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Chapter 132 The Difficulty of Raising Money
On the mule cart, Qiao Yun and Meng Shaoqing combed each other's hair and put on hair accessories.Neither of them gave the other a particularly complicated bun, and Meng Shaoqing didn't know how to do it at all, after all, the maids usually combed their hair for them.Qiao Yun felt that she was almost home, so there was no need.

The mule cart drove past the alley where the back door of Yunji Chaoshi shop was, and Yun Xuemei stopped the cart.She jumped off the shaft and said: "I'll go back and change my clothes."

Xie Yutan nodded. After all, she is not easy to see in her leather clothes, which is understandable.

Yun Xuemei jumped lightly, without even taking the key, she flew over the ridge of the wall and fell into her yard.

Xie Yutan drove the horse close to the mule cart, opened the curtain, looked at the two people in the cart, and said, "I'll go back to Ding Shi Ji first. I'll let Ah Yun take you back to the county magistrate's mansion."

Meng Shaoqing was very puzzled: "Isn't the county government office and Ding Shiji just two corners of the same intersection? Why don't you go back with us?"

Xie Yutan laughed and said: "I hurried back to Ding Shi Ji to see if they were lazy. Your parents have received such a great favor from me, and they will definitely invite me to dinner. I will directly reserve a private room with a local name for you. Just come here and give me my name."

Qiao Yun almost laughed.

Unexpectedly, there are really people who take the grace of saving their lives and ask others to treat themselves to dinner!
You're welcome!
But such a person is also straightforward, not beating around the bush, and is the easiest to get along with.In Xie Yutan's eyes, this matter was not a big deal, and it turned over after a meal, unlike some villains who wanted to repay their kindness, and in the end, their little favor turned into revenge.

Meng Shaoqing thought for a while, then nodded.As long as Xie Yutan didn't hide from their house, it would be the same to see him sooner or later.

"Then can I call my brother?"

"Of course! Although your elder brother is studying, he can't really keep his ears shut. He needs to know what happened to his sister, right? Your parents may not be willing to tell him. I'll go back to Ding Shi Ji to find out later. A guy to deliver a letter. One more mouth can order a few more dishes, and I can't wait for him to come."

Whoops, Qiao Yun almost died laughing at Xie Yutan's words.

Why is this guy so funny!
"Okay, let's not talk anymore, I have to go. Be honest, you two, don't make trouble." After finishing speaking, Xie Yutan flicked his horsewhip and left.

As soon as she disappeared into the crowd while riding the horse, Yun Xuemei came back after changing her clothes on her back. She didn't change back to the eye-catching skirt that day, but wore homely clothes.

Qiao Yun then repeated what Xie Yutan said just now.

Yun Xuemei's complexion was a bit strange.

"What about the mule cart?"

Is she letting go?This is great, but their family has no place to raise a mule!
"What are you thinking?" Qiao Yun snarled very unceremoniously, "Let's go to the county magistrate's mansion first, this mule cart will have to be given to Ding Shi Ji."

"Oh." Yun Xuemei scratched the back of her head and continued to drive.

The county magistrate's office didn't know that Qiao Yun and the others had returned, and they were still raising money.

At the beginning, the bandit gave a time limit of five to seven days, but now, it is only the fourth day since the bandit delivered the letter.

This matter was not publicized at first, because if it spread that Meng Shaoqing was kidnapped by a kidnapper, her reputation would be completely ruined.But in order to raise ransom, the county magistrate's family borrowed two or three thousand guan from each squire's family. Who would borrow such a large amount without clearly explaining the purpose?So they had to reveal a thing or two.

Of course, it is impossible for the two of them to tell others clearly that their daughter was kidnapped, but to say that the bandits took revenge, and now they are raising money and people to pay off the remaining forces.

But this is also an excuse they came up with impatiently, as long as they think carefully, it will be full of loopholes.For example, if someone has a heart to inquire, they will find that the Meng family only raises money, but does not recruit soldiers!Why do you need money?Thinking about it again, the ladies of the country gentry have not seen Meng Shaoqing when they visited Meng's house recently. It seems that this little lady has disappeared since the Lantern Festival.Can't the reason be guessed by adding up all these before and after?
In the wing room, Mrs. Lu was sitting on the couch, pointing at the money raised so far, frowning.

I haven't seen her for a few days, and Madam Lu looks haggard. Her eye sockets are black and blue, with heavy bags under her eyes. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes are also very obvious in a few days. Even her hair is more than half grey. There is no longer the decency of the past.

So far they have only raised [-] guan, and the money raised is all gold leaves, and no one is stupid enough to actually use copper coins.At present, the gold leaves sent by the homes of several gentry who are willing to borrow money are all one tael of gold, and this one is only worth ten pennies.Two to three thousand gold leaves can fill dozens of caskets, large and small!

The last [-] guan are left.

This is easy to say, their family currently has about a thousand savings.As long as Lu Shi pawned the jewelry in his dowry and the good materials brought by Chang'an, he could get it all together.

After redeeming Qingqing, the remaining debt will be filled by slowly selling off the remaining dowry!

Don't embezzle the money from your husband!

His monthly salary is absolutely immutable, and the whole family relies on his salary to support their food, and the whole family drinks the northwest wind with the salary?

Seeing his wife's appearance, Meng Renfu felt pain in his heart as if being gouged out by a knife.

He paced back and forth in his study.

There are some things that Lu Shi should have let go of, but Madam is unwilling to do it, but that is the kindness of a woman after all.At this time, he had to show up in person.

After a while, he called for the steward and ordered: "You, go and order some from our family's granary. There are still many catties of rice and noodles, and they are all sold. Before the grain in the field is harvested this year, the whole house will eat rough grain! Change the daily dishes to green vegetables and tofu. If you are really greedy for meat, go to the fish market to buy a crucian carp and make soup. In addition, the monthly money of the people in the whole house is also cut in half. Gritting your teeth to survive the past few years, the debt will be repaid in the future Come back when you're done."

"This..." The steward was dumbfounded, touched his head, and said hesitantly: "However, if you let outsiders know that the county magistrate's family eats rough grain like the poor and does not eat meat, then you will lose all face Is it? It’s okay for us to suffer a little bit, we can’t let you be looked down upon by those gentry!”

Meng Renfu scolded angrily: "You bastard who doesn't make progress! What time is it now, and you only care about face, can face be used as food? I have put down my old face to borrow money. Is it worth a little bit of face?"

Quwo County is a large county, and the incumbent county magistrate can get one hectare of land as a job field.Now their family's working field can harvest nearly 83 shi of wheat and 150 shi of beans every year!Flour is more expensive than rice, and a stone of flour can be exchanged for more than half of a stone of rice.

Thanks to the post of the county magistrate of Mengmeng, all the servants in the mansion can eat fine rice and white noodles, and the daily dishes include meat.He, the housekeeper in charge of the whole house, is naturally more honorable and dignified than others.

The steward was blinded by the scolding, so he quickly answered yes, and left the study in despair.

When he walked out of the house, he couldn't help but wiped his face, feeling like crying.

Why do you want to sell food when it's so good?
He doesn't want to eat sorghum and millet all at once!
Mr. Lang, why did you come here?Tossing and tossing almost to the point of bankruptcy for a daughter!It's not that he said something frustrating, even if the wife's dowry was all sold off, she might not be able to repay the [-] guan debt!Parents in a dignified county are forced to borrow money everywhere, and the debts are high, what do outsiders think of this!

The third lady is just a daughter!
Mr. San Lang is still studying in the academy, this is the future pillar of the family!After all, the daughter is the water to be thrown out. Although it is a pity to be kidnapped, but if the conditions for redemption are too harsh, she should let go in time. Just treat her as a married woman, can't she?It has to be such a field, as for it?

The steward couldn't figure it out, and couldn't understand it at all.

He is in charge of the affairs of the gentlemen in the front yard outside, and usually does not have contact with the female family members in the backyard. If there is anything that needs to be contacted, it is passed on by Mrs. Hu who is in front of his wife.He hadn't even seen what the third lady looked like, and he couldn't understand why the county magistrate and his wife were so interested in a little lady.

It's not that the county magistrate's wife can't have children anymore, if she really likes the little lady, wouldn't it be fine to raise another after the third lady dies?If it doesn't work, arrange a concubine for Mr. Meng Lang. Isn't it the same for the concubine who is born to be raised by the aunt?
Thinking that half of my monthly payment will be cut off, and I don't know when it will be raised back, the manager almost hates it to death.

After giving orders to sell the grain, he hurried back to his home, closed the door, lit a stick of incense in front of his shrine, and muttered.

"Third lady, third lady, if you have a kind heart, you can pity us servants and feel sorry for your parents! You have been kidnapped, and you can't listen to your reputation if it spreads. If the land is hit to death in the hands of the bandits, it will not bring the Lord and his wife into such a situation, and we will be cut off from our monthly payment! If you die, I will definitely chant Buddha to you every day and burn paper for you every year! Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless..."

boom!
At this moment, the door of the house was kicked open!

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