The day after Yujia Cloth Village collected fine cloth from Hejia Village in Chapter 14, Li Xiaonan announced that she was going to Hejia Village.
Awu has gone from jumping in a hurry, to being angry at Li Xiaonan for not being in a hurry, to gloating at the joke. When Li Xiaonan said that she would go to Hejiacun tomorrow, she burst into laughter.
What are you doing now?
Li Jinzhu frowned and looked at Li Xiaonan, hesitating and said: "What are you planning? We are not from very well-off families..."
"I'll go there with Ah Wu and Yu Ting tomorrow. Sister, you don't have to go there. It's nothing serious." Li Xiaonan lowered her eyes and said.
Li Jinzhu frowned and was about to speak again when Li Yuzhu pulled her and said in a low voice: "Don't go, let me go. After all, it's business."
Li Jinzhu opened his mouth, but no words came out, he just sighed.
Early the next morning, Wang Yuting drove the cart, and Li Xiaonan sat next to Wang Yuting. Awu rode a horse and took a dozen porters, pulling the cart, to Hejiacun.
Sister-in-law Lu had been waiting for a long time. She was stunned when she looked at the string of large cars behind Li Xiaonan's small car.
"Little boss." Sister-in-law Lu pointed at the long row of large cars. Before she could say anything, Li Xiaonan smiled and said: "It's been a month and a half, right?"
Sister-in-law Lu opened her mouth, but no words came out.
He Laowu's house is closest to Sister-in-law Lu's house. Sister-in-law Lu is in front. Li Xiaonan follows Sister-in-law Lu and Awu, holding hands behind their backs, talks quietly to Wang Yuting and walks to the door of He Laowu's house.
He Laowu's house is very lively. Two master masons are building a wall. Next to them, two craftsmen are standing on a tree, sawing thick boards, talking and laughing with He Laowu and his son who are doing chores.<
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"Lao Wu." Sister-in-law Lu shouted while standing at the door of the courtyard.
"Let's talk to Sister-in-law Five." Li Xiaonan stood beside Sister-in-law Lu and said in a low voice.
"Where's the fifth sister-in-law?" Sister-in-law Lu hummed and then asked.
"You still don't know which room my grandma is in? Why are you asking?" He Laowu's youngest son said angrily.
They are both neighbors and relatives, and Sister-in-law Lu refused to help his mother-in-law take care of the wires. She was just trying to get money, but she still had the nerve to stand in front of their house!
"This way." Sister-in-law Lu turned around and walked aside, and introduced to Li Xiaonan in a low voice: "Sister-in-law Five borrowed the hall of their uncle's house for two months and fifty copper coins."
Brother He Laowu's house is next door. There is only a main room without a yard. Sister-in-law Lu walked straight to the door of the main room and shouted: "Sister-in-law Fifth!"
The sound of the loom in the room was fast and distinct, drowning out Sister-in-law Lu's shout.
Sister-in-law Lu stood at the door of the hall and shouted again: "Sister-in-law five!"
"What's it called? I'm not free!" Sister-in-law Five said angrily.
"Fifth sister-in-law, my little boss is here." Sister-in-law Lu said calmly.
The sound of the loom stopped, and the fifth sister-in-law came out, fully alert, looking from Sister-in-law Lu to Li Xiaonan.
"Your family hasn't paid the fine linen for a month and a half. Let me see what's going on." Li Xiaonan smiled as usual.
"I haven't knitted it yet, as you can see. My family is building a new house and we are very busy. I really don't have time. The young master can wait a little longer." The fifth sister-in-law felt relieved and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile.
"Since the fifth sister-in-law is not free, I will take the loom back first. When the fifth sister-in-law is free, tell Sister-in-law Lu and I will have the loom sent over.
"A loom costs ten taels of silver. We have a small business and we can't afford to leave it alone." Li Xiaonan said with a smile.
"How can that be done! This loom belongs to us, and we have the deed. How can you just take it away? This loom belongs to my family." The fifth sister-in-law became anxious when she heard this.
"When the fifth sister-in-law signed the deed, I read it to her one by one and explained it one by one. The fifth sister-in-law could not receive fine cloth for one month in a row, or the amount of fine cloth could not be received in three consecutive months.
If not, I can pull this loom away." Li Xiaonan still smiled, but her words were extremely rude.
"We have already given you a lot of cloth, how many copper coins are needed for this loom? We..." The words "give money" were stuck in the fifth sister-in-law's throat, and she could not say it out.
All the copper coins were used up, and yesterday the head of the house asked her to sleep for an hour less, catch up on her work, weave an extra piece of fine cloth, and sell the money to buy paint.
"Account book." Li Xiaonan signaled to Wang Yuting, who hurriedly handed over the account book.
Li Xiaonan opened it and said with a smile: "The fifth sister-in-law is a hard-working person. The cost of this loom was calculated at nine taels at that time. The fine cloth received from the fifth sister-in-law was already worth one tael and four hundred and twenty taels."
For copper coins, one tael of silver is counted as seven hundred copper coins, and there are still seven taels of silver and two hundred and eighty copper coins left.
"Either the fifth sister-in-law gives me seven taels of silver and two hundred and eighty copper coins now, or I give the fifth sister-in-law one tael of silver and four hundred and twenty copper coins, and I take the loom away, and the loom will be given to the fifth sister-in-law for free.
I’ve been using this for several months.”
Outside, He Laowu and his three sons had already run over, and the carpenters, masons, and neighbors gathered in a circle to watch the fun.
"This loom belongs to me! Get out!" He Laowu's youngest son was only eleven years old. He seemed sensible but not sensible. He waved his fist and shouted at Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan pretended not to hear, looked at the fifth sister-in-law and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, have you decided whether to give you money or let me take the loom away?"
"My loom is weaving cloth!" Sister-in-law Five hurriedly turned to Sister Lu, "Tell her, my loom is weaving cloth!"
Sister-in-law Lu smiled awkwardly and looked away.
"Either you take down the cloth being woven on the loom, or, no matter how much you weave, I will give it to you for the price of a whole bolt of cloth.
"Give her the money and you go and move the loom to the car." Li Xiaonan motioned to Wang Yuting and A Wu.
"You can't move my loom!" The fifth sister-in-law was anxious and blocked the door with her arms spread out.
"Kick them away! Beat them!" He Laowu waved his hand at his three sons, waved the wooden shovel in his hand, and rushed forward first.
Wang Yuting took a step forward, hugged the fifth sister-in-law and dragged her out of the house.
A Wu first kicked away the muddy wooden shovel in He Laowu's hand, and then kicked He Laowu in front of his chest. With a little force, he pushed He Laowu staggering a few steps and sat down on the ground.
, then stretched out his legs to hook He Laowu's youngest son back, grabbed the hair of He Laowu's two sons with both hands, pulled them back a few steps, and threw them to the ground with a little force.
"Go and carry it out." Li Xiaonan motioned to the bearer.
Two bearers entered the house and carried out the loom.
"You can't carry it away! It belongs to my family! It belongs to my family! You can't bully others like this, it's unjust! You bully people, there's no justice in it!" The fifth sister-in-law's body went limp, she collapsed on the ground, and began to cry.
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"Hurry up and call someone! Here is someone! Robber!" He Laowu sat on the ground, facing Awu's feet, not daring to stand up, and shouted loudly.
"This is one tael of silver, four hundred and twenty coins, and a piece of fine cloth. I put it here for everyone to prove." Wang Yuting held up a small silver cake and a few strings of copper coins and turned them around.
, put it in front of the fifth sister-in-law.
Li Xiaonan watched the porter install the loom, bypassed the crying fifth sister-in-law, and went to the second house.
