Chapter 65： Thank-you gift from the Zhong family

Chapter 65 The Zhong family’s thank you gift

The villagers looked at me and I looked at you. Everyone looked at a loss.

The village chief broke out in a cold sweat, "Sir, we really don't know. As soon as they entered the village, they were tied to the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village. I guess you can still see the traces left on the tree now. I don’t know how long I was tied up.”

So a group of people went to the entrance of the village and confirmed that there were indeed some scratches on the tree left by the ribs of the hemp rope. Combined with the reactions of the villagers, most likely what everyone said was true.

Xie Yucheng made a decision in his heart and left with his people.

All the villagers came to ask the village chief for information. The village chief said, "Go back, let's all go back. We'll talk about it later!"

After driving the people away, the village chief immediately went to Jiang Ning’s house.

At this time, Jiang Ning was counting the things brought by the Zhong family.

Although she didn't know the background of the Zhong family, the status of someone who could be called a teacher by the county magistrate was definitely not low. This time they sent two large boxes. Let's not talk about the contents. Just looking at the wood of this box, it should be The camphor wood is still an old material, and a large number of copper sheets are used to fix it. Even the two locks are different from those in ordinary blacksmith shops. One box is estimated to be worth several taels of silver.

After everyone looked at the box, they all waited for Jiang Ning to unlock it.

Jiang Ning opened the first box with a smile on his face and exclaimed, "It turns out to be the Four Treasures of the Study and a book!"

Yang Santie and the others were obviously very disappointed, and muttered: "I thought it would be something delicious and fun! Even if it's some new clothes!"

Jiang Ning knocked him on the head gently, "Nothing! Do you know the value of these things? Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them!"

At this time, Mrs. Fan, who was sitting in the carriage, was curiously asking Zhong Rong, "Husband, what is the thank-you gift that you and your father prepared for Mrs. Jiang?"

Zhong Rong smiled very proudly and said: "Of course she is my treasure! Madam knows that my husband has saved a lot of pens, inks, paper and inkstones over the years, and Li Lin has copied many unique books. I heard that Mrs. Jiang has several sons, but I copied them for myself." I have selected a copy of the unique books, as well as "Hundred Family Surnames", "Thousand Character Classic", "Three Character Classic", etc. for enlightenment, and prepared a copy of common books, filling the box! "

After Zhong Rong finished speaking, he realized that his wife looked at him very strangely, as if she hated iron for not being able to become steel. He, the two-foot-long monk, was confused and asked, "Is there a problem?"

Fan was furious, "Is there a problem? There is a big problem! My husband doesn't even look at the conditions of the Yang family! I heard that there is not even a scholar in Rongshu Village. What do you mean by giving those things to others? What you know is You have good intentions, but you don’t know why, and you think you are giving someone power!”

Zhong Rong suddenly realized this and patted his head in annoyance, "It's all my fault! It's all my fault! Madam, what should we do now? If I had known that my husband would never succeed!"

Normally, Mrs. Fan prepares all these gifts at home. After the child was lost, Mrs. Fan fell ill. Finally, she got better. He didn't want Mrs. Fan to worry about it anymore, and he just happened to hear the good news about his daughter, so he took it upon himself to do it. I advocated taking over the task of preparing thank you gifts, but I didn't expect that it would be self-defeating.

Mrs. Fan shook her head helplessly, "That's all! Fortunately, I'm worried, and I've prepared some other things. I think Madam Jiang won't misunderstand me."

Jiang Ning has just explained the value of this box of things to a few children. His mouth is dry and he quickly takes a sip of tea to calm down.

Just as the village chief came over, she quickly welcomed the people in.

The village chief was so surprised when he saw the box of scholar's things that he didn't know what to say. Jiang Ning explained: "It's a thank you gift from the Zhong family."

The village chief laughed, "Those old men are really interesting! I won't give you anything practical to thank you for, so what can I do with these books? Can I sell them for money?"

Jiang Ning smiled and said not much, "The village chief is here with something important?"

"There really is something! The county magistrate just went to the village to ask questions again, and even went to the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village to take a look. I guess Qian's verdict will be handed down in the next two days. The villagers are asking, so I just want to ask Are you, Qian, responsible for what you did?" The village chief lowered his voice deliberately.

Jiang Ning glanced outside and said with a helpless smile: "Village Chief, I'm not familiar with the county magistrate. Since they said they won't take Qian's life, they won't punish intentional homicide. I really don't know how to sentence him. I know! But the Mao brothers arrested the children of a wealthy family, and Qian is indirectly avenging them. I think they will say a few good words for Qian, so don't worry!"

The village chief muttered a few words in his heart. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that what Jiang Ning said made sense. He immediately left with satisfaction. Before leaving, he said more: "Although those things are useless, they can be used as family heirlooms. Maybe there will be a scholar in your family soon!"

If the village chief hadn't spoken so seriously, Jiang Ning would have thought he was teasing her!

After seeing off the village chief, Jiang Ning quickly closed the door and continued to open the second box. This time everyone was obviously much happier after seeing the contents inside.

Liu Ye took out a small box at random. Unexpectedly, when she opened it, she found two silver hairpins, two pairs of silver bracelets, two pairs of silver earrings, two silver necklaces, and two exquisite beaded flowers. It can be said that this box was specially prepared for women. of.

In the other box are several pieces of jade pendants, suitable for men. In addition to these, there are also a few pieces of good materials, a package of silver, a box of bird's nests, and a ten-year-old wild ginseng.

Don’t ask Jiang Ning how he knew it. As long as it can be made into something edible, the system can scan it.

Yang Santie opened the bag of silver, and all the silver ingots inside were scattered. He had never seen such a big money before, and was dumbfounded for a moment, "Auntie, how much silver are these?"

Jiang Ning was speechless. He picked up the silver ingot and looked at the base. Each silver ingot was marked with a weight, "One of these is ten taels, and there are ten in total, which is one hundred taels."

“Hiss!” Everyone gasped.

Jiang Ning seriously reminded: "You should all understand the principle of keeping wealth secret. If outsiders know that our family has so much money, it will be useless even if our family raises a hundred little blacks. If the bad guys come into our house and kill people, Jie Cai, we don’t have the ability to resist, so keep your mouths shut and don’t go out and talk nonsense!”

Yang Santie really wanted to go out and show off just now. After being threatened by Jiang Ning, his head was nodding like a chicken pecking at rice. "Don't worry, Mom, I promise I won't tell! Even if you kill me!"

"That's not the case! If someone asks you about this, just say that the Zhong family gave you a lot of books, the Four Treasures of the Study, materials, and some unknown supplements. If someone asks about money, you just say that rich people don't It’s vulgar to give money! Don’t say anything else, you know?”

All the children nodded repeatedly and even recited what Jiang Ning said, making her dumbfounded.

She put the books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones in her bedroom. She put all other valuables except materials into the system to prevent them from being stolen.

After doing this, she could finally pack up and take Liuye to Songxi Town.

(End of this chapter)