Su Liuer took it and opened it to take a look. It was two one-liang silver coins. For the two families, these two liang of silver did not seem to be much.
But looking at the clothes worn by the two families, which were all washed white and had many patches, these two taels of silver and two thousand coins might have almost emptied the savings of the two families.
"Yes, it's a little less. How about this, our two families will give it to you when we make money in the future. You tell us the amount, and we will compensate you slowly, okay?" The old woman twisted the handkerchief in her hand nervously, looking at Su Liuer with pleading eyes.
The same was true for everyone else, except for three half-grown children who were looking at Su Liuer in confusion, and one of them was even smiling at her.
Su Liuer originally thought that it was just another group of people who were just pretending to apologize and actually wanted to pretend to be pitiful to gain sympathy from others and then morally blackmail her.
But now it seems that this group of people really came out as a whole family to apologize to her sincerely.
Seeing that Su Liuer was just looking at them without saying anything, the old woman felt anxious but did not dare to urge her, for fear that if she angered Su Liuer, she would not agree to help.
In fact, Su Liuer had long felt that there was something fishy about the two thieves who were about to set fire. They must have been used as pawns.
Otherwise, with the financial resources of these two people, could they come up with so much money to buy so much kerosene at once?
Kerosene lamps were rarely used in the village these days. Only families with educated people would be willing to use them, and then they would use them bit by bit. Using so much kerosene to start a fire? That would cost a fortune!
Now that these two families have come to our door, they must be really desperate and have no other choice.
Su Liuer could let these two people go, but she would not promise to take responsibility for the matter to these two families, so it had to be made clear in advance.
Make a deal with these two families in front of everyone.
Su Liuer said to the old woman, "Auntie, I understand you want to plead for your family, but these two people have already been arrested by Captain Zhang. It's not up to me to decide whether to release them or not. You should be clear about this, right?"
The old woman looked embarrassed and said in panic, "Well, they were arrested because they set fire to your shop. If you don't make a fuss, everything will be fine, right?"
Su Liuer shook her head and emphasized again seriously, "If these two were still in my shop, I would have let them go. But now they are already in the county government office, so I can't just let them go. I can forgive them and not pursue the matter further, but I can't guarantee that the county government will release them."
The old woman looked at the other people behind her. They all looked bewildered and confused. How could these peasants know how to deal with the county government?
Su Liuer put the purse back into one of the vegetable baskets and said, "I've made it very clear. I accept your apology. I'll talk to Captain Zhang. I'm not a prophet, so I don't know whether the county government will release the prisoners. You should all go home and wait for news."
"Mrs. Su has agreed to help you with this! Please stop blocking her way and disrupting her business!"
"Yeah, let's go! Don't let Madam Su regret it later and you won't have time to cry!"
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The people around were watching the fun and didn't mind making trouble, and they all started talking about it.
Su Liuer looked at the old woman's anxious and bewildered expression, and finally felt a little reluctant. She said:
"How about this, I'm going to go find Captain Zhang right now. If you don't believe me, I won't go. If you do, I'll go home and wait for news. It's your choice."
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