Chen's face turned red, and he said continuously: "It's time to pay it back, no, just wait to sell the grain to pay off the debt." ”

"I'll ask my mother-in-law in a moment."

Aunt Sun smiled, "Then I'll wait for your letter." ”

Chen turned around and went to the upper room, and when he entered the house, Zhou had just closed the camphor wood box.

Seeing Chen come in, she quickly locked the box, and turned her head to look at Chen dissatisfied, "What are you doing here?" ”

Chen lowered his head, "Mother knows, San Lang went to Fucheng to take the exam before, and borrowed ten taels of silver from Zhang Lizheng's house next door." ”

"Just now, Aunt Sun of the Lizheng family asked me when the silver would be returned, saying that her family planned to marry a daughter-in-law and was waiting for the silver to be used."

Zhou's face dropped as soon as he heard this, "I don't have any money, don't look for me." ”

Chen Shi paused for a moment, "Mother, how can you have no money, didn't you just sell the grain?" ”

Zhou lowered his eyelids, "Hehe, I said it a long time ago, keep the money from selling millet this year, and give me and your father longevity." ”

"What's the matter, you even want to rob this money?"

Chen's face turned red, "Mother, it's not that I want to rob it, I borrowed other people's money, and I have to pay it back after all." ”

Zhou snorted, "I used this silver?" ”

"Did I ask you to borrow it?"

"If I don't give you any money, then I don't care about paying it back."

Chen was about to cry urgently, "It was my mother who said at the time that the family could only get ten taels of silver, and San Lang was not enough, so I went to ask Aunt Sun to borrow it, and my father agreed at that time, and you also know it." ”

Zhou lowered his eyes, "It's none of my business anyway." She waved her hand like a fly, "Let's go, don't get in the way of the pestle here." ”

Chen stood in place for a while, his face red and white for a while, and then he went out of the house for a while.

Gu Yunjiao was sitting by the window, looking at the pulse case taken from home, when she saw Chen walking outside with tears in his eyes.

She hurriedly put down her book and walked to the next room, where she saw Chen sitting alone at the table and weeping.

Gu Yunjiao walked over and said softly, "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

Chen was angry, anxious and aggrieved, and said the matter in one go, "My dowry is all over, where is the silver to be returned to others now!" ”

She wiped the corners of her eyes, "I can see it through, and they are reluctant to spend the silver on San Lang, and they are waiting for San Lang to be an official in the future to enjoy his happiness." ”

Chen Shi took a hard "bah", "How can there be such a beautiful thing in the world!" ”

Gu Yunjiao thought about it, in her medicine storehouse, there was valuable musk deer antler ginseng or something, just take a little out and exchange it for some silver, but this silver should not be taken by her, and she will not take it.

She said softly: "Mother, it's better to go to the old man and talk about it, the old man is still sensible." ”

It's better than Zhou's.

Chen nodded, "I'm looking for the old man." ”

"There is no division in this family, and the six buckets of rice that San Lang sends every month are also handed over to the family, and the silver owed should be made public, and there is no silver, obviously there is silver, but it is not returned, this is unreasonable."

Chen patted Gu Yunjiao's hand, with relief in his eyes, "San Lang went to the county to study, fortunately, there is still you at home, and I also have someone to discuss in case of trouble." ”

Chen came out of the house and took a turn, but he didn't see Old Man Jiang, so he had to keep things in his heart.

When it was time for dinner, Old Man Jiang came back.

After eating a few bites, Chen couldn't hold it back, and said loudly: "Dad, today Aunt Sun urged our family to return the silver, that is, the ten taels of silver that San Lang borrowed from Fucheng to catch the exam, you said at the time, you can't pull your face to find Lizheng, let me go to Aunt Sun, and say that I am a woman's family to speak." ”

The house was quiet.