Chapter 3: Seeing Injustice
"You unlucky child..." Su Luo held it in for a long time before uttering, "Take me to find Boss Zhou and stop that thing!" She changed the name in a hurry. She could not tolerate such a stupid thing happening to her, and she did not want to wait for Zhou to throw the smelly embroidery in her face.
Su Yi was immediately stunned by the aura of Su Luo, but he still pointed out Su Luo's mistake in time, "It's Brother Zhou."
"I don't care if he's Brother Zhou or Jay Chou, take me to find him, now!"
"Brother Zhou's name is... Zhou Chongwen, not Jay Chou..." Su Yi's voice became smaller and smaller.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Su Luo dragged Su Yi out of the door. The world outside was very simple. The whole village was on one road. It was easy to see it at a glance. "Where are you going?"
Su Yi was completely conquered by Su Luo's aura, or was it his deep sympathy for a mentally ill patient? In short, he led the way in fear and helplessness.
As I said, this village is very small. After walking a few steps, Su Yi stopped, pointed at a broken wooden door which was not and said, "He's not at home." The wooden door was locked.
Su Luo's head suddenly grew bigger. It seemed that Zhou might have gathered all the things and proposed marriage. In order to minimize the chance of his face coming into contact with the smelly embroidery, Su Luo decided to go to Miss Xie's house to check. It would be best if he could stop her in time.
So the righteous comrade Su Yi set out on the road to the Xie family under the coercion of the Su Luo devil. He felt very aggrieved and his expression was very tragic.
Through the confession of Su Yi Zhuangshi, we learned that Miss Xie's family can be considered a wealthy family in the village. Her father is the only teacher in the village, earning tuition fees and red envelopes from parents.
Of course, being called a wealthy family only refers to this small village. Here, an annual income of ten taels of silver is already a remarkable thing.
Hearing this number, Su Luo wanted to sneer. She was used to seeing scenes on TV where millions of taels were often mentioned. Ten taels was indeed a negligible number. What about annual income? But the fact was that it was said that her cheap mother only earned a hundred copper coins a month for doing laundry and cooking for others. What was the concept of a hundred copper coins? It was one-tenth of a tael. In other words, her mother earned one thousand two hundred copper coins a year, which was only equivalent to one tael and two coins of silver.
Su Luo had no idea about one tael and two cents, but relatively speaking, the Xie family was indeed a wealthy family, so their daughter could be called "Miss".
Once again, this village is very small. After following Su Yi for a while, Su Luo clearly felt that the surrounding environment had changed. There was a row of neatly arranged blue-tiled houses, unlike her home, which were all built of stone and grass. This was probably the wealthy area of Baolai Village.
The wealthy area is indeed more lively, with a small-scale market. It is early spring now, and it is still a bit chilly, so there are not many people setting up stalls. Those who are setting up stalls are not at their stalls yet, but are gathered in a circle in one place, as if there is something lively to watch.
Su Yi didn't want Su Luo to find Brother Zhou in time to stop him from proposing marriage, so he slowed down and finally dragged her to watch the fun.
The liveliness in ancient times was similar to that in modern times. Everyone would gather together and talk about things, giving the victim some not-so-bright advice. Even though they were obviously gossiping, they would still pretend to be doing it for their own good.
The core characters of the excitement were a mother and son. The mother was in her early twenties and the son was about four or five years old. Both were in mourning and hugged each other and cried. In front of them were two baskets of copper coins. On the side of the copper coins were three men.
Su Luo squeezed in the crowd and listened for a while, and with the help of gossip from insiders, he had a general understanding of the matter.
Character introduction:
Party A: Li and her son
Party B: The shopkeeper and two employees of Xiangji Dry Goods in Zhuxian Town
What happened:
One day, poor peasant Li went to visit relatives in Zhuxian Town. She passed by Xiangji Dry Goods and wanted to experience the feeling of being an aristocrat, so she bought two taels of bird's nest and gave it to her husband after returning home. Unfortunately, her husband died mysteriously that night. Two days later, Li claimed that he had some evidence that Xiangji sold poisonous bird's nests, and planned to sue Kaifeng Prefecture and even Beijing. Xiangji felt guilty and intended to settle the matter privately with twenty strings of copper coins before expanding the impact. At that time, the two parties were in contact.
Another insider revealed that Xiangji Dry Goods Store had a close relationship with the upper-level leaders of Zhuxian Town. On weekdays, they often sold inferior goods as good ones, and without exception, they regarded first-time customers as the biggest customers. This is what so-called profiteers do. Such a store can persist on the ground. Su Luo can't think of any other explanation except that it has a strong backstage. It turns out that collusion between officials and businessmen is passed down from the ancestors, not the exclusive domain of the younger generation.
A life, twenty strings of copper coins, twenty thousand coins, which is twice the total annual income .
As a poor peasant, Mrs. Li may have never seen . She was obviously struggling, struggling between her husband's life and the copper coins. She didn't say anything, just crying. Maybe if the shopkeeper of Xiangji raised the price, Mrs. Li would be happy to accept it. But Xiangji obviously didn't want to do that. He held his head high and shook his feet, as if he was giving it to you at a bargain. If you don't want it, we will fight to the end in the government office.
This was a test of endurance. With Widow Li crying loudly from time to time, Su Luo was the first to give up. She yawned and pulled Su Yi to leave.
Su Yi reluctantly withdrew, but suddenly his eyes lit up and he pulled Su Luo back in, pointing behind Widow Li and whispered, "No need to go to the Xie family, look, Miss Xie."
Su Luo looked over and saw that she was indeed a young lady, and it was obvious that she was well-educated. Although she was not wearing any silk or satin, her face with classical beauty still attracted everyone's attention.
A beauty should be as gentle as water, but Miss Xie’s expression now is a little serious.
"Mrs. Li." The beauty spoke, her voice as pleasant as expected.
Widow Li seemed to be relieved, paused her "yi" vocalization, and looked at Miss Xie with tears in her eyes.
Miss Xie said: "Hai Qingtian is currently the Right Censor-in-Chief of Nanjing. With him here, he will definitely seek justice for Brother Li."
Widow Li was confused for a moment, but Su Luo's mind jumped. Yes, it was this incident. She forgot whether it was from TV or the Internet, but she felt that something that should be remembered seemed to have happened in the 15th year of Wanli, and she finally remembered it.
When the shopkeeper of Xiangji heard the three words "Hai Qingtian", his attitude immediately changed. He bitterly blamed the guy who purchased the goods from him and shouted to the sky that he was also a victim. While saying this, Widow Li's eyes never left the two baskets of copper coins.
Su Luo noticed this, so she thought that Miss Xie's suggestion might be wrong. Although it was a rare thing for a village girl to know how to use the evil nemesis Hai Rui to suppress the arrogance of black-hearted vendors, the inner state of the victims' families was also worth exploring.
He is indecisive and wavering, wanting to take the money but also wanting to sue people.
Although this attitude is not desirable, Su Luo has to admit that as a widow with a child, even if she sued the owner of Xiangji with her life, what would it matter? The lost person will not come back, but the future must go on.
As for mental damages, I don’t know if there is such a compensation item at this time. Even if there is, we have to win the lawsuit, and Hai Qingtian has to supervise Xiangji to pay the compensation. I don’t know if Hai Qingtian has the time to do that.
In fact, it is quite simple to have the best of both worlds, but her sympathy makes her a bit troublesome. It seems that she is still a good person.
"Add a little more money and we'll consider it." Su Luo stepped forward and said.
