Zhao Yongzhong drove a mule cart out of Changle Town and headed towards Zhaojia Village.

Zhaojia Village, where the old Zhao family is located, belongs to Jinghai County in Youzhou, Yanguo, Jinghai County is one of the nine counties under the jurisdiction of Youdu Prefecture, and it is now orthodox for three years.

The blue sky and white clouds lined with the endless green wheat fields, this was a refreshing beauty, but Zhao Siniang felt uneasy.

Zhao Siniang asked Zhao Yongzhong: "Dad, how much money did the family borrow in order to see a doctor for me?" After all, she is not Zhao Siniang's original body, and she can't accept her family's selfless dedication to her with peace of mind, and she desperately wants to know how much debt this poor peasant family has borne for her.

Zhao Yongzhong turned his head and glanced at Jiang, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, your illness is just right, take care of your illness, you don't have to worry about money, your father and mother will watch it." ”

Zhao Siniang was obviously not satisfied with this answer, looking at it, how to look at it? In his memory, all the money earned by Zhao Yongzhong was returned to the public, and it was impossible to take out the money at all.

was about to open his mouth to ask Zhao Yongzhong again, only to hear Zhao Sanniang say: "Our family borrowed five strings of money from Zhao Erbo, one or two pieces of silver from the eldest aunt and three strings of money from the fourth uncle, adding up to a total of 800 foreign debts. ”

Jiang frowned slightly, and reprimanded: "Sanniang, why are you talking about this in front of your sister?" Don't worry about adults, children! ”

Zhao Sanniang pursed her lips unconvinced, and said, "How can you not worry, grandma will definitely not help us pay it back, what should we give back to others?" ”

Zhao Yongzhong and his wife were speechless.

"Dad, when I go home later, if my grandmother asks me where the money for my medical treatment comes from, will we tell the truth?" Zhao Siniang asked Zhao Yongzhong.

"This ......" Zhao Yongzhong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

"You can't tell the truth. If your grandmother knew that your aunt and fourth uncle had lent us money, wouldn't she know that they had private money? Definitely not relentlessly. Jiang Shi said busily.

Zhao Sanniang sneered and pursed her lips: "If you don't give up, it is estimated that you will go to the house of the eldest aunt and the fourth uncle." ”

In fact, everyone knows it, but it's too embarrassing to say it.

"I can't say that I asked my aunt and fourth uncle to borrow it, so I said that my uncle lent it to us." Zhao Shilang proposed: "Originally, my uncle planned to lend us money. ”

"But if that's the case, don't plan to pay it back." Zhao Siniang groaned.

Zhao Qiao's family was eager for his daughter-in-law to take all her parents' things home, if she heard that the money was borrowed by Jiang's mother's family, how could it be possible to repay the money?

This is not good, that is not good, the family's faces are full of gloom.

Zhao Sanlang didn't say a word since he hit the pharmacy, and he looked full of worries. At this time, he suddenly said: "Dad, let's split up!" ”

This sentence sounded in the ears of the family like a thunderbolt from the sky.

Zhao Yongzhong parked the mule cart on the side of the road, turned around and glared at Zhao Sanlang angrily, and shouted: "Zhao Yining, what nonsense are you talking about!" ”

In my impression, Zhao Yongzhong is as his name suggests: loyal and honest, loves his wife, is a good husband and father, and has never been willing to beat and scold his children once, and it is the first time to be angry with his children like today.

Jiang Shi hurriedly persuaded: "His father, if you have something to say, what kind of anger is it at the child." ”

"Dad, you let Saburo finish speaking." Zhao Sanniang's eyes were shining, and she said in her heart: San Lang told her heart. She didn't want to stay in the old Zhao family for a long time, but she was soft-spoken, and her father and mother wouldn't listen to her, so she didn't make a sound, and it was rare for San Lang, as the eldest son, to speak out.

"Dad, I heard what my uncle whispered to you outside the pharmacy just now." Zhao Sanlang ignored Zhao Yongzhong, who was desperately glaring at him, and continued: "Yesterday, my father went to our grocery store to borrow money from the second uncle, and no one answered the door when the door was slammed, in fact, the second uncle invited someone to eat noodles at the Fulai Restaurant not far away. ”

Zhao Yongzhong opened his mouth and wanted to interrupt Zhao Sanlang, but Zhao Sanlang said to himself: "Dad, don't say that the second uncle didn't hear it." Uncle Jiang, who reported to his uncle, said that he had informed the second uncle, and the second uncle said that it was not in the way, and he didn't come out to take a look at the matter of a few steps. Later, Uncle Jiang heard that our father was in a hurry to raise money for his sister's treatment, so he hurriedly ran to tell the second uncle, but the second uncle asked him to leave it alone. ”

The more Zhao Sanlang spoke, the more angry he became, his face turned red, and he said: "I know that my niece is waiting for life-saving money, but I don't care about my uncle, and I drink with others for fun." What's even worse is that he is not out of money, I heard Uncle Jiang say that the table cost two dollars, and he gave cash when he checked out! The second uncle is obviously not saved! ”

It was the first time that Jiang and Zhao Sanniang had heard of this, and seeing Zhao Yongzhong's face blue and white, it should be true.

Jiang remembered that he couldn't raise money yesterday, and Siniang was lying in the pharmacy waiting to die, so he couldn't help crying: "His second uncle is too unauthentic!" ”

Zhao Sanniang was furious and said loudly: "Dad, San Lang is right, let's split up!" Grandma and the second uncle don't treat the people in our third room as people, so this family should be divided as soon as possible! ”

Zhao Yongzhong groaned: "Yesterday, your second uncle should have invited Wang Lao Xiucai in the town. I heard your lord mention that this time Dalang can go to the county seat to take the children's exam, all relying on Master Wang as a guarantee, and in the future, Dalang will have to take the Xiucai test, and there are still many places to rely on Lord Wang. Your second uncle asked your second uncle to express it well when Master Wang celebrated his birthday, so your second uncle went to the tavern to invite someone yesterday......"

Zhao Sanniang saw that Zhao Yongzhong never mentioned her second uncle's behavior of not saving him when he saw death, and she had to defend him, only to feel a surge of anger rushing up, and couldn't help but say: "Brother Da Lang's future is expensive, is my sister's life like a mustard?" Obviously, our family has 20 acres of fertile land, and there is a shop in the town, and my father and mother work from morning to night, but the life is not as good as that of other tenants. Tenants work all year round, and they can still keep a few dollars in their hands, so that their children will not be sick and dying, but they can't even get a penny. Today's sister is blessed with a great fate and crawled out of the ghost gate. Can it be done later? Who doesn't have three disasters and eight difficulties, how can they do it without some cash on hand? Our master always said that Brother Da Lang is the hope of our family, and the family's money should be used by Brother Da Lang first, and when Brother Da Lang is admitted to the show, we can rely on him to enjoy happiness. But I'm afraid that I won't have such a good life, and before Brother Lang was admitted to Xiucai, he was sold by my good grandmother and uncle like my eldest sister! ”

Hearing Zhao Sanniang mention the eldest daughter Zhao Erniang, Jiang couldn't help but cry like rain, crying: "My hard-working Erniang, my mother can't stand you!" ”

Zhao Yongzhong heard Jiang's cry and thought of his gentle and generous eldest daughter, and he couldn't help but redden. However, deep down in his heart, he may clearly know that it was indeed the old Zhao family who pushed the eldest daughter into the fire pit for money, but in terms of action, he still habitually wanted to cover up for them, and as usual, he began to say to the mud again: "It's not for sale...... The family is also forced to ......"

Zhao Sanlang, who was no longer willing to be fooled and slaughtered, choked up and said: "Dad, let's split up!" Even if we leave the house, we will definitely be able to live a better life than we are now, and pay off the family's debts! ”

Zhao Yongzhong looked at the Jiang family who was crying bitterly and the children who were full of pleading, and wanted to say something to persuade him, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't find any other suitable words. In fact, he knew very well that what Zhao Sanniang's sister and brother were accusing was the truth, and the old Zhao family was chilling and breathless, and any statement seemed so pale and powerless in the face of iron-clad facts. But there is a father and mother who raised him with hard work, and he can't be an unfilial son.

Zhao Yongzhong, who was caught between his parents and his wife and children, was in great pain and full of resentment, and in desperation, he finally squatted on the side of the road with his head in his hands.

"Dad, we can't split up!"

Zhao Yongzhong raised his head sharply and looked eagerly at the little girl who spoke his heart on his behalf.

In addition to receiving her father's sincere gaze full of satisfaction, Zhao Siniang was also surrounded by surprise, incomprehension, grief and anger. Especially seeing Zhao Sanniang glaring at her viciously with fierce eyes, she had reason to believe that if it weren't for Zhao Yongzhong and his wife, Zhao Sanniang would not hesitate to pounce on her and bite her, a little traitor.

"We can't split up now!" Zhao Siniang stubbornly continued in the eyes of Zhao Sanniang who could kill people: "Grandma refuses to pay for my illness, and the people in the village will say that they are unkind when they know about it, and they will stand on our side." But now at this time, my father proposed to split the family, if I really have three long and two short, it's hard to say, but I don't have anything now, we can't take advantage of it, the people in the village will only say that my father is not filial, scold my mother for not being virtuous, and point to our backbone behind our backs. ”

"Hmph, if you are scolded, you will be scolded, as long as we live our lives well, what do others say!" Zhao Sanniang said nonchalantly.

Zhao Siniang almost high-fived Zhao Sanniang, "Go your own way and let others say go." Such philosophical words actually came out of the mouth of a twelve-year-old girl. Sister, you're a bargain.

It's a pity that the ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny. Zhao Siniang sighed and said helplessly: "Even if we are not afraid of being told by others, the master will never agree." ”

Zhao Yongzhong got the support of the little girl, regained his anger, and coaxed Zhao Sanniang to say: "Yes, your master is reluctant to us, and he will not agree." ”

"Master is reluctant to us." Zhao Siniang nodded, and said with a look of agreement: "There are twenty acres of land at home, but only our father, our father and the fourth uncle are really three strong laborers, how can our father's family be busy without it, and they can't spend money to hire people?" And our dad can also do odd jobs to make money during the slack time, which is much more cost-effective than hiring a long-term job. Take-out is also an expert in work, and raising pigs and feeding chickens can also bring a lot of income to the family. There are also the second sister and eldest brother, although they are young, they are both diligent people and can do a lot of work for the family. Instead of spending money to invite outsiders, it is better to reward us with food to make cattle and horses for the family, such a cost-effective deal, how can the old Zhao family be willing to throw it away? ”

Zhao Yongzhong finally found an alliance, and he kept echoing it on the side, but the more he listened to this, the more wrong it became, and he choked in his throat when he heard the last breath of turbidity. He couldn't help but ask: Siniang, do you want to split up or not? I don't want you to be such a cheat!

The others were also puzzled, and they all looked at Zhao Siniang in confusion, waiting for her to say the following.

"This family must be divided, but it can't be done if it's not suitable now." Seeing Zhao Yongzhong's disappointed face, he comforted him and said: "Dad, as the saying goes: 'The tree is big and the branches are big, and the son is big and the family is divided.'" 'No one can live on their father and mother for the rest of their lives, right?' Even Lizheng, who is deeply respected in our village, didn't their family also split up? What's more, when Brother Da Lang gets ahead, even if you don't want to divide this family, the second uncle will kick us out. ”

The front sounds quite ironing, why is the back so responsive? Zhao Yongzhong looked depressed.

It turned out that my sister's heart was still on our side, Zhao Sanniang was a little relieved, and asked, "I can't divide it now, so when will it be?" Co-author, we are just the life of a cow and a horse for his old Zhao family, and he can only sit and wait for Brother Lang to be kicked out after he comes out? ”

"Wait until the time comes." Zhao Siniang rolled her eyes when she saw Zhao Sanniang, with an expression that you said was equal to what she didn't say, and then said: "We can't separate the family now, but we must bear this debt." Even if we are willing to wait, the creditors will not wait! ”

Everyone wondered, aren't the three creditors the same as those three, and they are not unreasonable masters?

Zhao Siniang smiled faintly and said so.