Hearing that someone came to the door to make trouble, Old Man Chu rushed back from the field in a panic.

"Guys, don't do anything, it's easy to say anything." Old Man Chu shook the man and said softly.

"Haha, it turns out that the old man is a Sven! Sven people are good, Sven people like to be reasonable. In the lower town, the gambling stall Zhou Dazui. Chu Youwen is your son, he borrowed thirty taels of silver from us two months ago, and it was due three days ago, but he ran home and hid. Old man, how do you say to solve it?"

Zhou Dazui spit out the grass roots in his mouth, trying to make himself look less vulgar. In front of the literate people, they have to pretend to be Sven to deal with it.

"I'll only lend you two...... Twenty taels! Chu Youwen defended weakly.

"Cut, are you going to open a charity hall when we are going to be in and out? You told our brothers to drink the northwest wind? It's right for you to borrow twenty taels, and you will only be charged ten taels of interest in two months, and there are few places in Daning that are so low! Zhou Dazui didn't have a good face for Chu Youwen.

Old Man Chu was frightened in his heart, the last thirty taels had not been resolved, and another thirty taels came!

"Zhou Haohan, I won't tell you, this amount has been mentioned to me before, isn't this a hurry to raise money. Please let Zhou Haohan tolerate it for a few days, and Chu promised to pay it back. Seeing that people were gathering at the gate of the courtyard, Old Man Chu hurriedly promised in a low voice.

"It's worthy of being a father and son, and even the words are exactly the same. The old man is so sincere, I will make my own decision and promise you another three days of grace. I'll come back in three days, and I'll ask for your son's hand before I can do it!" Hehe, if he dares to hide again, he will catch more than just one hand! ”

Zhou Dazui said goodbye and led his men away.

The courtyard finally returned to quiet, and Old Man Chu walked into the house with a blue face.

Chu Youwen followed behind him with a shy face, and knelt down as soon as he entered the house: "Father, the child has done something wrong in a moment's confusion, I beg my father to forgive!" ”

"It's not a real recruit yet!" Old Man Chu casually gave him a slap in the face.

"Old man, you...... If you have something to say, can you solve the problem just by fighting! Du Pozi was afraid that the old man would make another move, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him. Chu Youwen is her first child, she was smart, sensible and obedient when she was a child, and she was the proudest existence.

"You, you, you, what you, are the fathers of several children, dozens of years old people don't learn well, but learn people to do bad things! Now that everyone is chasing them to the house, let's see how you solve it in three days! Old Man Chu was so angry that he trembled, and his words were not good.

"Ask my father to help me, if I am physically disabled, I will not have a chance to take the imperial examination, but I am dedicated to learning this year, and I have enough confidence to pass the hospital examination in one fell swoop!" Chu Youwen knelt forward a few steps and hugged Old Man Chu's thigh.

Old Man Chu was so angry that he blew his beard and asked him to quickly tell him what happened. Although thirty taels is not a small amount, he is angry, and he allows his eldest son to have one of his hands cut off, and what kind of imperial examination is he talking about.

Chu Youwen said in a hesitant manner that he discussed knowledge with his classmates one day, and later drank some wine together, and was dragged to the casino by his classmates with the strength of the wine, and played a few handfuls in a daze, but lost all the taels of silver on his body, and borrowed twenty taels in order to turn the book. Of course, the borrowed silver was quickly exported.

This seems to be a very common thing, that is, the gambling is lost. In fact, Chu Youwen didn't dare to tell the honest man, the money he borrowed was spent on women. Not long ago, he fell in love with a secret prostitute, spent all his money on eating and drinking, and when he was shy, he was instigated by the woman to borrow a loan from someone, and the debt fell into the hands of Zhou Dazui. I wanted to stay at home for a few days, and then go back to the town when I raised enough money, but I never thought that I would be chased to my home by the other party in just three days.

"Father, you have to believe me, I just fell for my classmates in a daze, they are purely jealous of the children's talents, and they are afraid that the children will compare them in the college examination! In fact, it's my fault, I want to have a lot of luck, so I don't have to pay for it at home when I go to the county hospital to take the test! ”

Chu Youwen burst into tears, and the listeners were sad and the hearers shed tears.

"Old man, don't worry about it, the boss just wants to share the burden for the family too much, so he fell in love with people, and he also attracted the jealousy of others because of his diligence." Du Pozi didn't wait for Old Man Chu to speak, and directly pulled Chu Youwen up.

Old Man Chu had a feeling of hating iron and not steel, but he had to take care of it. After all, Chu Youwen is his eldest son, and he doesn't care about his bad reputation, and if something happens to Lao Tzu, how can Da Lang and Erlang concentrate on studying? Doesn't this ruin all of a sudden's hope for the Chu family's imperial examination?

"If you don't have money to study, naturally Lao Tzu will help you solve it, which round will you worry about! I will let people inform the fifth child to come back, and tonight everyone will discuss how to solve the current problem, a few dozen taels is not a small amount! ”

Soon, Lao Wuchu Youzhi rushed back from the town, because he had something in his heart, Du Pozi naturally didn't have the heart to add vegetables, and dealt with things hastily. Then the two elders called several sons and daughters-in-law to gather in the upper house to discuss the matter of silver.

Chu Youzhi rolled his eyes and asked if he wanted to call Ye. Old Man Chu thought about it and said, there is no need for an illiterate woman to call, but let her daughter Baofeng be called.

In the darkness, outside the house, two pairs of small eyes staring at them through the window, it was the twins. According to my sister, there was a drama in broad daylight, and the fifth uncle hurried back from the town in a hurry, which must have something to do with the silver. The adults discussed that they didn't call the old lady, they must have wanted to make harm to the third room, and they had to guard against it! The two brothers competed to express themselves, Chu calmly thought about it, in order not to miss important information, simply the two of them went together!

There was a heated argument going on in the room.

"I have calculated carefully, there has been no rain this year, and the harvest in the fields is at least two or three percent less than in previous years. Even if you sell all the summer grain, you can only sell it for twenty taels in the sky, plus the eight taels your mother said, it will be twenty-eight taels! If you have any private money, you should contribute it all first, tide over this difficulty, and then pay you back when the autumn grain is in storage. ”

Old Man Chu smoked cigarettes, and the thick smell of smoke choked Du Pozi and coughed non-stop.

"Ahem, I still have three taels here, I was going to leave it to your little sister as a dowry, but Xiaofeng's marriage is a matter for the coming year, I will take it here for Xiaofeng and use it first, and then make up for it when the autumn grain is available." If anyone in your room dares to hide private money and not take it out, I found out to your mother, don't blame me for being ruthless! Du Pozi glared at several women fiercely.

"Mother, I have two or six dollars here, which I earned with Jiao'er Yan'er this year, and I only left a few dozen dollars, and there is no more." Chen was the first to say that this is a matter of life and death for his man.

"My sister-in-law is really rich, and she cried poor two days ago! I only have more than 700 dollars here, and I'll ask my mother's family again tomorrow to make up one or two. The second child stayed at home to work during this time, and he didn't have to go out to do a day's work, so he had no money. Wang never forgot to satirize Chen.

Everyone focused their eyes on the fifth couple of the old man.

Chu Youzhi took a breath and said: "It's really difficult to do business this year, and the scale of our store is too small, so it's difficult to make any money, but if something happens to the eldest brother, I have to work hard as a younger brother." I'll go to town tomorrow and find some old customers to collect debts, borrow or borrow, and make sure that I can make up two taels in three days. Just now, Ah Fang said that she has a few hundred dollars left over from embroidery, so let's find a way to make up one or two, there is no more. ”

"The summer grain is twenty taels, the current silver is eight taels, the big house is two taels and six, the second room is one tael, the fifth room is three taels, and the small phoenix is three taels, and the total is only thirty-seven taels and six, which is nearly twenty-three taels!"

Old Man Chu looked at Chu Youwen with unkind eyes, and Chu Youwen lowered his head in shame.

"Boss, no matter how you spend it, you can only be given twenty taels for the college exam, and you have to take care of Da Lang and Erlang for the exam! In this way, everyone will have to make up another thirteen taels! Old Man Chu's tone was unquestionable, and he cut Chu Youwen's budget by ten taels.

Even if Chu Youwen was dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't dare to say anything, and keeping his hand was the top priority.

"There are also a lot of people in Sanfang, why don't they contribute at this important juncture? Aren't they surnamed Chu?" Chu Baofeng spit out intentionally or unintentionally.

Old Man Chu shook his head, he knew very well in his heart that the Ye family had been doing housework for many years, and it was impossible for him to have money at all, and the third child and himself guarded dozens of acres of land, and they didn't even have a chance to do odd jobs, so where did they get the money.

"Don't talk about those unconscionable, who only eat white food! The old lady really doesn't understand, the boss's matter doesn't have to be solved? They will become officials in the future, whose ancestors will they be the light and whose ancestors will they shine? Aren't they all getting along with it?" Du Pozi was angry as soon as he said it!

"It seems that we can only plan to sell land again, at least two acres of paddy fields and one acre of dry land." Old Man Chu took a big puff of cigarette, and Du Pozi coughed again and again.

"Didn't I hear that my mother was going to marry Wuya? Why is there no movement?" Chu Youzhi asked.

"Don't talk about that dead girl, as soon as you say it, your mother will be dizzy! The old lady wants to marry that dead girl as soon as possible, but your father can't bear it! I don't know where the dead girl bumped into the evil, and she became sharp and sharp-tongued when she was sick, and she couldn't afford to lose anything. Du Pozi was so angry that her teeth itched.

"Actually, you can't get much money by marrying a girl, but I heard that there is a young master surnamed Shen in the town, who likes to find smart and clever scholars, and twins are better. Liulang Qilang is a twin, and he is liked, and he may be able to exchange for more than ten taels. If it is done properly, the family does not need to sell land. ”

Chu Youzhi said.

"That's a good thing, Dad, so you don't have to sell your land. How precious the land is, it is the lifeblood of our farms! Chu Youyong's eyes lit up when he heard that there was a way, and he was the most opposed to selling land. In the future, the eldest family will become officials, and the fifth family will do business abroad, and the land sold will not be lost to themselves?

"Father, what the fifth said may not be a good idea. The Shen family is well-known for being rich, and it is not inferior to the Li Mansion in our village. Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi can go to be a scholar for the young master of the Shen family, and if the opportunity is good, there will be a good way out. ”

Chu Youwen knew his situation well, and spoke softly to reduce his sense of existence as much as possible.

"Alright then, since we have such an opportunity, let's try our luck. Old Five, you are responsible, and I will go to the Shen family tomorrow to implement this matter, if it doesn't work, I will sell the land as soon as possible. ”

Old man Chu thought to himself, it is not bad for the two grandsons to be scholars, there is food and drink, and when they meet a good master, they can also read and write.

Chu Youzhi secretly rejoiced, but the Shen family offered a large price, at least more than thirty taels. Only give it to the family for a dozen taels, and you can make a lot of money.