Sister Wang and Madam Xu were both very interested in listening to opera, and only Jin Xiaoye was busy with her work.
Li Qingzhi asked her: "Xiaoye, do you like listening to opera?"
Jin Xiaoye said: "I don't like it... Mainly because I haven't heard it many times and I don't quite understand it."
Occasionally, people in Miaoqian Village or nearby villages would invite opera troupes to perform. On certain special days, villagers would even pool their money to invite an opera troupe to perform.
Every time that time came, the villagers would tell each other and happily go to the opera together.
Her aunt would always buy some food, dress up Jin Moli beautifully, and then take her to watch operas, but when it came to her...
Her mother had to stay at home to work, so it was impossible for her to take her to the opera.
Later, when she grew up and could go by herself, she had to help her mother with work again.
One Chinese New Year, a troupe of actors performed at the temple north of their village. She went to listen once, but she couldn't understand a lot of it.
What people sing on the stage is somewhat different from what they say in daily life.
"I don't like listening to opera either." Li Qingzhi smiled and asked Jin Xiaoye, "Have Brother Dahu and the others gone home?"
Among the people that Jin Xiaoye found to support the family, the one that Li Qingzhi was most familiar with was Jin Kunhu, who had helped their family when they were building their house.
Jin Xiaoye said: "They went to buy New Year's goods."
After Li Qingzhi and the yamen runners left, Jin Xiaoye invited Jin Kunhu and the others to eat noodles.
Jin Kunhu and his friends felt embarrassed that they had not been able to help on this trip, so they just ordered the cheap shredded pork noodles.
After eating, they went to buy New Year’s goods, planning to go back with Jin Xiaoye and the others.
Speak of the devil and he will appear. Jin Kunhu and his men are here.
Seeing Li Qingzhi, they were all very excited: "Li Qingzhi, you are amazing. You actually know someone from the government office."
"Li Qingzhi, how is that shopkeeper Shen?"
"Li Qingzhi..."
The four of them surrounded Li Qingzhi and asked him questions, and Sister Wang and the others also looked over.
Li Qingzhi said: "Shopkeeper Shen has been thrown into jail."
The Great Qi ruled the country with filial piety and also emphasized respecting teachers. Shopkeeper Shen was raised by Shopkeeper Yang, but he turned around and plotted against Shopkeeper Yang... County Magistrate Gou sent him directly to jail and returned the shop and its contents to Shopkeeper Yang.
Speaking of which, the reason why Manager Shen ended up like this was because he went too far.
Shopkeeper Yang had supported him for many years and had developed feelings for him. He originally wanted to just take back the shop without the 120 taels of silver, but he never expected that he would actually want to swindle the shop away!
And there was the woman who was divorced by Shopkeeper Shen... She gave birth to a son and a daughter for Shopkeeper Shen and treated him sincerely, but once Shopkeeper Shen gained power, she turned against her and was not good to the two children... If not for this, the woman would not have stood up to accuse him of trying to seize Shopkeeper Yang's property.
"It's good to be thrown into prison!"
"People like him should be thrown into jail!"
"He finally got his comeuppance!"
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Everyone started talking about it and asked Li Qingzhi about the details of the trial by County Magistrate Gou.