Chapter 860: Encounter with the Tax Collector

At this time, the man who had gone back brought the hemp rope and was happily about to say something, when he saw that everyone was silent and that he did not see Li Jieshi, so he asked Li Xie where he was. Ah Er pointed to the lake bed and said with a heavy heart: He plunged into the bottom of the lake to touch the buffalo and did not get up.

Could he ...... The man was very anxious, his face changed suddenly, and he raised his voice and shouted: What should I do? Save him!

Ah Er glanced at another man who was still naked and dressing just now, as if he wanted to say something to him, but he didn't say anything, and then explained: I don't know how to swim.

The man who got dressed said, "I am timid, so I climbed ashore from the lake."

The man threw the rope on the ground and said to himself, "We've got to find a way." How did the two brothers of the Li family, Xie Shi and Xie Shi, encounter an accident in the same day!

Everyone was silent, and the man picked up the rope again, saying that I am not afraid of ghosts, go down to the lake and touch it, at least to touch the body of Li Jieshi.

Ah Er advised: It is very dangerous, it is better to ask someone to sail to the middle of the lake and hook up the sediment in the lake with a hook, so that the body of Li Jieshi will definitely be able to hook up.

It doesn't have to be that complicated. The man began to undress, then used one end of the rope to wrap his body, and threw the other end to Ah Er, saying that I, Li Funing, had a very good relationship with Li Jieshi, and when he was alive, he was kind to me, but now he doesn't even have the courage to go down to the lake to touch his body, is he still a man with a conscience and righteousness?

Ah Er and the man next to him didn't persuade him again, but only stared at him with wide eyes and surprise, as if they didn't know him.

Li Funing said: You should understand, I put a rope into the lake and go to the bottom of the water, if I haven't poked my head out of the water to exhale after about four or five minutes, then you can pull the rope and you will definitely save me. This long rope is a lifeline!

Then you must pay attention. Ah Er told him that when he saw him jumping into the lake resolutely, sweating in his hands, worried that an accident would happen, he and the timid man next to him could not guarantee to rescue Li Funing by pulling the rope, so he called a few men with developed brachial muscles in the neighboring village to be the backup force.

Li Funing is very smart, and when he went down to the lake, in addition to a rope tied to his body, he also held a rope in his hand. He swam sideways to the middle of the lake, and then touched the carcass of the sunken buffalo at the bottom of the cold lake. He mainly wanted to touch the body of Li Jieshi, but he didn't touch it, he messed with the bottom of the lake for a while, he couldn't hold his breath anymore, so he kicked with his foot, his body floated up, and his wet head and face were exposed on the surface of the lake.

Ah Er was sitting on the shore of the lake, still holding the rope in his hand. At this moment, he stood up and said to Li Funing in the middle of the lake: You don't care about Li Xie Shi for the time being, first put the buffalo on a rope and pull it up, and then go down to touch Li Xie Shi.

Li Funing said, okay, do as you do. He breathed a sigh of relief, and then he went into the water, touched the carcass of the buffalo again, and tied the rope he had in his hand to it. Soon he decided to tie it around its neck, and tie two more knots on the horns of the ox, and when it was secure, he came out to breathe, took the other end of the long rope that tied the buffalo, and swam to the shore. Then he handed the rope to Ah Er, and Ah Er pulled it vigorously with several people, and soon, the body of the buffalo was exposed to the surface of the lake, and they screamed loudly to pull it, and before they could reach the shore, a head appeared on the lake bed, and then it floated on its side. Everyone shouted as soon as they saw it: Li Xie Shi surfaced.

Li Funing told them to continue pulling the rope until the carcass of the buffalo was anchored on the shore. At this time, he swam back again, took one of Li Jieshi's hands, and said in a choked voice: "Brother, I'm late, you died so miserably, I must work with your relatives and the people in the bay to organize a funeral for you!"

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, or if it does have a magical effect, as soon as Li Funing said this, he really felt that Li Jieshi's corpse was much lighter and much better.

Swimming to the shore, several people silently helped pull the body of Li Xie Shi ashore. Then more than a dozen people gathered, some went down to the water to support them, some pulled them on the shore, and finally pulled the heavy buffalo up to the shore of the lake.

The news of the murder disappeared, and many people gathered around for a while, seeing the corpses of a man and a cow lying on the shore of the lake to witness such a tragic sorrow. Some were already weeping, making faint sobs; Some lamented that Li Jieshi's death was not worth it; Some blamed the damn buffalo. It is said that the buffalo was a murderous thing, and it killed the two brothers in one day, which is really a revenge in the next life.

On this day, a corpse was placed in front of the house of Li Jieshi and Li Jieshi in Lijiawan, which was extremely miserable, and the cries of relatives and relatives were very sad.

Li Zhen, the old man who took the lead in the bay, pulled Gong Shuhua, who was crying into tears, aside and said: The damn buffalo has been skinned and disemboweled, and it is expected that it will not be used up in the guest seats, so why don't you consider selling it. Gong Shuhua nodded, then wiped a handful of tears and said: Who wants to help me sell? Li Zhen said: I suggest that Li Funing help sell it, he will be intimate, he is the best person in your husband's life.

Daddy Li Zhen is in charge of you, and the meat that can't be used up will be bad if you don't sell it, and the weather is so hot. Li Shuhua said with a throat.

At this time, Li Zhen came to the west of the bay and instructed Li Funing, who was cutting the neck of the buffalo with a knife.

While Li Funing agreed, he picked up the corner connected to the bull's head and weighed it, feeling heavy, so he put it on a board car beside him. Now he has a few men to help put all the beef chopped into strips on it, transport it to the kitchen door of Gong Shuhua's house, ask someone to take half of it down, ask if the hospitality is enough, and say enough, he will push the cart with half of the beef to the village.

Suddenly, he remembered something, and turned to Father Li Zhen to ask for a card scale, otherwise, it would be difficult to do business.

The cart drove into the market, and there was a smell that alerted the two tax collectors, who followed, and one of them, with a high nose, reached out and patted Li Funing, who was pushing the cart, on the shoulder. Li Funing stopped, looked at him and asked: What is the matter with me?

Needless to ask, you have to pay taxes when you go into the city to sell goods. Li Funing stomped his foot at the high nose and said, "Alas, Lord Tax Officer, what should I do if I have no money?"

The high nose glanced at the little nose that came with him, and he didn't know what to say. The little nose said: If we don't pay taxes, we will never let us sell.

Li Funing looked at the beef in the car, and then moved his gaze to the faces of the two tax officials: Is this good? I don't have money to pay taxes, so cut off a few pounds of beef as much as the tax money to pay. Beef is also money!

The little nose still said no, and the high nose kept his face silent.

Li Funing said: I don't have the money to pay taxes, but when I have money after selling beef, I will definitely pay it.