coobybook Chapter 43 Female Police Team 3
Chapter 43 Female Police Team 3
Chapter 43 Female Police Team Three
The backyard of the county government office became a temporary training ground for the female police team. The girls in their uniforms had a unique charm. Many idle yamen runners gathered around to watch the girls train.
Zhang Jiao, being a descendant of soldiers, was taught how to march and perform drills by Wang Wenzhou, following the example of later generations. In half an hour, the girls had practiced quite well. At least when they lined up and stood tall, their ample bosoms were quite a sight to behold.
Just then, the sound of two people arguing came from outside the county government office.
"Who are you? This is the back office; idlers are not allowed to enter!"
"I'm looking for my granddaughter Zhang Jiao, move aside."
"Old drunkard, don't get drunk and cause trouble. If you cause any more trouble, I'll put you in jail."
“Wang Wenzhou, are you just going to watch your father-in-law get arrested and thrown into jail?”
Upon hearing this, Wang Wenzhou figured it was most likely Old Zhang, so he quickly went out to check.
"Are you new here? Don't you even recognize Old Zhang? This is the female police team, Captain Zhang Jiao's grandfather. Don't be so disrespectful in the future." Wang Wenzhou scolded the gatekeeper.
"My dear son-in-law!" Old Zhang saw Wang Wenzhou and finally saw a relative. He rushed forward, grabbed his hand, and said with great distress, "You can't do this! Jiaojiao is a girl, how can you let her come out in public like this? Isn't this shameful!"
Old Zhang initially had no idea that Zhang Jiao had come to apply for a policewoman position. He assumed she had gone out on business and didn't think much of it. In the evening, more people came to the shop to eat and drink. Some people joked about Zhang Jiao joining the police force. Upon hearing this, Old Zhang was furious. His granddaughter was becoming increasingly outrageous; how could she do something that would bring shame to their ancestors? He rushed to the yamen (government office) to arrest Zhang Jiao and bring her home.
"You old liar, what are you saying? What do you mean by 'shameful'?" Wang Wenzhou sneered.
Old Zhang stared at Wang Feng in disbelief, his eyes wide with disbelief. He thought to himself, "Is my husband still trying to back out of the engagement? Because he doesn't want to marry my Jiaojiao, he's going to all sorts of ways to torment her? He lets her do these shameful things. My husband, Jiaojiao is your wife! How can you treat her like this?"
Old Zhang's face darkened, and he said irritably, "What else is shameful? You made Jiaojiao a female yamen runner, isn't that shameful?"
"Sigh!" Old Zhang sighed softly, patted Wang Wenzhou's shoulder, and earnestly advised, "My dear son-in-law, it's not that I'm criticizing you. But what you did in this matter was not right. Jiaojiao does have a bit of a temper, and she hit you the other day. I've been telling her about it, but you don't know that. I've never laid a finger on Jiaojiao in all her life. But because of this, I hit her."
"Cough cough..."
Wang Wenzhou couldn't help but laugh. What was all this nonsense? It really was a difference of times. In modern times, it would be perfectly normal for girls to become police officers, let alone join the army and fight in wars.
"Old liar, you're overthinking it. Do you think I'm that petty? Besides, as a man, I wouldn't bully a girl, especially my future wife. I know what you mean, do you think it's shameful for Jiaojiao to be a policewoman?" Wang Wenzhou asked.
Old Zhang nodded and replied, "Yes, how embarrassing! Just now at the Tower of No Return, so many people were gossiping about me, making me too ashamed to face anyone."
Wang Wenzhou had finally found a female police captain whose combat skills met the requirements, and he didn't want to be taken home by Old Zhang. He thought for a moment and started to deceive her.
"You old liar, have you ever eaten crab?" Wang Wenzhou asked.
"You've eaten there? What do you mean by that, my dear son?" Old Zhang asked in return.
Wang Wenzhou smiled and said, "Many people living inland have never even seen a crab, let alone eaten one. I want to tell you a story. One year there was a severe drought, and the harvest failed completely. The famine victims were so hungry that they began to flee. One group of them fled to the seaside. On the beach, they found a bunch of crabs."
"But no one had ever eaten it. Think about it, crabs look so terrifying, with two big pincers that can pinch you and hurt a lot. This group of people all thought that crabs couldn't be eaten, that they might be poisonous and they would die from it. So they put down the crabs and went to find other food."
"Among the crowd was a fool. He was starving and didn't care whether the crabs were poisonous or not. He built a fire, cooked the crabs, and ate them. The crabs tasted delicious, of course. The fool ate his fill and fell asleep without realizing it. The group of people who had left found no food and returned to the beach. From a distance, they saw that the fool had eaten the crabs and died from the poison. They were so frightened that they ran away."
"The next day, the fool woke up and couldn't find his companions who had gone far away. Because there were many crabs on the beach, he stayed by the sea and survived by eating crabs. Half a year later, the fool returned to his hometown. He learned that all those who had fled with him had starved to death, and only he had survived."
Old Zhang listened quietly to Wang Wenzhou's story.
After Wang Wenzhou finished telling the story, he asked, "Do you think that fool was foolish?"
"This..." Old Zhang didn't know how to answer.
Wang Wenzhou said with a smile, "Who says women can't work? Mulan took her father's place in the army, so why can't Jiaojiao be a policewoman?"
"My dear son-in-law!" Old Zhang said with a wry smile, "Hua Mulan was just pretending to be a man. After joining the army, she returned to her hometown, didn't she? Jiaojiao became a policewoman, and the neighbors all laughed their heads off. Besides, Jiaojiao is your betrothed concubine. Don't you feel ashamed?"
"During the Tang Dynasty, women could hold official positions. There were even empresses. But with Wu Zetian, who would dare to mock her for being a woman and unable to be empress? They would be executed along with their entire family! A bunch of fools who will starve to death sooner or later, what do you care about their mockery? You yourself said that Jiaojiao is my betrothed, and I don't care, so what are you afraid of?" Wang Wenzhou curled his lip and said disdainfully.
Old Zhang was speechless. He simply couldn't understand why Wang Wenzhou would do such a thing. For a dignified county magistrate to send his concubine out into the open as a female yamen runner—what kind of decorum was that!
"Alright!" Wang Wenzhou put his arm around Old Zhang's shoulder and comforted him, "Don't worry about that. I didn't force Jiaojiao to become a policewoman. She likes it herself. If someone thinks that the happiest thing in the world is to be a beggar, even if you make him an official, he won't be happy. Why force him to not be a beggar?"
It turned out that Xianxu loved Jiaojiao and didn't want to force her, so he let her be willful and unreasonable. Old Zhang misunderstood Wang Wenzhou's meaning, completely regarding Wang Wenzhou as a loving husband. Xianxu was truly a rare good man in the world, enduring all the glares and letting Jiaojiao act as she pleased.
"My dear son-in-law, I'm so sorry!" Old Zhang hurriedly apologized to Wang Wenzhou.
“Look at what you’re saying, we’re like family! Come on, let’s go to Zuihualou, let’s have another drink.” Wang Wenzhou turned to Wang Qiang and said, “Xiao Qiang, go and call Sheng Lan, have her make some snacks to go with the drinks. Also, call a few girls to drink with us.”
Wang Qiang curled his lip, thinking to himself, "Young Master, didn't you say they were policewomen now? Why are they still the same as before, drinking and carousing with courtesans? So these policewomen aren't much different from the girls in brothels."