Li Xuemei: "You still don't know the people in our village. No one has spoken. Who dares to take Beirong's money? You should tell them clearly. You will know what to do next time.
As for not sending the body over to receive the reward, I know a little bit about it."
Yan Laoer and Yan Yu all looked over.
"Our donkey is back, it's the cheapest one, and Village Chief Luo personally delivered it to us.
With the first crab eater, all the mules and donkeys in the village were brought home in two days."
Li Xuemei said to Yan Yu: "You boy scouts will no longer have the job of taking care of mules and donkeys. The newly built shed has also been cleared out."
Yan Yu's first reaction was: "Then our work points..."
"Don't worry, you can still be spared. Village Chief Luo has spoken and asked you, the leader, to settle the accounts with him when you come back and pay the debt to you."
Yan Laoer was furious: "Didn't they all buy it at the beginning? Why did they all buy it all at once?"
Li Xuemei smiled and said nothing.
What else could it be because of, the power of example?
Because the Yan family bought a donkey, everyone was thinking of following suit.
There is an animal that can not only help with work, but the most attractive reason for everyone is that the daily poop income can fertilize the fields...
Now there is only one donkey left in the village that is not for sale.
This is where Yan Huaiwen and Liang Manshan drove when they were on their way to Huju City.
The two of them were trapped in the tiger's nest, and the donkey who took the donkey with him was also sublimated. He was now kept in the stable of the government office, eating and living with a group of taller horses.
"It used to be the village's car, and everyone was reluctant to part with it. Now that it is their own, they are even less willing to drive those Beirong..."
Li Xuemei tells the truth.
It's that simple.
It's not that they don't want the silver reward, it's that they dislike pulling corpses, or it's Beirong's corpse, everyone thinks it's unlucky.
Just as he was talking, a mule barked from Qi's house next door.
There was also the voice of Mrs. Qi scolding it.
Li Xuemei didn't wait for the two men to ask, and took the initiative to help explain: "The mule bought by the Qi family has a very bad temper. Fortunately, it ended up in his family. If it had been in another family, I really wouldn't have been able to control it."
Soon, Qi Wu shouted something, and the mule's braying stopped abruptly.
Yan Laoer pricked up his ears and asked, "What's going on? Are you afraid of Qi Wu?"
Li Xuemei looked strange: "They are all afraid of those three brothers."
Yan Laoer understood, "These animals are just like humans, they have all kinds of temperaments. This is a typical bully and fear of the strong. He knows who he can mess with and who he can't mess with. He must have suffered a lot and has a long memory, haha!"
As for the fists of the Qi brothers, whoever hits them won't feel any pain.
A mule is made of flesh and blood. Just ask it if it hurts or if it’s afraid?!
Li Xuemei added: "People in our village didn't dare to go far when they had cars. They covered themselves tightly and walked around the town of Xiqiao. Although they didn't buy anything, they did ask about the prices in the town.
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Except for the pricey meat, everything else is good.
I also found out that there is a big fair on the tenth day of every month in the town, and people from nearby villages will come, and sometimes the village from Gufeng will also come to join in the fun."
"Big gathering!" Yan Yu's eyes lit up, "Then let's go too."
Li Xuemei hummed: "It's only been the past two days. Let's make preparations to see what we can bring with us. You can buy it with copper coins at the big markets in villages and towns, but there is still a lot of bartering."
The people in the village were all excited to inquire about this letter. Just seeing that her family's catch in the past two days had reached a new high, you can tell how much everyone is looking forward to it.
Yan Laoer's mind started to work instantly.
I felt that my hair was no longer dripping, and regardless of the image, I ran out of the yard with disheveled hair and turned into the door of Qi's house.
…
I don’t know if Yan Laoer saw it wrong and thought Master Lu and the others seemed to have gained some weight.
His family's house is already in the finishing stage. Master Lu and Yan Laoer said that they would go to Qi's house for food and accommodation after they were busy these days.
Yan Laoer thought for a while and decided to leave them at home.
His family has Aunt Rong to help them, which makes it a lot easier inside and out. If it were the Qi family, just cooking for these people every day would be enough trouble.
Mrs. Qi has bad eyesight, so the only people who can make money are Mrs. Qi and the two girls from the Qi family.
I'm afraid these three ladies are too busy.
As far as his relationship with the Qi brothers is concerned, there is no difference between them.
Just eat at his house.
Of course Master Lu is not willing to leave. They are willing to pay less for the good food provided by the Yan family.
Seeing that Yan Laoer was sincere in retaining the person, Master Lu readily agreed.
I went back and told my brothers and nephews, and everyone happily finished another bowl of rice.
Dinner is a big pot of braised fish with multigrain rice.
Yan Yu could see that her family had a lot of catch.
The yard is full of sunshine.
"Does our family eat fish every day lately?" Yan Yu asked her eldest sister in a low voice.
Daya nodded and whispered back to her: "It was fish pot the day before yesterday and fish ball soup yesterday."
Although they are all fish, it’s quite good if Grandma Rong switches things up and cooks them like this. You won’t get tired of them even if you eat them for a few more days.
After everyone was seated, Yan Yu started to cook.
The braised fish had a spicy taste, not like chili pepper, it was so tempting that her little mouth was filled to the brim.
The bowl is filled with love and care from parents, older brothers and older sisters.
Full of fish meat, the kind with good thorns.
She just needs to eat.
After the meal, Yan Yu took her eldest brother and eldest sister and called Feng Nian brother opposite to join them.
Study the ledgers.
She felt that settling accounts was too important, and there could not be anyone in her family who couldn't settle accounts.
As for Fengnian’s younger brother, he needs to master this skill even more.
Arabic numerals are impossible to teach.
It is enough to use the existing text.
However, the traditional Chinese characters were still a bit troublesome, so Yan Yu "simplified" them so that they lacked drawings and margins, transforming them into the simplified Chinese characters she was most accustomed to.
Start with the simplest addition and subtraction, tell them how to carry to make small signs, how to make vertical expressions, start with two-number calculations, and after they master it, continue to add digits and addends...
The three of them all learned quickly, and were surprised to find that arithmetic became so intuitive and simple just by changing some methods.
Yan Yu assigned some calculation problems to them.
The little teacher announced the end of get out of class.
Li Xuemei saw her coming back humming a song in an unknown tune and asked her, "How was your learning?"
"It's just simple addition and subtraction, it's not difficult. I'll teach them multiplication and division tomorrow. I'll do more questions in the future and they'll be able to do it soon."
The eldest brother and the younger brother Fengnian can both memorize the multiplication table, I don’t know why they can’t understand it.” Yan Yu shook his head and said.
Li Xuemei thought for a while: "Maybe it's because I'm not used to calculating on paper, so I just do it mentally."
Yan Yu suddenly realized: "It should be like this."
The two of them were talking, and Yan Laoer came back from outside.
"Daughter, did you let those children make the cement bricks?"
Yan Yu nodded: "Yes! I think I will need it in the future, so I will save some every day and the little will add up."
Cement bricks need to be aired and ventilated, and they can be used only after they are completely dry. There is no need to rush them when they are ready for use.
Yan Yu wanted to get ready early.
She was particularly concerned about surrounding the village.
"Do you know how much those children saved?!" Yan Laoer asked.
Yan Yu doesn’t know.
She asked: "A lot?"
Yan Laoer told her: "A lot, especially a lot."
I don’t know what his daughter said, but those children were too interested.
Making cement bricks is simple. Just use a frame of the same size and pour the mixed cement inside. To save money and increase the firmness, Yan Yu also asked them to put some stones inside.
The three brothers of the Qi family helped mix the cement at first. When they were building a house, they used a lot of it every day. By the way, they mixed some more and used it for the children to play with.
After a few days, these little ones were embarrassed to come.
Maybe the family members told me not to let Shangqi's family come and cause trouble.
Just learn to mix it up yourself.
It can only be said that this cement recipe has no technical content at all. Children have been playing with mud since childhood, and it is not much different from cement.
Soon, they mastered the method on their own and were able to do it very well.
The land next to the woods of the Yan family is their base camp.
Yan Laoer had just finished paying for the medicine to the villagers and walked around his own land when he saw the pile of tall cement brick walls...
After hearing this, Yan Yu really wanted to go and take a look now.
Li Xuemei pulled her back: "Don't bother, it's not too late to go see it tomorrow."
"Dad, how much have they done?" Yan Yu felt itchy.
Yan Laoer recalled: "It's enough to build half of our courtyard wall..."
That's really young and old.
Yan Yu kept calculating in his mind. According to this progress, the plan to surround the whole village did not seem so difficult to complete.
…
The tiger lurks outside the city.
The motorcade from Xiaoan Village was welcomed again.
The government officials who guard the city are all used to it.
Greeted happily.
"Hey! I said you look familiar, it turns out it's Brother Yan, are you back?" The government officials greeted Yan Er enthusiastically.
Yan Laoer smiled at each other: "You're back. You guys have worked hard. Share the fish caught in the river near our village and have a taste of it."
"Ouch! I have to get your stuff, my brothers are so embarrassed."
"What's this? It's not an outsider. Besides, it's not valuable. It's just something floating around in the river for nothing."
"You can't say that. No matter how many thorns there are, they are still flesh. It's rare that you care about us. Brothers, I appreciate your kindness. Thank you!"
"If you want to thank me, please help me find my elder brother quickly. I haven't seen him in the past few days, so I'm really worried about him."
"Haha, I know you two are deeply attached to each other as brothers, so I've already gone to look for you."
"By the way, do you guys know about our village's entry into Beirong? I won't bother you to go there, we'll deliver the goods for them."
He stepped aside, allowing them to see clearly the tight straw mats covered by the oxcart.
Several government officials were stunned.
"That's Beirong's body?" How did you wrap it up like that?
Yan Laoer chuckled and said: "Well, we can't let it go anymore. It's better to send the weird ones earlier. Besides, aren't we going to give you a reward? Two taels of silver per person is quite a lot. People in the village
We’re all looking forward to it!”
The government officials looked at each other, embarrassed.
"This silver reward... has this saying, that is..."
The officer hesitated and didn't know what to say.
Yan Laoer's heart skipped a beat.
What? Don’t want to give it?
No way, Mr. Tian doesn't seem to be greedy for this little money.
What's more, this is not ordinary silver.
It is the head money for killing Beirong.
You have to give me whatever you want with this money, otherwise how can you cultivate the bloody spirit of a Guanzhou man?
"Our brothers don't deal with each other every day. I won't let you out. You should also tell the truth to your brothers so that I can have an idea." Yan Laoer said in a low voice.
"Your two taels of silver are based on Yongning's calculation, but our border town is different.
This head money is not given by our yamen, but by the garrison. The person in charge there now is Mr. Xue Qi. You don’t know, but he is in charge of the goods coming in and not taking out the goods. He searches very hard, and this silver reward..."
Yan Laoer was a little anxious: "What? He won't give it?"
"It's not that I don't give it, it's that I give it in half." The yamen servant gave him a pleasant word.
The smile on Yan Laoer's face gradually faded.
This is the result...
It's really hard to accept.
You said you didn't know you had two taels of silver, and they would be happy if you gave them one tael. But now that you know, it makes you feel suffocated.
Although he did not participate in that battle.
From what everyone said afterwards, they also knew how dangerous it was.
That's really a life-and-death struggle.
They were unarmed and faced six Beirong soldiers who were equipped with swords and bows. One of them was not good...
I dare not even think about it.
"It's not half off, to be precise, it's a penny per person." Another yamen official added.
The person in front hurriedly said: "That's right, we, Huju, don't give you silver, we give you copper coins, and each head is worth a penny."
Yan Laoer's face had lost all expression.
If you don't give me silver, just give me copper coins.
Not exchanged at market price.
I lost another two hundred cents inside and outside.
He suddenly remembered that the day they first entered Guanzhou, Mr. Xue Qi, yes, that was him, had said such things.
But it took some time, and at that time I just listened to it and didn’t take it too seriously.
Looking at it now, I remembered it all.
Yes, General Xue Qi shouted that day: One head and one sling of money!
He lowered his head slightly, wondering what he was thinking.
Yan Huaiwen walked over in a hurry and saw his younger brother walking a little faster.
When several government officials saw him coming, they wisely got out of the way.
Leave space for their brothers to speak alone.
As he got closer, Yan Huaiwen keenly noticed something was wrong with his brother.
"God bless? What happened?" He didn't realize it himself, but there was obvious urgency in his voice.
"Brother!" Yan Laoer looked up and saw his brother, feeling a little aggrieved for no reason.
Yan Huaiwen's tone became even gentler: "Tell me, brother, what exactly happened?"
Yan Laoer learned the matter from the ground up.
After he finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong. What should he tell Lao Yan about this matter? What could Lao Yan do?
It should be said that this matter made his brother heartbroken.
Yan Laoer reacted instantly.
He hurriedly said: "Brother, it's okay. We didn't kill Beirong for the reward. Without this money, we had to kill them anyway. They have already entered our village. How can we let them out alive?"
I talked to the villagers, and everyone must understand that they are the orders of Yongning City, not our orders of Huju. Every place has its own laws. If we settle in Huju, we have to follow the rules here.
Come.
Since everyone else is taking this small amount of money, we will take it too.
For six people, six ounces of money is quite a lot, and we can buy a lot of meat."
Two in one chapter~
(End of chapter)
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