Chapter 326 326 Treat Yourself Well

As soon as Zhou Jia arrived at the Yamen to handle his official duties, Judge Lin Zicong came to Zhou Jia's custody room, placed a file on Zhou Jia's desk, and bowed to Zhou Jia, "Sir, what happened to Tian Zhong's family. The evidence was conclusive. In addition to theft and damage, they were also found to have seized the villagers' fields after interrogation by the superior officials. The superior officials sentenced Tian Zhong and his family to twenty canes. Tian Yin and Tian Kuan were required to serve hard labor for three months. Tian Zhong was ordered to compensate for the damaged young crops and return the seized fields. , and fined fifty taels of silver."

Zhou Jia looked at the file and returned it to Lin Zicong with a smile, "Okay, this is a black sheep in the countryside who should be severely punished to serve as a warning to others."

Lin Zicong cupped his hands and said, "It's my lord."

Tian Zhong, Wang and their two sons were beaten to pieces with twenty sticks. Tian Kuan and Tian Mazi were dragged away to do hard labor. Tian Zhong and his wife were dragged back to Yangjiacun by servants sent by the Tian family. Under the supervision of the government officials, he desperately compensated the villagers for the extra land he occupied, and then went to Zhoujiazhuangzi to compensate for the losses and apologize.

Outside the government office, Liu Yi and his fellow government servants took two eight or nine-year-old girls with their heads down and said nothing back to the government office for business. Wu Ting first glanced at the two children standing outside and frowned. Looking at Liu Yi, "What's going on with these two children?"

Liu Yi took two steps forward and reported in a low voice: "Sir, one of these two children is named Su Ling. She is the daughter of Su Xiucai from Dingyuan County. She has just turned nine years old this year. The other is named Wang Xinrong and is an elder from a family in the west of the city. The granddaughter of the scholar's family is eight years old this year. Both of them have good family backgrounds, but the elders of the family have long claimed that the children in the family died suddenly of illness and refused to recognize them."

Wu Ting first cursed in a low voice: "The tiger's poison has not yet eaten its seeds! The books have been read into the dog's belly. These two families are either ruthless or pedantic. Fortunately, my lord and I had anticipated this in advance. You can take them first." Go have something to eat, and I will report to the Lord to place them in the back office first, and then find two households..."

Liu Yi looked at Wu Tingxian and said anxiously: "Sir, why didn't you and Mr. Zhou think that all childless families are controlled by their clansmen, and their children will not be safe if they are sent away. According to my subordinates, it is better to give them away." They were sent to Master Zhou's village, where they would grow up with the children and then be released to start a family."

"That's right! Why didn't I think of that?" Wu Ting's eyes lit up after hearing this, "There's no need to sacrifice the near for the far before the present. Come on, let's talk to the adults."

Wu Ting first took Liu Yi and the two children to Zhou Jia's custody room, and told Zhou Jia the situation of the two children, Liu Yi's words and suggestions, "Sir, the money reserved for raising the children will be sent to Do you think that you, Zhuangzi, will send your two children to Zhuangzi to raise them?"

Zhou Jia thought for a while and realized that there were already so many children in Zhuangzi, but these two were the only ones, and he responded readily: "That's fine, you can ask Liu Yi to send them to Zhuangzi and give them to Madam to live in."

Shortly after Wu Tingxian and Liu Yi left, Chu Feng came to Zhou Jia's prison room, took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Jia, "Brother Jiahe, look at this letter intercepted by the bank. It turns out that It was that thief Tian Kun who asked his brother who is an official in Yushitai to find a reason for you, and asked him to find you a copy of ginseng to get you out of Yunzhou."

After Zhou Jia took the letter and opened it, he thought about it and felt that if Tian Peng wanted to get involved, he could only start from the old house in Kyoto. However, he and the old house have also heard about it now. If he wanted to get involved in his own book, he would probably ruin Tian Peng. Peng's feet.

Zhou Jia threw the letter on the table and smiled lightly, "Brother Qingshan, don't worry, I can't think of anything that prevents me from seeing anyone. I wonder if you found anything over there?"

"Shopkeeper Luo has been detained. It was found out that he sold most of the rice seeds to the Tian family. The Wang family and the He family also took part. The strange thing is that the Tian family's fields cannot use so much rice seeds. I'm here to invite brother Jiahe. Help me check the fish scale book and count how many fields the Tian family has registered? How can they eat so many rice seeds?" Chu Feng said and stood up again and handed over to Zhou Jia, "Fortunately, Madam found out in time, the Tian family has already We have decided to purchase corn seeds for next year with the Grain Bank. If anything happens to the corn seeds, I will be in real trouble."

"Hey! You and I don't need to be outsiders," Zhou Jia smiled and pulled him to sit down. "Brother Qingshan is very efficient in doing things! It only took eight or nine hours to find out."

Chu Feng frowned and sighed, "Shopkeeper Luo explained everything after he was caught. He also said that after committing the crime, he was in fear and panic all day long. He kept blaming himself for being stupid and filial and allowing himself to be confused. I spoiled my good child to a bad extent, and now I have caused a huge disaster in order to pay off my son who owed gambling debts." Chu Feng thought about it and concluded, "Brother Jiahe, the child must not be ignored. Reasonable women are especially important to elders."

After hearing this, Zhou Jia thought of the two prodigal sons in the old house and felt the same way, "That's true." The two sighed before getting up to check the fish scale book.

Liu Yi sent the two children to Zhuangzi, stood outside and listened to the sound of reading from the yard, smiled and comforted the two children, "Don't be afraid, Mrs. Li is a very good person, what you heard The sound of reading belongs to the children taken in by Mrs. Li, you can just live a good life here."

Wang Xinrong lowered his head and clutched the lapel of his clothes tightly, his grandfather's cold and ruthless voice echoing in his mind: "This official, my little granddaughter died of a sudden illness a few days ago. I have no grievances with you in the past and have no enmity recently. You Why do you tarnish my Wang family’s family like this?

Su Ling said in a hoarse voice: "Uncle Liu, even my parents don't recognize me and say that I am dead. I have no family, no parents, brothers and sisters, and nothing!"

"You kid..." Liu Yi looked at Su Ling with some distress. This was the first thing the kid said after coming out of Dingyuan County. Su Xiucai is guilty! A good girl doesn't want it if she says she doesn't want it. She will feel distressed for a while after raising a kitten and a puppy that disappears! I really don’t know what these sour scholars have in their heads.

Li Yu came out and heard Su Ling's words, looked at her and said: "There is nothing left, you still have yourself! Everyone will encounter different sufferings and setbacks in their lives. The difficulty is not the suffering itself, but us Regarding the attitude when facing hardships, some people face hardships and setbacks and rise to the occasion, while others give up on themselves and become unable to recover. It all depends on the path you choose to take."

Su Ling looked at Li Yu who looked at her warmly, and shed tears, "Madam, why did they not want me? Is it my fault that I was kidnapped?" Wang Xinrong also raised his head and looked at Li Yu with tears in his eyes.

Li Yu walked over and hugged the two tearful children in his arms, patting their vests gently, "It's not your fault, it's the world that is too harsh on us women. Because of this, we You must learn to be kind to yourself and work hard to make your life happier.”

"Woo..." The two children burst into tears in Li Yu's arms. Liu Yi looked at the two children with red eyes, bowed to Li Yu to thank him, then turned and left.