Everyone received their wages these past two days, and their families were in much better spirits as well.
Just two days later, when Chen Ping'an and Liu Fangfang returned home from work, they saw four people they didn't want to see.
Chen Dazhi and his family of four arrived and blocked Chen Ping'an's door.
"Third brother, you're back, third brother!"
Chen Dazhi smiled so hard his eyes were full of wrinkles. Before Chen Ping'an even got home, he went over and helped Chen Ping'an up.
Liu Fangfang led Chen Xiaoxiao behind Chen Ping'an, and the two were originally happy to go home after work.
Seeing Chen Dazhi and Luo Mei there completely ruined her good mood for the day.
"Fangfang, you're back! Open the door and let us in, we haven't eaten yet."
Luo Mei stood still, patting the door of Chen Ping'an's house behind her.
"Sister-in-law, your family hasn't eaten yet, so go back and eat first. Telling me won't fill your stomachs."
"Third Aunt, why are you turning our guests away? We're guests here, shouldn't you cook for us?"
Chen Xique and Luo Mei are indeed mother and son; they both follow the example of each other.
Chen Mengqing didn't know who had sabotaged him behind his back, and now he had no work to do.
That day, he even went to ask the shopkeeper, and after much pleading, the shopkeeper finally told him that it was a man in Yongle County whose face even the county magistrate had to defer to.
He even said that he couldn't believe he had offended such a noble young master, and if Chen Mengqing were to remain in the shop, the entire shop would be doomed.
"Xiaoxiao's mother!"
Chen Pingan turned around and gestured to Liu Fangfang not to say anything out of line.
Chen Ping'an was pulled to the door by Chen Dazhi. After the door opened, the group went in together, with Chen Xique following behind them.
Before Liu Fangfang even entered the door, Chen Xique closed it with her foot, as if this were their home.
Chen Ping'an was being pulled along by Chen Dazhi and didn't notice his wife and daughter.
"Brother, what brings you here? You even brought Meng Qing along, the whole family?"
"Third brother, I've come to ask you for help with Meng Qing. He's in trouble."
Chen Ping'an then remembered that Chen Mengqing was usually working as an accountant in the county at this time. Why was he in Changping Village?
"What happened? What happened to Meng Qing?"
"Third brother, I only came to you because something happened."
Luo Mei found Chen Dazhi long-winded, so she patted him on the shoulder to stop him from talking.
"Third brother, your sister-in-law has already inquired. Didn't you and Fangfang just get your wages from Su Luo?"
"You received six hundred coins, and Fangfang has three hundred coins. We wanted to borrow them from you first so that Meng Qing could find some work to help her out."
"Bang!"
Liu Fangfang kicked open her front door and came in just as she heard Luo Mei asking for money.
When Liu Fangfang came to borrow money from them, their attitude was so condescending that she was furious.
Fortunately, the family only knew how much she and Chen Ping'an were paid. If they had known that she earned fifty taels for selling eggplants, who knows what kind of trouble they would have caused.
"We don't have any money to lend, but if we need anything, we have three dogs in our family."
Chen Dazhi turned around and said to Liu Fangfang, whose face was full of anger, "Sister-in-law, we haven't finished talking yet. Go and cook for our family. We're starving."
Liu Fangfang and her family of three had eaten with Su Luo and the others at the village entrance before returning home. She wasn't hungry and couldn't be bothered with this family of awful relatives.
"Uncle, I don't usually ask you for anything, but this time I'm really in trouble, so I'm asking you for help."
I know a manager who, if I give him a little something, will let me work as an accountant at Hechunlou Restaurant. That's a big restaurant; the pay is more than ten times what I used to get.”
Hechunlou and Fumanlou are the two major restaurants in the county. Chen Mengqing knew that it was big, but he didn't know that business was terrible inside. Almost all the customers went to eat at Fumanlou.
"I see. But we don't have much money either, and even a big manager like him wouldn't be interested in our few hundred coins."
Luo Mei pulled Chen Dazhi away and sat down next to Chen Ping'an.
"Several hundred coins are certainly not enough. Didn't Fangfang ask Su Luo to return the two taels of silver to you? Your family can scrape together and lend us three taels of silver."
The mere mention of Luo Mei tricking Liu Fangfang into asking Su Luo for two taels of silver made Chen Ping'an uncomfortable, and his face darkened.
Seeing this, Chen Mengqing quickly said, "Uncle, as long as I can work as an accountant at Hechunlou, I will repay you double the money I borrowed today in the future."
Chen Mengqing had already found out that the accountant at Hechunlou earned five taels of silver a month. Five taels!
I don't know why the previous accountant quit. With so much money every month, he was determined to find a way to go to the brothel.
"Uncle, my brother has already said so, why don't you seize the opportunity, take out all the silver in the house, and sell everything you can?"
"My brother will pay you back double then, so you'll get twice the money. Nobody else has had that opportunity."
Liu Fangfang didn't believe that Chen Dazhi's family could be so kind. After listening for a while, it seemed like they didn't want to leave if Chen Ping'an didn't lend them money.
Liu Fangfang returned to her room and put all the silver into her pocket. She planned to make an excuse to leave soon, or at worst, ask Su Luo to carry it for her.
Even if Chen Ping'an wanted to borrow money, he couldn't find the silver. And Su Luo was someone Chen Dazhi and the others dared not provoke right now.
Chen Ping'an glanced at the house. Only Chen Xiaoxiao was playing at the door. Liu Fangfang went inside. Now that Liu Fangfang didn't agree, he didn't dare to lend the money to his older brother.
"Brother, Meng Qing, it's not that your uncle doesn't want to help you, it's just that your uncle doesn't have any money either. Xiao Xiao's health isn't good either, and your uncle was thinking of using these few hundred coins to pay for Xiao Xiao's medical treatment."
Chen Xiaoxiao was just physically weak, and Chen Ping'an really wanted to help his daughter recover her health.
"Uncle, you can go see a doctor for Xiaoxiao's illness later. Even if you go now and find out what's wrong, you won't have the money to treat it. Why don't you lend it to me first, and I'll pay you back double when you go to see a doctor? Wouldn't that be better?"
It would have been better if Chen Mengqing hadn't said that, because once he did, Liu Fangfang felt uneasy.
Why can't I use my own money on my daughter first, and instead have to lend it to you? My family isn't their servant.
“Meng Qing, your aunt and uncle really don’t have any money to help you. You should think of another way.”
Liu Fangfang said from behind Chen Ping'an.
Chen Dazhi was furious and pulled Chen Ping'an up from the chair. He pulled too hard, and the chair tipped backward, landing right on Liu Fangfang's knee.
Liu Fangfang clutched her knee in pain, her brows furrowed.
"You just received your wages, how can you be short of money? Third brother, who's in charge of this household, you or the woman?"
Chen Ping'an slapped Chen Dazhi's hand away and turned to help his wife who had been hit.
"Xiaoxiao's mother, are you alright? Does it hurt?"
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