Xiangye

Chapter 239
Xiaoying said: "Why, the girl refused to ask me to go over and deal with that bitch couple. Just now they have already denied the family relationship, why do you think about bloodlines? I will go and warn them first, so that they know, girl, you are not good messed with."

Yan Huai shook his head, saluted, and said gratefully: "Brother's kindness, Yan Huai will always remember it in his heart. However, if you don't get paid for nothing, how can a little girl get your house for nothing? There is no such reason in the world?"

Xiaoying: "What's the point? It doesn't make sense. I just give it to you. What's the point?"

Yan Huai: "No, no, no, we are not relatives, but we can't accept it. Grandpa said that a gentleman doesn't want to be eaten by others. This is an upright person. No matter how hard life is, he can't just give favors to others. If I I want to buy your master’s yard, how will I meet people in the future? I have hands and feet. If I want to buy a house, can’t I earn it myself? I just want to ask my brother for one thing, and please ask your family Come down, sir."

Kitty Hawk: "What's the matter, you said?"

Yan Huai: "This yard is my mother's dowry. The little girl has grown up here since she was a child. There are plants and trees here, all of which were remedied by parents. When I see this, I think of them. I just want to ask my brother And your husband will sell it to me at the original price when I have collected enough money in the future." When she mentioned her deceased parents, she burst into tears, but her face was firm.

Xiaoying nodded and cupped her hands: "Young lady is such a wonderful woman, Xiaoying admires it. Don't worry, I will tell Mr. that we will keep this house for you first. When you collect enough money, we will sell it to you."

Gao Wen felt admiration in his heart, and couldn't help saying loudly: "Okay, it's settled like this. Miss Yan, I will reserve this yard for you, and I can make written evidence to prove it."

Kitty Hawk: "Ah, sir."

"Thank you sir." Yan Huai was pleasantly surprised when Gao Wen agreed, and was deeply blessed.

Gao Wen nodded: "Follow me." He went into the study, took a pen and wrote a document in duplicate, which probably means that he intends to sell this house to Miss Yan Huai.The price is 95 taels of silver.However, because Yan Huai has no money in his hands, he will keep it for now, and wait for when she collects enough money and transfers the ownership.

After finishing writing, he signed it and handed it to Yan Huai: "Miss Yan, take a look first, and put your fingerprints... Don't be busy, Xiaoying, go out and ask the head of the village to come over and take a look, and then you can be a guarantor." Ming Dynasty The literacy rate in China is extremely low, and women do not read.

Yan Huai said, "There's no need to ask for a guarantor, but I can read." After receiving the paperwork, her eyes lit up: "Good handwriting!"

Gao Wendaqi: "Are you literate?"Either the daughter of a prince or aristocrat, or the daughter of an official, or at least his father is a scholar like Shi Linsheng.Although the ancients said: "Women are virtuous without talent." But the daughters of these families will marry in the future from aristocratic families, and they will be grandmas in charge of housework.If you can't even read a few characters, and you can't even read the account book, what do you care?

Therefore, girls in the upper class always ask female teachers to teach them reading since they were young.The feudal dross is only used to fool the lower class, and the upper class is sober!
Yan Huai signed his name on the paperwork with a brush, and said, "I read books with my grandfather for a few days when I was young, and I know how to read."

However, although the signed word Yan Huai was written a little crookedly, it was still at the level of high school students in later generations, and it was not bad in ancient times.

Thinking that her grandfather was also a well-educated person, Gao Wen nodded: "You have a good grandfather, okay, let's make a deal like this."

Yan Huai solemnly put the receipt into his sleeve and said, "Mr. Gao, I will collect enough money as soon as possible."

I'm about to say goodbye.

Gao Wen: "Okay, I'll wait for the girl. However, it can be seen that the girl is a caring person. This matter is not urgent. Whether it is three years or five years, Gao will wait and never break her promise. The girl wants to redeem There are two reasons for this courtyard. First, seeing things is like seeing people. After all, this is the place where you grew up. When you see it, you think of your parents. People. If you forget your original intention for the sake of money, how can your parents in heaven be so embarrassing?"

When Yan Huai heard this, his face changed, and he said: "Mr. Gao Yi, the little girl is grateful. But I have never done anything that would shame my parents. I never did it before, and I will never do it in the future."

Gao Wen: "That's good, girl. Although there is a way to survive over there, but you are a daughter of a good family, there is really no need to go there." When she heard Mrs. Yan scolding her earlier, it seemed that Yan Huai really had no choice but to Do some rough work in the brothel Chuguan or even the Jiaofang Division.

That kind of place is a big dye vat. If she stays for a long time, it will damage her reputation, but it is not good.

Yan Huai shook his head: "Sir, I'm just a girl, and I don't have much work to do. Besides, in order to bury her father, the little girl already owes someone else money for the coffin, and she has to work to pay back the money."

Gao Wen nodded: "You can't help yourself in this world! Girl, take care!"

"Thank you sir."

When Yan Huai came out of the study, Xiaoying stomped her feet: "Hey, why did you just leave? Sir, she is a woman, she has no food or shelter, and she doesn't even have a place to live tonight. Could it be that she Resting in the kiln... what should I do? Sir, you need to help."

Gao Wen: "Go your own way, you can't send Buddha to the west!"

"No, it can't be like this!" Xiaoying chased after him: "Miss Yan, Miss Yan...how about you..."

Yan Huai: "Brother Xiaoying, what else is there?"

Xiaoying: "Why don't you live with us?"

Yan Huai shook his head: "Your husband and I are neither relatives nor relatives, how can we live together. The lonely man and the widow, the plums in the melon field, but it is not clear."

Xiaoying was speechless: "This...you even live in the brothel, and..."

As soon as Yan Huai's expression changed, he was about to explode. Gao Wen walked out and pointed to the broken silver that Xiao Ying had placed on the bench behind the door: "Miss Yan, take the money with you, and rent a hut for the time being."

Yan Huai gritted his teeth: "It's not my money, what do you want?"

Gao Wen wanted to help this strong little girl, but he knew in his heart that Yan Huai was a proud person.If you really show a sympathy, it is just an insult to her.

So he straightened his face and asked, "Can you cook?"

"What?" Yan Huai was stunned.

"Do you know how to cook? How does the food taste?" Gao Wen repeated impatiently: "By the way, do you know how to do laundry and clean the yard? I think the yard is well cleaned up. You alone Children from poor families should not have maids, right? My master likes to be clean, why don't you prepare three meals a day and send them over. Also, I change my clothes every three days, and you take them out and wash them before sending them over. Alright. When the time comes, you will be indispensable for meals and wages.”

Yan Huai: "Of course it will."

Gao Wen: "I'm just asking you whether you want to do this way of living or not? That's good. I'll give you one or two taels of silver every month. In addition, I will give you two taels of wages for each piece of laundry. Although it's not much, it can be done." At least you can make some money. After working for a few years, plus you earn money in other places, at least you can buy the house back.”

Yan Huai: "Okay, let's just say that."

Gao Wen: "Xiaoying, give Ms. Yan some more money as our meal money for this month."

When Yan Huai left, Xiaoying asked Gao Wen: "Mr. Gao, if you really want to help her, you can just give her some money, so why use her around?"

Gao Wen laughed: "Little Eagle, you have read too much "Water Margin". In fact, in this world, it is not that the rich are naturally rich and unkind, and the poor are honest and simple. Human nature is complicated and can change at any time. Yes. I know you are a kind person. If you want to do good deeds, you have to pay attention to the method. The so-called emergency is not to save the poor. It is better to teach people to fish than to give them fish. If you want to help the poor and give money directly, that is If I make a bad policy, I will make people lazy. After a long time, I feel that others should give me money, and I will not think about why I am poor and how to get rid of poverty. In this way, that is the lifelong There is no hope, so, wouldn’t it harm him.”

"The imperial government also pays attention to labor instead of relief to the victims. It will not directly distribute food to the victims. Even if there is nothing to do, the people affected by the disaster should dig two hoes."

"Speaking of asking Miss Yan to deliver meals to us, I'm actually just looking for trouble. I really want to find someone to wait for food and daily life. Wouldn't it be better to go directly to the people's market to find Yazi and buy a cook?"

"Also, this Miss Yan is a hearty girl. She will never accept our charity. That would be an insult to her. Xiaoying, think about it. If you were her, I would return the house to you. You Ken?"

Xiaoying lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "I certainly don't want to, a man stands upright, where is he not a place to settle down, how can he receive favors for nothing? In this way, not only others look down on you, but I also look down on myself."

Gao Wen: "That's it."

Xiaoying: "Mr. is right, Xiaoying has been taught."

But turning his head, Xiaoying thought about it for a long time, but felt that something was wrong.

Mr. Gao said that if you want to find someone to serve food and daily life, you can go directly to buy a cook and come back.The reason why she didn't do this was to find something for Miss Yan to do.However, the cooks in the capital are no more than ordinary maids, they are precious!This person not only has to be a good cook, but also has to be clean, agile, and the most important thing is that he has to be well-groomed.That's because, once many cooks agree with the master's wishes, they may not want to sleep with them, and the starting price for those who take the house to be concubines is 30 taels of silver.When I met the kind of person who had served a rich family and was a bit pretty, I went out for 100 taels.Moreover, this kind of cook is very sought-after, it is really rare to meet.

Gao Wen hired Miss Yan to deliver three meals a day, and only paid a tael of silver a month. This, this, this, isn't this treating her too badly?
Also, he said that he wanted to teach people how to fish, and that Miss Yan was a person with integrity, so it was not easy to just return the house to others.However, as long as you have the sincerity to do this good deed, people may not refuse to accept it.

Mr. Gao, why do I always feel that something is wrong.

Xiaoying is a serious person, after coming down, he expressed his doubts in front of Gao Wen.

Gao Wen snorted: "Your mistake is that you read too little and think too much. Learning without thinking will lead to death, and thinking without learning will lead to death."

Xiaoying: "Sir, I'm just a policeman. I just need to know a few words. I don't know any profound principles, so I still ask for advice."

Gao Wen: "Xiangyuan, you are also a thief of virtue! You said that you would return the house to Miss Yan directly. Miss Yan has a backbone, and she will definitely not accept my favor for nothing. Could it be that we still want us to beg her?"

"I don't understand..." Xiaoying looked confused, and murmured again: "It's nothing to beg her, it's poor."

"Begging her?" Gao Wen sneered: "If it's still our fault? In this way, don't we have the suspicion of deceiving the world? , Inconsistent words and deeds, hypocrisy and deceiving the world, flattering everywhere, and not offending the old and good people in the village who are praised for being honest and honest. The most holy master of Dacheng once said that if the words and deeds do not match the wishes of the hometown, in fact, it is like virtue but not virtue. A person who is out of morality is a thief of virtue. Yasheng also said that Xiangyuan erases right and wrong, confuses good and evil, does not uphold justice, does not resist bad people and bad things, and completely becomes a person who endangers morality."

Xiaoying: "It's so complicated, I can't understand it."

Gao Wen: "There's nothing difficult to understand. Let me put it simply. Today's incident is clearly that the Yan family took Miss Yan's property and committed evil first. What we should do is to uphold justice for Miss Yan. After all, selling The Yan family owns the house, and the Yan family gets the money, and it has nothing to do with you or me. If we return the house to Miss Yan, it will be for fame and reputation, and it will encourage the Yan family's unhealthy trend of disregarding family ties, and we will be evil people who are in the same class."

"Sir, what you said is good. I didn't expect there to be so many truths in it." Xiaoying suddenly realized: "Listening to what you said, I really learned a lot! Wait a moment, sir, and Xiaoying will come as soon as he goes."

After all, he rolled up his sleeves and went out.

Gao Wen: "Little Eagle, where are you going?"

"Go to the next door." Xiaoying: "Let's talk to the bastards like Mrs. Yan and Yan Laoer."

Gao Wen: "They're just small people in the market. They only have money in their eyes, and they don't have human feelings. It doesn't make sense."

"Then I'll talk to them with my fists."

Gao Wen was shocked: "Don't make mistakes, come back, this is a family matter, you can't control it. I know that you are a chivalrous person, but it is difficult for an upright official to break up housework. Besides, you are not justified when you come to provoke." This little eagle really wants to criticize weapons that are not as good as weapons?

Little Eagle murmured: "Forget it, sir, I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out!"

Gao Wen: "Actually, if you want to help Miss Yan, there is no other way. I'll teach you a way."

Xiaoying was overjoyed: "Mr. Gao, what is the solution, you can talk about it quickly."

Gao Wen slammed his fist at his chest with a horse step: "Come on, come on, come on and practice punching with me. I was sweating. If the clothes are dirty, I can ask Miss Yan to wash them, and take care of her business."

Kitty Eagle brushed away Gao Wen's fist, and counterattacked: "Okay, okay, I haven't fought with my husband for a long time, and my body is itching badly."

(End of this chapter)