Chapter 6: Acquiescence
After sending Ouyang Si away, the Zeng family gathered in the hall again to discuss Zeng Rong's whereabouts.
Although Zeng Youqing is not Zeng Rong's own grandfather, because the sale of Zeng Rong involves the reputation of the entire family, he first stated his attitude and does not approve of the sale of Zeng Rong, but he does not oppose the exchange of relatives.
According to his meaning, it is enough to change relatives, and changing relatives can solve the problem of the boss Afu's marriage, and the other party also promised to subsidize a hanging of money to the Zeng family, which can also solve the problem of Agui's tuition fees.
The most important point is that the change of relatives does not affect the reputation of the Zeng family, and Zeng Rong does not have to seek death, which can be regarded as giving the child a way to live.
All in all, the exchange of relatives is complete with all four corners.
But Tian Shuilan didn't agree, a hanging of money is only enough for Agui's tuition for one year, what about the future?
Besides, she is going to give birth soon, and she can't have much money left in her hand?
In addition, this family can't even eat a full meal all year round, so she can't plan for her children early?
But it's different to sell Zeng Rong, twelve taels of silver, this big family has been working hard for so many years and can't even see the edge of the silver, and a few eldest sons still pulled out from between their teeth for Agui to study, just like that, it's still not enough, and they have to borrow it.
If you have these twelve taels of silver, not only will Ah Fu have enough silver to marry, but you can also take out a few taels of silver to buy two acres of mountainous land, and the children in the family are getting older day by day, and the rations they need are also more day by day, so you can't tighten your neck and watch the children starve to death one by one, right?
Besides, Ah Gui is also fifteen years old, and it will be time to marry again in a few years, this is the same, that doesn't require money, can't you take Ah Hua to exchange relatives at that time, right?
As for what Zeng Rong said affected Agui's scientific research or something, Tian Shuilan didn't take it to heart at all, it's good not to study, you can save a lot of money if you don't study, and there can be one more labor force in the family.
Besides, she was also afraid of affecting her reputation, so she talked to Ya Po about selling Zeng Rong to Jiangzhou, which is close to the Yangtze River, there are many ships coming and going, and there are many commercial ports.
The most important thing is that Li'an Prefecture in Jiangzhou is hundreds of miles away, and the gods don't know it, but it is unfortunate that these words were actually heard by Zeng Fuxiang, Zeng Fuxiang and her quarreled, and this matter could not be hidden.
This Ah Rong is also a screw, and he actually ran to jump into the lake.
Therefore, early in the morning, when she heard Ah Rong jumping into the lake, she was really startled, and when she didn't know how to explain to her Zeng family, she suddenly heard the words of her mother-in-law and her husband to defend her, and now she had confidence.
However, Tian Shuilan is not stupid, although she made up her mind to sell Zeng Rong again, but because she is a stepmother, this wicked person can't let her do it, so she didn't say her thoughts directly, just sobbed and put out the difficulties in the family, and defended herself a few words, and at the same time told a lie, not admitting that she was going to sell it to Goulan, and she was selling it to a big family to be a maid.
However, the Wang family remembered the twelve taels of silver that Tian Shuilan talked about before, and heard that it was sold to a big family in the city to be a maid, and there was still monthly money to obtain, which would not affect the future of his grandson, so he strongly agreed to sell Zeng Rong.
Zeng Guixiang also knew that the family's situation was difficult for him to continue to maintain his studies, and only by selling this sister could he solve the problems in front of him.
In his own words, exchanging relatives is also a kind of business, rather than selling his sister to a half-blind man, it is better to sell it to a big family, maybe my sister will have some adventures in the future, in case the other party takes a fancy to it, and can also pull the Zeng family.
No matter how bad it is, if he develops in the future, he can still redeem his sister and compensate his sister.
Zeng Fuxiang was the only one who did not approve of selling his sister, because he knew in his heart that selling to a big family as a maid would not sell him for so much silver, so this vicious woman still planned to sell his sister to a liquor store.
As the head of the family, Zeng Chengchun originally did not approve of selling his daughter, but looking at his worried mother, his wife who lowered his head and touched his big belly and wept, and his second son, who was anxious, he squatted down holding his head, which was considered a tacit approval.
Seeing this, Zeng Youqing paused, shook his head, and wanted to say something, but when he saw that everyone in this room was full of vegetables, and the clothes on his body were all patches and patches, he also knew that the life of this family would not be able to last, otherwise, who would be willing to sell his son and daughter?
Therefore, when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back, drooped his head and went out of the door, and when he arrived at the gate, he suddenly thought of something, turned to the people in the room and said: "Ah Rong's child has a strong temperament, I am afraid that this matter will not be easy, it is better to discuss it with her first." ”
After saying this, without waiting for the people in the room to answer, he walked away with his hands behind his back, shaking his head and sighing as he went.
When the people in the hall saw Zeng Youqing leave, they remembered to go into the house to see Zeng Rong, the protagonist they had discussed for a long time.
Zeng Rong still closed his eyes at this time, and he still hadn't woken up, so he didn't know what these so-called relatives said outside, but Zeng Hua, who was sitting on the edge of the bed guarding Zeng Rong, saw these relatives entering the house, and was trembling with fright again, his face was pale, and there was a faint trace of anger under a closer look.
It's a pity that the attention of these adults is on Zeng Rong, so they didn't notice her.
And after all, because she was too young, this trace of anger only turned into a sigh after seeing the face on the bed with her eyes closed.
It was precisely because of this ageless sigh that Tian Shuilan looked at Zeng Hua, "Ah Hua, hasn't your eldest sister woken up for half a day?" ”
Seeing Zeng Hua shaking his head, Wang stepped forward and said, "Didn't Fang just stand up?" How can this close your eyes again? ”
After speaking, she put her hand under the tip of Zeng Rong's nose, and when she saw that she was still angry, she retracted her hand again, but soon she found that Zeng Rong's face was wrong, her face was flushed, and she hurriedly put her hand on Zeng Rong's forehead and tried it.
"If it doesn't work, it's better to spend some money to hire a serious doctor, don't delay the child because you are reluctant to spend this money, but you will lose more than a few medicine costs." Wang said to his son.
"Got it, mother." Zeng Chengchun nodded and agreed.
Tian Shuilan rolled her eyes when she heard this, and was about to speak, when she suddenly thought of something, and changed her words and said: "Mother, it's not that we don't want to take out these big boys, we really can't take them out, so let's do it, and ask my mother to come forward and talk to the little uncles to see if we can borrow a few from them." ”
"You? You... Wang saw through the scheming of the daughter-in-law here at a glance, and what she said was that she came forward to borrow money from the other two sons, in fact, what is the difference between it and wanting? If it doesn't come out by then, Tian Shuilan can push it cleanly, because she didn't come forward to borrow it.
Tian Shuilan was about to defend herself a few words, when the person on the bed spoke, "It's so noisy." ”
Because Zeng Rong was still half-asleep at this time, he didn't know where he was at all, so these words were spoken in the official dialect of the capital, so the people in the room didn't understand much.
Fortunately, Zeng Rong's voice was relatively small, and everyone didn't hear what she said very clearly, and everyone's attention was diverted by her sobriety, so they ignored the three indistinct words she had just spit out.