Chapter 239 Human Relationships
Qian, who was about to dump all the money together, paused when she heard this. She frowned and thought for a moment, then looked at the private money Zhou Dalang had handed over. She then took the same amount from Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang, and returned the rest to the two of them, saying, "You should keep it for yourselves. Our family is in financial difficulty, and we can't put all the money together. Lao Wu is right. When you get married, if your family has money, they will naturally give it to you. If not, you can use your own savings to make up for it, and we will return it to you later when there is money from the public treasury. So you still have to have your own savings."
She said, "Your eldest brother, second brother, and third brother all got married with money from our family. Your fourth brother got married with money from your eldest sister. This money will also be repaid by our public treasury. Naturally, your future wives will also be married with money from the public treasury."
"There are many children in my family, so it's hard to treat them all equally, but I will try my best."
Zhou Wulang felt a little embarrassed and said, "Mom, we're not planning to get married right now anyway, so let's take care of the family first."
Qian shook her head. "That's almost enough. Just pay the same amount as your eldest brother. You're the ones who suffered the loss in this matter."
Since the fifth and sixth brothers had done so, Qian Shi certainly couldn't accept all of Zhou Xi's money. She only took the same amount as Zhou Dalang and returned the rest. "You are Guining's daughter, you must always have some money on hand."
Of the money Zhou Silang brought out, Qian Shi only took the copper coins and gave the rest back to him, saying, "I don't have any use for your sister-in-law and her family's dowry, let alone your wife's dowry. Take it back."
Zhou Silang paid the least, but he hadn't been out earning much money in the past six months, so Qian said to him, "You should also pay more attention and take care of your brothers and sisters."
Zhou Silang lowered his head in shame.
Manbao didn't have much money, but Qian didn't take it all. She gave her a handful and asked her to save it for buying food, and then she accepted the rest.
Qian called Zhou Erlang, Si Silang, Wu Wulang and Manbao to her side and sorted out the money together. Everyone's money was originally strung together in strings of 100. The already strung-up money was put aside, and the scattered money was gathered together, counted and continued to be strung.
Then Qian looked at the numbers counted last night.
They don't know how to write, but they have their own way of counting.
Qian said, "There are eighteen injured in total. For those with minor injuries, fifty coins is enough. For those with more serious injuries, a hundred coins should be given. For example, Daliang and Dagu were kicked hard and had wounds, so they should be given at least two hundred coins..."
She asked Manbao to write down each number one by one and then calculate the total.
The total amount needed was 2,350 coins. Qian breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the money was enough.
After counting the money, she called her sons and daughters-in-law over and began to assign tasks.
Zhou Dalang was seriously injured and could not go out. As for the others, Old Zhou took Manbao and money to see those who were most seriously injured, Zhou Erlang and Zhou Liulang took money to see those who were not particularly seriously injured, and Zhou Sanlang and Zhou Wulang went to see those who were least seriously injured.
"Even though I brought money, I can't just come empty-handed," Qian asked Little Qian, "Do you have any eggs at home?"
"I picked up eleven from the chicken coop this morning."
"Too little, not enough." Qian took out the scattered copper coins from the money box and counted out seventy coins. She took out two more strings of coins and gave them to Feng, He, and Fang. She said, "Go around the village and visit every household. If anyone has eggs, buy them. Here's the money for one hundred and eighty eggs."
The whole village might not have so many eggs, so Qian said, "Buy as many as you can."
The three daughters-in-law agreed and hurried out.
Qian then asked Little Qian to find some baskets and said, "Put two kilograms of rice in each basket and divide it into eighteen baskets. Some things are hard to say, but we must understand that they suffered for us, so we should thank them and follow the proper etiquette. Not to mention the kindness, even for fellow villagers, this is also what we should do."
Xiao Qian responded in a low voice.
Qian said softly, "Don't worry about the boss. Since the doctor said it's nothing serious, then it should be fine. Take care of yourself these few days and take medicine for three days. If the pain persists, go to the county town for a checkup. As you saw just now, we still have some extra money at home."
Xiao Qian choked up as she agreed. Zhou Dalang was in so much pain last night that he couldn't sleep. It wasn't his waist that hurt. As long as he didn't press or move that area, it would hardly hurt.
It was his back. He didn't feel anything before, but after a long time, the bruises and swelling on his back became apparent. He couldn't lie down or lie prone.
He couldn't sleep because of the pain, and Xiao Qian couldn't sleep either.
Xiao Qian skillfully took out the good rice from her home, putting two barrels of rice in each basket. Only the Zhou family could take out eighteen baskets at once. No one else could do that.
So we have to visit each household one by one.
Summer is the season when hens love to lay eggs, especially recently when everyone is catching insects and snails in the fields.
Of course, the caught insects and snails will not be thrown away just like that. Most people will take them back to feed the chickens and ducks. The insects can be thrown to them directly, and the snails can be boiled and the shells can be cracked to feed the chickens. Therefore, chickens, ducks, etc. like to lay eggs very much recently.
Especially the chickens in Old Zhou's family, which are well raised by Xiao Qian. Most of the hens like to lay two eggs in three days, and some can even lay two eggs in one day.
So Feng and the others walked around and actually bought all the eggs.
They carefully put the eggs in three large baskets and brought them back. Then everyone divided the eggs into small baskets and placed them on the rice.
Ten in one basket is not a lot, just a token of my appreciation.
Then everyone took their baskets and went out, even the donkey family next door, who were not very close to them, got one.
Because the donkey was hit on the arm by the sword sheaths of the three men, the bone was not broken, but it was severely swollen. The old doctor gave him medicinal wine to wipe it and also prescribed two doses of medicine to reduce the swelling.
Because they lived close by, Zhou Sanlang and Zhou Wulang went to see their house first.
The man came to give gifts and money, and even Zhang couldn't bring herself to do so. She smiled and sent the man away, then turned around to ask the donkey for the fifty cents.
The big donkey quickly looked at his father.
His father raised his eyelids and glanced at her, saying, "You should learn from them."
Zhang was unhappy and asked, pinching her waist, "Who am I imitating?"
"Who are you learning from? Who are you learning from? This money is for the donkey's medical treatment. What are you going to do with it?"
"It's just swollen for a bit. Just apply cold water and then hot water and it should be fine. What medicine should I take?"
"This is your son. The doctor has prescribed medicine for him."
"I've already taken two doses, and the medicine was also paid for by their family. Two doses will be enough."
He didn't want to talk to her anymore, so he said directly to his son, "Keep the money. If you don't feel better after taking the medicine, go to the market and find a doctor to prescribe medicine for two more days."
The big donkey happily agreed and stuffed the money into his arms.
Zhang was so angry that she fell backwards.
Today is the birthday of the book friend "Taohua Shenchuwenqiandu", I wish her a happy birthday, because today is the day to add more chapters, so her extra chapter will be put on tomorrow
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