Mrs. Zhang, Guo Erliang's wife and others all stood there, no one moved. Look at the official sitting in front of the table, leaning on the back of the chair, bossing around, looking aloof.
There are several small jars and cloth bags not far away. The bags are for storing grain at first glance. Liangyan uses special bags for storing grain, which is easy to identify. The bags are not big, and by visual inspection they are equivalent to about twenty kilograms in modern times.
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What's going on? Aren't you getting money? Why did you change it into something again?
Cheng Xue felt there was something wrong, so when she saw Li Hui walking forward, she quickly stopped him. It would be better for her to come through this muddy water, and he should take a back seat.
Walking quickly to Mrs. Zhang, when all the women saw her, they felt as if they were seeing their backbone, and they hurriedly opened their mouths to express their depression——
"Sister, the 30 taels of pension silver agreed upon will be given to 5 taels now, and the remaining 25 taels will be given to rice, flour and oil. The price of food is extremely high now. We... this will make it impossible for us to live." p>
"Yes, sister, what do you think we should do? Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"""
"..."
At one time, thirteen mouths were opened to talk about their grievances and resentments, but the word "official" was mentioned twice, and they had nowhere to redress their grievances.
Liang Yan has clear regulations on pension money. If a married man dies in battle, the pension money must be collected by his wife and children. If he does not marry a wife and has children, the pension money must be collected by his parents.
Under Xiao Qinglin's deliberate actions, all the men from the village who went to the battlefield were married and had children. Now that the thirteen widows were isolated and helpless, Cheng Xue naturally became the only person they could turn to for help.
The clerk who handed out the things looked Cheng Xue up and down, frowned and said:
"Who are you? What do you do?"
Cheng Xue patted the back of Zhang's hand twice, pulled out her arm, and relaxed slightly.
"Returning to the official, this young woman is from Wanghe Village, and her husband's surname is Li. Mrs. Zhou from Wanghe Village School is my husband's younger brother."
The clerk frowned when he heard "Master Zhou", then stood up and said:
"It turns out she is Master Zhou's sister-in-law, but I never heard that Master Zhou has a cousin named Li?"
"That little woman has never heard of converting the pension money into food and giving it to these orphans and widows!"
"What do you mean?"
Seeing him raise his eyes, Cheng Xue looked directly into his eyes with a smile.
"It doesn't mean anything special. It's just as you understand. Don't make it difficult for them. It's not easy for orphans and widowed mothers."
After finishing speaking, he glanced around and asked doubtfully:
"Where's Mr. Wen?"
Everyone shook their heads. Guo Erliang's wife spoke angrily——
"There's no point in having a martial artist! When something serious happens, just jump on the pole, and the world will be as dark as crows..."
"Sister-in-law Erliang, please be careful what you say. Not everyone is like brother Erliang, who complains when things happen and refuses to listen when told."
Cheng Xue interrupted without giving her any face.
This kind of person deserves to be criticized, and the heart of a villain will judge the heart of a gentleman. She believed that Wen Tian was not such a person. She originally wanted him to come home for dinner in the morning and evening, but he chose to do it himself.
She didn't believe that such a principled person would escape on his deathbed.
Guo Erliang's wife dared not speak out because she still wanted something from her.
After listening for a while, the clerk knew that this matter was not simple, so he said "Wait a minute" and hurried away.
Cheng Xue glanced at the paper on the table. Fortunately, everyone was smart and no one went up to press their fingerprints.
After a cup of tea, the clerk did not come out. The two government servants who accompanied him stood there like wooden stakes, silent and motionless. But if Cheng Xue went in to look for someone, she would definitely be blocked.
You guys with breast legs, are you hiding on purpose?
Just when she was about to take action——
"Scholar lady, long time no see."
Cheng Xue turned around when she heard the sound and saw that it was Xiao Qinglin's second uncle Xiao Feng. She quickly stepped forward and saluted.
"I have met the adults."
Zhang and others did not know Xiao Feng, but when they heard the word "Sir", they mistakenly thought that he was the one who could make the decision, and they all came forward and knelt down to kowtow.
In a few words, everyone explained everything that had just happened.
This time, everyone was not as forbearing as before, and everyone burst into tears.
They know that the person in front of them is capable of taking charge and can support them.
There is just no Internet, otherwise this situation would be on the hot search list every minute!
Xiao Feng learned about the "Comfort Monument" from his nephew the day before yesterday. Looking at the woman in front of him now, he really looks like her.
They don't look alike, but their tempers and personalities are exactly the same. If he hadn't looked at the household registration of Yujiatun in Yuhuai, he would have really suspected that she was... Well, he was overthinking it.
One of the two "wooden stakes" saw that the situation was not good and hurried back to call for help.
Cheng Xue knew it was done. When she saw Li Hui and Wen Tian greeting her in the dark, she immediately understood. Xiao Feng couldn't suddenly appear. It turned out to be their handiwork.
But how did he get together with Wen Tian?
"What's going on? What's going on? Why are you crying?"
As the county magistrate spoke, he led two people holding boxes out, then stood in front of the table and waved to them.
"Stop crying, come and get the money. Our people didn't make it clear just now. You can ask for food or money. It's hard to buy food now. I'm afraid you won't have enough to eat, so I prepared food. Thirty taels of silver per person, plus two
Ten pounds of white flour and ten pounds of soybean oil, hurry up and get them."
Mrs. Zhang felt she was hearing hallucinations, and just as Guo Erliang's wife was about to retort, Cheng Xue raised her hand to cover her mouth.
"If you don't want to be beaten, just cooperate and go get the things. Don't say a word."
When the other women heard this, they got up in cooperation and went over to check the money, press their fingerprints to receive the gifts, and said nothing.
At this moment, Cheng Xue finally understood that the county magistrate was not very thoughtful and his methods were clumsy. He should not appear in a place like this. Perhaps his family was more capable.
It's no wonder that Xiao Feng kept him. There must be some stumbling blocks for his nephew to establish his authority but not too hard. Otherwise, Xiao Qinglin would easily give up the job if he found it troublesome.
Sure enough, I know my nephew Mo Ruoshu!
"Li Xiucai, if you have nothing to do, will you take your wife to my house to sit for a while?"
Li Hui bowed his hands and shook his head gently, declining:
"Thank you for your kindness. We are not only here to deliver the petition, but also responsible for sending them home safely."
"Yes, sir, after we brought them out, we have to take them back again." Cheng Xuetian agreed calmly, "If you have time, sir, you can go to our village. Now the school is very good under the leadership of Master Zhou. I feel relieved."
The place for the memorial monument was also chosen perfectly."
If this big boss can be invited into the village to see the monument, no one in the village will dare to brag about it in the future. They are all full of food and thinking wildly. Thirteen years of life are just empty. What kind of evil spirit and evil spirit can there be?
Qi.
Xiao Feng smiled and turned around to leave, neither saying he was going nor saying not to go.
After everyone's belongings were collected, Wen Tian drove over to help carry the things into the car.
There were two cars on the way here and three cars on the way back, one specifically for noodles and gas...