Chapter 138 Gossip
"What happened? I didn't hear about it..."
The old sister-in-law who was listening to the gossip was very supportive. She took out a handful of melon seeds and sat more upright, as if to say: I'm ready, let's start your speech.
Jiang Anning, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but pricked up his ears.
"You know about the Muramasa from their village, right? You all know it, right?"
"Is that the handsome young man from outside who has a relationship with the county magistrate?"
"Yes, that's him!"
"I remember that my surname was also Jiang. What did you call Jiang, Jiang, Jiang?"
"Jiang Wei." Jiang Anning answered in a strange way.
"dei! Yes, yes, yes!"
The old sister-in-law next to her slapped her thigh excitedly, causing the swaying bullock cart to sway twice, causing Old Newton, who was pulling in front, to kick the cow's hoof and moo.
"That's Jiang Wei!"
"Hey! This Jiang Wei is missing a great virtue!"
Somehow, when Jiang Anning heard this, she couldn't hold it in and burst into laughter.
Seeing several old sisters-in-law looking at her one after another, Jiang Anning tried her best to calm down her expression: "What happened to him? Did he do something immoral?"
"What a great virtue!"
When Du Chunxue talked about Jiang Wei, she suddenly became excited again, slapping her thighs repeatedly, she was so excited.
"Let me tell you, this Jiang Wei, relying on his relationship with the county magistrate, was recommended by the county magistrate, but he has caused harm to the people of Jiangjia Village!"
"At this moment, the people in Lao Jiang's village are all anxious to get angry!"
The other woman couldn't help but ask: "What is going on?"
"Yeah, you should hurry up and say it, this is so exciting..."
Du Chunxue stopped trying to sell things, and said what was important: "Jiang Wei, the unscrupulous man, got a lot of money and ran away overnight! Isn't he the village leader? He used power for personal gain. All the money was loaned to Jiangjia Village. He was the one who planted it, but now he has escaped and the creditor is looking for him. Come to the door with some kind of IOU or contract document. It’s written in black and white, and everyone has proof of it. I want the people in Jiangjiacun to pay back the money, or else I’ll sue them all to the Yamen and put them in jail!”
Everyone said "Huh?" in shock.
"This Jiang Wei is not a thing anymore, is he?"
"Then the people of Lao Jiang's family hate him to death?"
"It's not like the people in their village borrowed the money, so why should they pay it back? There must be something else going on here. Don't just follow the wind and let others use it as a gunman." , even after being sold, he was still helping others count the money.”
Du Chunxue was not happy at that time.
She put on a serious face: "How can I let others sell it and help others count the money? The evidence in black and white is written like that, how can it be fake?"
"Lao Jiang's family just owes money!"
"Some time ago, a group of shameless old men in their village sat together to discuss and discuss, and finally decided on one, so that their mothers, daughters, granddaughters, wives, and daughters-in-law could all gather together. one Come on, go to that county and find out the bad idea of getting the shady Zhao family to help pay off the debts of the rich man who calculated the dowry. I have heard all this with my own ears, can it be fake? "< br>
The woman next to him was also dubious at first.
When Du Chunxue retorted, she immediately felt that she had lost face, and then she straightened her face: "Why can't it be fake? Seeing is believing, and lies told by hearsay are not the truth!"
"The black and white writing on the paper, how could it be fake?" Du Chunxue's face turned red with anger.
The woman sneered: "Did you see it? Did you see it written in black and white with your own eyes?"
Du Chunxue choked and pursed her lips, unable to speak.
"I..."
Seeing her look like this, the woman suddenly became even more proud: "You didn't see it, did you? Seeing is believing, hearing is false. What are you talking nonsense about?"
She snorted: "I see that Jiang Wei usually looks like a very honest child. He definitely can't do such a thing. Please stop spreading false rumors."
"I don't know who are these bad-hearted people. They just spread rumors here to ruin Jiang Wei's reputation without knowing the truth. I'm not afraid of being sued to the government and getting slapped on the butt! That would be very embarrassing."< br>
Du Chunxue's mouth trembled with anger as she listened to the people's angrily pointing fingers at Sang and Huaihuai.
But she was not good at quarreling and debating with others, so in the end she just said with red eyes: "Anyway, Jiang Wei just ran away with money, believe it or not."
The woman sneered and was about to say something when Jiang Anning said abruptly: "I believe what you said, sister-in-law."
She sat next to Du Chunxue and grabbed his hand: "But Jiang Wei is usually very human-like and maintains a good image in front of others. At first glance, it is really surprising. This What's going on? Sister-in-law, why don't you tell me carefully, how could the good-looking Jiang Wei run away with money?"
Du Chunxue didn't expect that Jiang Anning would suddenly speak out to support her, and she was so moved that she shed tears.
"I don't know what's going on? I just heard the little sister who married to Jiangjia Village talk about it once."
Du Chunxue wiped her eyes: "At that time, the men in Jiangjia Village did not take responsibility and forced the women in the village to go to Jiang Anning, the rich man in their village who was very good at making money, and wanted someone to give him money to pay off his debts. , my little sister doesn’t want to lose this person, so she just went back to her parents’ home.”
"I also heard that Jiang Anning didn't pay attention to them at all, and just called three or five strong servants and beat them out!"
Jiang Anning's mouth twitched slightly.
When did she become a rich man... Where did she get the three or five strong servants?
But when it comes to beating people, it's quite right.
Du Chunxue saw that her eyes were a little dull, so she enthusiastically started to educate her about science.
"Did you know Jiang Anning? Some time ago, there was an uproar in Shiliba Village that Jiang wanted to trick her into dowry. The scumbag Zhao Hai and his family were sent to prison. .”
"I heard she can make money!"
"After my parents died, I earned enough money to own a big house."
"Just to give it to the evil-hearted Zhao family, I spent hundreds of taels of silver!"
Du Chunxue was talking lively, and the woman just now couldn't help but pinch her throat again, and started to stir up the confusion: "You should pull it down quickly! Then Jiang Anning, if he can really make money, how can he ask the Zhao family to deceive him?" I don’t believe that people with no brains can make a lot of money!”
"The government has posted notices about this, how can it be fake!"
Du Chunxue was abruptly interrupted and became very angry. Thinking about the official notice, which was clearly written in black and white, she felt a lot more confident.
"If you don't believe what others say, don't you even believe what the government says?"
The woman couldn't tell whether she believed it or not. She didn't go to see the fun at all. She just listened to people passing it back and forth and felt unhappy.
I especially hate Du Chunxue's eloquent appearance. She is really conspicuous. She always shows off that she knows more than others. She always has a sense of superiority. She is condescending all day long, looking like she is preaching to others. It’s annoying! So, the woman retorted without hesitation: "So what does the government say? Is what the government says right?"
"Did you see with your own eyes that the Zhao family cheated money or something?"
"The two families are the in-laws who have made a marriage arrangement. What's wrong with sending some things to each other?"
"How can it be that the Zhao family deliberately defrauded their fiancée of her dowry?"
Du Chunxue suppressed her anger: "The government has said..."
The woman interrupted her angrily: "The government says, the government says, everything is what the government says, don't you have your own thoughts?"
"As if you saw the real thing!"
"You are not the party involved, so how can you come up with so many conclusive words?"
"Then when the Zhao family defrauded money, did they lie in your ear and talk to you, or did you sleep in someone else's kang hole? Why do you feel like you heard it with your own ears and saw it with your own eyes?"
"In addition to what the government says here, what else can you say?"
The woman suddenly shouted loudly, directly covering the voices of others who wanted to defend Du Chunxue.
"I think you just have no brains and can't even think about basic logic. That's why you keep saying what the government says. You just believe what they say. Maybe one day they sell it to you, and you still do it for them." Counting money!”
The woman said "cut" with great disdain.
Du Chunxue was scolded all over, and her eyes turned red with anxiety: "The government has already said..."
She wanted to argue, but before she could say anything, the woman stopped her with a loud sneer.
"What do the officials say?"
The woman rolled her eyes wide and did not hide her disdain for the person: "I told you, don't listen to the wind or the rain. Just believe what others say. It's like you don't have a brain. You can't tell where. Oh my God, I asked someone to sell it and counted the money for others.”
"Why can't you understand what I'm saying?"
"Forget it, forget it, a brainless person like you and I really can't figure it out."
"Stop talking to me, I don't want to hear it."
"You will infect me with stupid brain disease before you get the chance!"
Du Chunxue's eyes were red: "Why are you like this? How do you talk? Who do you think is brainless?"
She was so angry that she was going to fight with others. She was stopped by the people next to her. She could only argue unwillingly: "You don't believe what the government said. You don't believe what is written in black and white. You don't believe it." Just believe what you take for granted, right?”
The woman sneered: "At least I'm not as brainless as you. I just believe whatever others say."
"What did the government say?"
"Is what the government said right?"
"Are you out of your mind and can't think for yourself?"
"Let's not talk about whether the Zhao family really deceived Jiang Anning. How could a woman like Jiang Anning earn hundreds of taels of silver in just a few years?"
The woman was very confident: "Even if she goes out to sell, she won't be so fast!"
"Not to mention, if she goes out to sell the money she gets, what's wrong with the Zhao family spending it? Isn't this what it should be?"
"The Zhao family doesn't despise her for being a wasted, careless loser, and is still willing to marry someone into the house. It's time for her to burn more incense. Thank God. Do you have the nerve to call the Zhao family a fraud?"
"If she didn't go out to sell, it means that what she said was adulterated. Otherwise, what kind of work can make hundreds of taels of silver in just a few years?"
"If you really have the brains to make a lot of money, how can you let those idiots from the Zhao family be deceived?"
The woman became more and more enthusiastic as she spoke, and even ignored the chill on her back, as if she was being targeted by some terrifying poisonous snake.
She straightened her back and said very confidently: "Those words said by the government, from head to toe, there is not a single sentence that can stand up. I just lied to a fool like you!"
The woman was very proud: "If you have a smart mind like mine and know how to think about everything carefully, you should know how many twists and turns are hidden here."
Du Chunxue blushed angrily: "You say what others say is untenable. Don't your words make sense?"
"What evidence do you have to maliciously slander Jiang Anning?"
"Evidence?"
"What evidence do you want?"
The woman didn't take it seriously: "What kind of evidence do you need for something that you can know just by thinking about it with your brain?"
Du Chunxue was unconvinced, but didn't know how to refute. He was so angry that his heart began to hurt.
She covered her heart and held it in for a while before she said: "You, you are arrogant! You don't make sense at all!"
"You damn duck has a tough mouth." The woman snorted coldly and looked away arrogantly, as if she was unwilling to deal with stupid and ignorant people: "I can't talk to people like you who don't understand, so hurry up Stop bothering me.”
Du Chunxue was slightly angry and said angrily: "Who wants to talk to you? Who wants to talk to you? You are obviously licking your own face and insisting on inserting it into our words, but now you are so shameless He ran over and raked the ground. ”
The woman turned her head away, acting as if she didn't want to deal with the fool, which was very irritating.
"So what if I'm a woman?"
Jiang Anning, who had been looking at the woman with a cold face, suddenly said: "Who stipulated that women cannot make big money?"
"What you say is too unpleasant and too biased."
"Jiang'an County was once famous for its silk embroidery. The entire county has been registered. There are as many as 1,200 embroiderers with surnames. The embroidery they produce is not only sold well in Beijing, Yuhang and other places, but also in As merchant ships went to sea many times, they returned a large amount of gold, silver and imported goods.”
“In the eyes of this sister-in-law, do we embroiderers all engage in unfair business?”
The woman was scolded a few times by Jiang Anning, neither softly nor harshly, and her originally proud expression suddenly turned cold.
She was very unhappy about being insulted and full of malice: "Hey, here comes another person who is not very smart."
"There are more than a thousand embroiderers in Jiang'an County. Can any of them earn hundreds of taels of silver in just a few years like Jiang Anning? No!"
"Just this, doesn't it mean that Jiang Anning's money comes from a dirty source?"
"I guess the county magistrate is also her guest, pillow guest, so she helps others lie..."
Jiang Anning burst out laughing: "Sister-in-law, don't you still think that Zhao Hai and his family were wronged?"