040 The Cheng Family
After Cheng Dong shouted, he pulled Cheng Yi out. Although Cheng Yi was helpless, he thought that his younger brother had already broken up with him and it would be useless to say anything, so he had to let Cheng Dong pull him away. When the students present heard Cheng Dong's bold words, they were all a little sad. They didn't know what to say, so they could only watch the brother and brother stumble towards the village.
Cai Youshou was also frightened by Cheng Dong's last sentence. As the saying goes, enemies should be resolved rather than be broken. This time he offended the Cheng brothers and sisters. What if Cheng Dong really turns over in the future? Isn't there often any jokes in the play that poor students won the top scorer and then go home to repay their kindness and revenge? Cheng Dong seems to have a little bit of a talent to learn. If he really wins the top scorer in the future, it will be a breeze to kill himself, this little village chief?
"Master Su, look at this matter... Cheng Dong was raised by the villagers at least, how could he say such a heartless thing?" Cai Youshou said to Su Hao with a wry smile.
At this point, Su Hao had to pat Cai Youshou on the shoulder and said, "Cai Lishou, Cheng Dong is just an angry word. Cai Lishou doesn't have to take it to his heart. However, I feel very guilty when I dig a well and destroy the fields of the siblings. I want to ask the inner chief for personal favors and give them more compensation to them by then. What does the inner chief think?"
"The master said, how dare the villain refuse to obey?" Cai Youshou said, "Let's do this, even if acre of land is 6 taels of silver, I will give him a total of 12 taels of silver."
"Okay, then I'll thank you for your brothers and sisters in the Cheng family." Su Hao said hypocritically.
After dealing with the land acquisition dispute, Su Hao picked up a branch, walked to the Cheng family's ground, drew a circle on the ground, and said to Wang Tiangui who was standing beside him: "Old Wang, please arrange it and let the craftsmen dig the well here. The well is about 80 feet deep and should be able to get out of water, and it will not be less than 200 dan per hour."
"The villain understands, let's arrange for someone to start digging the well!" Wang Tiangui agreed readily, as if he hadn't seen the dispute just now.
After setting up the well position, Su Hao called the students and the yamen runners in the workshop, and asked them to disperse in groups to survey the terrain within a few miles of surrounding areas. In the end, there were only four people left by him, namely Ma Yu, Chen Guanyu and Han Qian, master and servant.
"Brother Duwen, you have also seen the matter between the Cheng family and the brothers just now. Although we are digging this well, it has also destroyed his family's fields and left him with no food and clothing. I heard from Lichang Cai that although Cheng Dong is young, he is well-read in poetry and books. I think you should be able to tell him. So, I want to trouble Brother Duwen to persuade Cheng Dong not to have any misunderstandings about us." Su Hao said to Ma Yu.
Ma Yu nodded: "I'll go now. However, Brother Gaizhi, it's useless to just persuade a few words. What do you think of Brother Gaizhi's livelihood issues?"
Su Hao whispered: "Brother Duwen, you saw it just now. In fact, the Cheng brothers and sisters are small surnames in the village. Even if we keep their fields, it is hard to guarantee that they will not be bullied in the future. I think Cheng Dong is a talented person, and it is a pity to stay in this village. I want to persuade them to live in the county town. Let's find a way out for the Cheng wife, and then introduce Cheng Dong to the academy to study. This is also a way out for them. What do you think?"
"I admire you for your opinion, brother," said Ma Yu.
Chen Guanyu frowned and said, "Master, I don't think this kind of thing should be taken care of. The Master had just asked Cai Lichang to increase the compensation for his family's land acres to 12 taels, which shows his kindness. As for how their siblings live in the future, how can we care about it?"
Su Hao smiled bitterly and said, "Old Chen, what you said is right. However, when I saw Cheng Dong, I thought of myself, who is also a scholar in the countryside. Who knows the hardships of the past ten years? It would be fine if we don't know about this. Since it was caused by us, we can't stand by and watch."
"I understand." Chen Guanyu immediately changed his words. He positioned himself as Su Hao's aide. The role of the aide is to give advice on the master and remind the master to pay attention to things that he did not pay attention to. Once the master's intention has been determined, the aide must implement it unconditionally.
"Since the master loves Cheng Dong, Guanyu will go to his house with Xiucai Ma to take a look, so he can also act on the camera." Chen Guanyu said.
"Okay, you guys go together." Su Hao said.
Chen Guanyu and Ma Yu walked towards the village. As for where the Cheng brothers and sisters live, they will know as soon as they enter the village. Seeing the two walking far away, Su Hao came to Han Qian and bowed to her and said, "Ms. Han invited me. Just now, the student looked angry when he saw Miss Han, but he thought the student was not dealing with this matter properly?"
When she heard Su Hao directly call herself Miss Han, Han Qian, wearing men's clothing, blushed slightly. Of course, she would not deny her gender in vain, because she could only get darker and darker. She snorted softly and said, "So you still have some conscience and know that you have done it wrong?"
"Haha, there is no way. For everyone, I can only sacrifice my family." Su Hao said.
Han Qian said: "We can clearly move the well position 20 steps away so that we don't have to occupy the Cheng family's land. Her family only has these two acres of land, so why can't we take care of them? Besides, we have clearly set two places A and B before. Since this place B will occupy farmland, can we choose Place A? "
Su Hao said: "I can understand Miss Han's mood, but I can't act irritably in the countryside. Miss Han thinks about it, even if we persist and keep the fields of the Cheng siblings, with Cai Youshou's resentment towards these two people, how could he find a new way to make things difficult for them?"
Han Qian was not circumspect. She knew that Su Hao’s statement made sense, but she still pouted and said hatefully: “Hmph! Anyway, I can’t stand you, the people who are flirting with each other and bullying the weak.”
"Hasn't I asked someone to remedy it?" Su Hao said.
"It was because you were uneasy that you asked Ma Xiucai and that shit Taoist priest to comfort them." Han Qian exposed.
"Uh...well, no matter what, the young actor is still in a state of conscience, right?" Su Hao said helplessly.
"Good and smooth-talking!" Han Qian cursed in a low voice.
The Cheng brothers and sisters returned to their home in a complicated mood. Cheng Dong sat on the stool, gritted his teeth, and in his heart he was fantasizing about the scene where he came back to beat these corrupt officials after one day's title. Cheng Yi looked bitter and sighed silently while doing housework.
As Cai Youshou introduced to Su Hao, the Cheng family siblings were officials, and their father turned out to be the sixth magistrate of a mansion. When handling a case involving a local rich man, Cheng's father offended the backer behind the rich man, and was eventually dismissed from the official position on a false charge and had to return home with his wife and children.
On the way back to their hometown, their family was robbed by a group of inexplicable bandits, and Cheng Yi's parents were both killed by bandits. Cheng Yi took his younger brother Cheng Dong, who was under 10 years old, to report to the nearby prefecture to report to the officials, but received a hint from an official in the prefecture who was of the same age as their father, saying that the group of bandits was probably arranged by the rich man, and the purpose was to revenge Cheng Yi's father for investigation of their case.
After hearing this, Cheng Yi never dared to return to her hometown as planned. She could only take her brother far away and travel thousands of miles to Fengcheng County, Nanchang Prefecture, and found a small village to settle down. She used the silver she brought with her to buy two acres of thin land, and made a living here by farming to support her younger brother's studies. According to Cheng Yi's idea, if Cheng Dong could pass the imperial examination and have a position of one or two, he might be able to avenge his father.
Although Cheng Dong is young, he is also very sensible after experiencing this change. In addition to helping his sister work together, he spent the rest of his time studying hard. When he was a child, he received guidance from his father and had a certain level of writing skills. After working hard in the past few years, his attainments have become quite profound. Cheng Yi has been thinking about how to raise some funds and send Cheng Dong to the county examination and the government examination.
The tree is really quiet but the wind never stops. I thought there would be no trouble in this Caijia Village. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yi went to Fengcheng County to sell her own yarn that day and accidentally met the lustful Mr. Li. Mr. Li knew from Cheng Yi's outfit that she was not married yet, and from her appearance selling yarn, she guessed that her family was in a difficult financial situation and there was no one in charge at home.
In this way, Mr. Li found a matchmaker and followed Cheng Yi to Caijia Village. Then he asked Cheng Yi to marry her as his concubine, and promised to help her send Cheng Dong to the exam. Although Cheng Yi was so down, she was a lady from an official family after all, so how could she accept such conditions? Cheng Dong heard that the person who wanted to marry his sister was actually an old man, and he was even more furious and beat the matchmaker out directly.
When Mr. Li saw the matchmaker coming back to report the letter cryingly, he felt that he had lost face. He had some friendship with Wang Fengshao, the head of the county government, so he asked Wang Fengshao to greet Cai Youshou, the governor of Caijia Village, and asked Cai Youshou to put pressure on Cheng Yi, which meant that he had to marry Cheng Yi.
Cai Youshou went to Cheng's house to talk twice, but was turned away, and he felt resentful towards the Cheng family. This time, the well position chosen by Su Hao happened to be in the fields of the Cheng family, so Cai Youshou naturally had to use it to attack. According to his ideas, if the Cheng family siblings could be forced to go to the end, Cheng Yi might have to accept Li Yuanwai's arrangement. Taking a step back, even if Cheng Yi refused to let go, as long as they left Caijia Village, Li Yuanwai and Wang Fengshao would not be able to blame Cai Youshou.
The whole village of Caijia Village has the surname Cai, and only Cheng Yi and his family are outsiders. Even if Cai Youshou forces them to a dead end, they will not have much power to fight back. This is also the reason why Cai Youshou dares to be so rampant.
When Cheng Yi heard that Cai Youshou asked the people from the county government to dig wells in her own fields, she guessed Cai Youshou's thoughts. She had no other way, so she could only go and beg Cai Youshou, hoping to impress the other party with tears. Who would have thought that when the young and energetic Cheng Dong learned about this, he ran over and scolded Cai Youshou and the ruling master sent by the county government, which blocked the room for maneuver.
It seems that the brother and brother of Caijia Village can no longer stay. After leaving Caijia Village, where can they find their foothold?
Cheng Yi was thinking about the retreat with concern when he suddenly heard a clear question from outside the door:
"May I ask, is this the family of the Cheng family's wife and the Cheng Dong brothers?"
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Chapter completed!