After coming out of the patriarch's house, Guan Youde, who had knelt for an hour, was already a little overwhelmed. He didn't understand that he had been like this for so many years. Why did the patriarch get angry today? He complained to Guan Richang: "Chief, why do you make such a fuss? Whose family is this? Don’t you have any difficult sutras to recite?”
Guan Richang also got angry, slapped Guan Youde, and cursed: "You still don't know how to repent, do you?"
Guan Youde covered his face and said nothing in a gloomy tone.
Guan Richang said: "Go find your wife quickly and give her good advice. If you can avoid going to court, you can live happily with her from now on and don't cause any more trouble. If you go to court, you will be removed from the family tree." .”
After Mo Yu received Zhang Xiao's instructions, he first arranged for a few boys from the Dan family to secretly monitor every move in Qiaonan Village. He found that ships carrying silkworm sand came in every few days, but the number was significantly reduced compared to the previous days. There are also a small number of ships transporting things out every day. After several random inspections, only some dung similar to farmyard manure was found. It is said that this year's patent medicine has been almost refined. These are the remaining medicinal residues after refining.
The only gain was to confirm the location of the workshop where Zhu's medicine was refined. Seeing that there was nothing to find out about it, and Qiaonan Village was inaccessible, Mo Yu decided to take two stationed policemen to visit it in person.
The layout of large local villages has obvious military defense functions. Fish ponds and natural river ponds are often used outside the villages to form moat-like waterways. The outer buildings of the village all have doors and windows facing the inside. The terrain is used to build walls, fences, watchtowers and other facilities between the buildings. There are only a few fixed entrances and exits on the roads leading in and out of the village. It is closed at night and guarded during the day.
Mo Yu and Le Ziren can only enter from the village entrance. Whether it was a coincidence or an arrangement, Mo Yu met Zhu's old housekeeper when he arrived at the village entrance.
When Butler Zhu saw Mo Yu, he greeted with a smile: "Master Mo, you are such a rare visitor. What kind of wind brought you here today?"
Mo Yudong looked around and said: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll just look around. Chief Zhang has been going to the countryside these days to observe the people's sentiments. He must show his performance to avoid being reprimanded by the chief."
Butler Zhu smiled knowingly, "As for Master Mo, since I'm here to take charge of my hometown, those monsters and monsters would have disappeared long ago."
Mo Yu said casually: "You're already here, but Butler Zhu doesn't invite me to come in and sit down?"
Butler Zhu was startled, and then said: "Oh, look at me, old Hutu. Master Mo, please come in, and I will make arrangements right away."
Before reaching Zhu's house, Le Ziren smelled the stench in the air and couldn't help but cover his nose with his hands. Seeing this, Butler Zhu said with a smile: "Don't worry about it, gentlemen. In the countryside, fish and mulberry are the main industry, and a lot of manure is used. The smell is a bit smelly, but it is what we farmers like the most."
Mo Yu said: "It doesn't matter, our newly appointed Chief Zhang is very careful about how to catch fish flowers, how to raise fry, and where fertilizer comes from. I have been under a lot of pressure these days. Butler Zhu, why don't you take me to see it?" , tell a few of us how to compost, and let Chief Zhang know that we are working hard for the Senate."
Butler Zhu was a little embarrassed and said: "That kind of filthy place may be an eyesore to me. If my master finds out, he will definitely punish me. Mr. Mo will go with me to sit in the hall. The good-looking Li Mu Mountain Oolong Tea.”
Mo Yu insisted on taking a look, so Butler Zhu took them to a composting place. It was indeed a composting place, and there was nothing unusual about it. Then Mo Yu asked some more details about composting, and Butler Zhu answered them one by one. .
Le Ziren knew the location of the workshop, and he could see the roof of the workshop from a distance, so he pointed to the distance and asked: "Butler Zhu, what does it do over there? Why is there a peculiar smell coming from it? It doesn't look like it is there. It’s a place for composting.”
Butler Zhu's heart tightened, but he remained calm on the surface and said, "That's my master's new patent medicine workshop."
"Patent medicine?" Mo Yu asked pretending to be curious.
Butler Zhu could only continue to answer: "My sixth master got a prescription from an expert a few years ago. He saw that the Chenli Jitang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. jointly owned by fellow villagers Chen Tiquan and Li Shengzuo saved people and was deeply loved by the villagers, so he decided to make Xuanke on a whim. I have the heart to help the world, so I made this prescription into a medicine, which can be regarded as accumulating virtue for future generations."
"Oh, patent medicine," Mo Yu nodded and said, "Our leader, Zhang, is proficient in the art of medicine and is known as the 'pharmacist'. We are worried about how to please the leader. Butler Zhu will explain it to us. , we will go back and report in detail, the chief will be happy, my brothers have a bright future, and they will never forget the benefits of Butler Zhu."
Butler Zhu looked quite troubled, "Masters, this is really embarrassing for me. The unique craftsmanship of each family has always been kept secret. If the preparation method of patent medicine is leaked, I can't bear it. .”
Le Ziren said: "Doctors are benevolent. Since they want to help the world, wouldn't the more people who can prepare this medicine, the better? If your master is going to convict you for this, I think he is just a hypocrite who is just trying to gain fame. Why don't you get ready as soon as possible? It’s better to leave and find another good master.”
"Butler Zhu, don't blame me. This brother of mine is a rough man. He is outspoken. Don't take his words to heart." Mo Yu sang with a blushing face, "You also know that we are all rough and have big words." I don’t know a few of you, but I can’t live with your master’s meticulous work. It’s just that our new county magistrate is very involved in everything and has to deal with every big thing. I am really feeling stressed these days. I need to come up with some practical skills to cope with it. Gotta get through.”
Le Ziren said again: "Butler Zhu is making excuses like this. There must be something shady about it." After that, he went straight to the workshop.
Butler Zhu wanted to stop them but didn't dare to do anything, so he had to stand in front of everyone. While walking backwards with their steps, he shouted to dissuade them, attracting other Zhu family disciples and surrounding them. Just as a conflict was about to break out, Zhu Shilian's voice came from behind the crowd: "Who is making a noise here?"
"Master Six, it's a misunderstanding," Butler Zhu walked up to Zhu Shilian and said respectfully: "Master Mo from the Market Police Station is here today and wants to go to the patent medicine workshop. I don't dare to make the decision, so I pissed off a few of them." , the little one accepts the punishment willingly.”
Zhu Shilian said: "It turns out that it is such a trivial matter and it deserves punishment. Ten cents will be deducted from this month's monthly salary. Please go down."
After Butler Zhu left, the crowd that gathered around him also dispersed. Zhu Shilian smiled and said to Mo Yu: "Master Mo is so elegant, how about Shilian personally accompanying him?"
Entering the workshop, Zhu Shilian began to introduce the uses of various utensils, how to feed materials, how to process, and how to package the finished products. The environment still smelled of excrement. Seeing the confused expressions on the police officers' faces, Zhu Shilian explained: "My medicine is extracted from silkworm sand, and the processing will inevitably have some smell, but the medicine is excellent. It can treat deficiency of qi and blood, dizziness, tinnitus, and shortness of breath." , The spirit is exhausted. We have been sleeping in the open air, working hard day and night, and it is inevitable that our energy and blood are not strong. Later I asked the housekeeper to give a few boxes of patent medicine to them to express my feelings. "
Although Mo Yu retired from the Fubo Army and Navy, he was only from the Dan family and was not as knowledgeable as the young soldiers who later received formal education. He had briefly learned how to operate a steam engine in the Navy and had some impressions of mechanical operation, but he already knew more advanced enthalpy and entropy values. Electricity, engineering mechanics, etc. were regarded by him as god-like knowledge that only elders were qualified to master. The chemical industry was a blank slate, let alone crude drugs.
Seeing that Zhu Shilian took the initiative to take them to visit the workshop without being secretive and could not tell any secrets, Mo Yu casually praised him a few words and said "Nao Nuo". When they returned to the entrance of the village, Butler Zhu actually gave him several boxes of patent medicines.
"Master Six, you didn't notice anything, did you?" Butler Zhu asked Zhu Shilian as he watched the fake Kun leave.
"You did a good job, you didn't let them pass just now," Zhu Shilian breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, Brother Shi Min moved quickly, only a little bit missed."
In the marching camp outside Jiujiang Daxu, Zhang Jiayu was leading Huang to write the petition paper. Today he volunteered to be Huang's ghostwriter. He wrote very beautifully in small regular script with hairpin flowers. Zhao Hening was drooling when he saw it, and so was Huang Xiyin, who was highly accomplished in calligraphy. Full of praise. After writing the pleading, Huang put her fingerprints on it. She was still not at ease, so she went to Yuchi Gang of the Circuit Court for consultation.
Yuchi was in his thirties and a native of Gaomi, Laizhou Prefecture, Shandong. He was born into a declining middle peasant family. He came to Lingao with the Engine Operation. After joining the Fubo Army, he performed well, fought bravely, and was brave and resourceful. During the mainland offensive After being injured and disabled, he was discharged from the army and was elected to further his studies at Lingao Judges College. After passing the judge qualification examination, he went to eastern Guangdong to serve as a grassroots judge. He has an upright personality and strong principles, and is a bit mechanical in enforcing laws. He believes in "absolute justice" and has a direct style of doing things. There were some jokes caused by misunderstandings on language, folk customs and other issues. Later, Yuchi was appointed as a judge of the Guangzhou Circuit Court, responsible for handling appeals in the Guangzhou region.
"Sir, if he doesn't want to leave, what will the civilian woman do?" Huang asked worriedly.
Yuchi Gang spoke quickly and said: "If he has committed domestic violence or made mistakes that have caused the relationship between you and your husband to break up and make it impossible to live together and mediate, you should be divorced."
Mr. Huang hesitated a little and said, "I'm not worried about anything else. Even with his illness, he may be gossiped about and the elders in the clan may not agree."
At this time, another voice came: "Sister, these are all moral things you said. You feel that his life will be difficult after he leaves you, so you sympathize with him. This is your personal moral emotion. Elder The "Marriage Law" administered by the hospital is essentially equivalent to the contract law. A contract is a contract, do you understand? What matters is that both parties are equal, voluntary, and legal. Marriage and the "Marriage Law" are two different things. What does the "Marriage Law" protect? Use professional To put it in a nutshell - the legal rights and interests formed by the marriage relationship, without unnecessary modifications, the remaining focus is the rights and interests, that is, the interests."
