Here, Tao finally sold the gold hairpin to the gold shop owner for 28 taels.
He took the silver with one hand and handed over the gold hairpin with the other. Although he received more than twenty taels of silver, which could feed the Tao family for a while, the Tao family did not forget to hate the Tao Qi mother-in-law when they left.
He cursed a few times.
"A white-eyed wolf, a lost star, ah, no one is good. Sooner or later, you will be punished. Let's see how long you can be proud of it."
After scolding, Tao left the gold shop with her son and daughter-in-law.
Not long after leaving, the eldest daughter-in-law began to chew her tongue dissatisfiedly in Tao's ear.
"Mom, look at this Tao Qiniang, the fourth brother and Li Hou with that dragster around them. The men are different every time I see them. I'd say this woman is dishonest. What kind of mother can teach you?
Such a daughter. Now I even doubt that the oil bottle is not my fourth brother’s.”
"If you think about it, it was less than ten months after she got married to her fourth brother and gave birth. It was said that she was born prematurely, but our family conditions were like that at that time. We didn't go to a doctor to check her pulse. But who can be sure that it must be premature? Still.
Now I see that they are living a happy life, but I didn't expect them to be so cold-blooded."
"Why, we were once a family. Even if we reconcile with our fourth brother, we should still take care of our former husband and wife. Didn't we already say that a husband and a wife are kind to each other for a hundred days, but she did this to us just for a hairpin?"
"If you want me to tell you, you should ask them to make up for everything they have spent on the oil bottle for more than ten years. Not to mention how much they need, a hundred taels for more than ten years is not an exaggeration at all. If she really doesn't
It’s even more important to ask for more of my fourth brother’s seed. Our family can’t raise her in vain these past ten years.”
As soon as the eldest daughter-in-law finished speaking, Tao Boss on the side also echoed: "What Chang Yi mother said makes sense, and seeing how they are doing it, it will definitely be no problem to get one or two hundred taels. Look at that Tao Qiniang just now, she wants to buy
That gold hairpin, one hundred taels will be given as promised. If the loser hadn't suddenly appeared, the one hundred taels would have gone into our pockets now."
Thinking of this, Boss Tao became even more angry.
One hundred taels, he had never seen so much silver in his entire life.
Listening to what her son and daughter-in-law said to each other, Mrs. Tao was also very angry. She rolled her eyes at her son, and then cursed angrily: "Then why did you become mute just now? If you didn't say anything just now, what's the use of saying it now?"
, the villagers are still waiting for us at the grain store. We have wasted most of the day just now. Let’s not talk about wasting time if we go back now. The loser and the white-eyed wolf already know our plan. If you want some money, come here.
so easy."
"Then let them go like this?" Boss Tao looked unwilling.
"Wait for now. From the looks of it, the loser must have settled here. Even if he doesn't settle down, we will meet him again on the road some time later. If we are on the road then, I will show off my old face.
Even those who play tricks and wallows have to ask for money from them. We are in the city now, and they may be arrested for causing trouble, and if the three taels of silver they are holding back are not returned by then, it will be more of a loss than a gain."
"Yes, yes, fortunately, Mom reacted quickly just now, and Tao Qiniang almost sued us. By the way, Mom, we have money now, and we have to buy something good for the children later. Please read this paragraph.
You’ve only had time to lose weight, and you’re almost wilting.” In order to eat something delicious, the eldest daughter-in-law quickly changed the subject and began to flatter Tao.
"Mom, you'll buy us some meat buns later as a toothpaste." Boss Tao also quickly followed suit to please Mrs. Tao.
"Eat, eat, eat, I am thinking about eating every day. This little money is not enough for what you are doing. The entrance fee to the city just cost 300 yuan, so don't even think about eating. And you have to live with this little money.
In this famine year, we still have to spend money when we get to the south. I bought food and left the city quickly."
When Tao Boss heard this, he didn't care at all, and then said happily: "The expenses for Chang Yi's mother and I to go to the city were paid by the villagers, and we didn't use any money from home. Besides, mother, don't you still have money in your hands?"
Are there jade bracelets and those tasseled jade hairpins? Those must be more valuable than the golden hairpin just now. At worst, if you sell that jade hairpin again, are we afraid that we won’t be able to survive this lean year?"
When Tao heard this, she wanted to deny the existence of these things, but she thought that when Tao Qiniang said it just now, she admitted it. Now it would be unreasonable to hide it from her eldest son again, but in order not to let the eldest son's family worry about it.
Holding these things, she hurriedly cursed angrily with an unhappy look on her face:
"What do you want to eat? Those things have been there for so many years, and they have been sold out for this big family. The last golden hairpin was originally intended for your sixth brother to use when you get a wife. But
There is nothing we can do now, let’s live with the whole family first. And you think your sixth brother’s life is easy, but he still needs money from time to time.”
"So, what Tao Qiniang said just now is all true? Mom, did you really ask your sixth brother to give those earrings to the county magistrate's young lady? Mom, you..." the eldest daughter-in-law said with a look on her face.
I feel aggrieved. I have been working hard for this family, but I didn’t expect that even if there are good things, I will have nothing to do with it.
"What the heck, your sixth brother didn't give away those things for free. After those things are given away, the county magistrate's lady can follow your sixth brother wholeheartedly. After your sixth brother's matter with Miss Chai is settled, he will arrive
When I come back from being elected as a candidate or a Jinshi, can I still treat you brothers and sisters-in-law badly?"
"Yes, yes, what mother said makes sense. When the sixth brother becomes the county magistrate's son-in-law, we can also follow him. Don't you always want to do business in the county? You can ask the sixth brother to help you then.
This little thing will not matter to him at that time."
After hearing what Boss Tao said, the boss's wife felt a little more balanced.
Seeing this, Mrs. Tao quickly changed the subject: "Okay, everyone, hurry up and don't make the villagers wait impatiently. The city entry and exit fees are given to you so that you can go into the city to do things."
What kind of arrogance is the eldest daughter-in-law? Tao's heart is the same as that of Ming Jing. She only needs to make them believe that all the things in her hand are sold out, so that she will not worry about it all the time.
But now all that is left of those items is a jade bracelet.
The tassel hosta I sold at the beginning has been given to my younger son for his private schooling and care over the years.
Of course, they also supplement the household income. Otherwise, how could such a big family live such a comfortable life?
During this escape, her younger son overcame all odds and stayed in the county in order to get good grades in next year's exam. So she sold the pair of earrings and left them all to her younger son, including the family's silver.
They were all given to him.
There was nothing we could do this time. The food was all gone. If we didn't find a way to buy some food, the whole family would starve to death, so we had to sell the gold hairpins.
She has already planned the rest of the jade bracelets.
Unless the younger son goes to Beijing to take the exam and get married, he cannot sell it easily. This is the last property of their Tao family.
Of course, Tao Boss and his wife would not know about these thoughts of hers.
After Tao led the two of them to meet the villagers, they began to buy various things for the villagers.
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Tao Qiqi and the others would naturally not let go of the golden hairpin that the store had just recovered after Tao left with her son and daughter-in-law.
But Tao Qiqi is not in a hurry, she has to wait for the boss to take the initiative to ask, so as to avoid being sat on and raised the price.
So after the boss sent those people away, before Tao Qiniang could say anything, Tao Qiqi took the lead and asked: "Boss, do you have any jewelry that is suitable for me? Can you recommend it?"
