Chapter 217: Dog Zhou Lang is pretty good!
Everyone who went into the water was completely wet, so it was easy to tell that there were eight people in total.
Each piece of silver she had was basically worth five cents, or about five hundred coins.
These people were extremely surprised and said no, the goods were not salvaged, how could they accept the money, and how could they accept so much? You will have to pay for the goods later, so don't waste your money.
Lin Shiqi was also surprised. The goods were not salvaged, but the people were!
In your eyes, goods are more valuable than people?
Although she knew that human life was not worth much in this era, she still felt deeply moved because they did not mention it at all.
But these people said that it was their duty to rescue the people, as they were working together and should help each other.
Lin Shiqi was undoubtedly moved by their sincerity, but still insisted on giving them the money.
Just when I was about to ask Jilang about the situation, a group of people came over.
She looked up and was a little surprised to see a person behind her with deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge and dark brown hair. He was a foreigner?
"#$%^&%@#..."
The man started talking, and he spoke in bird language.
Lin Shiqi felt that she should have heard this kind of language before, but she didn't know which kind it was.
The man in the front, who was tall and strong, said:
"You are this boy's family, right? He left a box of goods behind, and according to the rules you must compensate!"
Zhou Lang asked:
"How much compensation do you want?"
The burly man looked at the two men's clothes, rolled his eyes, and held up five fingers.
"Five hundred taels of silver!"
The workers who were watching were shocked. Is a box of goods worth so much money?
But the burly man was the person in charge of dock management, and all the dock workers relied on him to assign tasks, so no one dared to offend him and no one said anything.
Zhou Lang naturally wouldn't just pay the money like that, so he asked again:
"What's in this box that's worth five hundred taels?"
The burly man smiled contemptuously and tilted his head back.
"Do you see this guy? He's the owner of the goods, De Silva from Siberia. He transported these goods from a long distance. How can they not be expensive?"
Sibyl?
Zhou Lang nodded.
“It’s really not easy to come here from across the ocean.”
The smile on the rough man's face had not yet taken shape, but Zhou Lang continued,
"But that depends on what the goods are. I don't believe what you say. I'll just compensate the owner directly."
The rough man disdains,
"Do you understand what they are saying? I am the plenipotentiary representative. Just give me the money."
While they were negotiating, there was a person next to the Siberian who was translating in a low voice.
Zhou Lang suddenly looked over and said:
"#$%^&%@#..."
Lin Shiqi was surprised. How come Zhou Lang could speak this language?
Not only him, but everyone around him was extremely surprised.
De Silva's eyes lit up and he started chatting with Zhou Lang directly. The two of them talked back and forth, leaving everyone confused.
Soon, Zhou Lang turned to Lin Shiqi and said with a smile:
"It's settled. The compensation is eighty taels. Give him the money!"
Lin Shiqi secretly gave a thumbs up, dog Zhou Lang, that’s pretty good!
He quickly took out a few silver bills and handed them over.
“Wait!”
The rough man drank subconsciously.
Zhou Lang's face darkened.
"Why? Do you have any objection?"
The rough man was naturally unwilling to accept that he did not gain any benefits, but after he said this, he became a little afraid. The man in front of him could actually speak Sibeyan and was definitely not an ordinary person.
Moreover, the other party was not afraid of his group of people, which showed his extraordinary magnanimity. He had no idea whether he could offend him or not. After thinking about it, he still felt a little guilty and could only say some polite words.
"I didn't expect you to have this ability. I admire you. It's okay now."
Then he yelled at the others to continue unloading and stop watching the fun.
Zhou Lang glanced at him, thought about it, and let it go.
He was upset that this guy wanted to extort money from him. Although he didn't care about the money, that was another matter.
But at the moment, except for himself, everyone else on their side is weak; while the other side is the local tyrant with a large number of people and strong power, and they will not get any good results if they make trouble.
Besides, Saburo was injured and needed to be treated as soon as possible. So he had to give up.
Lin Shiqi pulled Erlang and Sanlang aside and asked about the situation.
It turned out that the two brothers had secretly come to Dayuan County in order to find their eldest brother, and it was Zhou Qinan who found them the job as dock workers!
"Is Zhou Qinan stupid or is he doing this on purpose? How can you do such heavy work at such a young age? Not to mention the danger, you won't grow taller in the future!"
Lin Shiqi couldn't help but feel angry.
This Zhou Qinan is too outrageous, he is simply destroying young seedlings!
This sentence touched Erlang and Sanlang's grievances. Their eyes were wet, their noses were sniffling, and they were sobbing softly. The hardships they had endured during this period were really hard to describe, but in order to make a living, they had to work.
Zhou Lang also frowned.
"You can't stay in the Wang family anymore, why don't you go find grandpa?"
Erlang repeated what Old Man Zhou had said. They had grown up and knew they were in the wrong, and they were too embarrassed to go back, so they wandered out.
Lin Shiqi sighed.
"So what do you think now? Do you want to continue working outside, or go back to the Zhou family?"
"We want to go back to the Zhou family!"
The two said in unison, "Uncle Four, Aunt Four, please tell grandpa and grandma, we want to go home, wuwu..."
Lin Shiqi and Zhou Lang looked at each other and said:
"Then you should come back with us. Grandma is in Dayuan County. You should apologize to her when you return. She was very sad when you chose to go with your mother!"
The two had endured many days of suffering and were willing to work unloading cargo at the dock. In her opinion, they had learned enough lessons. Take Sanlang for example. Although he grimaced and groaned in pain from his wounds, he never cried out loud.
Jiro and Saburo nodded repeatedly.
They were originally paid by piecework, so they had a high degree of freedom. With Zhou Lang leading the way, no one stopped them, and the four of them returned home quickly.
As soon as Erlang and Sanlang entered the room, they knelt down in front of Mrs. Zhou and apologized while sobbing.
Lin Shiqi quickly explained the situation.
Mrs. Zhou put her hands on her waist and cursed:
"You two little brats, now you know who is good and who is bad, right? Your mother and your elder brother are both wicked! But you two are so stupid that you still follow them! Will you do such stupid things again in the future?"
Erlang and Sanlang cried and promised again and again that they would never leave again and that this was their home.
Mrs. Zhou just scolded them a few words and quickly asked them to take a bath and apply medicine.
Lin Shiqi smiled secretly. No matter what this mother-in-law thought in her heart, she was unforgiving with her words.
When Erlang and Sanlang returned home, they had two more helpers. The heavy work was done by hired workers, and they only needed to help with odd jobs and run errands.
…
Zhou Lang found Zhou Qinan in the academy.
When the two of them meet, they usually don't talk, they just look at each other and have nothing to do with each other.
"Zhou Qinan, Erlang and Sanlang have returned to the Zhou family. You don't have to worry about them anymore."
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