The general kneels on the washboard again

When the day broke, several people sat on the ox cart, waiting for the trial to begin.

Erya is the eldest sister in her family. She has a younger sister and a younger brother. I have never heard her mention that she has an older brother.

Yue Niang couldn't help but wonder, and asked Erya, "Sister, I've never heard you mention that you have a brother. What's going on?"

Erya looked at the sky above her head and said through gritted teeth, "He is a bastard."

It turned out that Zhao Bao was addicted to gambling and often stole things from home to sell, but since he was their biological son, his parents didn't say anything.

About three years ago, a peddler from Yunzhou passed by Nanshan Village and stayed at Erya's house. He fell in love with Erya.

At that time, Zhao Bao was in debt. The peddler promised to pay off his debts if he gave Erya to him as his wife.

So Zhao Bao told Aunt Zhao and Uncle Zhao that he had found a job for Erya in a wealthy family, and his parents felt at ease to let him take her there.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they settled down at the Yunzhou Inn, the peddler wanted to do something bad to Erya. Erya broke free and escaped, jumping off a cliff on the way. Zhao Bao was so scared that he crawled back to Nanshan Village.

Zhao Bao was also a coward and confessed everything.

Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao found the injured Erya in a valley according to his description. After that, Zhao Bao ran away from home and completely cut off contact with his family.

After saying that, Erya said angrily, "My parents have long since given up on him as their son."

Yue Niang was distressed when she heard this: "Sister, if you don't want to go, then we won't go to court."

"go."

......

When the case opened in court, Jiang Yunxiao sat above the village head because of his status.

When Zhao Bao was brought up, he no longer had the arrogance he had before and kept begging for mercy.

"Master Lizheng, I was wrong. I won't do it again. Please forgive me this time."

The village head held his head, but his headache was not because of Zhao Bao, but because of Jiang Yunxiao.

It was also his first time to receive such an important person, and his hands were shaking as he poured tea.

After listening to the story only once, he convicted Zhao Bao and prepared documents to escort him to the Yunzhou prefect for sentencing.

Finally, Zhao Bao pulled Erya's skirt and said, "Sister, sister, please save me, please save me."

Erya kicked him in the chest and said, "Get lost."

Seeing the indifference in Erya's eyes, Zhao Bao used moral kidnapping again: "If my parents knew you treated me like this, they would not let you go."

"Don't worry, I won't let them know about this." Erya's words completely destroyed Zhao Bao's hope, and he allowed himself to be dragged out.

But after Zhao Bao was dragged away, Erya still shed tears. This was her brother, who had protected her when she was a child, but people are so complicated.

Ang Lee unconsciously put his arm around Erya's sobbing shoulders, and Erya seemed to have found someone to rely on, so she leaned on Ang Lee's shoulder and cried.

Everyone turned their heads away tacitly.

At this time, Jiang Yunxiao walked to Yue Niang's side and said, "Little beggar, did you make that fish?"

Yue Niang looked at him doubtfully: "Are you polite? My name is Fu Yue Niang, not a little beggar."

Jiang Yunxiao scratched his head foolishly: "Sorry, Xiao, uh, Yue Niang, Jiang Hu bought me one yesterday. I don't want you to repay me for saving you. How about you teach me how to cook fish?"

Yue Niang looked at Jiang Yunxiao as if he were an idiot: "Young Master, what kind of delicious food can't you find?"

Jiang Yunxiao lowered his voice and explained the whole story: "Alas, my father's birthday is coming soon, and he is greedy for food. He will definitely like the fish you made, so I want to give it to him as a birthday present."

"Okay, I'll teach you." Yue Niang agreed immediately.

After this incident, Yue Niang wanted to learn some leg and foot skills for self-defense, and Jiang Yunxiao was the first choice for her "master".

After they walked out of the village head's house, Jiang Yunxiao eagerly asked, "Yue Niang, when can we start?"

Yue Niang was somewhat helpless: "You have to let me go home and prepare everything before coming back, right?"

Jiang Yunxiao was even more excited: "I'll go with you, I'll go with you."

Li An was a little confused: "Young Master, shouldn't you tell the Duke first? That way he won't worry."

Jiang Yunxiao sighed with a sad face: "He has no time to take care of me. He is busy in the camp. I am almost bored to death."

After saying that, he took the initiative to pick up the stove on the ground.

Just as they were about to leave, the owner of the theater found Yue Niang.

There has been a response to the tea that Yue Niang gave away for free to the major shopkeepers.

The theater is called Shuijingtai, and the current owner is a woman in her thirties named Yuzui, who is a theater fanatic.

Yue Niang, Erya and Li An went there, leaving Jiang Yunxiao, the servant and Zhao Xiaoming staring at each other.

Chalcedony entertained several people in the pavilion in the back hall corridor.

Seeing Erya coming, Yu Sui greeted her enthusiastically: "Boss Zhao, I didn't expect you to be so young. You really impressed me."

Then he looked at Yue Niang and the other person behind him and asked, "Who are these two?"

Erya pushed Yue Niang out: "This is my neighbor's sister. She cooked the fish and tea. This is our, uh, accountant." Li An glared at Erya and slowly saluted.

Yu Sui was even more surprised when he heard that the chef was Yue Niang. The girl in front of him was as white as jade, with pink lips and a small and delicate nose, but the most eye-catching thing was her pair of grape-like eyes.

This is clearly still a little kid, and judging by her appearance, she is just a young lady who has never done any housework, how could it be possible!!!

While the two were talking and looking at each other, Yue Niang glanced at the decoration here, and then looked at the chalcedony who was wearing simple clothes but the fabric was expensive.

Erya naturally knew what surprised Chalcedony.

He hurriedly said, "Boss Yu, don't be surprised. Although my sister is young, she has excellent craftsmanship. I wonder why Boss Yu asked us to come here today?"

Pretending to be ignorant, the shopkeeper took out a box of tea from the maid behind him.

"Hey, Shopkeeper Zhao, are you interested in doing business?"

Erya looked at Yue Niang and motioned her to come out.

Although Yue Niang was warned repeatedly that the business would fail if she revealed herself as the boss, she still spoke this time.

"I wonder what conditions Boss Yu offers?"

Yu Sui covered her lips with her round fan and smiled softly, quite cheerfully: "How about one tael of silver per month? You provide me with twenty catties per month."

Yue Niang was worried, her face sullen. "Boss Yu, are you bullying us because we're young? Or are you bullying us because we came from the mountains? The price of tea in Yunzhou is now 75 wen per jin."

Then he stood up and was about to leave: "Since the boss is not sincere, sister, we will not do this business."

Yu Sui obviously didn't expect this result, and pulled Yue Niang back: "Don't be anxious, little girl, or you can name a price."

Yue Niang said slowly, "One catty is sixty coins, otherwise, forget it."

Yu Sui was delighted and actually agreed. He paid a deposit of one or two taels of silver and had it delivered at the end of the month.

On the way back in the oxcart, Li An asked Yue Niang, "Yue Niang, what if the jade boss hears that he doesn't want the sixty cents?"

"She doesn't want it, but there are plenty of people who do. Besides, Boss Yu isn't someone who's short of money. People say her theater business is bleak, but the jewelry she wears is all the most expensive."

Yue Niang thought for a moment and continued, "I heard from my sister that Boss Yu is a theatre fanatic. It's likely that the theatre is just her hobby."