"Money...money..." Instantly, Qiu Dayong's lower body was soaked. He looked at Qian Shi: "Where's the money?"
Qian's eyes flashed with disdain when she saw Qiu Dayong's soaked trouser legs.
A glint flashed in her eyes, and she was about to slip away when she heard a loud bang as Qiu Dayu slammed the courtyard gate shut.
Qian cursed under her breath, "That damned Qiu Dayu."
They wanted to keep the money, but they couldn't.
She mustered her courage and finally said, "Second brother, if I return all the money, the three of you can buy Mother's coffin."
Of the four brothers, Dayong is the least promising; you should all be more lenient with him.
Hearing Qian say that he was useless, Qiu Dayong was very displeased.
However, he still nodded in agreement, "Yes, Second Brother." That was what he originally thought too.
Qiu Dafu's expression grew colder: "Do you think that's possible?"
At this moment, not only Qiu Dayu, but also Qiu Dazhi finally saw through his third brother's true character.
His mother's body was still lying on the bed; how could she be buried without a coffin?
Qiu Dayong was deliberately making excuses, but Qiu Dazhi was genuinely penniless.
Qiu Dayu sneered, "Qiu Dayong, you really are a good son of your mother."
In the end, Ms. Qian had no choice but to go back into the house, take out her money bag, and hand it to Qiu Dafu.
"The money is all here; we don't have any more than that."
Qiu Dafu took the money bag and then handed it to Qiu Dazhi, saying, "Count it and see if it's enough."
Ms. Qian lowered her head and nervously twitched her fingers.
Qiu Dazhi nodded, poured out the money, and carefully counted it.
"Five taels are missing."
"Go get it again!" Qiu Dafu shouted sharply, and Qiu Dayong was so frightened that his body trembled twice.
They spent a lot of money during the Chinese New Year.
Clearly, the Qian family did not want to touch their own money.
But under Qiu Dafu's threatening gaze, he had no choice but to make up the difference in money.
Qiu Dayong thought that was the end of it, but that wasn't the case.
Qiu Dafu looked up and scanned the various houses.
This small courtyard has two main rooms and two side rooms on each of the east and west sides.
Many years ago, my parents and my eldest brother lived in two rooms of the main house.
He and his sister each lived in a room in the east wing.
The two side rooms on the west side were originally empty.
Later, my mother passed away due to illness, and my father remarried, taking Yang as his second wife.
Qiu Dayong, the son brought by Yang after her remarriage, lived in a room in the west wing.
Later, Yang gave birth to her fourth and fifth younger brothers.
As the fourth and fifth brothers grew older, the rooms in the house became crowded and insufficient.
More than a decade has passed in the blink of an eye, and the eldest brother and Qiu Dayong have gotten married one after the other.
As soon as Qian arrived, she used various excuses to look for her younger sister.
My younger sister is gentle and not as shrewd as Madam Qian.
He, as the second brother, can protect his sister in public, but what about in private?
Unable to bear the strange and sarcastic relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Madam Qian and Madam Yang, and because she was in love with Zhao San, the younger sister asked her father to arrange for her to be married off early.
Qiu Dayong and Qian moved into the east wing as they had hoped.
Later, my father and sister-in-law passed away one after another.
At this time, the three children were still young.
Qiu Dazhi was aloof and arrogant, and always ignored his elder brother's children. Qiu Dayu was out gallivanting all day long, and could not be seen for ten days or half a month.
His eldest brother was away serving in the army, and he knew that at this time, he had become the pillar of support for his three children.
But misfortune never comes singly.
Just when the children were finally grown up, the eldest brother died on the battlefield.
Soon after, Qian encouraged Qiu Dayong to move into the main house.
The third wife and Yang each occupied a room.
They chased the three children to the west wing.
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