"Uncle village chief, you divide it up, we are listening."
"Yes, the food is no problem, we all agree."
The villagers spoke one after another, urging the village chief, with burning eyes, as if to The silver melts.
The village chief counted and found that there were a total of forty-eight-nine silver ingots in the jar, five taels each.
He said, "It's still the fourth brother and Liu Biaotou, as well as Sister-in-law Qiong, Doctor Zhang..."
Just as he started, Mrs. Cui said, "Village Chief, we have already shared the food, so we don't need any more money. . Let's all share it. You don't need to count Sister-in-law Qiong's share."
Sister-in-law Qiong also nodded, "I just went in and gave the medicine, and I didn't do much."
Doctor Zhang also waved his hand, "Yes, I don't want any money anymore, yes . The food is enough. I gave out a bottle of medicine, and no one went there, so how can I share the money?"
Li Laosi looked at his mother, saw her nodding, and then turned to Mrs. Liu, who also nodded quickly.
The two families reached a tacit understanding, and Li Laosi said, "Uncle village chief, let's divide the money equally. As long as one of them goes to suppress the bandits this time, even if they contribute, they will take the risk. There are also a few brothers who stay at home." , It's kind of interesting, after all, in order to protect the family, they didn't follow them."
Several people said this, especially Li Laosi, who even took Qingzhuang into consideration, which made everyone feel grateful and happy. They were too embarrassed to take advantage of them!
"Uncle Village Chief, it was a hard walk back and forth for us to follow. We only killed four or five of the thirty gangsters, and the rest were left to Fourth Brother and Liu Biao. They deserve more money." "
Yes, we were scared to death at the time. We got together and hacked a few of them to death. If it hadn't been for Fourth Brother, Liu Biaotou, and Jiayi Liu Yang, we would have lost a few of our lives." "
The people who stayed at home also said, "We didn't go. We stayed at home. How can we share the money? We can't take it."
Uncle Wu kept waving his hands, "Everyone went there to save our children. I won't pay. Forget it, thank you guys, how can you still share the money, I don't want it!"
The village chief and Uncle Zhao were so happy that the people in the village were so united and so sensible.
Seeing the pushing and pushing from both sides, the village chief said.
"I've made the decision. Let's divide it evenly. There are twenty-one people going to suppress the bandits, and each person has two silver coins. So the remaining few silver coins, and the few left at home, are enough for each person. That's it. That's it!"
As he spoke, he began to divide the money. In the end, everyone pinched the heavy silver, and they were all happy.
Even Sister-in-law Qiong raised her eyebrows and gave the silver crown to Mrs. Cui.
Of course, there was also the bag of ransom money. The women from each family hurried forward to put what they had put in it and took it back as it was.
The village chief called Tao Hongying, "Hongying, you have been taking care of Mrs. Cui and Mr. Wen. Look at this pile of things. If there is anything missing from the small cave, pick it out first. The rest, you women, Just watch the score."
"Okay, uncle, rest a while, and we'll take care of the rest."
Tao Hongying quickly gathered the women from each family, first picked out a kettle and tea set, a set of pots and pans, and some There was a jar of vegetable oil, some salt, etc., and I also ordered two sets of bedding.
The women from each family looked on with smiles, and after she finished picking, they quickly divided up the rest.
The village chief shouted to everyone, "Go back and have a rest. Leave the boys at home, don't take the money for nothing, and do a good job tonight. Let the fourth child and the others have a good sleep. We will study it carefully tomorrow and take turns on duty in the future."
"I understand, uncle village chief."
Everyone responded with a roar, carried their own food and things, and climbed back into the cave.
The Li family harvested too much this time. Not only did they get twenty taels of silver, they carried back nearly four bags of grain. One bag of millet was subsidized by everyone, and one bag of sorghum rice was obtained by the fourth brother and Jiayi who fought hard for it. .
The remaining bag of sorghum noodles and half a bag of japonica rice are the food for more than ten people in the family. The last half bag of fine noodles is for everyone to supplement the good news.
After all, every little kid has been eating Xiaozao along with the good news. They haven't stopped eating the eggs that the Li family "picked up", and they haven't stopped drinking the pimple soup and white porridge.
Mrs. Li was so happy that she put all the silver and copper coins back, and then kissed her granddaughter on the cheek.
"Fu Niu, have you seen it? You should be kind-hearted. Good people must be rewarded! Right?"
Jiayin hugged grandma, kissed her on the face, and shouted coquettishly, "Grandma, eat dumplings." !"
In the past few days, every meal has been sorghum rice porridge mixed with dried vegetables. It was so thin that people could be seen, and Jiayin's belly was flat.
To be honest, her father had brought food back. If he was empty-handed, she would have to think of a solution even if she tried her best to act like a monster. The old lady was happy
and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Let your mother eat some dumpling soup tonight. When your third brother comes back tomorrow, we can eat dumplings."
Jia An was already crazy with joy, shouting, "Eat dumplings, eat dumplings!"
Mrs. Li quickly picked up the pipe pot and knocked it, "What are you shouting? Your father is sleeping!"
Jia An and Jia Xi immediately shrank their necks. , quickly climbed down the cave, and went to show off with other friends.
Every family had enough food to share, and they all wanted to have some fun.
Hearing that the Li family was going to make dumplings tomorrow, they all planned to get up. Don't worry about how many, just pack a few and let the kids have fun together.
In the small cave, Mrs. Cui took the blood letter written by the female family members of the Guo family and sighed softly.
"Mrs. Guo and I were familiar with each other when we were in girls' school. Later, we both got married and gradually drifted apart and stopped moving around. I don't want to hear the news of her death here, but it is still so tragic..."
Sister-in-law Qiong quickly advised her. He said, "Madam, the Guo family has been buried properly and marked, so it will be easy to recover the bones in the future. As long as we send the token to the Guo family, you will have completed the friendship between your classmates."
Mrs. Cui nodded, " I just...well, this world is so difficult, and blessings and misfortunes are really unpredictable. I thought I was already very miserable, but now I have settled here, saved my life, and my life is stable. I don't think the Guo family will be even more pitiful, it's really..."
On one side Mr. Wen also responded, "We are also lucky, otherwise we would have frozen to death in the mountains and forests by now. However, this blood letter cannot be given to the Guo family. As the villagers said, for what happened to Mrs. Guo and others , we also have to keep it secret. But people's hearts are unpredictable, so I'll keep this blood letter just in case."
Is this to prevent the Guo family from doubting the villagers?
Mrs. Cui and Sister-in-law Qiong thought it was not necessary, but they did not object...
The next day, after the sun came up, another bonfire was lit in the mountain stream. The village chief and Uncle Zhao gathered all the young people in the village and began to discuss important matters.
"We lost the dog this time and suffered a big loss. We have to keep it in mind. We can't just rely on the heavy snowfall to think that everything is safe. I don't want to say whether there are other bandits in the forest. I just want to say that after the spring, we will still have a lot of trouble. I have to continue walking through the mountains. If I continue to be lazy like this, I will lose my laziness. I'm afraid I won't be able to climb the mountain anymore."
The village chief held the pipe pot and circled the ground with his hands behind his back, speaking seriously.