Chen Qiushu rolled his eyes at Wang Huilian and muttered softly, "I didn't force you to do this. Besides, you didn't get paid, did you?"
"What's more, not only has Zhao Changgui taken back the betrothal money, but our family has also paid 4 yuan in compensation. I haven't even come to you to reason with you yet? And now you blame me!"
Chen Chunshu looked at Chen Qiushu with a gloomy face: "Third brother, we haven't split up yet, so of course we share the good and the bad. You can't just think about the benefits and not take any risks, right?"
"Why don't you just carve out a path for yourself? It's already happened. What's the point of arguing about it now?"
In fact, Chen Qiushu himself didn't know what result he wanted, but he just felt that if things continued like this, he would suffer a lot.
He curled his lips and said, "Anyway, you guys are taking advantage, but I'm the one who's suffering the loss. I won't do it."
Chen Chunshu was so angry that he fell backwards.
This guy, the third brother, couldn't say what he wanted, and now he's making trouble here.
Chen Chunshu was so angry that he just ignored it.
Anyway, if Hu Lili wants money, she will ask the old man. The family’s money and work points are all managed by the old man. What does he have to worry about as a commander without any troops?
Hu Lili looked at the Shen family members who were arguing endlessly and became impatient: "You can discuss your internal affairs later. First, clarify what you owe me. I will go to the village chief now and ask him to be a witness!"
Unexpectedly, this time Old Man Shen quickly waved to others to hold Hu Lili: "Second son's wife, quickly hold Hu Zhiqing, hold her."
Then he hurriedly discussed with Hu Lili: "Hu Zhiqing, there is no need to trouble the village chief about this matter, right? We can just find out among ourselves. I will definitely not default on my debt, so you can rest assured."
Hu Lili turned around and looked at Old Man Shen: "If we don't tell the village chief, how will we divide the work points?"
Old Man Shen also knew that the work points would have to be allocated through the village chief in the end, but he could not let Hu Lili go to the village chief no matter what.
Otherwise, Dali’s theft would be unmasked.
Besides, he had just asked the village chief to sign a promissory note some time ago, and now he was going to ask him to do something shameful again. It was really embarrassing for Old Man Shen!
Old Man Shen discussed with Hu Lili: "To be honest, there is no substantial evidence whether Dali stole five kilograms of grain from you, right?"
"But I didn't bargain with you. I just have one condition: this matter must not be spread outside."
"If you agree, we can write an IOU ourselves, and I will give you the grain on the spot when the grain is distributed in the spring."
"If you insist on making a big fuss, then I'll give it my all. Dali should go to jail, and I'm too old to do anything about it."
"But I'm also saying this today. From now on, my Shen family will be your complete enemy. Hu Zhiqing, think about this for yourself!"
When Hu Lili heard this, she felt that Old Man Shen was blatantly threatening her!
Her temper nearly broke out right there and then.
But the last bit of her rationality made her endure it.
Even though she wanted to tell the whole village about it when she first found out the food was stolen.
But after calming down, I felt that doing so would hurt the enemy by a thousand and hurt myself by eight hundred.
She didn't know how long she would have to stay in Dongliang Village. If she completely offended the Shen family and they kept making things difficult for her in secret, her life would not be easy.
After much consideration, Hu Lili decided to follow Old Man Shen's suggestion.
“Okay, I can stay out of here without yelling, but if you don’t keep your promise, I would rather offend your whole family and send Shen Limin in.”
Since both parties had reached an agreement, Old Man Shen and Hu Lili wrote a note.
The pen and paper were provided by Hu Lili.
When she came, her mother brought her a stack of writing paper and a pen.
However, there was no red ink, so Hu Lili used a pen to apply ink on Old Man Shen’s thumb and asked him to press it on the paper.
Hu Lili left happily with the note, leaving the entire room of Shen family members in silence.
We just owed 3 yuan, and now we have to pay 5 kilograms of grain. The heavy burden makes everyone feel a little breathless.
Old man Shen waved to Shen Limin to come over to him.
Shen Limin came to the kang timidly and said in a crying voice: "Master, I was wrong. I really know I was wrong."
"I was just too hungry, so I couldn't help but steal her food, wuwuwu..."
As he spoke, Shen Limin couldn't help crying.
The pipe bowl that Old Man Shen had raised high lost much of its power when it fell on Shen Limin.
He cursed at Shen Limin, "You prodigal son, it's fine if you don't help the family, but you also bring famine to the family. How can you not starve to death?"
Old man Shen's eyes turned red as he tapped Shen Limin with his pipe.
Why are we getting poorer day by day?
All three sons have started their own families, so the family should be prosperous, but unexpectedly, the situation has come to a point where the grandson steals other people's food?
In the following days, in view of the current predicament of the Shen family, Old Man Shen sent all three sons away.
In this weather, we can’t do farm work for the time being, so let’s go into the mountains.
It didn't matter whether he had the skill or not, or whether he would encounter wild animals. He was asked to trap rabbits, pheasants or hares.
Anyway, go out and grab something edible.
Shen Siyue, who lived next door, heard vaguely about all that happened in the Shen family.
Especially when Hu Lili met Shen Siyue in the yard, she said with a little regret in her eyes: “You are really enjoying yourself now. The Shen family has a hard time. I think you are very free and easy, oh?”
In response to Hu Lili's weirdness, Shen Siyue didn't even give her a glance.
When she has nothing to do, she goes to Shitou's house to help mix mud and make bricks, and dry them in preparation for building a kang for her new house.
And when the desperate old man Shen was wandering around the house, he finally set his sights on Shen Siyue.
The only person in this family who could still squeeze some money out of him was Shen Siyue.
Although he had signed a severance agreement with Shen Siyue, the current predicament of the Shen family made Old Man Shen unable to care so much.
As a grown-up girl, the only way for Shen Siyue to quickly change money is to get married.
But according to Shen Siyue's character, it would be harder than climbing to the sky to get her to obey and marry.
Old man Shen kept thinking in his mind how to get Shen Siyue married so as to collect a betrothal gift.
Thinking of the lady Zhang that the matchmaker Liu Lihua brought last time, I wonder if her eldest son has found a wife?
But last time Shen Siyue directly scared people away, so it is estimated that there is no hope for peace now.
Old man Shen thought about it, then took his pipe and went to find Liu Lihua again.
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