After dressing as a widow

Gu Shuanzi waited for him to finish speaking and said, "I don't trust other people's banknotes."

Lin Zhen frowned: "It's not safe."

"I'll put it in a place where no one else can find it." Since what happened last night, Gu Shuanzi has been a little tricky. He feels that he can't see many people clearly, just like Lin Zhen. He clearly thought that he could finally believe He, lived with him, but soon ran into Lin Zhen and other men who wanted to take the family's money and run away.

So, he doesn't trust anyone now.

He didn't even trust Ma Shi and Zhou Tao who wanted to raise him.

Seeing that he was acting like a stubborn donkey, Lin Zhen gave his head a hard rua in his heart, thought for a while and said, "That's fine, but when I deposit the silver in Yinzhuang, I have to tell the shopkeeper of Yinzhuang, To withdraw the money, three conditions must be met, first, you must be at least 15 years old, and second, you must have yourself, your household registration documents, and bank notes when withdrawing the money, and all three are indispensable.”

"If you are under 15 years old, you can withdraw this amount of silver, but you can only withdraw ten taels a year."

"How do you feel about that?"

With a bit of humanitarianism in mind, Lin Zhen felt that he really broke his heart for this cheap son, but fortunately, after this time, he would be able to retire and go live his own life.

His current method, Gu Shuanzi, felt that it was okay, so he nodded.

So Lin Zhen divided the 490 taels of silver into two parts, one part of 480 taels was taken to the bank, and the other part of 19 taels was kept.

As for the 19 taels, eight taels of silver were given to Ma Shi and Zhou Tao, which was regarded as Gu Shuanzi's two-year food and lodging money, and the remaining 11 taels were for Gu Shuanzi to keep on his person for emergency.

Lin Zhen handed the money to Mrs. Ma: "His aunt, the child is still young, so it is inevitable that he is a little naughty. I don't want you to favor him and spoil him. I just ask you to be fair and just, so that he can grow up well."

He is the elder brother married by Gu Da, and Gu Shuanzi's stepfather, so what he said is also true.

The old lady of the Zhou family only gave birth to Zhou Tao and Zhou Yingzi. After Zhou Yingzi got married, all the land and houses in the family belonged to Zhou Tao.

But Zhou Tao is not rich. He is busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. After paying the tax, the bank will be enough, and he can't save much money.

Putting the eight taels of silver in front of them made the hearts of both husband and wife tremble.

Madam Ma looked at Zhou Tao and moved his mouth: "This, this is really..."

"Take it." Lin Zhen stuffed the money into her hand, and said to Gu Shuanzi, "You and I will go to town later and deposit the money."

"En." Gu Shuanzi nodded.

Lock the box, wrap it with a piece of cloth and put it in the basket, then put some vegetables from the field on the basket, Lin Zhen walked to the town with Gu Shuanzi.

Datianzi Village is not a remote mountain village, and the road leading to the town is fairly flat.

Lin Zhen walked in front with a basket on his shoulders, and Gu Shuanzi walked behind. The two of them didn't speak, and just walked on their way with their heads depressed.

About half an hour later, Lin Zhen could see the low-rise buildings from a distance. Because they didn't have city walls like the Fucheng, they could clearly see the thatched huts on the outside and the denser tile houses as they got closer to the inside.

Cooking smoke curls up, full of fireworks in the world.

After entering the market, there are hawkers and shops on both sides of some muddy dirt roads, and people on the road are in a hurry because of the cold.

Lin Zhen had the memory of the original body, and knew that after he married the young master in the town, he would often go out to buy rouge and gouache, but he was blinded by where the money shop was.

Looking at these strangely familiar streets, he walked to a shop selling confectionery and pastries, and asked the shopkeeper inside: "Auntie, where is the longest and largest bank in the town?"

The middle-aged woman in her forties seemed surprised when she saw him: "This is not the brother of Young Master Qian's family. I haven't seen him for a long time."

"Hey, this is your servant? Why is it so dark?"

"..." No one was so lucky, as soon as he asked, he found a familiar face who knew the original body.

Lin Zhen smiled: "I have reconciled with Young Master Qian long ago, this is the son of the man behind me."

"Let's make peace!" The shopkeeper of the candy shop went to live with her daughter in Fucheng for two years. She remembered that when she went there, Young Master Qian loved this brother. He would come to her shop to buy things four or five times a day. Guan Lin is really called a vixen.

Unexpectedly, they broke up with each other.

After poking someone's heartache, the shopkeeper's wife was a little embarrassed, and she said, "It's my fault for not knowing anything." She looked at Gu Shuanzi, who had unkind eyes, and grabbed two round candies and handed them to him, "We have There are two banks, one is Tongcai Bank and the other is Huiyin Bank. If you look for the oldest bank, it is Huiyin Bank. Turn left at the third intersection of this street, and there is a piece of embroidered copper money. The flag can be seen at a glance."

Gu Shuanzi didn't take the candy in her hand, and took a few steps back, the thorn on his body stood up visibly.

Looking at the embarrassing shopkeeper lady, Lin Zhen said, "He doesn't like sweet things very much, thank you for your kindness."

"So that's how it is. Children who don't like sweets are rare." The lady shopkeeper put the candy back.

Lin Zhen said: "Then I'll go to the bank first, see you, auntie."

"Hey, see you later."

Looking at the two figures in front and one behind, the shopkeeper's lady couldn't help but lamented the impermanence of the world. She thought that when Lin Zhengang married Young Master Qian, the brothers in the whole town were really envious and jealous. Much better, almost being lifted up to the sky by Young Master Qian.

Who would have thought that after only two years, she would remarry someone else.

And judging by his current attire, the person he will marry must not be as good as Young Master Qian.

This person's fate is really indescribable.

Lin Zhen didn't know what the shopkeeper's wife was saying, so he took Gu Shuanzi straight to the bank.

I saw a flag embroidered with copper coins fluttering in the wind on a very cold day. Once I walked in, my whole body was wrapped in warm heat.

Looking at the two pots of burning charcoal fire in the shop, Lin Zhenzhen thought, as expected of a bank, rich.

And a young man in a gray cotton robe came up and asked nonchalantly, "Is the guest depositing money or withdrawing money, but he brought proof of household registration, bank notes, etc."

After walking with the money for so long, Lin Zhen's hands were sore, he said: "I save the money."

When he heard that he was depositing silver, the smile on the boy's face deepened a bit. Banks like them are most afraid of customers withdrawing large amounts of cash, which will result in insufficient cash storage on the books and cannot take silver. go do something else.

So as long as you come to deposit money, you must be more enthusiastic.

The little servant bowed slightly, and led him to a counter in the back, and pulled a rope next to him, only to hear the copper bell on the other end of the rope jingling: "Guest, wait a moment, someone will be there soon." I've come to deposit money for you."

Sure enough, after the copper bell rang a few times, a tall and thin old man came out from the small door next to him, first reset the abacus to zero, and then asked Lin Zhen with lowered eyes, "Save money?"

Lin Zhen removed the vegetable leaves from the top of the basket, and put the box on the table, "Yes, this is 480 taels of silver, and put it all in."

The tall old man nodded, put the silver and gold separately on the scale, and said after weighing himself: "480 taels of silver, put it in the warehouse, our Huiyin Bank is a century-old village, as long as you hold the bank notes from the Huiyin Bank, no matter where you are." You can get silver anywhere."

"However, there is a word to be said first. Our Huiyin Bank only recognizes bank notes but not people. No matter who comes with the bank notes, they can take away the money, so please keep the bank note certificates well, so as not to give birth. trouble."

Lin Zhen heard this and said: "Old man, I want to ask if there are some other requirements for my money?"

The tall old man stopped fiddling with the abacus: "Oh, tell me?"

"My husband and I are in business. If we make money, we lose money. We are worried that one day this child will suffer with us, so we want to save this money for him."

"One is that the child under the age of 15 cannot withdraw the money, and the other is that the child himself, the household registration document, and the bank note are all indispensable when withdrawing. If the child is forced to withdraw, he can only withdraw ten taels a year."

"What do you think?"

The tall old man had been an accountant for so many years, and this was the first time he heard such a strange request.

But after thinking about it for a while, I can understand the meaning behind these clauses. The greatest use of these clauses is to ensure that the money can be used on the children. Even if something goes wrong, as long as the children are there, they can be guaranteed.

He couldn't help stroking his beard: "You two really love this child."

"However, our Huiyin Bank has never had such a deposit method..."

Lin Zhen sensed something interesting from his tone, and said: "Everything is created from scratch. I believe that I am not the only one who has such thoughts and plans, but I just didn't say it."

"My old man can ask people to spread the word when other people come to deposit silver, maybe there will be some gains."

The tall old man's heart twitched, and he was scratched by his words. He looked at this calm and agile brother, thought for a while and said, "Then keep it according to your own ideas."

Soon, he handed out the completed bank note through the small mouth of the counter: "Hold it, here is your bank note. It not only states when and when the amount of silver will be deposited, but also adds your terms."

"And this clause is also recorded in our account book. In the future, we will face each other and confirm that we can withdraw money."

"Thank you, old man." The bank note in his hand was thicker and tougher than ordinary paper, with some scrawled characters written on it, stamped with several stamps of different sizes, and the big characters of Huiyin Bank were the most conspicuous. of.

Lin Zhen felt at ease, he put the banknote in the pocket of his coat, and walked out with Gu Shuanzi.

At some point in the sky, fine snowflakes fell again, and the hawkers who set up stalls on both sides quickly shrank their necks and hid under the eaves.

Lin Zhen lowered his head and said to Gu Shuanzi: "After you go to your uncle's and aunt's house, I won't live in your father's house anymore. From now on, when you have time, you can go to sweep the ashes and pull up the weeds in the yard so that you don't grow When I grow up, I come back and the house is dilapidated."

Lin Zhen did not hide from him what he was doing, and the 480 taels of silver did fall into his pocket as Lin Zhen said, and he didn't even keep half of the silver for himself.

Something in Gu Shuanzi's heart loosened a little, he choked for a while, and finally said something to Lin Zhen: "Where are you going?"