Xianggui

When they heard that they were going to live in the abandoned huts at the head of the village, Mrs. Zhang and the children looked sad again.

Ding Zhao comforted, "Father knows how to do carpentry, I can treat carbuncles, and Li Chunniang can make knots. Life will always go on."

At night, Ding Xiang hugged Ding Zhuang again, and Ding Zhuang took her to sleep on the kang.

When Ding Xiang was growing up, he made a new discovery. There was a hard object on his chest.Through the starlight that came in, I saw a small square was sewn on the chest of his jacket, and the stitches were crooked.

Ding Xiang understood, there should be a small bag, which contained the jade pendant she had seen before.

Perhaps Ding Zhuang was in a relaxed mood. He stayed up all night yesterday and soon fell asleep, snoring heartily.

Ding Xiang reached out and touched it, and it really was a jade pendant.

The next day, Ding Zhao went to the county town with the jewelry.

Ding Xiang grabbed him and told him that the colorful bracelet with pearls must be sold for more than 30 taels of silver, and the other bracelet must be sold for more than ten taels of silver.Because what is sold is not only beautiful colored ropes, but also a novel weaving method and a different name.

The shopkeeper Gong of Nine Silk Embroidery Workshop is a good person, and he will not maliciously lower the price.She bought the idea of ​​colorful bracelets and weaved a lot of them out. Not only can she earn money, but the reputation of Nine Silk Embroidery Workshop will also increase.

At noon Ding Shuniang came, her eyes were red and she lost a lot of weight.

She tugged at Ding Zhuang's sleeves and cried until her heart broke. She was worried about Ding Chi and felt sorry for her second brother and sister-in-law.

"It's all my fault, I'm too spoiled. He was naughty when I was a child, and I was so angry that I wanted to beat him, and I even quarreled with him. He said he was from my Ding family, and he had no right to beat him. If I had known, I should have taught Liangzi That way, if you make a mistake, you can use the thorn to whip it out, and you won't be so courageous..."

Ding Zhuang said, "It's not my sister's business to blame the son for not teaching his father. I'm sorry for An'an, and I didn't teach that rebellious son well."

Ding Shuniang gave Ding Zhuang 30 taels of silver, a gold hairpin, three silver hairpins, and a pair of silver bracelets, "This is my private house and jewelry..."

Ding Zhuang accepted 30 taels of silver and returned the jewelry to her.

"Brother is ashamed, I will accept the money. The money is almost collected, so don't worry, Miss Shu."

Hearing that Ding Zhuang had almost raised money, Ding Shuniang was relieved.

She hurried home after lunch.

Mrs. Zhang started to pack her things, and Ding Xiang packed the little shoes and some clothes into a small bundle, which she would take with her wherever she went.

Ding Zhao returned home at the end of the day, although his complexion was not good, he was not as serious as when he left.

He took out a pile of silver ingots and broken silver, "It's not bad, it sold for 76 taels of silver."

Shopkeeper Gong liked the two colorful bracelets very much, and he didn't lower the price.The seven-star colorful bracelet was sold for 31 taels of silver, and the Diefei colorful bracelet was sold for twelve taels.

The price of the net woven with thread is more expensive than the heavy silver bracelet, which even Ding Zhao did not expect.

Including the 30 taels of silver from Ding Shuniang, the total is [-] taels.

Calculated in this way, as long as the shop, fields, yard and other things are estimated fairly, the debts can all be paid off, and there may be a few taels left.

Jiaozipu collects fixed assets and will bring special personnel to evaluate them, so the discrepancy will not be great.

Ding Zhao looked at Ding Xiang appreciatively, and asked, "How did Xiang Xiang weave such a beautiful net and choose such a nice name?"

Ding Xiangnuuo replied, "I saw my mother playing the net, so I thought that there might be a better style. After thinking about it, I came up with it."

Ding Zhuang looked at Ding Xiang with more serious eyes, "Xiangxiang is a smart child. If we had thought about her more at the beginning, we would have given that beast out to another family, and the debt would not have crushed the family... It was my fault."

Ding Zhao said, "It's not entirely my fault, it's also my fault. I think Xiangxiang is a child, and I didn't listen to her words. If we split up, Jiaozipu might not dare to borrow so much money from Chizi, and Chizi won't be able to leave." up to this point."

Ding Xiang is still happy when her family no longer regards herself as an ignorant child.She is three years old and can do many things. She will lead the whole family to rebuild a beautiful new home.

With so much money at home, I am afraid of accidents.

At night, Ding Zhuang, Ding Zhao, and Ding Lichun hardly slept, and took Heizi to walk around the yard every once in a while.

Ding Shan didn't sleep either, and would occasionally lie on the wall of his house to watch what was going on in the village.If you find something suspicious, just yell.

Mrs. Zhang took Ding Xiang and Ding Liren together to lie down in order to face emergencies.

Finally made it to dawn.

After dinner, Ding Lichun took Heizi to the backyard and tied him up, fearing that he would bite strangers and be beaten to death.

Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao were sitting in the main room waiting for others, while Mrs. Zhang was in the east chamber with Ding Liren and Ding Xiang.

Ding Zhao also asked them to lock the door and not come out no matter what happened.

Ding Xiang was unwilling, so she ran out with her calves, and was carried back to the East Chamber by Mrs. Zhang.

Soon, the second patriarch, Shuan Tangbo, and Shanzishu from Dingshan and Nanquan villages came, and Ding Youcai also came.

He said, "Second Uncle, Zhaozi, my family has no money, but it's okay to fight to make up for it."

They belong to the Ding family and must come to support Ding Zhuang.

Not long after, Xia Lizheng, Xia Erbo, Jiang Doufu and other five villagers also came.

Xia Li is the official of this village, so he has to come if he doesn't want to.Xia Erbo and others are friends of Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao, and they came to help friends.

As relatives and neighbors of the Ding family, they will testify to Jiaozipu and the second bedroom of the Ding family, and they can say a fair word if the valuation is unfair.

Everyone waited until noon, but no one came from Jiaozipu.

Mrs. Zhang went to invite Mrs. Zhao, and they cooked a big pot of noodles for everyone to eat.

At the end of the hour, twenty people came to Jiaozipu.Among them, 19 of them had an angry look on their faces, and they looked like thugs collecting bills.A thin old man, with an abacus in his hand, came to calculate and estimate.

Most of the people entered the upper hall, and a few villains stood in the yard.

The small leader of Jiaoziji, Sun Datou, took out two IOUs and said, "The principal is 200 taels, and Ding Chili's IOU expires today."

Ding Zhao, Xia Lizheng, and Ding Shan took a look at the IOU, and found that it was indeed Ding Chi's handwriting, with a three-point profit and a fingerprint.

Ding Zhuang took out the shop, yard, and land deeds, and Ding Lichun went to the backyard to bring the cattle to the front yard.

The appraiser estimated the price, and the Ding family, Xia Lizheng and others felt that the price was too low, so they bargained again and settled on a price that both parties agreed to.

Ding Zhuang took out banknotes, silver coins, copper coins, and those assets, and made up 200 taels of silver.

No one expected that the second house of Ding's family could raise so much money in three days. They thought it would be good if they could raise seven or eight hundred taels of silver.

Sun Datou nodded in satisfaction, "That's right, the principal has been paid off." He said, "There's still 72 taels of interest, and I'll give you the IOU when it's paid off, and you won't owe anything from now on."

Ding Zhao said in surprise, "Sun Guanshi is too much. The three-point interest is due today, and the interest should be 36 silver. How can there be an extra sum of money?"