Gu Chengyu recalled the eldest brother-in-law, whose name was Wang Quanshou. The Wang family only has two brothers, and there is an eldest sister, last time on the second day of the Lunar New Year, when Gu Xi and they came back, they mentioned that the Wang family had split up, but the eldest brother-in-law was the second, so the old two followed the eldest one. Of course, when the family was divided, the eldest must have divided more, and the eldest brother-in-law's family was only divided into two rooms, some living utensils and two acres of land, and another 500 yuan.

The eldest sister gave birth to two babies, the eldest daughter is eight years old this year, and the youngest son is five years old this year, the same age as him. The eldest sister's wife is honest, and when the family was separated, her parents favored the eldest and only gave such a little thing, and she didn't say anything, but silently divided the family.

That time, he walked through the courtyard, and when he went to the thatched house, through the window of the west wing, he saw the eldest sister wiping her tears at the second brother's place, and vaguely heard that the eldest sister was counting Wang's brother-in-law, and I didn't know how many plans for my mother.

Today, I am afraid that it will be for the sake of conscription, and there will be an official messenger to the village tomorrow, so Gu Xi has to come at night, thinking that he will come back to borrow silver. In Gu Chengyu's impression, the eldest sister never searched for anything at her in-law's house. Although the gift I brought back for the New Year was not good, it was a packet of brown sugar and two catties of white flour, but I never even ate it. Alas! Also a poor woman.

"Daddy!" Gu Xi looked at Father Gu and hesitated.

Daddy Gu sighed, picked up the cigarette stick and lit it again.

Gu Xi saw that Daddy Gu didn't ask, so she had to bring it up, in fact, she came back now, she was the one who didn't react just now, and after thinking about it now, she also knew why she came back.

"Daddy! Today, the village chief told us that he was going to serve as a conscript. Everyone knows that this forced labor is dangerous. The Wang family only has two sons, my father-in-law ......" Gu Xi said the words in his heart in one breath, and after speaking, he felt some tears in his eyes.

"He said, let the baby and his father go." Choked in his throat, he finished the rest of the words.

Gu Chengyu had heard Gu Dad say before that when the Zhuang family was divided, they generally only invited a few respected people and two clan elders in the village to write two family separation documents, and at the same time invited Li Zheng and the village chief to testify, and the next time the ancestral hall was opened, the family tree would be redivided. But he didn't go to the government to file it, because the taxes of the Dayan Dynasty were divided according to households, and a family, even if he was divided in the genealogy, and he didn't go to the government to file it, the government would also regard it as a household.

Therefore, in order to pay less taxes and serve conscription, they generally do not go to the government for filing. Of course, there must be exceptions for large families, one is not bad for money, and the other is that there will definitely be property disputes when they are separated, so they must not be mixed together.

Nowadays, there are only two adult males in the Wang family, either the eldest or the second is going, and the eldest and the eldest are counting on the eldest son to support the elderly, so it is bound to only let the second child go.

After Gu Xi finished speaking, he raised his eyes and saw that Father Gu was looking at the dry smoke, and spit out two puffs of smoke from time to time, but his brows were furrowed.

"Daddy! Will you lend us some silver? Quanshou, he can't go! He is the pillar of the family, if he goes, if there are three long and two short, how can he live if he leaves us orphans and widows? Gu Xi's tears couldn't stop flowing down at this moment, she covered her mouth with her sleeve and let out a whimper.

Gu Chengyu listened and felt a little heavy in his heart. If you can pay for it with silver, of course, you can't risk human life.

When the Lu family heard this, she couldn't help it, she knew the situation of Gu Xi's family, this silver was said to be borrowed, but in fact, it couldn't be repaid, eighteen taels!

"Kiko! You also know that you are all married daughters, this old saying is good! The girl who marries out of the house, spills the water. If you marry into the old Wang family, you are a member of the old Wang family, you can't go to your mother's house without money, right? You have also seen it, we are a big family, who doesn't tighten their belts to get by? That is, some time ago, I dug up ginseng, and then I bought the land, otherwise, I am afraid that our family will not be able to make up the silver to pay taxes! ”

The Lu family knew that Gu Xi would come so late, it must be no good thing, and he actually had the idea of asking the Gu family to help the old Wang family pay taxes?

"Mother! I have been married for so many years, and I have never asked for my mother's family. Now, there's really no way to do it, I can't watch the head of the house die, right? "Gu Xi knows that it is eight taels of silver, which is indeed too much, but some time ago, the Gu family sold ginseng and bought land, and now they are going to build a house, so there must be money left in their hands.

She looked at Daddy Gu hopefully, hoping that Daddy Gu would agree to her.

"What about the son-in-law? Why didn't I come back with you? Father Gu didn't agree first, but asked Wang Quanshou first. It stands to reason that such a big event as borrowing silver should be a husband and wife to come together to have sincerity, but look, it's getting dark, but he asked Gu Xi to run back to her parents' house to borrow silver for a woman, how can this not be justified, right?

"The head of the house, begging from the mother-in-law! I want my mother-in-law to take some money out and make up for it, and I'll come back alone. Gu Xi thought that before returning to her parents' house, her mother-in-law was still biting, but she had no money and no money, and she had already divided the family to them.

"Big sister! How much money does your mother-in-law give you? Gu Chengyi asked anxiously on the side.

"Mother-in-law, she said that there is no silver at home, and there is no penny." Gu Xi had stopped his tears at this moment and sat a little numbly. At this moment, she has already made up her mind, if her father doesn't agree, she can't kneel in the Gu family, kneel until dawn, don't get the silver, what's the use of going back?

When He heard this, he was taken aback. "What? Ouch! Can this biological be so ruthless? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room looked at her, and laughed twice.

Then, he sighed, "Big sister! I'll just say it! Your family suffered a big loss when it split up! The house given is the original two, but your old Wang family has seven acres of land, why did they give you two acres? I only gave you 500 wen, which is obviously to see the two of you, honest and easy to bully! You don't have a lot of family, but you can always save some of the annual income of seven acres of land, right? Besides, my brother-in-law and his eldest brother go to the town every year to do odd jobs, how can they only save so much money? ”

He thinks that the eldest sister is a little stupid, although it is good to be able to be the master of the house, but it also has to be rich! What's the use of being the master of the house if you don't have money? This time, I had to borrow eighteen taels of silver, which was all the silver that the Zhuang family had been saving for many years. Hum! Didn't you hear the wind and know that the Gu family had silver?

"Kiko! It stands to reason that if you and your son-in-law have difficulties, as long as your mother's family has them, your father and your mother can't watch it. But borrowing money is a big deal, and your son-in-law will let you come back alone to borrow it? That's a lot of silver, it's not a small amount, can you say it alone? Daddy Gu thought, the silver must be borrowed today, looking at the appearance of the eldest daughter, I am afraid that if I don't borrow the silver, I won't leave.