amaotonovel Chapter 312 The Villagers’ Thoughts
Chapter 312 The Villagers’ Thoughts
Song Anning was confused, and even Song Dashan and Song Erhe looked at each other, not understanding what had happened in the village.
The people who came were all Song An Ning's elders, so she couldn't just sit there any longer, so she quickly welcomed them in.
"Uncle Daguang, what are you doing?"
Song Daguang followed a few old men and was the first to hand over the silver.
"Aning, we heard from your second uncle a few days ago that you will get 20% dividend from the pickled duck eggs.
Then we can't be bad either. You found the pepper seedlings and let everyone grow peppers to make money, so you should get some dividends.
We don't give much, we'll give you 10% of the money we earn from selling the chili peppers. Don't think it's too little."
Those people didn't give Song An Ning any chance to refuse. One of the old men was older than Song Dashan and Song Erhe. He walked forward tremblingly and put the copper coin in Song An Ning's hand.
"Aning, if you don't mind it being too little, just accept the money from my great-grandfather. Now, thanks to the pepper planting, the lives of the whole village have improved.
Take our family for example. We made new clothes and ate meat for several meals. This would have been unimaginable in the past.
Good boy, thank you, Grandpa, take the copper coins and buy some candy."
Song Anning was a little embarrassed. This was not a matter involving just one or two people. It would affect the entire village. There must be families in the village who did not want to take the money. If this continued, there would definitely be disagreements.
Just as her brain was working rapidly, thinking about how to solve the problem, more and more villagers came to the door of the Song family, looking at her with loving faces.
"Aning, this is the dividend my family gave you, take it quickly...
And my family’s…”
One of the aunts wiped away tears, stepped forward, held Song Anning's hand and said gratefully:
"I always wanted to bring you some food, otherwise I would feel indebted...
I was stupid and didn't even think about giving money. We discussed it privately these two days and decided to give it as dividends. Aning, don't think it's too little.
Don’t look at these aunts in the village who are usually stingy, but we are not ungrateful and we will remember your kindness in our hearts.”
"Yes, Uncle Dashan, please tell Aning to take the money, otherwise we won't be able to sleep well."
Some of them put down their silver and left without waiting for Song Dashan to speak. Even the stingy Wang Yuanshan came. He took out the silver and put it on the table. He looked at it with a distressed look and turned to everyone and said:
"I've also taken the silver, so please stop chasing me and scolding me, old and young gentlemen."
"Hahaha, you kid, taking some silver is like cutting your flesh. If it weren't for Aning, your family would be so poor that you can't even wear pants, and you and your father would have to wear the same pair of pants."
"Who said that? I'll kick you to death..."
For a moment, the Song family courtyard was extremely lively, with villagers chatting and laughing here, and the atmosphere was indescribably harmonious.
Song Erhe looked at the villagers with a smile on his face, feeling that they were doing a great job. He felt that his work as the village head was not in vain. He had preached great truths to the villagers all his life, and they also knew how to be grateful. More than a hundred households in Banyue Village, as long as they grew peppers, all came.
"Aning, please accept it. This is a token of our elders' kindness."
It had come to this point, and Song An Ning couldn't refuse. After a few polite words, he started chatting with the villagers. One of them suddenly asked:
"Aning, the beam raising for your new house is the day after tomorrow? I wonder if it will rain?"
"It's the day after tomorrow. I see the weather is good recently, so it shouldn't rain.
Everyone should come over that day, and we can have some fun together."
"We must go there and share some of the good news..."
Everyone talked for a while, and some of them talked about Liujia Village and Taohua Village. The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and they couldn't sell the duck eggs, and they were very anxious.
Many villagers were wandering around the entrance of Banyue Village with baskets filled with washed duck eggs. Without exception, they were driven away by the village patrol team and could not even enter the village.
After the villagers left, Song Dashan said jokingly with a smile on his face:
"Is what Grandpa said just now right? From now on, our Aning won't have to do anything. She can just sit at home and collect money."
"Thanks for your kind words, Uncle Ming and I will go to town and buy some rice and flour to bring back.
I have a lot of shopping to do tomorrow, so I'm not busy, so I might as well get ready early."
Song Dashan nodded and pointed at Song Nian casually:
"Second brother, you come with us. The rice and flour are too heavy. It's hard for Xiao Ming to carry it alone. And Aning is a little girl and doesn't have the strength."
Speaking of lack of strength, Song Nian instantly thought of the scene where his niece dragged him out of bed more than ten days ago, and he couldn't help but shudder. He felt that Aning was much stronger than him.
Although he thought so, he still agreed with a smile, and even moved closer to Song An Ning and whispered to her:
"Aning, I asked your grandfather for twenty taels of silver today. I want to buy some good cloth for your second aunt and the children to make clothes. I want to use the remaining silver to buy a silver bracelet for your grandmother and your second aunt."
"Oh, my second uncle is really good. He even knows how to buy jewelry."
The uncle and nephew joked for a few words and then left. Song Dashan and Song Erhe sat at the table with a look of relief on their faces.
"This brat finally understands."
"Brother, he didn't say he would buy it for you..."
Song Dashan immediately stopped laughing and glared at Song Erhe fiercely. Humph, he would never admit that he wanted it too.
In the carriage, Song Nian and Xiao Ming sat outside the carriage, while Song An Ning sat inside the carriage. When Xiao Ming mentioned the jewelry, he also became interested.
"Aning, if I only want to buy a plain bracelet, how much silver will it cost?"
"A smaller one costs three taels, and if you want something similar with fine workmanship, it'll cost at least five taels.
Uncle Ming also wants to buy a bracelet for Aunt Yuanying?"
Xiao Ming's face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "To be honest, your aunt has lived with me for half her life, and I have never given her anything properly.
I heard you and A-Nian mention it, so I asked."
Since the Xiao family came to Banyue Village, Song An Ning has only given them monthly allowance once, and this month's allowance has not been paid yet. It seems that he may not have enough money.
"Uncle Ming, I'll give you this month's salary right now. Here are the six taels of silver.
This other half liang is 50% of the money I earned from selling chili seedlings a few days ago. We agreed that I would provide the seeds, and you and Brother Yuanbao would raise the seedlings. We would split the money from the seedlings in half. Although it wasn't much, it could buy more than a bolt of cotton cloth.
Now I can get the money much faster. I will go with my uncle to buy some money. I will give it to my aunt when we move to the new house in a couple of days. It will make her happy too."
"No, it's not even the end of the month yet."
"It's only been a few days. Let's not be so serious with each other. It will only make things worse."
Xiao Ming took the silver, said thank you, and his eyes were slightly red.
When he was working at the pawnshop, he felt like the sky had fallen. In less than two months, he had enough money to buy jewelry for his wife. These were all given to them by Aning. He would remember this firmly in his heart and repay her kindness.
When the three of them arrived in town, they first went to the grain store to buy rice and flour, and finally parked the carriage in front of the jewelry shop.
The two grown men came here for the first time and stood at the door at a loss, sticking their heads out to look inside.
"Master, look quickly, your Second Uncle and Uncle Ming look like dog thieves."
"..."
Song An Ning pursed her lips behind them, chuckled, and quickly let the two into the house.
"Shopkeeper, I want to buy a silver bracelet. Please show us."
As soon as she finished speaking, she looked up and saw Zhou Nanxing, dressed in an elegant dress and with a red hairpin on her head, standing behind the counter. She nodded slightly at her and said with a smile:
"Aning, long time no see..."