Chapter 343 Xu Wei struck by lightning
After returning home, Jiang Qingzhi, Xu Wei and Hu Zongxian summarized their impressions of Han Yu and others.
"The uncle forced them to give way before. I saw Han Yu was furious and the knuckles of his hands holding the fan were white. It can be seen that he has an impatient temper." Hu Zongxian said.
Xu Wei leaned back in his chair, almost slumped like Ge You, "Yang Qing looks angry, but his eyes are calm. This person is quite cunning."
As for Chen Zhan, Jiang Qingzhi didn't take him seriously.
Xu Wei rubbed his big belly and said, "I don't know what to eat for dinner. I'll go take a look."
For dinner, we had braised beef brisket, served with solid salt and pepper biscuits, which were so delicious that you could eat them in one bite.
After dinner, Xu Wei went out burping to digest the food.
"Mr. Xu, have you eaten?"
"have eaten."
At first, Xu Wei was not used to this kind of greeting atmosphere, but after he got used to it gradually, one day when he went out and no one paid attention to him, he felt uncomfortable.
Jiang Qingzhi said that this is the most nourishing kind of everyday life.
The high-rise buildings of later generations may seem prosperous, but they lack warmth. It is common for neighbors to have no contact with each other for a lifetime. The one-floor-per-household housing type does not even require neighbors, and it is like living in the wilderness.
Although it is quiet, it lacks the human touch.
Xu Wei strolled into the vegetable market unknowingly and saw two women arguing with Yang Zhaodi.
"My whole family eats the same food, but my husband ate your pork alone. He had vomiting and diarrhea after lunch, and now he is lying at home dying. Your pork must be poisonous!"
"I think it was poison!"
"Report to the official!"
"Let her pay!"
Yang Zhaodi slammed the butcher knife on the chopping board and roared, "I sell a pig every day, not just for you to eat, why didn't other families get poisoned?"
The taller woman cursed, "Last time I bought meat from you, I said your pork wasn't fresh, and we had an argument. You must have been holding a grudge and poisoned me. Report this vicious woman to the police and have her put in jail."
Soon, people from the Bingmasi arrived.
Yang Zhaodi said, "I have been selling pork here for many years. Everyone knows that I, Yang Zhaodi, am fair in my prices and never cheat anyone. As for disputes, they happen almost every day. Why would I poison you? Please be careful, gentlemen."
"Let's talk about it at the Bingmasi!" several soldiers said impatiently.
The old man who sells chickens and ducks next door said, "Once a woman enters the military, even if she comes out intact, will she ever get married? Her reputation will be ruined, so who would want to marry her?"
Nowadays, any woman who has entered the government office would almost always be labeled as unclean or vicious.
Yang Zhaodi said, "I still have parents at home. Without me to take care of them... Hey! What are you going to do?"
The two women worked together and actually overturned the chopping board. They panted and said, "If anything happens to my man, Yang Zhaodi, you deserve to be killed!"
Yang Zhaodi was furious and pulled out her butcher knife. The two women quickly retreated and shouted, "Help!"
Yang Zhaodi stabbed him with a knife in hatred.
Boom!
The thick chopping board was actually chopped into a crack by this knife.
"Take him away!" several soldiers shouted.
"Cough cough!"
Just when Yang Zhaodi was in despair, someone came out.
"It's you?" Yang Zhaodi saw that it was Xu Wei and wondered what this person was doing here.
"Mr. Xu." A soldier recognized Xu Wei.
"I have some doubts about this matter." Xu Wei said, "How narrow-minded must one be to poison someone just because of a few words of dispute? Can such a person do business?"
The old man next to him said, "What the gentleman said is right. Harmony brings wealth! How can a narrow-minded person do any business? Zhaodi has been selling meat here for many years. We have all seen that she is not that kind of person."
A woman jumped up and cursed, "Who are you? You are speaking for this bitch."
Xu Wei smiled and said, "My name is Xu Wei. By the way, I wonder if this matter has any connection with me?" As he spoke, Xu Wei looked around.
The woman said, "Please let the official decide."
The soldier was a little embarrassed. Xu Wei said, "I have a stomachache." He frowned and said, "That woman just poisoned me."
"You are slandering me." The woman was angry: "When did I poison you?"
Xu Wei held his stomach and pointed at the woman, saying, "The Miao people have the ability to use poisonous insects to poison people from a distance. I think you... Ouch! Report to the police! Report to the police!"
The two women's faces changed, and one of them said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!"
Another woman shouted, "Come and have a look! Is there anyone left to speak for us? Ah! Is there anyone? I am going to the Western Garden to file a complaint with the emperor. You wait, you wait..."
The woman ran angrily and soon disappeared into the crowd.
Several soldiers laughed, and one of them cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Xu, you have a good way."
Xu Wei smiled, with a hint of disdain between his brows.
These soldiers could see that something was wrong, but they still wanted to take Yang Zhaodi away. Maybe someone was behind this...
behind!
Xu Wei suppressed this thought and packed up the stall with Yang Zhaodi.
The chopping board was very heavy. Yang Zhaodi was at one end and Xu Wei was at the other end, and they both worked together.
hiss!
Xu Wei felt that his waist was sprained, but he still pretended to be calm.
Next came a small piece of fat pig.
"I'll do it myself." Yang Zhaodi said.
"What are you talking about!" Xu Wei grabbed a pig leg, "Push harder."
The two of them worked together.
Ouch!
When Xu Wei heard the movement in his waist, he suddenly felt uncomfortable.
He forced himself to stand up straight, and Yang Zhaodi said, "Thanks to you today."
"That's too polite." Xu Wei covered his lower back with one hand, trying to bend over to pick up the pork kidney, but found that his waist was in unbearable pain. "If it weren't for you that day, I would have died long ago. This life-saving grace..."
"Promise yourself to me!" the old man selling chickens and ducks next door laughed. "What are you talking about!" Yang Zhaodi frowned, "Mr. Xu is obviously a learned man. I am a butcher who can't read a single word. I don't have the face to make fun of you."
The old man looked at Xu Wei, sighed, and muttered: "This kid comes every day. If it weren't for a woman like you, I would have lived most of my life in vain."
After this incident, the relationship between the two became much closer, and Xu Wei asked about Yang Zhaodi's situation in a roundabout way.
——Both parents are here, but my father has difficulty walking and is bedridden most of the time. My mother is at home taking care of my father and doing housework.
"It's amazing for a woman to set up her own household!" Xu Wei praised.
"Are you making fun of me, Mr. Xu?" Yang Zhaodi habitually grasped the handle of the butcher knife.
Xu Wei couldn't help but take a step back. "That's not the case. I really admire you. To be honest, I didn't have a good life since I was a child. My father died early, my biological mother was gone, and life was difficult. Later..."
He is used to keeping people in suspense, and most people will ask further questions.
Bang!
Yang Zhaodi turned the pork over and scraped off the dirt with a knife. Her expressionless face looked somewhat cute.
Xu Wei smiled awkwardly, "By the way, you've been selling pork all day, have you ever thought of hiring a helper?"
"Do you think there are women willing to clean pig offal?" Yang Zhaodi said.
Uh!
Xu Wei didn't realize that as soon as he met Yang Zhaodi, all the cleverness and wisdom in his mind ran away from home.
"You...if you have any problems next time, just call me." Xu Wei pointed to the left, "I'm in Xin'an Lane. You can spend a few coins to send someone to Xin'an Lane and ask Xu Wei and he will tell you."
"This guy is secretly bragging about himself!" the old man muttered, "He has a clean background and gets along well with his neighbors."
After leaving the vegetable market, Xu Wei, who returned home wisely, kept smiling.
……
"Xu Wei took action?"
A burly man was drinking in the tavern. Two women were there at the moment, nodding cautiously.
"Yes, that person was cunning, saying something like Miao and Gu. I was afraid that I would be caught and tortured by the soldiers from the Military Department, and that I would reveal your whereabouts, Brother Liu, so I ran away."
"Got it, go ahead! By the way, stay out of the house these two days." The big man waved his hand, and someone took them out, and then gave each of them a string of money.
The big man cursed in the tavern: "Damn it, Xu Wei is quite smart. But Grandpa doesn't believe it..."
The big man looked like a knight-errant or a gangster. The two waiters in the tavern had unfriendly looks, and the owner even had a scar on his face, looking quite fierce.
"Brother, how about we take action?" said the shopkeeper.
"Don't do anything! They just asked us to hold Xu Wei back and specifically told us not to use any harsh methods." The big man cursed, "We can't do anything or hit him, and we have to hold him back for three to five days. This is a piece of shit. If it weren't for the high pay, I really wouldn't want to do it!"
……
Less than two hundred steps away, Xu Wei was squatting in front of a beggar, holding a string of copper coins in his hand, "Who has the final say around here?"
The beggar was dirty and had messy hair. He glanced at Xu Wei, then at Sun Chonglou behind him, "Around here... the officials have the final say."
"Old Xu, he's complaining that you didn't give him enough." Sun Chonglou said.
"Be careful of disasters if you are too greedy!" Xu Wei said, "It's not that I don't want to give money, but I gave too much, you see..."
The beggar followed Xu Wei's gaze and saw his two companions squatting nearby.
Green eyes.
The beggar shuddered and said, "Brother Liu has the final say."
"Where is Brother Liu?"
"Over there... Go down this alley and turn right at the end. His tavern is on the right side of the fork in the road ahead."
Xu Wei smiled and said, "It's not a good place to beg. Let's go somewhere else!"
As he spoke, a silver star quietly bounced between the beggar's legs.
The beggar calmly reached out and grabbed it, "Thank you, sir. I'll leave right away. I'll leave right away."
"Look, this is a smart man." Xu Wei stared at the two beggars and left after a quarter of an hour.
It's easy to find which wine shop.
"drink wine?"
The shopkeeper with a scar on his face asked.
"Is Brother Liu here?" Xu Wei asked.
The big man was drinking in the corner and looked up when he heard this. "You looking for me?"
"Yes."
Xu Wei walked up to him and sat down. "Those two women are obviously in that business. They buy their own food, which shows that they are not well off. How can they be driven to slander a weak woman who works in public to make a living..."
Speaking of weak women, Xu Wei paused for a moment, "Only the rascals around here."
The big man's eyes narrowed, "Xu Wei?"
"You stole a glance at me when I came in, and recognized me then. But now you are pretending."
Xu Wei smiled and said, "Come on, tell me, who asked you to do this?"
The big man sneered, "Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to go back? Close the door!"
Sun Chonglou appeared outside the gate.
Two shop assistants and a shopkeeper collapsed in the lobby in an instant.
Sun Chonglou closed the door and said, "Old Xu, hurry up and get it ready. There's some midnight snack in the kitchen. They said it's some kind of tortoise jelly. If you go back too late, Dou Jialan will definitely eat my portion too."
Xu Wei looked at the big man, "Can you tell me now?"
The big man was sweating and trembling, "Xu...Mr. Xu."
"I have limited patience. The midnight snack at the Bo's Mansion won't wait for anyone!"
Xu Wei patted his bulging belly, stood up and left.
"It's a man called Zhou Ya."
(End of this chapter)
