"this……"
Normally, the old village chief would never agree to this. He's an old man, and he doesn't believe this young woman would actually dare to kill him.
However, Lin Xue now has three officials by her side. In any case, all this money will eventually end up in the hands of the robbers. He is just acting as a middleman.
"Is it going to work or not? You'd better give us a definite answer soon. These three officials are still waiting here. Who has time to keep wasting time here?"
"If all else fails, I'll just search each store one by one. Anyway, all our items are marked, so I can tell which ones are ours just by looking at them!"
"Moreover, I have practiced lightness skills for 10 years. As for speed, the old village chief doesn't need to worry. I will definitely be able to search from one end of the village to the other in less than two hours!"
To prove that what she said was true, Lin Xue moved her feet slightly and appeared on the other side of the old village chief in the next second.
For the elderly village chief, whose eyesight was failing, this was practically teleportation.
At the same time, Lin Xue's action startled Zhang and his men. They only knew that Lin Xue had caught seven or eight human traffickers with her bare hands, but they did not know that her lightness skill was also so high.
"Alright, alright! Mr. Zhou, you have important guests at your home, how can you not entertain them at home? Leave this matter to me, the old man!"
"Give me an hour, and I'll go and get the money for you!"
After the old village chief finished speaking, he waved to the distance, and several young men came over and helped him away.
The middle-aged man who had helped him over was also among them; he had been hiding to the side, listening to Lin Xue and the others' conversation.
Now, my heart is bleeding. I don't know who stole the three taels of silver from the Zhou family. They didn't even let out a word!
After everyone left, Lin Xue glanced at the empty kitchen; they hadn't even left her a pot.
"Please wait in the courtyard for a moment, gentlemen. I will go and prepare lunch for you!"
"The house is a mess right now, and I'm not in the mood to tidy it up. You'll just have to make do with sitting in the yard!"
Lin Xue apologized to Constable Zhang, and then asked Zhou Xiaocang to go out with her.
Soon, the two arrived at Li Sanpao's house at the west end of the village. Li Sanpao and Zhou Xiaocang were about the same age and often played together when they were young.
When Lin Xue and the others arrived, Li Sanpao was talking to his father in the yard.
Are the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Li family home?
Lin Xue patted the courtyard gate to let the father and son inside know that someone had come to visit.
"Is this Zhou Tianli's family? What brings you here?"
Li Sanpao's father, Li Tiezhu, personally came over to open the door for the two of them, then welcomed them into the courtyard and brought them stools.
"That's right, Brother Li!"
"Yesterday I went to the county town and caught a group of human traffickers on the way. My skills caught the eye of the county magistrate, who wants to recruit me to the county government office to be a bodyguard for the magistrate's wife!"
"The family's fields were left unattended, and the yard was left empty!"
“Working for the government, it’s impossible to go home every few days. Besides, the county magistrate has already arranged accommodations for us. This time, the head constable from the county government brought the officers back with me…”
Lin Xue recounted her family's affairs in detail. Since she was asking someone to help her with chores, she naturally had to explain the whole story clearly.
Otherwise, given the Li family's cautious nature, they would never have taken on this job.
"Then I don't know what you want to see me about. You know, my family isn't wealthy, and we can't afford to buy your house and land!"
It was clear that Li Tiezhu had misunderstood. Lin Xue quickly explained.
"No, no..."
"I came to you because your family has always taken good care of the Zhou family's children. Now that I've gotten a job with the government, I can be considered to be eating the government's food. From now on, no one in this village will dare to touch my family's things!"
"But I don't have time to come back and manage the fields, so I'd like to ask Brother Li to help take care of them for me. I'll give Brother Zhou 30% of the harvest!"
"Furthermore, if the Li family has any problems in the future, they can come to the county government to find me. If anyone in the village dares to bully your family, they can also come to the county government to find me, and I will have them arrested and thrown into jail!"
It wasn't until Lin Xue finished speaking that the Li father and son finally understood what she meant.
"You mean, from now on, my Li family has someone in the government?"
Li Sanpao's father was an honest and simple man who spent his whole life farming and didn't have much contact with the villagers.
In addition, his house is located at the end of the village, and further in are mountains, so very few people pass by his house.
The Li family lived a relatively quiet life in the village. In addition, Li Sanpao's father had many uncles and brothers, so the Li family was considered a large family, and no one dared to provoke them.
Although the villagers were not afraid of the Li family, they were afraid of the Li family's relatives. This is why people in ancient times valued the power of their families.
"Yes, as long as Brother Li agrees to help me farm, then Brother Li's family will have someone to look after them in the government office!"
"If the imperial court has any good policies, I will tell the Li family first. As long as you take good care of my crops, send me a message after the harvest, and I will naturally send someone back to the village!"
Seeing that the other party finally understood her meaning, Lin Xue breathed a sigh of relief.
This person is too honest; it took me a long time to explain and make him understand what I meant.
"That's no problem. You don't need to give me the 30% of the grain. Just put in a good word for me if anything happens at home!"
Li Sanpao's father never expected that such a good thing would fall into his family's lap. How could he not take advantage of such an opportunity?
"Since the matter has been settled, then it's a deal. You help our family farm, and we'll give you three-tenths of the harvest!"
"Could I borrow your pots and pans for a moment? I have guests, but the villagers have stolen everything from my house. The village chief said he would give me ten taels of silver as compensation, but I'm in a hurry to get back to the county, so I don't want to waste too much time on this..."
Lin Xue gave further instructions, asking the Li family to help prepare lunch.
"You can leave this small matter to us!"
"Sanpao, hurry up and go to the field to call your mother back!"
After discussing business, Li Sanpao's father asked his son to go to the fields to call his wife back, and then prepare lunch.
The original plan was to kill a chicken, but Lin Xue refused. She was quick on her feet and asked Zhou Xiaocang to help the Li family while she hurried to the back mountain.
When they came down, they were carrying several pheasants and two scruffy wild rabbits.
"Sister-in-law Li, stew these pheasants. You can keep the rabbit; it's still alive!"
Lin Xue handed the prey to Li's eldest sister-in-law. The rice was almost cooked; all that was left was to stir-fry the vegetables.
Lin Xue asked Zhou Xiaocang to help out here, and then she went back to her own home to pick up a few constables to come over for dinner.
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