Chapter 43 Donate to save the poor
The white-haired tiger's expression froze, and he smiled awkwardly: "That's right."
"Why do I look like a slave and whip myself with a whip?" Alayanzong said with a stern face.
"This...this...are all inappropriate ways of treating black-haired people. I didn't let them be beaten."
The white-haired tiger quickly explained and put the responsibility on the black-haired dog.
The black-haired dog hurriedly interjected from behind and said, "Didn't you say that if they don't obey, you'll teach them a lesson?"
The white-haired tiger turned around and glared with blue eyes, "I told you to teach me a lesson, to be reasonable and to criticize, but I didn't tell you to whip you with a whip!"
The black-haired dog's voice immediately became much quieter, and he lowered his head and muttered: "But you never say you won't allow me to be whipped!"
The white-haired tiger got angry and said, "Get out of here!"
The black-haired dog stepped aside dejectedly and stopped talking.
Ala Yanzong saw that the two people were playing a double act for him, so he said: "They are dressed in such shabby clothes and their clothes are not covering their bodies. Aren't they embarrassing your boss?"
The white-haired tiger responded quickly: "Ah... ah... I have already contacted them about the clothes. They will be sent over in the next two days to give them new clothes."
Alayanzong naturally did not believe these rhetoric, "Really?"
"real!"
The white-haired tiger nodded quickly and replied.
Alayanzong pointed at the ragged man carrying the fish basket and said, "If it's true, you'll know if you ask them."
The white-haired tiger waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no! That black-haired dog, hurry up and find some clothes and let them change into them first."
The black-haired dog stood there in a daze, not knowing where to look.
The white-haired tiger spoke again, "Why are you still standing there? Go quickly!"
The black-haired dog nodded in panic, "Okay! Let's go now, go now." and ran away in a hurry.
A few ragged men had already lifted the two baskets of fish off the boat and carried them to the thatched cottage they had just entered and exited.
Ala Yanzong pointed to the people who entered the room and asked the white-haired tiger, "I heard that you also paid them wages."
The white-haired tiger was startled, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, you must be paid for your work."
"Why do I look like I'm paying off a debt?" Ala Yanzong smiled half-heartedly, staring at the white-haired tiger.
"They... they do owe me money, and they have paid it off with their salary. This is the way out that I pointed out to them."
The white-haired tiger's tone was harder than before.
"Are they not locals?"
"They are available everywhere in the world, haha! You can use them if you can do the work."
"How long have you been here?"
Seeing that Ala Yanzong kept asking questions, the white-haired tiger became a little impatient, and his face became increasingly ugly.
Although his martial arts skills were not as good as Ala Yanzong's and he was defeated by him, he was not really convinced.
The reason why he listened to Ala Yanzong's words by the river was that he felt that a good man would not suffer the immediate consequences.
You can control me for a while, but not forever. After you leave, I will still go my own way and do whatever I have to do. Can you still control me?
"Young hero, I listened to you about crossing the river, the money was refunded, and everyone came over. If you are tired, let's go to the house to drink tea. I will take care of my hired workers, and I will give them the clothes later.
Let’s change them first, and in a few days everyone will get a new one. Young hero, you don’t have to worry so much!”
Ala Yanzong heard this, and the white-haired tiger thought he was too lenient, so he said: "Excuse me, the boss of the ship, how much do these people owe you? I will pay them back together."
When the white-haired tiger heard this, his heart skipped a beat. This brat had decided to take care of his own business! Seeing that Ala Yanzong wanted to pay off those people's debts, he said, "Not much, two silver dollars per person."
Ala Yanzong took out a gold coin and flicked his right thumb, and the gold coin flew straight towards the white-haired tiger.
The white-haired tiger reached out to catch the gold coin and held it in his hand. But he felt a burning pain in the palm of his right hand, as if it was about to penetrate the metacarpal bone. The force was so strong that he almost couldn't hold it.
After catching the gold coin, my hands began to tremble, and I was very frightened, and even more afraid of Alayanzong.
"There are just one gold coin for five people, so please ask the ship boss to fire them."
The white-haired tiger's face turned white and red, and he put his right hand behind his back. He was speechless for a moment, "This..."
At this moment, the black-haired dog hurriedly ran over holding a ball of clothes, shouting as he ran: "The clothes are here! The clothes are here!" Seeing that a few people were not outside, he turned around and entered the thatched house.
Ala Yanzong saw the white-haired tiger going to see the black-haired dog, but did not answer him in time, so he said again: "Is there any difficulty for the boss of the ship?"
The white-haired tiger, white eyebrows and white beard trembled a little, nodded and said: "No, no!"
The heart talks: You are ruining my good deeds! Once a verbal confrontation starts, and you are not the opponent, you are asking for embarrassment. You have to do what he wants, so it is better to comply now.
"Then please, call them all out." Ala Yanzong urged again.
The white-haired tiger shouted to the thatched cottage, "Black-haired dog, let them come out!"
I only heard the black-haired dog respond. In a short time, the five ragged people had changed their clothes and were about to come out. Although the clothes were all old, they were still in good condition and no longer in tatters, exposing their flesh.
Ala Yanzong added: "Please ask the ship boss to pay their wages."
Now the white-haired tiger's expression changed, and his blue eyes turned around.
Seeing his hesitation, Ala Yanzong said: "After paying the wages, you will be settled. You catch your fish, and they will go their own way."
"Okay!" The white-haired tiger seemed to have made a big decision, "Young hero is generous, and I can't be stingy. Black-haired dog, check out!"
"Ah...ah!" the black-haired dog responded. He was stunned for a moment, and then ran into the house. He quickly took the account book and distributed various copper coins to each person according to the account.
The five employees didn't know what was going on. They stood there in a daze, looking at this and that, not knowing what to do.
Ala Yanzong said to them: "You five are free and can go."
Everyone looked at the white-haired tiger again, and the white-haired tiger waved his hands impatiently, "You can really go."
The five people bowed to the white-haired tiger, and then someone bowed to Ala Yanzong, and the other four people also bowed, and then ran towards the mountain road out of the village.
After the five people turned around and disappeared, Alayanzong said:
"These five people must not be able to pay the boat fare to cross the river, right?"
The white-haired tiger was stunned, "Where did the young hero come from? How could this happen?"
Ala Yanzong smiled and said: "I just want to tell the boss of the ship that you must have a bottom line. I didn't expose you in front of them, and I have saved you enough face."
"Young hero, if you give me face, you shouldn't be involved in so many things. You take your Yangguan Road, and I'll cross my single-plank bridge. The water in the well does not interfere with the water in the river. Why not do it?"
The white-haired tiger's words were soft but hard at the same time. He was complaining that Ala Yanzong stretched his hand too long.
Ala Yanzong could see that the white-haired tiger was dissatisfied. Since the man had been let go, he no longer cared about this with him. He just warned:
"One silver coin for the shipping fee is enough, but you still need two of them. In the name of repaying the debt, they are imprisoned here to serve as cheap labor for you. If the road is uneven, someone will plow it, and if it is not fair, someone will take care of it. I hope the boss of the ship will take care of himself, so don't do anything.
Too much!"
The captain's face was gloomy and he stood there speechless.
Wula Zhitao lightly touched Alayanzong's arm with her elbow and said, "The matter has been resolved, let's go."
Chapter completed!