From the clothes of the group of people who came, after estimating the noble identity of this group of people, and then from the situation of County Magistrate Tan and Platoon Commander Yang who arrived later, He Xiaojun had already roughly estimated the identity of this group of people and what they came for.

Regarding the rescue of hostages from the bandits' lair, He Xiaojun has never paid much attention to it. Because, he only did it for the master of Platoon Leader Yang and the eldest brother of squad leader Liu, and he never thought of asking anyone to thank him, so he didn't pay much attention to the people in this class who should have come with this purpose.

He Xiaojun was just a little curious about how the beautiful woman who had been in the restaurant all morning could appear in the room of that group of people, but he was not a "gossipy" person, so he didn't dig deeper.

After Situ Huaibi and his group were full of wine and food, when Ah Qi and the others cleaned up the things on the stage and replaced them with fragrant tea, He Xiaojun was called up again.

After He Xiaojun entered the room again, County Magistrate Tan first introduced him and Platoon Commander Yang to the wealthy businessmen from the neighboring counties.

After that, on behalf of them and the people of the neighboring counties, County Magistrate Tan once again expressed his gratitude to He Xiaojun and the others for their selfless contributions to the neighboring counties.

In the end, County Magistrate Tan said that this group of wealthy businessmen from neighboring counties came over this time, and they came over spontaneously, and they wanted to come over and personally thank He Xiaojun for saving their lives.

After the county magistrate Tan said that, all the wealthy businessmen stood up one after another, thanked He Xiaojun and the three of them one by one, and presented them with a list of gifts written on red paper and given to them.

He Xiaojun took the list that the wealthy businessmen stuffed into his hand, and when he looked at it, he couldn't help but be shocked.

The list of those gifts not only contains the amount of money and silver to be rewarded, but also a series of names and amounts of gifts.

It turned out that the things that He Xiaojun commanded the bicycle workers to pile up just now were the gifts brought to He Xiaojun by this group of wealthy businessmen.

I don't know if it's because of the shortage of items in that era, but also because of the local customs, people at that time gave gifts, and the gifts were daily necessities, so the gifts that this group of wealthy businessmen sent to He Xiaojun were actually a few catties of pork, a few feet of cloth, a few rice, sugar, oil, wine, and even a few live chickens and geese.

Those baskets used to hold so many things, no wonder the bicycle workers had such a hard time carrying them. It's really hard to send that bike worker from afar.

Except for those gifts of daily necessities in large quantities. In addition to the surprise of He Xiaojun, who had never seen it, the amount of reward on the gift list made He Xiaojun even more shocked.

There were a total of twelve wealthy businessmen who came to reward them, and their remuneration was at least 30 yuan, and at most 300 yuan, and the sum of the numbers was several times more than the bonuses at all levels that He Xiaojun received in that crackdown on bandits. From this point of view, the bandits who kidnapped this group of people really found the right person, and from the amount of this honorarium, it can be seen that this group of people is worth a lot of money.

If he accepts the honorarium, his salvation is like doing business with people, and even he is not prepared to save people, he has the feeling of taking advantage of the danger of others, not to mention, although he is also desperate to make money, but these sent money, he believes that he will not be at ease when he uses it.

It's just that those gifts can't make people ship so many things back again, right? Therefore, He Xiaojun decided to accept these gifts, and then find a way to exchange them for equivalent things in other aspects.

However, although He Xiaojun was prepared not to accept the gift, he didn't know what Platoon Commander Yang thought? After all, it is legal to accept these gifts, and the value of this gift is also amazing, after accepting it, it is enough for the family to eat for ten years and eight years or even for a lifetime, so of course, He Xiaojun can't use his own thoughts to measure others, and he doesn't want to use his own actions to influence others.

Because, if He Xiaojun takes the lead and is not polite, Platoon Commander Yang may be embarrassed to accept it, in that case, isn't it to influence others? Therefore, He Xiaojun was ready to wait for Platoon Commander Yang to make a decision before he made his statement.

Judging from the expressions of Platoon Leader Yang and Team Leader Liu, He Xiaojun knew that they were also taken aback by the form and heaviness of this gift.

After Platoon Commander Yang and Squad Leader Liu exchanged glances, Platoon Leader Yang spoke, he said: It is their responsibility to suppress bandits and protect the peace of the party, and it is also the obligation of them to be soldiers, so they can't accept these gifts. If they accept these gifts, they will discredit their soldiers.

After hearing Platoon Commander Yang's refusal, the wealthy businessmen hurriedly said to them: You must accept these gifts, because if you don't save them, don't say how much money you will lose? They may not even be able to save their lives. Moreover, the customs and etiquette of this place, if you want to thank people, in addition to the gratuity, you must bring these gifts with them. The gifts have already been bought and brought, so they can't be allowed to bring these things back to the neighboring county, right? Therefore, they must be platoon leader Yang and they accept the gifts.

Platoon Commander Yang said: They will definitely not accept the honorarium, and if they do, they will be disciplined. And their home is not here, and it is useless for them to receive those gifts? Therefore, it is also a waste for them to receive these gifts.

One party resolutely refused, one party insisted on sending it, Platoon Commander Yang and the wealthy businessmen were resolute, and for a while, no one could convince anyone.

In this dispute between sending and refusing, there were several people who did not participate in it, one was Mayor Xie, County Magistrate Tan and Bai Yulan, because this matter was none of their business, and of course they were not good at participating. There are also two people who are He Xiaojun and Situ Huaibi, although the two of them are also parties, but they are both watching at this time.

He Xiaojun's wait-and-see is to wait and see how things develop, and then take corresponding countermeasures.

Situ Huaibi watched, he didn't know what the purpose was, he was watching He Xiaojun to see how he could deal with it?

There is another person who also pays attention to He Xiaojun, and this person is Magnolia.

The opportunity she won today was really a good opportunity for Magnolia, allowing her to conduct on-site inspections of the two investigators at the same time from another angle.

After the two sides argued for a while, from Platoon Commander Yang and their attitudes, He Xiaojun, who had already understood their thoughts, stepped forward, he first stopped the dispute between the two sides, and then expressed his own opinion to the wealthy businessmen.

He Xiaojun said that because his act of saving people was not out of his original intention, but just his incident, if he accepted their gifts, he himself would have a disturbed conscience, so he could not accept his gifts.

He Xiaojun did not give the wealthy businessmen a chance to speak, and continued: The gift cannot be accepted, but since your gift has been delivered, of course, I am embarrassed to let you bring it back from afar, so let's do it, I will not accept the honorarium, these gifts, and the gift of Platoon Leader Yang and them, I will accept them for them.

Still didn't give the rich businessmen a chance to speak, He Xiaojun continued: As the saying goes, come and don't be rude, since the big brothers have come from afar, how can I and Platoon Leader Yang do their best to be landlords, right? Therefore, I decided to invite you brothers to eat for free for one day in the restaurant, one is to make friends, and the other is to thank you for the gift.

After listening to He Xiaojun's words, how could the rich businessmen be willing? People saved their lives, how can they still let people break the bank? Therefore, of course, they are against He Xiaojun's words.

Platoon Commander Yang felt that He Xiaojun's method was feasible, so they stood on He Xiaojun's side.

Thus, a new round of disputes began.

Among the people who have been watching coldly, Bai Yulan feels that she has gained a lot, from today's refusal to accept the honorarium, she has already sentenced Yang Platoon Commander to pass the inspection, and she also looks up to He Xiaojun's character.

As for Situ Huaibi, he had a strong interest in He Xiaojun's life.

Considering that the other party is his daughter's direct life-saving benefactor, Situ Huaibi's remuneration this time is written on the list of 300 yuan. He also prepared that if this daughter's life-saving benefactor was pleasing to the eye, he would increase the honorarium. But who knows, this benefactor is not polite.

Mayor Xie and County Magistrate Tan, two bystanders who were also present, were embarrassed. It is reasonable to receive a courtesy; It is not rude, but it is a noble thing. Reasonable and noble, they don't know which side to help for a while?