Seeing that the woman had run away, Zhao Feng looked at the woman's back with some confusion. At this time, the lady selling herbal tea next to her seemed to notice Zhao Feng's curiosity and waved to Zhao Feng.
"Young man, come and sit for a while!"
Zhao Feng walked over and spent a penny to buy a large bowl of herbal tea, and then asked the aunt curiously.
"Auntie, who is that girl? Why are so many people chasing her but the government doesn't care?"
The aunt smiled and said, "You are not from the county, right? That's a girl from the Shen family!"
Zhao Feng picked up the herbal tea and took a sip. Seeing that there was no business now, the aunt sat next to Zhao Feng and said, "The Shen family's affairs are not a secret in this county. Almost everyone knows about it."
"As for the government, of course it has nothing to do with it, because after all, it is a family matter!"
Only after the aunt's narration did Zhao Feng understand what was going on.
It turns out that the Shen family has quite a lot of background. They not only have their own dyeing shop, but also their own special weaving workshop.
Because the fabrics woven by the Shen family are very exquisite and the dyeing colors are also very good, they are famous in this area. It is even said that the fabrics were ordered by the imperial tribute.
It was only more than ten years ago that the Shen family fell into decline, and the fabrics were outcompeted by others. Not only was it no longer a tribute item, but now it became a problem to support the family, so they came to this small county.
In fact, this is not because the Shen family’s fabrics are not good, but because other people’s fabrics are of similar quality but cheaper than theirs. Moreover, the Shen family also had some rivals in the business before, so after the Shen family’s family fell into decline, these people It's not uncommon to add insult to injury.
The Shen family also wanted a chance to make a comeback, so Shen Baochuan, the head of the Shen family, wanted to betroth his daughter to the son of the Zhizhao Mansion as a concubine in exchange for an opportunity to pay tribute.
But who knew that Shen Baochuan's daughter Shen Chuchu was also a very independent woman and was not willing to be a concubine for others, so she staged this drama of escaping from marriage.
After hearing what this aunt said, Zhao Feng was immediately amazed. He didn't expect that there was such a woman in this era!
Compared to Chen Rou, even though Zhao Feng was hopeless and had no money, because he was assigned by the imperial court, he devoted himself to serving Zhao Feng. This Shen Chuchu simply shocked Zhao Feng!
You know, the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers are golden rules that cannot be resisted in this era. This is much more effective than forced distribution by the court!
The lady selling herbal tea said helplessly: "This girl is the same. What else can she do if she can marry the young master of Zhizuo Mansion?"
Zhao Feng suddenly felt a little ashamed. He quickly drank the herbal tea and left the tea stall. He couldn't believe everything this lady said, and this also gave Zhao Feng a faint smell of opportunity.
After visiting several shops selling fabrics, I found that these shops indeed carry Shen's fabrics, and the prices are higher than ordinary fabrics.
But after Zhao Feng saw the real thing with his own eyes, he found that the quality of the Shen family's fabrics was indeed good. Zhao Feng even estimated that a suit of clothes could be worn for a long time without being damaged. On the contrary, Zhao Feng did not dare to tear the cheap fabrics hard for fear of tearing them. broken!
Thinking of this, Zhao Feng suddenly had an idea and walked directly to the Shen family manor in the county seat.
Even though the Shen family is now in decline, as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, the Shen family is definitely the real upper class in this county. Even the county magistrate has to call out politely when he sees Shen Baochuan. Shopkeeper Shen.
This also makes the high-rise courtyard of Shen Mansion look even more impressive than the county government office.
When Zhao Feng came to the door of Shen's Mansion, the servant in charge of the gate immediately stopped Zhao Feng: "Hey, what are you doing?"
"Don't come here to join in the fun when you're begging for food, or we'll beat you up!"
Zhao Feng quickly took out one or two pieces of broken silver from his pocket. The total amount was less than half a tael, but it made the eyes of the two servants go straight.
"My dear friends, I would like to see the butler. I am here to become a servant!"
Zhao Feng said this and handed the broken silver into the hands of the two servants. The two servants squeezed the silver and became a little more kind.
"Just wait, I'll ask the housekeeper to come out. As for whether to accept the servants or not, it's not up to us!"
Zhao Feng quickly thanked him. One of the servants went in and called the butler, and Zhao Feng started chatting with the other servant.
"Brother, I saw some servants of the Shen family chasing a woman on the street today. Isn't it possible that we are raping civilian girls?"
The servant immediately shook his head and warned: "Don't talk nonsense, that's the young lady in our house!"
"Hey, isn't it because the young lady doesn't want to get married? But it has exhausted the master and our brothers!"
"There is a master on one side and a young lady on the other. We can't offend anyone, so we can only do our work but not do our best!"
The servant said this, and then waved his hand directly: "Why am I telling you this? I'm not sure whether you can come in!"
Zhao Feng suddenly laughed. At this time, the previous servant came out with a middle-aged man with a goatee, and then pointed at Zhao Feng and said to the middle-aged man.
"Butler, this is the person who is coming to our house to be a servant!"
The housekeeper didn't pay much attention at first, but after glancing at Zhao Feng, his eyes widened in shock.
"Are you... the tiger-fighting hero?"
Zhao Feng didn't expect that even the housekeeper of the Shen Mansion knew him. He was surprised and sighed that the world is really small, and then he raised his hands to the housekeeper and said.
"Yes, it is indeed me. My name is Zhao Feng. Nice to meet you!"
When the housekeeper heard this, he came down with some surprise and said to Zhao Feng: "It's really you!"
"When you came to the county town with the tiger, I saw you! I didn't expect you to come here and want to be a servant!"
Zhao Feng thought to himself that this was what happened, and once again raised his hands to the butler and said, "Then I wonder if I can make an introduction?"
The housekeeper nodded happily and led Zhao Feng towards the courtyard. The two servants at the door were also a little shocked when they heard that Zhao Feng was actually a tiger-fighting hero.
"Hey, I didn't expect that the person who killed the tiger is like this? Why do I feel that he is not as strong as me?"
Another servant said with a smile: "Then why don't you try killing a tiger?"
The servant waved his hands repeatedly, then peered inside.
At this time, Zhao Feng had followed the housekeeper to the side hall, where he saw a dignified and serious-looking middle-aged man sitting and drinking tea.
This is none other than Shen Baochuan. He looks very low-key dressed, but the clothes on his body are made of high-quality materials. It can be said that this is the first time Zhao Feng has seen clothes with such workmanship.
"Master, this is Zhao Feng, the tiger-fighting hero from before. He said he wants to come to our house and become a servant!"
