A knife in love

Chapter 1250

When Murong Danyan saw Wang Xiaoyu winking at him, he felt a little strange in his heart, wondering what this weird elf girl was planning.It wasn't until she heard her introduce Li Qiufeng to Wang Yuanwai, calling Li Qiufeng "Mr. Zhu", that she suddenly realized.It turns out that although Wang Yuanwai is Wang Xiaoyu's father, she is still worried about revealing Li Qiufeng's identity, so she uses Li Qiufeng's false surname to introduce Wang Yuanwai.Wang Xiaoyu winked at herself and Li Qiufeng, naturally reminding them not to show their feet.Murong Danyan thought to himself, although Sister Xiaoyu is two or three years younger than me, she is very scheming and quite wise.In terms of handling things safely, she is much better than me.

Wang Yuanwai looked Li Qiufeng up and down, and said in his mouth: "It turns out that Mr. Zhu is also a friend in the business field. Disrespect, disrespect."

Li Qiufeng said a few polite words.Wang Xiaoyu said on the side: "Father, when did you leave Zhuangzi, how come I don't know at all?"

Wang Yuanwai sighed, and said in his mouth: "In the past few days, the county magistrate has been urging us to build the Zhongkui Temple as soon as possible. But the manpower in our village is far from enough. I have been talking with people in and out of the city for the past few days. The shopkeeper and the country gentry discussed this matter. Yesterday, the horseman from Yushui Village in the east of the city sent someone to say that Yingyang Mountain was blocked by heavy snow last year, and they could not enter the mountain to cut trees until May. Those forest households and boat households who made a living There is no work to do, and the men gather together to drink and gamble, which is very easy to cause trouble. There have been two life lawsuits in the past few months, and the county magistrate’s office dare not send people to suppress them. Making a fortune, these forest households and boat households are all his people. In the past few months, he has used money to support more than two hundred people for nothing, but it is a bit too much. Hearing from Master Pan of the yamen that he will build a temple on Motianling, there are currently insufficient manpower , he wanted these men to come and help build the temple, and pay dozens of pennies a day, so as not to stay in Yushuizhuang and cause trouble."

Wang Xiaoyu snorted, and said indignantly: "Old man Ma is really a scheming man! These forest and boat households depend on the sky for their food, and old man Ma just sits on the ground to collect money, so there is no need to spend any extra effort. He He didn’t think about his father when he was earning money, but he came to him when he was losing money. It’s clear that he knew that the Yamen was going to build the Zhongkui Temple, so he wanted to get a share of it!”

Wang Yuanwai shook his head, and said: "Lao Ma is a bit smarter, but this matter is beneficial to both Yushuizhuang and our Wangjiazhuang. The idlers from Yushuizhuang came to our Wangjiazhuang to help build temples. They have money and no time. If you drink and gamble, there will be no troubles. Our Wangjiazhuang is worried about the shortage of manpower. With the help of these people, we can start building the Zhongkui Temple in a few days. Wouldn’t it be good to kill two birds with one stone in this way?”

Wang Xiaoyu said: "But the money for building the temple was paid by my father. The magistrate's yamen doesn't pull out a penny, and the old man Ma is an iron rooster. He will never pay a penny. After all the troubles, the yamen and Yushuizhuang are all rushing to Wang's village. They all took advantage of the money, only our Wangjiazhuang gave out both money and manpower, which is too bullying!"

Wang Yuanwai said: "We will talk about these things in the future. In any case, we must first build the Zhongkui Temple. If Motianling is haunted again, the medicinal materials cannot be brought in, and our Wangjiazhuang will not be able to support it for a few months."

Wang Xiaoyu said: "But who dares to guarantee that after the Zhongkui Temple is built, Motianling will no longer be haunted?"

Wang Yuanwai frowned, and said: "Let's treat a dead horse as if it were a living horse. The yamen ordered it to be done, no matter how difficult it is."

When he said this, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and said to Li Qiufeng: "Oh, our father and daughter are only talking and have neglected the distinguished guest. Please don't be angry, Mr. Zhu."

Li Qiufeng cupped his hands and said, "You are being polite. I have come to visit rashly, and I hope you will forgive me."

Wang Yuanwai said: "It is our honor for Mr. Zhu to come to our village. Please come with me into the village and have a drink together."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a group of people coming out of Zhuangzi.Looking at the clothes and attire of these people, they are all Zhuang Ding of Wangjiazhuang, all of them hold swords and sticks in their hands.The leader is over 50 years old, wearing a gray robe, holding a wooden stick in his right hand, and his face is very heavy.Seeing that Wang Yuanwai was also standing there, he was startled for a moment, then his face showed joy, he walked over quickly, and said in his mouth, "It turns out that the owner of the villa is back!"

Wang Yuanwai said with a smile: "This trip went smoothly. Ma Yuanwai found us 74 men, and agreed that each person will have 25 Wen per day, including two meals in the morning and evening. These things have to be handled by the old man. .”

Wang Xiaoyu pouted and said, "Uncle Wang, my father has probably been fooled by old man Ma! These people will make my father soft-hearted, and they all want to get money from him!"

Just now Li Qiufeng saw dozens of people following Wang Yuanwai.These people are different from Zhuang Ding in Wangjiazhuang, they are old and young, and they wear all kinds of clothes.Some are ragged, like beggars.Listening to Wang Yuanwai's words at this time, Li Qiufeng thought to himself that to build the Zhongkui Temple on Motianling, there must be insufficient manpower from Zhuang Ding and the people in Wangjiazhuang.The yamen was pressing again, and Wang Yuanwai was very anxious.The member surnamed Ma made a living by selling wood. It was difficult to cut wood after heavy snow closed the mountains.The horse man has no business, and the forest and boat households under his command have nothing to do, drinking and gambling, and begging for wages from the horse man, which must have made him burnt out.Therefore, this matter is indeed as Wang Yuanwai said, Yushuizhuang sends people, Wang Yuanwai sends money, and the difficulties of both parties can be easily solved.It's just that in the final analysis, all the money has to be sent out by the king, so Wang Xiaoyu will be aggrieved.Hearing Wang Xiaoyu call the gray-robed man "Uncle Wang", I think this person is the butler of the Wang Family Manor who saved Wang Xiaoyu's life.

After Wang Yuanwai finished speaking, Steward Wang frowned and said, "Since it's the owner's plan, we naturally have nothing to say. But right now the cash and copper coins in the village are running out, and we have to exchange them with the bank. But I I heard from shopkeeper Yu from the oil workshop in the east of the city that the two banks in the city did not have enough money, and they were thinking of bringing some money from Liaoyang Mansion. However, Motian Ridge was haunted these days and blocked the passage, and Liaoyang Mansion never sent the money. "

At this point, Steward Wang looked at the men behind Wang Yuanwai, and then continued: "If you have to pay these workers every day, if the bank can't exchange them for copper coins, I'm afraid it will take four or five days at most. There will be no more money to be distributed. If these people make trouble at that time, something big will happen."

Wang Yuanwai said: "I have already talked about this matter with the shopkeeper Tang in the city. Mr. Pan in the yamen will be the guarantee. First, we will borrow [-] Wen from the shop of the shopkeeper Tang, plus some copper coins in our village. , should be able to cope with ten and a half months."

Before Steward Wang could answer, Wang Xiaoyu said in surprise, "Daddy, shopkeeper Tang is a famous vampire! If you ask him to borrow money, he won't take the opportunity to take advantage of you?!"

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Old Tang is really greedy. But this time Master Pan is the guarantor, so he doesn't dare to go too far. Although the interest is a few cents higher, I only borrow it for a month, and I only need to get more money." Paying more than 6000 Wen in interest is not a big deal."

Li Qiufeng thought to himself, if Wang Yuanwai borrowed 6000 Wen from the shopkeeper Tang, he would have to pay more than [-] Wen for interest a month, and the total amount of interest must be more than [-] Wen.This is clearly a usury, and the surname Tang is too ruthless!

Wang Xiaoyu was astonished and was about to speak when Wang Yuanwai waved his hand at her and said, "As long as the Zhongkui Temple is built, everything can be discussed. You don't need to worry about these petty money matters."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and said to Steward Wang: "Brother, go and arrange accommodation for these brothers in Yushuizhuang. After lunch, we will discuss carefully when to start work. When I went to Yushuizhuang yesterday, I stopped by the city Blind man Zhang made a divination. He said that the 27th and [-]th of this month are auspicious days, and it is advisable to start construction. I mentioned this to Mr. Pan, and he said that after reporting to Li County, the county magistrate will make a decision and then inform we."

Butler Wang paused and said: "The owner is too honest! There are too many auspicious and unlucky days to do. For our Wangjiazhuang, the sooner we start construction, the less trouble we will have. If the owner clearly stated that we will start work tomorrow, we will save money." Wouldn't it be nice to save money and save trouble?"

Wang Yuanwai was startled, thought for a moment, smiled awkwardly, and said, "My brother is still smart, I didn't expect it."

Wang Xiaoyu said on the side: "It's not that Dad didn't think about it, it's because Dad is too soft-hearted and doesn't want to compete with these villains for profit."

Wang Guanjia said: "This matter must be done quickly. After I arrange these people, I will go to the city and discuss with Master Pan to see if we can start work as soon as possible."

Wang Yuanwai said: "Then I will trouble you, brother. Let's go back to eat first. The honored guest is here, so we can't neglect it!"

(End of this chapter)