Mei Zhixiong sighed and replied, "My lady is sick, but I don't have enough money to buy much medicine, and I can't buy anything for her body, so I'm thinking about what to do." ”

When Zhang Xiaodong heard this, he immediately took off the money bag, took out a piece of broken silver from it, and handed it to Mei Zhixiong, "Boss, I still have half a tael of silver just sent here, why don't you take it and use it first." ”

"How does this work?" Mei Zhixiong shook his head and refused without thinking, "Do you still want to eat and live yourself?" ”

Zhang Xiaodong grinned, "I'm alone, and the whole family is not hungry." And there is still some money left over from last month's distribution. If you don't take it, I'll use up all the money, so it's better for you to use it. It's just for you, and when I want to use it, you can return it to me. ”

Yan Youli, another official officer, also took out a money bag from his arms, which was bulging, and when he handed it to Mei Zhixiong, it was full of the sound of copper coins colliding.

"Boss, don't say more, there are a hundred texts in it, you use it first, if it's not enough, I'll take it from home."

"Enough, enough." Mei Zhixiong couldn't refuse, so he could only take it.

His heart was full of gratitude.

"It's all brothers, I won't say more, thank you."

"Boss, you also said that we are all brothers, so what are you polite?" Zhang Xiaodong smiled and hugged Mei Zhixiong's shoulder, "We arrested people before, if you hadn't pushed me, I would have been cut with a knife." Even if you don't die, you're missing an arm. There have been many times, and it was all you who helped, and I didn't say anything. ”

"Yes, sir, you think of us every time you have something good, and we have never had a chance to repay you. Now that you are in trouble, it is only natural for us to help you. Yan Youli said with emotion.

"Youli is worthy of being a book, and she speaks better than me." Zhang Xiaodong said with a grin.

The three of them hooked their shoulders and laughed for a while, and when Zhang Xiaodong saw the people setting up stalls on the other side of the street, a thought flashed in his mind.

So, he spoke: "Boss, I remember that you lent Lu Zhicai's family two taels of silver, right?" There should be more than one or two of Lu Qiwang's family, and Zhang Chengcai's family, there are more than one or two of those I know. They borrowed your money yet? ”

Although Zhang Xiaodong spends a lot of money, he has a good memory.

The person who set up the stall was Lu Zhicai, and there were several times when the money could not be turned over, so he borrowed money from the beginning.

And the rest of the people, who were also present when they borrowed money.

"Nope." Mei Zhixiong shook his head and sighed, "The harvest in the past few years was not good, and their families had a hard time, so I didn't let them return it for the time being." ”

Zhang Xiaodong heard it and glanced at Yan Youli.

"Boss, they don't farm, so it doesn't matter to them whether the harvest is good or not, right? Even if it has an impact, it's not like it's been a few years, and it's not going to be back at all. ”

What's more, he saw that Lu Zhicai was shiny, but he didn't look like a moneyless person.

Mei Zhixiong opened his mouth sneeringly, and after thinking about it, it seemed to be the case.

Yan Youli hesitated for a moment, but still spoke: "Boss, have you lent money to others and written an IOU?" ”

Mei Zhixiong shook his head, "The big guys are all emergency and know each other, so I didn't write an IOU." ”

Yan Youli asked again, "Have you ever calculated how much money you lent to others?" ”

Mei Zhixiong still shook his head, "This is not counted. ”

Yan Youli thought for a moment and asked, "Then how much money did you take home?" ”

Mei Zhixiong had a memory now, and stammered: "There are about one or two pieces of silver in a year." ”

"A tael of silver a year?" Zhang Xiaodong couldn't help but stop and looked at him dumbfounded.

Yan Youli was also a little surprised, "Only one or two a year?" ”

They had half a tael of silver every month, and six taels a year.

But this is not the big head, the big head is the filial piety given to them by others.

The officials in their town were not the kind of people who ran rampant in the village, but the merchants who opened shops on the street would more or less give them some meaning and some filial piety money.

In a month, everyone can also get one tael or even more, and there are basically about 20 taels at the end of the year.

Coupled with the food and drink sent by the villagers, their lives are quite good.

But the head only gave his sister-in-law a tael of silver.

No wonder when I went to Tou'er's house for dinner, I bumped into my sister-in-law and niece by chance, and I felt that they were a little thin.

And the niece doesn't seem to like them going to dinner either.

Throughout the year, I always go to Tou'er's house to eat a few times, and calculate the expenses, which is more than one or two.

Suddenly, the two brothers were all bad.

The gaze of the two brothers made Mei Zhixiong a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't help avoiding his eyes and touched his nose, "Sometimes it's less, what's wrong?" ”

Zhang Xiaodong was speechless, "You only took one or two pieces of silver back, and sometimes less?" Sister-in-law doesn't mess with you? ”

Mei Zhixiong shook his head, "No, why do you ask that?" ”

Zhang Xiaodong couldn't help but speak: "Boss, does my sister-in-law have any unmarried sisters?" Tell me about it. ”

Hearing him say this, Mei Zhixiong was a little confused, "The girls in the lady's family are already married, if you want to be a woman, I will ask the matchmaker to introduce you to a ......"

"Huh? Ay? Ay? Never mind! Don't go too far. Zhang Xiaodong waved his hand again and again.

A man with public office like him is never afraid that he will not be able to marry a woman, and he doesn't need to find a matchmaker, just in the neighborhood, there are many people who want to marry their daughters to him.

Besides, that's not what he meant.

"I used to feel that my niece didn't welcome us to dinner, and I thought she was being taught too stingy by my sister-in-law. Now that I think about it, I actually misunderstood.

You only give the family a tael of silver all year round, and even if this tael is almost spent on eating with us, it is no wonder that my niece and nephew do not welcome us.

I guess there is no one in this town who is more stupid and better than my sister-in-law. ”

Mei Zhixiong nodded happily, "Your sister-in-law is indeed very good." ”

Zhang Xiaodong was speechless, did I mean that?

Obviously, when I was working, I felt that my head brain was very easy to use, why is it so wooden now.

"Boss, in this way, the money you lent to others is more than 100 taels." Yan Youli calculated carefully, pressed his chest, and only felt shortness of breath.

In a town like them, there is not much oil and water at all, a hundred taels, so you have to save money for ten years or more!

Mei Zhixiong didn't expect that he would borrow so much money to others, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

"No! So much money, it has to be returned! Zhang Xiaodong said loudly.

The villagers who set up stalls around were taken aback.

Mei Zhixiong hurriedly pulled the two away and walked to the corner to talk.

Yan Youli said solemnly to Mei Zhixiong: "Boss, let's accompany you to get some money back." ”

He thought: There has never been only a government official who has borrowed money and has not repaid, and no one has borrowed money from the government officials and has not paid it back!

said that the Mei family was in the courtyard.

Qiu'er sat on a bamboo chair in the courtyard, holding a piece of clothing to sew and mend.

Jiang Ru sat on the side and looked at her, and discussed with her in a low voice: "Qiu'er, I'm fine, just sew a little clothes, I won't be tired." ”

Qiu'er resolutely shook her head and refused, "No! Mother! It's good for you to sit on the side, and if you're bored, you can go next door and talk to Aunt Sun. ”