Qian Sanbao could tell from his niece's expression that she was overthinking things. He patted Qian Xiao on the head and said, "Don't think nonsense, or your grandpa will punish you." His niece was good in every way, but when she was overthinking things, could she control her facial expressions?
"Hehe, I wasn't thinking about anything. Go on, what does this have to do with my grandpa?"
“Going to the city for medical treatment costs money, don’t you know that Qian Wangcai’s family’s money has long been squandered by Qian Wangcai himself? Where would they get the money for medical treatment? Qian Wangcai’s older brothers finally managed to establish their own households, how could they possibly continue to give them money?”
"Look, that old woman forced Qian Wangcai's father to come and borrow money from your grandfather. They were talking right at our front door. How could we have imagined that your grandmother would overhear them?"
"My grandfather didn't lend money to that family, did he?"
Qian Sanbao shook his head, and Qian Xiao was even more confused: "We didn't lend them any money, and my grandma is still angry?"
"Don't interrupt me. Can't you just let me finish what I'm saying in one go?" Qian Sanbao was dissatisfied. He told him to cooperate and listen attentively, not to keep interrupting him.
Qian Xiao crossed her two index fingers and put them to her lips, indicating that she had sealed her mouth and that she could do whatever she wanted.
Qian Sanbao nodded in satisfaction: "The problem arose from their conversation. When Qian Wangcai's father asked your grandfather for money, your grandfather asked, 'When are you going to pay back the money you borrowed before?'"
Qian Xiao stared at his third uncle with his two round eyes. This is what I think it means. My grandfather lent money to Qian Wangcai's family before.
Qian Sanbao nodded smugly, "That's exactly what I meant: 'Do you remember that time when Qian Wangcai suddenly started wearing leather shoes and shirts again, and even put oil in his hair?'"
Qian smiled and nodded. She knew, of course she knew. From that time on, she was afraid to look at lard anymore, always feeling that the lard had changed its taste.
"That was bought by Qian Wangcai's parents with money borrowed from the village. They borrowed money not only from your grandfather, but from many other families. When Qian Wangcai was first brought back and arrested, many people came to his door to collect debts."
"How did you think Qian Laoda and his brothers manage to divide the family property so smoothly? It was because of this debt that Qian Laoda and his brothers worked together to pay it off, which finally made Qian Laopo agree to divide the property."
"So my grandfather didn't go to ask for the money back then?"
“Yes, we took it. Your grandpa was shy, and he only did it because they were all relatives. He thought we could wait and see how things went. So he didn’t get involved with those debt collectors. But your grandpa was too embarrassed to press for the debt. How could that family have the nerve to ask again?”
“The most crucial thing is,” Qian Sanbao opened the door and peered outside before returning to continue.
"The key point is that your grandfather didn't tell your grandmother when he lent out the money, and he used his own savings."
"Wow, my grandpa's got guts! He even dares to secretly hide some money. No wonder he didn't go with those debt collectors to collect the money; he was afraid my grandma would find out, wasn't he?"
Qian Sanbao nodded in agreement: "That's right, just as I thought. If we don't punish them for multiple crimes, your grandfather has been living in your parents' house for almost a month now."
Were they all kicked out? Her grandma is really something else; she said her grandparents seemed weird today.
"When will this matter be resolved?" We can't let the old couple continue to be so uncomfortable.
"That depends on when Qian Wangcai's family will pay back the money. With your grandma's fiery temper, she's gone to ask for it back several times, but she still hasn't gotten it back."
"How much is it?" If it were only one or two yuan, her grandma would never be so angry.
Qian Sanbao held up two fingers: "A full twenty yuan." Every time he talked about this amount, Qian Sanbao felt pain all over his body. That was twenty yuan! He had never carried so much money in his entire life.
"Wow, my grandpa is so bold! No, how did he manage to save up so much money?" Her grandpa doesn't manage the household finances, so where did all this money come from?
"How would I know? Tell me, isn't this money just going down the drain? Given Qian Wangcai's current situation, let alone twenty yuan, they can't even come up with two yuan. The old couple and Qian Wangcai are living off the support and filial piety of their other sons."
"Look at Qian Wangcai, he's already like this, and he still doesn't think about going out to work to support himself. He's just thinking about loafing around and waiting to die." This is probably the laziest person he's ever met.
"He's already spoiled rotten. Anyway, he'll always have enough to eat, so why should he worry about that?" This kind of person only cares about himself and doesn't think about anything else. As long as he doesn't starve to death, that's all that matters.
"That old woman and old man hadn't worked in the fields for a long time. After Qian Wangcai came back, the two old people started going out to work. That's how it is. Qian Wangcai hasn't left the house at all."
"Serves them right, they found it themselves, but I reckon it'll be difficult for my grandpa to get that money back."
"That's right, that's what I think too. You know your grandma's temper, she'll be fine after a while. At most, she won't have to deal with that family anymore, and it'll be impossible for them to borrow money from us again."
Qian Sanbao clicked his tongue: "Twenty yuan! I don't even have two yuan on me. How come your grandpa is so amazing?" Why doesn't he have the ability to save money on his own?
Qian Xiao... Look at your pathetic self.
"What, you want to secretly save some money too?"
Qian Sanbao quickly covered his eldest niece's mouth, his eyes fixed on the door so his wife wouldn't hear and think he was up to something: "My dear ancestor, don't talk nonsense. Your third uncle is not that kind of person."
Qian Xiao quickly shoved his third uncle's hand away and spat on the ground twice: "What are you doing? Did you wash your hands after driving the oxcart? How can you be so unhygienic?"
Qian Sanbao instinctively hid his hands behind his back: "Well, I'll go wash now."
"Pah, pah, pah, you really are my good third uncle."
Qian Xiao turned around and found her four younger brothers staring at her with wide eyes. She shrank back and patted her chest, "Mom, you scared me! When did you four get here?"
Five Eggs: "Big sister, we've always been here," they haven't gone out at all.
"Don't go around saying what you just said, understand?" Qian Xiao said sternly to shut her younger brother up.
Liu Dan rolled his eyes: "Big sister, we're not stupid. We know what we should and shouldn't say. Besides, we've known about this for a long time."
Seven Eggs nodded: "Yes, I saw Grandma kick Grandpa out of the house. Grandpa is so pitiful. He can only go to Uncle's house to live."
Eight Eggs nodded: "Seven Eggs is right."
Seven Eggs frowned in displeasure: "You have to call me Seventh Brother, you can't just call me by my name."
Eight Egg chuckled: "I know, Seven Egg."
"Pfft," Qian Xiao couldn't help but laugh. Her three sets of twins were always arguing about who was older and who was younger, and they never got tired of it.
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