HLnovel Chapter 135 Negro
Chapter 135 Negro
"Peach Blossom, do you know that those bandits are actually wanted criminals in our Fu'an County?"
The county magistrate is ordering all towns and outposts to arrest them!
We escorted those bandits to the capital, where Chief Lü praised our village highly.
It is all thanks to you that our village has been able to receive such honor.
Therefore, this reward is most suitable for you.
As the village chief spoke, he handed all the silver to Zhao Taohua.
"!!!"
Zhao Taohua was flattered and quickly declined.
"Village chief, this is unacceptable. This is all thanks to everyone."
Although it was she who discovered it, it was Shen Ming who led the Four Spirits to subdue those bandits.
When the village chief and other villagers arrived, they simply tied up the bandits and escorted them to Duting.
However, in dealing with people, one should never take all the credit for something.
Moreover, the reward money wasn't much, only a little over one tael of silver.
Rather than keeping this sum of money for himself, he would rather use it to do favors for others and win their goodwill.
She now owns an embroidery workshop, and she earns a 5% profit on every embroidered item sold.
The villagers embroidering in the workshop are essentially helping her increase her wealth.
In addition, the five spirit monsters also earned what she had.
Therefore, she is not short of money at all. If she saves for a while longer, she will be able to afford a carriage.
"Village chief, could you please divide this tael of silver among us? Our village has a total of 160 households. How about we divide it equally among everyone? How much should each household receive?"
Zhao Taohua suggested.
Upon hearing this, the village chief couldn't help but admire Peach Blossom's kind heart and good manners.
In fact, everyone with eyes could see that all the credit belonged to Tao Hua, but she insisted on sharing the reward money with everyone instead of taking all the credit.
This child knows how to behave!
The village chief immediately agreed, "Alright, I'll do as you say!"
The village chief calculated that there were a total of one tael and six hundred coins, which was exactly ten coins per household.
He counted out ten large coins and handed them to Zhao Taohua: "Taohua, keep this money."
Just as the village chief handed the money to Zhao Taohua, Zhao Guanglei suddenly stormed in, yelling:
"Why should all the silver bestowed by Lord Duting be given to Zhao Taohua alone?"
Don't we all deserve any credit?
My son Shengqiu even went with us to escort those bandits to Duting!
Escorting those bandits is such a dangerous thing. What if those bandits have accomplices who come to rescue people?
My son, Shengqiu, almost lost his life…
Zhao Guanglei talked on and on, while Miao Shi and Zhao Shengqiu, who had followed him, felt extremely embarrassed.
Zhao Taohua glanced at the gloomy aura above Zhao Guanglei's head.
"Father, please stop. I didn't do anything, so where did I get the credit?"
Zhao Shengqiu interrupted.
"What do you mean, 'no'? What did I say wrong? If the bandits had accomplices, you'd be dead by now!"
Zhao Guanglei was stubborn and wouldn't listen to Zhao Shengqiu at all.
Zhao Shengqiu frowned as he listened. It was Zhao Taohua who discovered the bandits and then the Four Spirits subdued them. What credit could he possibly have?
Besides, he wasn't the only one escorting the bandits; a total of twenty able-bodied men from the village went together.
At the capital, the head of the county and the constables treated them very well, praising them highly.
Just for these reasons, he felt it was an honor to be chosen by the village chief to escort the bandits today!
The village chief, upon hearing Zhao Guanglei's words, felt a sharp pain in his chest and cursed:
"You've lived to a ripe old age, and you're a grandfather now, how can you say such things?"
Peach Blossom didn't want the reward money at all; she told me to divide the 1.6 billion coins equally among all the villagers.
I just gave her ten large coins.
As the village chief spoke, he also took ten large coins and put them into his hand.
Even so, Zhao Guanglei finally calmed down and said, "That's more like it!"
Miao frowned and grabbed his ear:
"You came all the way to the Peach Blossom family just for ten coins?"
Miao was speechless and embarrassed by his words and actions.
I don't know what happened, how did people become like this?
"hiss!"
Zhao Guanglei gasped in pain, turned around and slapped Miao, immediately startling everyone present.
"You bitch, you think you can just pull my ear like that?"
Zhao Guanglei cursed at Miao.
Miao covered her slapped cheek in disbelief; it stung terribly.
"Father, what are you doing? Why are you hitting Mother?"
Zhao Shengqiu rebuked.
Unexpectedly, his words only fueled Zhao Guanglei's anger.
"If you keep babbling, I'll beat you up too!"
As Zhao Guanglei spoke, he raised his hand toward Zhao Shengqiu.
"Zhao Guanglei, are you out of your mind? What's wrong with you today?"
The village chief sternly reprimanded Zhao Guanglei.
Upon hearing the village chief's voice, Zhao Guanglei lowered his raised hand, turned around, and left, ignoring Miao Shi, whom he had just hit.
As Miao watched his retreating figure, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. She didn't want to stay in Zhao Family Village for even a moment longer.
"That damn Zhao Guanglei, he's been like a powder keg lately, ready to explode at any moment, and he wants to meddle in everything."
He made all the decisions, big and small, at home, and even how Yuebing took care of the two children had to be decided by him.
He angered Yuebing so much that her milk dried up, leaving her two poor babies, only a little over a month old, without milk. She had to go to town to buy goat milk and cook it for them.
The more Miao talked, the harder she cried.
If she weren't worried that her daughter-in-law Yuebing would have a hard time raising two children alone after she left, she would have gone back to her parents' home right now and never come back.
She and Zhao Guanglei had been married for almost twenty years, and this was the first time he had laid a hand on her.
Miao became increasingly upset, and no amount of comforting from Zhao Shengqiu could help.
Zhao Taohua looked at the Miao mother and son and said:
"Aunt Miao, don't be too sad. Uncle Guanglei became like this because a black ghost was attached to his head."
That black man is prone to anger, which is why Uncle Guanglei has become increasingly irritable.
Upon hearing this, Miao's eyes widened.
Zhao Shengqiu echoed, "So, it's because of that black devil that my father has become like this, with such a violent temper?"
"Peach Blossom, do you have any way to make him better? To get rid of that black ghost?"
"Once that black devil is expelled from him, I'm going to teach him a lesson."
Miao gritted his teeth.
As she spoke, the cheek she had just been slapped with was still very sore.
Zhao Taohua nodded, and then went home with the mother and son.
Shen Ming was worried that Zhao Guanglei might get angry again and hit someone, so he went along too.
The village chief knew that Peach Blossom could easily exorcise the ghost; he just wanted to see how Zhao Guanglei would be dealt with by Miao Shi after the black ghost on his head was gone.
He also wanted to see if Zhao Guanglei would be so ashamed when he found out how confidently he had asked him for a reward.
Before long, the four of them arrived at Zhao Guanglei's house.