Rebirth: Don't Be the Best

When Zhang Shu and the others arrived, those people had been waiting for a long time.Fortunately, there are two or three big trees next to old man Li's refreshment stand, which can help them cover them.

The village chief walked over, picked up the tea they had poured and drank it down in one gulp.Then he took off the hat on his head and fanned it, "It's too hot today."

"That's right, the two days of selling grain every year will burn people to death."

"Zhang Shu, come and drink some water and eat two buns." After a long time, the village chief was very satisfied with this young man who didn't say anything.

Zhang Shu sat down as promised, drank a few mouthfuls of tea, and ate four or five buns.After eating, he found that everyone was looking at him, only to realize that he seemed to have eaten too much.

This bun is the size of a grown man's fist. An ordinary person can eat two. Even a big farmer can eat four to be full. Zhang Shu ate five by himself. It seems that he is not too full. .

"Uh, I seem to have eaten too much." Zhang Shu said shyly.

"It's okay, the young man is just when you can eat. I'm not afraid that you will eat too much, but I am afraid that you will not eat."

The big brothers and uncles around all laughed, with joking expressions on their faces, but no one was contemptuous or bored.

When everyone had almost eaten, the village head asked others to watch the food here, and then asked Zhang Shu to go there with him.

There is a grain collector here at the grain station, and there are four or five yamen servants under him. They are also eating at this time. There are six dishes on the table, including fish and meat, and a jug of wine.

Seeing the village chief passing by, the grain collector at the head called out, "Ah, the eldest brother-in-law is here, sit down quickly."

The village head nodded to him, and asked him, "How is Yunniang? How is Qiang Kid?"

"Well, I just don't like reading. If I can go to school in the county like Boy Cheng, then I should be very happy."

The grain collector's name is Du Ming, and he is the brother-in-law of the village chief Li Desheng.The village chief married his sister Du Lirong, and they gave birth to Li Cheng, Li Xin, and a daughter, Li Xiaomei.

"Where is it, the strong boy will have great abilities in the future, and now his brain is easy to use!"

The two flattered each other for a few words, then returned to the topic and talked about selling grain.Then Du Ming smiled and said, "After we finish eating, we will call your village first."

There are always people who are easy to handle. The village chief and the others have made a cross, and some people have grievances.

The sacks were poured out one by one, and then all of them were piled up together, and the grain collectors used rice buckets to measure them together. This time, a total of ten stones, five buckets and two liters of wheat were collected.

Calculated on the basis of five coppers per liter of wheat, it is almost six taels of silver.

After the grain collector made a note, he gave the money to the village chief.Considering that he wanted to distribute them to the villagers, he simply gave them all the copper coins. A large bunch of copper coins were loaded into the cart, almost half a sack filled.

The village chief told him that he would have dinner at home in a few days, and he took the big guy away.

Back in the village, the village head asked other people to inform the people who sold the grain today to come to his house to collect the money.

Zhang Shu reconciled the accounts with the ledger, and then calculated how much each household should get. For example, Li Genmin, the first family, got 350 five coppers for seven buckets of rice per liter.

The village chief sat next to him to distribute the money, and heard Zhang Shu call a person, and then explained to him the money he deserved, and after writing a note to him, he went to the village chief to collect the money.

At the beginning of Youshi, when the money was paid out, the day's work was considered over.

The village chief and Zhang Shu breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.The village chief patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's eat. Your aunt made everyone's meals today."

Originally, when his son settled the accounts, he calculated very slowly. Every time he had to wait for the next day to settle the accounts, it took at least four or five days to sell grain to the whole village.Now Zhang Shu has settled the bill on the same day, and it is estimated that it will be over in three days.

At the dinner table, the wife of the village chief made a large table of meals, including a large bowl of two-finger-wide fat pork stew, which made everyone have a good time eating it.

When Zhang Shu came home, it was already late at night.The courtyard door was closed tightly. He knocked for a while, but when no one came to open the door for him, he stopped at the door.

Zhang An felt complacent when he heard the knocking on the door stopped, "Look, I said he wouldn't use too much force, this kid is afraid of waking up his grandma, heh, he's still a filial man."

Wang Cuilan was a little worried, "This kid is much smarter than before, and he has learned to use eye drops. Today I went out for a while, and the big guy looked at me wrongly, and asked me why I didn't wash my nephew's clothes."

"Dare to refute me that day! If you don't teach him a lesson, one day he will ride on my head."

Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang left the door for Zhang Shu, and after they fell asleep, Zhang An secretly locked the door.He knew that Zhang Shu was honest, and if no one opened the door, he probably spent the night under the wall.

Zhang Shu was not as honest as he thought. He walked around the yard looking for the most suitable place to stay.If you don't let him in, then he will jump in!

Wang Cuilan heard a bang from the yard, "Something seems to have come in."

She pushed Zhang An, wanting him to take a look.

Zhang An was already very sleepy, so he said impatiently, "What's there? It's just a stray cat catching mice."

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Zhang An was woken up, "Go, it's time to open the courtyard door, otherwise your parents will wake up to check the door is locked, and Zhang Shu will be angry if he stays outside." !"

They have done it a few times, quietly closing the door when Zhang Shu was hanging out with others.Then I opened it again in the morning, and when people asked, they said it was useless, and I didn't even dare to open the door.

As time goes by, Zhang Shu will not go out.

Zhang An walked lightly to the gate of the courtyard, gently unlocked it, and then walked back lightly.

When the sky turned pale, Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang got up. They saw Zhang An who had just come out of the room yawning, and they asked, "When did Ashu come back last night? Did you drink?" ?”

"I don't know. You guys went in, so I went in. I didn't seem to hear anyone coming back. Maybe he came back too late." Zhang Qiang said in a pretentious manner, then stared at the courtyard door for a while, pretending to Just found the same thing, "Hey, this tree, you don't even close the door when you come back so late, what if a thief comes in!"

"What? The door is still open!" Grandma Zhang was in a hurry, "Shu won't stay outside for another night, right?"

Zhang An secretly smiled inwardly, then walked over and opened the door, "I said, Ah Shu, why are you...huh?"

He stared wide-eyed and looked outside, there was no one at all!

"What's wrong? Where's Ashu?" Grandma Zhang asked.

"Grandma, what did you ask me to do?" Zhang Shu came out of his room, rubbed his eyes and asked his grandma.

"Ashu, you are at home, grandma thought you were sleeping outside again!"

"No, grandma, I will never sleep outside again!" Zhang Shu said seriously.

Zhang An secretly resented, and dared to believe that the voice in the yard yesterday was made by this kid who jumped in.

"Why don't you close that door?" Grandpa Zhang asked strangely, he wasn't usually so careless.

"Second Uncle opened the door. I got up this morning and saw Second Uncle open the door. I thought he was going to the market. Why, Second Uncle didn't go out?" Zhang Shu opened his eyes wide, pretending to be surprised look.

Zhang An's face became stiff, "Hehe, hehe, my second uncle is old and his memory is not very good. I forgot about it."

Grandma Zhang said angrily, "It's shameless to say you're old in front of me and your father."

"Grandpa and grandma are not old at all. They will live a long life in the future, and my grandson will be my daughter-in-law in the future, and you will be my grandson!"

Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang laughed so hard that they couldn't see their teeth, and they were very happy by Zhang Shu's words.

Zhang An was feeling lucky, but found that Zhang Shu suddenly looked over, his eyes were cold, as if he knew everything clearly, but he just didn't want to say it.A chill suddenly rose in his heart.

Zhang Shu went to do the work for another two days, and he was busy until late every day, but the door in the yard was never locked again.

At the end of the last day, the village chief told him that his family could be exempted from the poll tax this time, as a reward for running around with him these days.

The village head told him not to go out and talk nonsense, because those responsible for transporting grain are exempted from half the head tax.

Zhang Shu was very surprised. He thought it was necessary to do it, but he didn't expect to be paid. It seems that Brother Laiwang really introduced him to a good job.

Although he couldn't tell the salary, it didn't stop him from wanting to invite Lai Wang to a meal.