Li Mo was always worried that Song Dashan would not be able to resist impulsively to find trouble with that Zhang Zeshi, but after a few days, she didn't see anything wrong with him, presumably she had listened to her words, so she was relieved.
Tomorrow will be the day to go to the city again for leg treatment, Li Mo told the proprietress in advance to pack up the things to bring home at night, and then the family of three went to bed early.
The next day, before dawn, the family of three headed for the city again.
It was already noon when we arrived in the city, and when it was time to eat, Li Mo did not take Xiaobao to eat noodles this time, but took Xiaobao and Song Dashan to find a small restaurant, and ordered two meat dishes and one vegetarian meal with a side With a serving of white rice, the family ate happily.
The money she earns is enough now, Li Mo doesn't want to treat her family badly in terms of food, especially Xiaobao is growing up now, only by eating well can the body be healthy, and boys can grow taller.
As expected, Xiaobao ate very deliciously. He ate a whole bowl of rice with braised pork and braised fish, and his belly was round.
Li Mo couldn't help laughing when she saw it, although now she cooks meat dishes from time to time at home, but Li Mo has no skills, and Song Dashan's skills are limited to cooking dishes, so naturally it can't compare to the dishes made in restaurants, no wonder Xiaobao It tastes delicious.
It seems that I have to find time to learn cooking in the future.
After the family of three had enough to eat, they first went to the inn where they stayed last time to ask for a room, tied the donkey cart to the shed in the backyard of the inn, and then the three of them walked to the hospital.
Li Mo held Xiaobao in her arms, and took him to see the bustle on both sides while walking, explaining to him what he saw from time to time, which can be regarded as taking him for a stroll,
As I was walking, I suddenly heard a noise coming from the front, and faintly heard someone crying. When I looked around, I saw a circle of people in front of me, I don't know what they were looking at.
At this time, two men hurried past Li Mo and the others.
"Go and have a look, that rascal is after the old man Sun's family this time."
"It seems that they want to use someone else's daughter to pay off the debt. I think they have bad intentions from the beginning."
"Even if you know what's useful, you can only admit that it's bad luck."
After listening to a few words, Li Mo probably guessed the story of the scoundrel bullying the old man.
Originally, I didn't plan to go there to join in the fun, but there were too many people on the side of the road, and some people parked their donkey carts on the side of the road, blocking the way, Li Mo didn't want to forcefully take Xiaobao to squeeze into the crowd, thinking that time was not in a hurry, So he stood aside and watched.
I saw a young man dragging a girl, who was struggling desperately with tears all over her face, but she couldn't get away. The old man and the woman next to him blocked the girl and tugged at the young man.
The young man became impatient at this time, and kicked the old man in the stomach, causing the old man to stagger and fall back to the ground.
Both the woman and the little girl screamed.
"Damn old man, don't be shameless. If you don't have any money to pay me, you use your daughter to repay the debt. Now you neither pay back the money nor are you willing to give it to your daughter. Are you taking my second master Zhang seriously?"
The woman cried and begged, "Second Master Zhang, please, we will give you the money, please be more accommodating, don't rob my daughter, please."
The young man pushed the woman hard, and said with a sullen face, "I have given you two days, and now you still want to accommodate? Dream!"
The old woman cried out in anger, "But you clearly blackmailed us on purpose! Where do we have so much money?"
The young man's face became serious, "You old woman, which eye of yours saw me blackmailing you!" He kicked over again, kicked the old woman down, picked up the girl and left.
Seeing that the girl was about to be taken away, a voice yelled, "Wait!"
The young man was taken aback, and he stopped when he left. Looking back, he saw a man wearing a black Qingyun python suit with a handsome face, walking across the crowd. Behind him were several soldiers in armor and holding weapons in their hands. .
Someone in the crowd recognized who the man was and shouted, "It's the new captain!"
As soon as this remark came out, the surrounding immediately became noisy, and everyone lowered their heads and discussed.
When Zhang Er saw the soldier behind the man, his heart beat up. Now that he heard about the man's identity, his calves felt a little soft, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy, for fear that the newly appointed high official would cause trouble for him.
The man walked up to a few people, glanced at the scene, and winked at the soldiers behind him. Immediately, two soldiers stepped forward to help the old man who had fallen to the ground.
The man looked at Zhang Er grabbing the tear-stained girl's arm, his eyes flashed sternly, but he asked the reason first, "Why did you beat two old people in the street and still hold on to the girl?"
Zhang Er's eyes flickered, and after a while he straightened his back and said: "My lord, the food sold by this old man is not clean. After I ate it, I kept vomiting and diarrhea. I asked the old man for the money for the doctor's medicine, but the old man gave me the money." I'm sorry, just use my daughter to pay off the debt."
As soon as Zhang Er finished speaking, the old woman immediately retorted, "You are talking nonsense! My lord, you have to decide for us. My house is absolutely clean and there is no problem. We have sold food for so many years, and we have never spoiled others. , as far as he said that he broke his stomach after eating, and he wanted us to pay ten taels of silver.
Ten taels of silver! The old woman's words made everyone around them gasp.
"You actually want ten taels of silver. Even if you really eat up your stomach, you shouldn't ask for ten taels of silver. At most, it's a few tens of pennies. This two is a big mouth for a lion."
"What's wrong with my stomach? I've eaten the sugar glutinous rice cakes from Lao Suntou's house for so many years, and it's fine. Why does he have trouble after eating it?"
"That's right, the old grandson has been selling here for so many years and nothing happened. It's clear that Zhang Er did it on purpose."
The comments from the people around caused a flash of anger on Zhang Er's face. If there were no officials in front of him, he would have kicked him.
The man looked straight at Zhang Er, "You said you had a bad stomach, but do you have a prescription? Which medical clinic did you see?"
Zhang Er's face froze, and there was a flash of panic. He rolled his eyes and said, "I... I saw a wandering doctor. He left after seeing it. I don't know where he went."
The corner of the man's mouth curled into a smile that was not a smile, "Oh? It's such a coincidence. So, are you better now?"
Zhang Er nodded immediately, "Okay, okay, I'll be fine after taking the medicine for a few days."
"Then where did you get the medicine? Take us to have a look."
Zhang Er didn't even need to think about it this time, and immediately replied: "My medicine was also sold to me by the traveling doctor, and I didn't go to the medical clinic to get the medicine."
The man snorted and laughed this time, "So, now no one can testify that you have a bad stomach, and no one knows how much you spent?"
When Zhang Eryi heard that this was wrong, he immediately said: "My lord, I really spoiled my stomach and spent money. Although the traveling doctor is not here, I can't let me spend money and suffer for nothing, right?" ? This money must be paid to me!"
The man stroked the sleeve of the Fuguan's uniform, "You said that the stall owner's food was unclean and his stomach was ruined, but the stall owner refused to admit it. None of you have evidence, and I don't listen to one side or another. So how about it, I will come in person Try this restaurant's food, if I eat badly, then I will believe your words, if not, you are blackmailing today!"
As the man said, ignoring Zhang Er's sudden change of expression, he asked the old man to take a few pieces of candied glutinous rice cakes on the spot, and asked the soldiers behind him to take a piece, and he reached out to pick up a piece and ate it himself.
After a while, the man wiped his hands and said, "It tastes good." Then he said to Zhang Er: "Now you go back first, if I or the soldier behind me have diarrhea before tomorrow, then I will sentence this old man to accompany you for money." , if I’m fine, then get ready to go to jail.”
Zhang Er's complexion changed suddenly, with unconcealable panic appearing on his face, he hesitated and said: "My lord, this... this... Maybe it's because I didn't eat clean, but today I'm clean? My lord, forget it, I'm too Don't worry about it, I'll pay the money myself, and forget about it."
The smile on the man's face was put away, he looked at Zhang Er sharply, and his voice was icy cold, "What? You can find trouble if you want? You can forget it? You don't have that much ability! Today I want to Look, what kind of unclean law makes you dare to rob civilian girls in the street!"
Zhang Er is just a local ruffian. He usually takes advantage of an uncle in the family who is a small head catcher in the yamen. The ordinary people are also afraid of him. It's okay to be bullied by him. No one cared about him before. Let him always do his best here. But he is a humble man after all, he has never seen such a battle before, and he deliberately blackmailed him. At this moment, he was so frightened by the man's aura that he broke into a cold sweat, and the next second he knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed three times, "My lord , Xiaomin was wrong, you shouldn’t do such a thing of robbing civilian girls, my lord, I won’t dare to do it again next time, you can bypass the little one this time.”
But the man was unmoved, "Didn't you spend money for a bad stomach? Why, why don't I seek justice for you?"
Zhang Er lay on the ground, his body began to tremble, "My lord, it was the little one who was blinded by the lard for a while and deliberately said that he ate his stomach badly. My lord, the little one made a mistake, my lord, please forgive me."
The man was not surprised by his reaction at all. He stared at him for a while, then frowned after a long while, and said slowly: "You deliberately blackmailed, hurt people wantonly, and wanted to rob people's daughters. You are so bold and reckless. Now I want you to pay two Two silver coins will be used as medical expenses for this family, and then go to the county government to collect thirty bills, will you accept it?"
Zhang Er didn't dare to say that he was not convinced, he nodded immediately, "Submit, little one."
The man waved to the soldiers behind him, and said one last thing before leaving, "If I want to see you domineering and bullying the people again, it will not be as simple as thirty big boards."
Zhang Er was so frightened that he trembled and said tremblingly: "The little one won't, never again."
The man left without looking at the person kneeling on the ground.
It wasn't until the man walked away that the surrounding people spoke loudly, full of praise for the man just now.
"The newly appointed captain is really Lord Qingtian. In the past, no one would take care of the troubles in the street."
"It seems that we don't have to be afraid of such bastards anymore, or we will go to the captain."
"Yes, yes, the yamen doesn't care, let's go to Captain Captain."
Li Mo had witnessed everything just now, and she also felt admiration for that young captain in her heart. She was willing to come over and ask about such a small matter in person, and to give justice to the common people, which shows her heart.
"Dashan, the captain just now was quite nice, if all the officials are like this." Li Mo said to Song Dashan beside him.
After a long while without Song Dashan replying, Li Mo saw that he was looking into the distance with a dazed expression.
Li Mo pulled his arm, "Dashan, what's wrong with you? Why are you in a daze?"
Song Dashan came back to his senses and shook his head, "It's all right, I'm thinking about something, what's wrong?"
Li Mo shook her head, "It's nothing, let's go, let's go to the clinic."
"Oh, good." Song Dashan nodded.
I went to the medical clinic to apply acupuncture and medicine again, and took fifteen more medicines. When I came out, it was already dark.
The family of three stayed in the inn for one night, and set off home before dawn like last time.
Just after noon when we got home, Song Dashan went into the kitchen to cook. Li Mo cleaned up the house, but before it was done, there was a cry from outside the door.
"Dashan's family, are you at home?"
Li Mo hurriedly stood at the door of the house to look, and saw Yang Lanhua coming.
"Sister-in-law Lanhua, I just came back, what's wrong?"
Seeing Li Mo come back, Yang Lanhua breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought you guys haven't come back yet, I've come to see you a few times."
Li Mo was puzzled, "Is there something wrong with Mrs. Lanhua?"
Yang Lanhua nodded, "It's something, a younger sister from my natal family is getting married, and I sent a message to ask you to dress her up."
When Li Mo heard this, she pursed her lips and looked hesitant.
She was worried about this before, but now she puts on makeup in the shop in the town every day, so she must have no time to put on makeup for the people in the village, because it will take a long time for the bride in the village to transform, and Song Dashan will also be delayed It took half a day to pick her up and drop off, but now, several people could be transformed in the shop in this half day.
When the family was running out of money, she must have chosen to do her makeup in the shop.
But in this way, the business in the village will not be able to take care of it, and the reputation that it has worked so hard to earn before will be in vain.
She had been thinking about this a few days ago, but she hadn't come up with anything yet, and today the business came to her door.
This made it difficult for her.
Seeing Li Mo's embarrassment, Yang Lanhua also remembered that Li Mo is doing makeup for people in a shop in the town. She must earn more money in a day than doing makeup for a bride in the village. Her mother's family's business may not be possible. accepted.
Yang Lanhua couldn't help asking: "Sister, have you stopped doing the makeup business in this village?"
Seeing that Li Mo didn't answer, Yang Lanhua sighed: "Hey, it's true, you know that you earn more in the town than in the village, but it's a pity that many villages around here know your reputation and want to find you. It seems that my younger sister is going to find a dresser again, forget it, I'll go back and talk to her."
Seeing that Yang Lanhua was about to leave, Li Mo called her to stop, "Sister-in-law, wait."
"What's wrong, girl?"
"Sister-in-law, I agree to your sister's matter, you can tell her."
Yang Lanhua was surprised, "Sister, don't you go to town to put on makeup?"
Li Mo said: "Sister-in-law, I'm going to put on your sister's makeup this time, after that I have other ways to deal with it, and I won't give up the business in the village."
Hearing Li Mo's promise, Yang Lanhua was very happy. Her younger sister also heard that Li Mo is good at makeup, so she sent a message to tell her to invite Li Mo to do her makeup. She was still thinking about this in her heart. Second, I disappointed my sister, but I didn't expect Li Meizi to agree.
Although I don't know what Li Meizi plans to do in the future, but I believe she must have a way.
Yang Lanhua happily went back to reply the letter, and Li Mo fell into deep thought.
The author has something to say: Today is even later, because there will be an update in the early morning if there are no special circumstances after something happened last night