Chapter 45: Scattering Wealth
Nan Jin didn't expect that when she hadn't figured out how to help with the disaster relief, she didn't expect that someone would already be so conscious. Whatever the reason for doing good, the goal is achieved. Today, when she waited until the middle of the night of the third watch, she secretly threw a bag of silver into the village chief's house. It's her responsibility to say anything, and she has to do her part.
The village chief's family was sleeping soundly, but who knew that there was a sudden bang in the courtyard, which suddenly woke people up from their sleep.
"His father, he shouldn't be a thief. Hurry up and take a look. The village chief's wife moved more neatly than the village chief, and she put on her clothes and went out first after three or two strokes of speech.
"Damn, wait for me." When the village chief saw that the old woman had gone out, he hurriedly chased after him with two shoes.
"Really, if it's really a thief, you're capable of doing it, aren't you a food deliverer?" The village chief began to chatter again, but unfortunately Mrs. Tian, who had been in the house for half her life, didn't eat this at all.
"Waiting for you? Wait until all your thieves have slipped away. ”
"Mother." The eldest and second were also sleepy-eyed.
"Boss, where's your wife?"
"Look at An An." The boss touched his head a little embarrassed, after all, the old lady got up.
"It's time to watch. Okay, a person takes a stick to the side, and if something is wrong, call someone quickly. The village chief thought that the child was still young, and he had to take care of it.
The four of them parted and slowly walked towards the wall.
"This man is gone?" The village chief went around in a big circle and didn't look at anything. In vain, he is still the head of a village, this thief came, and he didn't touch a single hair, how could he raise his head at the other village chiefs.
"Dad, mother, big brother, come quickly."
"What's wrong, I've arrested someone." Don't look at the village chief dragging his shoes, when he heard that he found it, he ran fast.
"What are you hugging, people?" When the village chief came over, he saw that his wooden son was in that stupid music, and he was mad at night, so he was not evil, and it seemed that they would have to go to worship tomorrow.
"No, hehe, Dad, what do you think this is?" Huzi carefully opened a crack.
The village chief glanced at it disdainfully, "Can it still be silver?" This is really silver, my God, how much does such a big bag get? ”
The village chief was stunned, he hadn't touched so much silver yet! Can it not be much? Nan Jin has contributed all her net worth, and now she has some rations left for her and Xiaobai, and if she wants to eat meat, she will either wait for the next month, or it depends on whether the big guy Xiaobai is willing to hunt and share the meat for her, she is already so poor that she needs to rely on pets to eat meat. It doesn't matter, it's good to be vegetarian and lose weight.
"I'll bring the silver back first, and you go and call your mother and your eldest brother over."
"Okay." With such a large sum of money, he must be able to marry a daughter-in-law more decently. It is estimated that the Song family (Ziqian's family) does not have so many! Huzi is happy in his heart, no matter how stupid he is, he will not know the money.
The village chief felt the weight of this pile of money and was even more concerned, and what he thought was much more complicated, since ancient times, there has been a saying about spending money to eliminate disasters, and there is even a saying that spending money to buy lives. He is a small village official who will not offend such a big person, he can't help but worry!
When the family gathered, gathered around the table, and looked at so much silver, everyone except the village chief was overjoyed, and began to imagine what they could do with this money.
"Boss, let's use this money to move to the county seat. Buy a house there, buy some land, and have a maid to serve us, what's the matter? Mrs. Tian imagined the scene of her being called Mrs. in gold and silver, but she didn't expect that she would be able to be a rich person one day, and she would be beautiful when she thought about it.
"Yes, Dad, I'm going to marry my daughter-in-law in a month. I will also ride a tall horse and carry a sedan chair to pick up the bride. "Huzi suddenly saw so much wealth and floated a little.
"Yes, I also want to cultivate An An like I want to cultivate Miss Everybody." The eldest thought that they were worried about their daughter's restraint some time ago, and now that he had enough money to fulfill her wishes, she wanted to give the best for the child and his wife.
Everyone was talking about the rich life after owning this money, and no one thought about why the thief left a bag of money and left. Except for the village chief, the heavens and men were fighting on one side, and finally, the village chief shook his fist and decided.
"Don't say it, I'll take this money to the government tomorrow." The voice is small, but it is firm and powerful.
"What do you say? To the government? ”
"yes, don't even think about it." Mrs. Tian has been with him for half her life, and she knows that what he means is impossible to change. I just don't fight, she has been living like this for half her life, and she is quite comfortable. Just think about it as a sweet dream, and don't think about being a lady.
What Mrs. Tian can think about does not mean that her two sons can think about it. The eldest got married, but he was quite calm and didn't show it. Huzi couldn't help it, and stood up directly and asked.
"Why give it to the government!"
This anger, the village chief was also angry. Can he not want it? But not to mention benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, you shouldn't take this kind of money from unknown sources at this juncture, one is not good, maybe the whole family will have to follow the funeral.
"Why? I am your son, and you are my son. ”
Huzi couldn't refute, his face flushed with anger, he looked left and right, and directly lifted the table.
There was a crackling, and all the silver was scattered on the ground. Huzi is also blinded, and his anger is gone. looked at his father, and quickly admitted his mistake and bent down to pick up the silver.
"Dad, I was wrong, listen to you, listen to you."
"Stop, don't move."
The village chief saw a corner of paper from a pile of silver, carefully pulled it out, and saw a few lines written on it.
"I am deeply saddened by this natural disaster, and I am willing to do my part to help those in need. Because my identity is inconvenient to expose, I hope that I can hand it over to the government for disaster relief on my behalf, or for the benefit of the common people. Of course, I'll also keep an eye on where the money goes. You shall take five denarii as a reward. This is what Nan Jin deliberately left, it's not that she doesn't trust the village chief, it's just that money has always been moving.
After reading it, the village chief smiled bitterly. Why didn't you see it earlier? Otherwise, it wouldn't have made them dream, and he almost insulted the gentleman's style.
"Well, stop thinking about the money. People say that this is for the benefit of the common people. What's more, people are still staring at it in the dark, and besides, this is a good thing to set yin virtue, and people will give us a silver ingot, five taels, just run an errand, which is very cost-effective. Alright, hurry up and pick up all the money and go back to the house to sleep. ”
Early the next morning, the village chief took his two sons to drive Wang Zhen in a carriage, received verbal praise from the town mayor, and came back with full grace.
He was not afraid of the mayor's corruption, but he went in with the silver openly, and many people saw it. When he met someone he knew and was curious about the source of the money, he would tell people about it and take out the piece of paper for everyone to see. But the handwriting is really flattering, compared to him.
Nan Jin's is a standard hairpin, just with the original handwriting, wouldn't it be easy to be debunked, after all, she has to write prescriptions often. She tactfully used her left hand to write this piece of paper.