In the past, there was an old rich man who was stingy, stingy, and loved to make small calculations. Treat the four long-term workers in the family as beasts and horses; try their best to make them eat less, drink less, and rest less; get up early, sleep late, and work more.
The four long-term workers A, B, C, and D, in order not to be driven away by the old Cai, temporarily mixed up with a bowl of rice. Although they were dissatisfied, they did not dare to speak directly; slowly, they started to fight against the old Cai. Learned the so-called struggle art of poetry pairing.
In order to let the long-term workers get up and work in the field early, Lao Cai moved his mind to wake up the long-term workers. One day, before dawn, Lao Cai did not imitate Zhou Papi’s pretending chicken call to break the sleep of the long-term workers. Instead, he swiped the broom in front of the door of the long-term workers’ residence and pretended to sweep the yard, “Uh-la-la-la-la”, deliberately slamming the door panel.
The long-term workers know well that since the boss has already risen, if he doesn’t get up quickly, the old Cai will never give up. One had to get up in a hurry. When they opened the door and saw Lao Cai, they chanted a poem in pairs:
A Jia: The owner gets up early,
A B: Sweep with a broom;
Bing: The more sweeping, the cleaner,
Ading: The cleaner the better!
Although the rich man has money, he has not studied for a few days, and of course he has little education. Regarding the verses of the long-term workers, I didn’t hear a one-two-three. I just felt that these long-term workers were tempted with him anyway and hit him with poetry. But then I thought about it, let him go, as long as they get up early and go to work.
The long-term workers had just laid down their jobs, and before they even had enough time to sack of cigarettes, they were rushed to the ground by the old man. They wandered along the country road and just came to the ground. Unexpectedly, the sky is not beautiful, the clouds are overcast, and the light rain falls in an instant. Seeing this scene, they suddenly began to recite poems:
A Jia: It’s overcast this day,
A B: The wind is not sunny;
Ah Bing: It’s raining,
Ading: No work done!
So he returned immediately. As soon as he entered the door, Lao Cai looked displeased: “Why are you back?” “It’s raining!” “Are you afraid of a little rain?” “The ground is wet and sticky, the work can’t dry, the whole body is soaked, and the clothes have to be changed!” After hearing this, Lao Cai was speechless.
Lao Cai was so angry in his heart that he thought secretly: After eating my food, he didn’t go to work, and he used Xiao Yu as a cause to oppose me, which is the opposite! If you are not an official master, I can’t teach you a bit, see if you dare to fight me! Okay, I sue you.
Lao Cai was ruthless, so he took a dozen silver dollars and sued the county office. The county magistrate is a corrupt official. He knows that the old wealthy family has ten thousand talents. He feels that it would be too shabby and stingy to take only ten taels of silver to sue; ; However, there is no way for your old man to win the lawsuit this time. Let’s talk about it next time! As a result, the first “decision pending” in my heart.
County officialShengtang opened trial. The four long-time workers who were the defendants were passed on to court tremblingly. In fact, they all came from poor people, their families were poor and couldn’t afford to read books, they basically didn’t have much culture, they couldn’t talk about poems, and sometimes they could just chant a few words or something.
County magistrate: “Why don’t you go to work and fight against your boss?”
Defendant: “The little people didn’t dare to go to the ground because of the light rain; they even chanted a few jokes in the poem, don’t mean anything else.”
County official: “Huh, is this joke casual? Well, I want to hear how you chant the poems, let’s be honest!”
The four long-term workers had to repeat the so-called “sweeping of the owner” and “deep rain”.
County magistrate: “It sounds like there is nothing against or bad thoughts in it? Fortunately, you just use the bamboo in the courtyard as the topic, improvise, let the master listen to it!”
The long-term workers looked at each other, thought a little, and started to do it right:
A Jia: Seeing green from a distance,
A B: Look at a piece of bamboo closely;
Ah Bing: The big whip, (that is, the upper half of the whip)
Ading: The little broomstick!
When the county official heard this, he pondered for a moment and said: “Yes, it’s very true and not malicious. Well, it seems that your old fortune has nothing to do with trouble, disturbing the court; come, hit the old fortune on fifty boards, and lose it Punish!”