AWB Chapter 213: The spoils were divided again!
Chapter 213: The spoils were divided again!
Suddenly, upon hearing the commotion of someone approaching, the Left Protector became excited!
He hurriedly straightened his disheveled clothes. After all, he was a prominent figure in the Lotus Sect, and he couldn't lose his composure in front of the Right Protector and the followers.
The Left Protector cleared his throat, adopting a mysterious and unfathomable demeanor, waiting for his men to respectfully open the prison door and escort him out to wreak havoc.
The door creaked open, and the Left Protector stood tall and proud, ready to stride out.
Suddenly, a large meat bun landed with a thud on his proud figure standing at the door.
The smug look on the left protector's face froze instantly. Before he could even let out a wail, he realized that the figure that had crashed into him looked somewhat familiar.
The Left Protector pushed the man off him, revealing his face, which startled the Left Protector so much that he stumbled.
"Right Protector??"
Immediately afterwards, one after another, Lotus Sect “captives” were imprisoned.
Du Hao stood outside the cage, grinning as he looked at the Left Protector. "Hehe, don't get too excited. You'll have someone to do your work from now on!"
Left Protector: ...
You're so amazing, you're so sweet...
At the village entrance, Lin Xi and Gao Mengli were thrilled to see the two carriages that had been confiscated!
Lin Xi quickly led A Li onto the carriage and searched for her.
Aside from finding two hundred taels of silver, they found nothing else.
Lin Xi looked at the silver, and the smile on her face instantly faded.
It's estimated that these people came for the Left Protector and Jiang Yue this time. They didn't linger too long on the way, so they didn't "lie".
This two hundred taels was probably travel expenses brought from Ping'an County.
The village chief was thrilled to see the two tall horses pulling the cart in front of him!
His gaze kept turning to Gao Mengli, waiting for her to make arrangements!
Gao Mengli touched her nose.
It seems, perhaps, maybe the villagers have been led astray by her into resembling bandits...
This isn't a good thing...
She cleared her throat. "Village chief, let's use these two carriages as the village's official vehicles."
After all, there was only one horse-drawn carriage in the village, the one her family had bought before.
Aside from the fact that they have more space when using it, villagers usually ride in it in an "overloaded" state.
The village chief's face was so wrinkled from smiling that he kept nodding.
"However, the proceeds from the carriage will go to your family, and I will find two people to be coachmen!"
Upon hearing this, Gao Mengli, her hand still in the air, was about to wave her hand in refusal when she said, "I think..."
To her surprise, the village chief didn't even wait for her to speak before turning around and going to make arrangements.
The village chief would never let her think that he only believed what he thought!
After all, horses are precious and expensive to raise. Apart from the Lin family, no one in the village can afford to raise them!
Gao Mengli stood there, helplessly watching the village chief's hurried departure, then lowered her hand and looked at the two hundred taels that Lin Xi handed over.
"Mengli, what should we do with this money?"
“Ping’an County is adjacent to Shu’an Prefecture, and Jiang’s cousin learned Shu embroidery techniques.”
"Xixi, how about we open an embroidery school in the village, so that the girls and women can learn a skill in their spare time? What do you think?"
Lin Xi's eyes lit up, then she hesitated, "But I don't know if Cousin Jiang would be willing."
After all, this is a family heirloom, and what if the other party doesn't want it?
Gao Mengli raised an eyebrow. "That makes sense, but let's ask. If they're willing, we'll open it; if not, we'll decide later!"
After arranging everything, Gao Mengli led Lin Xi to the location where everyone was in the old house.
To their surprise, as soon as they got closer, Jiang Bei and Jiang Yue suddenly knelt down in front of them and kowtowed three times.
Before either of them could react and try to avoid it, the brother and sister had already finished kowtowing.
Oh my god...
Will they bring bad luck upon themselves...?
"Brother and sister-in-law, we have no way to repay your life-saving grace. In this life, my sister and I are willing to serve you like cattle and horses to repay your kindness."
Jiang Bei looked up at the two of them with deep affection.
Lin Xi quickly pulled the two up from the ground. Good heavens, they're not landlords, why would they want cattle and horses?
Lin Xi pulled him along while muttering, "We're family, let's not talk like strangers, get up quickly."
Jiang Bei and Jiang Yue stood up, their faces still sincere.
Jiang Yue said with gratitude, "Cousin, we must repay this kindness. Please give us a chance."
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi exchanged a glance, both somewhat uncertain.
Asking before was like discussing things, but saying it now feels like taking advantage of someone's kindness.
Gao Mengli had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I do have something to ask you, I don't know if you'd be willing."
I want to open a school in the village so that the girls and women there can learn embroidery from you.
"You can read too, so you can teach them as well."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yue's eyes lit up instantly: "Really? Cousin-in-law, I'm willing!"
I love embroidery so much! It would be wonderful if I could pass on this skill to the women and children in the village!
"Learning to read is no problem either; as long as they're willing to learn, I'll teach them everything I know!"
Jiang Bei also cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to Gao Mengli, "Yes, we're willing! If any of the boys in the village want to learn, I can teach them to read!"
"I'm a scholar; teaching a child's early education is no problem!"
Gao Mengli was overjoyed to see Jiang Yue and Jiang Bei agree so readily.
At this moment, the village chief, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, exclaimed and slapped his thigh, "Great! Great! I'll arrange it!"
Gao Mengli looked at the village chief with a face full of doubt: ...
No, village chief, weren't you going to arrange for someone to be a driver? When did you arrive?
Appearing and disappearing like a ghost...
Lin Xi quickly handed the two hundred taels of silver to the village chief, saying, "Village chief, this is the money for building a school!"
The village chief was about to decline, because he planned to have every household in the village donate money to build a school, when he saw Lin Xi wink at him forcefully.
He immediately realized that this was silver that had been "plundered"!
The village chief's face instantly broke into a wide smile, his wrinkles so deep they could practically trap a fly.
He quickly took the money, saying, "Thank you so much! This is your commission, please keep it!"
As he spoke, he took out 110 taels of silver and handed it back to Lin Xi, saying, "You always pay for this, and the village doesn't contribute any labor. We've already taken a huge advantage of you."
After all, the money paid by the Lin family for each time the outlaws captured people was paid by the Lin family, and he couldn't embezzle that money.
Seeing this, Lin Xi pushed the silver back, saying, "Village Chief, the village's infrastructure was all funded by donations from the villagers, which you arranged for them to contribute."
Consider this money as a donation from our family; please accept it and don't refuse.
After all, the villagers have always contributed money if they have money, and labor if they don't.
If he and Mengli can't contribute their labor, then contributing money is only right.
Gao Mengli nodded, "By the way! Village Chief, our preserved eggs are selling well, and we're planning to build a small workshop. Could you help me arrange for some villagers to help us?"
Once completed, it will require five nimble women, paid fifteen coins a day.