Chapter 190 Yan Shayan

Li Wanyue glared at him in dissatisfaction: "What are you doing?"

The grown man is so timid. He should just say what he wants to say directly, but he makes her guess what to do.

Seeing this, Xie Yan sighed helplessly, but it was not appropriate to talk about it today.

He only said, "The outside of the box is engraved with a swallow. Take a closer look at the box. If you still don't understand, I'll tell you next time."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Li Wanyue was speechless. What happened to Yan Shayan? What did it have to do with her?

The banquet ended and everyone left one after another.

Sun Xiuqin left as soon as the banquet at her parents' home ended because it was far away.

Wang Guixiang's parents' home was nearby, so they went to Wang Guixiang's room to talk.

Zhao Suying was also talking to her mother's family in the house where they lived.

Only then did they realize that the Li family not only made money, but also knew the county magistrate.

The county magistrate also came today, but they didn't see him.

They suddenly felt extremely honored and they had a feast with the county magistrate.

Zhang Dahai was waiting outside, so it was naturally difficult for him to enter his aunt's bedroom.

However, through chatting with the villagers, he also learned that the Li family is no longer the same as it used to be.

Then look at her little daughter, Sui Sui, with a flower tied on her head and silver earrings. The girl from the Li family gave them to her as gifts.

It seems that I need to let my wife and daughter spend more time with the Li family.

Originally, their relationship was pretty good, but my uncle's children were really too much, and their relationship turned cold because of those two children.

Otherwise they wouldn't have treated her like this.

After a while, Xie Yan, Qin Yunyi and others were also about to leave.

The village chief didn't leave because he was waiting to see them off.

As Xie Yan walked, he asked, "Village Chief Li, have you ever thought about taking on the position of Pavilion Chief?"

"Pavilion chief? Me?"

"Yes. The headman Yang who is in charge of your villages has been dismissed. I think you are upright and fair, so you are quite suitable. If you are interested, I can let you be the headman."

A look of joy appeared on Village Chief Li's face, but then he thought of the fact that he could not read or write, and he sighed inwardly. He could not seize the good opportunity that was right in front of him.

If he had known there would be such an opportunity, he should have taught his grandson to read and write.

After sighing, he said, "Thank you for your appreciation, sir. However, I know my ability. Being a pavilion chief requires reading some documents and deeds. I can't recognize a few words, so I'm afraid I can't do a good job."

"People who can read and write may not be fair." Xie Yan paused, and then said, "After all, you have made contributions to the waterwheel incident. Since you don't want to be a village head, you can be the head of Daohua Village and Wangjiazhuang Village, responsible for the affairs of these two villages. The monthly salary is one and a half taels of silver, which will be paid monthly by the county government."

Village chief Li was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. The village chief was elected by the villagers, but the head of the village could get paid.

He thanked him hastily, but at the same time he knew that Li Youshan's family also contributed to his appointment as the village head.

But there are guests at Li Youshan's house right now, so it's not the time to thank them.

Everyone who helped packed up their things. Li Dachuan gave each of them thirty cents and asked them to take the remaining food away.

In the end, only the Zhao family was left. They saw that it was getting late and it was time to go back. They had borrowed two ox carts when they came, so they had to go together when they left.

Zhao Suying packed the extra, untouched dishes into lunch boxes for the families so they could just heat them up and eat them when they got home.

I also packed some potatoes and sweet potatoes.

There were three pieces of fine cotton cloth in the warehouse, which were intended to be used to make bed sheets and quilt covers. Seeing that the two brothers' families were wearing coarse cloth clothes, they were given directly to them.

The two brothers refused, but Zhao Suying insisted that they keep it.

Li Wanyue gave each family a few boxes of facial cream.

They were moved and felt guilty. They didn't bring many good things when they came, but took so many when they left.

As soon as everyone reached the door, they saw several strong men standing at the door with two young men tied up.

When the two people tied up saw Zhao Mancang and others, they immediately cried out: "Dad, Mom, save me."

They are Zhao Mancang’s youngest son Zhao Wenhu, and Zhao Manliang’s second son Zhao Wenliang.

Zhao Mancang and his wife almost lost their legs and fell down the stairs.

Zhao Manliang and his wife were also trembling with fear, and they felt even more ashamed that they had brought shame to Daohua Village.

They never expected that the two evildoers would chase them here to collect their debts.

Zhao Suying, Li Youshan and others looked at each other.

Li Wanyue thought about it and remembered that these two boys, as the youngest sons of their two uncles, had been somewhat favored, had bad tempers, and did not work hard.

The current situation seems to be causing trouble.

Zhao Mancang didn't wait for the strong man to speak. He looked at him and said, "What's the matter? Let's talk about it after we leave the village. This is someone else's home."

Zhao Suying immediately stopped him: "Brother, what's going on?"

When Zhao Wenliang saw that his aunt was dressed respectably, he immediately said, "Aunt, please help us. We owe money and they are here to collect the debt."

"You bastard." Zhao Manliang roared angrily.

Li Dachuan said, "Dad and Mom, let's let someone in first. It's not good if someone sees us."

Li Youshan nodded and let the person in before talking.

Let them stay in the front yard only and not enter the inner yard.

Zhao Suying asked anxiously: "Brother, what's going on?"

Zhao Mancang sighed, "These two evil creatures followed people from the same village to work in the county town. A few months ago, they were deceived into going to a gambling den. The first time they came to collect the debt, they paid twenty taels. Afterwards, my second brother and I beat them up severely.

They repeatedly assured me that they would stop blocking the road. After a while, the two went to work in the town again and did not come back that day. A month later, these people came to collect the debt for the second time and demanded forty taels of silver in compensation. My second brother and I borrowed some money in the village. Xiuying gave me all the private money and dowry she had saved over the years, and sold two acres of land, and barely raised the money to pay it off for them.

We beat them up again and tied them up at home. But they were already 16 or 17 years old, so we couldn't keep them tied up forever. Last month, we asked them to work for my cousin in the same village and asked them to help take care of them. But after working hard for a month, they disappeared again. My second brother and I thought that if they came to stop us again, we would cut off our relationship with them. Unexpectedly, they actually found us here."

As he spoke, he looked at the two of them and angrily asked, "Tell me, how did you find this place?"

"We got home and found the door locked, so we asked the neighbors, and they said you guys went to your aunt's house for a banquet, and they wouldn't give up until they got the money, so they brought us here. Dad and Mom, please help me one more time, and I promise I won't block the way again."

Li Youshan asked: "How much money do they owe?"

The strong man rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "One hundred taels, your family lives in such a big house, I think this amount of money is nothing to you."

Zhao Wenhu looked up in surprise: "One hundred taels? You clearly said sixty taels, you are just asking for a higher price."

After saying that, he was slapped hard on the face.

The sturdy man asked, "Do you need me to teach you how to do things?"

After saying that, he looked at Li Youshan and said, "Why don't you return it? If not, I will chop off their hands right now."