Afraid that the silver would be given to his son too late, Lai's shook his hands and wanted to unscrew the lock, but the more anxious he was, the more chaotic he became, and he couldn't open it for a long time.

She simply threw the wooden box to the ground, and the contents suddenly spilled all over the ground.

In addition to a dozen pieces of broken silver and a few strings of copper plates, there were also a few yellowed pieces of paper, which should have been a house deed or a title deed or something.

Lai Shi hurriedly picked up the silver, stuffed it into Scarface's hand, and begged: "You take all the money and let my son go." ”

Scarface squeezed the scythe into the squeaky socket, and then began to count, and when he was done, he was unhappy, "When I asked for food?" Twelve taels and five dollars of silver, just want to buy your son's precious eggs? ”

Lai's face stiffened, and he said with a smile: "This little brother, I don't know enough, but this is already all the money in our family, and I really can't get any more." ”

"If you can't take it out, you can find a way." Scarface glanced at the few pieces of paper in her hand, and said meaningfully: "Whether it is selling land or selling land, selling houses or people, even if you borrow it, you will have to make up forty-nine taels of silver, right?" Otherwise, hum ......"

A word wakes up the dreamer.

That's right, there's no money to sell land.

Lai's eyes lit up. They have a total of ten acres of paddy fields and eight acres of dry land, all of which were purchased with the silver earned by Shen Jingsheng after being admitted to Xiucai.

She raised the title deed in her hand, and excitedly shouted at the onlookers: "Big guy, who wants to buy land and buy land, the best fertile land, five taels of silver per acre, sold cheaply!" ”

The villagers looked at each other.

There are so many heart-wrenching, Qingshan Pass is in short supply, and no one will be willing to do it, this opportunity is rare, and five taels and one mu are not expensive.

But after thinking about it, Shen Qingniu's family is very difficult, especially Lai's mother-in-law, who is the first-rate, and now she has bought her family's land, and when the matter is resolved, maybe she will come to the door to rip off, and she thinks that the price is less, and even turns her face and does not recognize people, and asks people to return the land to her at a cheap price.

In order for the family to stop living, forget it.

Everyone didn't squeak.

Lai Shi was anxious, "Let me tell you, after this village, there will be no such shop, five taels of silver is already very cheap, you..."

"Enough!" Uncle Shen snatched the title deed from Lai's hand, kicked her to the ground, and her back molars were bleeding, "Idiot, who allowed you to sell your land?!" ”

Land is the foundation of the peasant family, it is good to sell children and daughters, but land can never be sold.

Lai's slut almost caused their family to drink the northwest wind, which is simply hateful.

turned around to leave, but Lai Shi hugged his thigh and refused to let go, begging: "His father, you can beat me and scold me, just ask you to save Jinbao." He is our only son, and he can earn more money when the money is gone, but if his son is gone, he will really be gone! ”

Uncle Shen kicked her away ruthlessly, turned around and walked to the side of Mrs. Yan, handed over the title deed and the house deed to his mother, opened his mouth, and stopped talking.

Mrs. Yan saw it clearly and comforted: "Don't worry, Jinbao is my own grandson, and my mother won't leave him alone." ”

After a pause, she sighed, "It's really not good, this place..."

"Land certainly can't be sold." Uncle Shen squinted his eyes at Sheng Zhu, who was hanging his head next to him, and lowered his voice and said, "Our family has no money, but the second room does." Don't you forget, Da Lang's carriage is worth at least a few dozen taels. No matter how bad it is..."

He leaned over slightly, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "The brook girl is also eight years old, although she has lost a little weight, but she is white and clean, and her appearance is quite standard." I heard that many rich sons are good at this, and there must be someone who is willing to spend a lot of money to buy her, and it will save the brook girl from suffering in this poor country, right? ”

Yan Pozi's eyelids jumped.

This one... She never thought about it.

Back then, she was sold by her ruthless father and mother to a big family as a maid, and since then she has fallen into hell, and later because of a negligence, she was almost beaten to death by the main family.

If it hadn't been for the man who saved her......

Yan Pozi pulled back her thoughts and said, "Forget it." The brook girl is still young and sick, so it is estimated that she will not be able to sell it for a good price. However, the silver in the second room can be borrowed first. ”

She was about to call Sheng Zhu, when there was a sudden commotion at the gate of the courtyard, and the crowd automatically moved out of the way, and the Shen patriarch and the village chief Lin Dahe walked in one after the other.

Patriarch Shen's face sank like water, and he didn't look at the others, he walked straight to Shen Jinbao and slammed his head with a cane.

"Bastard thing! When I was a child, I stole chickens and dogs, but now I even dare to steal them, which is a shame on our family surnamed Shen! ”

Shen Jinbao was most afraid of him, and he didn't dare to cry out in pain when he was beaten, so he only covered his head and shrunk his neck and pretended to be pitiful, but Lai's rushed over to block him, sneering and defending his son: "Jinbao, he was also confused for a while, and he was seduced by that vixen, so he made a mistake." Besides, he's still young, so it's good to be sensible in a few years. ”

"Small?" Patriarch Shen snorted coldly, quite hating that iron is not made of steel, "A loving mother is a failure!" He's in his twenties and fathers, and he's still young? Look at Shen Li, he took up a family at the age of thirteen, he was the leader inside and out, and after marrying a wife, he became more stable, his daughter-in-law was so ugly, he didn't cause any romantic debts outside. You ask Jinbao, compared with Shen Li, are you ashamed? ”

After speaking, he twisted his head, and he didn't bother to look at the mother and son again, so as not to look angry.

Inadvertently, I saw a familiar face.

Fleshy, white and tender, with a piercing red spot on his cheek, although he seemed to have lost a lot of weight compared to before, he still recognized it at a glance.

Isn't it the ugly daughter-in-law of Shen Li's family?

The elder of the Shen clan blushed, but after all, he was a person who had seen the great world, so he immediately put on a highly respectable posture, pretending that what he was talking about just now was not Sheng Zhu, and asked, "Daughter-in-law of Dalang, are you also there?" ”

Sheng Zhu smiled: "Yes, I've been here for a long time." ”

That is, what should be heard and what should not be heard, heard.

Patriarch Shen became more and more embarrassed, coughed lightly twice, and quickly changed the topic: "That... Shen Jinbao's matter, what did your grandmother plan? ”

Sheng Zhu shook his head: "I don't know. Her gaze fell behind Patriarch Shen and said with a smile, "But you can ask Grandmother in person, she is here." ”

Patriarch Shen turned around, and sure enough, Mrs. Yan walked in front of him with Uncle Shen's support.

Mrs. Yan first sighed heavily, and then said with shame: "Jinbao is not a weapon, and it has brought about the reputation of the family, and it is my wife's lax discipline that I am guilty." ”

Sheng Zhu couldn't help but look at her.

This opening statement is a bit meaningful, taking retreat as advance, obviously asking for guilt, but in fact excusing Shen Jinbao. Mrs. Yan has taken all the responsibility on herself, according to the logic of ordinary people, she will definitely give her an old man with a thin face, and the big things will be turned into small things, and the small things will be turned into nothing.

However, it is a pity that Patriarch Shen does not seem to be an ordinary person.

He said with a straight face: "Brother and sister, don't be here with the mud, Jinbao made a mistake, and he will be punished as he should be." When this matter is over, let him go to the ancestral hall and kneel for ten hours, if he is not allowed to give food or drink, he will starve him, let him teach him a long lesson, and lest he make a bigger mistake in the future and harm our family surnamed Shen! ”

Mrs. Yan had to agree.

In the same village for decades, she still knows what the temper of the Shen patriarch is, and this is already a light punishment.

"The most important thing now is the issue of the forty-nine taels of silver." Mrs. Yan was embarrassed, "Our family has a thin background, and we really can't come up with so much money, even if we want to sell the land, it is difficult to find a suitable buyer for a while." So I plan to borrow forty taels of silver from the second room to save the emergency, the second room is now the head of the Sheng family, and the Sheng family has always been filial and righteous, and will definitely not refuse. Isn't it, Dalang's daughter-in-law? ”

Seeing Sheng Zhu's surprise, she smiled and added: "Don't worry, grandmother won't borrow you in vain, it will be harvested in autumn soon, and as soon as the production in the field is sold, there will be money at that time." If that's not enough, your uncle can go to the town to work, and your aunt's family has some money, no matter what, she can always scrape together enough money, and she will never be greedy for you. ”