Chapter 142 Double Standard
When Patriarch Jiang heard what she said, he immediately became anxious and shouted angrily: "Girl An Ning!"
This damn girl, how come she has no control over her mouth and keeps saying everything?
Jiang Anning looked innocent: "What's wrong, Grandpa Patriarch? Did I say something wrong? Just now at the entrance of the village, you weren't trying to coerce or induce me. For the three hundred taels of silver you said you owed, I had to pay at least two hundred taels." OK? ”
Is Aunt Fang okay with this?
She immediately rolled up her sleeves and cursed loudly: "You are such a sinister old man with a human face and an animal heart. You are so scheming!"
"Obviously everyone has already discussed it. The two masters, who are not unreasonable people, have also agreed. If the family pays 500 Wen, they can learn the craft from me."
"How come these words come out of your mouth and you need An Ning girl to pay two hundred taels?"
Jiang Anning pretended to be surprised: "What was the three hundred taels the patriarch said before?"
"Bah!"
Aunt Fang became even more angry: "There is no three hundred taels, there are only two hundred taels in total, and they also said that they will be given after the matter is completed, but because Jiang Wei suddenly disappeared, they did not dare to take the risk, so You just want us to pay you first.”
"But they couldn't trust us, and we couldn't trust them either, so we discussed giving half of it first as a deposit, signing a new contract document, and filing it with the government before giving the money."
Jiang Anning's eyes suddenly became sharp, as if she was shocked, puzzled and angry after knowing that she had been deceived: "Grandpa Patriarch, why did you lie to me?"
Patriarch Jiang was speechless for a moment, and looked at Aunt Fang with eyes that seemed to be on fire.
"Don't look at me like that!"
Aunt Fang pointed at the person angrily without any fear: "What? You are not honest in what you do. You lied and deceived An Ning girl. Don't you want people to talk about it?"
Patriarch Jiang suddenly felt that more and more contemptuous glances were falling on him.
He was furious.
These people, these people!
When they were at the entrance of the village, everyone was silent, expecting him to speak up and become a villain.
But if there was really any benefit to be gained from Jiang Anning, everyone would pounce on her like a mung bean fly...
Patriarch Jiang said "poof" in his heart, what a mung bean fly, as if he was some kind of rotten shit.
But that’s pretty much what it means.
His face looked ugly.
At that time, no one said anything, but now they saw that someone was supporting Jiang Anning, and the situation might have reversed, these people immediately acted like grass on the wall, leaning towards the wind... That's enough!
Why do you despise him?
He is also seeking legitimate rights and interests for himself. If he has the ability, don't be greedy and don't think about coming over to get a piece of the pie!
He wanted everything and wanted to take advantage of him, but he had the nerve to come over and look down on him!
Patriarch Jiang scolded everyone in his heart, as if someone really looked at him.
Taking a deep breath, Chief Jiang said shamelessly: "Let's go into the room and say, everyone come in and say, what does it look like with such a huge bunch of people all huddled here."
With that said, he walked to Jiang Anning's house, as if he was returning to his own home. For those who didn't know, he thought he was the owner of the house.
"What a shameless old man!"
Aunt Fang cursed angrily from behind and immediately followed her, as if to guard against thieves.
Seeing this, other people also followed in and found a place to sit down.
On the other hand, Jiang Anning, the real owner of the house, was half a step behind everyone else and was the last one to come in.
As soon as he entered the room, he found that no one needed to take care of him. He sat down by himself. He didn't know where he got the tea leaves from, and even started to make tea.
That's quite rude.
As soon as Jiang Anning came in, Chief Jiang turned away from the guests and said first: "Girl Anning, what you just said is that we should agree to a few conditions for you. Let's talk about it first."
Deliberately not mentioning what Aunt Fang said just now, as if nothing happened.
"Grandfather, please tell me first how two hundred taels turned into three hundred taels."
Jiang Anning ignored the other person's words and looked at them with a smile. She looked friendly, but her tone did not allow for any argument: "Why, the village has already discussed how to give the money, so it's better to just give half of it first. When I come back, Did you change your mind immediately? Did they give you another option? Or did you make your own decision?"
"Where are you going to get this extra money?"
"You're just trying to trick me into taking advantage of me."
Patriarch Jiang suddenly blushed.
It's not because he feels guilty, he's just angry that Jiang Anning didn't show any mercy to him. He exposes his lies in such a blatant way and makes him stand down. It's really uneducated.
He thought with an angry face: Children without parents just can't do it.
There is nothing reasonable about human nature.
You don’t even know how to respect the old and love the young.
He cursed in his mind for a long time, and then he felt a little relieved, and then he said: "Look at this kid, you are just talking without thinking."
"Could it be that Grandpa Patriarch is trying to trick you?"
"I say this for my own reasons."
"You..." Don't worry!
Just as Patriarch Jiang was about to reveal his words, Jiang Anning asked: "What's the purpose? Grandpa Patriarch, you might as well explain it clearly and let me learn from you how cunning and scheming you are."
"I..."
Chief Jiang choked and pursed his lips, unable to speak for a while.
What's going on with this damn girl?
It’s too aggressive!
"Grandpa Patriarch, can't you tell me?" Jiang Anning looked down coldly: "Then I'll say it for you. Grandpa Patriarch, please listen and see if what I said is right."
Patriarch Jiang instinctively felt bad and wanted to speak to stop people, but in the end he was still a step too slow.
"Originally, each family was discussing that each family would contribute 500 coins. In our village, there are hundreds of families who have a lot of money. It seems that some of them have separated and set up their own business. Then they reluctantly scraped together two people. Hundreds of people, am I right?”
Patriarch Jiang's face was livid, but the others couldn't help but nod, feeling in their hearts that An Ning, this girl, had some knowledge about things like a god.
Not to mention, that’s really what happened.
There are not 200 households in the village at all, but if some families with many sons, whose sons have married wives and given birth to sons, are willing to divide their families, it will be enough to make up 200 households.
Not only is it enough, there is a lot more. Among them, there are naturally those who are unwilling to separate the family. The more people there are, the greater the strength. What's more, if the parents are still alive, the brothers will divide the family. If it is spread, it will be either good or bad.
Many elders are taboo about it!
But if you don't divide it, you have to pay on a per-head basis, five hundred cents per head.
If they don't want to contribute money, they have no choice but to separate.
In this way, although families with a large number of laborers suffer a bit, it is still much more cost-effective than paying 500 cents per person.
What? Not coming out?
Chief Jiang was also very angry. He united with several other senior members of the clan to come forward and made his words very clear: If you don't pay, you can move out of Jiangjia Village immediately and eliminate the clan.
In addition, there are still some people who are thinking about the separation of the family. In the end, even if you don't want to divide, you will get it.
After all, you can't divide the family without dividing the money. It doesn't make sense.
If you can get two or three taels of silver and a few acres of land from your elders, and live your own life with your own things, even if it hurts to take out five hundred cash, it's still worth it!
Some people agree, some don't agree. In the end, the minority obeys the majority on this matter. Even if you don't agree, you have to agree.
"According to a family's share of 500 taels of silver, after collecting these 100 taels of silver, there may be some left over. The rest will probably fall into the pocket of the patriarch, grandpa. You can call it "yes" The common property of the villagers will be used as money to buy tributes when they worship their ancestors.”
Jiang Anning sneered: "What I said is right?"
So true!
If the occasion hadn't been inappropriate, everyone would have wanted to give Jiang Anning a thumbs up.
This girl is so amazing!
Like a magic teller, he was clearly not present, but he accurately described what happened at that time.
Everyone felt a little more awe in their hearts.
In their opinion, if she could describe the things they had discussed behind her back so accurately, they might even be able to figure out other things.
That's right, in the eyes of the villagers, Jiang Anning's ability to tell things so accurately must have been calculated.
I can't tell when this kid showed up, he has a fairy on him!
Jiang Anning didn't know how people in the village could think divergently. She continued: "The patriarch is not satisfied with just a few hundred pennies, but there is nothing he can do about it. He can't really ruin the reputation of the village and ask people to poke fun at our villagers." The backbone of the story is that the people in our village are not trustworthy. They invited people from all the way, but they broke their promises and were unwilling to pay. What's more, the money was written in black and white. "
"Even if the patriarch has thought of a solution, there are rumors outside that it was Brother Muramasa who tricked the whole village, took the money and ran away, describing our village as very pitiful."
"But what is true is true, and what is false is false. As time goes by, paper cannot cover the fire. What if..."
Jiang Anning paused slightly, then smiled and said: "Once the public opinion reverses, it will inevitably cause a greater backlash. It will really be a waste of money."
"But I didn't expect that I would come back at this time."
Jiang Anning picked up the teapot that was boiling on the stove and poured a bowl of steaming boiling water into the bowl. As if she was not afraid of being burned, she picked it up and blew it to cool it down. After a few mouthfuls of it, her whole body felt... All a little more enthusiastic.
Everyone just watched her drink a bowl of water with nothing in it.
But I always feel that the water is more flavorful than the water I usually drink.
It made them salivate uncontrollably.
"When I came back, the patriarch's mind became more active."
"Thinking about these two hundred taels, if I were to come up with it by myself, the patriarch would be able to do more!"
"Those who are covered with silkworms are not sericulture people. If by that time, we can't make money from raising silkworms and reeling silk, the patriarch can not only refuse to give the remaining one hundred taels, but also use the one hundred taels that have been given out before. One hundred taels, please take it back.”
"When the time comes, at worst, I will give some of the one hundred taels I asked for back to the villagers."
"When everyone gets a benefit, they will naturally keep it secret and even work harder to help ask for it."
"As for the remaining one hundred taels, Grandpa, the clan leader, always has many reasons and excuses for being greedy and ignorant."
Jiang Anning smiled: "I don't know, what I said is right?"
What the hell!
Patriarch Jiang wanted to yell angrily: That’s right!
What's wrong?
But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them at all.
It's not that I'm not thick-skinned, it's just...that big mouth from Jiang Genshan's family is here!
When they got together to discuss what to do, they naturally couldn't help but reveal a word or two about the distribution of benefits.
Everything Jiang Anning said was their shared wish after discussion.
If he really denies it, there's no telling how the big-mouthed Jiang Genshan family will contradict him!
A heartless person has no idea of his good intentions.
Jiang Anning is rich and can make money. What's wrong with making some contribution to the village?
He had already inquired about it. Jiang Anning was living in a nice house in the county town!
The Xiufang also provides food and accommodation. Someone once saw with his own eyes that Jiang Anning would go out to the restaurant to eat hotpot mutton every three days.
She already had enough money to eat hotpot mutton every now and then, so she still had less to give them?
If you eat less mutton-boiled meals, you can save the money and give it to them, right?
It's fine now. Everything that was planned well was ruined by that tiger bitch from Jiang Genshan's family. Jiang Anning must no longer be able to get money from them so happily.
Patriarch Jiang was feeling depressed.
It was as if Jiang Anning had promised to get money for them before.
"Don't say whether you have these or not."
Patriarch Jiang had a straight face and acted like an elder: "Just tell me, will you pay for this money or not?"
"If you don't pay, we won't force you. However, the village has already discussed it before. Anyone who doesn't pay will leave the village voluntarily!"
Patriarch Jiang's eyes circled around the furnishings in the room: "Although I feel sorry for you that both of your parents died when you were young, I can't break the rules I made before just because of you. Otherwise, if you look back, come here to show mercy to me, and come over here to show mercy to me." He told me about his grievances, and in the end, everyone who had finally managed to unite and worked hard in one direction was reduced to a mess. ”
He looked at the furnishings in the house greedily, thinking that if Jiang Anning left, it would be a good idea to keep the house for them to divide.
Not to mention how much this house is worth, even the furnishings, pots, pans and other things in the house can be exchanged for a few taels of silver, right?
Patriarch Jiang deliberately suppressed his expression and tried to be as calm as possible: "If you offer, we will sit down and discuss again how to allocate the investment ratio appropriately!"
These shameless words were uttered by Patriarch Jiang with a well-reasoned aura.
If he had a softer personality, he might have been fooled by his arrogance.
Jiang Anning suddenly laughed.
She gently stroked the rim of the bowl she had just used to drink water from, and said slowly: "I said, let me pay, okay."
"But the village must agree to a few conditions."
Jiang Anning looked at Patriarch Jiang, as if waiting for him to make up his mind.