Chapter Ninety-Six: Homecoming

"Lao Gao gave us a grace period of two days, we have to get together the money in these two days, otherwise" Old Man Chen couldn't go on, although he hated Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui in his heart, but after all, he was reluctant to let them go to prison.

"Dad, save me, I'm going to go to prison if I don't pay up the money." Chen Zichang knelt down again, hugged Old Man Chen's legs and wept bitterly.

Chen Zigui also concocted the same method.

Old Man Chen sighed: "I know what the situation is in our family, one by one they are still dying outside, where can I make up this money." ”

The room full of people listened to Old Man Chen's words, their eyes stinged, and they all gathered on Old Lady Chen.

The family's money has always been held by Mrs. Chen.

"Everything I do with a black heart depends on what I do. The second child borrowed a loan shark and borrowed it, and the fourth child you followed to make a lot of fun and pay you back, I don't have any children, so you just wait to eat in prison. Mrs. Chen snorted angrily.

This is clearly biased in favor of the second child. Zhao lowered his head and pursed his lips, and Chen Zi walked to Mrs. Chen on his knees.

"What's the matter, I don't like to hear my mother say this." Zhang stood up all his life, "Didn't the fourth crawl out of your intestines?" Are you so eccentric? The second brother borrowed 100 taels of silver, and our head of the family only borrowed 50 taels of silver, so why are you willing to pay back to the second brother, but not to the fourth brother. Worried that the second brother's prison meal will affect Qi Lin's future, and our family's prison meal will not affect the children of Dadan? ”

The more Zhang thought about it, the more angry he became, and grabbed the big egg, the second egg, and the third egg and pushed it in front of Mrs. Chen: "Didn't these three grandsons take the handle?" Not the old Chen family's species? Could it be that I stole it? ”

Zhang's heart was also angry with Chen Zigui for borrowing usury. But now is not the time to be angry with your own man, but to push out the debt.

Mrs. Chen rolled her eyes angrily.

"My mother is right, my mother is worried that my second brother will eat in prison, so she won't worry about me eating in prison? Qi Lin spent so much money on his family over the years. Did I half fart, look at my three sons are now blind. Qi Lin came out of the exam, and it was your second room that was blessed, can he remember that there is my fourth uncle? My mother usually treats me well, not to mention eating flowers and wine to raise noodles like the second brother, just asking for meat every once in a while, I will not learn from the second brother to borrow usury. Chen Zigui heard that Mrs. Chen asked him to go to prison. Angry in his heart, Rory said such a call.

"How much silver do we have in our house now?" Old Man Chen looked at Old Lady Chen.

"How much silver there is. Now there are twenty taels of silver, and Xue Yao brought bits and pieces of cloth and hairpins, and it is only thirty taels when they are full together. Mrs. Chen sighed.

Thirty taels is enough to pay off a fraction. Zhao frowned invisibly, the things on the bright side that Xue Yao brought last time were all looted by Old Lady Chen. Not to mention that there are fifty taels of silver, but now there are only ten taels of silver, and eighty percent of them are privately subsidized by her.

"Dad, mother, I can't go to prison." Chen Zi's head touched the ground and knocked up.

"There are a few acres of land and a few rooms at home." Old Man Chen looked sad.

It's not enough to put the land on the house together. Besides, what the family eats and lives in, they will never pay for Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui's debts. Let's go out and ask for food.

Fire erupted from Cai's eyes, what did the two brothers do. It's hard for everyone to get in.

"Dad, the land and the house are sold, what are we going to eat and drink?" Cai couldn't help but ask.

"Dad, this money is owed by the eldest brother and the fourth brother, and it should be paid by them." Chen Zifu saw Cai's stomach holding onto his stomach, thinking that his unborn son was facing the fate of being a flower son. It's a little harder.

"Third brother, we haven't separated. If you have a debt, you have to carry it together. Chen Zichang cried bitterly and did not forget to fight back against Chen Zifu.

Chen Zifu and Cai's qi have toothaches.

Chen Xuemiao cried into Mrs. Chen's arms: "Milk, my father can't eat prison food." ”

Mrs. Chen was agitated and angry at Chen Zifu: "The land and the house belong to me and your father, how can I deal with you if you can't talk." Eating and drinking together on weekdays, why don't you say that you eat your own food, and when you encounter something, you shrink your neck and be a turtle. ”

"Third brother, you are your second brother's own brother, and when Qi Lin comes out in the future, you will also follow him." Zhao held the handkerchief, and a few tears hung from the corners of his eyes.

"Yes, third brother, you can't be so selfish and just think about yourself." Zhang said.

When it comes to the issue of debt, the second and fourth rooms automatically stand together and share the same hatred.

Listen, it's obviously Chen Zichang's fault, but Sanfang ignored it.

Cai's is not weak, but after giving birth to his daughter, there has been no movement in his stomach for a few years, and he can't bear it when he encounters things, and now he is pregnant again, so he naturally doesn't want to endure it.

"There are a lot of people here who are shrunken turtles, what does it matter to us that the second brother and the fourth brother owe debts, according to the second sister-in-law and the fourth brother and sister, your man's debt was instigated by Xuewa's father? At this time, the brothers, the money in the public is filled in the stomach, who thought of our three rooms when there is no debt, and now that there are debts, it is time to think of us, your abacus is too loud. Cai stood up, his face furious.

Mrs. Chen, she didn't dare to say. are all concubines, but she dares to say Zhao and Zhang.

"What are you talking about, you have a golden egg in your stomach and you are on your face, you have laid a hen for so many years, you are still embarrassed to speak, is there a place for you to talk at home?" Mrs. Chen stood on the side of the second and fourth rooms, and co-starred with the third room.

Cai Shi laughed angrily and said to Old Man Chen: "Dad, I don't know the reason why the second and fourth rooms owe debts and let the third room repay the debts." ”

Li saw that Cai's face was pale, and quickly pulled her to sit on the chair, Chen Xueru handed over a cup of hot tea, and Chen Xuewa beat Cai's legs with a bitter face.

Old Man Chen was a little ashamed of Sanfang, his heart was clear, Sanfang hadn't spent any money in the public over the years.

"Don't say a word, you old woman, why are you getting more confused as you get older." Old Man Chen reprimanded Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen didn't talk back to Mr. Chen this time. There was a sudden silence in the room.

“…… Thirty taels of silver...... House...... ......After a long time, Old Man Chen muttered to himself while smoking a cigarette.

Old Man Chen let out a long sigh, and the room fell silent again.

"Daddy. Mother, sister, I'm back. A crisp sound broke the silence in the room.

Li Shi breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face.

This voice is not Xuejiao's, who else can it be.

Xue Jiao came back, and Li couldn't bother to say hello to Old Lady Chen and Old Man Chen, and hurriedly walked out of the upper room.

Chen Xuejiao was still wondering why the yard was so quiet. I saw Li Shi coming out of the upper room, followed by Chen Qiping and Chen Xueru. Jing Hao heard the movement and came out of the north wing.

"Second sister! Brother!"

"Sister! Brother! ”

"Cousin! Cousin! ”

Xue Ru, Jing Hao, and Qi Ping surrounded Chen Xuejiao and Chen Qi'an with happy laughter.

"I'm back, I'm back" Li Shi held Xue Jiao's hand for a while, and Qi An's hand for a while, very excited. With tears in his eyes, he would only say these few words over and over again.

"Mother, my sister and brother must be tired, let's go back to the house and talk." Chen Xueru reminded Lee.

"Patronize and be happy, yes, yes, your brother and sister must be tired, hurry into the house." Lee wiped tears from his eyes.

"Mother, my uncle is still at the door. The big and old men are tethering their horses, and I have to open the gate so that the carriage can come in. Chen Qi'an said with a smile.

"Yes. Yes, my mother was confused, and I forgot about your uncle and two cousins. ”

Li took a few children to the door, and together they opened all the big wooden doors, and Li Yuntian took Li Dazhuang and Li Danian to drive the carriage into the courtyard.

He was followed by a young girl in a green shirt and a middle-aged man in a brown shirt.

Last time, Chen Qi'an wrote a letter to Chen Xiucai, detailing the affairs of the Huang family's father and daughter. The family also knew.

Chen Qi'an, like an adult, introduced the Huang family's father and daughter to the Li family, Xueru and others. So they greeted each other, and Li's holding the hand of the yellow dragonfly was a compliment.

"Are the duck eggs moving out now, or are they going to move out?" Li Yuntian asked.

"Brother, let's put it in the yard first, I'm tired after driving for so long, so I'll rest in the house first." Li greeted Li Yuntian.

Everyone entered the north wing, and Xue Ru and Jing brought two basins of hot water and asked Xue Jiao to wash her face and wash her hands.

After cleaning and going to see Chen Xiucai, Chen Qi'an briefly recounted to Chen Xiucai what he had seen and heard in the past few days at Weishan Lake, and Chen Xiucai nodded and smiled and looked very satisfied with his son. Li Yuntian described Xue Jiao's bargaining for duck eggs vividly, which made everyone laugh.

"It's bothering Big Brother." Chen Xiucai expressed his gratitude to Li Yuntian.

"As an uncle, I should take my nephew and niece out of the house, and besides, these two children are sensible, so I don't have to worry about it." Li Yuntian said kind words, and he really liked these nephews in his heart.

Chen Xuejiao took a closer look at Chen Xiucai and found that he was already able to sit up and read, and it seemed that his body was fine.

Huang Xiucai and Chen Xiucai greeted each other, and the two of them said a few words as if they had found a soulmate, and Chen Qi'an showed Master Qin's new letter to Chen Xiucai.

Li led the children into the inner room.

"Xue Jiao has been tanning these days." Li Shi took Xue Jiao's hand and looked left and right, and the distress in his eyes couldn't be covered.

"Qi An is strong." Li pulled Chen Qi'an to observe carefully.

After walking these days, how can there be such a big change, Chen Xuejiao pursed her lips and smiled.

Li Shi let go of Chen Xuejiao and Chen Qi'an for a while, took Huang Dragonfly's hand and said lovingly: "...... How much more water is there, and I will live at home in the future, how old is this year? ”

Chen Qi'an described the experience of the Huang family's father and daughter in the letter, Li is a soft-hearted person, and he has long been thinking about the father and daughter in his heart, and now when he sees the yellow dragonfly's maternal brilliance, it explodes instantly.

"Fourteen this year." Yellow Dragonfly said.

"It's as big as snow, how many months is it?" Li said.

Xue Ru smiled softly at the yellow dragonfly.

"Born in July."

"Xue Ru was born in March, so it seems that you are a sister. and Jing Hao, Xueru's cousin, thirteen this year. Li said one by one.

Huang Dragonfly and Xue Rujing met each other again, changed their names to each other, and their sisters kept shouting.

"Da Zhuang and Da Nian are also becoming more and more sensible." The Li family beckoned to Da Zhuang and Da Nian.

"My brother said kiss, can he be sensible?" At this time of the New Year, I don't forget to joke about Dazhuang.

Da Zhuang gave Da Nian a big roll of his eyes and smirked.

The brothers provoked a burst of laughter and Da Zhuang's face turned red.

Li asked, "You can't eat anything good outside, what do you want to eat?" ”

Chen Xuejiao took Li's hand and coquettishly: "Mother, I want to eat cabbage pies, dumplings, and pork ribs, oops, it's too much." ”

"Mother, I like to eat what my sister likes to eat." When Chen Qiping heard that he was going to make something delicious, he couldn't help but drool.

"You little gluttonous cat." Li nodded his head.

The atmosphere in the house was warm, and Li forgot about the bad debts of the big house for the time being.

"Mother, look, I brought you a lot of good things." Chen Xuejiao opened the baggage.

Before Chen Xuejiao could take out her things, Xue Miao came out of the upper room, and said to Li with red eyes: "Auntie, master, let you go to the upper room." ”

Li hesitated for a moment and said to Xue Miao, "I'll go in a while." ”

"Mother, what's the matter?" Chen Xuejiao woke up in shock, embarrassed to ask about her mother's family in front of Huang Dragonfly, and now looking at Li's hesitant expression, it must be that something bad happened in the upper room and pulled the big room in.

"Mother will go to the room first, and I'll tell you more about it when I turn around." Li quietly glanced at the upper room. (To be continued)