Chapter 484 Father is paving the way for his child

"Yes, he is the eldest son of the Zhou family and the magistrate of our Cheng'an County."

"But why is he here?"

"I heard that this academy is run by the Zhou family?"

"No wonder."

Zhou Ruiyuan frowned after listening to their words, and said sternly: "Who are you? Why are you making trouble in our academy?"

The leading farmer raised his head and said: "Magistrate Zhou, we are all villagers from the neighboring county. We are here to collect debts this time." ?.?????.???

"Debt collection? Who owes you debt?" Zhou Ruiyuan asked coldly.

The leading farmer pointed at Mr. Yuan and said, "That's him. He owes us money and now he's refusing to pay us."

Zhou Ruiyuan turned his attention to Mr. Yuan.

Mr. Yuan quickly explained: "Mr. Zhou, I don't owe them any money. It's my uncle and aunt who owe them money."

Someone from the villagers interrupted and said, "Your uncle and aunt said that you have to pay back the money they owe!"

Mr. Yuan said angrily: "You go to anyone who owes you money!"

The villagers did not listen at all and said: "Your uncle and aunt ran away with the whole family overnight. Where are we going to ask them for money? Now you are the only one left in the Yuan family. If you don't pay back the money, who will pay back the money?" !”

Mr. Yuan's eyes were red and his heart was full of anger.

His anger was not because of the villagers who came to him for money, but because of his uncle and aunt.

His uncle has been sick these years, and he earns money to treat his uncle.

However, he didn't expect that his uncle had recovered from his illness long ago, and he came with his aunt to deceive him.

Let him pay them money every month.

This time it was even more outrageous. He actually borrowed a large sum of money from the villagers for medical treatment, and then ran away with his family.

The blame was thrown to the nephew who had been working hard to earn money to support them.

Mr. Yuan was angry because the family affection he paid was just a joke.

He worked for his uncle and aunt for more than ten years in vain.

Now I have to pay them back.

While he was lost in thought, Zhou Ruiyuan suddenly said: "How much money do they owe you in total?"

The leading villager calculated, "About twenty taels of silver."

This money is just a drop of money for the Zhou family, but for ordinary farmers, it can buy food for a long time.

He took out twenty taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to them and said, "I paid this money back for him."

The villagers were overjoyed and said, "Thank you, sir."

After they finished speaking, they rushed forward to get the money.

Zhou Ruiyuan held down the silver and said, "But I have a request."

The villagers were stunned, "What do you want, sir?"

Zhou Ruiyuan glanced at them all with cold eyes and said: "This money has been repaid to you. The money that the Yuan family owes you is settled, but what should I do if you cause trouble in my academy?!"

The villagers were startled and knelt down in panic: "Sir, we know we were wrong. We shouldn't make trouble in your academy."

Zhou Ruiyuan slowly released his hand holding the money and said, "Anyone who comes to collect the money should go to the Yamen to get a plate from me."

The villagers lowered their heads and dared not speak.

Zhou Ruiyuan lowered his voice and said, "It's okay if you don't want to get hurt, but I have to find the Yuan couple within three days."

"Every wrongdoer has his own owner, and the money they owe you should go to them and ask for it!"

No one in the village dared to get money anymore, and it was a life-threatening matter to be beaten in the yamen.

A family only has a few dozen yuan of money, so there is no need to deliberately refuse to go like this with Mr. Zhou.

They all responded: "Yes, Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Ruiyuan took back the twenty taels of silver and ordered them in a cold voice: "Go down."

"Yes, sir."

The villagers left the gate of the academy in disgrace one by one.

Mr. Yuan strode over and saluted him: "Thank you, Mr. Zhou."

"You don't need to thank me. If you want to thank me, just thank Yi'er and Yu'er. They were the ones who found me." After Zhou Ruiyuan said that, he looked at Yi'er and Yu'er behind him.

Mr. Yuan understood that this was a favor that Zhou Ruiyuan wanted him to owe the two children.

It is conceivable that the Zhou family also takes a fancy to these two children.

He was only the husband of these two children, and he was so favored by the Zhou family.

He saluted the two children again.

Zhou Ruiyuan said sternly to him: "Don't be cautious when you encounter villagers like this in the future. The more afraid you are of them, the more they will bully you."

Mr. Yuan nodded, "Yes, sir."

Zhou Ruiyuan led the two children toward the academy. As he walked, he asked him, "What's going on with your uncle and aunt?"