Power is the most beautiful thing in the world, but unfortunately most of the Cheng family are timid and simple, and for a few days they once grabbed a small tail but did not use it, so that now they end up losing money and land.

The old lady remorsefully remembered it.

By the time the men returned from the mountain, the meal had already been prepared.

The Cheng family is a big family in the village, and many villagers have gone to the Cheng family to help work and earn wages, and the Cheng family has never deducted their wages and food, and they have a good reputation in these ten miles and eight townships. When such a big event happened to the Cheng family, almost every household in the village came out to help.

The funeral was very decent in the countryside, but everyone saw those who came to ask for money, and knew that the Cheng family would be in big trouble next.

Therefore, the big guy did not eat and drink as he used to joke, but hurriedly finished eating and helped clean up and left.

Village Chief Wang hesitated for a while before finding Cheng Er, "If you have any trouble, just tell me, if it's really not good, I'll ask my second child to help." ”

Cheng Er said gratefully: "Thank you Uncle Wang for your kindness, if you really want that day, I have to trouble you." ”

These days are exhausted, the old lady asked the big guys to go back to rest, "Don't say anything today, let's discuss the future tomorrow." ”

She called her daughters again: "It's been a few days since you came back, so it's better to go to the family and come back the day after tomorrow." ”

No one is stupid, knowing that the old lady is afraid that they will also get angry, but several people shook their heads and refused, and the boss Cheng Chunfen said quickly: "Mother, we won't go back!" You don't have to hide it from us, how much money does the family have now, and is it enough to pay it back? I really can't do it, I still have fifty taels of silver in my hand. ”

Sister-in-law Wang Daling coughed heavily, and Cheng Chunfen glared at him: "If you have an uncomfortable throat, go drink some tea, that mother-in-law Ding is the most angry." ”

The old lady glanced at the eldest aunt and waved her hand: "Although there is not much silver in the family, there is still land and a shop, so I won't use the money you married to the daughter." Uncle can rest assured. ”

Wang Daling looked embarrassed, "Mother-in-law, I didn't mean that." ”

Cheng Chunfen was reluctant again, this time it was aimed at her mother, "Mother, what do you mean by this?" Daling, he just coughed because his throat was weak, what you said was so sad, he was busy here these days, you don't appreciate it, forget it......"

The old lady was a little troubled by her noise, "I'm reassuring you, okay, okay, I said the wrong thing, I won't say it, you can shut up!" ”

Speaking of which, her tone became a little stern, Cheng Chunfen was startled and stopped her mouth, and said in a soft voice: "Mother, you are tired, go to bed early!" ”

She and her second sister Cheng Chunzhi entered the house one left and one right, but the old lady did not refuse again.

Cheng Er patted his eldest brother-in-law on the shoulder: "Mother didn't mean that, she meant well, but she misunderstood you by talking about it." ”

"I know, I know."

Although it was a little embarrassing, it was best for the old lady to be able to speak without silver.

It's not that he's stingy, fifty taels is not a small amount, if it's ten taels or eight taels, he gritted his teeth and took it out, but his son only became a relative at the beginning of this year, and his shop still has to turnover, and there is really not much cash in his hand, fifty taels is almost all.

The polite words still have to be said: "You also know that in a few months to the middle of the year, my shop is about to buy new goods...... But if you really want to use money, you don't have to be polite, although squeak, fifty taels really can't be taken out, but ten taels or eight taels of me can also be strung upside down. ”

Even if it's my own uncle, this thank you should be said, and you and I will disperse back to the house after a few words.

Qu Shi was a little restless, Cheng Er washed his feet and watched her grinding on the ground, and asked curiously, "What are you doing?" There's a nail on the kang that pierces your ass? ”

Qu Shi rolled his eyes, his own man walked around a lot outside, and his speech became more and more unpleasant.

Cheng Er didn't know about her belly, and if he knew, he would definitely come to the sentence "It's not all learned from you".

Cheng Er called her: "Bring me the cloth towel to wipe your feet." Qu took it and handed it to him, then sat next to him and watched him wipe his feet.

Cheng Er muttered in his heart: There is no eye at all.

Qu Shi sighed and sighed again, Cheng Er was impatient, who has the spare time to guess your mind after being tired for so many days?

"Do you want to say it? Not to mention that I slept. Go! Pour me this foot-washing water! He said with a grin, his feet were lifted like this, and his buttocks were on the kang as soon as he turned.

Qu Shi hurriedly grabbed him: "Look at your death, you don't have any patience at all." I was thinking, how can I pay for such a lot of silver! ”

Cheng Er said indifferently: "I don't need you to come out, what kind of heart do you have?" Isn't there still a mother and sister-in-law? ”

"That's your ......"

Qu's words were interrupted by Cheng Er before he finished speaking, "I signed it on behalf of the eldest brother in the family, they didn't say no, that's okay, now look for me?" Is it possible? ”

He said it right, but it sounded uncomfortable at the moment.

Qu Shi breathed a sigh of relief and asked quietly, "You don't have to return the twenty taels you received, right?" ”

"Stand out! They got so much, and they were too embarrassed to ask me for this bit of silver? If you really want to be so shameless, I will go out, and I will find Uncle Wang and his brother, I don't believe that they dare to offend the palace! ”

Cheng Er warned her: "You keep your mouth shut for me, and then you have to be like before, that mouth is looser than the waistband of cotton pants, don't blame me!" ”

Qu Shi was not afraid of him, but he also knew that he couldn't be foolish, "When did my mouth looser than the waistband of cotton pants?" You don't blink an eye. ”

The two of them lay down, but they didn't know that outside, Cheng Yunxiu lay at the door and listened to the silence inside, so he quietly went back to the kang and lay down.

He listened to it from the sentence "signed on behalf of the eldest brother" in the past, and the words behind his father and mother lowered his voice, and he didn't hear it really brightly, only vaguely heard some words of "twenty taels, keep your mouth closed".

Then I had some doubts in my heart.

He thought that they had saved twenty taels of private rooms in the second room over the years, and his father would not let his mother take it out.

Usually my mother is selfish and unreasonable, but I didn't expect that at this critical moment, my father and the family had an outside heart.

Needless to say, the next day, the main stove's Niu family put the food down a lot.

The breakfast is sorghum rice porridge, a large cake with sorghum rice noodles, sweet potato noodles and a little flour, the shape is not good-looking, and the taste is not very good.

It is a meal with pickles pickled at home.

No one cares, now everyone in the family has their own hearts, how can they be in the mood to pay attention to food.

After eating, the old lady left her sons and the Yang family, and named Yunhui to stay, and said to him lovingly: "You are the pillar of your house, and you will have to take care of the affairs of the family in the future." ”

Cheng Yunhui nodded apprehensively.

In the past half a month, he has become more stable and mature than before.

Although he was still a little immature, although he had been depressed a few days ago, which made his family worried and disappointed, the old lady vaguely saw the shadow of the boss from his body.

This made her can't help but give him more patience.

Cheng Er frowned slightly, but quickly relaxed, a child is not worth anything.

The old lady looked around, and saw that she didn't go out on the seventh day of the first month, and she didn't drive anyone out, so she beckoned Yang to sit beside her, and then said to her sons: "Since the accident between your father and your eldest brother, those who stammered in the past have not changed their faces." Especially the people who signed the land documents and those who resisted the servitude, their faces changed even more. ”

Cheng Er's face was a little unbearable, and he couldn't help but defend himself: "Mother, I'm also for the family, how do I know that they will turn their faces like this and don't recognize people." Besides, my father and my eldest brother both knew about this document and approved it. ”

He can't carry this black cauldron, otherwise there will be countless losses waiting for him to eat in the future.

The old lady wrinkled her eyebrows and looked at him, "I didn't say anything about you?" Your father recognizes me know, and your eldest brother has no way to approve it, one is that your father is pressing him, and the other is that he is afraid that you will lose face without credit outside. I know this, and my family knows it, so you don't have to say it. ”

Cheng Er muttered in a low voice: "It's not your old man who said it first." ”

The old lady ignored him, and then said, "What about this matter, since our Cheng family has signed it, we have to admit it." Although our family is not a rich and noble family, we know the word 'faith'. ”

Cheng Er nodded again and again, and the rest of the brothers did not move, neither agreeing nor objecting.

Cheng Chuqi knew that losing money was unstoppable.

It's okay to say that the two families are good, but many of them are middle-class people in the county, and the Cheng family can't afford to offend them together, even if they know the county, they won't offend.

She looked at Cheng Er, feeling a little strange in her heart, and always felt that there was something wrong with his performance and the documents he signed.

But she can't say this guess without evidence, because it will chill the hearts of the rest of the Cheng family.

She listened to the old lady continue: "I brought a few hundred and fifty taels of silver to your eldest brother at home, but I didn't expect ......" She paused and lifted the placket of her clothes to wipe the corners of her eyes, "This time I went to find someone, plus the funeral, I didn't have any silver left." ”

"We have to compensate the other people for the two hundred taels of silver, and we have to give another two hundred taels. That's four hundred taels. ”

Everyone's faces changed.

I only know how much to pay, but how much to pay, and we don't have a specific number in our minds.

"Mother~" The brothers are in a hurry, four hundred taels, and if all the 100 acres of land in the family are sold, they can sell it for six or seven hundred taels!

The old lady waved her hand: "There are still more than 130 taels of cash at home, and the rest, the second and third ......" She paused and called the fifth: "You all go out to inquire about the price of the land, and then go to the city to inquire about the price of the shop, first sell our shop, and sell the land if it is not enough." ”

Cheng Er was anxious, "Mother, the land can't be sold!" ”

Cheng Si also said: "Mother, sell the shop first, and then make up each room, see how much you can make up, and then find a way if it's not enough." ”

The rest of the people also said: "Yes, mother, the land can't be sold!" ”

Land is fundamental, and without land, it is difficult for a family to have enough to eat.

The price of the shop hasn't changed much in years, when they bought it for 100 taels, now they can sell it for 120 taels.

Cheng Er and Cheng Wu went to sell the shop, and the rest of the houses took out all the private money to help the family tide over the difficulties first.

Yang took out more than thirty taels of silver in the room, as well as a few pieces of jewelry of his own.

Originally, the private room of their house was only about ten taels, and the jewelry for Cheng Da's reading was almost pawned in those years, but after Cheng Dazhong's move, there were merchants and gentry in Fucheng who gave gifts, and he left a few good ones for his daughter-in-law, and also left some silver money for private houses, and the big head was handed over to his mother.

Fortunately, these are the investments of those businessmen, and they will not come to ask for them back.

Now the silver in the family, one hundred taels was privately handed over to his mother by Cheng Da.

Sanfang Niu took five hangs of money and five taels of silver, and said with some shame: "Mother, we don't have any silver, these five hangs of money are what we saved." This was brought back by the third child. But he didn't say how he got it.

The old lady took the money and asked Yunhui to write it down in the account book, "Mother knows, don't worry, the public will pay you back the money in the future." ”

Niu Shi breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid that her mother-in-law would give her face on the spot.

She quietly glanced at Cheng Si, this honest person, wanted to take out all the money, but was stopped by her, if she really wanted nothing left, what if something happened?

She quietly left five taels.

Fan Shi took out twenty-five taels of silver, "Mother, these are the rewards given by Shiro's family who worked as a dart master outside in those years, and we have kept it and didn't dare to move." Take it! ”

Everyone was surprised, and Yang was even more moved speechless.

The old lady sighed and motioned for Yunhui to accept it, "You are a good boy, thank you." ”

She knew that the fourth child had a private room, but she didn't expect it to be so much, and she took it out.

Fu stepped forward cautiously, took out a small string of copper coins and two small silver ingots, "Mother, this is all the belongings of Gorou and me, all for the family." ”

The old lady was stunned, "Why do you have so much money?" ”

You must know that there are several other houses, it is because they have been married for a long time, but the fifth child has been married for less than a year, and there is so much money?

Fu Shi pointed to the string of copper coins and said embarrassedly: "We only saved more than 200 yuan, and the five taels of silver were given by the eldest brother." ”

The old lady and the Yang family were stunned.

Niu and Fan glanced at each other, and Niu stepped forward helplessly and said, "My eldest brother was lifted, and when he came back, he also gave the third child five taels of silver." ”

Fan whispered: "Give the old four or five taels too." ”

This was because he was afraid that the old lady and his wife would be unhappy, so he didn't tell the two. These stupid kids, are they the stingy people!

The old lady wiped away her tears again, "Good boys, all good boys!" ”

The old lady accepted the five taels of silver and returned the dozens of dollars to him: "If something like this happens at home, you have to wait for the filial piety period to pass, you can take the money, you are also old now, you can't have no money in your pocket." ”

She looked at the door, "Why hasn't the second daughter-in-law come yet?" ”

As she was talking, Qu ran in in a hurry, she carried a cloth bag in her hand, and put it on the kang table, "Mother, this is mine, a total of twenty-five taels." ”

After speaking, he looked at everyone in the room with some pride.

The old lady opened it and saw that there were two big silver ingots inside, and the remaining five taels were small silver blocks and a few strings of copper coins, and there were no small silver ingots like those people, so she asked her: "Your eldest brother came back after lifting the middle and didn't give the second child silver?" ”

Qu was surprised, "Didn't give it?" She felt that this was not quite right, so she asked, "Mother, what do you mean by this?" Could it be that my eldest brother gave the silver in the first place? ”

"And where did you get all this money?"

Qu was a little embarrassed: "The two taels of silver in this are given by Xiaofang, and my mother also knows that she has a mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and a sister-in-law below. and these twenty taels that my second child and I have saved over the years. ”

She said that she didn't dare to look at the old lady with a weak heart, and Yun Xiu guessed that this money was the one he overheard.

The old lady looked at her with a somewhat complicated gaze, she had never liked Qu's, but Qu's performance these days she had seen it in her eyes, not always sharp-picking, but hard-working, and now without saying a word, she took out the silver, and her perception of Qu's was a little better.

On the contrary, I feel that the second child and his daughter-in-law are hiding their hearts, and she, who is a mother, has to give him a little bit.

When the daughters-in-law went out, the three daughters also came over.

Needless to say, the eldest girl didn't have fifty taels, but she still took twenty taels, and the old lady refused to accept it, so Cheng Chunfen cried: "I know that my mother dislikes me, although I am a married girl, but I am also the daughter of the Cheng family, can I be ......good if my mother's family is not good?"

The old lady was angry enough and stretched out her hand to hit her: "How old is it, the daughter-in-law still howls when she enters the door, is it good to hear or look good?" ”

Yang Shi said gratefully: "Eldest sister, my mother is for your good, you all have your own days, which is indeed a little more ......"

Cheng Chunfen was not angry with her brother and daughter-in-law, she said impatiently: "What's more? You've got enough money, isn't that too much? ”

Cheng Chuqi understood that this person was upright.

The old lady thought for a while, "Your silver, does the eldest aunt know?" ”

"Yes."

"You don't have to take it?"

"It's not! Mother, don't underestimate him, although he is sometimes stingy, but he is not the ungrateful person. ”

The old lady sighed, "Okay, then the mother will take it, and I will pay you back first when I have the money in the future." ”

Cheng Chunzhi also took three hangs of silver out, "Mother, I don't have much, these are still given by my mother and brothers, so let's use them to save the family!" ”

Since the old lady has accepted the eldest child, there is no reason not to accept the second child, but she will inevitably have to say a few more words: "Don't be strong, although it is difficult at home, it will not be difficult to become like that!" ”

Cheng Chunzhi nodded when he saw that his mother was busy, "I know, mother, there is no place to use money at home now, and there is enough food to eat." ”

Cheng Chunxia has been cowering and following behind, this time there was an accident at home, she came back with her two daughters, but her man's immoral one just started to come here, kowtowed and left, and never showed up again.

It is estimated that he is happy in his heart, Cheng Da is gone, and the remaining brothers dare not do anything to him without support!

She didn't have money, but guilt, "Mother, I'm sorry!" ”

The old lady was most troubled by her angry look, "Okay, my mother knows that you have no money, so I don't blame you." ”

The old lady talked to her like this, she was flattered, and she muttered with tears in her eyes: "Mother~Mother~"

On that day, Wu Quande came and quietly pulled her to leave, but she refused to live or die, and the old lady also knew.

The old lady clapped her hands: "Good boy, you are all good boys!" ”

The Yang family pulled a few children and knelt down with a flutter, "Brother and sister, eldest sister and sister-in-law, we will pay back this money by smashing pots and selling iron in the future!" ”

Chu Qi was coldly pressed by the Yang family and knelt down, and before she could think about it, she heard her mother's words.

She felt that her mother was seriously ill, and couldn't help but ask her grandmother: "The money was collected by our Cheng family at the beginning, so there is nothing wrong with our Cheng family!" ”

Why do you want to take such a debt on yourself?

Do you know that you are here in time, and you can lead the whole family to get rich and then pay back?

Otherwise, do you want Yunhui to be a cow and a horse?

Or do you want to sell your daughter to pay off your debts?

Today, 5,000 words, I dare not say how much tomorrow, and I will set up fewer flags in the future. Ask for subscription, support, collection, and recommendation tickets!

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