Xu He washed the pig intestines that was going to be marinated at night. The brine used yesterday had solidified and became soft, softer than a baby's face whe it was pressed.

    As long as the pot was heated up, it would slowly melt and turn into fragrant brine again. If the brine was used to boild the meat yesterday, the brine today would become more fragrant and more usable.

    It was said that the famous old brine was boiled all the year round, it had a strong fragrance and wouldn’t be spoiled by the heat.

    But they didn’t have this condition at home, so they could use the brine twice more while since it hadn’t deteriorated, and when it got hotter and and the brine became bad, they could boil the brine again.

    Today he originally wanted to go to the villagers' fields to pick some cowpeas to make stewed cowpeas, but he couldn't go because of the tax payment, so he had to give up and took some bracken to stew.

    Just as he was about to ask Zhang Fangyuan if he could start cooking to marinate the meat, he suddenly heard someone coming from outside.

    In fact, people didn't come to their house very often, and the couple's reputation was not good. Except for the two neighbors and relatives who walked around, almost no one would come.

    Just when he about to go out to have a look, Zhang Fangyuan had already gone one step ahead of him.

    "Fangyuan, have you already slept?"

    Xu He stood at the door of the kitchen, and saw an unusual face coming in from the yard, but he recognized it, it seemed to be the wife of the Wu family. They were cousins ​​with Zhang Fangyuan's father, and with Zhang Fangyuan, the relationship was even more distant.

    "It's not too dark yet, so there shouldn't be many people resting, and the yamen servants have come to our village today, so I'm afraid not many people can sleep."

    Zhang Fangyuan stood at the gate of the courtyard, he didn't let the woman outside go into the house, so the woman who came was also embarrassed to go inside.

    "Yes."

    Zhang Fangyuan said, "Auntie, what's the matter?"

    After saying that, the woman began to wipe her eyes, and the tears came quickly: "It's just because of the tax. As you know, your cousin didn't agree on a marriage at the beginning of this year. This year, we will have to pay double tax. Your uncle also caught up with Shuzu (garrison soldier) again. This is really terrible, the family really can't afford that much money..."


    "It would be great if aunt came earlier. I just bought the pig and spent the money. I paid my own tax in the afternoon. I can't get the money out even if I want to."

Mrs. Wu remained silent, as if trying to figure out the truth from Zhang Fangyuan's words, she was reluctant to let go: "Then Fangyuan, when will you get the money back?"

    "It will take three to five days. It's okay to get the money back, but I bought a horse and borrowed some money from Baoli Bank. They know that my stall is in the city, and they collect and repay the debt on time every day."

"..."

Zhang Fangyuan said again: "Auntie, why don't you take my carriage to the city tomorrow, I often borrow money from Baoli Bank, the interest rate of their bank is not high, you can borrow the money from them."

The woman heard that everyday the bank came collect the money, how could she dare to borrow it, wouldn't it be better to borrow from the villagers without paying the interest? She also heard from Zhang Fangyuan that he often borrowed the money from bank, so she couldn't help but be disappointed. She should go directly to Zhang Da (eldest uncle) or Zhang Si's (fourth uncle) house.

    Although Zhang Fangyuan was doing business, but buying a horse, getting married, and doing business, he spent a lot of money and he didn't have parents, so it was no wonder that he had no money.

    "Then I'll think about it."

    Zhang Fangyuan said: "If my aunt wants to go to the city tomorrow, she must come here earlier."

   The woman walked out of the yard, but she didn't respond to Zhang Fangyuan's voice.

    When the people walked away, Xu He went up: "I remember that you don't have much contact with Mrs. Wu."

    "

Do you think borrowing money will pick whether there is any contact or not? If you don't have much contact with someone who lend the money, it will be even more difficult to collect the debts in the future. "

    Zhang Fangyuan pulled Xu He and walked in: "As long as I can remember, many distant relatives will appear every time the tax is collected, a nephew and a good brother and sister, the enthusiasm makes people dizzy. When others came to beg and cry, he lent the money. When he died, they didn't even come to the funeral, let alone pay back the money. "

"My fourth uncle is a little bit better. He will lend the money, but if they are bad debtor, he will never lend them money again. When he goes to collect the debt, they are still puting on a face, saying that they are all relatives, don’t you believe in your relative?"


    "I have done a lot of debt collections. It was really more troublesome than borrowing money. In short, whether to lend money or not, it will hurt feelings and offend people. You might as well cut it off at the root, so as to save night and dream."

    Xu He also understood the world, but he was still not as experienced as Zhang Fangyuan, so he nodded seriously.

    Today, Zhang Fangyuan spoke very kindly. In the past, if anyone came to borrow money from him, he would bluntly refuse to lend and let them go. Left and right, he had a bad temper, and he was not afraid that the villagers would say that he was heartless and ungrateful. In short, a piece of meat was indispensable.

    Don't help the poor if you don't save for the emergency, you couldn't even pay the most basic taxes every year, so what else could you be if you were not poor. And if you lent the money this time, in the second half of the year, when the land rent was collected, maybe the money you lent in the first half of the year hadn’t been repaid.

Anyway, if they thought you had money, you could say that you didn’t have it. But after he married Xu He, he seemed to have a good temper. The perception had improved a lot, and he no longer scolded people directly. Although it took some effort, it was good.

    Three waves of borrowers came in one night, but Zhang Fangyuan stopped them all. After they waited for another hour and no one came to the door, the couple started to lit the fire to make lo mei.

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