"Sister-in-law, you are right, we are reaping the consequences and we deserve what we deserve..."
Lin Qingyun lowered his head with his hands, his face full of pain. After blaming himself for a long time, he raised his head and said, "Sister-in-law, I beg you to help me. Even if it is for the sake of the child, please help me again."
Let’s get through this difficult time.”
"How do you want me to help you?" Ye Chuqiu asked.
"Just lend us five taels of silver." Lin Qingyun said without hesitation.
"I can lend you five taels of silver, but how do you plan to spend it? And how do you plan to pay it back?" Ye Chuqiu asked again.
"this……"
Lin Qingyun was silent, and Li Youmei on the side said: "How else can I spend five taels of silver? Of course I will buy some rice, noodles, wine and meat for the New Year."
"Then how are you going to pay back the money?" Ye Chuqiu asked again, "You don't plan to pay back the money, right?"
"That's not the case. We will definitely pay back the money, but we are encountering difficulties now. I'm afraid we won't be able to pay back the money for a while." Lin Qingyun raised his head and answered, then immediately lowered his head, his face full of shame.
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In fact, if Ye Chuqiu hadn't specifically mentioned it, they had no intention of repaying the money. On the way to escape, they unexpectedly got a horse, which they later sold for money. They also gave Ye Chuqiu five taels of silver, and they discussed it at home.
, I asked Ye Chuqiu to borrow five taels of silver. If the money was not paid, it would be offset against the money.
If their family becomes rich in the future, they will definitely pay it back. If they are not rich, they will have to keep owing it. Anyway, my sister-in-law is very capable and has built such a big house. How can I still be short of these five taels of silver?
"It's okay for me to lend you money, but you must pay it back within the stipulated period. If you can't pay it back, you can work for me to pay off the debt."
Ye Chuqiu said something. Seeing that they seemed to be unwilling, Ye Chuqiu said: "You go back and think about it first. I can lend you two buckets of food first."
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law."
Hearing what Ye Chuqiu said, Li Youmei and the others became a little anxious. They just came to ask for two buckets of rice. This was not their intention.
When Ye Chuqiu heard their voices, he remembered something and said, "By the way, since you have also been robbed by thieves, it is reasonable to tell the village chief about this matter, so as to show that you and Wu Ming
I won’t be implicated anymore.”
"Sister-in-law, you have to tell the head of Lin'an Village about such a shameful thing?"
Li Youmei couldn't help but say that during this period, she had only been bragging in the village. At this time, she went to the village chief to tell the matter in despair. She felt that her face was shameless.
"Is it embarrassing now?"
Ye Chuqiu sneered, "We don't have much face in front of others, so we don't have to worry so much. Let's go and come with me."
After that, he told Lin Erhu to look after the house, and he called Lin Dahu and Lin Qingyun to go find the head of the house, Zhang Huaiyuan.
"Why are you here?"
Seeing them coming, Zhang Huaiyuan didn't show much enthusiasm. During this period, because of Wu Ming's incident, the villagers had opinions about the Lin family. As the person who helped Ye Chuqiu settle down, Zhang Huaiyuan also felt ashamed.
Light.
"I've seen the mayor, it's really unfortunate for my family."
Ye Chuqiu didn't pay attention to Zhang Huaiyuan's attitude. After giving a slight salute to Zhang Huaiyuan, he said to himself: "My second brother and sister's cousin Wu Ming and two people from the same village came all the way here. We thought it would not be easy for them to escape from the famine all the way.
, so we took them in. Who knew they had evil intentions, setting up roadblocks outside and ruining the reputation of our Lin family.
After I learned about this, I confronted them immediately. After I learned that it was indeed true, I asked my second brother and his family to drive them out.
But my second brother is an honest and honest person, and he also cares about face, so he told them to let them leave after the Chinese New Year. Unexpectedly, last night, they actually swept away all the money and food of my second brother’s family and disappeared.
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Having said this, Ye Chuqiu paused and allowed Zhang Huaiyuan to digest it for a moment before saying: "Although we are new here, we are also from Lin'an Village, so I want to ask the village chief, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
"Wait a minute, you said that Wu Ming got involved in the property of your second brother and sister's family and disappeared?" Zhang Huaiyuan asked.
"That's right." Ye Chuqiu nodded.
"Damn Wu Ming, I kindly took them in, but instead they repaid me with kindness and stole all our property. Chief, you have to help us."
Li Youmei cried loudly again. She was not pretending, but she was really sad.
During this time, she saved a lot of money, plus a little money left over from selling horses. She had collected enough money to get her two children married, which amounted to more than a dozen taels, as well as clothing and jewelry.
But now, all of them are gone.
When she thought of this, she cried uncontrollably.
"This is the New Year, please stop crying first."
Zhang Huaiyuan was so upset by her crying that she only reminded her.
"Chief, we are really at the end of our rope."
Li Youmei sobbed and said: "Now all the money and food at home are gone. We are going to starve to death during this Chinese New Year."
She had a loud voice, cried and worshiped, and immediately attracted a lot of spectators.
After all, Li Chang's family lives in the village, and they don't live in the mountains like Ye Chuqiu and others. No matter how big the trouble is, no one knows about it.
A large circle of people immediately gathered in front of the house leader's house. Everyone pointed at Ye Chuqiu, Li Youmei and others. Even Huang Tiesheng's daughter-in-law, Chen Sanniang, also came.
After she learned the whole story, she also walked in, sighed slightly, and said, "Don't cry anymore. I told you to be careful before, but you didn't obey. Now you know you were wrong, right?"
"Sanniang, I just thought that we were relatives, and I couldn't bear the thought of him dying of cold and starvation." Li Youmei said in tears, but she didn't dare to admit that she was doing it for the sake of money.
Everyone knew that she was greedy for money, but seeing her crying pitifully, no one exposed her at this time, but many people came out to comfort her. Of course, there were also some small sounds of disdain.
"Now is not the time to talk about this. What kind of regulations do you want to find when you come to me this time?"
Zhang Huaiyuan stroked his beard gently and asked: "Do you want to report to the official or something? If you want to report to the official, you must prepare at least two taels of silver first. The tea fee, carriage and horse fees for the official mission are not cheap."
"What? You want more money to report to the official?" Li Youmei wiped her tears and was stunned.
"That's of course." Zhang Huaiyuan said: "It's freezing cold today. If the officials come here, they don't have to spend money. Cars, horses, tea, and meals all have to be paid for by the host."
"So, if we let them suppress the bandits, wouldn't they have to spend extra money?" Ye Chuqiu couldn't help but ask.
"That's natural. The little money you gave them is just for tea. If they were asked to suppress bandits, this little money would probably not be enough." Zhang Huaiyuan replied.
Ye Chuqiu was indignant for no reason, "Then what does the imperial court do to support them?"
"Ms. Lin, be careful what you say." Zhang Huaiyuan interrupted her, and seeing her face full of resentment, he added: "This is the Chinese New Year, and for this little thing, I'm not willing to come."
It's hopeless. This court is really hopeless.
Earlier, Ye Chuqiu knew that dealing with the yamen was not that easy and she would rather give money. But now after hearing Zhang Huaiyuan's words, she realized that the people in the yamen were more difficult to deal with than she thought.
They say they are government officials, but in fact they only care about money. If they don't have money, how can ordinary poor people have the money to hire officials to come to their homes? They may not even be able to hire someone to write a petition.
"In this case, we will not report to the official. We are here to inform you that from now on, we will be sworn in with Wu Ming and his gang. If the villagers find any trace of them in the future, please let us know.
, I will definitely send my son to capture them." Ye Chuqiu looked at Zhang Huaiyuan and said.
Zhang Huaiyuan stared into her eyes and understood what she meant. He just nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Please come back."
After saying that, he turned to look at his mother-in-law and said, "Go get twenty eggs and bring them to Mrs. Lin."