Chapter 37: Blood is thicker than water
You and Zeqing grew up together since childhood, and the relationship between you and Zeqing for more than ten years is not as good as Gu Feng's treatment of you for half a month? Zhao looked at Su Jiu'er in disappointment and muttered.
Zhao had remedies for his original mistakes in his heart, and he still believed that Su Jiu'er would live better with An Zeqing.
Su Jiu'er smiled and nodded her head.
The corners of Zhao's mouth twitched, and he looked at Su Jiu'er in disbelief, but after thinking about it carefully, she figured it out, when she asked Su Jiu'er to marry Gu Feng, Su Jiu'er didn't say a word "no", I am afraid that she will not choose again at all, "It was not my mother at the beginning, but my mother regretted it, obviously my daughter is no worse than those ladies, but now she can only marry one, marry a barbaric hunter." ”
In the end, Zhao regretted that he had not done it at the beginning.
At that time, she went to the Wang family to intercede, and the Wang family was determined to withdraw from the family business, and the Zhao family knelt down for the Wang family at that time, but the Wang family still insisted on withdrawing from the family.
If she did it all over again, Zhao thought it would be good for her to go directly to An Zeqing, why bother going to Wang's side to eat behind closed doors!
"Mother, I know what you think." Su Jiu'er lowered her eyes slightly, hiding the sadness in her eyes, "I like Gu Feng very much, I married him willingly, without any reluctance, so I can't follow my mother's thoughts." ”
In the eyes of ordinary people, if the relatives in the family are officials, then the status of their family will also rise.
Zhao only hopes that Su Jiu'er can live an easy life in the future, instead of worrying about food and clothing every day.
"I thought you would be Mrs. Shangguan!" Zhao sighed slightly and said helplessly.
"If my younger brother can pass the exam, our family will become an official family, which is a lot of face." Su Jiu'er said with a smile.
Zhao knew that even if he said anything now, it was useless, the depression in his heart had already opened, Su Jiu'er really liked Gu Feng's child, no wonder she was so angry every time she talked about that thing.
But thinking about it, if this kind of thing is put on her, it is estimated that she will be as violent as Su Jiu'er.
Thinking about it, the Zhao family didn't bother to talk about those things, listening to Su Jiu'er say that, thinking that Su Mu would be able to be an official in the future, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, "The master of the private school also praised him for reciting books quickly." ”
"As long as my brother studies hard, he will definitely get ahead." Su Jiu'er said with a smile.
Family affection is forever severed.
No matter how angry the Zhao family is with Su Jiu'er, but now that they have said it, they will be reconciled as before, and they will not remember the conflicts that have been made.
Su Jiu'er pursed her lips slightly, looked at Zhao with a smile, and her gaze slowly drooped.
In the last life, she married into the An family, and the Wang family made it difficult for her in every way, and after she gave birth, she forced her to wash her clothes in cold water on a cold day, and her hands were already full of scars from the cold, and she also fell ill.
If An Zeqing had been good to her in the previous life, but because the Wang family was An Zeqing's mother, she would not have married her.
Zhao smiled with satisfaction, and turned his head to look at the burden on Su Jiu'er's bed, "I also clean your room every day, just thinking that you will have a place to live when you come back." ”
Su Jiu'er smiled a little more on the corner of her lips, walked forward slowly, and followed Zhao to clean up the bed.
Seeing the money bag, Su Jiu'er thought that she was going home to live now, Ning Yue'er couldn't find her in the Gu family, so it was better for her to send the money over today.
Placing the pillows neatly at the head of the bed, Su Jiu'er raised her eyes and looked at Zhao, "Mother, have we paid our family taxes?" ”
Zhao's hand to make the sheets paused, and sighed, "Our family has been really tired in the past few years, your father was not in good health before, but now he is finally getting better, and what kind of conscription tax is charged, the life of the common people is really getting more and more difficult." ”
Su Jiu'er helped the Zhao family to sit down, and said worriedly, "There is no way, the Huns have been eyeing us." ”
The Zhao family is a woman's family, and they don't like to fight and kill, "Our family is okay, there is still a lot of dowry money sent by Gu Feng at the beginning, and it has been handed over." ”
Speaking of this, the smile in Zhao's eyes gradually became obvious, "Fortunately, your father's health is better now, if it is not good, I don't know what our family will be like." ”
"Mother, I want to go to Ning's house, two days ago Ning Yue'er came to me to borrow silver, I will send the silver to her now." Su Jiu'er said briefly and put the money bag into her sleeve.
"Ning Yue'er?" Zhao asked suspiciously.
Su Jiu'er nodded, remembering Ning Yue'er's pitiful appearance, and pursed her lips slightly, "If you can help, she is so pitiful." ”
"You'd better not go." Zhao Shi hurriedly took Ning Yue'er's hand and said with a serious face, "You send them the money now, when will they be able to repay you so much silver?" ”
"Mother?"
"Listen to my mother's words, their family is a bottomless pit, and they can't pay your money at all, and it's useless for you to send it over." Zhao Shi carefully analyzed, "Don't you talk about it, Yue'er's grandfather is not in good health, the family needs money to buy medicine, all the big and small work in their family is done by Yue'er alone, it is impossible to save money, unless her grandfather dies, maybe she can save a little bit every year." ”
Zhao was telling the truth, she saw the Ning family very thoroughly, but Su Jiu'er was more distressed by Ning Yue'er.
A young and beautiful little girl, do you want to watch her marry a bad old man?
"If she can't borrow money, her grandfather will marry her to an eighty-year-old landowner." Su Jiu'er felt distressed when she thought about it.
"Her grandfather has already figured out what to do, so why should you go over and help?" Zhao Shi said and took Su Jiu'er's hand and said solemnly, "There are many poor people in the world, how much can you help?" ”
"Mother," Su Jiu'er raised her eyes to look at the Zhao family, with a faint smile on her face, "Not everyone has to help, Ning Yue'er's father and mother are gone, she takes care of the whole family alone, if this matter rests on me, I will definitely be inferior to her." ”
She didn't think about it as much as Zhao, she simply felt that such a self-reliant girl should help.
Zhao nodded his head, but still didn't agree with what Su Jiu'er said, "Then your money may be wasted." ”
"I know." Su Jiu'er smiled slightly.
"Does Gu Feng know?" Zhao Shi drooped his face, thinking in his heart that five taels of silver was so much, if this was lost, he would not be distressed to death.
"Xianggong agreed."
Speaking of this, Su Jiu'er felt that Gu Fengren was really good, and she also clearly explained Ning Yue'er's situation at that time, and he did not object.
This can show that Gu Feng is kind-hearted, he is not machismo, and he gave her enough power.
"You two ......" Zhao couldn't help but gasp, his brows furrowed slightly, "It's okay to lend them money, but you must write an IOU, and the IOU will ......"
Speaking of the back, the Zhao family was still worried that Su Jiu'er would not be able to handle the matter well, "Forget it, you go to Ning's house and tell me, and I'll go with you." ”
"I'd like to go and see it now." Su Jiu'er stood up with a smile, raised her hand and put the broken hair in her ear behind her ear, "After all, this matter should have been resolved earlier." ”
Zhao thought for a moment and nodded, "That's okay, let's go now." ”
Zhao said something to Father Su, and then took Su Jiu'er and walked towards Ning's house.
The Ning family was the poorest family in their village, and it didn't take long for Su Jiu'er to arrive at the door of the Ning family.
The gate of the courtyard of the Ning family is just blocked by a wooden board at the door, and it cannot be called a gate, and the mud on the walls of the house seems to be falling down.
Su Jiu'er raised her hand and wanted to knock on the door, but when her eyes fell on the door panel that was not lower than her waist, she sighed, "Is Yue'er there?" ”
Zhao stood behind Su Jiu'er, looked at the Ning family's appearance, and sighed a little helplessly, estimating whether the money Su Jiu'er lent out would be returned.
"In!"
A crisp sound came from the backyard, followed by a brisk footstep, and Su Jiu'er saw Ning Yue'er running over from the backyard.
Ning Yue'er's hands were full of mud, and when she saw Su Jiu'er and Zhao's family, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly ran to the wooden basin, "Wait for me." ”
In the dirty water in the wooden basin, Ning Yue'er washed her hands vigorously, wiped it casually on the knee cover in front of her, walked quickly to the door, and lifted the door panel.
"Auntie, Sister Jiu'er, please come in." A blush of joy crept up on Ning Yue'er's face, the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised, and she looked at Su Jiu'er intently.
"Ahem!"
There was a coughing sound in the house, and before Su Jiu'er could speak, he saw Grandpa Ning walking out of it with a wooden stick in his hand.
As soon as Ning Yue'er saw Grandpa Ning's appearance, she walked quickly in front of Grandpa Ning, and helped Grandpa Ning to walk in front of Su Jiu'er.
"Aunt her, why are you here?" Grandpa Ning's face was sallow, and his hand on crutches trembled slightly, and he was weak.
"Grandpa, I went to borrow money from Sister Jiu'er yesterday." Ning Yue'er hung her head slightly and whispered, "I just told you last night." ”
Grandpa Ning is a little old after all, and when he heard Ning Yue'er say this, he nodded.
He thought that Ning Yue'er would borrow money, and no one would be willing to lend money to the Ning family, their family was too poor, but he never thought that someone would be willing to lend them money.
"Auntie, Sister Jiu'er, come into the house and sit?" Ning Yue'er helped Grandpa Ning and looked at Zhao and Su Jiu'er with a smile.
Su Jiu'er looked at Grandpa Ning's trembling appearance, and glanced at the stone bench next to the courtyard, "Let's talk outside, Grandpa Ning sit down." ”
Waiting for Grandpa Ning to sit down, Zhao reluctantly drooped his face, slowly stepped forward, and glanced at Grandpa Ning and Ning Yue'er, "Since we borrowed money, let's write an IOU, after all, it's not a small amount, uncle, you say yes!" ”
"Yes, yes, yes." Grandpa Ning is still a reasonable person, and he agrees with what Zhao said.
"But this loan has to be secured." Zhao spoke crisply and neatly, without a trace of hesitation.
Grandpa Ning's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, our house and land can't be mortgaged." ”
"Uncle him, what else do you have to mortgage?" Zhao snorted coldly, fortunately she came, otherwise Su Jiu'er's five taels of silver would have been lost.