Chapter 227 Being Disliked
There are only two days left until New Year's Eve, and the people in Ningxi Village are more joyful on their faces than in previous years.
The county government sent a reward of twenty taels of silver for capturing the bandits.
Naturally, this money has to be distributed.
What Grandpa Qin Ling meant was that the Gu family would take the lion's share, which was ten taels of silver. Although this was unfair to them, the people under them also contributed, so the remaining ten taels of silver would be divided equally among the villagers.
No one objected, and no one said that the Gu family took too much. They all knew that the Gu family could still get the reward money without them, but they could not get it without the Gu family.
Gu Mingyu refused directly, if for no other reason than that the villagers were living such a hard life.
"Uncle Qin, we don't want the money. Let's distribute it to the villagers so that everyone can have a good New Year."
"How can this be possible?" Old Man Qin Ling said with a stern face, "Mingyu, your family has already taken great care of the villagers in our village, helping them with medical treatment and giving them opportunities to make money. I gave you too little of this money, and you still don't want it..."
"Uncle Qin, although our family is not rich, we are better off than our fellow villagers. We have friends to help us. If we share these twenty taels with our fellow villagers, every household will have a good New Year."
Old Master Qin shook his head, "No, we can't always let the Nien family suffer."
"Old man, this is settled. If you really feel that we have suffered a loss, can you give us the vacant land at the foot of the back mountain and we will pay the rent."
"What's the big deal? The vacant land is just sitting there anyway. And for some reason, whenever the flood comes, that piece of land is washed away. No one dares to plant there for fear of losing all the seeds."
Gu Mingyu was thinking about what Li Mumu said. The little girl said she wanted to eat fruits and vegetables, so that piece of land was good and her family also doted on her. The old man immediately said that she had to rent it no matter how much it cost.
Li Mumu actually knew that the express delivery was indeed prone to being washed away by floods, but it was said that there would not be major floods in the next few years.
So there will be no problem with that piece of land.
"I'll make the decision on whether to rent it or not. I'll give you the land, but what do you want to do with it? You've never farmed before, but that's okay. We'll help you."
"No, let's just rent it. We can't take advantage of everyone."
"No need. Once I tell everyone about this, I'm sure everyone agrees. Besides, ten taels of silver is enough to buy that piece of land. How about this? Since you don't want the silver, I'll give you that piece of land, along with some vacant land in front. You don't have to worry about farming. I'll bring people to do it for you when the time comes."
It was hard to refuse such a kind offer, so Gu Mingyu did not refuse it anymore, as he couldn't refuse it anyway.
Old Master Qin knew the Gu family's character. "You go back first. I'll send the deed to you when I get back and have everyone put their fingerprints on it to ensure there will be no trouble in the future."
Gu Mingyu originally wanted to say this, one should always be on guard against others, but he didn't expect that Mr. Qin was a sensible person.
"Uncle Qin, thank you for your hard work. You are so thoughtful."
"I can't drink so much wine and eat so much meat in vain. Don't worry, with your Uncle Qin here, our Ningxi Village can be poor, but there must be no chaos."
Old Master Qin patted his chest and promised.
Gu Mingyu smiled and said, "Uncle Qin, I don't believe what others say, but I dare not disbelieve you at all."
When he got home, Gu Mingyu happily told the story, but not long after, the street became noisy.
Gu Mingyu frowned because he heard someone calling the village chief. He thought someone disagreed with the land issue, so he hurried out, not wanting to embarrass the village chief.
A group of children followed behind. It was the end of the year and the school was on vacation.
"Why is my family not included in the money distribution?" Jiang Xinyue shouted at the top of her voice. She grabbed Qin Ling's sleeve and looked no longer like the wife of a high-ranking official. She looked like a shrew.
In fact, there are quite a few families in the village. For twenty taels of silver, each family would only get three or four hundred coins. However, for the farmers, three or four hundred coins is not a small amount.
"Why should I give it to you?" Old Master Qin frowned. "The families I gave it to all contributed. What did your family do?"
"I……"
"That's because you didn't call me. If you had called our family, we would have definitely contributed. No, we are also part of Ningxi Village, and we must have our share of the money."
Gu Mingyu sneered. Pei Zhen’s wife was really unreasonable. One could imagine how his daughter was bullied under her nose.
Gu Mingyu looked at the angry Old Man Qin and said, "Uncle Qin, are my ten taels included in the twenty taels?"
Mr. Qin nodded, "Of course."
Jiang Xinyue was immediately displeased when she heard this. "Why does his family have so many? You're biased. Are you thinking that because their family can become high-ranking officials in the capital, currying favor with them will benefit you? You're dreaming!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Old Master Qin gasped in anger. "The Gu family contributed the most. They came up with the idea and they caught the bandits. Giving them half was what we all agreed on. Besides, they didn't want the money."
"No...no?" Jiang Xinyue looked at Gu Mingyu awkwardly.
Gu Mingyu didn't even want to look at her. "Since the ten taels of silver should have belonged to me, then I have the right to distribute it, right?"
"Of course."
"Give the ten taels of silver to the families who didn't contribute, but the Pei family is an exception."
Gu Mingyu looked coldly at the unwilling Jiang Xinyue and said in a resounding voice, "Because your family is not worthy."
Qin Ling snorted coldly, "How dare you compare yourself to the Gu family? Everyone in the Gu family is a hero. Who are you?"
"You guys don't get any of this money."
The rest of the people were also adamant, "You haven't put in any effort, and you haven't put in any effort, so why should we give it to you?"
"You were sleeping while we stayed up all night watching."
"That's right, they're just like the Shi family. They don't show up at ordinary times, but they show up as soon as they hear there's something good going on."
Jiang Xinyue was a person who cared about her reputation after all, so after being scolded by everyone, she left in disgrace.
But she was naturally unwilling to accept this. Without this money, their family would have a hard time.
The new county magistrate was quite good, the quarry was on holiday, and the Pei father and son were both idle at home.
When Pei Zhen saw Jiang Xinyue coming back empty-handed, instead of comforting her, he blamed her for being so embarrassing.
Pei Qiuge also looked disgusted, "Mom, Dad is right, why are you just like those country women? It's really embarrassing."
Jiang Xinyue was exhausted both physically and mentally. She had never expected her daughter to be so disgusted. "What did you say?"
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