Chapter 119: Feelings
The people waiting at the foot of the mountain looked up the mountain countless times, but they didn't see the figure they wanted to see.
Half an hour later, several people could not help but worry to the extreme. They were discussing preparing to go up and take a look, when Su Manman beside them shouted in surprise: "Look, they are all coming down!"
Hearing Su Manman's words, Shen Changan looked up and saw that everyone had gone down the mountainside, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
After everyone got down to the foot of the mountain and put the spoils looted from the mountain stronghold on the ground, the village head led everyone to count the silver and distribute the grain.
After everything was settled, the head of the village looked at everyone and said, "Let's divide these things today by household, shall we? If you have any ideas, you can bring them up now. Don't keep them in your heart and affect everyone's friendship."
When everyone heard this, they all shook their heads to indicate that they had no idea.
Seeing that everyone agreed to divide the money by household, the village head squatted down and divided the silver into eight households: "The total amount of silver is 630 taels and 300 coins. Each household can get 78 taels and 787 coins."
"The grain looks like about 360 kilograms, and each household can get 45 kilograms."
"Twelve pieces of cloth, one and a half pieces per household. You can just measure and cut them roughly."
"As for the eight silver hairpins and some pearl flowers here, each household will receive one silver hairpin, and as for the pearl flowers and head ornaments, let the ladies present divide them among themselves!"
"That's all, come and get your share!"
After everyone had divided up the things, they were actually quite excited. With this money, when they get to Nanzhou City and the government arranges land for them, they will have enough money to buy houses and live out their lives in peace!
As for the Su family, Old Lady Su whispered to them, "We have been relying on Wanwan and Zhiyi for food all along the way. Now that we have received the silver, we have to make up for it."
Qin nodded when she heard this: "Mom, I know."
As she spoke, she walked to Xu Zhiyi's side. She knew that her sister-in-law didn't support the family, and that her niece had been in charge all along the way, so it was most appropriate to give the money to her:
"Zhiyi, this is the money that my grandparents gave us for our food and clothing along the way. Your aunt is very grateful for your timely assistance and for saving Mingchuan and Manman's lives. But we know that we don't have the ability to repay you, so we can only keep it in our hearts for the time being. But now that we have money, we can't let you pay for it alone."
Xu Zhiyi looked at the purse Qin stuffed into her hand and felt that it should be more than 20 taels: "Aunt, take these back. You will need money in many places in the future. If you really want to talk about repaying me, then I will wait for you..."
Qin interrupted and said, "Zhiyi, just accept it! Otherwise, we will feel bad."
After hearing this, Xu Zhiyi knew that he couldn't refuse. If he didn't accept some money, the people in the Su family would probably not be able to sleep.
He had no choice but to open his purse and found that there were actually twenty-five taels of silver in it. He only took out ten taels of silver and stuffed the rest back to Qin:
"Aunt, take back the rest quickly, otherwise I won't take a penny!"
"I know, but..."
"Aunt, you will need silver for many purposes in the future. So, I will only take ten taels of silver now, and you can give me the rest later. I will definitely accept it then. Is that okay?"
Qin looked at the silver that was stuffed back to her and wanted to persuade her again, but seeing that Xu Zhiyi said, "Give more to me," she returned the ten taels of silver that she was going to take. She sighed and had no choice but to let her do as she pleased. If she needed help in the future, she would help more!
Afterwards, Xu Zhiyi told Su about Qin giving the money. After hearing this, Su also expressed her agreement with Xu Zhiyi's approach, otherwise, with her parents' tempers, she really would not be able to sleep.
The head of the village looked at the sky and realized that half the day had passed, so he asked everyone to make some simple porridge here to eat before continuing on their journey!
Each family quickly cooked the porridge, and each person got a bowl. They sat under the tree and ate and chatted.
Lin Yu: "Hey, now that I think back on this journey, it was such a dangerous one!"
Wang Daniu: "Don't be afraid, as long as we work together, we will be able to turn danger into safety every time."
Ye: "I didn't even dare to kill a chicken in the village. Who would have thought that now I am a weak woman, and I can chop down a person with one knife in a fight."
Wang Daniu heard what his wife said and exposed her: "Wife, are you still a delicate woman? Every time you get angry, to exaggerate, I'm afraid you can break a stone table with your bare hands."
Seeing that she was being dismantled, Ye glared at Wang Daniu angrily and said, "Go away, stop talking so much nonsense."
When everyone heard what the couple said, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Xu Zhiyi saw that everyone was talking about the contrast between themselves now and when they were in the village, and couldn't help but interrupt: "No matter how much you have changed, can you be more changed than me and my mother?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at Xu Zhiyi and Su Shi, shaking their heads frantically. They would never have thought that this Liuhe Village mother and daughter, who were known for being soft-hearted, were actually braver than any of them after standing up!
Especially the current Xu Zhiyi. The former Xu Daya, no one in the village had ever seen her speak a few words. Every time they met her on the road in the village, she didn't dare to say hello or anything. She always kept her head down and didn't dare to look at people at all.
The only one she can chat with is Chen Xiaohua, who is of the same age as her, so the two of them get along like real sisters.
But ever since she broke off the engagement with Gu Yun, maybe she was too shocked or something, her mouth is so bad! I'm afraid no one in the whole Liuhe Village can beat her! The kind that can make your ancestors' graves burst into flames.
Wang Xiaohe, who was standing by, recalled how Xu Zhiyi had always ignored her every time she wanted to play with her. But she must have thought that Chen Xiaohua forced Zhiyi not to play with her because she had a fight with Chen Xiaohua.
The head of the village glanced at everyone and said, "Alright, everyone, hurry up and eat, then get on with your journey. Looking at you all, just raiding a bandit's den is enough for you to brag about for the rest of your lives! Not to mention all the other things!"
"Ha ha!!"
When everyone heard this, it seemed to be true. Who could have thought that when they were robbed by bandits, they would end up destroying the bandits' lair!
After eating the porridge, everyone quickly packed up their things, tidied themselves up and started on their journey.
Just pass two cities and you will reach your destination, Nanzhou City!
We have wasted most of the day today and it is already 3:00 p.m. We can only travel for another hour and a half at most.
The village head pointed to the mountain road ahead and said, "It will be very quick. This time we only need to pass two large mountains to reach the territory of Luhai City!"
Lin Yu: "Dad, you said the same thing last time, but it took us more than half a month to reach Wutong City after walking across the two mountains. So what you said was very fast, which is a bit irrelevant!"
Village head: "If I don't say this, how can I give you hope? Who can walk with enthusiasm on a road without hope?"
When everyone heard what the head of the village said, they agreed very much. Didn’t they just hope to have a good place to live and work in peace?
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