When Li Youcai took the money to the town to buy rice seedlings, he happened to run into Tang Li. Tang Li gave him the money for the rice seedlings and asked Li Youcai to return the money collected by the villagers.
When Li Youcai returned the money, several villagers' eyes were red. The money was not much, but for them, it could be life-saving money. Mrs. Wei must be feeling sorry for them!
Those who said before that Mrs. Wei wanted to take their money should have their tongues pulled out!
"Mrs. Wei is such a good person. Good people will definitely be rewarded."
"When I make money next year, I will definitely make up for it to Sister Wei."
The rice seedlings Li Youcai bought can all be planted in winter. Over the past few days, the villagers have been plowing the fields while they have nothing else to do. As soon as the rice seedlings arrive, they're ready to plant them.
Manager Zhang sent someone to teach them in detail how to plant and maintain the crops.
The villagers listened very carefully.
After the seedlings were planted, the villagers couldn't help but go to the fields to check on them every day.
At the beginning, I was afraid that the seedlings would die, because each and every one of them was worth a fortune.
Later, the seedlings grew green and would not die.
I still go to see it every day, watching the seedlings grow day by day, just like watching my own children grow up, it makes me happy.
When it's long enough, you can exchange it for silver.
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This winter is particularly difficult for the Kong family.
Kong Shuan's leg was broken, so he had to see a doctor. He set the bone and changed the dressings on a daily basis. This whole process cost him more than ten taels of silver.
Because of these dozen or so taels, the Kong family’s wealth was completely drained.
Without money, the Kong family lived a tight life. They no longer had white rice for every meal, and the food became worse and worse.
Moreover, there was no one to do the work, so Kong Yang and Kong Zhang, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, took turns doing it.
This fully demonstrates Wei Xiaotao's good qualities.
The entire Kong family regretted it so much that their intestines turned green!
If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have sent Wei Xiaotao to the coal mine!
Kong Shuan lay in bed every day, enduring severe pain, and hated Wei Qing in his heart.
He kept asking his family to seek justice for him, but their relationship with other members of the Kong family was not very good. Old Man Kong wandered around the village, but in the end only a few of the Kong family's brothers were willing to come forward.
Old Man Kong looked at his group of brothers and nephews, who were either thin or fat, and felt that they were not worthy of being beaten by Wei Qing, so he gave up the idea of seeking justice.
Until Kong Dazhu came back.
"Dad, I used to work in the county and had a few friends there. This time I visited all of them and I actually found some connections."
When Old Man Kong and Madam Yang heard this, they all came over.
"What's the relationship?" asked Old Man Kong.
"My friend's brother-in-law works at the county government office. He said he has a way to put Wei Qing in jail."
"Then let's send Wei Qing to jail! That way he won't be so arrogant!" Old Man Kong said indignantly.
In his eyes, Wei Qing was just a country bumpkin, but unfortunately no one could control him!
"Dad, this matter is not that simple. Otherwise, we have to spend some money to take care of it. The government will not care about it." Kong Dazhu said.
"How much does it cost?" Yang asked.
Kong Dazhu pretended to be thoughtful and said, "At least twenty taels should be enough to bribe him."
"Twenty taels?" Yang was surprised. "Forget it then."
"Mom, ten taels is fine. I'll collect the remaining ten taels. Shuan'er is my brother. I feel suffocated seeing him like that."
"I don't even have ten taels. I spent it all on Shuan'er's medical treatment." Old Man Kong shook his head and left.
Yang also walked away.
Kong Dazhu sat down on the chair, picked up the teacup and drank tea. His fat and round face did not look very good.
"It was a wasted trip!"
"Brother! Big brother!" Kong Shuan's voice came from the room.
Kong Dazhu put down the tea bowl and went into the room.
Kong Shuan's leg is broken, and he now lies in bed, not moving at all all day long. Food is delivered to him.
"Brother, can you really let Wei Qing go to jail?"
"Shuan'er, I've been running around for you and my legs are about to break. I've done my best, but my parents won't give me any money. There's nothing I can do." Kong Dazhu said helplessly.
Kong Shuan was torn, his round face wrinkled. He gritted his teeth, felt the pain in his leg, and made a decision. He had been in so much pain recently that he hadn't gotten a single good night's sleep. It was all Wei Qing's fault. As long as he could send Wei Qing to jail, he would do anything!
"Brother, help me open the cabinet next to the bed."
Kong Dazhu opened the cabinet.
"At the bottom, do you feel something hard?"
Kong Dazhu felt around and took out something, a jade pendant. His eyes lit up immediately.
"Shuan'er, why are you hiding such a good thing?"
"Brother, don't worry about this." Kong Shuan said vaguely.
In fact, the jade pendant actually belonged to the Wei family. He accompanied Wei Xiaotao back to her parents' home, and when he saw the jade pendant, he sneaked back.
He knew at first sight that this thing was a treasure, so he kept it hidden, waiting to use it when he married a new wife.
"Brother, you should go to the county and work as a clerk. You must send Wei Qing to jail."
"Okay, I'll go there early tomorrow morning. If it's not enough, I'll give it to you!"
The next morning, Kong Dazhu went to the county town and found a shop to pawn.
He had made up his mind to pawn the twenty taels, use five taels of silver to bribe the other party, and secretly hide the fifteen taels for himself.
Unexpectedly, the pawnshop owner offered fifty taels.
Fifty taels was a sky-high price for Kong Dazhu. He took the silver, put five taels in his sleeve, and hid forty-five taels close to his body, then walked towards the county government office.
Let's talk about this pawnshop. The owner of this pawnshop is a connoisseur. This jade pendant is not ordinary jade, but blood jade. There is only one word to describe blood jade - priceless.
This shop is a chain store, with a big boss above it. Such a good thing is hard to sell in a small place, so the shop owner can only pass it up to his boss. After several rounds of trading, the jade pendant was finally sold for ten times the price.
The buyer took the jade pendant, entered a courtyard, and handed it to his master.
His master held the jade pendant and looked at it again and again in the sunlight, and could clearly see the word "Qing" on it.
He was very excited and his hands were shaking. It took him a long time to calm down.
"After all these years, we finally have a clue! Investigate, dig deep to find the person!"
…
Tangli was busy with the shop, and the days passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was Wei Qing's day off. This day also became something Tangli looked forward to, just like modern people look forward to the weekend off.
But somehow, Tangli's eyelids kept twitching since the morning of that day, as if something bad had happened.
By the evening, Aunt Zhao had prepared dinner, but Wei Qing had not returned yet, and Tang Li's uneasy feeling became even more obvious.
The family was sitting at the table, waiting to start eating, when there was a knock on the door.
Wei Qing is back?
Tang Li hurried to open the door, and as soon as he opened it, he saw two burly men who looked similar standing at the door.
Tang Li remembered them. The last time the road was being repaired in Lijia Village, these two men followed Wei Qing to help.
They are from the Xie family!
At this time, both men had anxious expressions on their faces.
"Sister-in-law, it's bad! Boss Wei has been taken away by the county yamen runners!"
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