Chapter 37: The New Immortals of Charity
"Yuanbao, you are still young, you don't care about this matter," Aunt Jin shook her head, "As long as you are happy every day, my mother will feel better." As for the family's affairs, the family will find a way to solve it! β
"But I'm also part of the family!" Little Yuanbao said earnestly, "Yuanbao loves Daddy, Yuanbao loves his mother, Yuanbao also loves every brother, Yuanbao can't bear to watch you worry every day, Yuanbao really wants to solve the problem for you, you tell Yuanbao quickly!" Otherwise, ingots will also be worried! β
Aunt Jin still shook her head: "You are not yet old enough to share your family's worries, if you have fun outside, you should be considered to be sharing your mother's worries!" You don't have to worry about the rest! β
"I don't want to go outside to play, I just want to help my mother solve the problem." The little ingots said with a blank eye.
She plays with the children in the village every day, and it's okay if she doesn't play today.
Besides, the little young master she wanted to know recently was gone.
The little master told the little maid to prepare a lot of her favorite jujube cakes for their family, and the little ingots kept it in mind.
She thought to herself, adults have a lot, so she won't bother with him.
She can still be friends with him!
She can also introduce all the children in the village to him!
She'll make him many, many friends!
Because her popularity in the village is very good!
But before she could look for him, he wasn't here.
That day, Xiao Yuanbao took a few children and poked out their little heads under the camphor tree outside his mansion.
The little ingots plucked up their courage and wanted to step forward and knock on the door.
But no sooner had she come out than she saw the door open.
Out of the mansion came a beautiful and dignified lady, who was neatly groomed, wore expensive ornaments, and her clothes were beautiful and elegant.
It can be seen that she is a particular person.
As soon as the lady saw her, she smiled and beckoned to her.
"You're a little ingot, aren't you? Daimyo Yuan Baohua? Madame asked kindly.
Xiao Yuanbao nodded and said politely: "Hello madam, thank you for the dim sum you sent, the dim sum is very delicious, I have never eaten such a delicious dim sum in my life, Madame is so hearty." β
"My cooks are all brought back from the capital, of course the craftsmanship is good, if you like to eat, you will often come to my house to eat in the future." Madame said with a smile.
"Madam, how do you know that I am a little ingot?" Little Ingot asked curiously.
"I heard from the people in the house that the most beautiful, clever and cutest little girl in the village is Xiao Yuanbao, so as soon as I saw you, I guessed it!" Mrs. Tantai bent down and couldn't help but reach out and touch the soft hair of the little ingot, "For some reason, I think you are extremely good-looking, and you are very close to me, as if you have seen it somewhere before." β
It's amazing!
There is an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
"Could that be in a dream?" The little ingots tilted their heads.
"I don't know, maybe you're too good-looking? In this world, good-looking people always have some similarities," Mrs. Tantai smiled slightly, and asked seriously, "Are you here to find my family emblem today?" β
"Well," Little Ingot nodded, "I want to play with him and introduce him to some friends." β
Xiao Yuanbao pointed to the children hiding behind the tree and introduced them very warmly: "They are all good children, they are very friendly, they never lie, and they don't bully people!" I promise, he'll love them! β
"You're such a good-hearted boy!" The more Mrs. Tantai looks at the little ingot, the more she likes it, who would refuse a good-looking, polite, and friendly and enthusiastic child?
My own son is really discerning!
I picked such a good playmate at once!
"My son's name is Tangtai Jing, nicknamed Hui'er, seven years old this year, good at calligraphy, painting, playing the piano, can ride horses, and has read a lot of books." Mrs. Tantai introduced it earnestly.
Tangtai Zhiyuan's original name was Song Zhiyuan, he was the righteous king of the Great Dragon Kingdom before, but because he was involved in a coup d'Γ©tat for no reason, he was now demoted to a commoner and changed his surname to Shantai.
The original name of the mirror was Song Minghui, only because the emperor had no heirs for many years, he was taken to the palace and cultivated as a prince, and later because his father was wronged, his crown prince was deposed, and he was demoted to the common people together with his father.
Because his original name was Song Minghui, his mother always called him Hui'er.
"My name is Yuan Baohua, I am five years old this year, I am good at arithmetic, I have just started my enlightenment, and I can write hundreds of words." Xiao Yuan Bao also introduced himself seriously.
"Awesome," Mrs. Tantai nodded, "Today, if my family Hui'er is at home, I will definitely let him go out with you, but unfortunately, he went out with his father yesterday." His father wanted to give him a very learned gentleman, whose place of residence was far away. His father wanted to take him to the other party's house to visit him to see if there was such an opportunity that would allow him to successfully apprentice. In a short time, he will not be able to come back. β
"How long will that take?" Little Ingot couldn't help but ask.
"Not necessarily. If you include the schedule, it can be as short as seven or eight days or as long as a month. That gentleman was quite talented and well-known, and he easily refused to accept closed disciples. Hui'er's father is not sure to say that as soon as the other party sees Hui'er, he will accept Hui'er as a closed disciple, he can only say that he is sincere, and the gold and stone are open, and he hopes that the old gentleman will be moved by him in the end for the sake of Hui'er's sincerity. β
"Oh," the little ingots nodded, sending sincere wishes, "Then I wish him success and all his wishes come true!" β
On that day, Xiao Yuanbao failed to see the Taijing.
That day, Mrs. Tantai liked Xiao Yuanbao very much, and talked to her a lot at the door.
In the end, Mrs. Tantai also instructed the maids around her to bring a lot of snacks from the kitchen and distribute them to the children present.
The children were all having a great time.
When Xiao Yuanbao left, Mrs. Tantai invited her to come over to play often, saying that she looked very good for her eyes, and said that there were enough snacks at home!
Xiao Yuan Bao sincerely thanked him again.
When Xiao Yuan Bao pulled out of his memories, the whole family had already finished eating.
Since the issue of Kim Dalang's marriage was unresolved, the whole family had a very uncomfortable meal.
After Mrs. Jin finished breakfast, she hurriedly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the table.
Usually, the little ingots will help clean up together.
But today, she quietly stepped aside and pulled Jin Qilang up.
"What's wrong? Younger sister. Kanshichiro asked puzzled.
Xiao Yuanbao lay on his ear, circled his ear with his hand, and then secretly glanced at the busy Aunt Jin, and asked in a low voice: "Seventh brother, do you know how much money is still missing in the family?" β
"I know," Jin Qilang nodded, "Yesterday evening, you and the children in the village were playing under the big tree, and I saw my father and mother sitting in the house counting the money, and sighed while counting, saying that there was still about sixteen taels of silver. β
"How can it be so bad?" Xiao Yuanbao asked puzzledly, "How much money does their Wen family want to send to the Lin family as a dowry?" β
"Well, I heard it seems to be thirty taels of silver." Kanshiro said.
"Okay then, then I'll calculate the timeline first," Xiao Yuanbao lowered his head and pinched his fingers, thinking seriously, "That day, we brought two hundred wild duck eggs to the town, and the wild duck eggs cost one penny, and we sold two hundred and earned two hundred yuan."
"Later, we met my aunt, who made it difficult for us and insisted that we pay her back 300 yuan in one go, and we were still short of 100 yuan at that time.
"At this time, the young master of the Shantai family appeared and took out three coins of silver to relieve us from the siege.
"The next day, we went to the town to sell tea eggs, we sold a hundred tea eggs, two cents for a tea egg, we earned two hundred cents, plus the two hundred cents earned yesterday, we had a total of four hundred cents.
"Another day later, I returned 300 yuan to the young master of the Tantai family, and at this time there was still 100 yuan left in the family."
Kanshichiro nodded.
Xiao Yuanbao continued: "It was on this day that my aunt came to our house again and told me about the ten-day period.
"Tomorrow is the ten-day period, from that day to tomorrow, if we only rely on selling tea eggs, we can sell three hundred tea eggs a day, each tea egg is two yuan, we can earn six hundred yuan a day, ten days is six taels of silver.
"On the fourth day of the 10-day period, our sprouts grew.
"On the first day we sold for six pieces of silver.
"For the next five days, we would sell fifteen catties of bean sprouts every day, and we would earn one or two taels of silver every day.
"In the next five days, we can earn a total of seven taels and five pieces of silver, plus the six pieces of silver on the first day, and by tomorrow, we will be able to earn a total of eight taels and one pieces of silver.
"Coupled with the six taels of silver that can be earned by selling bean sprouts in the past ten days, it is a total of fourteen taels and one dollars of silver.
"Together with the one penny of silver that I had saved before, the total is fourteen taels of silver. In this way, the family is indeed about sixteen taels of silver. β
The arithmetic of the little ingots can be described as top-notch, and it is calculated all at once.
Kanshiro was amazed.
"Sister, there is too much money in the family, let's stop thinking about it, my father and mother want you to be happy." Jin Qilang looked like a little adult and patted the little ingot's shoulder.
"No, I'm not going to sit idly by!" The little ingots puffed out their cheeks.
"And what are you going to do?" Kanshichiro asked.
"I'll find a way to get the gods to help!" Little Ingot said with an oath.
To be honest, since Xiao Yuanbao said a few times about immortals at home, and each time it brought a miraculous effect, the family did not question the immortals in her mouth as much as they originally did.
However, it is not necessary to say that you believe it completely.
Night.
The little ingots found the mountain god.
"Grandpa Mountain God, Grandpa Mountain God, can you do me a favor?" Little Ingot pleaded.
"What's wrong? Celestial Treasure Divine Venerable? The gods have something, just tell the little gods. The mountain god hurriedly asked.
"My eldest brother has a sweetheart, but tomorrow, there is a family that wants to propose marriage to his sweetheart, and the big family is very rich, and can come up with thirty taels of silver! Our family doesn't have enough money! I don't want to make my eldest brother sad, my eldest brother is a good person, and the rest of the Jin family is also very good to me, I really want to help them! Grandpa Mountain God, do you have any good ideas? Is there any good way for us to make so much money right away? Little Ingot asked with teary eyes.
"How many taels of silver do you have left?" The mountain god asked seriously.
"Fifteen taels of silver." Xiao Yuan Bao said sadly.
"That's sixteen taels!" The mountain god nodded, "Alas, I don't have any good way, if only you met the Mighty Ghost King." β
"Who is the Mighty Ghost King?" Little Ingot asked curiously, "Where should I go to find him?" β
"Hahahaha, why do you have to work hard to find it, this person is far away in front of you!" A thick white smoke came out of the surroundings, and in the white smoke, a person came, "So, it's better to come early than to come by chance!" Tianbao Divine Venerable, my old friend, I am the Mighty Ghost King you are just looking for! β
"You're the Mighty Ghost King?" The little ingots looked curiously at the immortal in front of him.
"Yes, I am the King of Hercules, I like to wander in the mortal world, if a mortal encounters me, I will do it to everyone! Among these three realms, I am probably the most generous immortal! Because I have money! My Mighty Ghost King's money is inexhaustible and inexhaustible! β
"Do you give to everyone?"
"Yes, I will give to everyone!" The Mighty Ghost King patted his chest, "Because I'm kind and giving!" Tell me, God, how much money you lack now! I'll give you as much money as you want! β
"I'm short of fifteen taels of silver now." Xiao Yuanbao said seriously, "Just think I borrowed you, and I will definitely return it to you in the future!" I can write you an IOU, and I can also press my fingerprint! β
"No, you don't! I will give to everyone, and I never want anyone to pay back! The Mighty Ghost King waved his hand, "It's my hobby to give money to people!" I'll give you ten thousand taels of silver, and you can take it and spend it. β
"Don't, don't," Little Ingot was shocked, "I don't need that much money!" You keep your own flowers! β
Her own father and mother once told her the story of greed and lack of snake swallowing.
At the end of the story, the greedy prime minister was swallowed by the big snake.
She's so scared!
She didn't dare to be greedy!
"Then make up a whole and make up sixteen taels of silver! Tomorrow morning, you come to the town, take that deserted path, that is, the path behind Wangjiawan, there is a seven-hundred-year-old camphor tree on that road, and there will be a toad lying under the camphor tree, and you will follow the toad forward, and the toad will lead you to a stone slab, and you will lift the stone slab, and there will be sixteen taels of silver below. β
"Okay, good, thank you, Uncle Mighty Ghost King, I've written it down!" The little ingots nodded seriously.
"Alas, it's a pity that you only need sixteen taels of silver!" The Mighty Ghost King is still a little unsatisfied.
After a pause, he was a little unrelenting: "You want more silver, right?" β
He likes to give money.
No other hobbies!
"No, don't use it, don't dare to be greedy for money!" The little ingots hurriedly waved his hand.
"What a good boy who is not greedy," the Mighty Ghost King nodded and said, "Rare." β
Early the next morning.
The faces of the family members were even more ugly.
Today is the 10-day period.
But they couldn't make up thirty taels of silver!
It's impossible to borrow the money from the nine out of thirteen, right?
That's usury, rolling interest!
What does it mean to return from nine out of thirteen?
That is to say, if you borrow ten taels of silver, the pawnshop in charge of lending will only give nine taels of silver, but when you repay the money, you have to pay back the whole thirteen taels of silver.
If it is not repaid within the time limit, it is a profit roll, a profit roll.
Rolling to the end, it's terrifying.
Moreover, these people have a way to collect loans.
A more civilized way is to call a group of people to sit in your house, eat at your house, drink at your house, and block you from going out unless you give money!
The more uncivilized way is to throw feces on the walls, set fires on the roof, rush into the house to beat people, or empty the house!
Even, some loan sharks can directly drag your children out and sell them.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is lawless!
You're going to say he's lawless?
This kind of person, in the government, always has some unsavory relationships!
Therefore, no one at the dinner table dared to bring up the matter of borrowing money from Yinzi!
Jin Dalang was hard to swallow, and the whole person seemed to be drained of life.
Aunt Jin's eyes were red and swollen, and she cried quietly all night last night.
Old Man Jin sighed, hating himself very much.
He felt that if he hadn't had a strange illness, how could his son have nothing to do with his sweetheart?
Little Yuan Bao hurriedly said: "Dad, mother, brothers, don't worry! We hurried to the town and the county seat to sell the tea eggs and bean sprouts early, and then went to the Lin family to propose! It's going to be in time! β
"Silly boy, we can't come up with so much silver, so what's the use of going?" Aunt Jin touched her head sadly.
"We can, I saw the fairy again in my dream last night! This time I'm seeing the Mighty Ghost King! The Mighty Ghost King is kind and charitable, and he says he wants to give me money and let me go over and get it today! The little ingots said crisply.
It's a pity that Xiao Yuanbao's words are too unbelievable.
The whole family didn't believe it.