Chapter 29 Let You Eat Chicken
Bei Erlang held a chicken in his hand and returned to the village happily, jumping and thrillingly. Ma Sanpo, who was guarding the door, saw it and asked casually: "Erlang, where did you catch a chicken? The village is full of his own fellow villagers, be careful that someone will come to the door!"
Bei Erlang said, "What's the matter? Today I went to the dock. Uncle Ji found a job for me and brought cloth onto the boat for others. This was bought with the money I earned! The Dalang of the Ye family was in charge of those who sold chickens and specially picked a fat one, which cost a lot of money."
Ma Sanpo said: "You have gained a lot of benefits when you hang out with those people every day."
Bei Erlang was happy and said, "Uncle San, come here to eat chicken later."
Ma Sanpo was about to agree, but he didn't expect Ma Meng to bump out of the door and sternly said to Bei Erlang: "What did you say? He mingled with the birds in Jilu and bought a chicken to eat! You live in my house, and the family depends on my family's food and clothing, but he hangs with those birds!"
Bei Erlang said indifferently: "Where are the ones in their own villages, what are they playing together?"
After hearing this, Ma Mengbian glared: "What nonsense! Now I'm in trouble. Those people on Jilu are crazy. They follow the government and do what they do to protect the law. They go to the dock to do something. They don't discuss anything with me. Isn't it seized my power? These are all thieves with bones behind their heads. My family dares to hang out with them. Do they want to rebel! Send the chickens to the kitchen quickly and don't go with them again in the future!"
How could Bei Erlang be willing? He said: "Master, my parents have no work these days. I have eaten nothing. I haven't had any meat in my mouth for a long time. I finally got a chicken to satisfy my cravings, so why did I send it to the kitchen? This is what I earned from working at the wharf. I bought my own things. I think I have made it myself to eat meat."
Seeing that Bei Erlang, half-grown child, dared to talk back to him, Ma Meng burst into anger and said, "I'm going to rebel, I'm going to rebel! You all have to rebel! If you don't deal with you, you will just treat me as a toothless dead tiger. You can't do anything to you!"
While talking, he looked around for a handy torture tool, but he walked around but couldn't find it.
Bei Erlang laughed "pu" and made a face to Ma Sanpo, who was in the gatekeeper, and quickly ran to the yard. His family was Ma Meng's farmer, which was different from other people in the village and was not considered an independent household registration. Others had servants sent by the government and had money and grain, and there were many workers to do in the farmland, and their lives were prosperous. Ma Meng's farmer was not good, because Ma Meng was taken seriously by the government recently, and the convenience of manipulating the local market by using his identity as a toothless person has disappeared, and many farmers have lost their source of livelihood. Although Ma Meng can manage food, there is no oil or water.
Seeing that Bei Erlang slipped in from him like this, Ma Meng was stunned for a long time. He suddenly woke up and jumped up and said, "It's really going to be the opposite! Okay, I dare to be so arrogant in front of me! Come and take paper wontons, I want him to have a full meal today!"
Ma Sanpo was startled and stepped forward to persuade Ma Meng: "Master, everyone has not had a good life recently, why bother to be angry? He is just a half-old child, so let him go. If it is wrong, just tell his parents later."
Ma Meng sneered: "What are you saying? The thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole! The family law is not strict, how can you keep the housekeeper! Today, a Bei Erlang dares to be so arrogant in front of me. If you don't deal with it, who else in this family will listen to me tomorrow! Go and bring you paper wontons!"
Ma Sanpo shook his head and sighed, and had to go to the warehouse in the yard and took the torture instrument commonly known as "Paper Wonton".
This is a wooden stick as thick as an egg, with several thick layers of paper wrapped around it, and it can no longer see its true appearance.
Although slaves were hired in this era, many laws of the masters and servants of the previous dynasty were followed, and some of them were not allowed to sue the master. But there are exceptions, such as the master's crimes such as corruption, or the master's abuse, beating and scolding. Therefore, if Ma Meng uses lynching, the farmer can go to the government to sue. "Paper Wonton" is because of this, and it will not leave any external injuries on your body, leaving you with no complaints.
Ma Sanpo mentioned the "paper wonton", and Ma Meng called two more shopkeepers and came straight to Bei Erlang's house.
When I arrived at the residence of the villager on the left, I saw Bei Erlang carrying the chicken to show off to my family. The neighbors around me surrounded me, and everyone envied me and asked Bei Erlang what he was doing at the wharf. Jilu was a man in the village, and many people were familiar with him. Now there was nothing to do. It was always good to earn some wages at the wharf, and it seemed like he was idle at home.
Seeing this scene, Ma Meng became even more angry and pointed at Bei Erlang and said, "You little thief, come and fight!"
Bei Erlang was furious, but Ma Meng was still not afraid and said, "It's unreasonable for the great official. I'm using my strength to help people make money by making money. I buy a chicken to eat. Why should I be beaten? These days, those who can bear it!"
Ma Meng said sternly: "When you enter my house, take my bowl, and then you will obey my control! You are my slave, and the money you earn from work is mine, so you buy chicken is mine. You eat it yourself, so you are not afraid of being overwhelmed! I kindly asked you to take it to the kitchen and spare you this time. I never expected that you would run away in front of me and take it home! Run it to me and show me where you can go!"
Bei Erlang's father Bening saw that it was not a road, so he hurriedly grabbed the chicken from his son and handed it to Ma Meng and said, "Don't calm down. We will not eat this chicken anymore, just take it away."
Ma Meng hit the chicken on the ground with one hand and said, "My family has great business and all kinds of gold and silver. What do you want a chicken to do? Your son broke my family's rules and made me lose face. Come and be punished quickly!"
Bei Erlang was young and didn't feel afraid at all. Seeing the chicken jumping on the ground, he bent down to grab it, and said, "I'll make a good job and make a chicken, and we don't allow it to eat it, and I don't care about it, so what do you say."
Seeing that the shopkeepers around him were watching jokes, Ma Meng said to Ma Sanpo with a blue face: "This little thief is unsuccessful! If he doesn't teach a lesson, he will not know what to do in the future! He caught me and let his butt blossom today!"
Ma Sanpo sighed, greeted the two shopkeepers who came with him, stepped forward and grabbed Bei Erlang, held him tightly, and carried him to Ma Meng.
Ma Meng asked someone to hold Bei Erlang tightly, raised his butt high, raised the paper wonton in his hand, and whispered: "You don't know how to die!"
As he spoke, the wooden stick wrapped in paper in his hand hit Bei Erlang's butt. Bei Erlang felt his butt was so hot that he couldn't help but scream.
When Bening saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Ma Meng's hand: "Master, he is still a child, let it go this time!"
Ma Meng kicked Bening away viciously: "Let him spare today, and I don't know how many people will betray me tomorrow! Get out of here, otherwise you will beat you together! You sluts, you used to cheat at my house, and I just don't care about you. Now I have encountered a little difficulty, and one by one has a strange intention! Humph, I have lived for decades, and I haven't seen any scenes? When one day I will develop again, you will know where the mistake is now! I am optimistic, and I can't share the trouble with me. This is the end!"
After saying that, he hit Bei Erlang in the butt with a heavy blow.
Chapter completed!