"Silang, save your second brother..."
Cao Xiangnan was almost frightened by the great courtesy he received as soon as he entered the room. He grabbed the person who was about to kneel down to him, his face ashen, and asked with gritted teeth, "Mother, it's probably not appropriate for you to kneel down to your son, right? If this gets out, won't I, Cao Xiangnan, be scolded by everyone?"
"Since ancient times, only sons have kneeled to their fathers and mothers. If this mother kneels down to me, aren't you afraid that your son will be struck by lightning?"
He was afraid that his mother wanted him to be struck by lightning, so that after his death, she could bring people to humiliate his wife and children and occupy his property. He just couldn't let these people get what they wanted!
Want him to take out three hundred taels of silver? No way!
It would be better for Cao Laoer to be hacked to death. It would be easier to die and it would be all over!
"I... Ah..." Chen Zhu stuttered, and when he met the look in his Si'er's eyes, he was so guilty that he couldn't speak for a while.
He wanted to cry and make a scene to make his Si'er take out the silver, but he felt so distressed when he thought that his Erlang had lost so much silver in one go. But what could he do despite his distress? He still wanted to redeem his Erlang. They had no money, but his Si'er had it.
He came here to make a scene, and was afraid that his Si'er would not take the money to redeem his second brother. Wouldn't he be criticized by the people in the village for being unfilial?
Cao Xiangnan's hand held the man steadily and helped him up with a sneer on his face.
"Silang, your mother is just too worried about your second brother. Don't bother with your mother. Your mother didn't mean it..." Cao Adie stretched out his hand to pull the man over. Even if he had to risk his old face today, he would come to ask Silang to save Erlang. Both of them are his children, and he couldn't do anything about it.
Unexpectedly, this would backfire and make the man unhappy.
"As for your second brother, your mother and I can't do anything. Even if those people want to kill your second brother, we can't come up with three hundred taels of silver!"
Three hundred taels, an ordinary family can't save so much silver in a lifetime, how can they come up with so much silver to redeem the man! Apart from Si'er, Cao Ashan couldn't think of any other place to get so much silver.
Qi Wanfeng stood beside his husband. He knew that his husband was unhappy. He was unhappy too. He reached out to hold his husband's hand and gave him silent comfort.
The children in the family were all in the room. The older children would take care of the two younger brothers to prevent the children from seeing bad things here. The people from the compound came every morning and evening these days and made such a commotion. It would be better for them to move to the town as soon as possible.
Xiangzi in the room stood at the corner and peeked at what was being said. He was touched from behind and found out it was An An. He reached out to cover An An's mouth and put his finger on his lips to tell him not to make a sound.
An An nodded. He knew.
The two children stood there and peeked.
An An's cheeks were puffed up and his little face was full of unhappiness. His young age doesn't mean he is ignorant. He has forgotten how his grandfather bullied his mother and didn't like him. Children will also bear grudges in their hearts.
"Dad, mother, you should go back first. It's getting late. Let's talk about this tomorrow." His head hurts when he sees these people. Cao Xiangnan waved his hand and was in no mood to deal with them.
They come in the morning and in the evening, today and tomorrow. They really don't let
people have a rest. Anyway, Cao Er has been locked up. One day is the same as two days. Let's
lock him up for two more days! "How can this be possible!" Chen Zhu jumped out when he heard it. Erlang is still suffering in the hands of those people. Let's talk about it tomorrow. What if something happens to Erlang! "Father Cao grabbed the man, winked secretly, and said to his fourth son, "Okay, then we'll go back.
Seeing the man leave, Cao Xiangnan didn't even have the mood to see him off.
"Husband." Qi Wanfeng looked at his husband with some worry. Was he really going to take out the three hundred taels of silver? It was a lie to say that he was reluctant to give away so much silver. Naturally, he didn't want his husband to take out so much silver and give it to the people in the compound.
"It's okay, don't worry about those things for now, and we'll talk about everything tomorrow." Cao Xiangnan smiled, reached out to touch his wife's face, and told him not to take the things in the compound to heart, now is their time.
Looking at the two little guys who were shrinking their heads, his originally gloomy mood suddenly opened up, and suddenly became bright.
"Come here, what are you two doing?" Cao Xiangnan waved and asked.
When An An saw that his father saw him, he stopped hiding and ran out, throwing himself into his father's arms, giggling. Cao Xiangnan hugged him, his baby An An. An An raised his little face and called "Dad."
"Hey." Cao Xiangnan responded.
Xiangzi followed behind and stood there without going over. He looked back and was still thinking about his younger brothers in the room, hesitating whether to go forward or backward.
"I'll let a few kids play in the room, I'll go and take a look." Qi Wanfeng saw the father and son and smiled and shook his head. He knew Xiangzi was thinking about his younger brothers in the room, and he walked over to the room.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw that little Baoer had fallen asleep on the bed. No wonder he didn't run out, he had fallen asleep. Lele was holding a book, and seemed to be reading? Qi Wanfeng immediately denied this idea, as he was only a little kid.
When the big-eyed little boy saw his mother coming in, he smiled shyly and called out "Mom", telling her that Baoer had fallen asleep.
"Okay." Qi Wanfeng touched the child's head and said, "Be good."
Lele looked up at his mother, then glanced at the sleeping little Baoer, and stood up from the bed. Qi Wanfeng walked over and looked down at the little guy who was sleeping soundly. He didn't know who covered him with the quilt. He asked, "Did you cover Baoer with the quilt?"
Cao Ruile looked at the sleeping Baoer and frowned. Baoer hadn't taken a bath yet! If he doesn't take a shower, he will have to sleep with him tonight. If I had known, I would not have let him sleep now.
Qi Wanfeng obviously thought of the fact that Baoer didn't take a shower, but it didn't matter, "Just wash your face, wipe your hands and feet, and change into clean clothes tonight." So this matter was decided happily.
Cao Ruile, a little bit disappointed.
The sun sets, and there is still a little sunset glow in the sky.
Letting her husband play with a few children in the yard, Qi Wanfeng went out to see Sun Bailian, and took a basket of eggs with her. When she came back, she brought the two boys from Sun Bailian's family with her. When the two boys saw their little friends, they all ran over, and the group of children made a mess.
Seeing this, Qi Wanfeng smiled and shook his head, his eyes curved.
The darkness of night covered the entire village like a giant net, and the small village entered the quiet time of the day.
The oil lamp in the room was blown out, and the figure in the dark got on the bed and fell asleep with the person on the bed.
The stars dotted the sky at night, and the insects chirped...
Good news never goes out, but bad news spreads far and wide.
The things in the Cao family compound soon became known to everyone in the village. It happened that the carriage sent Wang Yan back to the compound that day, and later the casino people came to ask for money, and people in the village saw it. One person told ten people, ten people told a hundred people, and it happened that it was the busy farming season, and the brothers and mothers working in the fields were talking about it.
"Three hundred taels? That's a lot of silver!"
"That's right, a full three hundred taels. I can't even pay back three hundred taels of silver even if I sell it."
"I wonder if Silang of the Cao family can come up with so much silver..." The person who said this was looking forward to the show.
Seeing his father and mother coming over early in the morning, his good mood for the day was gone.
"Silang, this is the little money saved by the family. Your eldest brother gave a few taels, and your father borrowed some from others. It's all here." Cao's father took out a money bag from his arms. There were more than ten taels of silver in it.
He went to several nearby families. When people heard that he was asking for money, they made up all kinds of excuses and were unwilling to lend him money. The few taels of silver that the family had saved came from his work and vegetable farming over the past year. Apart from the money saved for buying vegetables, there was also the private money that his wife had saved over the years. He took out all of it.
The eldest brother ignored his wife's objection and gave him five taels of silver. The eldest brother Cao was a simple and honest man, and the brothers were good. In the past, these ten or so taels of silver were a lot in his hands, but compared with the three hundred taels, this little bit of silver was just a drop in the bucket, not even a fraction. Father Cao's back seemed to be even hunched.
When Chen Zhu saw the money bag, his eyes turned red and he wanted to snatch it away. That was the little money he had saved up over the years. Last year, when his youngest son got married, he only took out one or two taels of silver and hid the rest in his clothes.
When he thought about having to use the few taels of silver and a few coins he had hidden to redeem Erlang, he didn't want to redeem him for a moment.
"Dad and Mom, why are you here so early? Have you had breakfast? Come in and sit down." Seeing his father's cautious look, Cao Xiangnan couldn't get angry, but he was a little annoyed. He invited everyone into the house and asked Xiangzi to bring a plate of freshly steamed buns. "Have something to eat," he said.
Seeing the big fat bun, Cao Ashan wanted to say no, but the daughter-in-law next to him reached out and grabbed one and put it in her mouth and started eating. While eating, she said, "Delicious, delicious."
"Dad, you eat it too." Seeing their expressions, Cao Xiangnan felt sad again. His parents abandoned him early in his previous life. It was better to have no father and mother in this life. But no matter whether he was willing to admit it or not, these two people were the father and mother of this body. If he was cruel, he could ignore everything.
It was a pity that he couldn't bear it.
There were four buns on the plate. The two of them ate one each. For the remaining two, Chen Zhu took out a piece of cloth and planned to wrap them up at home for her grandson to eat. When he heard the husband next to him cough, he quickly withdrew his hand.
"Silang, what about your second brother..." Father Cao asked anxiously.
Cao Xiangnan glanced at the money bag on the table, "Father, take the money back and return it to whoever it was lent to. I'll deal with the second brother's matter here. You guys, go back home and wait for news."
He called Wanfeng and asked if there were any buns left. When Wanfeng said there were a few left, he asked Wanfeng to get a basket to put them away, and went to the kitchen to pick up some fish meat. The family bought fish meat every morning.
Qi Wanfeng quickly put it in a basket.
"No..." Father Cao's face was embarrassed, and he was about to refuse. The hand of the person next to him reached out and took it away, so he didn't know what to say. Chen Zhu protected the meat in the basket as if no one would snatch it from him. "We'll go back, your second brother..."
"Okay, I got it." Cao Xiangnan saw that his father didn't take the money bag on the table, so he picked it up and put it in his father's hand. Seeing two figures walking out of his door together, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Turning around, he saw the person standing beside him and looking at him, with a smile on his lips.
Qi Wanfeng didn't say anything about the fact that her husband took out so much money to redeem his second uncle, and he took out a silver note of three hundred taels and gave it to her husband. Cao Xiangnan took it and promised that he would make more money soon and count the money for his wife until her hands were tired.
"Okay." Qi Wanfeng smiled and replied.