Zhang Kui smiled bitterly, "Not a few bandits, but dozens."
Xue Wenju was stunned for a moment. He knew the number of bandits in Yiyun Village not from Wu Shun, but from Xue Qianqian.
When Xue Qianqian just came back, he asked her in detail about the situation in the village. He didn't expect that his daughter would lie to him. Xue Wenju's face turned pale.
The daughter has been bewitched by a ghost and even deceived her father!
Seeing Xue Wenju in a daze, Zhang Kui said, "Sir, the 23 brothers who died all had elderly parents and young children. They were the backbone of their families. Now that they are dead, I want to send the pension to their families as soon as possible."
Xue Wenju's face twitched. The county government was already extremely poor. When the famine broke out, he used all his money to sell grain for disaster relief. How could he have money left for pensions?
But these officers died while suppressing bandits, which can be considered as dying in the line of duty. If they are not given pensions, what will the other officers think?
How can we let them suppress bandits?
At this moment Xue Wenju felt a little regretful. He was shooting himself in the foot.
If we don't suppress the bandits, there will be no problem. Now we can get pensions by suppressing them.
"I understand. You can go down first. I will have someone send the pension to you later."
Zhang Kui didn't say much after hearing this and walked out.
Xue Wenju returned to the study and took out the gold bracelet that the Zhang family had given him when they broke off the engagement. Originally, he wanted to send someone to return the gold bracelet to the Zhang family.
Xue Wenjuan was a man of integrity, but he had to use it at this moment.
He called the servant and asked him to exchange the gold bracelet for silver and send it to Zhang Kui to solve the pension problem first.
Coming out of the study, Xue Wenju went to the backyard, and saw Shen Rumei coming out of Xue Qianqian's room with a bowl in hand.
Looking at the porridge in the bowl, Xue Wenju asked coldly, "She still doesn't want to eat?"
Shen Rumei nodded, "Why don't you let her out? You know that my daughter is stubborn. What if she gets hungry and gets hurt?"
"Humph, let her out to find bandits? I can't afford to lose face like that."
"A noble family has come to propose marriage, and I have already agreed. The second day of next month is a good date, so I will let Qianqian marry into the family."
Shen Rumei was stunned. “Which noble family?”
"Pei family."
"The Pei family, known as Pei Half City?"
"good."
"Are you crazy? Pei Bancheng is so old, he can be Qianqian's father. You want Qianqian to marry him!"
"Not marrying Pei Bancheng, but marrying his son Pei Feng."
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