Chapter 410 Ancient Village Old Lady 35
He sneered and said, "If you don't pay back the money today, tomorrow it won't just be a matter of one hand, it will be his whole arm.
It’s up to you whether to take the money or not.”
Wanfu knew that these people were good at what they said. When he was doing business in the county, he had heard a lot about the thugs in Hongji Casino. He never thought that his family would have any contact with them one day.
Wanfu knelt on the ground and said, "Please, my family really can't afford it right now. Please give us a day, even one day will do."
As he spoke, he took out the few taels of silver that were left from his pocket and held them in front of the leader with both hands.
"Just have some tea, I'll definitely send the money over tomorrow."
Wanfu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the silver was taken away.
The leader picked up the silver, weighed it, smiled, and looked at Wanfu.
"You're using these few taels of silver to treat a beggar, but since you said it's for tea, I'll give you this courtesy.
Come on, brothers, let's go to his house and have a cup of tea. If you don't see the money before the tea is finished, he won't be so easy to talk to. "
The lackeys behind him started to make a fuss.
“Brother Huai is just kind-hearted, how could he possibly have any good tea?
When we get back to the city, I will invite Brother Huai to go and hang out with Yi Honglian.
Hugging my little waist and listening to some sweet music, how comfortable it is!"
Brother Huai stretched out his tone: "Hey... Brother Huai, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll do a good deed today. Brothers, please bear with me for now."
As for Yi Honglian, it won’t be too late to go there after we finish our business.”
Several people swaggered into the Wan family's old house, and Wanfu crawled out to raise money.
Zhang Guilan went to make tea for these people tremblingly.
The families of Wan Gui and Wan Xi all hid in their own rooms and dared not come out, secretly watching the situation outside.
Wanfu stumbled to the door of Feng Erya's house, but he didn't expect to see an iron guard at the door.
Feng Erya was not at home and the door was locked.
He then ran to the homes of Feng Qingyou and his sons, but the doors were also locked.
Wanfu was in despair and stamped his feet anxiously.
These people usually don't leave the village, so where are they going now?
When people from the Wanfu family came, many people followed them to watch the fun, but it was obvious that those people who came to the Wanfu family were not good people, so no one came forward.
Seeing Wanfu going to Feng Erya's house and the Feng family to look for someone, someone kindly reminded him, "Master and Uncle Feng have all been taken to Beijing. They just left a few days ago."
Wanfu felt like he was struck by lightning. His mother and uncle were not around. Where was he supposed to get so much money? What should he do?
The only places he could think of to get the money were his mother and the Feng family. Where else could he borrow such a large sum of money?
But several plague gods are waiting at home now. If you can't pay, they will really dare to take action.
He had to cheer up and find a solution quickly.
The only valuable things left in the house were the house and the few acres of land that were divided when the family was divided.
He thought of the patriarch and immediately ran to his house.
After hearing the general outline of the situation, the patriarch did not try to cheat Wanfu. He gave him thirty taels of silver for five acres of land, which was the normal market price.
Wanfu wrote an IOU to his clan for the remaining seventy taels of silver. Even if Wanfu died, his descendants would have to pay back the money.
Otherwise, his Wanfu branch will be exterminated.
In ancient times, it was difficult for people who were expelled from their tribe to gain a foothold in society, and usually no one would take this path.
Finally, Wan Wen paid off his gambling debts, and the Wanfu family became penniless.
With no land and no skills, Wanchun ran away. His son Wanwen returned home with a bruised face and nose, but the family was in debt and starved.
As for the second son, Wan Gui's family, they now have no land and the money from selling the house in town has almost been spent. The whole family can only make a living by weaving.
But Wan Gui and his wife only knew how to weave mats. They could earn enough money to buy salt, but they could never earn enough to make up for the food.
Fortunately, Wan Wu had learned a lot of things in Feng Erya's courtyard before, otherwise the whole family would have starved to death.
Wan Qiu from the Wan Xi family has been sent back by the owner of Fuyun Building.
Wan Qiu had used up all her luck when she had been testing how many people were watching over her and how she could avoid everyone's surveillance.
It’s not that her luck with the koi fish is not good, but this luck with the koi fish also needs to be supplemented.
If Wan Qiu has good luck and her life becomes better and better, her luck will become even stronger.
Otherwise, good luck will slowly wear away.
Wanqiu's blessings were all used to support the business of Fuyunlou and to help himself escape.
Not only has her good luck gone, but she has become a person who is always unlucky.
It seems that the Wanxi family has not lost anything now, but considering Wanqiu's current fortune, it is hard to say what will happen in the future.
Feng Erya and Feng Qingyou's family were taken away by the prince's men after the cotton and pepper harvest.
These people were specially left in the county town before the prince left, and they would often come to Liuhe Village to check on the growth of crops.
The prince also tried planting these two crops on his farm this year. Although some of them died because he was not familiar with the growth habits of cotton and peppers, most of them survived in the end.
This proves that these two crops can survive in other places.
The prince's men took Feng Erya and Feng Qingyou's family away to promote these two crops.
After all, the farmers have only been farming for a year and don’t have much experience.
Feng Qingyou's sons had all helped Feng Erya take care of the vegetable garden and fields before, and they knew more about these two crops, so it was just right to ask them to help promote them.
When they arrived in Kyoto, they were arranged to live in the prince's manor, and the emperor also specially summoned Feng Erya.
He said some words of encouragement, gave some gold, silver, jewelry, a house and a farm.
Feng Erya was also given the title of Second-Rank Farmer Lady as a reward for discovering a new crop.
Chili peppers are okay, but the main thing is cotton, which helps ordinary people solve a big problem of keeping warm.
At this time, in winter, the rich wore silk clothes to keep warm, while the poor used willow catkins and wore linen clothes.
Many people freeze to death every winter.
The crops discovered by Feng Erya are definitely a great achievement.
In this way, Feng Erya and Feng Qingyou's family settled down in Kyoto.
Feng Erya, Feng Qingyou and other older people were left in Kyoto to guide the planting of these two crops.
Several of Feng Qingyou's sons were given small official positions by the emperor, and then they took the manpower given by the emperor and started from the north to guide the planting of cotton and peppers.
The weather in the north is cold, which is exactly where these two crops are needed.
Feng Laoer also became good friends with the general guarding the border.
All the grandchildren stayed in Kyoto and, with the prince's introduction, entered the academy here to study.
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