Although the lives of the residents of Zhaojiacun that I originally knew were not wealthy, at least they had no problem with food and clothing.
Yue'er was shocked that the people of Zhaojia Village were now like this, and she hurriedly opened the carriage door and got out.
"What's going on with you? I remember you were much stronger before than you are now."
On the roadside, people were kneeling here, begging Yue'er and the others for help, making it easier and apologizing. The people from Zhaojiacun, who had not intentionally blocked their way, looked up when they heard the voice, and were a little unable to react.
"You...you...you are the little...miss?"
After the man saw Yue'er, he cried with joy and Yue'er hurriedly jumped out of the carriage.
"Do you still recognize me? Tell me what's going on with you? Didn't I remember before that you all had animals pulling the carts? Why are you pulling the carts yourself now?"
The man from Zhaojiacun burst into tears when he heard what Yue'er said.
"Miss, you have to make the decision for us."
Hearing this, Yue'er looked at him and said, "Tell me, don't cry, but tell me, what's going on? Why is life so difficult?"
Yue'er was asking here, and this man was talking hastily.
"Miss, that's what happened. The young master found a sea salt for us to make a fortune. We are grateful to the young master. Although we suffered a period of oppression in the salt field, we also feel that the young master will wait for me. Those who uphold justice, the result really did not disappoint us, the young master has upheld justice for us."
When they said this, Yue'er nodded here. He heard Xu Yunyan tell that once, Xu Yunyan went back to Zhaojiacun and solved some problems in Zhaojiacun.
Yue'er looked at him here as if he wanted to praise Xu Yunyan again, and hurriedly stopped him.
As soon as he stopped, the driver started stumbling.
"This...that..."
Yue'er was a little anxious like this.
"Don't be impatient and tell me slowly what's going on? Could it be that my brother didn't handle it well and left you with hidden dangers?"
When Yue'er asked this question, the man from Zhaojiacun shook his head.
"No, no, the young master handled it very well. We are indeed living quite comfortably."
Just watching the man from the Zhao family worry and not daring to say anything, Yue'er pointed at the person next to her.
"Don't worry, they came here to protect me. Did you say something? Can they still make things difficult for you?"
After Yue'er said this, the man knew that Yue'er was wrong.
"It's not what the lady thinks, but...hey!"
This man from Zhaojiacun, halfway through his words, Yue'er thought he was going to talk to her, but suddenly he sighed, and Yue'er also went a little crazy.
"Tell me, what's going on? You're moaning and groaning. Even I can't think clearly about what's going on with you. How can I get justice for you?"
Yue'er looked at this man and felt a little resentful that iron could not become steel, and this man from Zhaojiacun finally said it here.
"Miss, you should also take a look at the items on my carriage."
As the man from Zhaojia Village said this, he exposed all the salted fish on the carriage.
"Isn't this the salted fish we dry ourselves in Zhaojiacun? I remember you gave it to me and also to my sister-in-law."
As soon as Yue'er said this, the man was still nodding his head.
"Yes, in fact, our success is like idle fish, and failure is like salty fish, hey!"
When the man said this, Yue'er became even more curious.
"what happened?"
But suddenly a thought flashed through Yue'er's mind: "Did we get fish with fish poison again?"
"No no."
The man from Zhaojiacun hurriedly said here, "Since the last time the young master discovered the poisonous fish, I will be serious about doing fish in the future, and this will never happen again."
"Then success is a salty fish, and failure is a salty fish?"
Yue'er looked at the man from Zhaojiacun here and asked curious questions. As the man started talking here, since Xu Yunyan straightened out the salt factory, they could get a lot of money, but there is a period of time every year. The production of sea salt is low and cannot be used by so many people. In addition, they still need to plant crops, so some people have time to spare.
When I have free time, I think of picking up some seafood after every ebb and flow of the tide, making some salted fish like Xu Yunyan, and saving time during the New Year to improve my life.
Some people are more lucky. The more they go, the more seafood they pick up, and the more salted fish they make.
They couldn't eat it themselves, so they kept it for fear of wasting it, so they simply took it to the city to sell it. Even if they could only sell it for one or two yuan, they were still happy.
It's just that if you only have three or five items, he will spend half a day trying to sell them if he has seven or eight items, which always feels like it's not worth it.
The man from Zhaojiacun suddenly had an idea and suggested selling it to the whole village. He loaded all the fish on the car and used animals to pull it to the city for sale.
It was pretty good when it first opened. Although there is no shortage of seafood in the Yancheng area close to the sea, many people cannot catch fish in this deep winter and at certain times. If they want to eat fish without fresh fish, they use These few salted fish are thrown away as a tooth sacrifice.
But it is true as he said, success is also the salted fish, failure is also the salted fish.
Originally, the men in Zhaojia Village were happy to see the fish being sold, which gave them some sporadic money to supplement their family income.
However, good fortune lies behind misfortune, and misfortune lies behind blessing.
Just after they went to transport salted fish to the county town again, they met someone who deliberately came to trouble them.
One person came to him with a few fish that looked like they were not the salted fish from their Zhaojia Village, but fish that had gone bad.
"Look at the fish in your Zhaojia Village. They are actually being sold in this condition. Do you want to eat us to death? Pay for it. You have to pay for it no matter what!"
The man from Zhaojiacun saw that this was not the fish he dried at home. Although the fish he dried in Zhaojiacun was similar to this one, Zhaojiacun’s unique technique allowed him to tell at a glance that this was not the fish from Zhaojiacun at all. .
Who told him that Zhaojiacun's techniques were learned from Xu Yunyan and were different from others?
The man in Zhaojia Village had evidence and knew that this was not his fish, so he would definitely not admit it. And his confident refusal to admit it meant that he was obviously a troublemaker, and he would not let the fish seller go.
An argument ensued.
The man from Zhaojiacun, who was in his prime and had been working for many years, was stronger than these pampered gangsters hanging out on the street. He easily pushed one of them to the ground.
It's just that after this, it brought trouble to myself.
This is what these street gangsters do, and they immediately show up as their true colors.
"Oh! If you beat someone, is there still justice? Is there still law?"
"Why do you hit people!"
The gangster who fell to the ground had pain in his legs and arms.
Seeing that their brothers performed well, a group of gangsters prepared to make things difficult for the Zhaojiacun man. The Zhaojiacun man had no choice but to report to the official.
Soon, the government officials arrived.
Seeing this scene, the yamen servant could not say anything. The man from Zhaojia Village was extremely helpless. Even though everyone knew that he had been wronged, the wounds were gone and a car of fish was also detained.
The goods and livestock were confiscated and returned to Zhaojia Village. Although no one in the family said anything, the men in Zhaojia Village were capable and responsible.
I lost your goods and made it impossible for you to make money. I will compensate you. I will use my own wealth to compensate you and continue doing this kind of business.
But the king of hell is better than the devil.
This time, the man from Zhaojiacun was honest and did not conflict with anyone. Even if he stood in front of him and showed off his power and arrogance, he would only say that he had decided to leave, and he would not be responsible after leaving.
The man from Zhaojiacun was explaining to Yue'er the difficulties he encountered, but when Yue'er thought that this was about the same result, the man from Zhaojiacun continued talking.
The story continues, the man from Zhaojiacun continued to sell fish, got a good reputation, and gradually made money back.
Everyone was happy at first, but what this man from Zhaojiacun didn't expect was that his repeated forbearance made these gangsters even more arrogant and kept looking for trouble for him.
Every time, his hard-earned income was reduced by half. The man who went to Zhaojiacun every time was nodding and bowing under this pressure, and he was even more humble here. Over time, he became like this.
Hearing this, Yue'er's little tiger's mouth cracked open, revealing its little tiger teeth again.
"What's the matter with you? Why didn't you go to the Niu family brothers? These Niu family brothers have official status after all. Don't they want to uphold justice for you?"
When the man from Zhaojiacun heard this, he hurriedly said, "The Niu brothers came to the city to trouble these people when I first caused trouble. I was the one who stopped them. There is nothing we can do about them when they fell to the ground." what.
Although we know that they came to bully us on purpose, we have no evidence. I have no choice but to accept the punishment, and I don’t want these people to add fuel to the fire after the Niu brothers come forward, so our fish won’t be sold. "
"Is that so?"
Yue'er heard clearly, "This matter is indeed difficult to handle."
But it seemed like he had thought of something, "You didn't go to the county government office and talk to the county magistrate? This magistrate has some friendship with my brother, so he doesn't care about the life and death of Zhaojiacun, right?"
"Miss, I don't even dare to trouble the Niu family brothers. How dare I trouble the county government officials? Those policemen were very enthusiastic when they first knew that I was from Zhaojia Village. But they still said the same thing. There is no evidence. We How to do something like this?”
After the man in Zhaojiacun said there was no evidence, Yue'er couldn't help but suddenly thought of an important point.
"Then how do you encounter them every time? And it costs a little money every time? Don't they come to trouble you every time?"
"Why!"
The man from Zhaojiacun lowered his head here, "When they came, they said that my brother's arm still hurts from the last time."
In order to be convincing, there is a man with an arm hanging on one side and walking on crutches.
"Look at him like this. He can't work today. You're here again. Just give him today's wages."
An excuse, this man from Zhaojia Village said it so simply and clearly, Yue'er instantly became furious.
"He is so hateful. Not only did he rob the livestock, but he also forced us to a dead end? Let's not go back to Zhaojiacun now. Let's go sell fish together. I want to see if he still dares to do this. If he still does this If you do I will break his hands and feet.”
Yue'er was shouting here regardless, and the man from Zhaojiacun said here, "Miss knows that you are the young master's sister. The young master has an official status and is a general and is not afraid of them. But if you really go too far, young lady, you won't Will it cause trouble for the general?"
"You just think too much."
Yue'er looked at him here, "What kind of trouble will my brother be in? He has a lot of troubles, will he care about this? You just need to listen to me and do what I say, no matter what the landslides. Yes, I will take care of everything for you, not to mention that I am not an ordinary person, and in this county, I can’t do much more than just uphold justice for you.”
