Chapter 261 A brilliant counterattack
But it's hard to say this, and it's not easy to get into a bad mood over such things.
Because this is a good thing, everyone benefits from it. Tang Lizheng just took the initiative and, in the name of justice, took advantage of the Tang family's favors on his own head. The only one who suffered the loss was the Tang family!
It just so happened that the Tang family built a new house and made money, so there were many jealous people. The human heart is complicated, and most of the country people are simple-minded. If you want to turn envy and gratitude into jealousy and make them hate to see you do well, sometimes you only need one sentence to do it! Tang Lizheng said sincerely on the surface, but he was secretly proud in his heart.
He is a shrewd man and has thought through everything here, otherwise he would not dare to come.
Of course, he was jealous of Tang Qingshan. He was the head of a village, a local emperor, but in terms of glory, he was not as good as a commoner? But he didn't need to harm him out of jealousy, it wouldn't do him any good! He just thought, since he had gained so many benefits, he shouldn't think about taking advantage of this reputation!
Wouldn't it be better to give it to him? He is the head of the village, he needs the reputation more! He can't tolerate him always suppressing him! He keeps nagging.
Xinbao was almost mad with anger.
She really hated moral blackmail. This old man kept flattering her, as if they would be sorry to the whole village if they didn't agree! !
But the second brother said that this was because he wanted to change Daddy's reputation from a "victim" of the Tang Sanshui incident to a "good guy" so that he could move on to the next step! He couldn't let this old man take it away! !
Seeing that Madam Lin and Yan Shenjue were both frowning but did not answer, Xinbao became extremely anxious.
She can't quarrel, but she can be unreasonable! She is only three and a half years old, what is she afraid of! The old man said: "...Alas, I don't really understand the affairs of scholars. I think that studying is useless if you don't have food and clothes to eat and wear. But..."
He was originally trying to belittle himself so as to lead to the next sentence.
But Tuanzi picked up this topic and shouted: "Why do you look down on scholars?!"
Tang Lizheng was stunned.
Tuanzi continued loudly: "My uncle Yuan, my second brother, and my brother Xiaoxian are all scholars! They are all very useful! What right do you have to say that scholars are useless! You came to my house and scolded my family, you are a bad person!!"
Isn't it just putting a hat on? I can do it too!!
very good!
Yan Shenjue was just thinking about how to deal with this, when Tuanzi's words came to him like a stroke of genius! !
He immediately stood up and shouted, "My teacher was once the emperor's tutor. How dare you, a mere village head, come to his house and insult him? What is your intention?!"
The hat that Tuanzi wore was not small. It could crush people to death.
Tang Lizheng was so scared that he stuttered and said anxiously: "I didn't! I didn't, I'm not..."
Yan Shenjue would not listen to his explanation, he just pressed his sword and said: "Why don't you leave?! Are you waiting for me to chase you away?"
With a choking sound, he pulled out a small piece of the sword.
Li Zheng Tang's face changed drastically, and he hurried out. Yan Shenjue stood in front of the door. Seeing many villagers gathered around, he said loudly: "I am a guest here, and I am grateful to Uncle Qingshan. I originally asked my uncle to find a scholar to teach the fifth and sixth sons of the Tang family, but Uncle Qingshan asked me again and again, wanting to teach the children of the clan as well. I had already agreed and wrote a letter to Zhou Juren... I only thought that Yutang Village was a place of beautiful mountains and rivers, with outstanding people, but I didn't expect that the Li Zheng here actually looked down on scholars and said to their faces that scholars were useless. If that's the case, there's nothing to say!"
Xinbao kept crying and followed his performance: "He said that my second brother wasted money on studying. He said that studying is not enough to eat or wear... Woohoo, he is a bad guy..."
She lay on Madam Lin's shoulder, talking without doing anything, but from behind, it looked like she was crying very sadly.
The headman's face turned blue because of the trick, and he said anxiously: "No, I'm not..."
Yan Shenjue said coldly: "How dare you say that you didn't say that!"
Village head: “…”
This is really a pointless excuse!! He said this, but he didn’t mean it like this!! Yan Shenjue said coldly: “That’s enough, don’t let me see you again!!”
He turned around and went back.
Mrs. Lin smiled bitterly and shook her head, as if she was very helpless, and she also carried her daughter back and closed the door.
Brother Yuan silently gave Yan Shen Jue a thumbs up.
This move is really amazing! You know, although these country folks don’t know a lot of things, they know very well who is the best scholar, juren and champion! And the key is that with the reputation of the imperial tutor family, it is reasonable for them to invite a juren to teach!
As long as a little bit of news spreads out, for example, if a juren is taught, at least he will be a scholar! But if a scholar is taught, then his ability will depend on his ability.
From then on, if a child in a family did not study well, they would not think their child was stupid, but would just think, if the person invited was a juren, then my child would be so and so bad. Then they would hate the head of the village to death! !
Of course, because they had recovered what they had lost, they would be even more grateful to Tang Qingshan! ! This counterattack was really, absolutely amazing! Absolutely amazing! But who told the village head to plan it first! ! They were just counterattacking.
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
Mrs. Lin smiled and pinched her daughter gently: "Little clever girl!"
Tuanzi giggled.
Brother Yuan suddenly remembered and asked Tang Qingshan: "Uncle Qingshan, do you want to be the head of the village?"
Tang Qingshan shook his head hastily: "I don't want to."
He had no interest in showing off in front of his former fellow villagers, nor did he think he was impressive by handling trivial matters in the village. He did not want to be a village head.
Brother Yuan said, "Then please recommend someone to me. Go and give him a message, and I will do this in two days."
Tang Qingshan understood and nodded.
Although he didn't want to be a village head, if he still had to do something in the future, no matter what it was, it would be more convenient for him to do things if the village head had a good relationship with him.
The old patriarch is a good man and a smart man, but there are some things that the village head cannot do without.
While the family was discussing it, Tang Lizheng was also walking home.
The villagers were talking about it, and he gritted his teeth, too lazy to explain.
Now that things have come to this, it is useless for him to say anything!! They will not believe him! Because Xinbao spoke first, he did not know at first whether the other party intended to fight back or to stand up for Xinbao.
But after Yan Shenjue came out and said these words again, he immediately understood everything in his heart.
But before Yan Shenjue said this, he really thought that his idea was brilliant, and the Tang family had no choice but to accept it! ! He regretted it now.
How could he think that he, an old farmer in the country, could outsmart the young master of the Earl's Mansion?
But he had never thought at first that they would stand up for Tang Qingshan like this! !
(End of this chapter)