"Coming!" Gu Chengyu heard that it was Gu Chengyi's voice, and that's right. The eldest brother lived in the back room in the east wing, so he must have been slower to react to what was happening in front of him.
Gu Chengyu heard Gu Chengyi step forward and open the door, and Uncle Gu's voice came from the front yard.
Yes, Gu Chengyu can be sure that this person is really here to borrow money.
"Uncle! Why are you here? My father and the others have just gone to bed." Gu Chengyi bolted the door from behind and was a little surprised as to why Uncle Gu came here now.
"Changqing, have you gone to bed?" Uncle Gu stood in the yard and did not enter the main room. It was already bedtime, but my sister-in-law was still in the room! It must have been inconvenient, so
He only shouted once in the yard.
"Hey! Brother! Come in quickly, we haven't slept yet!" Seeing that Ms. Lu had already put on her clothes and smoothed her hair again, Father Gu shouted to Uncle Gu in the yard when he saw that it was almost done.
"Then I'm in!" Uncle Gu knew that it was convenient to get in.
Father Gu stepped forward and opened the door to the main room, and then Uncle Gu stepped in.
"Brother!" Mrs. Lu called out. Uncle Gu was coming now, and Mrs. Lu had a bad feeling.
"Ah! My brothers and sisters haven't gone to bed yet? Did Xiaobao sleep?" In fact, Uncle Gu was a little embarrassed for coming so late. He didn't think about what he said and just asked a few questions casually. Gu Chengyu wanted to laugh.
If I fall asleep, can your uncle still enter the house?
Gu Chengyu was the one who fell asleep just now, so of course he couldn't be awake now.
Dad Gu also seemed to feel that his elder brother was a little uncomfortable, so he took over the conversation and said: "Xiaobao went to bed, and I have to get up early tomorrow. The baby has slept a lot, so he fell asleep early!"
"Hey! Okay! Chang Qing! You also know what we are talking about today about corvee labor. Your family has already prepared the money, right?" Uncle Gu decided to say it directly. He felt uncomfortable staying in the house.
"We've already made preparations. This time is very dangerous. We can't ask these brothers to go there, or they might kill someone." When Uncle Gu mentioned this, Dad Gu already knew something in his mind.
"Yes! This work of building river embankments has always involved the death of some people. This time Brother Hua failed to pass the exam and my family cannot be exempted from tax. We still have to go to the corvee, otherwise we have to pay money." In fact,
Even if Gu Wanhua passed the county examination, it would still take several days to take the scholar examination. The corvee was only a matter of these few days, and it was too late in the first place.
Father Gu saw that it was already getting late, and he didn't want to go around in circles with Uncle Gu anymore, "Brother, can't we share the money?"
Uncle Gu was embarrassed to mention it at first, but now that Father Gu mentioned it, he nodded hurriedly.
"That's right! If Brother Hua had kept the money he spent to take the county exam, he would have had enough money. Now, it's still two taels short. Can you still make it out? After a while, I'll ask the boss to pay back the money.
you."
"What did the eldest brother say? Although the family doesn't have much money, we can still borrow a few taels." Seeing that the eldest brother has already mentioned this, Mr. Gu will definitely not be able to do it without borrowing it. What's more, it's just
By borrowing two taels of silver, the eldest nephew's monthly payment would be quite a lot, and he would be able to pay it back in a few months, so he was not worried.
"Mother, give me two taels of silver to my elder brother!" Old Man Gu turned around and asked Mrs. Lu to get some silver for Uncle Gu.
"No, no need! Just give it to me tomorrow!" Uncle Gu also knew that the valuables of farmers were kept in the kangqin or the cabinet next to the kang. Changqing asked his mother-in-law to get the money, and he sat here.
It's a lot of inconvenience.
"Brother, let's go there today! I'm afraid I won't be at home early tomorrow morning." Father Gu motioned to Lu, who was still sitting still, to quickly get the money.
Although Mrs. Lu was unhappy, she also knew that with Uncle Gu's character, she would pay back the money as soon as possible, so she didn't say anything. So she picked up the key on her body and opened the double lock.
Only then did he touch the money box. He didn't open the money box, only the gap was exposed. He put his hand in, took out two taels of silver, and locked the money box again.
Uncle Gu felt a little uncomfortable at the side and didn't look there.
"An official mission is coming tomorrow. If you don't stay at home, where are you going?" Uncle Gu suddenly heard that Father Gu was going out early tomorrow morning, and Uncle Gu asked doubtfully.
"Isn't this Xizi back? It's said that her parents-in-law asked her son-in-law to do corvee work. Xizi couldn't get enough money, so he returned to his parents' house. Before you came, Xizi went back to the east wing with his parents to sleep."
Father Gu felt a little worried when he thought about this. Alas! Eighteen taels of silver were missing again. When the family had no money before, they never saw so many expenses! Nowadays, the money is earned more, but it seems to be spent.
There is also more money. During this period, the family spends more money than others earn in their entire life.
"Is Xizi coming back at this time? Where is my niece and son-in-law? Didn't you follow?" Uncle Gu also expected that Gu Xi would come back at this time, and he was probably here to borrow money.
"She said she was staying at home to beg his mother! She refused to come over." Father Gu was angry that his son-in-law refused to even lend money. Moreover, it was getting dark, yet he actually left his eldest daughter alone.
Going back to your parents' home, is this something a man can do?
"What did you say? You want to borrow money. Why doesn't he come by himself? What's the point of letting Xizi come back alone?" Uncle Gu really looked down upon his niece-in-law's behavior.
Then he thought about it and said, "Are you going to borrow it or not?" Uncle Gu raised his eyes and looked at Dad Gu.
"I'm afraid it won't work if I don't borrow it, and my parents won't pay a penny."
"Then I'm looking at your family's money! Some time ago, it was rumored that your family had money. Don't they know? Otherwise, why would they be so ruthless to his second son?" Uncle Gu is also a smart man.
Although the Wang family favors the eldest son, they can't just watch their second son die, right?
"So tomorrow morning, I have to go to the Wang family. I'm going to ask my in-laws if they still want this son?" Father Gu got a little angry as he said this. He didn't expect that his honest son-in-law would also learn to play tricks.
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"As long as you know what you have in mind, you have to think clearly. You have a lot of in-laws in your family. If they all come to borrow money at that time, what will happen?" Uncle Gu saw that Father Gu did not directly agree, and he also knew that Father Gu had something in his heart.
After thinking about it, I felt relieved.
Gu Chengyu was lying on the bed and heard the conversation between the two, and thought that there would probably be more people coming to borrow money tomorrow. By then, I'm afraid it won't just be relatives, but people from the village might also come. I really agreed.
As the saying goes, "If you are poor in the busy city and have no one to care about you, if you are rich in the mountains you have distant relatives."
Uncle Gu took the money handed over by his younger brother and put it into his arms. "It's getting late, so you should rest early! I'm going back too. Go back and tell your sister-in-law early to save her from worrying!"
"It's so late and it's not convenient to stay here. Besides, the mother-in-law at home is still waiting for the letter!"