Chapter 1169： Reporter

   Even if she sold herself as a slave, the Zhao family didn't want to stay here anymore, she begged Xiaobao to take them out of the village.

The little bear ran in with the dew all over his body, and looked at Xiaobao, Xiaobao nodded and said: "Aunt Zhao, don't worry, this time we are going to the county town, I would like to take you all the way, I will immediately call someone to report to the official. , go back and pack your luggage, and we'll leave tomorrow."

Xiaoxiong wandered aside and said, "They have bad minds, I'm afraid it won't be known to them. It's better to act quietly before the official comes."

Mrs. Zhao kowtowed and said, "Thank you two young masters. The women know that they must keep it a secret, and they will not reveal their secrets until the official officer arrives."

Otherwise, the whole village would be surrounded by them.

After the three people's plans were completed, Xiaobao told Zhao's family a few words, and then he opened the door and went out.

At this time, the morning sun had risen, the sky was dyed red, and the cold and fresh air poured into his chest, Xiaobao felt that the depression that had been held all night has finally dissipated.

The village chief soon brought the patriarch Zhang to the door to ask for someone.

Xiaobao didn't stop them from seeing Zhao's mother and daughter, but said worriedly: "Niuniu hasn't woken up yet, and the doctor said that it's not appropriate to move at this time, and she'll have to get needles and take medicine later, so it's better to stay here and wait until she wakes up. Move." She didn't mention the reason for Niuniu's suffocation.

The village chief sighed in relief, hurriedly responded, and asked him the time to leave again.

Xiaobao said embarrassedly: "I didn't sleep last night, so I plan to disturb for another day, and leave tomorrow. Please forgive me for disturbing."

The head guard hurriedly took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into the village chief's hand, and said with a smile, "This is our living allowance, please accept it, we have to trouble you for our three meals a day."

The village chief's eyes are straight. The best room in the best inn in the county is only 80 yuan a day, and a pound of pork belly is 20 yuan. Their family only eats a pound of meat every day for 600 yuan, and the other party only borrows two. God gave them fifty taels of silver...

The village chief held the silver, nodded and said, "You just stay here. If you have any orders, tell us, and we will do it for you."

Patriarch Zhang's eyes kept aiming at the silver, and he didn't have much mood to persuade Zhao to go back.

Zhang's mother and Zhang Erzhu's family suddenly changed their expressions when they saw that the patriarch did not bring Zhao's back, and hurriedly said, "Those foreigners don't want to let them go?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Patriarch Zhang glared at them, took a sip of water and said, "They will leave tomorrow, I don't think they want to care about it, as long as they save people, what the village chief means is There is no need to offend them at this time, just let Zhao and Niuniu stay with them for a day."

Mother Zhang muttered, "That's my daughter-in-law. What's the matter with her staying among a group of men?"

"Bring Niuniu back, do you have the money to ask the doctor to buy medicine for her?" Patriarch Zhang said angrily: "I'll put it down first, the Zhao family can remarry, but Niuniu must live, she is the blood of Dazhu, and then Let me know that you are trying to harm Niuniu, and I will open an ancestral hall and sink you all!"

Mother Zhang's face changed, and she didn't dare to speak.

Patriarch Zhang snorted coldly, got up and was about to leave, stopped at the door, and asked, "Didn't Dazhu leave more than 20 taels of silver? Come out as soon as possible, I can't let the Zhao family take me with Zhang's family. Industrial remarriage."

Mother Zhang nodded again and again and said, "It doesn't matter if the Zhao family is not at home, I will take Erzhu and the others to look for them."

Mrs. Zhao was hesitating whether to go home and pack up, when a guard came back and said, "The Zhang family is rummaging around, it seems to be looking for money, Mrs. Zhao, I think you should not go back, otherwise there will be no return."

Xiao Xiong raised his eyebrows and looked at the Zhao family, "Where did you hide the money? I'll go get it for you."

Zhao shi said with a pale face: "Xianggong didn't hide at home, he hid in the ground..."

The money was hidden by Zhang Dazhu, and the Zhao family has not used it since it was hidden, so now she only has a few hundred coins in her house, which is the money she earned from selling eggs and insoles, and the two that Zhang Dazhu gave away before. A silver hairpin, gold bracelets and gold earrings were still on her body, so she really didn't have much valuables in her house.

Xiaoxiong listened to the walls of several houses last night, and he has already touched the matter of the Zhang family. Speaking of which, the Zhao family is quite pitiful.

She married Zhang Dazhu when she was thirteen years old, but Zhang Dazhu was arrested for military service before she married. Because she had no children, she was always used as an animal in the Zhang family.

But Zhang Dazhu had good luck, Qi Xiuyuan turned back within two years of entering the army, Da Zhou became Da Qi, and the army he was in surrendered directly without fighting against Qi army at all.

Later, he was dragged to the battlefield to fight with Xixia. After all, he was still Qi Haoran's soldier. Although he was one of thousands, he was also his father's subordinate. The mother and daughter are very affectionate.

Zhang Dazhu made a lot of contributions in the war against Xixia. He didn't get enough promotion, but he could get some reward money. In addition, after the establishment of Daqi, he could also get military salaries. After saving, it was a lot of money. money.

Because of the troubled times, his clansmen had already gone into exile, not in the original village. He only found his mother and wife in Taikang for three years.

So he is lucky. Many relatives have been separated from each other because of the troubled times. Those who are alive may not find each other in their entire lives, but it took him less than three years to find someone.

Later, Qi Xiuyuan issued an edict to exempt some people from military service. As long as they reached the age limit or voluntarily retired due to injuries, they could get a certain amount of money to leave the army.

Put it as a good citizen, Yongye Tian is the same as a good citizen, each person can get 20 acres, and the local government has preferential treatment for veterans and wounded soldiers returning home from retirement, and can be exempted from taxes for five years or more as appropriate.

Zhang Dazhu's reward, military salaries, plus the compensation he received from his retirement was nearly a hundred taels, plus the trophies he got on the battlefield, when he returned home, he had more than one hundred twenty taels of silver.

Because he was away from home for a long time, Zhang Dazhu felt very guilty towards his mother. As soon as he got home, he took out the money to build a large brick house for his family. Fortunately, he was not stupid and kept the money in his own hands, even if it was the Zhao family. At first, he didn't know how much money he had.

The son who had been away from home for nearly six years came back, but Mother Zhang had no feelings for him anymore. No matter how warm it was, when Zhang Dazhu could no longer get money, the warmth between mother, son and brother could not be maintained. I also know that the Zhao family has not had a good time these years.

After all, he was his wife who had been with him for six years, and the Zhao family soon gave birth to his first child, so Zhang Dazhu favored his wife.

According to the analysis of the various information Xiaoxiong overheard, the conflict between the two parties broke out completely when Zhang's mother accidentally dropped one of Zhao's male fetuses.

That was the son Zhang Dazhu had been looking forward to for many years, but his mother died accidentally, so the family was completely separated.

Zhang Dazhu was very talkative among the clan, not only was he willing to give up half of the house, but also paid 22 taels of silver in a lump sum to break up the relationship with Zhang.

According to the analysis of the villagers and Mrs. Zhang, Zhang Dazhu should have more than 20 taels of silver in his hand, because when he came back he said that he had 100 taels. After building the house and spending so many years, he gave another 20 taels. , he only had so much in his hands.

But no one has ever seen so much money.

A year-round farming, after paying taxes and deducting daily expenses, can save three or four taels of silver.

This is also because Daqi has a clear-cut government, light grain and low income, and high-yield grains. In Dazhou, it is not bad that people can not starve to death.

As a result, Mother Zhang, Erzhu Zhang and others stared at the silver that Zhang Dazhu was secretly hiding, and their eyes turned green.