Chapter 68: The Government Rewards Silver
This winter's snow seems to be falling non-stop, and anyone who looks at it will say that there is a hole in the sky.
In the middle of the night, the snow fell silently on the earth, dyeing the earth white one by one.
At this time, Anning Village was unusually prosperous, everyone in every household was squatting at the door, and some of the broken-mouthed mother-in-law simply talked about homely things under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, but everyone's words were full of eagerness.
The reason is not because of the merit in suppressing bandits in this village, and the county lord above has praised him again and again, and he wants to understand the situation in person, and the people in the village are discussing who will go to the town.
"I see, this person who went to see the county lord in our village had to send someone with a shot, who could calm the scene, otherwise wouldn't he be deflated if he said a few words?"
"Yes, yes, it's okay for him to lose his own people, but it's not okay to lose the people in our village."
Shen Qingqing was breaking the cabbage gang, and listening to the discussion among the village women also found it interesting.
And the village chief was on crutches, his back didn't know when it was a little straighter, and his face was also beaming, he waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I know everyone is very curious about who is going to see the county master, the only scholar in our village is Lin Nan, who can he let if he doesn't go?" ”
Although Lin Nan's popularity in the village is average, he can be regarded as a famous scholar in ten miles and eight villages, and he deals with the county lord, if he doesn't know a single big character, he is also a foreigner, and no one has an opinion on this.
And after Lin Nan knew that he was going to see the county master, he sewed and mended the washed and white clothes at home, and took a shower a day in advance.
On the day I went to see the county master, I still had two books in my arm, and I couldn't wait to leave sideways, and my face was full of joy.
The people in the village couldn't help but flatter: "Alas, it's really out of the picture, and I can see the county master." ”
"That's not it, Lin Nan reads a lot of ink, and there are goods in his stomach, if we are allowed to go, the county master will probably drive us out."
When Lin Nan heard this flattering words, his neck raised even higher, and he couldn't wait to be like a white swan.
Shen Qingqing didn't want to participate in this kind of excitement, so she said a few words to the women in the village and returned to her house.
In the evening, Lin Nan came back, except for the few books he was carrying, he didn't go home first but went to the village chief's house.
This person who has seen the county lord is different, and Lin Nan didn't have much respect when he went to the village chief's house, but he raised his hand as if he had a face.
The village chief saw that he was young and didn't care so much about him, so he hurriedly said: "Lin Nan, you go to see the county lord, what did the county lord say to you?" ”
Lin Nan put the burden on the table and rubbed his hands: "Village chief, the county lord only praised us for our meritorious work in suppressing bandits, and specially rewarded us with fifty taels of silver, and I took it back, how do you think it will be distributed?" ”
The village chief was also happy, his eyes widened and he hurriedly opened the package, and there were indeed fifty taels of silver neatly placed inside.
The village chief took the silver and thought for a while, then said, "This bandit is the credit of our whole village, and it is divided into every household on average. ”
"Come on." Lin Nan took it and beat it for a while before saying, "If you divide it like this, each family can get two taels of silver." ”
"Okay." The village chief rubbed his temples, it was too late, and he was a little tired, so he handed the burden to Lin Nan. "It's up to you to handle the whole process." As he spoke, he patted Lin Nande on the shoulder again. "Sure enough, it's promising, it's promising."
With these two words of praise from the village chief, Lin Nan couldn't wait to float to the sky, and when he returned home with the package, he was floating when he walked.
That Aunt Lin had been waiting at the door for a long time, and when she saw Lin Nan coming over, she couldn't close her mouth happily, and hurriedly went up: "Yo, my son is back, how did you see the county master?" What did the county lord say to you? ”
"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Lin Nan took a sip of water, and he didn't look at people at all. "The lord of this county praised us a lot of things, and also gave us fifty taels of silver, and the village chief said that I would divide the fifty taels, and each family would share two taels of silver."
Aunt Lin looked at Lin Nan as if she was looking at a baby, this was really her heart's meat, much stronger than Lin Zhong and Lin Mei's two wastes.
Aunt Lin poured another glass of water for Lin Nan, and as soon as her eyes rolled, she suddenly thought of something and whispered in his ear.
After the snow has passed, the sun shines down, but there is a feeling of clear light.
Shen Qingqing took advantage of the sun to come out, the dried radish was dried, and Aunt Wang shouted through the fence with melon seeds: "Yo, what about Qingqing's dried radish?" ”
"Yes, I thought about taking advantage of the sun to dry this radish and make some side dishes or rice."
Aunt Wang laughed, very honest: "Qingqing, you can live so frugally with this money, and you don't take Xiaodouding to the town to eat and drink." ”
"What got the money?" Shen Qingqing didn't know what he meant, he just pulled the radish with his hand.
Aunt Wang felt that something was wrong as soon as her eyes turned, and hurriedly walked to Shen Qingqing's courtyard and pulled her arm: "We have made meritorious efforts to suppress bandits, and the county lord rewarded fifty taels of silver, two taels per family, didn't he give it to your family?" ”
"Nope." The movement in Shen Qingqing's hand stopped, and she was stunned. "Or did you say that the bounty didn't reach our house?"
"How is it possible, last night's bounty has already been distributed." Aunt Wang whispered.
The eyes of the two women seemed to have an indescribable expression when they looked at each other, and Aunt Wang saw that she was talking more, so she hurriedly smiled: "Qingqing, I think you should go to the village chief to understand the situation, I will go home and cook first." ”
"Okay, okay." Shen Qingqing hurriedly responded, but muttered.
It's not that these two taels of silver are worth, but this is something that every family has, why didn't Shen Qingqing have it?
Shen Qingqing was not ambiguous, and went to the village chief's house after lunch.
When the village chief heard Shen Qingqing's situation, he also touched his beard: "I really don't know about your situation, the silver was brought by Lin Nan, so I asked Lin Nan to send it, did he leak it?" ”
As soon as he heard the name Lin Nan, Shen Qingqing understood a thing or two.
She touched her chin and laughed: "I don't know about it, but I know it's intentional." ”
It's not Shen Qingqing's things, she can't touch them, but what belongs to her must be said one, two, three.
After coming out of the village chief's house, Shen Qingqing went directly to Lin's house.
That Lin Nan has been a popular person in the village these days, and the courtyard door has not been closed at all.
Fortunately, Shen Qingqing stood directly in the courtyard and shouted, "Aunt Lin, are you at home?" ”
Aunt Lin didn't hear Shen Qingqing's voice at first, and thought that it was another village woman who came to the house to praise her baby son, so she hurriedly greeted her with a smile: "Oh, I'm at home, I'm ......."
Seeing that it was Shen Qingqing, her face immediately drooped: "What are you doing at our house as a widow?" ”
Shen Qingqing was not in a hurry, but just told the truth 1510: "Aunt Lin, I heard the village chief say that every family has two taels of silver, but why doesn't our family have it?" And this silver is still shared by Lin Nan? Did he miss it? ”
Aunt Lin's eyes were obviously empty-hearted, but she still strengthened her momentum, just like a shrew: "What is missing!" This Lin Nandu has gone to see the county master, can't he do this little thing? I see, you have already spent it in your hands, so you have come to our house. ”
The eldest lady here really lies and doesn't make drafts, and the shrew's words come easily.
Shen Qingqing came up angrily and wanted to reason with her: "Aunt Lin, this Lin Nan obviously didn't give me my money, why do you have to lie to me?" If you give me this money now, I won't make trouble. This is the past. ”
Who knew that Aunt Lin turned her face to the side, and just when she wanted to speak, the door was opened with a bang, and she saw Lin Zhong coming out.
He was dressed in a black hunting suit, lined with his heroic appearance, after that illness, the temperament of the whole person in the forest changed, more resolute and calm, like a general on the battlefield.
Lin Zhong directly guarded in front of Aunt Lin: "Mother, you obviously didn't give Shen Qingqing this money, why do you want to deceive people?" Hurry up and give this reward to Shen Qingqing. ”
He didn't look at Shen Qingqing when he spoke, it was because he didn't dare, he had already thought about not pestering her anymore, but seeing that Shen Qingqing was wronged, Lin Zhong still couldn't help but want to stand up for her.
"You shameless, do you know ......" Aunt Lin opened her mouth to scold.
But I didn't expect Lin Zhong's eyes to narrow slightly, and the whole person's body was like a thousand years of ice: "Mother, whoever should be is who's, you hurry up and return the money to her." ”
Obviously, his voice was very low and he didn't get angry, but his eyes were like leopards, which made Aunt Lin a little scared. She had never seen such a look in the forest before, and she couldn't help but take a step back.
reacted, Aunt Lin shouted at the top of her voice: "Alas, old man, come out quickly, this forest is going to be reversed." This money has obviously been given to Shen Qingqing, but in this forest, outsiders are helping to bully me, an old woman! ”
"Alas, old man, come out quickly, I can't control it in this forest......" She had to come to find a helper at this time, and Uncle Lin didn't know where to go at this time, Aunt Lin shouted a few times and didn't see anyone come out.
When Aunt Lin just wanted to enter the house, she saw that the door was suddenly opened, and Lin Nan also came out.