Jiang Chengxiang lives in the county and has enough income to support himself, but Jiang's butcher, Mrs. Jiang, not only does not take money from him, but instead sends him food, vegetables and eggs from time to time, and various subsidies, so that Jiang Chengxiang does not need flowers at all. Money to buy rice and vegetables to eat, but recently there have been a lot of things in the Jiang family. Jiang Zhen acts as an uncle at home to scare people every day, but it makes them forget about giving Jiang Chengxiang something.
At this moment, a decision was made, and Butcher Jiang began to pack up the things he wanted to give to Jiang Chengxiang.
I need to take more food. After all, now the third child has a daughter-in-law, and two people are eating, and I also need to take more vegetables. It is not worthwhile to spend money on buying things from others...
And apart from these two... In the past, Butcher Jiang would bring some fish, shrimp and eggs every time he entered the city, but this time they were all gone.
There were only two chickens left in the family. Jiang Zhen killed one and had to eat two eggs every day. How could they have any extra eggs for Jiang Chengxiang
There are also fish and shrimps. In the past, Boss Jiang did the work in the fields, and the butcher Jiang had time to look for fish and shrimp. Now Jiang Zhen is unwilling to do any work, and the old man Jiang is almost exhausted. Free to catch fish
In the end, after only packing up the vegetables and grains, Butcher Jiang set off.
After walking for half an hour, Butcher Jiang arrived in Hecheng County.
The canal passes through Hecheng County, and there is a large wharf here, so the county town is very lively. Butcher Jiang came here from time to time, but looking at the people who came and went, he was still a little nervous.
The houses in the county town are all made of wood, and they are built close to each other. They are built along the river, but there are also walkable roads on the river bank. Butcher Jiang walked along the road paved with bluestone slabs. , came to a small wooden house.
Hexi Village is not far from Hecheng County. Butcher Jiang came here by counting the time. When he arrived at Jiang Chengxiang, it was time for lunch.
Jiang Chengxiang was in charge of making records for people on the dock. Because the coolies on the dock would take a break to eat at noon, he could also go home to eat. He was at home right now, and when he saw Butcher Jiang, he immediately greeted him. Go in: "Dad, you are here."
"Father, come in for a drink." Zhu Shufen took out black tea and brewed a large bowl of tea, and also called Butcher Jiang.
Butcher Jiang is a frequent visitor here. He put down his burden and sat down, then said, "Chengxiang, Dad brought you some food."
"Father, are you carrying a burden again? Come by boat next time, otherwise you will be too tired." Jiang Chengxiang said with concern.
"Yeah, Dad, you've come so far away, are you exhausted?" Zhu Shufen said while looking at the things that Butcher Jiang brought.
After seeing it, Zhu Shufen's expression couldn't help changing. There were many reasons why she was willing to marry Jiang Chengxiang. One of them was that Jiang Chengxiang lived alone in the county town and did not have to pay money to the family, but the family would send food from time to time, including eggs, fish, and even food. .
But now? Where did the eggs come from, where did the fish come from? All that was delivered were worthless vegetables!
Then the Jiang family even has a madman-like uncle...
Zhu Shufen felt that she had been deceived, and was immediately unhappy.
But although she was unhappy, Zhu Shufen didn't say anything or show it, and Jiang Butcher naturally didn't know his daughter-in-law's thoughts.
Seeing his most promising young son, Butcher Jiang couldn't help complaining about the disgusting eldest son at home.
"Third, your elder brother is really hateful, is there any way you can make him obey?" Butcher Jiang asked about the "evil things" that Boss Jiang had done.
After Jiang Chengxiang got married, he went back to the county seat. These days, he and his wife had a good time together, so he didn't even think about going home to have a look.
It's just that, although he didn't go home, he still misses his family. In his opinion, even if Boss Jiang almost died, he would still be weak in the future.
As a result... he has been making noise these days, without stopping
Boss Jiang, when did he become so bold
After Jiang Chengxiang heard what Butcher Jiang said, his face was full of disbelief, and he asked in detail, and when he asked all the details, his expression relaxed: "Dad, don't worry, this matter is easy to solve."
"Really easy to solve?" Butcher Jiang frowned: "Your eldest brother is fierce and ruthless. If this goes on, life at home will be impossible!"
"Father, I think he just scare you. From the beginning to the end, no one of you was injured, right?" Jiang Chengxiang said: "He was probably angry, so he tried to make fun of him at home, but he didn't. Dare to do anything."
"Even if he is just frightening, we have to find a way to deal with him, we can't beat him..." Jiang Butcher sighed.
"Let's just scare him." Jiang Chengxiang said with a confident look. His eldest brother was just a rude, rude, ignorant man. In his opinion, it was too easy to deal with such a person.
There are two ways to deal with his eldest brother right now, one is to threaten him to split up and kick him out of the house... But this is definitely not possible - what if his eldest brother really agrees in a fit of rage
Although Jiang Chengxiang is young, he sees things very clearly, and naturally knows that it is good for him to keep Boss Jiang at home.
The eldest Jiang is not married and will not have children in the future. Staying at home will be a lifelong work for the two brothers for nothing... Although this is unfair to his eldest brother, it is good for him, and people... After all Selfish.
Because of these, Jiang Chengxiang didn't want to mention the family separation, so he had to use another method, which was definitely better than threatening Jiang Boss to break up the family.
"How to scare him?" Jiang Butcher asked.
"Father, I know a yamen in the county..." Jiang Chengxiang said slowly. What are the average people most afraid of these days? Isn't it the government? Many people have never done bad things, but they dare not pass through the gates of the government, so they have to take a long detour.
Going back to a yamen will definitely scare his big brother.
"That lord is willing?" Butcher Jiang couldn't help shivering when he heard the word yamen.
"I have a good relationship with him, and he will definitely be willing." Jiang Chengxiang said, the yamen is in charge of the wharf. He has had several drinks with others, and the friendship is not bad. If that person does a favor, that person will definitely agree.
What's more, asking people to do a little favor and giving a red envelope later is also a way to build relationships.
Jiang Chengxiang said a few more words to Butcher Jiang, and left Butcher Jiang for dinner.
Although Zhu Shufen's father is a scholar, his family is not a rich and noble family, so she can do all the work in the family. Before the butcher Jiang came, she had already cooked the food.
A plate of garlic leaf tofu, a bowl of egg drop soup, and a bowl of fried green vegetables looked simple, but because she put more oil than Mrs. Jiang, the taste of the dishes was far better than Mrs. Jiang's.
Butcher Jiang was so happy that he ate three bowls of rice in one go.
"Fortunately, I cooked the evening meal together when I was cooking today, otherwise I'm afraid it won't be enough." Zhu Shufen said, feeling a little unhappy in her heart.
There were guests, and the rice had to be served to the guests first, so she only filled a small half bowl of rice. He thought that Butcher Jiang would leave some food to eat, but he was not polite at all, and he ate all the vegetables and rice.
Looking at the cleanly scraped pot, Zhu Shufen, who was not full, felt suffocated for a while.
How can Jiang Chengxiang know what his wife thinks? Instead, he smiled and said, "People who do physical work in the countryside eat a lot. My mother can drink four bowls of porridge."
Zhu Shufen glared at Jiang Chengxiang and said, "Didn't you say that your father will bring you eggs every time? Why not this time, the eggs at home are exhausted, and I have to buy them tomorrow."
"Something happened at home recently, it will be fine in the future... Shufen, you wait and buy some meat, and when you come back with a roast chicken, I want to invite someone to dinner." Jiang Chengxiang said, planning to call the yamen to himself tonight Have a meal at home and go back tomorrow.
His big brother, he has to take care of it.
Jiang Zhen didn't know that Butcher Jiang went to the county to discuss with Jiang Laosan how to solve himself.
He is quite satisfied with his recent life. The original owner's emotions basically don't affect him these days. He already has a sufficient understanding of the world, and his relationship with Zhao Jinge has been cultivated well... After being completely separated from the Jiang family for a few days, he will be able to live his own life.
Jiang Zhen was in a good mood and had good luck.
He caught a hedgehog while walking around this morning. This thing is quite common in Hexi Village, but because there is no meat processing and it is troublesome for everyone to grab it and eat it, he plans to take it back to Zhao Jinge to see and ask him if he wants it.
As a result, when he was halfway, someone stopped him and wanted to exchange a fish for a hedgehog.
In the Jiangnan water town, there is such a kind of people, they do not have their own land, they do not have their own house, they only have a boat. They live on boats and make a living by fishing or ferrying, and are called boatmen.
Jiang Zhen prefers to call them fishermen.
Although ordinary people in Hexi Village can catch fish, they do not make a living. These fishermen live entirely by catching fish. Of course, they also use fishing boats to help people transport goods to make money.
In the river on this side of Hexi Village, there lives a family of fishermen who live on fishing boats. They are a couple in their thirties with two children. They usually use nets to catch fish, and they also use special bamboos to catch fish. Put some earthworms or something in the basket, and then put the bamboo basket into the river to attract fish—in these bamboo baskets, once the fish go in, they won't come out.
Jiang Zhen had no work these days. Occasionally, he would watch them catch fish, trying to learn how to catch fish, but he didn't speak to them, so he was a little surprised when he was just stopped.
"I'll exchange fish for you for hedgehogs, do you?" asked the man in his thirties on the fishing boat.
"Change," Jiang Zhen agreed without hesitation, and was a little curious, "what do you want the hedgehog to do?"
"Hedgehogs are good for the stomach." The man said, "My daughter-in-law often has stomachaches recently."
Jiang Zhen had seen this man's daughter-in-law once, but he only remembered that he was a very thin person, but he didn't see his appearance very clearly. Now that he knew that this man was going to give fish to his daughter-in-law, he readily gave the hedgehog to him. The other party, and the man gave him a heavy silver carp that weighed several pounds.
Jiang Zhen has only caught small fish and shrimp these days. He has not caught such a big fish before, so he decided to give the fish to Zhao Jinge and show it off by the way.
As a result, before taking a few steps with the fish, Jiang Zhen saw a boat parked by the river. At the same time, Jiang Laosan and a man dressed as a yamen jumped off the boat.