Chapter 4

Soon, Zhao Ergou was seen running out again like a gust of wind, holding a voucher and a ten-hang coin wrapped in a piece of rag, and handed it over with trembling hands showing sincerity.

"Here! Here! A debt of five pennies! Here's a tael! Here you are! Here you are! Here you are!"

"Dead people don't take living people's money! Lei'er, come and get it! If the surname Zhao is missing a penny, I will come to you in the middle of the night!"

After Ji Yuanshi finished speaking gloomily, she turned around suddenly and floated lightly all the way back to the small cart, and lay down slowly. The broken quilt seemed to be covered by an invisible hand for her.

Even though the cold wind was blowing and the snow flakes were falling, it didn't disturb Ji Yuan's hair at all, and the surroundings of the cart were not covered by snowflakes, but there was a light layer of white on everyone's body, as if wearing mourning.

Zhao Ergou and his wife stared at this spectacle, and felt scared for a while, how dare they think about it again?When the neighbors in the village saw that the Yuan family really came here to collect debts, they were frightened and sad.

How could he die of anger if he wasn't pushed to the limit?During his lifetime, Yuan Shi was a cheerful and optimistic person, he was also very polite to the villagers, and he was very generous when helping others.

Just a year ago, they were a happy family, but after only half a year, the husband and wife left in desolation one after another, leaving behind the eldest daughter who had just reached Ji, the second daughter who was 12 years old, the son who was more than eight years old, and the full daughter who was four years old.

If you don't stand up for them, how will they live in the future?Although Ji's family still has a big house living in the same village, and their grandparents are still there, their bare walls are still burdened with such heavy debts, who dares to take over?
Ji Qingyan did not thank her for achieving her goal. Although it is only natural to pay back the debt, her mother was indeed mad at the creditor, so the money should be regarded as compensation.

Ji Qingyan and her younger brother looked at the copper coin wrapped in rags and it was indeed ten hanging, so they tied a knot and placed it next to her mother's head.

Just when everyone thought the matter had been resolved, Ji Qingyan suddenly waved her arms and shouted: "Let's go to the village chief's house!"

--boom!

Everyone was terrified!Some people wanted to persuade but dared not, and they were afraid that Ji Yuanshi, who had passed away but still refused to leave, would be angry, so some cleverly ran to report to the village chief's house first.

And the first one to report was Yunlin. He felt that Ji Qingyan made the right choice to go to the village chief's house.

Although their brothers and sisters have big family elders, the fate of the orphans has not changed, and they will have to live on rations in the future.It is a wise decision to find the village head to solve this problem.

The village chief Wang Dafu and several elders were discussing the harvesting of wheat in the public field today. When Ji Yuan's family had an accident and the neighbor Wang's family sent people to notify the village chief and Ji's big house, the village chief and the others went to the field.

The person who notified went to the field after the Wang family found out, but ran to the village chief Wang's own field. When he heard that it was in the village's public land, he rushed over and rushed to nothing.

After so many twists and turns, they didn't meet anyone. Village head Wang and a few elders didn't know what happened, and the people who heard the news and watched the excitement all went to the vicinity of Zhao Ergou's house.

As soon as Village Chief Wang and the others found out about this matter and were about to leave the house, Yunlin ran into the yard and explained the matter in detail, which made Village Chief Wang and his colleagues change their expressions.

They have never heard of the fact that the new corpse cheated the corpse and went to the creditor's house in several lifetimes.Who would believe it in broad daylight?
But Yunlin was very popular among the young people in the village, even Village Chief Wang's second son, Wang Pinghe, was also his little friend. No one would doubt the authenticity of what he said, so everyone was only surprised when they heard it.

But soon they had to believe it, because the younger generation and teenagers who had watched the excitement all ran to the village chief's house, and they all said the same thing, which was not very different from what Yunlin said.

Even Wang Pinghe, the son of Village Chief Wang, came back and yelled: "Father, they are coming soon, you should quickly find a way to appease Aunt Yuan, the Ji family is a poor family."

The son of the village chief spoke up, and the others pleaded for mercy, using the bleak scenes they saw with their own eyes to prove that Ji's family needed to be taken care of, Yunlin instead left the yard silently.

Seeing that the entire courtyard was pleading for Ji's family, Village Chief Wang had an urgent discussion with several elders and came up with a plan.Even if it is to appease the dead, this matter cannot be left unattended.

Yunlin waited on the side of the road, and saw Ji Qingyan slowly coming over with a few push carts, and the spectators followed far behind, not daring to go forward, unwilling to leave, or just wanted to know How will the mayor handle it?

"Yan'er, just stop here, the village head will give you an explanation." When approaching the door of the village head's house, Yun Lin stepped forward to stop them from stopping at the main entrance, which is unlucky.

After all, this is not Zhao Ergou's house, and those who have no grudges or grudges should pay attention.

Ji Qingyan understood what he meant, so she stopped diagonally opposite. It happened that there was no house here, but a vegetable field.

And as they left the range of Zhao Ergou's house, the picture of the cold wind and snow gradually disappeared, which surprised everyone, and understood in their hearts that it was Ji Yuan's problem.

Before Ji Qingyan stepped forward, Village Chief Wang and several elders had already walked out of the yard. Before speaking, they made four bows to Ji Yuanshi on the cart.

Although their expressions were sad and serious, they were still very apprehensive when they stared at Ji Yuanshi, who was not covered by the quilt but showed a dead gray face.

"Ji'er's family, we didn't handle things well before, and the village failed to protect your family well. I'm sorry!" Village Chief Wang said with a heavy heart.

"We've heard about your family, and we're very sad, but we couldn't deal with it in time, which led to your death with hatred. Don't worry, the children in the village won't be left hungry."

"I've discussed with the elders, and I will allocate two acres of public land to your family. Qing Lei is still young, but Qing Yan is old enough to be able to take over the house for her younger brother. The village will not embarrass her."

"When the wheat is harvested, I will transfer the land deed to her for collection, and there will be two taels of silver as a resettlement fee. I will give it to them now. Please rest in peace."

After finishing speaking, Village Chief Wang called his son to bring a small cloth bag, and bowed to the quiet corpse on the cart before handing it to Ji Qinglei.

He already knew that Ji Yuanshi said "the dead don't take money from the living", and he was calling for Ji Qinglei to take the money.And Ji Qinglei is the male of the Ji family, so it is reasonable to hand it over to him.

Ji Qinglei glanced at the elder sister, saw the elder sister nodded, and then stepped forward to take the money.

But this time it was different in front of Zhao's house. According to what the eldest sister taught him when he came here, he knelt down and kowtowed three times in the direction of the village chief and the elders as a thank you.

Although if the village is willing to help earlier, even if their family can't solve the debt problem, at least their mother, Ji Yuan, won't just leave.It's a pity... a thousand dollars are hard to buy, I knew it earlier.

Although the siblings feel resentment in their hearts, why don't the village chief and others feel regretful in their hearts?

"Mother, the village has not abandoned us, you can rest in peace, and when the land deed arrives at our house, we will bury you!" Ji Qingyan suddenly yelled at the cart.

(End of this chapter)

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