Old man Zhou said, "Wait a moment, brother!" Then he turned and went into the house.

After a while, he took out five strings of copper coins and said, "I'm so sorry, brother. These are the only five hundred copper coins we have at home. You can use them for emergency purposes first. I'll find a way to return the rest to you as soon as possible!"

The old man named Zhuzi accepted the silver and money. He really had no choice but to come to Zhou's house to ask for money in advance!

Every household in this village makes a living by fishing. In the past, everyone could barely make ends meet, but this year, all kinds of harsh taxes and levies have been imposed under various pretexts.

All the savings of every household in Zhoujiazhuang have been drained out, and now their pockets are cleaner than their faces.

After they left, Uncle Zhou walked up to Li Yan and said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you!"

Li Yan shook her head and looked at Zhou Bo like this, feeling really sad inside.

Such a hardworking, simple and honest person who never cheats or does anything dishonest, actually comes from a very poor family.

Looking at the fish in her hand, Li Yan thought that maybe she could give it a try and help the family overcome their current difficulties.

Thinking of this, Li Yan said: "Uncle Zhou, I know the owner of a restaurant. Why don't you come with me tomorrow?

I recommend your fish to him when we go to town?"

When Old Man Zhou heard Li Yan say this, he suspected he had misheard. He widened his eyes in disbelief and asked, "Can you really push my fish to the restaurant?"

Li Yan nodded: "Let's give it a try, it's better than not being able to sell it like this!"

Old man Zhou was not willing to miss such an opportunity, and nodded in agreement quickly.

Li Yan and Zhou Bo agreed to meet at the dock at noon tomorrow.

After Li Yan paid for the fish, she took her two children and was about to go back.

Uncle Zhou took Tietou and sent Li Yan and the other two to the main road before they stopped!

Li Yan walked to the door of her uncle's house and handed the silver carp in her hand to her younger cousin: "Take it home."

I went home first.

Mrs. Lin looked at her daughter carrying the fish back and asked, "Why did you bring this fish back when you bought it for your grandma?"

Li Yan put the fish into the kitchen: "I bought this for our family. Mom is pregnant now, so she needs more nourishment!"

Looking at her caring daughter, Mrs. Lin finally didn't say the word of refusal.

After putting the fish away, Li Yan ran to the next door. Seeing that there was no one in the yard, Li Yan walked towards Wu's room.

At this time, Mrs. Wu was sitting on a small stool listening to Mrs. Wang talking.

"You have no idea how badly Zhang was beaten. When she was carried back by the villagers, you could even see blood on her clothes!"

Wu snorted when she heard this: "You brought this upon yourself!"

Wang continued, "Who says it's not? That pregnant woman stole the money from our family and ran away last night!"

Mrs. Wu sat up straight and motioned for Mrs. Wang to continue.

Wang took a sip of tea and said, "Ms. Zhang was beaten and unable to move. She wanted to drink water at night but couldn't call for help. The next day, she woke up to find that the house had been ransacked, with clothes and books scattered all over the floor. The ten taels of silver that Ms. Zhang had hidden in her son's study had all been taken away!"

"You've brought this upon yourself! Life was originally going well, but to have such a disaster come into the family, it really ruined the whole family!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Wu was too lazy to delve into the family's current plight! She just hoped that her daughter would have a safe and smooth life in the future!

At this time, Li Yan stood outside the door and knocked: "Grandma, I bought the fish back, and this is the remaining money!"

Mrs. Wu stood up and said, "Please sit down for a while, my dear. I'll go take a look!"

Wang said politely, "Why spend that money? I'm sorry I've ruined you!"