so much money, when will she be able to pay it back?The old lady had to come back.In the evening, Uncle Wei came home, and when his wife said this, he stared.He hastily ate his meal and went to Daniel's house, "I heard from our family that women's houses are small-minded, so I scolded them. I said that they are all from the village. If you don't help at this pass, are you still human?" I really don’t have so many at home, I’ll go to the county tomorrow and borrow some from my friends, but…” Uncle Wei stopped talking and looked at the old lady Daniu and the others with a bit of embarrassment. "Grandpa, just tell me, it's okay." Uncle Wei lowered his head and sighed, "Why don't I pay the two cents of the interest!" "Grandpa, what are you talking about? You have helped us so much! We must pay the interest! Tomorrow, you can ask them to write an IOU, and I will ask Daniel to print his fingerprints." Uncle, come back early tomorrow, and I will ask Hua'er to prepare some dishes and drink two cups!" Uncle Wei hurriedly said, "What is this? How can I let you spend money in your current situation?" The old woman insisted again and again, saying: "Master, how much money will this cost? Let's make a deal and come tomorrow night. After that, I will trouble you a lot. Please also ask him how beautiful you are in front of him." Say, cover this matter up." "Of course, you don't need to tell me. Look, I'm going to charge you!"

On the evening of the second day, the uncle brought the IOU.After reading it once, I have to send someone to find the word recognition to see if I understand it.The old lady said: "What did Uncle Wei say? Did he treat us as outsiders? We don't believe in Uncle Wei, whoever we trust!"