Within five days, there was a lot of news about a scoundrel coming to Xiao Chenyu's house.
It is said that the newly elected people were forced to stop going out.
Of course, a poor relative can't force him, but isn't there also the handiwork of a county magistrate?
Everyone's attention turned from Xiao Juren's family affairs to the county magistrate.
Naturally, I remembered that the new county magistrate had taken away the county magistrate as soon as he came, and I knew in my heart: "Our magistrate is not an easy person to get along with."
Then, when Su Lao Er was about to leave, Xiao Chenyu personally arranged for an ox cart. On it were two baskets of unpeeled millet, piled sharply for everyone to see, and a small basket containing some fruits and vegetables. Top it with a piece of bacon and a smoked chicken.
Xiao Chenyu and Xiao Lian personally delivered it to the dock. Su Laoer watched proudly as the servants of the Xiao family sent the things to the boat, while he stood on the side of the boat and lectured Xiao Chenyu.
"When I go back to clean up and settle down, I will take your aunt to visit your house. This is how a family should be harmonious. The county master also likes to see us like this. My nephew and son-in-law, don't you think so?"
Xiao Chenyu answered yes with a very respectful attitude.
When the boat was about to leave, Su Laoer turned around and left. Xiao Chenyu respectfully watched Su Laoer get on the boat.
Someone who knew Xiao Chenyu happened to come to the dock to work, so he asked that person if he was blackmailing a relative of theirs?
Xiao Chenyu smiled and said hello with a smile, and then argued seriously: "How can there be such a thing? When relatives come to visit, we naturally have to treat them warmly!"
"I don't believe it. You still have to provide warm hospitality. Why didn't you go out with your relatives in those few days?" This person didn't believe that Xiao Chenyu was really that open-minded.
He also likes to gossip, but doesn't do serious business. He talks about his parents and his family every day, like a talkative woman, so he pulls Xiao Chenyu and lets go, always wanting to find out some news.
"Well, I should have accompanied my second uncle when he came, but I can't go to the places he went to. My second uncle didn't like the places I wanted to go, so I had to let my servants accompany me. Our family Everyone feels a little sorry, so I specially prepared a generous gift for my second uncle!"
A generous gift? Just that basket of vegetables and two baskets of grain? Is it a generous gift?
This person is also a person who doesn't know how to make money, so he naturally doesn't believe it.
So, he raised his eyebrows and said disdainfully: "What a generous gift? Isn't it just grains and vegetables? Although the harvest this year is not good, grains and vegetables are indeed good things, but for a family like ours, it is not considered a generous gift, right?"
Xiao Chenyu didn't want to talk any more, so he turned around and left.
The man was unwilling to give in. He pulled Xiao Lian who came after him and asked, "Did you give that man other treasures?"
Xiao Lian glanced at Xiao Chenyu in front of him, as if he didn't dare to speak, and the way he hesitated to speak made the man feel unbearable. He took out a few copper plates and stuffed them into Xiao Lian.
When Xiao Lian saw it, his eyes lit up, he put away the copper plate, and then whispered: "The second uncle said that life at home was difficult and there was no harvest this year. My wife didn't believe it and said he had money, but our husband is soft-hearted. I still gave him some money."
After saying that, when he heard Xiao Chenyu calling him coldly, Xiao Lian hurriedly broke away from the man's hand and ran towards Xiao Chenyu.
After leaving everyone's sight, Xiao Chenyu leaned crookedly against the car in the carriage and asked, "Did you tell me all that?"
"As I said, according to the second master's instructions, I was vague when talking about the amount of silver."
"Well, the more unclear it is, the more suspicious people will be." Xiao Chenyu smiled and stopped asking about this matter.
Su Laoer soon arrived at Fushui Town, but now he was in a bit of a dilemma, because he couldn't move everything off the boat by himself. If he came one after another, no one would watch the things below, and he would be afraid that things would be lost soon. It was stolen.
It was only then that Su Laoer regretted: "This Xiao Chenyu is really serious. I asked him to give me money and he refused. He also said that it was not safe to carry money on the road. He also said that these are extraordinary times. Even if you have money, you can't buy food. Food is more expensive than food." Silver is more important."
Su Laoer believed it and agreed.
But he forgot to ask the Xiao family to send two people to help him send his things home.
At this moment, two guests on the boat came over and offered to help.
Su Laoer looked at the two of them as brothers, they looked somewhat similar, their faces were kind-hearted, and they looked like they were dressed for hard work.
After asking a few questions casually, the two said that they were brothers. There was no harvest at home this year, so they went to work at the county dock. Now that the New Year is coming, the work at the dock has also slowed down, so they decided to go back to celebrate the New Year.
Su Laoer was not ignorant, and he believed it after hearing what the two said and found no mistakes. He told them to be careful when sending their things back to their homes, and gave them ten coins as a reward.
The two of them also negotiated the price with Su Lao Er, and finally reached twelve cents. Amidst Su Lao Er's disdainful eyes and a few vague words of poor people, the two looked at each other and moved the things off the boat.
He delivered the things to Su Laoer's home, moved the things diligently to the kitchen, and asked for a bowl of water before leaving with twelve copper coins.
After going out, the two looked at each other and smiled.
Ten days later, a servant came to Xiao Chenyu's house, saying that he was invited by the county master.
Xiao Chenyu asked: "What does the county master want from me?"
The officer smiled and said flatteringly: "Xiao Juren, it's not a big deal, it's just that there was a case in Fushui Town. The relative Su Lao'er who returned from your home was burglarized at home. Su Lao'er was raped. I injured my spine and I’m afraid I won’t be able to stand up for the rest of my life.”
Xiao Chenyu was shocked: "Why didn't our family hear the news? Why didn't anyone from the Su family come to report to us?"
The officer sighed and said, "Because, Su Laoer's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Huang, came to sue you, Xiao Juren, saying that you deliberately let others think that their family had a lot of money and food, and that's why the bandits were attracted."
Xiao Chenyu suddenly realized it, and then said with a half-smile: "So, the county magistrate wants me, a high-ranking official, to go to the Yamen to be tried in person for this false accusation?"
"This." The officer scratched the back of his head, a little embarrassed and a little ashamed: "It's not a trial, sir, it's just a question, otherwise Mr. Huang will say that we have colluded and will not let them make the decision. Xiao Second Master, you don’t know that she is still holding a little girl in her arms, crying and wiping her tears, how miserable!”
Xiao Chenyu thought for a while and said, "Then you wait a moment. I'll go talk to my family so that they won't worry. I'll change into clean clothes before I go to see the county magistrate with you."
The servants didn't dare to rush, and they also knew that rich people and many people had to change their clothes when going out.
Xiao Chenyu went in and told Qin Xiang.
Qin Xian sneered: "Huang came to the county government to file a complaint? First, she didn't have the brains to sue us. Second, she didn't have the guts to enter the government office."
She frowned and thought for a while, then continued: "Based on my understanding of the Huang family, she must have been instigated by someone. As for the instigator, it's either Su Lao Er or"
Xiao Chenyu looked at her, and the two of them said in unison: "Master County!"
