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Chapter 6 It's So Simple

Chapter 6 So simple again

"Add money?"

The county magistrate was troubled: "I asked you, woman, how can you be so greedy?"

"The civilian woman helped you recover the tax money and solved the case for you. Your Excellency gave you a reward. We have already settled everything. If we do anything else, we will of course have to pay a different price."

"Don't try to reason with me. Do you believe it or not? I will put your husband, son, and daughter in jail and kill them all."

The county magistrate frowned and threatened.

But Chu Nanzhi smiled disapprovingly: "A civilian woman would love it."

Not to mention that the case has been solved, he has no reason to kill anymore. Even if the case has not been solved, she will choose it without hesitation in front of Jin Yin and a few strangers.

Grandma has legs, so she is really in a bit of trouble.

The county magistrate shook his head helplessly: "It seems that you are really cunning. No wonder people from all over the country are spreading rumors that the eldest son of the Lin family married a wicked woman."

"How can one stand without evil?"

"That's all."

The county magistrate waved his hand: "I will give you another ten taels of silver."

Chu Nan Zhi said nothing.

"Then add another ten taels?"

The county magistrate spread out his hands and said tentatively.

After all, it was about 20,000 taels of gold tax, so he couldn't be too petty.

Chu Nanzhi pursed her lips and shook her head.

"Thirty taels at most, no more. This is already my salary for two months."

The county magistrate pitifully begged for mercy: "Look, although I am in charge of a large county, my salary is not abundant. There are old people and young people. Now, although the tax money has been recovered, I still have no money to reward Mrs. Chu."

But I have to pay for it all out of my own pocket."

"Okay, the civilian woman will sell you a favor today."

Chu Nanzhi finally laughed in relief.

Although this person spoke in official language, she remembered that although this county magistrate was not as clean as the previous ones, he was not a greedy person. The profit he wanted to make was still limited, and she did not want to make things difficult for him.

When the county magistrate saw her promise, he was overjoyed. Without hesitation, he quickly sent someone to fetch thirty taels of silver and waited for her to restore the gold.

Chu Nanzhi asked someone to light a candle and put the whitened gold on the candle to bake. After a while, the whitened gold returned to its original color.

The county magistrate was both surprised and unwilling: "Is it still that simple this time?"

"It's really that simple."

But she was afraid she couldn't explain the reason behind it.

After all, chemistry has not yet been systemized these days.

The county magistrate looked at the forty taels of silver and one tael of gold in her hand. His heart was bleeding. He gritted his teeth and reluctantly waved his hand:

"After your husband's case is settled, I will send someone back home later. Madam Chu, please go back first. I will ask someone to prepare a car for you."

No matter what, he had saved his future, and the dozens of taels of silver were still well spent. After all, he was grateful to this woman in his heart.

Chu Nanzhi thanked him, collected the money, and left the office in a hurry.

When I walked outside the government office, I saw the government officials escorting a Taoist priest in blue robes slowly walking over.

When the two of them passed each other, the Taoist suddenly stopped and shouted at Chu Nanzhi with cold eyes: "How dare you harm me."

"It's still unclear who will harm whom."

Chu Nanzhi glanced sideways at him. He was indeed handsome and had some attractive qualities, but he was not pleasing to the eye if he had evil intentions.

If the case hadn't been cleared up, I might have hooked up with him in Goulanwasheli in the future.

"You bitch."

The Taoist didn't forget to turn around and curse while being dragged by the government officials.

"I'm afraid you won't be able to see me again in the future."

Chu Nanzhi shook his head disdainfully, why bother arguing with a dying person.

Outside the county government office, the onlookers didn't know what was going on inside. They gathered around and whispered, but it was still lively. If you look closely, you can still see a few familiar faces in the crowd.

Now that the truth has come to light, she no longer has to deal with these people, so as not to cause trouble. When she saw the county government's carriage approaching, she quickly got into the carriage.

After thinking hard about the case all night, she was already hungry and had passed the crisis. Naturally, she wanted to reward herself with a good meal first.

A new world, a new beginning, starts with a good meal.

Waiting for the carriage to arrive at the gate of Luyan Port City, Chu Nanzhi stopped the carriage driver and entered a high-end teahouse based on his memory.

She remembered that the mutton oven cakes made in this teahouse were the best in the county, and many wealthy families often came here to taste them.

After Taoist Ximen brought the original owner here several times, the original owner fell in love with this delicacy and would definitely come here to eat some mutton pancakes every time he came to the city.

It's just that Luyan Port is located in the south near the sea, and mutton is ridiculously expensive, costing eight or nine hundred cents per pound. The mutton cakes made in this teahouse cost one hundred cents, so the original owner always came here by himself.

Eat alone.

He touched the coins in his pocket and thought about the four little guys, who might not have time to have breakfast.

Children are growing up, so they cannot go hungry. Now that their father is not at home, even if Li Ce sympathizes with the children, they are not his own flesh and blood, so he will not be considerate and considerate at all times.

The first piece of money you earned when you came to this world, why not imitate the original owner and live a luxurious life first?

With this thought in mind, Chu Nanzhi gritted her teeth and spent a tael of silver to buy ten mutton patties, returned to the carriage, ate two of them herself, and packed the rest to take back to the four little guys.

The carriage drove slowly into Anlin Village and stopped suddenly in front of the familiar small courtyard surrounded by wooden fences. As soon as Chu Nan Gardenia got off the carriage, she heard crying sounds coming from the courtyard.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Uncle Li, is it true that our father can't come back?"

"Uncle Li, what should we do if our father is really gone?"

Chu Nanzhi stepped into the yard and happened to see the youngest girl holding Li Ce's hand, crying like pear blossoms raining down on her, and pleading pitifully:

"Uncle Li, if that bad woman comes back again and she beats us, how about you help us beat her together, otherwise my brothers and sisters and I can't beat her."

Chu Nanzhi coughed lightly on purpose, and the four little guys came over in search of a voice. They were so frightened that they hid behind Li Ce and did not dare to say a word.

Li Ce just glanced at her lightly, and then went to comfort the four little guys: "Don't be afraid, as long as Uncle Li is here, she won't dare to do anything to you."

Facing such a situation as a mother for the first time, she seemed a little confused.

If it was the original owner's temperament, after hearing these words just now, he would definitely beat the children to pieces with a stick before he would stop.

But she didn't like that brutal education method, not to mention the four little guys' resentment towards the original owner was deep enough.

After calming down her emotions, she spread out the packed mutton cakes on the small stone table in front of her, and pretended to be fine and said in a low voice: "Your father is fine, he will be back soon, let's have something to eat first."

Hearing this, Li Ce sneered disapprovingly: "You think the county government is run by your family, and you will come back as soon as you come back."

Although I thought in my heart that she might be trying to appease the child, thinking about this woman's usual behavior, I couldn't help but complain.

Later, the stronger Dabao pushed the mutton pie to the ground, stared at her, cried and shouted: "We won't eat, we won't eat, you killed our father, we won't eat you even if we starve to death."

This bad girl’s stuff.”

Looking at the mutton patties scattered on the ground, Chu Nanzhi felt angry and distressed. Her head felt hot and she habitually stretched out her palm.

Dabao has always been rebellious and precocious, but now he is already broken. The other three little guys were trembling with fear when they saw this, but he cried and contradicted Chu Nanzhi confidently:

"You beat us, you beat us to death. Anyway, we can't survive without daddy. If you beat us to death now, we can go and accompany daddy."

When these words were spoken by a four-year-old child, Chu Nanzhi suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness in her heart.

How to restore the whitening of gold jewelry? Is everyone useless again?

(End of chapter)


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