Chapter 62 Chapter 62 The villain can't be her
Because he had lunch at the butcher's shop, it was already afternoon when Yu Li returned home.
Zhou was sitting in the main room embroidering a table screen. When she saw her come back, she put down her work, helped her take down the backpack, and asked, "Are you hungry, Li Niang? Have you eaten yet?"
She knew that Yu Li would be back late today because he was going to accompany Yu Jin to visit the county, but she didn't expect him to be so late.
I was concerned about whether she had eaten and worried that she was hungry.
"We ate it at the butcher's shop." Yu Li said, "Brother Zhang said that it was rare for Second Sister to come, so he wanted to treat us to a meal. The stewed meat he made was so delicious. I didn't expect that he had such a skill..."
Don't be fooled by Zhang Fu's rough appearance. He can do things like washing clothes and cooking.
Probably because he is single and has no wife to take care of him, he has to do everything by himself.
The stewed meat he made was also amazing, even more delicious than Zhou’s. I don’t know how the meat was stewed, it seemed like nothing was added to it, it was just pure stewed meat.
Zhou smiled. The people in the butcher shop were easy to get along with, and she was pleased that her children would not suffer any grievances working there.
After drinking two bowls of tea to quench his thirst, Yu Li told Zhou that Yu Jin wanted to do some small business in the county town.
"Mom, she wants to make rice balls with mixed grains, stuff them with bean paste and offal, add some meat flavor, and it will sell better this way. But she has never made braised food before, so she wants to come and ask you how to make it."
Zhou said straightforwardly, "Let her do it. Making braised offal is quite simple. Anyone who knows how to make braised food can do it."
The recipe of braised food was no secret in the Daqing Dynasty. Braised meat was sold everywhere, but the spices were too expensive, and many people were reluctant to spend the money to make braised meat. If they wanted to eat it, they might as well buy some on the street.
Of course, to make good braised meat, the amount and ratio of spices are also very important. If the ratio is not good, the taste of the braised meat will also be different.
After hearing this, Yu Li said happily: "Thank you, mother. I will ask her to come over tomorrow."
"Sure." Zhou smiled, "Just ask her to come directly, no need to bring any gifts."
Yu Li insisted: "She still needs it. After all, this is your skill. If you are willing to teach her, she should be grateful. She can't just say nothing."
It is shameful to get something for nothing!
Zhou smiled helplessly, but she felt relieved in her heart, knowing that Yu Li really treated her as a mother and didn't want her to suffer any loss.
She really likes Li Niang's serious personality, she is never vague and has a clear standard in her heart.
With a personality like that, he won't suffer any loss even if...
After putting away the things he bought today, Yu Li went back to his room to get clothes to wash.
When she entered the room, she looked around and found that Fu Wenxiao was resting, so she lowered her voice.
When she came out of the shower, Fu Wenxiao had already woken up and was sitting on the bed with his eyes slightly narrowed, as if he had not yet come to his senses.
Hearing the voice, he looked up and when he saw her, she looked much more sober.
He lifted the quilt, slowly got out of bed, and asked, "Li Niang, when did you come back?"
"Just got back." Yu Li asked while wiping his hair, "Did I wake you up?"
Fu Wen sat down by the window, waved at her, took the towel from her hand and wiped her hair, and said, "No, it was time, so I woke up naturally." Then he asked, "Did everything go well today?"
He also knew that she was going to take her sister to visit the county town today and would be back late.
I just didn't expect it to be so late and I've only just finished washing up.
Yu Li sat on a low stool and let him wipe her hair. She said, "Well, it went well."
"Still?"
He understood the meaning of her words. It seemed that other things happened today, but in her opinion, it went smoothly and should not be a big deal.
Just as Fu Wenxiao was thinking this, he heard her talking about what she had done in the county town today.
"...I took the two yamen runners to an empty alley before I took action." Yu Li held a fan in his hand and waved it intermittently. "Ah Jin seemed frightened and her face turned pale. I didn't want to pay attention to them at first, but they bumped into me. I thought that Ah Jin would come to the county to work in the future. She is beautiful. If Manager Cui also takes a fancy to her, I don't know what he will do to her."
Fu Wenxiao paused while wiping his hair.
He asked, "Does he like you?"
"It seems so. That's what the two yamen runners said." Yu Li said indifferently, "I originally thought that my uncle and his family were upset about the division of the family property and sent someone to deal with me, but I didn't know that it was not the case. They just wanted to capture me as a concubine because they liked me."
When it comes to this, she has no reaction.
It was impossible to make her someone's concubine, and it was also impossible to capture her.
Because she felt that such a thing would never happen, she didn't feel anything about it.
Fu Wenxiao didn't move for a long time.
Yu Li turned to look at him in some confusion, and saw that his brows were gloomy and he didn't seem to be in a good mood.
"Xiao brother?" she called out.
Fu Wenxiao suppressed the anger in his eyes and smiled gently at her, then continued to wipe her hair.
After she finished telling him what happened today, he said, "Li Niang, you did the right thing."
Yu Li was a little amused, "What you said is almost the same as what Uncle Tu said."
Having said that, she was quite happy. It seemed that she did nothing wrong in taking action today, and they all agreed with her.
In the past, when she told Fu Wenxiao what she had done outside, she actually wanted to confirm from him whether she had done the right thing, so as to avoid being out of tune with this world and causing trouble.
Later I got used to doing this.
This guy is very nice. No matter what she does, he never makes a fuss. Instead, he will analyze for her whether it is good or bad. Of course, most of the time, he thinks she is right.
It seems that she has successfully integrated into this world.
Yu Li was very satisfied.
Fu Wenxiao naturally knew what Boss Tu meant. Even if he put aside other things, he didn't think she was wrong.
That kind of bully who raped women has harmed countless girls. He deserves to die.
If she didn't have such force, she would be caught by the bully and who knows what would happen. In this case, he would rather she was so powerful that she could just do it directly when encountering such a thing, without any nonsense.
Fu Wenxiao gently wiped her hair with a towel, and said calmly, "If you encounter this kind of thing again in the future, you don't have to worry about anything, just do it."
Yu Li was stunned for a moment, and felt that what he said was wrong: "No, if it is exposed, it will implicate you."
Forget about the others, but she couldn't leave out the people from the Fu family and the second branch of the Yu family, so she still had to consider them.
"No." Fu Wenxiao smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter even if it's exposed."
Yu Li was puzzled and looked up at him again.
If it is exposed, wouldn't it be an enemy of the government? Although the county magistrate is only a seventh-rank official, he is also an official, and she has not thought about dealing with the county magistrate.
Fu Wenxiao didn't say anything, but said, "To be honest, it's because I don't have the ability to protect you."
He still cares about this matter.
If it was before...
Yu Li was stunned again, not quite understanding what he meant. What did this have to do with him?
She can protect herself, doesn't she need anyone else to protect her? And he is so weak... Yu Li feels that she doesn't need a weak person to protect her.
Asking for protection or something like that sounds weird.
Fu Wenxiao didn't know what she was thinking, so he continued, "Li Niang, when I get better, I will take the imperial examination and earn you an imperial title. No one will dare to bully you."
After all, it's because she's just a commoner. No matter how powerful she is, there will always be people who look down on her and bully her.
He couldn't stand it.
Yu Li blinked, not understanding what the imperial edict was.
Because the original owner had no memory of this concept, she didn't know about it. This thing was too far away from the country people, and they wouldn't talk about it when chatting.
"You want to take the imperial examination? Sure." Yu Li said, knowing that all scholars in this world want to gain fame and fortune.
By that time, when he is in good health and can go out freely, he can take the exam if he wants to.
Fu Wenxiao heard the casualness in her voice and knew that she did not realize what it would mean to her if she became a scholar, juren or jinshi.
They are husband and wife, the husband is honored and the wife is noble, she can be the wife of a scholar, a juren or a jinshi.
Unfortunately, she did not currently regard him as her husband, so she would not think about these things. His honor had nothing to do with her, and she preferred to gain something with her own ability.
Fu Wenxiao smiled helplessly.
Although I know it in my heart, I still feel a little disappointed.
**
In the evening, Ge and Peng came out of Cui's house, and they could still hear the sound of old lady Cui crying out loud behind them.
The two men maintained solemn expressions on their faces, but were extremely disdainful in their hearts.
Old Mrs. Cui relied on her daughter's favor in the backyard of the county magistrate's mansion, and she often acted arrogantly, looking down on this and that. She even set rules for the girls her son had snatched back every day, asking them to regard her as their god and not to disobey her in the slightest. Otherwise, she would beat and scold them. She looked like a wicked mother-in-law and did not treat those girls as human beings.
Those who don’t know would think her son is the emperor.
Even the county magistrate's wife did not ask the concubines to set rules or beat or scold them.
After leaving Cui's house, the two did not wander around but went straight home.
They acted very worried about Manager Cui. If they met someone they knew and asked them what happened and why they were so worried, they would sigh and tell them, "Manager Cui met some criminals today and they beat him up... The county magistrate was very angry and ordered us to bring the criminals who hurt Manager Cui to justice."
When everyone heard this, they were shocked. They didn't know what kind of villains dared to hurt people in the city. They all condemned the villains' brutal behavior.
Of course, the one who was injured was Manager Cui...
Many people are involved in lawsuits, and they are happy to see them succeed.
Not to mention that Manager Cui is not very popular on a daily basis. He is arrogant and overbearing, and has a very ugly face. When people ask him to do something, not only does he ask for a high price, but he also complains that the price is not enough. Many people do not respect him in their hearts. Not to mention that he used the power of the county magistrate to become the manager of the dock, and he blocked the way of many people.
If the county magistrate had not valued Aunt Cui and taken some care of him, a fool like Steward Cui who acted so flamboyantly would have been killed countless times.
I didn't expect that someone would actually take action this time.
Those people were naturally happy to see this happen, and even many smart people felt that the identity of the villain was still questionable. They couldn't help but suspect that someone who had been bullied by Manager Cui was specifically targeting him.
"I wonder how Manager Cui is doing?" The person who asked also looked very worried.
"Not very good, he has been in a coma. The doctor said that Manager Cui was seriously injured this time. I'm afraid he won't be able to get out of bed in the future..."
"Oh, is it that serious?"
"That's right."
"No wonder I saw Aunt Cui rushing out from the backyard of the county government office earlier. It turned out to be about this matter."
"Manager Cui is so unlucky that he actually ran into that group of vicious people."
“…”
After the two of them spread the news, many people in the county knew that Manager Cui had been injured by a villain, and had become unable to walk since then, and had completely become a disabled person.
As for how angry the Cui family was and how Aunt Cui cried and begged Magistrate Zhang to catch the evildoer who hurt people, everyone was watching them in secret as a joke.
The more well-informed people in the market also learned the news.
Those who had been oppressed by Manager Cui wanted to buy firecrackers and set them off a few times.
In short, few people were worried about Manager Cui. Instead, they were all gloating over his misfortune. The only thing they were worried about was whether the villain who hurt people would continue to do evil in the county. For this reason, many people did not dare to go out at night, and even the number of men going to brothels and casinos decreased a lot.
The yamen runner Peng followed the yamen runner Ge to the Ge family on the pretext of worrying about the health of the steward Cui, saying that they wanted to discuss the matter of the villain.
After arriving at Ge's house and closing the door, they sat down and drank some water to calm themselves.
Peng asked quietly, "Is the doctor okay?"
"No problem." The yamen runner Ge said, "He used to have a younger sister. His sister was engaged since she was young and had a very good relationship with her fiancé. But before the marriage, she was caught by Steward Cui and raped in the mansion. She couldn't bear it and committed suicide by jumping into the river. The doctor always wanted to avenge his sister. He would never miss such a good opportunity."
Originally, the most serious injuries on Manager Cui's body were his two legs that were broken by Yu Li. The purpose was to prevent him from running out and ruining other girls. The other injuries only looked serious, but in fact they were all flesh wounds and could be healed with rest.
However, due to the doctor's treatment, the flesh wounds became serious injuries, and the medicine injected also contained a mute drug...
Now, Manager Cui will not only have to lie in bed, but he will also be unable to speak. Even if others ask him something, he will not be able to answer.
Even during this period of time, he would lie in bed in a daze and would not wake up.
No matter what happens then, it will be up to them.
The two of them confirmed that there were no omissions and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After they relaxed, they felt their bodies aching, remembering that they had been beaten and fell several times today, and their foreheads were still swollen.
It is their miserable appearance that makes people believe that they encountered villains and were injured in the fight with them in order to save Manager Cui.
"That woman's strength is terrifying. It hurts when she hits us." Peng, the yamen runner, whispered, "She doesn't really want to slaughter us like pigs, does she?"
Ge Yayi's expression changed, "Maybe."
That woman was so vicious that he felt she could do anything.
Peng the yamen officer bared his teeth and said, "How about we go to Luoyu Lane when we go on patrol tomorrow?"
She specifically told them that they could go to Luoyu Lane to find Gao Sheng. It seemed that she didn't care about her identity being exposed. She was just afraid that he was watching them in the dark.
In that case, it would be better for them to be sensible.
Otherwise, one day she would really slaughter the male children in their family like pigs... then they would never have any descendants.
Which man can bear it?
Ge Yayi thought for a moment and said, "I'll go there."
He didn't trust Peng the yamen runner very much, as he was relatively young and couldn't handle the situation, so he decided to go himself.
"Okay, then you should be more careful and don't mess with her." Peng Yayi was frightened. He didn't dare to joke about the future of all the men in the family and couldn't bear the consequences of having no descendants.
**
After the news spread that there were evil thugs roaming around the county town and hurting people, the yamen runners patrolled more frequently.
The atmosphere on the street also became more serious, and people did not dare to walk in the sparsely populated alleys.
However, the lives of most people were not affected. When they got together, they always talked about the villains who injured people. When they learned that the person injured by the villain was the brother of the county magistrate's concubine, most people were secretly happy in their hearts.
Ge Yayi and his colleagues were on patrol and passed by Luoyu Lane.
Under the pretext of patrolling, he inquired about the identities of Gao Sheng and Wu Shouzi from Luoyu Lane, and soon learned that they used to be a group of evil idlers who had suddenly turned over a new leaf recently.
I heard that before they turned over a new leaf, they came back covered in wounds, and then they changed their ways.
Ge Yayi thought, why does this story sound so familiar?
Isn't it the same as they did yesterday?
Now, he finally understood why Yu Li asked him to come to Luoyu Lane. It seemed that those idle men had been troubled by her a lot.
He suddenly felt balanced.
Ge Yayi found Wu Shouzi waiting for work at a busy street corner.
There are a lot of people here, and there are many craftsmen waiting there with their own tools. They are carpenters, bamboo craftsmen, bricklayers, etc. They help people repair doors and windows, furniture, roof leaks, brick wall repairs, etc.
Wu Shouzi's father was a bricklayer, and he learned some from him. Now that he has turned over a new leaf, he can't find a decent job, so he brings his own tools and waits for work here every day.
When the runner Ge came to his house, Shouzi Wu thought that the runner was going to cause trouble for him because of something that happened in the past, but he didn't know that he was coming to praise him. He said that he had heard about his past and knew that he had turned over a new leaf, so he came to commend him.
Wu Shouzi smiled eagerly, but he didn't believe it at all.
These idlers in the market are indeed not good people, but these yamen runners are not much better than them. They are just reincarnated and inherited the jobs of yamen runners from their fathers. In fact, they are essentially a group of scoundrels, and the people have suffered a lot from them.
Don't laugh at anyone.
Ge Yayi talked to Wu Shouzi for a while, and when no one was paying attention, he asked him if he knew a beautiful girl who was very strong and good at fighting.
Wu Shouzi blurted out: "Lei Boss!"
Ge Yayi was shocked all over, looked at him stiffly, and swallowed secretly.
"She, she is still your boss?"
How could a girl from a respectable family be the boss of a group of idlers? No wonder she was so ferocious when she beat people.
Wu Shouzi was a smart man, and he understood what was going on when he saw the stiffness on Ge Yayi's face.
He chuckled. It seemed that this bailiff had also been tortured by Boss Li. No wonder he suddenly came to his door.
After Ge the runner left, Wu Shouzi didn't wait for anything else to happen. He packed up his things and hurried to find other people.
Soon, a group of idle people gathered under the banyan tree at the entrance of Luoyu Lane.
When they heard what Wu Shouzi said, they were all amazed, "Boss Li is really powerful. Even the yamen runners fell into her hands."
Suddenly they felt that being in her hands was nothing.
I felt inexplicably happy.
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When Yu Li went to deliver the goods today, he could feel that the county yamen runners were patrolling more frequently, staring at the people passing by on the street as if they were looking for some criminals.
She just glanced at it and didn't pay much attention.
After finishing her work and collecting her wages for today, she headed towards Luoyu Lane.
As soon as I reached the entrance of the alley, I saw Wu Shouzi craning his neck to look over there.
Wu Shouzi ran over quickly, greeted the boss enthusiastically, and invited her to have tea at the teahouse near the alley.
Tea is very cheap, only two cents for a pot, and if you spend one cent you can get peanuts to go with the tea. It is a great place to chat.
Wu Shouzi poured her tea and whispered to her about what happened today when Ge Yayi came to see him, and then he talked about the injury of Manager Cui at the dock.
"… That Manager Cui is really pitiful. Yesterday he encountered a villain who had a grudge against him and was beaten to death. I heard that both of his legs were broken. He had a high fever last night and it hasn't subsided yet. If things go wrong, this high fever may cause him to get some minor illness."
Yu Li was eating peanuts with a calm look on his face.
As Wu Shouzi spoke, he looked at her secretly. He couldn't see anything on her face, but he felt that she was scheming and scary.
Fortunately, they did not go against her and instead found a decent job, otherwise they would have ended up like Manager Cui.
Hey, could it be that the “villain” who hurt Manager Cui was her?
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