"That being the case, then I can't do anything, if I can't do it, I will close my Xing Ji Rouge shop, plus the money in the store's account, there will be about two thousand taels. Juan Niang's two thousand taels, and then there are three thousand taels from the shop you said, which is also seven thousand taels, and the remaining three thousand taels are not enough, and the antique dowry in the seller is still enough. Layue pinched a plate of cut autumn pears on the table and tasted a piece, the taste was crisp, sweet and refreshing, it was a pear from Wei County, and it was from her own shop!

I didn't expect that the family would buy the fruit in their shop, my mother-in-law has always pursued enjoyment, and everything she buys must show her wealth, it seems that the business reputation of the fruit shop should be good.

"Ridiculous!" Zhicheng slapped the table angrily, "Pawn dowry, what has become of our family?" Don't mention this again! ”

If you don't mention it, don't mention it, Layue eats pears leisurely and leisurely, and then doesn't speak.

After a long time, Zhicheng said in a gloomy voice, "Brother-in-law, I heard that the settlement fee given by the Shi family was quite generous, why don't you go to your brother-in-law to find a way?" ”

Isn't it very smart, Layue laughed secretly in her heart, fortunately she had expected it and greeted Ma Lao Er in advance. This time, Ma Lao Er can make a lot of money again, and he can still watch their mother and son make a big joke, which is really refreshing.

How cool is his heart, and his face can't show a single bit, Layue glanced at Zhicheng worriedly, frowned, and said, "But Zhicheng, you don't seem to have visited your sister since you came back, I'm afraid that my sister-in-law is also a little dissatisfied in my heart, can you pay for it quickly?" If they directly turn their faces and count down you as a brother and not close to your sister, it's okay, I'm afraid that people will laugh and say that the poor family has no money, what will you do then? ”

Zhicheng was said to be in his heart, and his face flushed, and he couldn't help but regret a little that he heard about his sister's marriage at that time.

First, I look down on her for marrying a groom, although the master's family has rewarded the grange in addition to the slave status, but after all, it is still a mismatch in identity, and second, my sister is pregnant with a wild seed, and she went to where to put her face, and she really couldn't get over this hurdle in her heart, so she never went to visit Zhang Wanqing.

Layue also ate the character of the two of them, so she dared to blatantly let Ma Lao Er grind Zhang Wanqing, this is only September, and when Layue is in the cold winter, you will also taste the feeling of giving birth in the broken grass house, snowing and having no food.

The city of "unwilling ......" gritted his teeth, trying not to think about the humiliation he might face, and said word by word, "Then you have to try." ”

Now that the discussion has come to an end, Layue doesn't want to stay long. was about to say goodbye, but Zhicheng stopped her, "Yueniang, you go with me." What he said was not an inquiry, it was an order, and he held back a wave of anger, as if Layue dared to refuse, and immediately erupted into a raging rage.

The fool would bump into him at this time, but it was just a trip to accompany her, and she was just happy to see the joke. She is not worried that Zhicheng will see Zhang Wanqing at all, not only because Zhicheng has a good face and will not be very resolute to see her sister, but also because Ma Lao Er is a very good person, and she will definitely not make Zhicheng suspicious.

Sure enough, when they arrived at Ma Laoer's house, they first politely said that they wanted to see their sister, but Ma Lao Er actually shed two tears, saying that his wife had a lot of rashes in the past few days, and the doctor said that it was attacked by fetal poison in the body, and that this could be contagious, and there were already two or three servants in the family who were seriously ill with infection.

Ma Lao Er cried a few times, squeezed out a few tears that were more valuable than golden beans, and said, "It's hard to believe that the eldest brother and sister-in-law are still worried about their in-laws, so I will take you to visit Wanqing." ”

As soon as he said anything about infection, where would he dare to go to the city, he immediately rejected Ma Lao Er with a calm face, and said, "Since you are sick, you can take care of it, and it will be the same if you come to visit it again in the future." ”

After sitting for a long time, Zhicheng gave Layue a look again and again, meaning that she would open this mouth.

It's nothing, just help. So Layue smiled and talked to Ma Lao Er again, and then sighed and told the story of the bandits during the Double Ninth Festival, and the mother-in-law was asked for ransom by the robbers.

In the end, he deliberately cried and pleaded and said to Ma Laoer, "Originally, 10,000 taels of silver was not a thing, but it was not a coincidence, in the past two years, the Zhang family and my rouge shop have lost a lot, and now it is full of calculations, I sold the shop and closed it, and the family is still short of 3,000 taels, this kind of thing is not easy to find outsiders to borrow, and I don't have to be laughed at, so I want to come to my brother-in-law to see if I can save an emergency, your mother-in-law is usually not thin to you, and the dowry is also generous, you can't see death without saving it." ”

Ma Lao Er stared at the eyes like a cowbell when Layue said three thousand taels of silver, and he was so shocked that he almost turned his back on it, and when he heard Layue finish speaking, he was stunned for a long time, and when he made the city's face ugly and almost went away angrily, he called "Ouch, my mother".

Then I counted how much money it cost to buy a field at home, how much money it cost to learn how many small shops I bought, and how much money I didn't know how much money I fold, and finally said with a sad face, "This is really six relatives with the same luck, I didn't think that we were all the same life, and the bad luck was piled together, if I came to help, it would be to sell Wanqing's dowry for 3,000 silver to make up for the eldest brother. ”

It's not the same! When it reached the ears of outsiders, he came to force his brother-in-law to sell his sister's dowry, which was ten thousand times more shameful than his wife's pawn dowry!

Zhicheng Tie Qing refused angrily, and was about to leave, but was stopped by Ma Lao Er again, crying and said, "Mother-in-law is like this now, let me do a little bit of help, not more, I can still make up five hundred taels of money in my own Zhuangzi, and now I still have a way to get one thousand five hundred taels away, I can save our face, and I can not let others know, but I don't know if my uncle is willing or not." ”

Hearing him say this, Zhicheng's face softened, and he sat back and asked, "What can you do?" ”

Ma Lao Er raised his sleeves and wiped his tears, and according to the agreement with Layue in advance, he said, "There are often times when we poor people's money is not handed, and there is a ...... in Yecheng that we know who puts silver."

Hearing him say that he put the silver, the city will get up and leave—how would he go to such a place as a scholar.

The sleeve was pulled by Ma Lao Er, "Uncle, you listen to it first, this family is not a bad person, I have borrowed it many times from their house, and I have a good conscience, we have 1,500 taels of silver, and a total of 3,000 taels will be enough for him in two months." ”

This is indeed much cheaper than lending outside, and Zhicheng was a little moved, and said in a tone that was not very firm, "I'm afraid that it will spread in the future......"

Ma Lao Er immediately pointed to the poison of the sky and the earth, "Uncle, don't worry, can I still pit my own people?"

Layue secretly laughed in her heart, two months is indeed three thousand taels is enough, but what if two months are not enough?