The remaining thirty-five taels of silver were enough to make Mr. Zhang anxious for two days.
Here Zhang Gugua called Zhang Hugua back with a letter, saying that the house was decided, but if the money was not paid within five days, he couldn't wait, and there were other families waiting to buy the house.
As a result, Zhang Laodou became even more anxious, fearing that the house would be bought by others.
I couldn't care less about it, so I went to the town myself and squeezed out fifteen taels of silver from Zhang Digua.
After Mr. Zhang left, Mrs. Liu, who had been holding back, became angry.
"How can my sister-in-law not have money in her hands? Who believes it? Why do we have to take money back home every month, while they just take money away from home every month! They are all father's biological sons, who raises whom! His son
We can buy a house in the county, but we, Bai'er, can't?"
"I don't care, my father-in-law can make up the money. Bai'er can't treat one with favoritism, and I won't suffer this disadvantage!"
Zhang Digua was most afraid of his wife, so he quickly tried to coax her, "Didn't we just pay fifty taels of silver from home and leave? The eldest brother also has something on his mind. When this period is over, I will replace Bai Bai with my father."
Don't worry about our son, we only have a son, how can we hope for his good?"
"What's wrong with fifty taels of silver? We haven't received enough money from our family over the years. We're all our biological sons, so why should he enjoy the benefits? My mother-in-law's family took a big role in Xinghua's matter, spending hundreds of taels of silver.
Come on! I haven't said this yet!" Ms. Liu was furious.
"I'm not the stupid big guy from my second wife. I can't take this money in vain. We also have to take advantage of it! Speaking of fairness, since when has my father-in-law been fair? So I can't do anything wrong."
Zhang Digua was very coaxed again, but there was nothing that could be done about it. How could this daughter-in-law’s mother-in-law be so capable?
Although Ms. Liu was angry, she took all the money. Fortunately, when she bought this shop, she was clever and secretly asked her parents' family to use their force to get the name of the man who lost the deed to the house.
Otherwise, we may not know what will happen in the future.
This shop now costs seventy or eighty taels of silver.
But that's nothing.
"Bai'er is already seven years old. He has a lot of fun. I used to care about him when he was young and let him go. But it won't work if it goes on like this. So I plan to send him to school at the beginning of next year. I will pay him six taels of silver every year.
, plus other expenses, this must also be included in it. When you go home tomorrow, you have to ask your father-in-law for it. This money does not need to be paid out by the family. The money we pay to the family every month will be saved.
This account will do."
"Besides this, we still have to save money to repay my parents' money. You have to make this clear. In short, from now on, our shop will not have to take any money from my family."
As long as she has agreed to this, she will not take any money from the family again. If the eldest brother wants to take advantage of her, there is no way!
To be honest, her natal family is more prosperous than Feng's natal family, and her background is not inferior to hers.
What happened to the long room?
She didn't recognize it.
Zhang Digua nodded quickly, "That's the reason. We are all the grandsons of the Zhang family. Song'er is studying, and we, Bai'er, naturally have to study too. Of course, we have to pay back the money from the Yue family. I will mention it to dad later, so don't worry."
…
I got fifteen taels of silver from the third room, but I was still short of twenty taels.
Zhang Laodou came back and rummaged through the box, and finally found a crystal clear jade pendant at the bottom of the box.
This thing looks like a good item at first glance.
Old Mrs. Deng looked on and couldn't help but said: "Are you going to use this jade pendant as a gift? Don't you mean that this is a token given to you by your superior? If anything happens to future generations, you can take this jade pendant with you.
Want him to help?"
I heard that although the Shangguan has now become an official, his sons and grandsons are still in the court and are still prominent in the family.
It would not be cost-effective to just pawn off such a jade pendant.
Zhang Laodou held the jade pendant and thought about it over and over for a long time. Finally, he collected the jade pendant and put it back.
That's right, just for twenty taels of silver, it's not worth it.
There is no other way to think of it.
Piece it together here and there, piece it together here and there, you can get it together even if you don't think so.
…
The business of the tea shed continued day by day, and a lot of money was made every day. After half a month, Song Qiu's original one hundred taels of silver had been replenished, and even the money for buying mules had been earned back.
Old Yuan's lips were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths while listening to Song Qiu settling accounts.
If this business continues, in two years, she will be able to marry Ah Qiu happily. Ah Qiu will have money in her hands, so she will not be afraid of having a hard time, and her son and daughter-in-law will feel at ease underground.
It's just A Qiu's marriage...
Old Yuan thought about what the old sisters had mentioned. Zhang Yang was a boy who was often away from home. He was already a grown man, so he was not in a hurry.
She looked at her granddaughter and wanted to ask her what she thought of Zhang Yang, but she didn't know where to ask.
Of course it's Zhang Yang, so that he can leave a lasting impression on the Song family regardless of whether he is married or not.
If it were someone else, it would be hard to say.
She secretly wanted Zhang Yang to be her grandson-in-law. After all, the old sisters had promised that Zhang Yang would be their son-in-law.
Old Yuan was thinking about her granddaughter's marriage, but coincidentally, magpies were chirping in the treetops, and on that day, a matchmaker came to the door.
The matchmaker arrived early enough. She was cooking shrimps in the kitchen at home and hadn't gone to the Changhe River yet.
"Old sister of the Yuan family! What a happy event! Are you at home? My sister, I'm here to say hello to you!"
The person who came here had a loud voice, and luckily, Old Yuan was also very familiar with her.
If we talk about the famous midwives in eight villages across ten miles and eighty miles, she is the one who is the most famous midwife. People in the village are willing to call her, so the famous matchmaker is the one in front of me.
Old Yuan smiled and welcomed the person into her room, "Oh, sister Xiao, what brought you to my place? I said that the magpies have been chirping today, so they want to come to your place.
Here’s a rare visitor!”
When Matchmaker Xiao came, there was so much noise that even the old Deng family and Miao family next door couldn't help but look over.
When she saw someone entering the house, she couldn't follow him to take a look. Miao couldn't help but smile and said: "Ah Qiu is a capable girl. Now she is famous far and wide. Everyone knows that she has built a tea shed and her business is good every day.
What's incredible, isn't it? Someone acted quickly and actually invited a matchmaker to come to the door. I don't know which family it is?
A while ago, my natal sister-in-law came to hang out and mentioned this matter to me, but she didn't say anything yet because I was afraid that Aunt Yuan would not like my nephew, so I haven't decided yet whether I should help her with the matter.
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Old Mrs. Deng listened and looked at the room again, feeling a little nervous.
Although she mentioned it to her old sisters, Zhang Yang is a young man who has no family. If the person who proposes marriage is from a better family, she can't force her old sisters to marry her grandson based on their friendship.
Zhang Laodou, who was in the upper room, was listening to Matchmaker Xiao's movements and was worrying about how to get the remaining twenty taels of silver together. Suddenly, an idea came to him, and this idea aroused him.
Lihua is also almost fourteen, which is pretty close to her.
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Everyone wants to see Mr. Zhang die quickly, and I also want him to die quickly. ^_^ But I still have to keep him alive. It would be too easy to die so quickly. I have to give him a "perfect" ending.
Also, don’t worry, Lihua, everything will be fine.