Aunt Zhao's happy life

Ruier smiled and said, "Very good! If the fire is bigger, we will all be prosperous next year!"

Ru Yan said: "I need to roast a few more chickens!"

Zhenmo said: "Singing is still required! Jokes are also required!"

All of a sudden, Jia's yard was full of laughter and fragrance.Everyone ate meat, drank wine, and sang songs, and the fire shone on everyone's smiling faces, warm and bright.

Late at night, one by one went to sleep drunk, as if this was the happiest day of life.

In the first month, except for receiving New Year's greetings, they just played cards day and night.

Although Ruyan is not good at other things, gambling is the best. He won a lot of pillow money and some jewelry from Axi.Rui'er is unlucky, and of course she really can't bear to win against them, so she keeps losing every day.

Changsheng and Fugui took Jia Zheng to play chuiwan, yelling outside, often drowning out the sound of playing cards inside.From time to time, Ruyan ran to the door and shouted: "Keep your voice down, it's so noisy!"

Seeing that there were only a few days left in Jia Zheng's one-month vacation, Axi ran into the house and called Aunt Zhao: "The girl who sells plum blossoms is outside. She said that there is the last batch of plum blossoms, and asked if you want any."

Rui'er thought for a while: "Now that winter is over, buying plum blossoms is meaningless. You can ask her to come in. I'll buy as much as she wants, and it won't be easy for her!"

Jasmine came in, but she wasn't as lively and generous as before, Ruier asked while choosing flowers, "Where's your sister?"

Jasmine's eyes turned red, and she lowered her head.

Ruier asked: "Is your sister sick?"

Jasmine shook her head: "My sister is in prison."

"In the big prison?" Rui'er couldn't believe her ears: "What did she do? Your sister is weak and gentle, why did she end up in the prison?"

Jasmine choked up and said, "My sister... She and I went separately to sell flowers. We met a foreign missionary in a carriage on the street. His name was Mark. This man looked very polite and said Our language. He said that my sister is beautiful, and that the flowers in my house are really nice, and he wanted to buy more, so he asked my sister to go to church with him. When he arrived at the church, he...he wanted to moleste my sister, and my sister gave him Got scratched and ran away..."

Ruier asked: "Then how did Mark find your sister?"

Jasmine said: "Those foreigners, the government is flattering them. Mark asked the magistrate to check the nearby flower girls, and he recognized them one by one. My sister didn't know about it, and she was helping my father cut it at home." Tweed, of course I didn’t know the situation, we were taken to the yamen together, Mark recognized my sister right away, and put her in jail!”

When Jia Zheng heard this, he stood up clenched his fists: "It's unreasonable! Even I don't know about such a thing!"

Ruier asked: "Then how is your sister now? Have you ever visited her?"

Molly said: "My dad and I went to see it, but they didn't let us in because we offended the foreigner. That Mark said that he would let my sister out unless my sister was willing to dedicate herself to him. I'm going to When I came here for the first time, I knew that this was Master Jia’s residence, so I tried my luck today because I want Master Jia to avenge our grievances!”

Rui'er didn't wait for Jia Zheng to make a statement, and immediately responded, "Don't worry, we will help you!"

Jasmine left suspiciously, and Jia Zheng said, "You promised readily, but I'm a bit tricky, but since I know about such things, I will definitely take care of them to the end."

Rui'er said: "Foreigners do evil, and the government actually helps oppress our own people. Who can swallow this!"

Jia Zhengdao: "I'll go to the yamen to pass the news to the county magistrate, and you go beat the drums and complain!"

Zhang Xiancheng got a summons to go to court, Zhao Ruier went outside to beat drums to express his grievances, but was called to court by Jia Zheng: "What grievances do you have?"

Rui'er replied: "Minnv has a younger sister who was unjustly imprisoned recently, and I want to seek justice for her!"

Jia Zheng said, "Go on, what's going on?"

Rui'er said: "This county magistrate helped foreign missionaries to bully civilian girls, and because the foreigners didn't get what they wanted, he put my sister in jail!"

Zhang Xiancheng pretended not to understand: "What folk girl? What foreigner? Nothing!"

Rui'er looked straight into his eyes: "Did Mo Ling, the flower girl, be molested by that Persian foreigner and put in prison by you?"

Zhang Xiancheng said: "This is none of your business, girl, it's because that girl has no rules and no vision."

Rui'er stood up and leaned forward: "Mayor the county magistrate, what do you mean by being disciplined and having good eyesight? Is it called being disciplined when a young girl rushes to sacrifice her life? The foreigner bullies the women in broad daylight, and you still protect him Is it wrong for Mo Ling? How dare I ask Mr. Zhang, do you have a daughter? When your daughter encounters this kind of thing, do you want to teach your daughter to cater and obey?"

Zhang Xiancheng faltered: "This... she scratched the missionary's face!"

Ruier sneered and said, "If a villain rapes a weak woman, how can she escape if she doesn't try her best? In order to protect herself, accidentally injuring the villain, is this considered a crime? If Master Zhang insists on protecting Mark, then I can only plead with Jia Your Excellency has ruled it!" Zhang Xiancheng raised his head in embarrassment and said to Jia Zheng: "Master Jia, I can let the flower girl go, but it's hard to explain to Mark! I will make a fuss at that time, after all, she is Foreign guests!"

Jia Zheng said, "You let the flower girl go and let Mark come to me."

A few days later, Mo Ling and Jasmine asked to see her, and their father followed them.

As soon as they met, the poor father ordered his two daughters to kowtow to Ruier, and Ruier kept saying: "If you can't do it, don't shorten my life!"

The fathers of the two girls kept saying: "From now on, if Mrs. Jia wants any flowers at home, just ask me, I don't want your money, and I will deliver it to the door for you!"

Ruier said: "If that foreigner pesters you again, you should report to me."

The three of them went back gratefully, and did not see Mark in the Yamen or Jia's house for many days.Jia Zheng thought he had communicated with Zhang Xiancheng, so he figured it out.

The weather was fine that day, so Jia Zheng and Rui'er sunbathed in the yard, and took out all the books to dry in the sun, for fear of insects growing.

At this time, Fugui came to report: "A foreigner is here!"

Jia Zheng said, "Call him in!"

Not long after, a tall, blond, blue-eyed foreigner came in, speaking broken Chinese: "Master Jia is you? It's a pleasure to meet you!" Jia Zheng didn't get up, and asked him to bask in the sun and drink Order tea.

He introduced himself: "My name is Mark, did you save the flower girl? Why did you save her?"

Jia Zheng said: "You want to moles her, but if she refuses, you will send her to jail. Are you Westerners like this without etiquette and self-cultivation?"

Mark said: "Look at my face, my neck, and the marks that are still there. They were all scratched by her. She didn't apologize. This is a personal attack and she must be punished by law!"

Jia Zheng asked, "Then what sanctions should you receive?"

Mark gestured and said, "In our west, it's just a courtesy. I just kissed and kissed. I didn't mean to be indecent. She has no knowledge and misunderstood me."

Jia Zheng asked: "Then why did you meet her on the street, and when you wanted to buy flowers, you didn't salute her, but you saluted when there was no one in the house?"

Mark was still thinking about words, but Jia Zheng asked again: "Do as the Romans do, haven't you heard? Here, if you kiss a woman rashly like this, it will be said that she will not be able to marry, and her life will be ruined! Even if you have no malice, if you do It also disrespects our customs!"

Mark nodded: "Well, maybe I made a mistake in etiquette, let's let this matter pass!"

Jia Zheng said: "It stands to reason that we should still punish you, but the flower girl's family is magnanimous, so let's forget about it!"

When Mark heard this, he couldn't make any more clamor, so he had to walk away in desperation.

Rui'er was not very satisfied: "That's fine? We should let him go to prison to have a taste!"

Jia Zhengdao: "At least the person you want to save has been rescued." Rui'er thought for a while and said, "That's right, hey, I really hope our country is stronger, so that these tyrannical foreigners can get acquainted with each other!"

With the beginning of spring, Jia Zheng's busy year has begun again.At first, they diverted water for irrigation, and then they were busy trying to find ways to develop sideline businesses for the common people, allowing villages along the lake to grow lotus root, and villages not near the lake to grow white chrysanthemums.

Rui'er admired Jia Zheng's devotion to the people, and felt sorry for his hard work. Whenever she could go, she would try her best to follow.

In the second half of the year, Jia Zheng decided to go home no matter what, and decided to take three months of sick leave to see his mother and children.After Ruier learned about it, she was busy preparing gifts for everyone.Jia Zheng said: "Haven't they seen anything? How can you take these things with you all the way? It just adds to the burden on the road!"

Rui'er said: "Don't look at everything in the mansion, but these souvenirs are very rare, and Zhu'er and Yuanchun also rarely have these small things!"

Because of Jia Zheng's outstanding performance and diligence in recent years, the three-month sick leave was quickly approved.

We set off at the end of November, with bumps and winds and frosts all the way, just like the way we came a few years ago.

They still rode in old carriages, traveled through mountains and forests, took small boats, crossed rivers, and lived in small shops.

Compared with a few years ago, this hardship has more tacit understanding and peace of mind that have been together day and night.

It still took a month to arrive at Jia's mansion. Jia Amnesty spread the red carpet on Rongning Street ahead of time. Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang received the gate in person, and Aunt Zhou waved quietly in the crowd.

As soon as they met, Jia Zhu and Yuan Chun threw themselves into Jia Zheng's arms. Jia's mother smiled and said, "These two children haven't seen you for several years, and they kiss like this as soon as they meet. Blood is thicker than water!" My child, I was busy greeting my mother and elder brother. Mother Jia took Rui'er's hand to ask questions, and then looked at Rui'er's face: "You've lost weight! I've suffered for you these few years!" Rui'er said with a smile: "What do you mean?" If so, following the second master is my good luck!"