Chen Jia hurried back and told Fan Yong and Huo Tingying what Yuan Liuye said. When the two heard this, they asked for a thousand taels of silver, and they both had big heads.
This is an astronomical figure for them. Where can they get it?
There are only a dozen apprentices in the entire martial arts hall, and each person's annual tuition fee is only a few taels of silver. He just gave the one hundred taels of silver that he finally collected to Yuan Liuye, where can he still have the money?
"You two think of a solution. I will go back now. Tian He's mother and his sister are still waiting for news from me." Fan Yong said, "Let's think of a solution together. In short, we must rescue Tian He."
"Okay, then go slower on the road." Chen Jia said.
Fan Yong returned to Tianhe's house and told the situation to his mother, his sister, and Xing Lizheng. Upon hearing this, everyone felt numb and helpless. One thousand taels, for farmers, that is simply unimaginable.
The next day, it’s New Year’s Eve. Who is still in the mood to celebrate the New Year when something like this happens?
Fan Yong and Xing Lizheng took all the money at home, but it was less than fifty taels. Zhang Tian, his mother and his sister had even less money, so they all pooled it together, and it was less than one hundred taels.
Xing Lizheng went out and borrowed money from relatives and friends again, but he didn't have a few taels of silver. These days there was a war and chaos, and there was no food to eat. Many people had never seen what money looked like in their lives. Where could they borrow money?
What should I do?
Xing Lizheng thought that this incident happened because of him. If he hadn't coveted Wu Dalang's twenty taels of silver and agreed to his proposal of marriage, how could he have gotten to this point? From the beginning to the end, it's all your own fault. The more he thought about it, the more he hated himself, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt sorry for his friends. When his mind became narrow-minded, he no longer wanted to live.
As luck would have it, he happened to come to a river. The water was bottomless, the current was very fast, and it was not frozen. He also knew that he was a landlubber and couldn't swim. He thought that this might be God's will. This was it. The best place for him to be buried.
He stood by the river, looked and looked and thought again and again, and then he was ready to jump down.
At this time, a man happened to come over. It was Wang Fugui. Because he was kind-hearted and generous with money, he was nicknamed "Wang Laohao".
This old Wang was very rich and his family had a big business, but in his generation, firstly, he is lazy, loves to drink, and does not do his job properly. Secondly, he is easy to fool, and his relatives and friends come to borrow money from him, and most of them are fine. If you don't give it back, or you can get some very cheap things and sell them to him at a higher price, he will buy them as soon as they say a few nice words. For example, someone brought a donkey and told him how good the donkey was. He even said that the donkey could do math. He believed it and said that the donkey was better than a horse. A horse was worth ten taels of silver. This donkey was worth ten taels of silver. He is willing to buy something worth at least one hundred taels of silver. That's the kind of person he is.
As a result, in the long run, this business was almost completely destroyed by him. Until now, I haven't even got a wife.
Today, he happened to be passing by here. When he saw Xing Li standing by the river, seeking death, he was frightened and rushed over to stop him.
At this time, there was a "plop" sound, and Xing Lizheng jumped down. Wang Laohao took a look and jumped down without even taking off his clothes and shoes before he had time to think about it. Fortunately, Wang Laohao was pretty good at water. After struggling for a long time, he finally rescued Xing Lizheng.
Xing Lizheng had half-full of wine and fell into a coma. Wang Laohao helped him pinch his throat, performed artificial respiration, and beat his chest. After working for a while, Xing Lizheng regained consciousness. .
"Doctor Xing, Doctor Xing, wake up, what are you doing? What happened to you, why can't you think about it?"
When Xing Lizheng saw that it was Mr. Wang, he cried and said, "Why did you rescue me? You just let me die. Wait a minute, if you leave, I have to die."
“Dr.
"You?" Xing Lizheng shook his head, "It's all in vain if I tell you this."
"Tell me about it."
So Xing Lizheng told the general story of how Wu Dalang came to propose marriage, how Zhang Tianhe was imprisoned, and now the government asked for one thousand taels of silver, etc.
"Oh, I understand. After all, you just want a thousand taels of silver. It doesn't matter. I have it. I'll give it to you." Mr. Wang said easily.
"Really? Are you kidding me?" Xing Lizheng looked at Mr. Wang and asked in disbelief.
"I only have two or three hundred taels in cash, but it doesn't matter. I still have a house and land. I'll sell it cheaper. It should be about the same." Wang Laohao said seriously.
"I'm afraid this won't work. If you sell your house and land, where will you live?"
"Isn't there a Tutu Temple on the back mountain? I can live there," Wang Laohao said. "First, rescue Zhang Tianhe. Anyway, I'm alone. I just have a place to sleep."
Just like that, three days later, Wang Laohao really sent a thousand taels of silver.
Zhang Tian, his mother and sister were so moved that they didn't know what to say.
Let Fan Yong take the money to the county.
Over there, Chen Jia and Huo Tingying collected more than one hundred taels. In this way, Chen Jia found Mr. Yuan Liu with the money. When the county government saw that he had indeed collected the money, he released Zhang Tianhe and said, "Where did you pick up this gun and bullets?" , where are you going to put them back? Don’t take these things from home again, you won’t do it next time, you know?”
