Chapter 163: Debts and Sorrows
Lin Guilu didn't expect that the third child was unwilling to share at all, he only thought about whether his own family was doing well, or the same as before, and it hadn't changed at all. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
Lin Yusuo also understood a little at this time, why his sister told him not to take out the silver until the end. At this time, it can be seen that the character of the uncle and the third uncle is coming, he did not say anything, just stood aside and continued to listen to their discussion.
Lin Guifu saw that the brothers were about to fall out over this debt, and said in his heart What is the matter, life is good, and disaster will fall from the sky.
"Third child, you have to come out with forty taels of silver no matter what, do you know what the consequences will be if you drag it out any longer? When the debts are more and more in the future, you will want to pay them back. Are you really waiting for Chongjia? That's it, let's all hurry up and raise money in the past two days. β
Lin Guifu is the eldest in the family, because the old man Lin is not in tune, Lin Guifu takes care of the younger brothers and sisters below after he is sensible, so the brothers listen to him a lot of things. Now the eldest brother asked Lin Guixi to take out forty taels of silver, and he had to do it, and he knew in his heart that if it weren't for the second child's more, it would be more than this amount on everyone's head.
The three sons raised money here, and when Old Man Lin went home by himself, General Tie locked the door. The old woman went out to play? He took out the key and opened the door, judging from the ash on the table, it is estimated that he has not been at home for many days, and he is probably going to play at a girl's house.
Old Man Lin had no choice but to find a broom and a rag to clean up the house a little. The pots and pans in the kitchen must be washed well. Old Man Lin was working, and the tears fell down with a click.
If he doesn't lose the money and still uses it to clean up the house by himself, he must live in the second child's house, so that his family can wait for him with good wine and food every day. No, if you don't lose money in betting, you'll still be alive in Yangzhou at this time. Ah, where did he dare to dangle in front of his sons now!
After the three brothers of the Lin family dispersed, the Zhang family came over and asked, "Guifu, does the old man really owe more than three hundred taels of silver?" β
Lin Guifu nodded weakly.
After receiving this affirmative answer, Zhang's tears could no longer be held back, but she did not cry, only silently shed tears. She felt that her family was living too hard, and she didn't give birth to a son, so she had to let her eldest daughter recruit a son-in-law.
As a result, they have been married for several years, and the eldest daughter has never even been pregnant. Now it is rumored everywhere in the village that their family Sujuan is not pregnant because she is too hard injured in her work, so she can't even conceive a child now.
The money saved at home is going to be used to pay off gambling debts, so she Sujuan doesn't even have the money to take medicine to regulate her body, what can she do?
Lin Guifu saw his mother-in-law crying like this, and his eyes were full of guilt.
Zhang looked at him and shook his head: "I don't blame you, it's not your fault." β
"But you can live a good life with me."
"If I marry someone else and can't have a son, it's not even worse." Zhang's heart also knows that his in-laws don't care about these things, and if they want to change to another family, they will be scolded every day. Thinking of this, she was relieved, wiped away her tears, and went back to the room to count the silver.
After Lin Guixi arrived home, his sons were not at home and were sent to work in the fields. Only the mother-in-law Wang and the eldest daughter-in-law are at home. He told the king about the money he wanted to pay off his debts.
When Wang heard that the old man actually owed three hundred taels of gambling debts, she was so frightened that she gasped, and it took a long time to recover.
"What you say is true? Not a lie? β
"It's true, after selling the kiln, it's still a lot worse, I and the eldest family paid forty taels, and the rest of the silver is from the second child. His family will pay more than two hundred taels. Lin Guixi means that compared with the second family, his own family is less.
Wang's eyes were stunned, "What's wrong with his family's more than two hundred taels, his family is the richest, why doesn't he pay it back for us?" Do you want my family to pay these forty taels? β
Lin Guixi explained: "His family doesn't have so much cash, and he has to sell land to make up for it." β
"Then my family doesn't have to sell land? The eldest son only got married last year, and there are second and third children behind him. Selling kilns and land, how will you live in the future? The two of us continue to do brick picking kiln to go? Forty taels, there is still a surplus of building two big tiled houses, just give the old man to pay off his gambling debts? Wang shouted angrily, and the eldest daughter-in-law who was hiding outside the door also heard it clearly.
Lin Guixi hesitated: "Then why don't we go and let Lijuan think of a way?" She is married well now, her mother's family is in trouble, shouldn't she help her? β
The Wang family listened to it for a while, and Lin Guixi felt furious when he heard it.
"Then tell me, will you give your eldest daughter-in-law a few dozen taels of silver and ask her to take it back to her parents' house?"
"Of course notβ" Lin Guixi suddenly understood.
"Can't we borrow it? It's not that they won't return it to their family. β
"You have nothing to make a living, how many teenagers do you need to rely on you to pick a kiln and farm to pay off dozens of taels of silver? Can people agree? Wang vetoed it again.
"It's not going to work, that's not going to work, what the hell is going to do. People only gave a period of less than a month, and after this month, they will ask for interest. If you can't pay it back in the end, you have to take someone to pay off the debt! Lin Guixi was also anxious.
"What are you anxious about? When the sky falls, there is a tall man on top of it. You still have two older brothers, what are you afraid of? The shops in the town of the second child, and the paddy fields outside the town add up to three hundred taels. So, let's put our hearts in our stomachs. Listen to meγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
Wang's eyes rolled, and she consciously thought of a good plan, she leaned into Lin Guixi's ear and said that Lin Guixi waved her hand again and again.
"No, no, if we do this, we really don't even have to do it."
Wang's left hand crossed his waist, and his right hand poked Lin Guixi's head, hating him for not opening his mind. "Then you want to be a poor bastard with four walls?"
Lin Guixi was confused, if he could, he really wished that all this had never happened.
Lin Guilu sat on the boat (which was newly bought last year) worriedly, Li Dajiang was rowing, and Lin Yusuo sat down against his father, wanting to comfort him.
"Dad, you don't have to worry too much, no matter how much our family still has business, we can't be hungry."
"Our family doesn't have to worry, I'm worried about the eldest and the third family. A family of forty taels, that is, the family is hollowed out, how will the rest of the days be lived. Lin Guilu said with a frown.
Lin Yusuo hurriedly relieved: "It's okay, it's okay, Dad, you can relax your heart." Isn't there still one for you? In the future, our family will help a little bit and help the liner, and life will always get better. (To be continued.) )