Song Liangmin didn't know how to tell his eldest son, so he took a puff of dry tobacco and said, "You know that your second uncle is begging for a living in Jinling City, right?" ”

Song Huaishu nodded and said, "I know, after the second aunt remarried, the second uncle went to Jinling City, and he didn't come back for the Chinese New Year last year." ”

"A few days ago, your second uncle went to steal someone's pawnshop, but he was caught by the people of the government, and now he has to ask a lot of silver taels to get him out."

"What do grandmothers mean?"

"Your grandmother's family means that we will go to Jinling City first, pay the money to bring your second uncle out, and then they will give us the money."

After Song Liangmin finished speaking, the three of them fell into deep thought, they all knew the character of their grandmother's family, and when they handed over the money, their grandmother would never return the money to them.

This kind of thing has happened before, Song Liangmin is simple and honest, and he can't say anything in the face of his mother.

Although Song Xinshu sent back a lot of money, the husband and wife decided to save the money and give it to Song Xinshu when she needed money in the future.

"And what did that man bring?" Song Huaishu felt a dark cloud hanging over his head, and his heart was panicked.

"Your grandmother said she wanted us to come over in the afternoon." Song Liangmin didn't want to go, but if he didn't go, he didn't know what kind of turmoil it would cause.

Song Huaishu looked at his father's worried appearance, and only felt uncomfortable in his heart, he couldn't share anything for his father.

Ever since he can remember, his father has always been honest and honest, he has never had a conflict with anyone, and he has always lived in harmony with his neighbors, and there has been no conflict.

But my grandmother's family was mercenary, because their family had no money to spare, and every time they returned to their grandmother's house, they didn't have a good face.

He didn't know that his father who grew up in that environment would be so honest, and now that he has grown up, he can help share what he can do now.

After having lunch at home, Song Huaishu accompanied his father to his grandmother's house.

There was no communication between the father and son along the way, and until he walked into the courtyard of his grandmother's house, Song Huaishu's face was not very good-looking.

The watchdog barked at the two of them, and a boy in a dirty little padded jacket ran out of the house, took the dog on a leash and pulled the dog aside.

"Uncle, Brother Huaishu." The boy's face still had unwiped snot, but his mouth was sweet.

Song Huaishu took out two pieces of candy from his pocket and put them in the boy's hand, touched his head and said, "Go play." ”

Since the second uncle went to Jinling City, the child has been raised in his grandmother's house, and it is estimated that he has not seen his father for a long time, and he may not know that his father is now in prison.

Song Huaishu and his father walked into the house, and the grandmother sat cross-legged on the kang, and when she saw them coming, she raised her eyes and looked at them, and said without greetings: "Is the money ready?" ”

Song Liangmin took a calm breath, did not sit on the chair, stood on the ground and said: "Now there is no money left at home, and we really can't make up any money for more than 30 taels of silver from the second child." ”

Mrs. Song's face sank suddenly, and she threw the needlework she was doing on the kang and said, "You are still the eldest in the family, and you can't even make up this money, what face do you have to say that you are the son of the Song family!" ”

Song Liangmin didn't know what to say, if he had money, he would definitely rescue his younger brother, but he still had such a large family to support, how could he get so much money.

Mrs. Song said gloomily: "You don't have any money, didn't your third daughter open a shop in Jinling City, wouldn't it be good to ask her to take the money?" ”

"She also needs turnover to do business, and she really can't come up with so much money."

Mrs. Song turned her body around, her eyes were full of disbelief, and said: "Your family is so conscienceless, can you bear to watch the second child die in prison, and then the whole village will poke your backbone!" ”

At this time, Song Huaishu's heart had already risen with a slight anger, but seeing that his father's expression had not changed, his junior couldn't say anything.

Song Liangmin was actually used to his mother's appearance, and lowered his eyes and said, "Mother, we will go to Jinling City to find a way, but we may not be able to get the second child out." ”

When Mrs. Song heard this, she directly grabbed the basket with the rope and threw it straight on Song Liangmin's body, and the thread ball rolled to the ground.

Song Huaishu couldn't hold back the emotions in his heart all of a sudden, and just as he wanted to say something, he was pulled by Song Liangmin's sleeve.

The old lady Song began to sobble and cry, which was nothing more than scolding Song Liangmin's family for having no conscience and not saving him when he saw death, and the whole village would come to scold him at that time.

At this time, a small head poked in at the door, and Song Huaishu saw it, walked over, took the little boy's hand and said, "Go, Brother Huaishu will take you out to play." ”

He didn't know how long the boy had been standing here, and he didn't want him to hear what his grandmother had to say, even though he usually lived here and didn't listen to it less.

He led the little boy to the courtyard, and the boy looked up and said to him, "Brother Huaishu, are you and Uncle Huai going to the prison to save my father?" ”

Song Huaishu was surprised and said, "How do you know?" ”

"My grandmother told me, saying that whether my father can come back depends on whether my uncle is willing to save it."

When Song Huaishu wanted to explain to the boy, Song Liangmin walked out of the house with his head down, and he could faintly hear the sound of his grandmother crying and scolding.

Song Liangmin didn't say anything, and walked out of the door directly, Song Huaishu touched the little boy's head and chased after him.

"Dad, what do we do now?"

Song Liangmin sighed and said, "What else can I do, let's go to Jinling City and have a look, no matter what, he is also my younger brother." ”

Song Huaishu thought for a while and said, "Then let's go to Jinling City together tomorrow to think of a way, and show the key in the yard to the neighbors, there will be no problem." ”

Song Liangmin nodded, now there is only one way, but he is old now, far from the courage of his youth, and he is not sure at all about dealing with the government.

The next day, Song Huaishu took his father and mother to Jinling City, and as soon as Lin Guifen arrived at the Northern Jiangsu Tea House, he rushed to take care of Song Caishu.

Song Xinshu looked at the three of them looking depressed, so he called the eldest brother and asked, "Big brother, why have you only been back for two days, and the whole person is in a different state when you come back?" ”

Song Huaishu knew that the current third sister was no longer the little girl she used to be, so he told her what happened.

Although Song Xinshu had never dealt with anyone on his grandmother's side, the memory of the original owner still remained in his body, and he knew how his grandmother treated their family.

Seeing that his father is a bully, he has squeezed their family for so many years, and now that their family is having a better time, he has come to intervene again.

Song Xinshu said very decisively: "Since he went to steal things, he should bear the consequences of this incident, I don't think there is anything to sympathize with, it is better to let him learn a lesson and remember it for a long time." ”

"That's what I said." Song Huaishu was already worried about this matter. "But no matter what, he is also our second uncle, and my father didn't sleep all night last night, so he was worried about this matter."

Song Xinshu wanted to lose his temper very much, but when he thought that his father had to work all year round because of his stiff back, he couldn't bear to put his emotions on himself, so he could only endure it first.

"We won't pay this money, I can go to the government to have a look, and I'll talk to you after I understand the situation, you tell my father not to worry about this matter."

When Song Huaishu heard her say this, he asked in surprise: "Xinshu, do you still have a relationship with the people in the official mansion?" ”

This third sister was simply too unexpected for him.

Song Xinshu nodded and said: "This matter is too long, I will talk about it to you and your father and mother when I have a chance in the future, I will go and see what the situation is over there now." ”

Because he was too busy during this time, Song Xinshu didn't go to visit Zhang Guodong and Fan, and now he only went there when he had something, which was quite a bit like he didn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

But for the sake of her uncompetitive second uncle, she could only bite the bullet, asked the housekeeper to pack some pastries that Fan liked to eat, and went to the street to buy some flowers.

Song Xinshu walked into the Taishou Mansion with flowers and pastries, and the little maid hurriedly greeted her and said, "Miss, Madame talked about you yesterday, and you came today." ”

Song Xinshu smiled embarrassedly and went directly to Fan's bedroom in the backyard.

Fan was embroidering a small sachet, and when he saw Song Xinshu coming in, he said in surprise: "I dreamed of you yesterday, and I said that I would embroider a beautiful sachet for you to take with me, and you came today, it's really a casual chatter." ”

Song Xinshu put the flowers he brought on the table, sat beside Fan affectionately and said, "Godmother thinks of me like this, I'm really ashamed." ”

"You stupid girl, what's so shameful about this?"

Song Xinshu pondered for a moment and said, "Godmother, are there any thieves who were caught stealing from the pawnshop today?" ”

Song Xinshu explained the truth of the matter to Fan, and she did not shy away from it, and directly said that it was her second uncle.

Fan thought for a while and said, "I seem to have heard your godfather talk about it a few days ago, because the owner of the pawnshop has some background, so he attaches great importance to this matter. ”

Song Xinshu heard that the owner of the pawnshop had some background, and his heart suddenly cooled down, but Fan continued: "But since it's your second uncle, you can talk to your godfather, he is reading in the study now, I'll go with you, right?" ”

Song Xinshu nodded, now she is not sure about the outcome of the matter, although Zhang Guodong is her godfather, it is impossible to do favoritism for her.