It seems that the water is very deep!

Zhou Dayong and Zhou Dazhi, who can be literate and martial, are the next generation of successors who are well trained, if it weren't for the great benefits that their grandfather and great-grandfather wanted to get in Zhoujia Village, they should not be willing to send them over.

But how could he not contact them for ten years?

This is so unscientific.

I have to find a way to find out what kind of people the Zhou family on Chu Jing's side, the so-called grandfather, grandfather, and grandfather, and what is going on in this matter.

Xiao Qiongzhi made up her mind in her heart.

On the surface, she gently comforted Zhou Dayong: "Second uncle, there must be some misunderstanding here, don't be unhappy." ”

"Wait a minute, after getting the silver compensated by the Chu Mansion, I will accompany you to the post station, and you will write a few letters when you arrive, and send them to grandma, grandpa, grandpa, and grandpa respectively, and ask them why they have not contacted you for so many years, see how they reply, and then say."

"My eldest brother and I have tried this method many times before, but we can't get a reply at all, it's useless." Zhou Dayong shook his head.

"Then have you and my dad tried to go back quietly and find them by yourself?" Xiao Qiongzhi didn't give up, and thought of another trick.

"Tried. When Zhou Laojiu entered the family, he took away all the valuable things in the family, and my eldest brother and I really had no way to quietly go back to Chujing once. ”

"My grandfather and my great-grandfather saw my eldest brother, but they didn't see me, and when my eldest brother came out, he had whips on his back and his hands empty."

"He told me that we only have each other, no other relatives, and Zhoujia Village will be our home in the future, in this life, whether we are dragons or insects, we have nothing to do with others, we just need to live our lives well."

"When I asked him why, he wouldn't say." Zhou Dayong said in the end, his expression was a little dazed.

It seems that Zhou Dazhi has mastered the truth of this, but he didn't tell Zhou Dayong, otherwise, he would not have said such a decisive word.

It's just that before, Chu Yunniang said that after Zhou Dazhi, he still has to return to Chujing.

If Zhou Dazhi has already broken with his Chujing grandfather and great-grandfather, then what is the purpose of his plan to return to Chujing in the future?

"Dayong, hurry up, I'm about to enter the Chu Mansion!" At this time, Liu Wuxiu, who was walking in front, suddenly turned his head and beckoned to Zhou Dayong.

Xiao Qiongzhi looked up and found that the Chu Mansion was less than twenty meters in front.

Liu Wuxiu, Zheng Bang, and Zheng Yuan were already about to walk under the stone steps in front of the gate of Chu Mansion.

And she and Zhou Dayong, in order to make it easier to whisper, walked slowly, and unconsciously, there was a distance of nearly ten meters between the three of them.

She didn't care about what Zhou Dayong said, and began to focus on Chu Mansion.

The gatekeeper of Chu Mansion is still the same guy from before.

He didn't have any fault in the first place, when Xu Nian and Prince Zhao took everyone away together, he deliberately let him go first.

Now, seeing Zheng Yuan coming over with everyone again, he was afraid of being slack, so he hurried out and saluted Zheng Yuan respectfully.

Zheng Yuan glanced at him gently and asked, "Your housekeeper is in the mansion, right?" ”

"Yes, my lord, half an hour ago, the magistrate sent two messengers to inform our housekeeper of his verdict, and then, the cow butler has been in the house, waiting for you to come." The little guy said with a smile.

"Alright, you can take us to him." Zheng Yuan said calmly.

It seems that he had expected that Xu Nian would send someone to inform the housekeeper of Chu Mansion in advance.

This made Xiao Qiongzhi have a better understanding of Xu Nian's stability and the tacit cooperation between him and Zheng Yuan.

Next, it is to discuss compensation with the butler of Chu Mansion-Butler Niu.

Since Xu Nian had already sent someone to inform Steward Niu in advance, Steward Niu had already prepared to compensate Liu Wuxiu and Zhou Dayong for their healing expenses.

As for the six wolves that were deceived by Zhu Yu, according to Steward Niu, under Zhu Yu's previous arrangement, two of them were used by the people in the kitchen of Chu Mansion to make roasted whole wolves, and the remaining four were sent to Zhu County's house.

There are also two that were sent to Zhu Yu's own home, which is more than 200 miles away from Dingzi County, and Zhu's house on the outskirts of Linzhou.

In this way, the second method in the Xu Nian judgment can only be used to solve the problem: if it has been dealt with, the Chu Mansion will be sentenced to calculate the weight of the wolf according to the weight of the dog on the market; In terms of price, the price of wolf meat is calculated at a price of three coins per catty higher than the price of dog meat on the market, and the compensation is in full.

However, it's already afternoon, and there shouldn't be many people selling dogs on the market, right?

Do you have to go to the vegetable market together temporarily to see how heavy the dogs generally are? What price is it sold for?

Xiao Qiongzhi was wondering, Butler Niu took out a stack of bills from his arms, handed them to Zheng Yuan, pointed to the content of the red line on it, and said, "My lord, you see, this is the situation in our house every time we buy dog meat this year." ”

"The ladies and young ladies in our house don't eat dog meat, and this dog meat is bought by Zhu Gongzi. I calculated, there are a total of thirteen times, it is a whole purchase, these thirteen dogs, some big and some small, a total of 730 catties, converted, each 56 catties. ”

"Look at it again, this is a dog that I bought three days ago, and I bought it for one tael or eight dollars of silver per catty. The county magistrate means that wolf meat should be three dollars per catty higher than the price of dog meat on the market, that is, two taels of silver per catty. ”

Speaking of this, the cow steward took out the abacus prepared on the side, and said as he dialed it: "Six wolves, 56 catties each, is 336 catties, 336 taels and one coins, which adds up to seven hundred and five taels of silver." ”

"If you and these friends have no opinion on this algorithm, I will compensate according to this number."

Zheng Yuan carefully looked at the purchase of dogs on those bills, and then looked at the purchase of dogs the day before yesterday, and felt that there was no problem, so he asked Xiao Qiongzhi sideways: "Zhi'er, what do you think?" ”

It seems that he has seen that he is the one who has the most power to decide at home.

Good eye!

Xiao Qiongzhi sighed in his heart, on the surface, he didn't rush to answer, after all, this is a matter of money, in the conversion of the weight of the thirteen dogs, and the conversion of the price, if there is a little mistake, the loss is not a little silver.

She didn't use an abacus, she directly looked carefully at the purchase of the thirteen dogs on the bill, and calculated that they were a total of 734 catties and 3 taels.

Then, she flipped forward again and flipped to the bill, Chu Mansion this morning, the purchase of ten catties of dog meat, the price is: two taels and one pounds of silver per catty.