There was a sound of talking outside the courtyard.

There was also a vague argument.

Thyme got dressed and went out, but saw that in the courtyard of Shi Hu's house, there was a woman who was thin and had a particularly protruding jaw bone on her face, probably in her forties.

The woman wears a blue cloth gown with long white sleeves and a brown skirt underneath.

When the woman saw Thyme come out, she said with some menacingness, "You can do that thing." I can tell you well, the other party's patience is not good, being able to agree to this matter has already given you a great favor, don't be dissatisfied. ”

With that, the woman turned around and left.

Thyme looked at the woman with a little face, especially when the woman spoke so aggressively just now, which made Thyme feel very bad.

When An Le came out, he only glanced at the woman, but frowned and whispered to thyme: "This woman is not a good person, she must be a bitter person. ”

In a short sentence, a woman's character is judged.

Thyme nodded a little approvingly, but felt that An Le was right.

"You're right, this woman really isn't a good person."

Thyme sighed helplessly after speaking.

Kang turned his head and saw Thyme and An Le standing behind, smiling a little unembarrassed.

Originally, Thyme didn't want to take care of this matter, but her intuition told Thyme that there must be something inside to this matter.

"What the hell is going on?" Thyme asked Kang.

Kang sighed again and said helplessly: "That one was a man just now. Niu Er people are lively, often go to the town to play, a rich man in the town fell in love with the cow, the rich man has no children, so he wants to adopt the cow, this man said this many times, a few days ago when the smallpox in the village began to run rampant, I asked someone to find the child has the intention of sending the child out, but you also see, now we have nothing to do. Naturally, I was reluctant to send my child away. Then the man came and urged, saying that the rich man was leaving, and that he wanted to take the child away. ”

After listening to Kang's story, Thyme heard the helplessness in the middle.

At this time, An Le stepped forward and asked, "Have any of you ever received the rich man's silver?" ”

Kang shook his head again and again and said, "I'm just afraid that the child will suffer." I want to find a good family for my child. It's not like you want to sell your child for money. Naturally, it is impossible to collect cash. ”

It can be seen that Kang is still a good mother.

An Le breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's good if you don't collect the money, I'm afraid that something will happen if you collect the money, and that guy is not a good person." This matter must not be easy to solve. ”

An Le is very accurate in seeing people, especially physiognomy.

During this time, An Le had never shown his face, and Thyme almost forgot about it.

Thyme was also a little shocked when she heard this.

Kang's and Shi Hu on the side were already a little panicked when they heard this.

In the hearts of the two of them, An Le and Thyme are both people who have seen the world, and what they say must be reasonable.

An Le continued: "You two don't have to worry too much, since you don't have the money, then this matter is a different matter, you confiscate the silver, and this matter is just a verbal promise, then the guy is not good to say anything, now go and get the cow back, don't let him wander around outside, it's better to let the cow not stay in your house, go to the people in the village to play." ”

With An Le's idea, the two of them were not so flustered.

Shi Hu hurriedly turned around and went out, and Kang was a little anxious in the courtyard.

Seeing this, Thyme also comforted: "You don't have to worry too much, nothing will happen." ”

After Shi Hu retrieved the cow, he went to the village to transport lime.

And Anle's conjecture is also correct.

Sure enough, after noon, the man he saw in the Kang's courtyard in the morning actually brought five or six strong men to the entrance of the village at this time.

Because there were still people carrying lime at the entrance of the village, the people who came were blocked outside.

Thyme heard the news and also arrived at the entrance of the village.

An Le grabbed the thyme and said, "You don't have to go to me." ”

Thyme also understands the meaning of peace, so the goal is a little smaller.

Thyme stopped and stayed in the courtyard.

An Le walked to the entrance of the village.

It's obviously not the first time he's done this.

Seeing the people in the village blocking it, he was very arrogant.

"This is a good thing, how can you go back? The old man is already waiting for me to bring someone over, and Shi Hu has to be trustworthy. ”

Shi Hu was already shy, and when he heard his accusation like this, and there was indeed such a thing, his face turned red, and he wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.

Li Zheng stepped forward at this time and said: "I know about Niu'er, it was because everyone in our village was infected before, so Shi Hu wanted to send the child away, but now the disease in the village is gone, and it is reasonable for Shi Hu to be reluctant to have a child." ”

The man snorted, and said in a sour voice: "It is reasonable, it is reasonable to coax me into your village, who doesn't know that your village is cursed, how much risk did I take to enter your village this time, and now you don't want to forget it?" ”

This is an attempt to extort money.

Shi Hu was about to say that he would solve this matter by spending some money, but was stopped by An Le.

An Le's clothes are different from those in the village, and he is dignified and polite.

"Below is Shi Hu's distant cousin, I heard that my cousin's family was in trouble, so I came to take a look, I also know some of the things you said just now, and I ask you, did the rich man promise you that as long as you get things done, you will have money to take?"

The man rolled his eyes and thought for a while before he said: "What's the matter, I ran away in vain before this thing was done now, doesn't it take time to go back and forth!" And my salary, it's not money! Who will recognize these for me? I also need to live. ”

He was right, and An Le didn't deny it.

"What you say makes sense, so you can make a price!"

After An Le finished speaking, he glanced at the boy strangely.

Seeing that An Le was dressed, he thought that he was also the son of a rich family, so he hesitated for a while and said, "I have delayed so many times, and I have to pay a tael of silver." ”

A tael of silver? As soon as these words came out, the people in the village were stunned, you must know that these two pieces of silver are a year's ration for a family, and many people in the village have never seen silver.

An Le didn't laugh angrily when he heard this.

"You will ask for silver, a tael of silver, and I will ask you, when my cousin told you, will this child be sold or will be given?"

"Send." She was also unequivocal, in fact, what she said to the rich man was selling, and it was two taels of silver.

Shi Hu's family didn't want silver, so he wanted to eat the silver, and now that the business is yellow, he can't get a penny, how can he not be discouraged.

And how not to be angry in my heart.

An Le snorted and said, "Are you really such a deceitful person when we are?" That's not what you said to the rich man. ”

There is some deceit in the words of peace.

When he heard this, he was really a little flustered.

Looking at An Le with a little panicked eyes, he said in surprise: "How can you say that, don't slander people, my flower is also a well-known good reputation in the neighborhood, don't talk nonsense to ruin my reputation, what about the evidence?" ”

If I had been happy at first, I might not have had much confidence, but now, I am full of confidence.

"EvidenceAs long as you dare to follow me to explain things to the rich man, it is naturally evidence, the reason why you are so enthusiastic is not to see that my cousin does not want money, but when you go to tell the rich man, you need silver, and you want to eat this silver in the middle, originally to find a good family for the child, as soon as you mix in the middle, it becomes my cousin to sell the child, you yourself are not right-hearted, and now you are still here to blackmail the silver, do you really think that we are all easy to bully? I can tell you, don't think that if you call these thugs, I will be afraid of you, if you have the ability, you can call these thugs to look at them with one finger to see if I dare to go to the government to expose you. ”

An Le's words were very serious, and he was a little scared when he heard the government.

A lot of the business she does is not visible, and if she goes to the government, you can imagine what kind of treatment she can receive.

He was flustered.

An Le gently hooked the corners of his mouth.

"Don't say that we are unkind, we are responsible for this matter."

After An Le finished speaking, he turned to look at Shi Hu and asked, "Cousin, how many times has she come to your house?" ”

Shi Hu said again and again: "Three times, even now four times this time." ”

An Le is counted.

Turned to Li Zheng and said, "Li Zheng has forty dollars on him." ”

The reason why An Le asked Li Zheng for money was actually because he expected that Shi Hu had no money on him.

An Le's money bag contained seven or eight taels of silver, and it only cost more than one or two taels to buy lime, and he carried it with him.

When he opened the money bag, there were only about two dozen copper coins in it, and Li Zheng just said a word, and the people in the village behind him quickly gathered more than a dozen.

One, no more, no less, forty were handed over to An Le.

An Le looked at the gentleman and continued: "You have come four times, the carriage from here to the town needs two yuan to go back and forth, that is, four yuan, I count the money for inviting you to drink tea, and I will give you ten yuan for one trip, and a total of four times with you, I will give you all forty yuan in total." ”

Naturally, he refused to accept it, and a fool knows how big the difference between one or two pieces of silver and forty dollars is.

How could she be willing to take the copper coins.

"Forty dollars, should you send Hanako?" The boy said unhappily in his heart.

An Le saw that he didn't take it, and he didn't mind taking his hand back.

"Everyone is optimistic that she doesn't want this money, since we can't negotiate the price between us now, let's go to the government, I believe that the county magistrate will definitely give us justice."

An Le said it seriously, not like he was joking at all. (To be continued......)