Just when He Xiaomi was hesitating, a familiar voice sounded in her ears.
"Xiaomi! Xiaomi!" Jiang Cheng saw He Xiaomi looking at him and waved at him.
Seeing He Xiaomi coming over, Jiang Cheng pulled him over and stuffed the thing into his hand.
He Xiaomi took a look and saw it was a purse.
"There's some silver in here, take it for emergency use."
"But..." He Xiaomi hesitated. Five taels of silver was a lot of money in the village.
Jiang Cheng had just married into the Song family not long ago when she lent him five taels of silver. He was afraid that Jiang Cheng would have a hard time in the Song family.
After all, Song Tingzhi doesn't have a very good reputation outside. Even though Jiang Cheng always said good things about him in previous conversations, He Xiaomi didn't quite believe it.
"Don't say but! Go quickly!" Jiang Cheng pushed He Xiaomi.
"Thank you."
Seeing that Jiang Cheng didn't care, He Xiaomi felt relieved, thinking that Jiang Cheng must be living well in the Song family.
So he took the money and went in.
"Sanniang, you don't even care about your new husband. You lent him such a large sum of money, aren't you afraid that the He family won't pay it back?"
The onlookers couldn't help but feel jealous when they saw Jiang Cheng lend five taels of silver to He Xiaomi without hesitation.
He wanted to sow discord between Xu Sanniang and Jiang Cheng, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
"Go away, stop looking for trouble! I gave this money to Chengcheng. What? Do you have any objections? It's not like I'm spending your money!"
Xu Sanniang retorted without hesitation.
Seeing that Xu Sanniang was so angry, the people who were saying sour words muttered a few words and then kept silent.
Seeing that he was not being pleasing, the onlookers fell silent.
Here, He Xiaomi took the money given by Jiang Cheng and put it on the table.
"Do you think it's enough?"
Niu Qiang opened it and took a look, and it was exactly five taels.
"Enough! That's it for today!"
Niu Qiang took out more than one or two taels of silver and put them on the table, and agreed that it would be ten taels!
Even when collecting debts, we must be principled!
"I'll give you a month to do the rest. We'll come back after a month."
After getting the money, Niu Qiang didn't stay long. He called his brothers and left in a mighty manner.
After Niu Qiang left, the onlookers dispersed when they saw that nothing was wrong.
He Xiaomi helped He's mother sit on a stool, and then went out to find Jiang Cheng.
"I--" He Xiaomi was about to speak when she was interrupted by Jiang Cheng.
"You have a lot going on at home today, so I won't bother you any longer. If you have anything to say, we can talk another day when we're free!"
Jiang Cheng took He Xiaomi's hand and patted it to comfort him.
"Okay, I'll thank you some other day!"
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On the way back, Jiang Cheng wanted to talk to Xu Sanniang several times, but after thinking about it, he held it back.
"Mom knows what you want to say. It's rare to have a friend as good as you, so I understand if you help him. Besides, this money belongs to you and Tingzhi, so you have the final say on how to use it."
Xu Sanniang looked at Jiang Cheng's hesitant expression and knew what he was thinking.
"Thank you, mother!"
When Jiang Cheng heard Xu Sanniang say this, he felt relieved and laughed.
"What's there to thank for? We're all family!"
After saying that, the two of them walked towards home together.
After dinner, Jiang Cheng fed Xiao Hui some food and went into the house.
Song Tingzhi went to town today and won't be back until evening.
As soon as he came back, after Song Tingzhi finished his meal, Jiang Cheng told Song Tingzhi everything that happened in the He family today.
After hearing this, Song Tingzhi suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "When we went to town together a while ago, I went to the gambling house to look for someone I knew. When I was leaving, I seemed to hear someone calling Uncle He's name. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, thinking that Uncle He was gambling there."
"What gambling house?" Jiang Cheng had never heard Song Tingzhi mention it before.
Song Tingzhi explained to Jiang Cheng clearly how he had met Qi Yu.
Afraid that Jiang Cheng would misunderstand something.
"I see." Jiang Cheng nodded. "Then it seems the owner of Yunshang Casino is quite approachable."
"Maybe." Song Tingzhi couldn't say for sure. Qi Yu was too enthusiastic and a little unpredictable.
"Then what do you think about asking him to help postpone Xiaomi's debt payment?"
Jiang Cheng snuggled into Song Tingzhi's arms, raised his head and looked at his face, and said.
"Twenty taels of silver a month, how can I pay it back?"
Jiang Cheng couldn't imagine it.
Song Tingzhi touched Jiang Cheng's head and said, "It's really difficult. If you want, I can give it a try."
"This way I'll owe him a big favor." Jiang Cheng said.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you want to!" Song Tingzhi was okay with owing favors to others, as he would always pay them back.
"Thank you for your hard work!" Jiang Cheng snuggled into Song Tingzhi's arms again.
"Then I'll go to town and try to find him tomorrow." Song Tingzhi picked up Jiang Cheng and walked towards the bed.
"Now I want some reward!"
After that, they made love again.
The next day, Song Tingzhi went out at dawn, carrying two pheasants with him.
When he arrived in the town, Song Tingzhi went straight to the Yunshang Casino. As soon as he entered, he looked for the waiter and asked him to lead the way to find Qi Yu.
"Master, someone is looking for you!"
The waiter took Song Tingzhi upstairs, knocked on the door and left.
"Who is it?" Qi Yu was eating. He walked to the door and opened it, and saw Song Tingzhi outside.
"Brother Song, why are you here?"
Qi Yu took Song Tingzhi in and said, "You came just in time. Let's eat something together?"
"Thank you. Here are two wild animals for you to try." Song Tingzhi handed the pheasant to Qi Yu.
"Brother Song, you're so polite." Qi Yu said with a smile.
"Let's not beat around the bush, Brother Qi. I came here today to ask a favor." Song Tingzhi didn't want to beat around the bush.
"Brother Song, please tell me. I will definitely help if I can."
"My husband's good friend's family owes your gambling house twenty taels of silver and the deadline is one month, but his family is short of money and cannot come up with so much money within a month. I wonder if you can give them a little more time?"
"That's easy to say. What's the name of the person who owes the money?"
"He Pingshan."
"Brother Song, wait, I'll have someone check it out."
"Thank you very much."
Qi Yu didn't say much, opened the door and asked the shopkeeper to tell him to do something.
"Brother Song, how about half a year?" After giving the order, Qi Yu sat back and continued eating, talking to Song Tingzhi while eating.
"Thank you very much." Song Tingzhi said.
"It's not a big deal. He's my sister-in-law's friend as well as my friend."
Qi Yu waved his hand.
"Brother Qi, if you ask He Pingshan's people to come next time, could you please kick them out?" Song Tingzhi felt that if He Pingshan came again and was kicked out, he might not always owe money.
"Okay, it's a small matter." Qi Yu nodded with something in his mouth, picked up a piece of cake and placed it in front of Song Tingzhi, "Eat something."
Unable to refuse the kind invitation, Song Tingzhi accompanied Qi Yu for a while, then went to buy some things and went back.
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