It’s actually more than 2000 taels?
The second wife and the third wife discussed it and went to see the old lady.
The old lady only has one thing to say, you can do whatever you want, as long as you don't let her pay, you can do whatever you want.
However, the old lady has not forgotten the business. What is the business?Of course it was the one thousand, eight hundred and fifty twenty taels of silver stolen by Yan! If Mr. He and Mr. Yan were at home, the second wife and the third wife would not care about this kind of thing, but these two people are not here.
They are not here, but their children are still there. Isn't there He Shuming, the eldest grandson?
At this time, if the eldest grandson does not come out to take charge of the overall situation, should the two aunts be asked to come forward?
Before He Shuming could react, he was urged by his two aunts to go to his maternal home. He went to his maternal home to ask for money.
The first is to recover the 850 taels that Yan sent to Yan Ji's pen and ink shop. The second is the ransom and fine this time, totaling 400 taels. Although the fault lies with the Yan family, who made us relatives? Well, the He family suffered a bit of a loss, and the two families shared the money equally, with each family receiving 200 taels.
In other words, the Yan family will give the He family three thousand and fifty-two taels.
If you give it to us, you are still a good relative; if you don't give it to us, you are an enemy! As soon as He Shuming said these words, before he could catch his breath, he received a slap on the face.
The one who beat him was his other uncle. The Yan family had an older brother and two younger brothers. The third uncle Yan was the one who was arrested. Now it is the second uncle Yan who beats He Shuming.
He Shuming was beaten and returned to He's house holding his swollen face. When he came back, he hid in his room. He didn't want to see anyone. He never wanted to see anyone in his life.
The Yan family only prepared 150 taels of silver, 100 taels was the redemption silver for Uncle Yan's third uncle, and 50 taels was the redemption silver for the five men. As for the other silver, there was not even one tael more.
The second wife and the third wife were helpless and wanted to take money from the public house, but the accountant and the old lady warned that the money has nothing to do with the public house and is the three heads of house's own business. The old lady's money will not be given to you. Don’t even think about touching the money from the public.
After such a delay, it lasted for two more days. For the He family in the prison, these two days were like days.
The family came to deliver food, but even if they just delivered food, they still couldn't get out without money.
Although the He family has only become prosperous in the past 20 years, it was not poor before. Although it is not a wealthy family, it still has fields in the countryside and shops in the city. Master He Er and Master He have never suffered hardship since they were young. The same goes for the Yan family. Although her family is not as good as the He family, since she married into the He family, she has lived the life of an official wife, making slaves, calling maids, wearing gold and silver, how can she have suffered like this.
In just two days, Yan became extremely haggard.
What Yan didn't know was that now everyone in the Zhending Mansion, from those in their eighties to the toddlers who could just walk, all knew one thing.
Jinghong Tower is closed!
Why did it close? Because the stepmother of the owner, Miss He, took away the turnover money of Jinghong Tower, causing this time-honored restaurant that had been open for decades to close down! For people in Zhending, Jinghong Tower is not only a place to eat, but also a memory of childhood, a wanderer’s nostalgia, and the fireworks of the world that can be seen when looking up.
For scholars, the meaning of Jinghong Tower is even different.
They held poetry recitals here, and their poems were hung in Jinghong Tower. After they were in high school, they even held a thank-you banquet in Jinghong Tower. They had their glory in Jinghong Tower, but now they are all gone. Their poems Their glory was ruined by a greedy woman! They hate! So just outside the gate of Jinghong Tower, the scholars took out their pens, inks, paper and inkstones, and wrote pictures and poems on the spot, painting Jinghong Tower and writing about Jinghong Tower. A trembling old lady walked into the field and took out a piece of gold: "The old woman is really determined to be the Zuo family, and she will give you ten taels of gold as a bonus, and the best one will get it!" As soon as she finished speaking, someone came out again: "A certain Zhang Zhi of the Tang Dynasty, following in the footsteps of the Zuo woman, also gave out ten taels of gold as a bonus!"
"A certain deer named Yangjie was offered five taels of gold!"
"A certain spirit, Jiao Yi, offered five taels of gold!"
In less than half a day, the prize was as high as 50 taels of gold. This is not a small sum!
Someone spontaneously invited Gao Weng and Yang Weng, who are famous for their poetry and painting, and poetry chiefs from county schools and prefecture schools also participated. The lottery prizes were redistributed, with one person in the first class, twelve liang in the lottery, four in the second class, and the lottery Five taels each, five people in the third class, two taels each in the lottery, ten people in the top class, one tael each in the lottery.
This is not silver, this is gold!
Besides, is this just a matter of gold?
This is the business of scholars. The business of scholars has never been measurable with gold and silver. This is literary talent, knowledge, and reputation!
On the first and second days, only scholars who lived as guests or were locals in Zhending Prefecture participated, but starting from the third day, scholars from surrounding counties arrived one after another, and some who were far away had not yet received the news.
In the days when Jinghong Tower was closed for business, Jinghong Tower became famous in another way.
The members of the He family and the Yan family are still in prison.
Fortunately, on the fifth day, the second wife and the third wife finally reached an agreement with the Yan family. We will talk about the future later. The top priority is to fish out the people first. It’s not because they feel sorry for these people, but it’s too embarrassing for a serious person. , whose family members would be locked up in jail, it would not sound good if it was spread. After all, both families have men who are studying for the imperial examinations and daughters who are waiting for marriage, so they must think about their children.
On the sixth day, He Yan and his family went to the county government office with 400 taels of silver. Black girl, white dog, Huang Dou and Hong Dou had been waiting outside the door for a long time. They were very happy these days, thanks to their lack of money. Go back, otherwise there would be so much fun to see.
The black girl waved her hand, and a group of children followed the He family, shouting as they walked: "The He family is redeeming people, the He family is redeeming people!"
Although it was only the steward of the mansion who ransomed people, stewards also wanted to save face. He wished he could find a piece of cloth to cover his face. It was so embarrassing. It was so embarrassing.
Fortunately, he had a carriage, and he got into it, but this was a street, and the carriage could only go slowly. The group of children followed the carriage tightly, shouting as they walked, and people on the street stopped. Watch.
Ouch, the He family went to the Yamen to redeem someone. Who to redeem? It was the vicious stepmother who went to Jinghong Tower to steal money. Oh my god, this kind of person has the nerve to come out. He will spend his whole life in jail. After he comes out, , she also wants to harm her stepdaughter, Miss He, she is so pitiful.
In any case, Master He Er, Third Master He, Mr. Yan, and Third Uncle Yan were finally released from prison.
They stood outside the yamen, their eyes blinded by the sunlight. They stayed in the prison for six days, six full days.
The steward almost couldn't recognize them. These three unkempt, skinny, half-human, half-ghost-like guys were their second master, third master and eldest wife?
Oh my gosh, it might as well be that they were possessed by ghosts, or were beggar ghosts. (End of chapter)