Tong Xiaowu was vigilant in her heart, and stepped forward to stop her, "Xiaolan Niang, what do you want to do?" ”

"I took the child to the Sun family to theorize, today, even if our mother dies in their house, they have to give me an explanation, and I didn't say that I won't pay back, why do they treat our mother and son so much, and bully me as a widow?"

Zhang was in his thirties, with a dark face and an angry face, so he dragged Xiaohu Xiaolan out, and Tong Xiaowu stepped forward to stop them.

"Don't worry, everything must be justified in order not to fall behind, I ask you, you owe money to their family, do they have an IOU......"

"It's just that there is an account book, and that account book is a booklet of the whole village renting land at his house, with a handprint drawn on it."

"What about the others? During the day, Sun Lichang said, your family owes him a total of four taels of silver, not counting interest, is there such a thing? ”

Xiaohu said that their family owed 800 yuan, which had been paid off, and only interest was left, and the Sun family said that it was four taels, and only this Zhang family knew best.

Zhang lowered his head slightly, tears fell, and finally nodded.

"Yes, when my brother died in the border pass, the people at the border pass sent my brother's body back, and I didn't have any burial expenses, so I took three taels of silver from the Sun family.

Last year, Xiaohu got sick and took another tael from him, but I have already paid back some of it, I left two children this year and have been working outside, just to pay them back, why do they still deceive people so much? ”

"Who is the mayor of Tulin Town? Does it have anything to do with this Sun family? ”

The Sun family gave usury, which was a normal thing in ancient times, and the law here did not stipulate that the maximum interest on the loan could not be exceeded?

Therefore, many rich landlords will use their surplus money to put usury, and many poor families will not be able to return, this is a loophole in the law, and the loophole cannot be used to suppress the Sun family.

So Tong Xiaowu wants to see if there is any force behind him, if not, things will be easy to do!

"I don't know about this...... "Zhang is just an ordinary person, and he doesn't know much about this.

Tong Xiaowu nodded and asked again, "Do you know how much money you still owe the Zhang family now?" ”

"I have repaid the last part, the interest of his family is five cents, one tael of silver is one and a half a year, the first three taels of silver are owed for two years, it is six taels, and the next two taels of silver have repaid some interest, or two taels, a total of three taels of silver have been repaid, and now I still owe five taels of ......."

Tong Xiaowu frowned, "The interest of five cents a year is really not low!" Enriching one's own pockets is also a capital offense...... It's just that now he is the lieutenant chief, we are ordinary people, the people don't fight with the officials, even if they fight, they have to rush out to make him to death before they can make a move, it seems that this matter can only be endured for the time being......"

Zhang's previous arrogance was all gone, she sighed, squatted on the ground, and looked embarrassed.

"I am now working in a restaurant in the town, and I can earn 500 yuan a month, even so, the money I earn is not enough to repay the interest, plus Xiaohu is sick, I can't just look at it, I ...... I ......"

As she spoke, she actually started crying!

Tong Xiaowu sighed slightly, and said, "Xuanyuan Law does not have an interest limit standard for usury at present, you can only repay the money, by the way, your brother's funeral expenses are greasy in it."

But there are people in the court who are easy to do, and you don't have anyone, even if you go to find and sue, I'm afraid it will take a year and a half, besides, I don't know if this money is in the hands of the Sun family, if you sue, they will return the money to you, and he will be able to escape some kind of guilt in the later stage, it is better to keep this part as evidence, and in the future, it may be able to cut off the chance of their Sun family turning over in one fell swoop......"

"What? Girl, why didn't I understand what you said? Zhang's face was confused, she didn't understand Xuanyuan's law at all, she didn't know the professional words she said, the only sentence she understood was the sentence of never turning over, and she didn't understand who turned over and who didn't turn over.

"It's nothing, it's just that you have to work hard to earn money and pay back, by the way, are there many people in your village who died on the battlefield?"

"Back then, the robbers in the western Xinjiang attacked the Mazhuang checkpoint, and a total of four ...... died in the village," Zhang said.

Tong Xiaowu nodded, and took out a pen and paper, "You write down their names, where they live, and who are in the family, write them down carefully, and it will be useful when the ......time comes."

This is all evidence, according to Xuanyuan's law, all the soldiers who died on the battlefield were not only responsible for the funeral expenses by the imperial court, but also received a subsidy of ten taels of silver at home.

It seems that the money was either deprived by the superiors, or it was filled with his own pocket by this grandson, and the military and political compensation was deducted, which is a capital crime!

This village is far away from the emperor of the sky, does he really think that no one cares about this matter?

"I, I can't write!" Zhang opened his mouth awkwardly.

Tong Xiaowu pushed the pen and ink to Bi Chen, "You say, you write!" Don't miss anything. ”

"Yes!" Bichen bowed his head and saluted, sat down and picked up the pen and ink.

Seeing this scene, Xiaohu on the side leaned up, leaned on the table and watched Bichen write, with a look of envy.

"Does Xiaohu want to learn to write?" Bi Chen looked down at Xiaohu and asked.

His eyes yearned and he nodded heavily.

"Sister Zhang, isn't there a free school in this Qiyuan County? There is no tuition fee, so why not let your child go to school? I've heard that there are also girls' schools so that both children can go to school? ”

Tong Xiaowu opened her mouth to ask, she found that not only Zhang Ruomei's two children did not go to school, but more than 30 families in Yiyi Village, and the children of each family did not seem to go to school.

"I've heard of it, but I'm a widow, I don't have much income, what do I get for my children to study, although this tuition fee is not to pay, but school accommodation costs money, and there are book fees, miscellaneous expenses, plus two children's food expenses, that's not a small amount, school is not better than at home, you can eat anything at home, you have to pay for school and dinner, I have no money......"

Zhang Ruomei sighed, and Tong Xiaowu didn't ask anymore.

After all, this is also a fact, even if she can build free schools in counties across the country, but she has no way to provide every child with education, and it is already the limit to be able to waive tuition, not to mention others.

In order for every child to be able to afford to read, the most important thing is the support of the court, and the people must be rich.

As long as they have money, the first thing they think of is their children, and now there are few people in a village who go to the county seat to study, and they are not poor.