Chapter 55: The butler enters the village

"Uncle, have you heard of it? The second son of the Wang family was tragically damaged by the owner of Zhuang Zhang last night!" During the slack season, the elderly people in the village households had nothing to do. So, driving the animals at home to the riverside and scattering them, and then gathering them together to talk about gossip, which became the choice of most elderly people.

"Why haven't you heard of it? Uh!" The man who was called his uncle was a little anxious to eat. While burping with wild vegetables, he responded loudly, "Of the way Wang Da picked up the boy from the Zhang family compound yesterday, he screamed all the way. He scared my dog ​​and hid at the door of the house and followed Wangwang all night!"

"This owner of the manor is also cruel. Yesterday afternoon, I thought, how could such a pure young man be a scholar?" Another old man who grazed the sheep came over and shook his head and sighed, "Who expected that he could even beat Wang Er to the bed!"

"Scholars are the only ones who are silly! When the Empress of the Great Zhou reigned, the surname Lai, Zhou, and Zhang, who is not a scholar? Now..." An old man who drove a donkey grabbed the willow branches and whipped the stream boredly while muttering. (Note 1: Lai Junchen, Zhou Xing, Zhang Yizhi, etc. are all famous vicious people in history. They invented a large number of tools of punishment.)

"Shh" the other old men interrupted in unison, and then walked forty or fifty steps away, setting a distance from the old man who drove the donkey.

Although the village is quite far from Chang'an, the government usually doesn't care about the fact that the surname Xiao Lao Bai is so irrelevant. Maybe it's better to be careful, so everyone should be careful. So that the passerby official will come to the door on the charge of "abusive discussion". Even if everyone doesn't have to go to jail in the end, the little money in their own homes will be scattered completely by the official official.

The old man who drove the donkey also knew that he had missed his mouth. He threw the willow branches into the river awkwardly, and tried hard to approach everyone with a saliva face, "Okay, let's not talk, don't you say it anymore. Didn't this accidentally get your mouth uncontrollably? Let's continue talking about Wang Er, I seem to have never seen him before. Why did he come back suddenly and be beaten down by Master Zhang?!"

"This matter is a long story. The reason why the eldest son of the Wang family moved to us to make a living was that he was the second son of the Wang family. Alas..." The old man with the oldest white beard, who looked the longest, sighed, shook his head and began to popularize the experience of the Wang family to everyone. As he spoke, he put himself in, raised his hand and gently wiped the corners of his eyes, "Otherwise, as brothers, they are born in front, grow in front, and suffer in front..."

"No wonder Wang Tian's family is so arrogant. She is as honest as she is. The Wang family can't even replace the last dozen acres of land, and they have long been defeated by the second son!" The audience around him also sighed with him. Everyone felt that the Wang family was pitiful, and Wang Er's behavior really deserves a beating.

"I want me to tell you that Wang Er has suffered retribution! He deserves to be dealt with!"

"If Wang Da beat him a few more times since he was a child, he would have become a talent long ago. How can he not beat him?!"

"This is called evil people who are beaten by evil people. The owner of the manor is said to be a child of the demon sect. He must have learned some secret methods, such as pinching tricks and chanting mantras. Wang Er was detained by him in the middle of the night..."

"It's not the Demon Sect, it's the Mo Sect, the ink of ink."

"Isn't that darker?! Wang Er has met a really cruel person this time!"

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Since Wang Er deserves a beating, he was so tired that he could not get out of bed by the owner of Manor Zhang, he immediately became very happy. As for why Wang Er suddenly went to the Zhang family compound in the middle of the night and had a conflict with the owner of Manor Zhang because of something, no one of the old men was willing to dig into the bottom of the matter.

Anyway, whether it is a good person who beats the bad person or a bad person who beats the bad person, there was a bad person who suffered a big loss last night, right? Everyone just gossips around and watches the fun, there is no need to mix in.

Just as the gossip was so lively, a crisp sound of gong suddenly came from his ears. Immediately, the old men saw a tall and big guy wrapped in bandages on his forehead walking into the village under the rush of a group of servants. From the first house, they started knocking from door to door, and in a blink of an eye, all the dogs in the village were yelling.

"What's going on? That tall guy doesn't look like a dying Cui?! Why is the servant of the Zhang family under his control?" The old man who drove the donkey was startled and instantly stretched his neck long, like a frightened goose.

"What else can happen? I'll urge you to rent again! Butler Cui did something bad yesterday and sent it to the boss. This time he changed a new butler, and the new official took office three times!"

"No wonder the second son of the Wang family was beaten so badly. It turned out that last night, the old Wang family was settled by the owner of the Manor Zhang!"

"It's broken. My family's rent has not been paid yet! I have to go back and support me quickly!"

"My not handed over, I thought I could delay it for three or five days after looking at the situation of the old Wang family..."

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The good mood of the gossip of the villagers disappeared in an instant. They called the animals in their own homes and ran towards the village in a panic. In the blink of an eye, they ran away cleanly.

Only the late autumn sun is left, which still shines on the river as before, cold and quiet.

"Sister-in-law, don't cry first, don't cry. I'm not here to urge the tenant to rent today, really!" In the same cold autumn, Ren Quan, whose head was covered with bandages, was dry and dry. "My owner really said that he wanted all tenants to pay for the rent with work. From tomorrow, just go to the farm to work, take care of two meals, and give five Tongbao wages to the wages. First, use the wages to pay for the tenant rent, and convert them into one bucket of corn from five Tongbao. After the tenant rent and wages are clearly calculated, you can take the remaining money home by yourself!"

"Really?" The peasant woman who owed a rent in the family could not believe that there was such a good thing in the world. She asked loudly with tears in her eyes. Out of the corner of her eyes, she suddenly saw her underage daughter, who was still underage, and hurriedly turned around and pushed her daughter into the door of the house. "My ugly slaves don't go. My ugly slaves have already promised her in-laws' family to learn needlework at home. Butler, good luck, good luck. My man went to the city to find a job. You just need to be gratified for two more days. No, when he comes back, I will ask him to pay the rent immediately!"

"What do you care about? Which one wants to pull your ugly slave? My house owner needs manpower to repair canals, drain water, and also wants to repair the roads in the village!" Unexpectedly, his own house owner was treated as a donkey by the tenants, and Ren Quan stamped his feet in anger, "I tell you that after passing this village, there will be no such store! Do your man love to go there!"

After saying that, he turned around and headed straight for the next farmer. After walking three or five steps, behind him, a charming shout suddenly came, "Master, Master, Master, Wait, Wait, Wait."

"What's the matter?" Ren Quan hesitated and turned his head, just as he saw the first housewife in the village who had received his notification before, running over from a distance with a pottery pot. Behind him was a little boy wearing open-crotch pants.

"Butler, the Butler drinks water, drinks water!" The peasant woman was so arrogant that she was round and round, but she deliberately made a squeak. She put down a pottery bowl with her left hand, then picked up the pottery pot with her right hand, pouring the pottery bowl full.

Then, she put down the pottery pot and held the pottery bowl to her eyebrows with both hands. "I have been working so hard early in the morning. This little tea will moisten you and your throat."

"Okay, if you have anything to say, just say it. I'm going to go to a few more!" Ren Quan glanced at the dark stains on the edge of the pottery bowl, frowned and waved his hand.

"Look, although I am a woman, my grandfather has been using me as a man since he was a child!" The peasant woman immediately put down the pottery bowl and began to move her thick arms, "Do I go to the ICBC too? Let me join my man. Don't worry, butler, I will never be lazy. I promise to do more work than him, a man can do!"

"Are you going to work?" Finally, I met a wise man. Ren Quan looked up and down at the thick peasant woman and nodded gently, "Okay, my owner said that women can come over to cook. Free meals, wages, and two Tongbaos a day!"

He felt that women were less energetic to work, so he took the initiative and reduced the salary Zhang Qian planned to pay the female worker yesterday by half. Even so, the thick peasant woman still cheered, "Thank you, Grandpa Butler, Grandpa Butler! I salute you, I salute you!"

After saying that, he followed the appearance of a wealthy daughter and squatted. Then, he quickly stood up and whispered: "Master butler, can I take my man's wages to rent, and I can take my wages home by myself? It's winter coming soon, and the quilt at home has not yet been settled!"

"This..." Ren Quan immediately hesitated and did not dare to continue to make his own decisions. However, after looking at the peasant woman, the little boy wearing open-crotch pants and a sunny face suddenly had the courage again, "Well, the man's wages are first paid to the tenant rent, and the woman's wages are taken home by himself!"

After saying that, he quickly turned his eyes to the old men who had just run back from the river, and quickly raised his voice: "You all heard it clearly. This is the benefit that our owner Zhang Zhuang is thinking of everyone as a fellow countryman. It is promised to everyone! The rent can be paid with wages, and the man can pay five yuan a day or a bucket of corn. If he has finished it, he can take the remaining wages home. Pay it one day and never owes it. Women who are willing to work will go to cook for the man and get two yuan a day. If you want to go, today, hurry up and sign up for Zhang Ren. Only today. After passing this village, there will be no store! Zhang Ren, Zhang Ren, don't follow me, just open a stall here and sign up for everyone!"

"Thank you, Grandpa (Uncle)!" A voice of gratitude immediately sounded around him, completely swallowing Zhang Ren's response.

Including the peasant women who were skeptical of Ren Quan's words and even suspected that his ill-conspiracy would go out the door with red faces and salute him from afar.

"No, can you go if you don't owe rent? How do you calculate the wages?" The old man who drove the donkey ran slow before, and was unable to reach it. He was behind others, raised his feet and asked breathlessly. "My family, my family did not owe rent. Yes, but the boss can't just give benefits to the people who owed the rent! In that case, wouldn't it be a reward or punishment?"

"The surname of Lu, are you talking about human words?" This time, it was so angry that the tenants around him turned their heads and glared at him.

"You can go, and you can go if you don't owe rent! The wages are the same. Payment will be settled after sunset that day, and you can take it home on the same day!" Fortunately, Ren Quan answered quickly, otherwise the old man who drove the donkey would have to fist. "If you owe the owner of the house, the man's salary will be paid, and the woman's salary will be taken home by himself. Winter is coming soon. My housekeeper is kind and doesn't want to see his neighbors get frozen and hungry!"

"The butler is wise!"

"The owner of the manor is really a bodhisattva's heart!"

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There was a lot of cheers around.

"Gaga, gaga, gaga..." Among the reeds on the riverside, the geese passing by were frightened and flapped their wings and flew up. They quickly lined up in the air into a huge herringbone, flying in the wind.

The autumn sunshine fell from the air and sunk on people's body. The face suddenly became particularly warm. Is today's chapter happy enough? The key figures of this chapter: The great housekeeper Ren Quan, image: Lao Xing. Function, all things are all-round and the doctor. The next chapter preview: Look, the drunkards of the Tang Dynasty asked for votes, book reviews, collections, and various support. They were still less than 500 to collect ten thousand. Woo, work hard. The drunkard thanked me
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