Everyone nodded, and Shuwen nodded especially vigorously.
"Of course not. Didn't you look carefully when you gave them the gear? It's all written on it."
"Little sister, you forgot again. We can't read, so we naturally didn't see it. If that's the case, it would be great. I was thinking that we wasted our money."
"If that's the case, it's really great. At least there are still people working on the farm, and it can still run."
They were diligently planting seedlings in the fields when people kept coming to the door. At first, they were too embarrassed to ask, but later they all came to borrow money, fearing that word had spread. Chunxiao, having decided to help them, naturally gave them no scorn. She simply said she had no money and would have to wait until tomorrow at noon to return from town. Everyone, upon hearing her words, naturally stopped pestering and left with gratitude.
Among them, the most embarrassed was Cui, Erniu's mother. She stood at the door for a long time without saying a word, her face flushed red. Chunxiao really couldn't stand it anymore, "Sister Cui, are you here to borrow money too?"
Upon hearing this, Cui nodded vigorously and said, "Chunxiao, please don't hold a grudge against me for what happened in the past. I don't think before I speak or act, and I don't have any bad intentions. Please don't hold it against me. My wife is also waiting for money to save her life." She said this as if she was about to cry.
"Sister Cui, please come tomorrow at noon. I don't have any money right now, so I'll give it to you tomorrow at noon. As agreed, the maximum is 10 taels. I'm not the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, so I can only do my best."
"Ten taels will be enough. We still have some savings at home. I know, I understand. I saw everyone who came to your house to borrow money today. Chunxiao, you are a good person. I was a bastard before, but I will change and never say nonsense again." She was really crying now. I didn't know whether she was moved by the answer or because she felt guilty for what happened in the past.
Chunxiao asked her to go back, and she spent the afternoon working in the fields, being interrupted by visitors. After everyone's efforts, four acres of cotton had been planted, and the rest had to be planted early the next day.
Early the next morning, Chunxiao took out a silver note and set off with the braised meat. She delivered the meat to the restaurant and originally wanted to find Huang Minghe to thank him, but Huang Minghe was not there. She asked Manager Zheng to help her exchange the 100-tael silver note for change and put it in the bag on her backpack. Then she went to the farm, checked the transplanting of the cotton seedlings, and communicated with Wang Shiwen about the details of planting rice and wheat. She took 140 taels and hurried back to the village.
It was not yet noon when she arrived at the village. She now had more than 350 taels of silver in her hand, which should be enough to deal with quite a few people.
As soon as she arrived home, someone came to her door. The people in the village were probably watching her. As soon as she entered the village, people knew about it. Gradually, more and more people came. The Yan family members were all planting cotton in the fields, so Chunxiao asked Shuwen to help call the head of the village over.
Some people don't understand why they have to disturb the village head just to borrow money.
Chunxiao explained to them that they couldn't read, so if the IOU wasn't for the right amount, they wouldn't know. It was better for everyone if Li was present. Everyone nodded in agreement, believing this was indeed the case.
Everyone was waiting anxiously in the yard, and more and more people came. The village head finally came. Knowing that Chunxiao wanted to lend money to the villagers, he was very pleased to ask him to come and do the notarization.
"Chunxiao, you are a kind and righteous person, and everyone will remember you."
Chun Xiao sighed, "Village head, I know everyone's having a hard time, and I'm naturally willing to help, but my ability is limited. Today, I went to the restaurant in town and asked the owner to pay out the profit from the business in advance, hoping to help more people. So I hope everyone will not borrow more than they can pool their money, and leave some opportunities for others. Otherwise, if others can't pool enough, it will be a matter of life and death. Of course, if it really is not enough in the end, I hope everyone will not blame me, I tried my best."
"Everyone knows your family's kindness and righteousness."
"Yes, I know Bingfa. I went to borrow money from him before but he never got any. I'm afraid he really has no money. Now that you are willing to lend a hand, we all have our own standards."
Zhou and Yan Bingfa were standing at the gate of the yard watching what was happening inside. "Did you lend money to someone behind my back again?" People wouldn't say that for no reason.
"That's impossible. Forget it. There are so many people here. There's nothing to see. They don't need us here. Let's plant all the seedlings quickly. These seedlings will wilt if left for too long." After saying that, he ran back to the field.
Zhou felt that he was a typical guilty person.
The head of the village sat next to Chunxiao, and the basket containing money was placed between the two of them. Pen, ink and paper were already prepared. When someone came up and reported the amount of the loan, the head of the village wrote an IOU and asked the other party to put his fingerprint on it, and Chunxiao was responsible for taking the money.
The amount of money borrowed ranged from 50 to 60, 70 to 80, and 90 taels, but the most people borrowed 10 taels. Cui also borrowed 10 taels. After a while, the headman's hands became sore from writing, so Chunxiao took over. He handed over the silver. There were some villagers that Chunxiao was not familiar with, so the headman introduced their names to her. In the end, nearly 360 taels of silver were lent out, but there were still a few people whose turn had not been taken. Those people were so anxious that they were crying, blaming themselves for coming late and for being unlucky. Chunxiao felt very sorry for them.
In the end, the village head stood up and said that Chunxiao had done everything he could and he couldn't do nothing. He asked those people to follow him home to get the money, and the loan issue came to an end in this way.
Fang did not come today. Yesterday, Zhou asked Zhang for 10 taels of silver and added her own 10 taels of silver to give to Fang. When Fang saw Zhou, she hugged her and cried. Zhou had been with Fang for so many years, and it was the first time she saw her cry. They cried together. Zhou told the story when she came back. Although Chunxiao did not see that scene, she also understood the bitterness of a mother encountering such a thing. She really wanted to drag out the prince who started the mutiny and behead him to vent her anger.
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