Chapter Thirty-Eight: She Is Not Comparable to an Acre of Land
Grandpa Ning's face turned blue and white for a while, his lips trembled slightly, and his hand holding the cane couldn't help but exert force, pursing his lips tightly, and after a long time, "Why don't you go back!" ”
When Ning Yue'er heard Grandpa Ning say this, her eyes widened and she looked at Grandpa Ning in disbelief.
Su Jiu'er raised her eyes and glanced at Ning Yue'er, and smiled helplessly, "It seems that we can't talk about it." ”
Ning Yue'er felt that she shouldn't have come over in the first place, and she should wait for Ning Yue'er and them to discuss the result.
Grandpa Ning did this, and he had his own little Jiujiu in his heart.
The first is that he just wants to ruin Ning Yue'er's life for the five taels of silver, anyway, it's not him who is marrying, it's her granddaughter, who is his granddaughter marrying?
Second, he just wanted to borrow five taels of silver directly and had no intention of paying it back, so he waited for Su Jiu'er to feel sorry for Ning Yue'er, and then helped Ning Yue'er.
Ning Yue'er looked at Su Jiu'er anxiously, and then looked at Grandpa Ning anxiously, "Grandpa, is it good for us to mortgage the land, there is so much land in the family, and it is enough for us to mortgage one acre of land!" ”
"Nope." Grandpa Ning pushed Ning Yue'er away, his throat was itchy, and he couldn't help coughing a few times, but his tone was very firm, "Those lands are reserved for your brother's daughter-in-law, and you can't move it." ”
"The family has six acres of land, we just mortgage, and when we make money, this land is still ours." Ning Yue'er explained anxiously and looked at Grandpa Ning with anticipation.
"Mother, let's go back!" Su Jiu'er walked to Zhao's side and helped Zhao, "Since they don't want to, let's go back first." ”
Speaking of this, Su Jiu'er raised her eyes and glanced at Ning Yue'er, "This matter, you can discuss it again, I will go home with my mother first." ”
Ning Yue'er was about to cry urgently, obviously she didn't have to marry a bad old man, and finally had a chance to redeem herself.
Looking at the back of Su Jiu'er and the Zhao family leaving, Ning Yue'er knelt directly in front of Grandpa Ning with a "poof", "Grandpa, am I not even worth an acre of land?" ”
"The land at home is a ....... handed down from our ancestors"
The sound of kneeling on the ground was extremely loud, and Ning Yue'er's crying pleading voice reached Su Jiu'er's ears.
The bitter pleading, just like she begged An Zeqing not to kill her child, Ning Yue'er had worked hard for so many years, but it was not as good as an acre of land.
Su Jiu'er's chest suffocated, and she wanted to look back in distress.
"Hurry home." Zhao Shi tugged on Su Jiu'er's arm vigorously and lowered his voice, "There are so many poor people like Ning Yue'er, you don't need to sympathize." ”
Seeing Ning Yue'er was like seeing her a long time ago, they were the ones who were abandoned by the closest people.
"Mother." Su Jiu'er pursed her thirsty lips slightly and whispered.
At that time, she was also as helpless as Ning Yue'er, and she also hoped that someone could stand by her side and help her.
Until she died, there was finally someone willing to help her, but that person also paid the price with his life.
That person was Gu Feng.
"Listen to me." Zhao grabbed Su Jiu'er's arm fiercely, not letting Su Jiu'er turn back.
Not long after the two of them walked out of Ning's house, Zhao and Su Jiu'er saw Ning Mu walking from not far away with firewood on his back.
Ning Yue'er borrowed money, Ning Mu also knew, after seeing Zhao and Su Jiu'er walking out of Ning's house, Ning Mu nervously grabbed the rope on his body, "Auntie, Sister Jiu'er." ”
Su Jiu'er smiled helplessly.
Zhao glanced at the Ning family not far away, his eyes fell on Ning Mu's body again, and sighed, "You better go home and have a look!" ”
Hearing Zhao say this, Ning Mu's face changed, didn't they come to his house to lend them money?
"What's wrong?" Ning Mu's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked suspiciously.
"Your grandfather won't borrow money." Su Jiu'er still hoped that Ning Yue'er would not marry an eighty-year-old person, and said slowly, "Because we ask for something to be mortgaged." ”
"Auntie, Sister Jiu'er, you come with me to my house, I am in charge of this matter, see what the mortgage is, how long it will be mortgaged, if it is suitable, I will agree to the mortgage." Ning Mu pursed his lips lightly, his little dark face was full of firmness, and said softly, "Now the fields and houses in my family are all in my name. ”
The corners of Su Jiu'er's mouth raised slightly, nodded her head, and said seriously, "Okay." ”
followed Ning Mu back to Ning's house, and Su Jiu'er saw that Ning Yue'er's cheeks were swollen high, and her eyes were red from crying.
"Master, didn't you say it was good last night, let's borrow money." Ning Mu put the firewood behind him in the corner, walked quickly to Ning Yue'er, and helped Ning Yue'er up, "Sister, I am in charge of family affairs." ”
Ning Yue'er sobbed quietly, pursed her lips, looked at Ning Mu with tears in her eyes, and nodded vigorously.
"You dare!" Grandpa Ning shouted unyieldingly, "The land in the family is all left by the ancestors, so you ...... it."
Hearing Grandpa Ning say this, Ning Yue'er's heart was cold.
"The land at home is dead, as long as my sister and I work hard, the family will be fine." Ning Mu said like a little adult.
Since he had decided to borrow money, Ning Mu went to invite the village chief and the four respected elders to discuss the issue of borrowing money.
A piece of inferior land is eight taels of silver per mu, Su Jiu'er pondered in his heart, and said, "I think so, Ning Mu, use one acre of inferior land in your house as collateral, starting next year, you need to repay a part of the silver every year, if you don't pay it off within six years, then give me the inferior land, if it's enough, the land is still yours, of course, the land is still yours now." ”
Hearing Su Jiu'er say this, Ning Mu breathed a sigh of relief, within six years, he had grown up and had the ability to make more money.
Grandpa Ning heard Su Jiu'er say this on the side, the expression on his face paused slightly, and his eyes flashed with excitement, but in the end he didn't say a word.
"Okay." Ning Mu agreed without the slightest hesitation, there was no interest, and there was still such a long time to repay the money, of course he was willing.
Soon the village chief typed the IOU, and four respected people helped to read it, and when they saw that there was no problem with it, they asked Su Jiu'er to sign it with Ning Mu, and at the same time pressed the handprint.
There were two young people who were found by Ningmu, so that there was no need to worry about the death of the Witnesses.
After putting away the IOU, Su Jiu'er handed over five taels of silver to Ning Mu, and left with Zhao in Ning Yue'er's grateful tears.
Zhao followed Su Jiu'er on the road, and said with some dissatisfaction, "Why don't you charge some interest, you are really stupid." ”
At that time, the Zhao family wanted to ask for interest, but Su Jiu'er had already said those words, and she had no way to speak again.
"Mother, you don't need it." Su Jiu'er smiled and held Zhao's arm, with a happy smile between her eyebrows, "It's not easy for their family, don't ask for it." ”
Zhao glanced at Su Jiu'er and said reluctantly, "It's good for you." ”
"I'll do it with you." Su Jiu'er said sweetly, looked into the distance, seemed to be thinking about something, and exhaled a long breath.
Back at Su's house, as soon as Zhao walked in, he saw the bamboo basket behind the door move, and his body trembled in fright.
"So, what's that?" Zhao looked at the bamboo basket moving wildly, stretched out his hand and pointed at the bamboo basket, and stammered and asked.
"It's a fox, the husband caught it for me." Su Jiu'er said, untying the rope on the bamboo basket cover.
With a "whoosh", Zhao saw a white shadow climb onto Su Jiu'er's shoulder in an instant.
Zhao's brows furrowed slightly, he looked at Su Jiu'er in confusion, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva vigorously.
Xiaobai was very close to Su Jiu'er, climbed on Su Jiu'er's shoulder, and gently rubbed his head against her face.
Zhao's petrified expression gradually cracked, and he came back to his senses, pointing to the little fox in Su Jiu'er's hand, frowning slightly, "People keep dogs as pets, and you raise foxes?" ”
What makes Zhao even more puzzled is that this fox is so obedient and will please people, not that foxes hide far away when they see people.
"It's all the same." Su Jiu'er hugged Xiaobai, and gently stroked Xiaobai's body with her hand, "Mother, you touch it, Xiaobai's hair is comfortable." ”
Zhao shook his head, thinking that Su Jiu'er might be crazy and even raised a fox, and it is estimated that the fox in her arms is also crazy and has become a pet.
When Zhao saw Su Jiu'er giving Xiaobai more than a dozen pieces of rabbit meat, he finally understood why this fox was so obedient, and he dared to love for those meats.
Father Su watched Su Jiu'er feed a fox to eat meat, frowned unconsciously, and said indifferently, "Jiu'er, now that people can't eat, you give meat to the fox, if others know about it, what will they say about you behind your back?" ”
Su Jiu'er's feeding action paused slightly, raised her eyes to look at Su's father, her eyes were full of confusion, and after a long time, she asked suspiciously, "But there is so much meat at home, I sell it cheaply, and no one buys it, so I can only give it to Xiaobai to eat." ”
Father Su and the Zhao family didn't know what to say, they were able to eat meat at home, and it was also because Su Jiu'er was okay to send meat to their house.
The only one in the Su family who likes Xiaobai is Su Mu, Su Mu's eyes have been staring at Xiaobai squatting on the ground when he is eating, "Sister, can I hug it for a while?" ”
"Wait until you're done." Su Jiu'er said, raised her foot and gently rubbed Xiaobai's neck, looking at it squinting her eyes contentedly and enjoying it, she raised her eyes to look at Su Mu.
After eating, without waiting for Su Mu to hug Xiaobai, Zhao sent Su Mu to go up the mountain to collect firewood without saying a word.
Seeing Su Mu leave, Zhao saw Xiaobai lazily half-lying at the door of Su Jiu'er's house basking in the sun, and she felt that it was necessary for her, a mother, to let her daughter know about other people's suffering.
Zhao habitually entered Su Jiu'er's room, and saw her sitting on the edge of the bed as if she was sewing something, the windows of the room were wide open, and the warm sunlight shone on her.
"Wine." Zhao shouted, sat on the edge of Su Jiu'er's bed, leaned in front of Su Jiu'er, when he saw the embroidery on it, his brows twisted slightly, he couldn't help but gasp, and looked at Su Jiu'er suspiciously.