In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

He Qiudi couldn't help but frown as he listened to the words carefully considered by Old Lady He.

"Give?"

Old Mrs. He quickly shook her hand and said, "It's a loan."

"Oh." He Qiudi said, "If it's Daddy and Mommy's money, I have no objection to whoever you want to give it to. But we can't give my second brother and I's money. We have to borrow it. But including the reward money for me and my sixth brother, plus the fifty taels given by Lord Yan before, and the thirty taels from selling deer antlers, there are only about five hundred taels of silver. I spent a full three hundred taels to donate to my eldest brother. Can five hundred taels donate to the county magistrate?"

The environment in this small border county is harsh and the county faces the danger of an army at its gates at any time.

Except for officials from humble backgrounds, few people are willing to come to serve as county magistrates in these counties.

Especially Lan County, Wei County and Liu County, the three counties to the west of Ningyuan County.

Since the county magistrates of these three counties also had to take responsibility for border defense and resisting foreign invasions, the selection of officials was relatively strict.

The county magistrates of these three counties were often concurrently military officers who led troops stationed there, while the county magistrates assisted the stationed generals in managing daily affairs.

and so.

The salaries and maintenance silver of the county magistrates of these three counties are not low.

The price of donating an official position is not low.

Five hundred taels, and I can't even touch the door. Then I must ask He Qiudi for something else to pay it off.

Old Mrs. He put her hands on her knees and rubbed them back and forth to ease her embarrassment.

She laughed dryly and said, "Nannan, your sister-in-law has saved two hundred taels."

"But seven hundred taels is still not enough."

Old Lady He gritted her teeth and said, "So, I want to borrow the Dongzhu and the gold hairpin that Master Yan gave you on behalf of your elder brother."

When saying these two sentences, Old Mrs. He didn't even dare to look at He Qiudi's face.

But Old Mrs. He still said this.

He Qiudi knew what was going on.

In Old Mrs. He's heart, she still prefers He Huaizhang.

Don’t say that she loves her eldest daughter the most, but when there is a conflict between the interests of her eldest daughter and her eldest son, although Grandma He will hesitate and struggle, after hesitation and struggle, she will still tilt the balance towards He Huaizhang.

He Qiudi sighed softly.

This sigh was like a hammer hitting Old Mrs. He's heart, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

She didn't want to do that either.

But compared to going to the banquet to curry favor with the boss, it is better to secure the position of county magistrate for the boss.

Only when they become real officials will the He family have the confidence.

If Yanshi liked Qiudi enough, he wouldn't mind this.

If they mind, they are destined not to go far in this life.

After all, there is a huge gap in status between the two families. If the He family wants to climb up, they have to rely on his power no matter what.

He Qiudi held up the large teacup he had taken out from the port space and slowly took a sip of hot water.

She asked slowly, "So, do you think I should borrow it?"

"This……"

Old Mrs. He didn't expect that He Qiudi would not agree.

That day, He Qiudi was delivering meat buns to the fields. Old Lady He asked He Qiudi to keep the favor that Yan Shi owed her for saving her life and not to easily give it to others. That was because Old Lady He thought that even if Yan Shi came from a wealthy family, his status in the family would not be very high, otherwise he would not have been sent to Ningyuan County, a military fortress, to gain experience.

But things are different now.

The Dongzhu given to Qiudi at the banquet was really precious.

Today I gave Qiudi another gold hairpin.

He also brought with him so many guards who looked like Kung Fu masters.

This made Old Lady He realize that Yan Shi still had a very high status in the family.

Otherwise, he would not be qualified to bring so many elite guards to the border for training.

Back then, before her family fell into decline, they couldn't afford to hire a Kung Fu master to guard the house.

I'm afraid that the guests at the banquet will be either royal relatives, princes, or children of first or second rank officials.

This is something the He family can never afford.

Old Mrs. He was in a state of confusion. She reached out, took He Qiudi's hand, and patted the back of her hand.

"Nannan, you are still young, and there are still more than three years before your coming of age. Mother will save up some extra dowry for you. But your elder brother can only be promoted to county magistrate once. Also, if you want to marry Yan Shi, you will need the support of your brothers from your mother's family."

He Qiudi fluttered his eyes and said, "I have several brothers, and it's not necessary to have the eldest brother. The fifth and sixth brothers will take the imperial examination this year, and the provincial examination next year. They will pass the examination as Juren. After passing the examination, they will take the joint examination in the spring of the year after and pass the examination as Gongshi. If they pass the examination as Gongshi, they can take the palace examination. If I give all the money to the eldest brother, what will the fifth and sixth brothers use to take the examination in the city?"

Old Mrs. He was stunned.

He Qiudi knew that Old Lady He only favored He Huaizhang a little.

But she would not push her daughter into the fire for He Huaizhang.

After He Qiudi said this, her tone softened a bit: "Mother. If you ask me for the gold hairpin and the pearl, I will give them to you. My sister-in-law asked you to help her borrow them, and my brother won't have the money to pay you back. You will be embarrassed to ask him for them, and I will be embarrassed to ask you for them. Then my gold hairpin and pearl will not be returned to you."

Old Mrs. He pursed her lips and didn't respond, as if she was thinking about something.

The old lady is right.

In short, the old girl is the one who suffers anyway.

He Qiudi continued, "My sister-in-law said that she would borrow the money from home and my pearls and gold hairpin, but she didn't tell me how much money it would cost to donate to become a county magistrate."

Old Mrs. He shook her head: "No. But the market is there. Without 1,500 taels or more, it's impossible to donate."

He Qiudi said, "But have you forgotten the banquet?"

Old Lady He responded, "She wouldn't have used your Dongzhu and Jinzhai, and also used Yan Shi's relationship, right?"

He Qiudi shrugged, "Who knows? Dongzhu has a good reputation in the city. We don't know who Yan Shi is, so the governor of the prefecture and the prefect of the city don't know either?"

"When the time comes, she will take out the Dongzhu and the gold hairpin. Maybe the prefect or the governor will directly transfer my eldest brother to be the county magistrate in order to do a favor for the banquet. They can even let Wei's younger brother be the county magistrate."

With every word He Qiudi said, Old Lady He's expression became uglier.

"Yan Shi, Yan Shi, does he really have such a high status?"

As the son of the Crown Prince, do you think his status is high?

If the current emperor died on the spot, Yanshi's father would immediately become the emperor.

During the banquet, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was directly in charge.

Even if the current emperor has a son, the status of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the prefect of Yongning Prefecture should give him some face.

After all, Yongning Prefecture was conquered by the Crown Prince. Yuhu Prefecture and Yongning Prefecture were his fiefs before he was granted the title of Crown Prince. The important officials of these two prefectures were all from the Crown Prince's faction.

During the banquet, he was half their master.

Do they dare not give face to the Lord?

He Qiudi nodded: "During the communication between me and Yan Shi, yes. Mother, this is just my speculation, please don't tell anyone."

Old Mrs. He looked unhappy.

He is truly a royal relative, a child from a princely family.

But since the conversation had already been opened, Old Lady He asked with some reluctance: "Is it really impossible to donate an official position to your eldest brother?"

He Qiudi said: "It's not that I can't donate an official position to my elder brother, but I can't use my gold hairpin and Dongzhu, and I can't use the relationship at the banquet to donate an official position to my elder brother."

He family.

She was the only one who saved Yan Shi's life.

The Dongzhu and gold hairpin given to her at the banquet were tokens of love.

If Wei can't get the token, he won't be able to take advantage of this relationship, after all, words are just empty evidence.

Those who can become prefects are not fools. Anyone from the He family can go to the prefectural government office and ask for the position of county magistrate. But if Wei can show the token, it will be different.

The significance of Wei's request for the Dongzhu and the golden hairpin far outweighs the value of the two items themselves.