Leaving Li Tong on the Tongfan boat as a hostage, Li Tu returned home with forty taels of silver. As soon as www.biquge.info entered the courtyard, he saw his mother Zheng weaving cloth in the house.

Zhangzhou has many mountains and deep ravines, many people and isthmuses, and arable land has always been lacking. In order to survive, the people here go to the mountains and Shanghai to find a way to survive, so the planting area of cash crops in Zhangzhou Prefecture is very wide, the merchants are prosperous, and the commodity economy is relatively developed. On weekdays, women often spin and weave cloth, buy cotton and sell gauze to supplement the household.

As soon as the loom is turned on, it is from early morning to late at night. Only by working hard like this can you earn a bowl of rice to eat.

Seeing Li Tu come back, Zheng stopped the loom and came out.

"Tu'er, you're back! What about Tong'er? ”

Patting the dust on his hands, Li Tu said lightly,

"He stayed at my friend's place to play, and I'll pick him up the day after tomorrow."

Hearing Li Tu's words, Zheng muttered, "Play? ”

The husband had just died, and he owed the Huang family forty taels of silver, and the family's land was about to be robbed. At such a time, Li Tong is still in the mood to play. Zheng couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

This is still a child!

Without saying anything, Zheng turned around and was about to go back to weaving.

"Mother, I borrowed the silver!"

Seeing that Zheng was uncomfortable, Li Tu told him about getting the silver.

Hearing this, Zheng hurriedly turned around and asked anxiously:

"Did you borrow Tu'er? How many taels did you borrow? ”

"Forty taels!"

Zheng's feet went limp, and he almost fell into the house. With her hands clenched into fists, she nervously asked:

"Who did you borrow it from?"

"I borrowed it from a friend who does a lot of trading!"

When joy really fell from the sky, Zheng spread his hands outstretched, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.

In order to keep the paddy fields of the family, he had to raise forty taels of silver. However, the Li family of three only has seven acres of paddy fields, and seeing that the two men are about to start a family, such a family only has a place to spend money and no reason to make money.

In the face of such a family, no one is willing to pay money to save the emergency. Although Li Tu is running around, he is desperate.

These days, Zheng is grief-stricken, washing his face with tears every day, and he can't figure it out more and more.

Who knows that when you go to the end of the mountains and rivers, you will encounter another village. Li Tu actually borrowed silver. Zheng's heart suddenly exploded, and his heart was full of joy.

The smile on his face is getting bigger and bigger, as if he wants to shake off all the sorrow and haze of these days at once.

Li Tu walked into the house and took out the ingot of silver given by Xiao Xiangui.

"Mother, look!"

With a clatter, the heavy silver ingot was placed on the table.

It was a privately minted horseshoe silver, large at the top and small at the bottom, shaped like an ingot, the size of half a fist. The silver ingot was snow-white, with a metallic sheen of silver, and it was evident that it had not been many years since it was minted, and it had not been circulated many times.

There are also several inscriptions engraved on the silver ingot, clearly written with several large characters "Forty taels", and next to it is written in small characters "Gu Akui, Wuning County, Nanchang Prefecture, the first year of the Apocalypse", which is the time, place and the name of the caster.

Seeing this ingot of silver, Zheng's face was full of surprise. She picked up the silver with her hand, looked at it, checked it, and said happily, "Tu'er, I haven't seen such a big piece of silver!" ”

"Now it's good!"

"Now it's good! Tuer! My family's paddy field was saved! ”

As he spoke, Zheng was so happy that he shed tears.

These days, the Zheng family is almost crushed by the debt of these forty taels of silver.

Unexpectedly, Li Tu, a stupid son who has always been looked down upon by the neighbors, helped the Li family through the biggest crisis this time. The son has really grown up and is sensible. In the past, I was worried that my son would look so stupid that he wouldn't be able to marry a daughter-in-law and start a family. Now it seems that his son is not only sensible and able to speak, but also has the responsibility to do things.

This is really a double happiness, Zheng quickly wiped away his tears with his sleeve, and said with a smile:

"What friend who does all the business is willing to lend you money? You have to thank them! ”

"Mother, don't care, it's my friend anyway, I'll naturally handle it properly!"

The woman's family has no opinion when it comes to major events, and now that her son has grown up, it is time for her son to be in charge. Seeing that Li Tu didn't want to say more, Zheng didn't ask much, just wiped away his tears and went back to weaving. Only this time, sitting in front of the loom, her face was full of smiles, and her heart was indescribably comfortable.

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Two days later, early in the morning, Huang Kaichou came to Li Tu's house with the mayor and family members of the town.

Seeing that Huang Kaichou was full of people and was violent, the people in the town knew that something was going on and followed one after another. A large group of people crowded into the courtyard of Li Tu's house to watch the excitement.

"Li Tu! Come out! ”

As soon as he walked into the courtyard of the Li family, Huang Kaichou unceremoniously shouted Li Tu's name, as if he had regarded Li Tu as a long-term tenant of his family.

Although Huang Kaichou shouted loudly, the Li family house was quiet and there was no movement.

"Li Tu! Zhong Yongniang! Come out for me! ”

Seeming to be quite impatient, Huang Kaichou shouted loudly again, wanting to call out the Li family.

For a long time, there was still no response from the Li family's house.

With a sneer, Huang Kaichou looked around at everyone and said loudly to the chief beside him, "Daddy Wei, have you seen it?" The appointed time has arrived, and the Li family can't rely on it if they don't pay the money! Do you want me to go in and blast him out? ”

The first chief, who had become Father Wei, looked at the Li family's house and shook his head.

The onlookers thought that the Li family was going to be a scoundrel in the end, and they all chattered.

With a snort, Huang Kaichou took a step and was about to rush into the Li family's house.

But he was halfway there, and as soon as he reached the well, he heard the voice of a young man coming from the house

"Early in the morning, what's the call!?"

Dressed in filial piety clothes, Li Tu and his mother Zheng came out of the house.

Shaking his sleeves, Li Tu said impatiently to Huang Kaichou:

"Early in the morning, why are you so noisy?"

Seeing that the other party was unusual, no longer submissive, Huang Kaichou glared at the boss.

Suspecting that Li Tu was forced to a dead end by himself and stupid, he looked Li Tu up and down, his eyes were full of ridicule and ridicule, as if he was looking at a fool.

took out an IOU from his arms, Huang Kaichou shook the IOU in front of the onlookers, and said loudly:

"Li Tu, your Li family borrowed my family's silver intermittently half a year ago, totaling forty taels of silver, and agreed to return it in three months. Now March is over! I gave you another three days of grace, and the time for grace has come. Your family borrowed money from my family to collect debts, and everyone testified to it, is this wrong? ”

Li Tu looked at the arrogant Huang Kaichou and said indifferently, "This matter is correct. ”

Snorted coldly, Huang Kaichou said again:

"Today, I invite Father Wei, the chief of the first generation, to be a witness! Since your family can't afford to pay back the silver taels, use your family's seven acres of paddy fields to pay off the debt. This has been explained for a long time, do you know? ”

"Hurry up and get your title deed back for this IOU! We're clear! ”

Shaking the IOU in his hand again, Huang Kaichou looked at Li Tu triumphantly, as if looking at the meat in his bowl, waiting for Li Tu to admit defeat and beg for mercy.

When Huang Kaichou said this, he couldn't help but smile, and the flesh on his face shook a few times, as if he was proud of his plan.

But what he heard was not the voice of Li Tu begging for mercy.

What Huang Kaichou heard was Li Tu's angry questioning voice:

"I don't quite understand this!"