allonlinenovel Chapter 171 Prize-winning quiz
Chapter 171 Prize-winning quiz
"Miao Miao, where did you get this money?"
Grandma asked in confusion. Grandpa Wang Fugui and others were sitting around. Everyone was staring at Miaomiao. Even Wang Laowu was curious.
"From the shoes. Ling Da's shoes fell at the door. I picked them up after the officials left. Humph, my brother said I was a rag picker. Look, how much silver is this!"
Miaomiao crossed her arms and glared at Mu Tou, obviously still upset about what her brother had said.
"Oh, why didn't I think of that pair of shoes? Oh no, maybe every member of the Ling family has them on their feet. Oh, the old village chief must have them on him!"
The old man slapped his thigh, he was so angry. He was very close to the old man, the village chief, and the wealth and glory were within his reach, but it was gone just like that.
"Grandpa, don't be angry. We can't possibly take it all. The landlord's property is limited, and we have plundered it all. If the officials can't get any benefits, we won't have a good ending either. Don't forget that our family is still in Su'an."
After hearing this, the grandfather felt a little comforted.
"I'm just curious, why the landlord's family was able to find silver, Uncle Wu, where did you find the silver?"
Su He never thought that the landlord could get so much money. Ling Da was so greedy that he would never let this family go. Even if Ling Da was not there, why didn't the yamen runners search them?
"It was right on his body. I felt it right away. The clothes the landlord wore were really nice. I felt around a few more times and found the interlayer of his clothes. Hehe, there were two silver notes inside. One was five thousand taels, and the other two were ten thousand taels."
Wang Laowu was happy as long as he touched the silver, and didn't think too much about it. Now when he heard Su He's question, he felt strange.
"Don't they know that the landlord has silver?"
Even Miaomiao couldn't stand it anymore after hearing this, "Uncle Wu, they are not fools."
"I asked the injured brother. At that time, Ling Da knocked a group of people unconscious and then killed the landlord's family. Then he was discovered by the village chief. The two of them started to quarrel. The chief escort forced the escorts who were still strong to fight against the enemy, but they were not strong enough, so they fled to the back mountain. When Ling Da was about to chase them, an earthquake occurred. He was guilty and thought that God was angry, so he was scared and dared not chase them anymore. The landlord died with his eyes open, so they just hurriedly took the jewelry from the landlord's family and threw them away."
Zheng Da was originally in another room taking care of his injured brother, but when it came time to divide the money, Su He called him over.
"That's not right. There are so many people in the village, they will definitely go to the back mountain. Aren't they afraid of being discovered?"
"They must have wanted to escape with the stolen jewelry and silver. They were not afraid of being discovered, but they were delayed by the earthquake."
Yanzhi looked at everyone looking at her and felt a little nervous.
"We thought so too. The chief escort wanted to take everyone back to Su'an, but he was the most seriously injured while trying to protect everyone and died within two days. The remaining people were also trapped by the earthquake. The three people including A Bing were seriously injured and did not survive. In the end, there were only 13 people left."
Shunzi patted Zhengda's shoulder to comfort him.
"Those yamen runners must have seen that the landlord's family had no jewelry on them, so they thought there was no money to be made. It just so happened that Uncle Wu took the initiative to take the job, so they threw it to him."
"So, does the Ling family still have any silver hidden?"
"Didn't Old Man Ling say that all the things were in his room?"
Everyone was talking at once, and when they mentioned that there was still silver that had not been found, they all became interested.
"Master Wu has taken people to check out that house, but I don't know if they found the silver."
Su He shook his head, giving up hope.
"I think Ling Da's mother and wife should be handed over to Master Wu, and ask Master Wu to help them get a divorce. Only by getting a divorce can they hope not to be implicated. Otherwise, Ling Da has killed so many people, and it will be difficult for them, the family members who live with him, to clear their suspicion. Even if they don't die, they will spend some time in prison."
Zhou saw that Su He was reluctant to search the house, so she advised him, "If Ling's mother and wife come back and find that the things in this house have been moved, it will be hard for us to explain. We have made a fortune now, so we should quickly divide the money and hide it among ourselves."
Grandpa summed it up directly, "Let's divide the silver. Everyone has a share. Lotus, how do you think we should divide it?"
Now everyone's attention was focused on Su He, who had already thought of it.
"The total amount of silver we found was over 20,000 taels, and 20 gold nuggets."
"Our entire team consists of 75 people, plus the 15 people from the escort agency, that's 90 copies."
"When we were surrounded by villagers in the morning, it was the people from their escort agency who ran to report to the authorities, and the officials came. We are all beneficiaries, so the 40 people from the escort agency should also have a share, so let's add another 40."
"Besides, Liu Bai's performance was the most outstanding this time. I think everyone should have no objection to this. I suggest giving him 5 gold bars as compensation. In addition, Wang Laowu's family has also worked hard. After all, the landlord's family has been dead for several days. If it were me, I would not want to do this job, so I decided to give 5 gold bars to Uncle Laowu, and finally reward Miaomiao with 4. Miss Su Miao carefully discovered the silver bills in the shoes. She remained firm in her belief amid everyone's doubts and finally won taels of silver. She deserves praise."
Su He led the applause, and everyone in the room followed suit.
Miaomiao was very proud. She took the two gold bars given by her sister and patted her chest, saying she would treat everyone.
"Now, let's start the prize competition. Who can figure out what 90 plus 40 is? The one who gives the correct answer will get a gold nugget."
What? We are dividing the money, why are we doing arithmetic?
Wang Laowu has gathered the fingers of both families and started counting.
"One, two, three, four, eighteen,
"130!"
Miaomiao raised her little hand and shouted loudly.
"correct answer."
Little Su Miao happily received a gold nugget.
"Okay, second question. Uncle Lao Wu found 21,200 taels of silver, Miao Miao took out 3,000 taels, and I also took out 3,000 taels. How many taels of silver are there in total?"
Wang Laowu directly announced that he gave up.
Su Miao and Tietou were frowning and gesturing with their hands, while Chen Wen was also secretly calculating.
"Twenty-seven thousand two hundred taels of silver."
"correct answer!"
Mu Tou calmly accepted everyone's admiring looks, and this time everyone applauded spontaneously.
The Wang family, headed by grandpa, looked at Mu Tou and Miao Miao with satisfaction, because these were all theirs.
"Participation is what's important. We're not greedy for this gold nugget, hahaha."
These words came from Wang Fugui, a man who said one thing and meant another.
"Then the 130 taels are divided into parts. How much silver should each person get?"