The officer shook off Zhou's hand, walked up to Fang Qingshi and said coldly: "Come with us to the Yamen!"
Fang Qingshi Fuli: "Master, have I violated the king's law?"
"You incited this old woman to go to the Yamen to cause trouble." The officer probably didn't expect that a young woman would ask this question, and he looked at Fang Qingshi suspiciously.
Fang Qingshi shook his head: "I didn't instigate it."
"That's what you said! You said that the yamen should give scholars more than ten taels of money a year!" Zhou immediately jumped up and scolded: "Landering hoof! You black-hearted man! We believed your lies, and Jinghe was killed.
Got a beating!"
Fang Qingshi ignored Zhou and said to the officer: "Master Cha, my husband Li Jingrui is the first-class scholar in the county. He has four taels of silver and rice grain every year. If he doesn't need the rice grain subsidy, he can convert it into silver.
It's more than twelve years old, right?"
After hearing this, the officer nodded: "Yes."
"Then what I said is the truth. Why did I incite it?" Fang Qingshi looked at the officer in confusion: "What does the county magistrate want the young woman to do?"
The officer next to him immediately said: "I give it on time every year and every month! This old woman went to the Yamen to cry and cause trouble!"
"That's because she doesn't care about everything. What does it have to do with the little lady?" Fang Qingshi looked at Mrs. Zhou: "Mother-in-law, are you going to the Yamen to blackmail me?"
Mrs. Zhou stamped her feet and was about to rush over: "You said that! You said that the Yamen took my son's money!"
Fang Qingshi hurriedly hid behind the officer and cried: "Mother-in-law, even if you kill me, I won't recognize what you didn't say. If you don't understand today, I will follow the officer to the Yamen."
When things got to this point, the guards were angry. What's the use of taking this little woman with them?
One of the officers asked: "Is Mr. Xiucai here?"
Mentioning this, Fang Qingshi immediately wiped away tears: "My husband died in the capital, sir, I would like to ask if there are 100 acres of land that can be exempted from taxes in addition to the subsidies of silver and rice grains?"
Li Jinghe knew something was wrong and limped quickly to stop Fang Qingshi: "Sister-in-law, it's our fault that we didn't understand. I don't blame you."
Fang Qingshi glanced at Mrs. Zhou, shed tears, and said even more choked up: "Mother-in-law, it's his fault that Jingrui took the money. The yamen will not take away the tax-free amount of one hundred acres of land. Let's
Let’s exchange some money with those villagers.”
When the officer heard this, he was very angry. Li Jingrui is dead, and he still wants to take advantage of it? Are you just dreaming in broad daylight?
After some discussion, several officers ignored the family and went back to the Yamen to report the matter.
Mrs. Zhou was about to cry again, but Li Jinghe endured the pain and said sternly: "Get in the house! Aren't you embarrassed enough?"
Yo ho!
Li Jinghe had the idea of taking charge of the family, and Fang Qingshi felt much relieved when he went back to his room.
Those officers left in a hurry. Even without telling them, they knew they were going back to report the death of Li Jingrui.
The Zhou family caused such a commotion and offended the county magistrate. The county magistrate will definitely take the opportunity to take back the tax-free benefit of the hundred acres. Oh, the Li family is burdened with so many debts, and the people of Lijiazhuang have no such benefit, how can they
Spare them?
Zhou had no idea and looked at Li Jinghe.
Li Jinghe glanced at Fang Qingshi's door bitterly and lowered his voice: "The eldest sister and the second sister are going to cook. Mom, let's go into the house."
"What should I cook? Isn't it Sangmenxing's cook?" Li Xiangzhi immediately stopped.
Li Jinghe looked at Li Xiangzhi suspiciously: "If you don't work, will I sell you for money?"
These words made Li Xiangzhi tremble in fright. She thought of the big, thick, and extremely ugly hunter in the mountains, and hurried to the kitchen.
Mrs. Zhou entered the house and sat on the bed, crying again. Li Jinghe said impatiently: "Mom, now we have to treat Fang Qingshi well and ask her to go back to her parents' house to borrow money. If she can't borrow the money, I will go into the mountains."
Find Duan Chengde to propose marriage."
"What if she doesn't obey?" The more Zhou thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt: "That bitch seems to be plotting against our family."
Li Jinghe gritted his teeth: "Yes! So we can't let her off lightly! You have to obey even if you don't obey. My eldest brother just died, and I have to bear the filial piety for three years! When she gets married, she will become a member of our family. Either the Fang family will get the money! Or sell it."
Without her, how can she change the world?"
"It's done!" Ms. Zhou stopped crying. After the two mothers discussed it, Ms. Zhou came to find Fang Qingshi.
Fang Qingshi was sitting on the bed waiting. Seeing Mrs. Zhou enter the room, she sighed softly: "Mom, don't scold or hit me. I'll go back to my parents' house. If I can get some money, I can do anything."
, if you can’t get it, think of other ways, life will have to go on.”
Mrs. Zhou, who had prepared a lot of sweet words, was choked up. Looking at Fang Qingshi's appearance, she could only nod: "Okay, it's not dark yet, you can go back in time."
"Yes, I'll leave now." Fang Qingshi stood up and walked out.
Seeing that she didn't take anything, Zhou felt a lot more at ease.
Fang Qingshi came to the door and looked back at Mrs. Zhou: "Mom, I heard that the son of Lao Qiao's family is asking matchmakers to come to our house to propose marriage. Qiao Tiezhu is a capable person, so Xiangzhi will not suffer any trouble if he marries her."
Zhou was so angry that she covered her heart, "Okay!"
I was planning to sell her, but she brazenly said that she wanted to sell her to Xiangzhi? What a bastard, this really pissed me off.
Seeing Mrs. Zhou's face turn blue, Fang Qingshi happily went out and returned to her parents' home.
The weather had just entered February, and the cold wind was blowing through her thin jacket. Fang Qingshi went straight to the mountain village with the wind at her feet.
Across Fengling Mountain was her home. She couldn't restrain her inner excitement and wished she had wings.
When you come back from this trip, you must explain clearly to your eldest brother and younger sister that the Li family wants to take control of their natal family, what a dream!
When I arrived at the door of my house, I saw my elder brother grinding medicine through the fence. With tears in my eyes, I timidly shouted: "Brother!"
Fang Jing'an looked up, quickly put down the mortar, went to the door, and opened the door: "What's wrong? Why are you crying? The old Li family is bullying you?"
"No, no." Fang Qingshi hugged her elder brother. After feeling the truth, she couldn't help but burst into tears. Her relatives she hadn't seen for more than 30 years were back!
This frightened Fang Jing'an, and she comforted her softly: "Ah Shi, don't cry. Brother is here for such a big deal. If you cry again, you will alarm the neighbors. Be obedient."
Fang Qingshi bit her lip to suppress any noise, let go of her elder brother and ran towards the house.
"Sister." Fang Qinghe just had time to call out, and was hugged by Fang Qingshi desperately.
Fang Qinghe was startled and looked at his elder brother for help.
"Enter the house, go in first." Fang Jing'an said.
Entering the house, Fang Qingshi held her eldest brother with one hand and her little sister with the other, sobbing and unable to hold back her tears. How could she calm down after seeing her relatives for two lifetimes?
"What's wrong?" Fang Jing'an knew something serious was going on: "Ah Shi, tell me quickly."
Fang Qingshi took a deep breath: "Li Jingrui is dead."
Suddenly, Fang Jing'an and Fang Qinghe were stunned...