boyutpedia Chapter 172 Wang Laowu goes to Qinglong Village
Chapter 172 Wang Laowu goes to Qinglong Village
Even Mu Tou was confused, and Chen Wen lowered his head in shame. He did figure out the first question, but unfortunately he was not as fast as Miao Miao. He couldn't figure out the last question at all.
"Well, since no one knows, I will directly announce the answer, which is about 209 taels. Okay, let's distribute the silver by family. Then let's start with the ones with the most people. Zheng Biaotou, you have 55 people, a total of taels. I will give you taels and you give me 5 taels. Including Master Wen, our Wang family has a total of 36 people, which is 7524 taels. Grandpa, I will give you 7550 taels and you can give me 26 taels."
After the grandfather and grandson settled the accounts, it was left to the families of Wang Laowu and Wang Laoliu. Wang Laowu had 12 people and Wang Laoliu had 11 people. Wang Laowu's family received 2508 taels of silver, while Wang Laoliu's family received 2299 taels of silver.
Then came Goudan's family of eight, with 8 taels of silver, and Dali's and Lisi's families, each with 1672 taels of silver.
Everyone watched as the silver in Su He's hands became less and less, until finally only 30 taels of silver were left.
"The last 30 taels of silver belong to me. It's my hard work fee. I hope you all have no objection."
"No problem, Lotus, this is what you should take."
"Yes, Lotus, you should take more. We will give you some."
Everyone in the room actively asked Su He to accept it. They were willing to follow Su He to Yunhe because they recognized him. He made such a fortune at the beginning of his journey, and everyone was more convinced of Su He. Giving this 30 taels was absolutely sincere at this moment.
Su He was not polite either. She kept the 30 taels for herself. As for asking everyone to give her some, she didn't take it seriously.
"Okay, everyone has seen that I have divided the silver. I will not participate in how each family divides it. I only have one request. Everyone knows where the silver came from. Once it goes into your pockets, I will not admit that it was given by me. Everyone, please make a fortune in a low-key manner. The landlord's family died tragically because of the silver. I hope you can learn from it."
The people in the room were all elated by the sight of so much silver, and were so happy that they didn't know what was going on. But when they heard Su He talking about the landlord's family, they calmed down a bit.
"Okay, everyone, start. Remember to wash your hands after dividing the silver. We are wealthy people now. From now on, you should wash your hands before meals and after touching the silver. Especially Uncle Wu and you. After all, you have been in contact with corpses a lot today. Wash your hands later to prevent the spread of diseases."
Wang Laowu agreed obediently. Wang Laoliu felt that his fifth brother was so well-behaved that even his own father didn't have the chance to see him.
Everyone held their own small meetings, and Zheng Da called Su He to the door to express his sincere gratitude.
"Hehua, I thank you on behalf of my brothers. I didn't expect that the chief escort and Ah Bing would also have money. Except for the chief escort, he has no family. Don't worry about the money for the others. I will give it to them tomorrow."
Su He shook her head, feeling that it would be inappropriate to give it all at once.
"Will your escort company give extra money?"
Zheng Da nodded solemnly, "Yes, this time the escort king paid three thousand taels of silver. According to our rules, the sacrificed brothers will receive 50 taels of compensation."
Su He said to Zheng Da seriously, "We are all in the same camp. I hope that Escort Chief Zheng can communicate well with the people in the escort agency and not let the news leak out. You also know that each of us has received a large sum of money."
Zheng Da nodded in understanding. "Don't worry, this money will not be traced back to you. I will go back tomorrow to deal with the funeral affairs. The money distributed will be said to be given by our young master. The brothers who are still alive know what happened. Even the families of the 26 escorts who have passed away don't know that you gave it to them."
Su He shook her head. She didn't care about it at all.
This time, the forty people from the escort agency were included. One reason was the one she told everyone, and the other reason, to put it in a darker way, the escorts next door all knew that they had found the silver, Su He was unharmed and made a fortune, while they died or were injured, and they only exchanged their lives for 50 taels of silver. No one would feel balanced.
It would be better for everyone to share it. Since we are all in the same boat, the risk is minimal.
The people from the escort agency lived in the house near the door. The seven people who were slightly injured, plus the 14 who followed Su He, had been uneasy after hearing the noise next door, especially the injured ones, who felt very bitter. The experiences of the past few days were like a nightmare, which would not disappear even after waking up, but would follow them for the rest of their lives.
"We also have silver to share, 209 taels per person."
Zheng Da walked in, closed the door, and whispered to everyone the good news.
Everyone's eyes lit up.
A quarter of an hour later, the atmosphere in the room became lively.
"After we all go back together tomorrow, I will exchange the banknotes for small change and distribute it to everyone. Everyone, remember, this money is distributed by the young master. Keep a low profile and don't tell anyone what happened in the past two days."
Everyone nodded firmly.
"Don't worry, Atong. We are not talkative people. I think my leg is going to be lame, and I won't be able to escort with you guys anymore. I used to worry about what to do in the future, but now I don't have to worry anymore. When my injury heals, I will secretly buy ten acres of land, and save the rest for emergencies. I will be satisfied as long as I have enough food and clothing in this life. I can sleep well today."
The escort who spoke was called Quan Yong. He had not said a word since he was rescued. No matter how others tried to comfort him, it was useless. Now, after hearing what he said, everyone couldn't help crying. What Quan Yong said was what they wished for.
That night, only Su He fell asleep early. The others were too excited to sleep.
When Su He got up, she was surprised to find that the three soaps she provided were all used up. Su He happily added three new ones, and it seemed that everyone was very cooperative.
At this time, all the women in the family were up. Today's breakfast was still steamed buns with pickles, and everyone ate it with relish.
Zheng Da felt that he could not just sit there and wait. The ointment given by Su He would soon run out. He wanted to take the injured bodyguard back first, and Su He readily agreed.
After everyone had eaten their fill and taken their medicine, Zheng Da found two agile bodyguards and took Wang Laowu and the seven injured bodyguards away in two carriages.
Wang Laowu discussed with his younger brother for a whole night and decided to give half of the money they earned to their father for safekeeping. They were worried about carrying all the money on them, so it was a good opportunity to diversify their investments.
Half of the silver was more than two thousand taels, and Wang Laowu was uneasy about letting someone else take it, so he had to go in person.
It just so happened that Zheng Da was about to come back after finishing his business, and Wang Laowu could also take a ride with him.
Originally, Zheng Da wanted to let Su He and the others go first, but this would leave only a few people from the escort agency in Ling Village. If these villagers had any bad ideas, the people from the escort agency would suffer. Grandpa thought about it and decided to stay for another night, just in time to go to Luoyun Town to celebrate the New Year.
After Su He waited for the others to leave, she started to make ginger and brown sugar water.
Zhou took the women in her family to mend clothes. Now everyone in the team had silver notes, and they decided to wrap them in oil paper and sew them into their clothes.
At this time, everyone is still wearing cotton-padded clothes, so the seams inside cannot be seen at all.
The men had eaten their fill and started talking about buying a few acres of land in the future. The escorts who stayed behind divided into two groups and took turns to look at the bodies in the back mountain. These were their companions who had fought side by side. Now, they had to guard the last shift.