Chapter 34: The Money Village Turmoil
Lin Zhu and Aunt Li went to the town together in Lin Dazhu's ox cart, and there were also a few women from the same village, including Wen Shanniang, who she saw last time, was also in the car, but she always stared at Lin Zhu intentionally or unintentionally this time, but when Lin Zhu turned in the direction of Wen Shanniang, she turned around and did not look at Lin Zhu, which made Lin Zhu very uncomfortable.
Wen Shanniang didn't say anything along the way, Lin Zhu only suppressed the doubts in his heart, and waited for the opportunity to talk to Aunt Li.
When they arrived in the town, Lin Zhu and Aunt Li quickly went to the grain store, bought white noodles of rice, and asked the men to send them to Lin Dazhu's ox cart. I went to the vegetable market to buy meat again, Lin Zhu saw that there were a lot of stick bones and pig offal on the meat stall, this time she asked for four stick bones, and asked for two pig hearts and two pig livers on the stall. The stall owner only killed two pigs this time, so there were only two sets of pig offal. I bought another five catties of pork belly, fat and thin, and I finished buying it. Aunt Li's family has a lot of people, she almost bought more than 20 catties, and there are a lot of eggs at home, which is almost enough to eat during this time, and the weather is still a little hot.
Lin Zhu saw that someone was selling beans and eggplant, and also bought some, Aunt Li wanted her to go to the house to get it, but Lin Zhu refused on the grounds that her family was afraid that it would not be enough to eat. Lin Zhu spent a lot of money in the town this time, she was afraid that the money in her hand would not be enough to pay for labor, so she wanted to find a money bank to exchange a silver ingot in her hand for loose money, but Aunt Li had been with her and it was not good to tell her directly. After the two of them finished buying, Aunt Li wanted to go back to the car, after all, the autumn harvest was almost over, she didn't want to stay in the town for too long, and other people had the same idea as her, so everyone would rush back after buying the things they needed, and they wouldn't wander around the town.
Seeing that Aunt Li was in a hurry to go back, Lin Zhu was a little anxious, and suddenly remembered that when she came out in the cloth village last time, she saw Qian Zhuang, which seemed to be not far from the cloth village, so she said to Aunt Li that she wanted to go to the cloth village to try her luck again, and see if there were any remaining rags and leftovers to sell to her, she asked Aunt Li to go back first, she quickly said hello to go back, Aunt Li thought for a while and agreed, the last time the rags were made and the purse of the two families were divided, it has been almost a month, and it is okay to go and see again, Aunt Li took Lin Zhu's back to her hand, and asked her to relax and go back quickly.
Lin Zhu nodded in agreement, and then walked quickly towards Buzhuang. There are not many people in the cloth village, she found the young man last time, asked on the side, the young man said yes, but not much, only about half of the last time, asked her if she still wanted, if you want to give Sanwen money. Last time, it was only five cents for such a big bag, but this time it was obviously the young man who raised the price, but since he came here on this ground, Lin Zhu didn't care so much, took three cents and gave it to him, and just took it and left.
Out of the door of the cloth village, Lin Zhu looked left and right for the traces of the money village, and found that it was diagonally opposite the cloth village, she saw that no one around her paid attention to her, and slowly walked towards the money village. As soon as I entered the bank, there were only the shopkeeper and two young men inside, the shopkeeper was settling accounts at the counter, and the two young men were cleaning up the store outside. There were no guests, which made Lin Zhu feel a little more relaxed.
A young man in Tsing Yi from Qianzhuang saw a little girl coming with a burden on her back, and he didn't know what he was doing, so he came up to her and asked, "Little girl, what are you doing here?" Although he didn't think that Lin Zhu had money to save or withdraw here, he still spoke in a friendly tone. Lin Zhu saw that he had a good attitude, and felt that he should be able to exchange silver smoothly, "Can you exchange copper coins here?" "Yes." The guy in Tsing Yi thought she was curious, "If you want to change, let your father and mother come." "How can I exchange it, how much can I exchange for a tael of silver?" "One tael of silver for nine hundred and ninety dollars." As soon as the man in green clothes finished speaking, another man in blue clothes at the counter interjected, "Why are you talking so much to a child," his tone was impatient, "Go and go, what should you do, don't make trouble here." With a wave of his hand, he drove Lin Zhu out. The young man in Tsing Yi just now looked at Lin Zhu apologetically, "Little girl, if you want to exchange silver, let your father and mother come." "My father and mother didn't have time to come, I just came, they are waiting for me in front, you can help me change." So Lin Zhu took out a silver ingot, the silver was five taels and one ingot, and it was a little big in her small hand. The guy in blue, seeing that Lin Zhu really took out the silver, it was really bad to be slapped in the face, so his face became ugly, "Where did you get so much silver from a child, didn't you steal it?" ”
Lin Zhu was very angry when she heard this, although she had found the silver from the Wang family, but the means were more secretive. But no matter what, the guy from this money bank couldn't talk like this, so she ignored him, and directly faced the young man in Tsing Yi who had been receiving her, and asked him to help exchange it for three taels of silver, and the rest of the money would be scattered. This guy also felt that the words of the guy in blue were a bit excessive, but he had been here longer than himself, so the guy in Tsing Yi always put up with him. It's the same this time, the guy in Tsing Yi asked Lin Zhu to take the silver to the counter, he had to tell the shopkeeper first, and then exchange it for her.
Seeing that the two of them didn't take care of their blue-clothed guys, they felt that they were despised, and they were even more angry, so he stopped the green-clothed guys, "I can't change it for her, who knows if the origin of her silver was stolen, if people know that we have exchanged dirty silver for people, the reputation of this money bank will be ruined." As he spoke, he squinted at Lin Zhu with his eyes. Lin Zhu was very angry in his heart, you said that I didn't recruit you and didn't provoke you, you are such a big person who is pouring dirty water on me here, I really think that I can be bullied by you when I am young, "Is this money village so hospitable?" When they came, they asked if the money had been stolen, and how did they think that I wanted to blackmail my money? It turns out that this is how the money bank was run. It's really an eye-opener, I don't know if the money that Lu Dao saved in your place, is it that the silver is gone in the end and never looks back? ”
"Little girl's words, we can't afford to take care of them, our money is a fair deal, and Tong Su is not bullied." The conversation between the blue-clothed guy and Lin Zhu alarmed the shopkeeper who settled the accounts at the counter, the blue-clothed guy was at fault, but as soon as Lin Zhu's words came out, the reputation of the money bank was half ruined, and he couldn't afford this responsibility, so he hurriedly came out to clarify. "Are you here to support him?" When Lin Zhu saw the shopkeeper coming out, he deliberately pointed at the guy in blue in the tone of a child fighting. "Little girl, don't be angry, my guy is open-mouthed, he said the wrong thing, don't be like him, let him compensate you in a while, you are here to exchange silver, I will let you exchange it immediately." Is it okay to give you the full amount? The shopkeeper didn't want to ruin the reputation of Qian Zhuang, so he had to give Lin Zhu some benefits and then coax her, so that she wouldn't talk nonsense after she left.
"Is my silver still stolen?" "Of course not," he turned his head and beckoned to the blue-clothed guy standing aside, "I can't come and pay compensation to the little girl." ”
Because of the delay just now, Lin Zhu, who wanted to return to Aunt Li's side immediately, no longer entangled with them, accepted the man's apology, took the silver exchanged for Lu, and promised the shopkeeper that he would not tell what happened just now, and left quickly.