"Dahu went to get the lost silver." Baibeard Village Chief pointed at Gu Jiu: "This kid stole forty taels of silver from Dahu's family. Dahu just went to Gujia Village."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Gu Youcai immediately remembered that his wife had lost three taels of silver, and immediately shouted: "The first time you came to steal food, you also stole five taels of silver from our house! "
"Yes! Our family is also missing two taels!"
"And our family is missing six taels!"
"Hurry up and return all our money. It's for my baby to study!"
"That's right, even if you just steal something and then rake it back, that forty taels of silver is a big handful. Jiu Yatou looks like she's carrying forty taels of silver!"
"..."
Everyone was quarreling with each other so that the white-bearded village chief was speechless. Wang Dahu whined and had to argue for himself, but no one could hear clearly and no one paid any attention to what he said.
The village chief raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down. He turned to the white-bearded village chief and said: "Village Chief Wang, there are many girls in our village who were married from your village. There is no need to make the relationship between the two villages so troubled just because of a few people." Stiff. You said that Xiaojiu took forty taels of silver from you. There must be evidence, right? Besides, forty taels is not four taels. Even if he hid such a large amount on his body, he would have to hide it for a long time. At that time, it was so It’s impossible to do it in a short time!”
"But now your people have indeed sneaked into our Gujia Village in the middle of the night again. You also said yesterday that you would give us an explanation. I think there is no need to wait. Village Chief Wang, you will give us an accurate explanation now." Reply! What on earth are we going to do about this matter?"
"We don't want to embarrass you. Just for the few people who came to our Gujia Village tonight, you asked us to empty their food and take away their money. This matter is over! From now on, no one will mention it again. Thing! No one is allowed to retaliate for this matter!"
Whitebeard Village Chief did not speak but looked at the other people in Peach Blossom Village. After scanning everyone's reactions, he finally made way without saying a word.
Although food had been moved to Wang Dahu's house, the money had not yet been confiscated, so everyone came to his house first. Gu Jiu originally thought that he would not find any more silver, after all, she had already taken it away, but he did not expect to find another two taels after a while.
"Grandma, you've been working so hard for so long and you only have two taels."
"Don't worry, aren't there four more people? Maybe when these people were dividing the spoils, this person wanted more food but less money."
"That's right! Village chief, let's go to the next house quickly!"
After searching each house, the villagers found a total of more than 70 kilograms of grain and more than 60 taels of silver. Everyone was very happy.
"Folks, we have agreed before that in order to prevent anyone from hiding, we will search everyone after they leave Taohua Village. If you need to hand in more, hurry up!"
"Village Chief, our Gujia Village is not a Peach Blossom Village, how could there be such a person! Let's go back quickly, my wife is still waiting for me at home!"
Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this and walked out of Taohua Village with smiles on their faces. After leaving Taohua Village, the village chief searched everyone as promised and returned to Gujia Village without incident.
"Sister, are you injured?" Gu Jing looked at Gu Jiu from side to side and asked.
"No, why don't you sleep at night?"
"Wait for sister!"
Gu Jiu smiled and touched Gu Jing's head, waiting for the distribution results with everyone. Both money and grain were distributed according to households. Each family received two taels of silver and three copper coins plus twenty kilograms of grain. As for how to divide it internally, that is a matter for each company.
"Village chief, give me the money. It's not convenient for the second uncle to take the money after he has taken the grain." Gu Jiu took a step ahead of Youcai and stretched out his hand to hold the money. They were short of food at the beginning, so they should have their share of the compensation.
"Okay." As he said, the village chief directly gave the money to Gu Jiu. When Gu Youcai saw this, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Girl Jiu, if you're not tired, how will you deal with losing so much money?"
"Will not."
Along the way, no matter what Gu Youcai said, Gu Jiu refused to hand over the money to him.
When they arrived home, Mr. Gu, Mrs. Gu, Mrs. Zhao, Gu Wensheng and Gu Bazheng were waiting in a row for them. As for Gu Zheqi and Wang, one didn't want to come out because they were too cold, and the other didn't want to see people because his relatives were involved in stealing things.
"You are rich, how many things have you shared in total?" When the person came back, Mr. Gu stood up quickly and kept looking at the three of them.
"Two taels of silver and three copper coins per family plus twenty kilograms of grain."
"What about the silver?"
"It's here with me." Gu Jiu took out the silver and shook it.
"Give it to me first."
"What's the rush? You've got money in your hands anyway." Gu Jiu took a step back and collected the money.
"Divide, for what? Aren't you leaving? So what does this thing have to do with you?" Mrs. Gu looked at Gu Jiu and said dissatisfied.
"Mom is right. Xiaojiu, this thief stole a lot of money from your grandma. This little money is not enough. What can I give you?" Because Wang's relatives participated in the theft, Zhao Xiuer was no longer decadent. , the whole person's mental state is exactly the same as when Gu Qi first married into the Zhao family.
"But we also lost money and food. These things should be divided equally!"
"Share it equally?" Old Mrs. Gu looked at Gu Jiu in disbelief: "What kind of money do you have? You have already spent the one or two pension money long ago!"
"What about our food? You are not the only one who lacks food!"
"You..."
"That's enough!" Mr. Gu interrupted Mrs. Gu's next words, looked at Gu Jiu and said with a straight face: "I'll give you half of these two taels of silver as compensation, and don't mention the rest."
"OK."
…
After entering the house, Gu Jiu took out a fire folder and opened the hidden envelope with the light from it.
"Sister, what is this?" Gu Jing looked at the pattern on the envelope with curiosity.
"envelope."
This letter was found by Gu Jiu on the Wang Guan's desk. At that time, the things on it were messed up by the villagers, and the envelope sandwiched in the book was exposed. After seeing it, she felt that the envelope was too delicate and was probably not meant for sending between peers, so she secretly placed it in the space while no one was paying attention.
After unfolding it, I unexpectedly discovered that it was a letter of recommendation, recommending Wang Guan to study at an academy in the city. No wonder he was so anxious to get back the forty taels of silver. With this letter and the forty taels of silver, he could enter the academy.
Most academies in the city have some potential benefits, such as making it easier to win a child.
"Sister, what is written on this?"
"Some compliments."
The king will definitely come to him again without this letter, and then he can ask for some detailed information about the academy.
…
Time flew by, and soon it was time for the city gate to open. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by Wang Dahu and others' retaliation along the way, Gu Jiu specially found the village chief and asked him to help find four or five people to go with him for twenty yuan each.
"Sister, everything is packed, we can set off!" Gu Jing said happily holding a small bundle.
Gu Jiu nodded, feeling the intense gazes in the room, and turned a blind eye and went out.
When he arrived in the town, Gu Jiu found the car going into the city with a familiarity, and got out of the car before anyone else arrived, paying an extra 20 copper coins.
"Sister, when will we arrive?"
"Evening is almost here when the stars come out."
Along the way, Gu Jiu carefully paid attention to the surroundings, but surprisingly nothing happened until nightfall. Just when Gu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, the car suddenly stopped.
"Gu Jiu."
The familiar voice made Gu Jiu's consciousness move quickly again. He turned around and saw that it was Wang Guan who was blocking the car, but... was it just him?
"You little brat, hurry up and play, don't delay our entry into the city!" The uncle's voice was filled with impatience, and he even flicked his whip threateningly. But Wang Guan had no intention of leaving at all.
"The person guarding the city gate today is my adoptive father. If I don't agree, you won't be able to enter the city!"
When Gu Jiu heard this, he looked up at the man on the city gate who was looking down, and then at Wang Guan. He signaled to the uncle that she would resolve the matter, then got out of the car, walked to Wang Guan and took out the letter: "You are here. Want this?"
"Give me!"
"Okay, but you have to promise not to trouble me within a month."
"No problem." Wang Guan agreed simply, but after receiving the letter, a sneer crossed his lips proudly. What a fool, he believed whatever others said!
Gu Jiu turned around and got into the car. The second before he asked someone to stop the car, Gu Jiu took out another piece of paper from his arms and waved it to him: "If you really keep your promise, after one month, I'll come here and return the letter myself."
Wang Guan was startled and immediately opened the envelope. There was actually a piece of paper missing from it - the original two became one, and the missing page was still the page with his name on it!
Gu Jiu waved to him. Before he could react, the uncle had already driven his car through the city gate in the confusion of the night. If he stopped him, something would easily happen.
"Just stop here." Gu Jiu was afraid that others would know their specific residence, so he asked the uncle to stop the car in advance. After giving the money, he asked the driver to send the others back, while he pulled Gu Jing and Ye Qingyi towards the inn.
"Xiao Jiu!" Before he reached the inn, Gu Jiu heard Ling Yang's voice: "I knew you would come back today."
"Xiao Jing, call me sister Lingyang."
"Hello, Sister Lingyang."
"Okay, this must be your mother-in-law." Ling Yang smiled gracefully and took the thing from Ye Qingyi's hand: "Junior Ling Yang is Xiao Jiu's friend."
"Okay... no need, I can just hold it by myself."
"Mom, Ling Yang is fine. It's getting late. Let's go back to the inn first."
When they arrived at the inn, Gu Jiu and the others went upstairs after explaining the situation to the waiter.
"Xiao Jiu, I didn't expect your mother and your brother to come. The city gate has just opened and the inn is full. We can only sleep together tonight."
"That's just right. I have a lot of things to tell you."
