Chapter 86: Dividing the Silver
"Grandpa Zhang, how do you plan to divide these two hundred taels of silver?" Lu Qing asked.
"Of course it's divided equally. Every household in the village gets the same amount." Uncle Zhang said as a matter of course.
Lu Qing nodded.
As the saying goes, what is worrying is not the lack of money but the inequality of distribution. When it comes to money, the most worrying thing is favoritism. Dividing it equally is the best way.
"However, it's not easy to exchange this banknote into silver." Uncle Zhang was a little troubled.
Lu Qing thought about it and understood what the old man meant.
If you want to exchange a silver note for silver, you must go to a silver shop.
There is a silver shop only in the county government.
As for asking the villagers to take the silver notes to the city to exchange for silver, not only would everyone not dare to do so, even Lu Qing would not feel at ease.
The county government is so far away, and with such a large sum of money in hand, if someone is targeting you, it would be a question whether you can return safely.
"I was negligent, Grandpa Zhang, please give me the banknote." Lu Qing said, "I will go to Master Ma tomorrow and exchange the banknote for silver."
"That's the best." Upon hearing this, Uncle Zhang immediately handed the two silver notes to Lu Qing.
"I'll give you the money tomorrow."
After Uncle Zhang left, Lu Qing returned to the house and opened a small box. He saw a dazzling silver light inside. It was a box full of silver.
This box of silver was one of the gifts that Magu brought not long ago.
Last night, Magu and his men searched Kuaihuo Village.
I don’t know how long the Happy Village has been accumulating money without sending it to the headquarters, but Magu and his men have reaped a great harvest anyway.
After counting, Ma Gu brought over the portion he thought belonged to Lu Qing.
Lu Qing couldn't refuse, so he accepted it.
Lu Qing started taking silver out of the box.
The box of silver that Ma Guzhuang brought was quite thoughtful, and it was basically made up of silver ingots.
The big one is ten taels, and the small one is five taels.
Lu Qing directly took out forty five-liang silver ingots from the box, and almost took out all the small silver ingots in the box in one go.
The next morning, Lu Qing brought the silver and went to Uncle Zhang's house.
"Grandpa Zhang." Lu Qing shouted while standing outside Zhang's house.
"Ah Qing is here, come in quickly!"
Uncle Zhang didn't sleep well last night. He stayed at home in the morning and didn't go anywhere because he was afraid that Lu Qing would not be at home when she came to look for him.
It’s not that he was greedy for the silver, but this silver was to be distributed by Lu Qing to everyone in the village. It was a matter of great importance, so he dared not be careless.
Lu Qing carried the silver and went into the house with Uncle Zhang.
"Ah Qing, why are you here?"
Coincidentally, Uncle Zhang's family, including his two sons and daughter-in-law, were also at home.
When they saw Lu Qing coming in, they all stood up, very surprised.
Especially Uncle Zhang's two sons, they looked at Lu Qing with a somewhat restrained look.
They were also there when Han Wu and his men came yesterday, and happened to see with their own eyes how Lu Qing beat those evil guys to death.
Therefore, both of them now have an indescribable awe towards Lu Qing in their hearts.
"I'm here to give you some money." Lu Qing said with a smile.
"Give me money?"
Uncle Zhang's son and daughter-in-law were confused.
Lu Qing poured the silver ingots from the cloth bag onto the table. The bright silver light dazzled everyone in the room.
Under the dazed gazes of Grandpa Zhang's sons and daughters-in-law, Lu Qing said, "Grandpa Zhang, I have exchanged all the banknotes for silver. Here are forty silver ingots, each weighing five taels. You can share them with everyone."
"Okay, okay, I'll go gather everyone together and divide the money."
Uncle Zhang was also shocked by the pile of silver, but after all, he had lived for decades and had much better self-control than his sons and daughters-in-law, so he quickly came to his senses.
"Dad, what's the money?"
At this time, Uncle Zhang's eldest son finally reacted.
"Ah Qing said that he wanted to distribute the silver notes he got from those villains yesterday to everyone in the village. He exchanged this silver from Master Ma at the market," explained Uncle Zhang.
"So much silver, all divided up?"
Uncle Zhang's sons and daughters-in-law were surprised.
"Stop talking nonsense, both of you, go and call everyone to the ancestral hall quickly. Don't talk about dividing the silver first, just say that I have something to tell everyone." Uncle Zhang glared.
"Okay, I'll go now."
The two sons ran out quickly.
"Grandpa Zhang, I will not be involved in the division of the silver. You can take charge of it."
At this time, Lu Qing stood up and prepared to say goodbye.
"How can this be possible? The money is yours. It would be embarrassing if you are not here." Uncle Zhang said hurriedly.
"It's okay, it's just a little silver. Don't be too nervous, Grandpa Zhang. Just distribute it to everyone normally. I have something important to do later. I have to go to Master, so I won't go over."
Lu Qing distributed the money in the hope that everyone would be happy. If he appeared anywhere, he would inevitably have to face some gratitude and courtesy.
So it’s better not to show up.
Seeing that Lu Qing had said this, Uncle Zhang could only say, "Okay, since Dr. Chen has something urgent to deal with, you can go and take care of it first."
Only after seeing Lu Qing leave did Uncle Zhang sigh.
He had guessed that Lu Qing was reluctant to go to the ancestral hall. The child was shy and embarrassed to face the thanks from his uncles.
He didn't know how to persuade him about this matter, so he just let him do it.
Uncle Zhang is still very prestigious in the village.
Hearing that he had something important to discuss, the villagers soon gathered at the ancestral hall one after another. Even those who were still working in the fields rushed back.
"Old Zhang, what's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry to get everyone over here?"
When they arrived at the ancestral hall, the villagers were shocked to see that Uncle Zhang had actually called all the heads of each household in the village over. They thought something big had happened again.
An elderly person of the same generation as Grandpa Zhang shouted immediately.
When the others heard this, they also became a little agitated.
After what happened yesterday, everyone was a little frightened, but they couldn't stand being scared anymore.
"Don't be nervous. I called you all here because I have good news to announce."
Uncle Zhang shouted, signaling everyone not to panic.
On the table behind him, there was a cloth bag, which was bulging and no one could tell what was inside.
There was also a small scale and a pair of scissors next to it, but I don't know what they were used for.
"What good news?"
Hearing that it was good news, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and asked quickly.
"Yesterday, didn't Ah Qing get some silver bills from the villains he killed? Then he decided to distribute most of it to everyone."
Uncle Zhang carefully poured out the silver ingots from the cloth bag behind him.
"Here is the silver that Ah Qing exchanged for, a total of 200 taels. In our village, apart from Ah Qing's family, there are a total of 37 households. If we divide it equally, each household will probably get more than 5 taels of silver."
Everyone in the ancestral hall was stunned when they saw the huge pile of white silver ingots.
After hearing what Uncle Zhang said, they couldn't help but burst into an uproar.
Not far away on the hillside, Lu Qing, who was heading to the courtyard halfway up the mountain, smiled when he heard the commotion.
(End of this chapter)
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