Chapter 211 It’s a loan, not a request
When she mentioned Dabao, Sun's heart tightened, realizing that Old Lady Chen was planning to take Dabao's wages. She asked knowingly,
"Dabao went to work early in the morning. What do you want with him?"
Old Mrs. Chen spoke tentatively, "I want to get some money from Dabao first to buy some food, and then return the money to him after selling the food after the autumn harvest."
Sun shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly, directly refusing. "It's not easy for Dabao to work hard and come back late to earn a little money. He's already grown up and has reached the age to discuss marriage. As a mother, I can't help him, so I can't be so shameless as to ask him for money."
"Look, you didn't understand what I meant. We're not asking for money, we're borrowing it. I'll pay him back when we have a surplus of grain after the autumn harvest.
Besides, he hasn't even grown all his hair yet, so why rush into marriage? Wait until his third uncle passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar, and then our family will be a wealthy and powerful family.
Dabao is the scholar's nephew, so he has no worries about not being able to find a wife.
By then, we definitely cannot marry a girl from an ordinary family. We must marry someone of equal social status.
Not to mention being a wealthy daughter, at least she has to be a wealthy young lady, only then is she worthy of our Dabao..."
Hearing her making big promises again, Sun interrupted her.
"Okay, okay, don't say that. We can't even afford to eat, and we're not even a good match.
I don't expect that illusory title to help Dabao find a wife.
I won't ask Dabao for money, you should think of another way!"
Old Mrs. Chen was so anxious that she kept jumping up and down. "My dear daughter-in-law, you are so angry now. Why are you still angry with me? Think about it, Zhanliang is still hungry, and Erbao is in the growth stage. If he starves and doesn't grow, and grows up to be a cannon, do you expect him to sell pancakes?"
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Sun, and seeing that her expression had eased, Old Lady Chen swallowed her saliva and continued,
"Cuiqin, I am your good daughter-in-law. Dabao has been sensible and grateful since he was young. If you talk to him nicely, he will definitely lend you the money. I promise you that as long as we get through the current difficulties, I will definitely return the money to Dabao after the autumn harvest."
Sun was very proud. Even if Old Lady Chen didn't say anything, she planned to go to Dabao to get some money to buy rice today. Although her parents-in-law did something wrong, they had been nice to her for so many years. As long as they didn't hurt her children and her man, she would never let them starve.
"Okay, I'll give it a try, but I'll have to pay Dabao back the money I borrowed."
"Don't worry, I'll return it to him as soon as I have the money."
"Okay, I'll believe you this time. I'll go then!"
Sun left the house and went straight to the Wu family's old house.
She had wanted to come and see how the brown sugar was made for a long time, but was delayed because no one was taking care of Chen Zhanliang's leg injury.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw several people working in the yard, washing and dicing beets, and then transporting them to the village entrance to crush and extract the juice...
Sun was extremely envious. If it weren't for Old Lady Chen's obstruction, perhaps she could also make money and wouldn't have to ask her son for money.
When Chen Qingqing came out of the house, she saw Sun at the gate and hurried over to greet her, "Second Aunt, why are you here?"
"Qing girl, Second Auntie is here to thank you. Thank you for letting Dabao work here and for bringing delicious food to Erbao every day."
"Second Aunt, you're too polite. When we first moved out of the old house, if you hadn't brought us steamed bread, we probably wouldn't have made it." Chen Qingqing smiled. "As the saying goes, a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring. It's only right that I help you out a little now."
Sun's nose felt a little sore when she heard this, "Good, good boy."
"Second Aunt, please come in and sit down."
Sun glanced towards the yard and said, "I won't go in. I want to talk to Dabao about something. Can you ask him to come out for a moment?"
"Okay, I'll call him for you."
Not long after, Chen Dabao hurried out of the yard, "Mom, are you looking for me?"
Sun looked at Dabao with difficulty. Although he was her son, she still felt a little embarrassed to ask for money. She moved her lips but no words came out.
Chen Dabao was anxious, "Mom, I'm busy working, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"It's nothing serious. You go out early and come back late. Mom doesn't have time to talk to you."
Dabao was amused and said, "Mom, you came to me just to say this."
"No, no, Mom wants to discuss something with you."
Chen Dabao's face was full of anxiety. "Mom, tell me what's going on. Don't hesitate. I'm busy."
"This is what happened. You haven't eaten at home for a long time. Our family is already at the point where we have no rice to cook. I didn't want to talk to you about this, but your grandma said that she would return it to you when she had money, and I couldn't bear to ignore you, so I came to find you. Can you see if..."
"Okay, Mom, stop talking."
Chen Dabao became more and more angry as he listened, and could not help but interrupt Sun.
"Mom, you are so confused. Who can you blame for the current situation at home? They have no money to eat now, it's all their own fault. Don't worry about their trivial matters, let them figure it out on their own."
Sun nodded helplessly, "Dabao, you are right, but they are so old, what can they do?"
"All the family money was spent on my third uncle. Let them ask their precious son for it." Chen Dabao felt aggrieved and spoke his mind. "Mom, just listen to your son's advice and go back to divide the family property. I will earn money to support you."
Sun Shi wanted to separate from the family and live alone, but her husband disagreed, and she had no choice.
"Dabao, although your grandparents are partial, they have never harmed or plotted against our second branch. Based on this, your father will not split the family. Don't talk about this matter again in the future."
"Mom, even though they haven't harmed our family, they're not on our side either! They're so obsessed with their own affairs that they only have eyes for the Third House. Our Second House is nothing but cattle and horses in their eyes. It's simply a thankless job.
Once it comes to the matter of the third room's studies, they have no bottom line at all and may do something evil. By then, it will be too late for us to regret..."
"Okay, Dabao, go and do your work. Mom won't bother you anymore." Seeing that her son disagreed with giving her money, Sun interrupted him and turned to leave.
"Mom, wait a minute,"
Seeing Lin's lost expression, Dabao's eyes turned red. He didn't want to care about the life and death of the old man Chen and his wife, but seeing his mother in such a difficult situation, he really couldn't bear it.
He took out thirty coins from his pocket and handed them to Sun. "Mother, use this money to buy some food. If it's not enough, you can ask me for it."
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