“You bunch of useless good-for-nothings can’t even come up with a name. It’s just that Liu Liu is so lucky that she made a lot of money selling wild game. Tomorrow I’ll go to town and find a fortune teller to give my daughter a proper name.”

Shen Wanli's hammer blow sealed the deal!

I must give my daughter the best name!

"Then let's call him Liu Liu for now." Tian Guifen had no objections.

Shen Wanli said, "The wild game we had at home sold for 230 taels of silver. Everyone saw this money, and I'm worried that in a couple of days a large group of relatives will come to us to borrow money."

The scene was so shocking.

Maybe at first no one thought they would sell it for a certain amount of money, but once they realized it, they would definitely come to borrow money!

"That is indeed a problem."

Tian Guifen was both comforting her daughter and worried.

Over the years, their family has had a run of bad luck, and they had borrowed a lot of money to save the stone. The villagers and their relatives had all helped them in some way.

If they really come to borrow money, they can't very well refuse.

This is a difficult situation.

"Never mind this for now, boss. Here's three and a half taels of silver. Take the money and a pheasant to your father-in-law later."

“Father, we borrowed three taels of silver from my father-in-law back then,” Shen Yishan said.

Shen Wanli said with disdain, "I borrowed three taels of silver for two years, shouldn't I be given some interest?"

Moreover, your in-laws have been financially supporting you for the past two years, so they must have received quite a few cold shoulders from your daughter-in-law.

Consider this half a tael of silver as a token of your respect for your parents, so they can have more confidence in front of their daughter-in-law.

These favors are not so easy to repay.

Wang Xiuhe, the wife of Yishan, was a little excited and refused once, but seeing that her parents-in-law insisted, she happily accepted it.

The husband's family received more than two hundred taels of silver, so they certainly didn't need half a tael more.

Just think about how whenever I go back to my parents' home, I see and hear my two sisters-in-law smashing plates and bowls and saying all sorts of nasty things.

She could no longer refuse the money.

At least it will make things a little easier for Mom.

"I'll go to your second uncle's house and your grandfather's house again later to return the money."

With the remaining money, we'll build a new house! Then we can bring your grandfather to live with us!

"Boss, hurry back! We need to finalize the order for the timber and bricks tonight and pay for them."

Shen Wanli was a shrewd and experienced man, and he naturally knew how difficult those relatives and elders could be to deal with.

"good."

The Shen family immediately got to work.

Early the next morning, the town delivered timber and bricks, and a team of bricklayers also came directly.

Shen Wanli left his son at home to look after things, while he secretly went to the next town and spent one hundred taels of silver to buy a small courtyard. He registered it under his daughter's name and then sublet it.

He went back to Nanyang Town and bought five acres of land in one go!

Ten taels of silver per mu, a total of fifty taels of silver!

After deducting the money for paying off debts and building a house, Shen Wanli only had ten taels of silver left in his pocket before he could finally go home with peace of mind.

I had just arrived at my doorstep when an old lady blocked my way.

"Wanli, you must have spent a lot of money building this house, right?"

The old lady squinted her small eyes and started calculating the money with great enthusiasm.

Shen Wanli chuckled and said, "I was thinking of building a nicer and bigger house so that after Sanlin and Wutiao get married, they won't need to build any more houses, hehe."

"I heard you made three hundred taels of silver selling wild game! Wanli, do you remember? You wet the bed once when you were little, and it was Third Aunt who washed your wet ring!"

The old lady looked at the other person with a hopeful expression.

Shen Wanli shook his head decisively: "I don't remember."

"You child, what a terrible memory you have!" Auntie San complained.

Shen Wanli: "Third Aunt, I'm busy building this house, is there anything else you need?"

"Oh, Auntie is in trouble. Do you think you could lend her some money?"

Shen Wanli thought to himself: Just as I thought, luckily I acted quickly enough.

He immediately said apologetically, "Auntie, I've spent all my money. I bought a lot of land in a moment of impulse!"

"We might not even have enough money to build a house right now, could you lend me some?"

"What? You bought all the land? You spendthrift! Don't you have any money left? Hurry up and sell the land."

The third aunt's face fell.

"Auntie, you own quite a lot of land, don't you? Why don't you sell some of it to help me out?"

"What? I'm getting old and my hearing isn't very good, I can't hear clearly. Never mind, if you're not going to help, then forget it. People's hearts are all rotten."

The third aunt, leaning on her cane, walked away quickly.

Over the next half day, Shen Wanli dismissed three or four groups of people.

But some people really do encounter difficulties and borrow money, and Shen Wanli still lends it to them.

"...Wife, you see, when our Shitou was sick, Auntie even took out her savings for her funeral!"

So she just came to borrow money, two taels of silver, saying her grandson was getting married and she needed two taels of silver, so I lent it to her.

Shen Wanli and his wife admitted their mistakes and apologized.

Tian Guifen sat in the makeshift thatched hut, holding her daughter and sighing, "You don't need to say anything, I understand. They helped us when we were in trouble, and now that they need help, wouldn't it be heartless of us not to help them?"

Although the stone couldn't be saved in the end, we can't forget the kindness of those who helped us.

Seeing that his wife was in a good mood, Shen Wanli took out the house deed and said hesitantly, "Um, wife, take a look..."

"Shen Wanli! Tell me what this is!"

Tian Guifen only recognized a few characters, but even with a bit of guesswork and confusion, she could tell that it was a house deed!

Shen Wanli closed his eyes, stretched his neck, and resignedly said, "House deed."

"Whose name is on this?"

"Shen Qiaoluo, I paid for the name I chose for our daughter."

Wang Guifen sneered: "I gave birth to this daughter, and you decided on her name without even asking me?"

"I was in such a hurry to put my name on the property deed that I... I didn't have time to ask you..."

"One last question, how much did the yard cost?"

"One hundred taels!"

...

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Half an hour later, the whole Lotus Village knew that Shen Wanli had been beaten by his wife, who was still in confinement after giving birth, for lending money to a relative. The screams of the woman were so loud that they even made the neighbor's child cry!

After that, very few people dared to borrow money from the Shen family.

I'm worried I'll be scratched to death by Wang Guifen!

This could be considered an unexpected stroke of luck, but that's a story for another time.

The Shen family's old house was demolished in just one day, and then the whole family worked together to plan the layout of the new house.

Even sleeping in a thatched hut, they were incredibly happy.

As for Wang Guifen and Liu Liu, they were taken home by Grandpa Shen.

Grandpa Shen said, "The adults and children are fine, but Guifen is in her postpartum period, and Liu Liu is not even a month old yet. We can't let her suffer with you!"

For this, Grandpa Shen, despite his advanced age, gave his youngest son a good beating!

Even if you're in a hurry, can't you wait until your wife finishes her postpartum confinement?

At his age, he still doesn't know how to do things properly!

Grandpa Shen lived with his eldest son. Early in the morning, just as dawn was breaking, Long Xiaoliu was awakened by the noise outside.

"Dad, do you even know how to do this? You've lived for sixty years, and you still can't even wash clothes properly? You can't do anything right, you're so incompetent, yet you dare to act like a big shot and help others? Are you sick in the head?"