Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 61

After sending Master Qiu away, everyone's expressions were a little gray, especially Grandpa Su and Mrs. Su Zhang.Suzhang is a woman from a Daoist family. I have seen 1000 taels before, and I can’t sleep for days and nights. Now I heard that it is 2000 taels, and I almost can’t stand it. The whole person is a little desperate.

As for Grandpa Su, although he has some ideas and is the pillar of the family, but 2000 taels, for this farmer who has never even touched 200 taels, that is really terrible.

"Grandpa, mother, don't worry. Didn't Xiaohe say before that shopkeeper Yang's butler is also willing to help? If it doesn't work, let's beg shopkeeper Yang, there will always be a way." Su Zhiping hurriedly supported Su Zhang, forced Smiling and comforting: "The family try to make up as much as possible, if it is really not enough, we will find a way."

"That's right, there's also Shopkeeper Yang." Mrs. Su Zhang suddenly reacted, with hope added to her face: "Let's go ask Shopkeeper Yang, if Shopkeeper Yang doesn't help..."

After saying that, her complexion darkened again, and Su Qinghe hurriedly said: "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely find a way to get shopkeeper Yang to agree. Shopkeeper Yang is in business, if I can find a way to let shopkeeper Yang's business It’s even better, shopkeeper Yang will definitely not die.”

"Can you really think of a way?" Su Zhang asked hurriedly, Su Qinghe pursed her lips, and nodded vigorously: "Mother, I will try my best, and I will definitely be able to figure it out. Mother, you also said, I am very lucky , the cotton planted in our backyard, if I think about it carefully, I can definitely think of a use for it."

Mrs. Su Zhang wanted to urge her, but she was afraid of putting too much pressure on her daughter, so she would not be able to remember, so she nodded repeatedly: "Okay, you think of a way, you think slowly, let's not worry, didn't Master Qiu say before, he can still delay Two days? Let’s not rush, just think slowly.”

Su Qinghe nodded. Compared with Su Zhangshi's Grandpa Su, she felt relieved at the moment. As long as the county magistrate only asks for money, she will have a way to rescue her father.It's just that I'm afraid that the county magistrate will take aim at their family from now on, and no matter what he grows in the future, he may not be able to make a profit.

Making a profit is a trivial matter. I am afraid that the county magistrate thinks that he has more money, and then his appetite becomes bigger every time. Then even if his family has a gold mine, he may not be able to satisfy the county magistrate.Now the county magistrate is still on top of them, if they want to make a lot of money by leaving, it will be even more bad.

There is also the future of Su Zhiping and Su Zhian. Since the county magistrate wants to get money from their family, he will definitely not let Su Zhiping and Su Zhian take the lead. In other words, as long as the county magistrate is still in Hongqiao County, then Su Zhiping and Su Zhian should not think about the imperial examination.

At this moment, he can save his father, but what about in the future?

"Little sister, don't be too anxious. Let's visit shopkeeper Yang in the afternoon. Maybe things will turn around." Su Zhiping rubbed Su Qinghe's head, smiled and said, "It's just that shopkeeper Yang can't do it, and Song Big brother, there is always a way."

Su Zhi'an also nodded, and said a lot of comforting words, finally speaking half of the anxiety and worry on the faces of Grandpa Su and Su Zhang.When it was time to get better with Steward Yang, Mrs. Su said that she wanted to follow her.

Grandpa Su shook his head: "You wait here, Xiaohe and I will go there together, yesterday was the nephew of the Zhang family, and today I have to trouble the nephew of the Zhang family to go again, after all, you have met Steward Yang, who speaks It’s a good time to speak.”

If you go to a few more unfamiliar ones, you will have to introduce something at that time, and it will be a lot of trouble.

Uncle Zhang hurriedly got up and said, "Uncle, you are welcome. Jingsen is also our brother-in-law. We should come out for a visit. Let's go now? Third sister, wait here for news, we will be back in a while."

Mrs. Su Zhang nodded and watched them go out, but she couldn't calm down. She stood at the door of the inn for a long time, and the shopkeeper and the waiter were not happy, so she simply borrowed the kitchen of the inn, cooked a few small dishes, and carried them away. prison.Naturally, Zhang Xiulian and Zhang Jinlian were with her, and they were worried about Mrs. Su acting alone at the moment.

"Steward Yang..." On Su Qinghe's side, after seeing Steward Yang and saluting, Su Qinghe couldn't wait to ask, but Steward Yang waved his hand: "Don't say too many polite words. I went to visit the magistrate this morning. After inquiring about the meaning of the county magistrate, the county magistrate first leaked 2000 taels of silver."

Su Qinghe felt cold in her heart, it was almost the same as what Master Qiu said before.

Steward Yang saw that Su Qinghe's face was a little pale, he couldn't bear it, and he didn't show off, so he hurriedly continued: "It's just that the corn from Su Jingsen's family is sold to my master, so I have to say a few words for Su Jingsen anyway, I will Having said that, the money Su Jingsen received before was less than 1000 taels, the county magistrate may have been deceived."

Su Qinghe's heart seemed to be on a roller coaster. It was at the lowest point just now, but now it is on the rise: "Does the county magistrate believe it?"

"Compared with a few mountain ruffians, the county magistrate naturally believes my words more." Butler Yang showed a slightly smug smile: "But the county magistrate didn't let go immediately, just said to send someone to interrogate the The few people who reported the case will judge the case according to the situation. If Su Jingsen resold enough food, then he would not be merciful. If Su Jingsen was wronged, he would naturally forgive him. However, the county magistrate is busy after all. It's been a long time, this hard work..."

To translate, that is to see how much Su Jingsen has earned. If it exceeds 2000 taels, then he will strictly punish the Su family and not leave any money to the Su family.If the Su family does not have so many, then handle it as appropriate.

But no matter what, the Su family will have to bleed.You can't let the county magistrate do it for nothing, otherwise, who knows what the county magistrate will do.

"Thank you Steward Yang for dealing with us." As long as there is room for turning around, Su Qinghe is satisfied, and what he has to do now is to return to the village to make some arrangements.Since the county magistrate intends to ask for money depending on the situation, he will naturally not only interrogate the few people who reported it, maybe they will go to the village to inquire about it, and they can't let the people in the village talk nonsense.

"It's nothing, you are also my master's business contacts, you don't have to thank me for some things." Butler Yang waved his hand and said, and he didn't intend to keep them any longer. After explaining the situation clearly, he made a gesture of seeing off the guests.

"Brother, the situation has been settled now. The county magistrate just wants money. As long as he is not deadly, we don't need to be too nervous." Su Qinghe smiled and squeezed Su Zhiping's hand. Master Qiu's words were rather vague, but Steward Yang said again After confirming it, the situation becomes clearer.

Su Zhiping also showed a smile: "Well, as long as it can be solved with money, even if it means bankrupting the family, we will not hesitate."

With confidence in mind, everyone stopped delaying in the county seat and immediately returned to the village in a bullock cart.

Su Zhang and Su Qinghe began to calculate the family's money. Excluding the more than 1000 taels they earned from selling corn before, the family still had 85 mu of land, and one mu of land was five taels of silver, so they could scrape together more than 400 taels.

There are also crops in the field, the peanuts are sold, the yams can be dug up, the corn can be harvested, and the beans have been dried long ago. Excluding the yams that cannot be exchanged for money immediately, the rest can be sold for about 200 taels.

A total of 800 taels was collected in total, which is two hundred short of two thousand.

But until the critical moment, Su Zhang is very unwilling to sell the family land.After all, the two sons still have to study, and the daughter is growing up. The land is the guarantee of their family's life.If it is true that even the land is sold, there will be no way to live in the future.

"Mother, don't worry, as long as we have the strength, we can still work and earn money." Su Qinghe comforted her with these words over and over again, thinking about the cotton in her backyard again, taking time to go there At a glance, the cotton bolls were blown open.

A few days ago, the exposed cotton was still wet, but these days it has dried up. The white and soft cotton is dotted among the dry yellow cotton branches, which really look like white clouds, which is very attractive.

Seeing the cotton, Su Qinghe only had three points of worry left in her heart, and another two points went away.Keeping the green hills here, she doesn't have to worry about having no firewood, and what to be afraid of if she loses the land. As long as she still has these things, there will always be a day when she will make a comeback.

On the third day, Mrs. Su took all the banknotes and taels of the family, plus the money raised by Grandpa Su in the past two days, and the money raised by Grandpa Zhang’s family, a total of 200 taels, and set off in a bullock cart Go to the county seat.

It was the same group of people as usual, almost all the men from the Zhang family of the Su family were dispatched.

"Let's go to Steward Yang to inquire about the situation first?" After entering the city, Mrs. Su Zhang lacked confidence again. Should the money be sent directly to the government office, or should someone go to the county magistrate first?
"I also think I should visit Steward Yang first, but it's just that he is always so troublesome..." Grandpa Su frowned and said, Su Qinghe took Grandpa Su's hand and shook it: "Grandpa, as long as you can save dad now, no matter how embarrassing you are." , we have to come too."

"Yes, that's the reason. We have to be thick-skinned. If uncle feels sorry, let's go buy something later and thank Steward Yang for his help last time." Uncle Zhang nodded and ordered directly without any fuss. Uncle Zhang San walked the ox cart to another street. There were more shops on that street, so he could just buy a gift.

Coincidentally, Steward Yang was at home. Hearing their intentions, he was immediately surprised: "You said, did you collect some money and come here to ask the magistrate to release Su Jingsen?"

Grandpa Su nodded hurriedly: "Yes, we collected all the money in the family these two days, and borrowed some from relatives and friends, and finally got some money together. If the county magistrate is satisfied, we want to honor the county magistrate." grown ups."

"Steward Yang, please help me to find out what the county magistrate means. If the county magistrate thinks there are too few, we will go back and sell the house and land. It's just that we have to wait for a while, and we probably won't be able to do so in two days." Su Mrs. Zhang also said that the circles of her eyes immediately turned red.

"However, Su Jingsen was released early this morning." Steward Yang said with a frown, paused, and added: "He still came to our Yang family to express his thanks, why, he didn't come home? "

(End of this chapter)