Zhang Lao Dou was worried about the money, so he sent Zhang Hugua to Chengjiazhuang early the next morning to hear the reply.
When Zhang Donggua saw the person, he scratched his head and was very troubled: "I have been begging the manager for a long time, but when the manager heard about it, he got an advance of one hundred and eighty taels. He thought about how old your sister-in-law and I are, and said nothing.
Ken agreed, fourth brother, you go back and tell dad that I really asked for it, but the manager didn’t agree, and there’s nothing I can do about it.”
Zhang Hugua was so happy that he was waiting to get the money. When he heard this, his face dropped.
Why can’t I borrow it?
How can he buy a house if he can't borrow money from his nephew? How can he get a scholar's daughter? How can he study in the county school? How can he be an examiner?
Zhang Hugua, the future official's uncle, just felt that he was not well. He didn't think much about it and just blurted out the words in his mind.
"Second brother, why are you so useless? It's not like I'm asking you to borrow money in advance when I ask you to advance money. Why can't you if someone can advance you money? To put it bluntly, your mouth is like a rusty wooden saw. Say no.
Just say something nice!"
"If I can't get this money, how can I tell my mother when I go back? Yiniang doesn't like your temper, believe it or not, and sold the pear blossom!?"
Zhang Donggua:......
He was so angry that he never thought that his fourth brother, who had always been pretty good, would say such a thing.
What sold the pear blossom!
His mother wouldn't sell pear blossoms, but some people might not.
Thinking of this, Zhang Donggua couldn't help but clenched his fists and said: "How about I go and beg the housekeeper again."
In fact, he didn't lie. Although he followed Aunt Yuan's instructions not to show that he was in a hurry to find the steward, but when the steward heard that he had advanced one hundred and eighty taels and signed a twenty-two-year contract, he also wanted to
I said it was impossible without even thinking about it.
Although the Cheng family is kind, it is impossible for them to agree to this.
The money is not wasted, right?
After all, his Cao'er is already in his early thirties. After twenty years of work, the Cheng family is still afraid that they won't be able to finish it when he is in his fifties.
But Zhang Donggua thought about her daughter and decided to give it another try.
This time I really gave it a try. If I could borrow it and the pear blossoms didn't have to be sold, then it would be worth their while for the couple to work together for a lifetime.
When Zhang Hugua heard this, he managed to calm down and nodded: "Then go quickly, I'll be waiting for you here. If you can't get the money, I can't go back to do business today."
Zhang Donggua responded, turned around and went to find the steward.
The manager has taken good care of him for so many years, because both of them work neatly and honestly, never cheating or cheating, and they only do more every day, never less, and this has been the case for more than ten years.
If he had been given an advance of several dozen taels of silver, he would still be able to help open his mouth in front of the master after ten or eight years, but he could not agree to this nearly two hundred taels.
Because you know without asking, the master will definitely not agree.
So it is no surprise that Zhang Donggua came out with a slumped head again. This time it was true, not fake at all.
"Fourth brother, the manager still refuses. If I say a few dozen taels, I can go and talk to the landlord. The advance I want is too much, and he won't agree."
When Zhang Hugua heard this, he was at his wits end. If someone beat him to death and refused to lend him money, there was nothing he could do to get angry in vain.
The Cheng family has a great business, but he doesn't dare to cause trouble here.
So I had to say: "I'll go back and ask my parents first and see what they say."
When I got home and told Mr. Zhang, he was also very disappointed.
I thought that the second brother and his wife had been working for more than ten years, and there was no credit but hard work. Why did the Cheng family disagree?
I didn’t expect that people would disagree.
It’s also the second child who has no future. He has been working for more than ten years but has not been able to win over the manager and let others help him.
There was no other way. Zhang Laodou thought for a long time, almost chewing the cigarette rod, and finally said: "Go back and tell him now, how much you can advance, it is better to have dozens of taels than nothing."
After Zhang Hugua responded, Zhang Lao Dou sighed to Lao Deng: "How can we get the rest of the money?"
Old Mrs. Deng pursed her lips, "Anyway, I can get out ten taels of silver here, and we don't have anything we can sell. Otherwise, why don't you ask your uncle to borrow some?"
Zhang Laodou also has an old uncle who is his mother's younger brother. He is only about sixty years old this year. He is still in good health and has a promising son. Therefore, his family is well off and he can be considered to have a fortune of hundreds of taels.
At that time, old Mrs. Deng really thought that Mr. Zhang was gone from the war and was forced by her mother-in-law to remarry. This old uncle came to her door and almost beat Mr. Deng to death. He also said that even if Mr. Zhang died, he would still have to die.
Guard him.
He has a bad temper, so over the years, Mr. Deng has been impatient with his family.
If it weren't for the toughness of old Deng's mother-in-law, this would be really unpleasant.
At that time, Li Dachui was a lonely man, but he was also diligent and had a lot of money in his hands. It was because of this that the Deng family persuaded old Deng to remarry in order to get another betrothal gift and kill the old man who was not afraid of marrying Mr. Zhang.
My uncle insisted and forced him to retreat.
The Deng family are not good relatives either, so Mrs. Deng did not talk about borrowing money from her mother's family.
Zhang Laodou also understood that he had resented the Deng family for forcing his wife to remarry, and even went to his house to make trouble when he returned home. They have not been in contact with each other these years.
He won't come to your door to borrow money.
My relationship with my old uncle is actually pretty good, so I nodded thinking about it, "I'll go to Chenjiazhuang tomorrow."
It is always a bad idea to borrow money from others, so Mr. Zhang did not intend to borrow more, as it would embarrass others if he borrowed too much.
After all, an old uncle is an old uncle and an old cousin is an old cousin. They are different.
Therefore, Zhang Laodou made a trip and came back after lunch and borrowed twenty taels, which was indeed good.
Coincidentally, Zhang Hugua, who went to Chengjiazhuang to listen to the news, also came back with money.
Zhang Donggua was afraid that she would not have any money, and her family really wanted to sell pear blossoms, so even if it was for ten or eight years, as long as the supervisor relented, that would be fine.
Finally, after begging for a long time, the steward agreed and told Landlord Cheng that the person who signed the ten-year contract received eighty taels of silver.
Zhang Laodou held a pile of silver in his hands and counted it over and over before he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now the total is one hundred and forty-five taels. We are still short of thirty-five taels. Let's see if we can think of other ways to make up."
He talked for a long time, but when his wife didn't respond, he couldn't help but shout twice more.
Old Mrs. Deng was thinking that her second brother had signed a ten-year contract and would be in his forties when the contract was completed. She was worried for a moment.
When she came to her senses, she also heard Zhang Lao Dou's words and couldn't help but said: "I can only borrow it, otherwise what else can I do? If the matter of returning to Xinghua for the first time had not been dealt with, we would still be rich in money.
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Zhang Laodou thought about the fifty taels and felt a little regretful, but then he thought about it. Lao San had sent a letter not long ago saying that Xinghua learned the rules at the county government and learned them very well. Even the county magistrate was very optimistic about her.
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It will be different once he is sent to Beijing at the beginning of the year and enters the palace.
Fifty taels of silver is nothing.
He pursed his lips and said: "This matter has been settled, what is there to say? The good things will come later, just watch it!"