Jiang Zhen tied Yang Jiang's upper body firmly with a rope and took Yang Jiang into the kitchen. He had the biggest meal. After a lot of trouble, he was hungry.

Old Mrs. Jiang had already prepared lunch early, probably because Jiang Chengxiang would come back today and bring the yamen runners back, so she made it quite sumptuous.

A pot of fragrant white rice was cooked in a large iron pot, and a bowl of bacon, a bowl of steaming meat, a bowl of steamed eggs, a bowl of garlic, and there were uncooked vegetables and tofu next to it.

Jiang Zhen ate an egg every day these days, and ate some small fish and shrimps with Brother Zhao Jin at night, but he had not eaten meat for many days. Seeing the bowl of steamed bacon that had been sliced ​​into thin slices, smelling the aroma of meat that was coming to his face, he felt that he could eat all the bacon in this pot.

He picked up a piece of bacon with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. Jiang Zhen immediately took a bowl of rice.

The small fish and shrimps were cooked with oil and salt, and the taste was really not very good. Although he ate some of them every day for his own health, he had been tired of it, but the bacon was different...

With the bacon, Jiang Zhen feasted in large pieces and ate two big bowls of rice in one breath before he reluctantly put down the bowls and chopsticks. Boss Jiang's stomach had been stretched out because he had been drinking porridge all year round, so he could actually have two big bowls of rice, but eating too much would affect his actions, so he endured it.

Anyway, with the yamen runners in hand, he doesn't have to worry about having no food to eat.

While Jiang Zhen was having dinner, at the Jiang family's drying yard outside the Jiang family, the Jiang family was discussing with the village chief and some other villagers what to do next.

All of them had ambitions and felt that Jiang Zhen had arrested a yamen runner and could not let the people outside know about it, nor could they report to the officials. If Jiang Zhen angered, Jiang Zhen might make the matter worse and worse!

Since this is the case, they can only try their best to meet Jiang Zhen's requirements.

"Forty taels of silver! Where did our family get the forty taels of silver? Even if I sell it, I can't get so much money!" Old Mrs. Jiang sat on the ground, crying and robbing the earth, but she just didn't want to pay.

The Jiang family is living a good life and their family's wealth is quite solid, but forty taels of silver... I really can't take it out now.

A few months ago, their family still had 60 taels of silver, but Jiang Chengxiang married and took 30 taels as a betrothal gift. He spent 20 taels to buy various things in order to be able to do it decently. Until now, Mrs. Jiang has only 70 to 80 taels of silver in total.

"I still have some money there, so I'll get it later. We have to raise enough money for him no matter how hard we have to give it to him." Jiang Chengxiang said, Yang Jiang was still in Jiang Zhen's hands.

"Last brother, how much money do you have?" Jiang Butcher Jiang asked.

"I don't have much money, but Shufen has it, so I should be able to get ten taels." Jiang Chengxiang said that his worker in the county is not low, and he has two taels of silver every month, but he has only been working for two years in total, so he naturally can't save too much money. When he married Zhu Shufen, he even posted the gift when the Zhu family originally asked for forty taels, but Old Lady Jiang was only willing to pay thirty taels, so he could only pay ten taels by himself.

However, he had no money, but Zhu Shufen had money.

Jiang Butcher Jiang suddenly became irritated: "You only have ten taels of silver, your mother and second brother together probably only have ten taels of silver. Where can we go to find forty taels of silver?"

"That killer, he wanted to force us to death! How could he ask for his own family to work and pay for his wages?" Old Mrs. Jiang cried even more violently when she heard that the butcher Jiang exposed her family's fortune. She didn't want to give it up at all.

In the past, Jiang Chengxiang would definitely coax Mrs. Jiang at this time, but he was completely in a state of mind today.

He bowed to the people around him, Jiang Chengxiang said, "Everyone, our family really can't get the forty taels of silver. I wonder if I can borrow some from you?" He discussed this matter in public, just by the idea of ​​borrowing money from people around him.

Everyone in the village is here. If you borrow some money from this and that, you can always get all the money and it will be better in the future.

"Chengxiang, I'll lend you five taels of silver." Village chief Jiang Ping said: "I'm just a digging food in the field. There are still a few and a half-old boys in my family. I can't take it out if there are more."

If it weren't for the village chief, no matter how hard Boss Jiang could not have let the yamen runner kill, Jiang Ping would not even be willing to take out five taels of silver.

It was obvious that the Jiang family was too bad to Boss Jiang that turned Old Man into a lunatic. Why did they even have to get money?

Jiang Ping opened his mouth, and then the Jiang family agreed to borrow more or less. The more they were willing to give them two or three taels of silver, and the less they could only give them one tael of silver.

After a while, including the twenty taels of the Jiang family, they had thirty-seven or eight taels.

The village is willing to borrow money if they have a good relationship with the Jiang family, but they are not willing to do so - the Jiang family has borrowed so much money this time, who knows how long it will take for them to pay it back?

However, if they were not willing to borrow money, they would rather sell it in other places. A villager who often went to the dock to work, said, "Jiang Laosan, my family is poor and has no money, but I have the strength to do it. The broken thatched hut in the west of your village cannot be lived in at all. If you want to move in, you may have to build a wall again. I am doing this."

"I took the money and asked for a house. That bastard is so pretty!" Old Mrs. Jiang said again.

The land in the west of the village is neither big nor fertile. Usually, they grow vegetables and beans casually. The thatched hut is no longer inhabited. For the Jiang family, it is not worth anything, but even so, Old Mrs. Jiang is not willing to shake them to Jiang.

The butcher Jiang was actually reluctant to let go, but he was really afraid of Jiang Zhen... After sighing, the butcher Jiang wanted to take people to the west of the village to take a look. However, before he could speak, he saw Jiang Zhen dragging Yang Jiang out of the kitchen.

"If I had known that bastard was so hateful, I should have borne him in the toilet and poured him down with a basin of water to drown him!" Old Mrs. Jiang didn't see Jiang Zhen, and was still cursing: "He doesn't die, it's obviously a disaster to live!"

"Stop talking!" Jiang Butcher shouted at Old Mrs. Jiang, and looked at Jiang Zhen nervously.

Jiang Zhen pulled Yang Jiang and looked at the people outside with a smile. When Old Mrs. Jiang saw him, she felt as if she was strangled to her throat, and her voice stopped abruptly.

"I remembered that the broken thatched house is too broken and it takes a lot of effort to renovate it. You should build a house for me next to you. There are two large houses facing south. Is the iron pot on the stove and a cottage in the north? " Jiang Zhen made a lot of requests and finally said: "You'd better not cut corners. If you don't do it well, I might have a few pieces of meat cut off from this official."

After saying that, Jiang Zhen even gestured on Yang Jiang's face with a knife.

Yang Jiang had been cut into Jiang Zhen's face before, making her face full of blood. Now she looks extremely miserable, and it makes people believe in Jiang Zhen's words.

This evil star, he really dares to cut human flesh!

"Brother, we will definitely build the house for you. If you have something to say, don't be impulsive..." Jiang Chengxiang said quickly. He really regretted it now. If he had known that his elder brother was such a person, he would definitely not offend him.

"If you want me to speak well, then go and do things quickly!" Jiang Zhen said coldly: "By the way, my household registration is also independent of me. I don't want to have anything to do with you guys!"

Seeing Jiang Zhen’s fierce look, Jiang Chengxiang subconsciously took a few steps back.

Jiang Zhen was in a good mood when he looked cowardly. He didn't want to look up and saw Brother Zhao Jin looking at him outside the crowd.

Jiang Zhen: "..."

He is going to tell his brother Jin now, saying that he is actually a very reasonable person, is it still time to do it?

Jiang Zhen was a little worried, but soon, his heart was relieved again - Brother Zhao looked at him with worry, but he did not have any feelings of disgust.

He knew that his brother Jin liked him very much and would definitely not hate him.

Jiang Zhen wanted to laugh a little, but he coughed twice before he didn't make himself laugh. He didn't show a fierce expression to scare people, but pushed Yang Jiang, who was tied up, into Jiang Laosan's room, and said to the person outside the room: "I'll sleep for a while, you'd better get things done for me as soon as possible!"

As he said that, Jiang Zhen closed the door with a "slam".

Brother Zhao Jin looked at the closed door and was even more worried. That guy Jiang Zhen actually attacked the yamen runners. Could it be that he was fine, right?

Brother Zhao Jin was working for the big family today as usual, but he didn't expect that halfway through the work, he suddenly heard something happened to the Jiang family.

Something happened to the Jiang family? Will Jiang Zhen have something to do? I thought that even if I didn’t come to talk to him in the past, I would always go in front of me for a few times. At noon, Jiang Zhen would even call me for dinner. Today, he didn’t even show his shadow. Brother Zhao Jin couldn’t help but feel anxious.

Without the intention of working anymore, he informed Zhao Dahu's family and returned to the village. Then he saw a lot of people surrounding Jiang's house.

Before he could find out anything, Zhao Jin saw Jiang Zhen coming out of the main hall with a yamen runner, who looked like he was suffering...

What's going on?

Brother Zhao Jin saw Jiang Zhen enter Jiang Laosan's room and asked with a Shuang'er who was watching the fun.

"It seems that Jiang Laosan brought a yamen runner back and wanted to catch Jiang Lao and went to jail, but Jiang Laosan caught the yamen runner in turn." Shuang'er broke away with the hand of Brother Zhao Jin, who was almost the same as a man, and sighed: "What should I do now? There is a man who beats yamen runners in our village. Do you think those yamen runners will charge a lot more when they come to our village to collect taxes in the future?"

"Boss Jiang is too much. He didn't even say that he beat his parents and brothers, but he even beat the yamen runners!" Someone next to him interrupted.

"Yes, this person is too much! I think Mrs. Jiang is right. He is indeed not a thing. No wonder Mrs. Jiang wants to find a yamen runner to arrest him." Someone said again.

"You guys are quiet, don't let that evil star hear it!" said a timid man.

Everyone stopped talking together, and now none of them are afraid of Jiang Zhen.

The villagers were worried that they would encounter trouble if they offended the people in the yamen, but when Zhao Jin heard their words, they were worried about Jiang Zhen and disliked Jiang Laosan.

What should he do now? Should he go to Jiang Zhen to take a look? Help him?

"Brother Jin, why are you here? Come home with me." Zhao Liu was also watching the fun. Unexpectedly, she saw her son here. She stepped forward a few steps forward and grabbed Brother Zhao's hand and said, "Boss Jiang is crazy. He even beats the yamen runners. We should go back quickly to avoid causing trouble."

Brother Zhao Jin saw his mother's thin appearance and his body trembled, and he withdrew his feet toward Jiang Zhen.

"Brother Jin, don't talk to Boss Jiang anymore, and don't take his fish. We can't afford to offend such a evil star." Zhao Liu took his son home. After walking for a while, he said to his son.

My son has been very close to Boss Jiang during this period, so he can't do this again in the future.

"Mom, he is not a bad person." Brother Zhao Jin couldn't help but defend Jiang Zhen.

"I saw it today. He can kill his own father... If we can't afford to offend such a person, it's better to stay away." Zhao Liu said again: "And... the villagers don't like him now." They can't fight against the villagers.

Brother Zhao moved his lips and fell silent.

For the sake of his parents, he must not be able to go to Jiang Zhen in broad daylight. Why not...go to take a look at him at night?
Chapter completed!