Chapter 34 Double Compensation

The old village chief gave the villagers some more instructions, mainly telling them not to go out alone and not to listen to people's tricks and then drive them back.

It is better for the family to resolve the family's disgrace. Mrs. Li was sensible and gave him face, so he didn't mind giving her some face as well.

The villagers wanted to stay and watch the fun. They had agreed to come and see Li Laoer get beaten up, but they hadn't seen that yet.

But the village chief personally chased them away, so everyone could only walk back in groups of three or four, talking to each other.

The Li family courtyard became quiet again. After Li Baisong sent the village chief away, he closed the gate.

Li Laoer was about to stand up when Qin Fangci sat down again and looked at him.

Li Laoer: "..."

What? He called so many people to watch him, but this matter is not over yet?

“Okay, let’s move on to the third thing.

Everyone was thinking about their own things, waiting for Qin Fangci's next words.

"Second brother, the money in the house was lost because of you, you should compensate for it."

Li Laoer and Yuan both stared at Qin Fangci with wide eyes. Li Laoer cried, "Mom, I have no money."

"Well, I know you're broke. What I'm saying is that you work for the family to compensate them. From now on, I'll give each of you a share of the family income every year. If you have other income, you can turn 80% over to the family, and each of you can keep the remaining 20%. You can rest assured if you have money."

There is such a good thing!

Not to mention Boss Li, even Third Brother Li's eyes lit up. That herb can be sold for money!

Li Laoer was still sad. There was not much money in the family. If the money was divided this way, how long would it take him to save up 500 coins?

However, Qin Fangci asked him to pay more than five hundred coins.

"Second brother, you secretly embezzled those three taels of silver earlier. For both public and private reasons, they should be considered mine."

"Mom..." Li Laoer trembled all over, "Mom, what do you mean?"

"Our family lost a total of three taels, five hundred and fifty-one coins. You'll have to make up for this. I'll keep track of the account for you. It's only natural to pay back a debt, don't you think?"

Yuan also trembled. She hadn't even seen the three taels of silver, and now she had to pay it back to her mother-in-law.

Is there any justice in the world?

"And that matter of you hiding your own money? You've set a bad precedent for the family! I'm afraid that if I hit you and scold you, you'll just feel the pain and won't learn your lesson, so I won't hit you."

Li Laoer looked at Qin Fangci in horror, feeling that what his mother was going to say next would not be good.

"Mom, you'd better hit me, right?"

"I keep my word. If I say I won't beat you, then I won't beat you. But if you don't punish someone for their wrongdoing, you can't win the people's hearts. You embezzled public funds, so I'll fine you double and return it to the public. Three taels, five hundred and fifty-one coins, double that..."

"Seven taels and one hundred and two coins." Li Baisong continued easily.

hiss!

The sound of gasps was heard from everyone in the Li family. The angry little heart of the eldest brother Li was finally comforted by the punishment from his old mother.

More than seven taels of silver, how much would he get? It's hard to calculate, but it's definitely more than three and a half taels.

Haha, my mood improves immediately.

"Mother!" Li Laoer crawled over on his knees and hugged Qin Fangci's legs, crying out loud, "Mother, hit me? Hit me, hit me to death!"

It took him many years to save three taels of silver. Mother will only be more stingy in the future. How many years will it take him to pay back the seven taels?

Why did he think about what would happen if his mother beat him?

He deserves to be beaten! He deserves to be beaten!

Qin Fangci staggered when she was carried, and Li Baisong supported her from behind.

"Big brother, third brother, pull him away and don't hit him. How can you pay the money for working at home if you hurt him?"

Big Boss Li got excited, rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward. He couldn't pull the girl aside by himself, so he waved others around, "Third brother, hurry up, don't dilly-dally. Second brother, let go. If you keep tearing it apart, it will be bad, and you'll have to pay for the medical treatment."

"There's no way to live. You might as well let me die!" Li Laoer fell to the ground and cried.

"From now on, this will be the Li family's rule. If anyone embezzles public funds, I'll pay you back double the amount the first time I'm caught. If I'm caught the second time, I'll kick you out!"

Li Laoer: "..."

He didn't know when the sky got dark, and his heart got dark with it.

…

This night, some are happy and some are sad.

Qin Fangci was also very worried. Money was hard to earn and shit was hard to eat.

Although the problem seems to have been resolved, they dare not go to the county town recently.

Qin Fangci thought of going to Hedong Town to try it. It happened that there was a big market the day after tomorrow. She would go to the town tomorrow to buy some seasonings, make dried meat, and then sell it at the market.

This time she plans to make two kinds of dried meat, one is still five-spice, and the other is to add some pepper to make it spicy.

Without chili peppers, I can only improve it a little bit like this.

There is Cornus officinalis in this era, but it is not cheap and does not grow near them. However, Polygonum multiflorum can grow.

Just do it.

Qin Fangci got up early the next morning, divided the housework among them, and took Li Laoer out.

Li Laoer hadn't slept for half the night. He was in a bad mood and Yuan Shi kept crying and complaining to him for half the night. He really couldn't live like this.

Now that he heard that Qin Fangci was still willing to take him out, he became excited again.

"Mom, mom, no matter what you want me to do, I will definitely do it for you." Li Laoer was so attentive that he kept clinging to Qin Fangci.

Qin Fangci couldn't bear to watch it. "If you can't be more normal, I'll find someone else."

Li Laoer stood up straight in an instant, "Mom, I'm normal now."

The mother and son went out together. When Li Laoer learned that they were going to the town to buy spices, his mind became active again. He asked cautiously, "Mom, are we still making dried meat to sell?"

"Less inquiries, more work."

The two of them came to the town together, and the old village chief also came to Dongshi Village on crutches to find Zhang Lizheng.

It happened that Xu Jiahuai came back this time and wanted to talk to the head of the village about setting up a school in the village, so he overheard it.

When he learned that the Li family had been defrauded and robbed and almost lost their lives, he was surprised for a moment and then frowned.

Will Li Yulan come to talk to him about this?

He could see the county magistrate, but it was such a dangerous matter. If those people knew that he helped, would they kill him first?

No, it seems that the school establishment will have to be postponed for two days, and he has to go back to the academy again.

The village chief had no idea what Xu Jiahuai was thinking, so he casually mentioned that a wild boar had accidentally wandered into the foot of Shuang'an Mountain in Liantang Village.

"I asked my eldest son to take people to check, and there was indeed only a wild boar coming over. But we still had to tell the village head about this. If there really is something in the mountains, and the wild boar rushed to Dongshi Village and injured someone, it would be terrible. This incident was also thanks to the Li family. If they hadn't been at the foot of the mountain at the time..."

The old village chief tried his best to speak well of the Li family, hoping to get the village head to pay more attention to the matter, and it would be best if he could go to the county government office today to report the matter.

Xu Jiahuai paused again.

The Li family hunted a wild boar, no wonder Li Yulan didn't come to his house to help yesterday.

wrong.

Why didn’t Li Yulan come?

Shouldn't she come and bring him some meat?