Chapter 129 Resistance

"Boss, that is..."

Xing Lun came over and saw Qin Chi leaving. "Is there something urgent?"

Without waiting for Song Jin to say anything, Xing Lun discovered the empty bamboo sieve, with no aconite on it, and his heart sank.

Could it be that the boss is being sentimental and sending the freshly prepared herbs to someone else?

I thought I could make a lot of money, but it turned out to be a losing business!

"What's going on in your head?"

Song Jin had worked with Xing Lun for more than ten years in his previous life. Seeing that he was in a trance and had glanced at the empty sieve several times, he knew what he was thinking. "It is safer to let Qin Chi take him away than for us to come forward to claim the reward. We don't have to worry about the subsequent troubles."

After all, there is a difference between Qin Chi handing it over directly and Xing Lun sending it through several hands.

Song Jin knew that Xing Lun might want to use this opportunity to expand his network of contacts. "Alun, before Yang Lingyu leaves Huizhou, my background should not be exposed."

Yang Lingyu will be transferred back to Beijing to take up a post at the end of the year.

The reason why Song Jin remembered this incident was that in her previous life, she had been married for two years and when she first set foot in She County, she heard people talking about the first three things the new prefect would do upon taking office.

Xing Lun felt guilty, "I didn't think it through."

"It's okay. We are still too weak to compete with Yang Lingyu."

Song Jin and Xing Lun chatted for another while.

After Xing Lun left, Song Jin went back to his residence and told Li that he was done with his work and could return to Qinjiagou at any time.

Mrs. Li felt that it was quite comfortable to live in the pharmacy. Xiaoyu helped to take care of the child, and she did not have to face old Mrs. Liu's face. However, she felt a little sorry for her husband, as he had to run back and forth every day.

In fact, Li asked Boss Qin not to make trouble, but he responded nicely but still ran to her stubbornly.

So when Song Jin said he could go back.

Li immediately packed up her things.

When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law brought their children back to Qin's house, they found something strange at home.

It turned out that Qin Mingsong came back to get money to go to the provincial capital to take part in the provincial examination. He asked for fifty taels of silver for expenses. This large sum of money did not include the annual tuition expenses, but only the extra money for taking the imperial examination.

Old Mrs. Liu wanted the eldest wife to pay the money.

Boss Qin said he had no money. "Isn't all the money I earn all year round given to my mother? My pockets are cleaner than my face."

"Li has it, let her pay for it. Fourth son's imperial examination is such a big thing, what's wrong with you three brothers helping out?" Old Liu said as a matter of course.

The men didn't speak.

But the eavesdropping Xiao Liu was furious!

"Mother, it's easy for you to say that you want us to collect fifty taels. What can we use to collect it? You always say that this family has not been divided yet and that we are not allowed to hide private property. You have taken away the few cents that my husband saved by starving himself before! You just ask for fifty taels! You might as well just let us die!"

As Xiao Liu spoke, tears came out of her eyes. "If it weren't for Dalang's help over the years, I don't know how I would have survived."

Old Liu was also angry. She slammed the tea table and said angrily, "Second son's wife, stop talking nonsense. I asked you to collect some money but you refused. When Fourth son becomes a juren in the future, don't even think about taking advantage of him..."

"I won't get involved! My second wife won't get involved either, okay? Mother had better separate us. I promise not to get involved with Qin Mingsong!"

Xiao Liu is very tough.

It is better to rely on Dalang than on Qin Mingsong.

Old Man Qin glared at Qin Lao Er angrily, "Lao Er, you still don't take care of your wife!"

"Dad, what my wife said makes sense. I have also figured it out. In my parents' hearts, there is only the fourth child. The lives of others are not important. Don't tell me that there is no fifty taels in the treasury!"

Qin Lao Er tore off the two elders' fig leaf and said, "You have it! But you insist on asking us for it. Do you want to force us to death?"

"You! Second brother, you..."

Old man Qin pointed at his unruly son and wanted to scold him.

Qin Lao San said quietly, "Second brother, my parents don't want us to collect the money, they want to force my eldest brother and the others to pay."

As soon as these words came out.

Old man Qin blushed immediately.

Fortunately, my face is darker, so the blushing is not obvious.

Old Liu didn't care. "What's wrong with letting the eldest wife pay? This is what the eldest wife should pay. Li's private savings are not small."

"My wife has no money. Dalang needs money to study, and he also needs money when he gets sick from time to time. Dalang spends money very quickly, so it means he didn't spend any money to marry a wife." Boss Qin said firmly that he had no money.

He knew Li's temper.

If she said she wouldn't give it to him again, then she definitely wouldn't give it to him. If he dared to accept it on his own, he would be in trouble when she came back.

"You don't have it, but doesn't Dalang's wife have it?" The beads on old Liu's abacus made a clacking sound.

Song Jin didn't expect to hear this right after returning. He had to sigh at Old Liu's persistence, still thinking about her dowry after such a long time.

So Song Jin walked towards the main house.

The voice arrives before the person arrives.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"I remember Xiu'er once handed over one thousand taels of silver as a dowry to the government. Has the family spent it all so quickly?"

Song Jin's words were clearly heard by everyone.

It immediately caused a sensation among the crowd.

Only a few people knew about this, and the second and third wives really didn't know about it.

Old man Qin wanted to scold but didn't dare to open his mouth.

At least Song Jin saved his face by not telling him that he had also accepted one thousand taels.

Song Jin glanced at the two elders indifferently.

This man becomes more and more shameless as he gets older.

Just at this moment, the door of the fourth house was opened from the inside.

Song Xiu poked her head out and accidentally met Song Jin's gaze.

The atmosphere became slightly tense.

Song Xiu came out of the house with her back straight, her chin slightly raised. Just as she was about to open her mouth to speak, she found that Song Jin had averted his gaze and stepped into the threshold of the main room.

This forced Song Xiu to hold back the words that were about to come out of her mouth, as if the breath was suddenly stuck in her throat and couldn't come out.

Song Jin originally thought that the main hall would be lively, but Boss Qin walked out without saying a word and went straight to help Li carry her bag.

The two children were also taken back to Li's house.

After the eldest Qin left, the third Qin sneered, got up and left as well.

Little Liu wanted to make a scene but was stopped by Qin Laoer.

Qin Lao Er glared at Old Man Qin and Old Lady Liu, "You have thousands of taels of silver at home, but you still worry about the few melons and dates in our hands. You are really good parents. Have you never thought that the things in the house will be divided among the three of us brothers? Now it is like this. If the fourth brother really makes a name for himself in the future, we will not be able to benefit from it, right?"

"Is this what the second brother thinks of us?"

Old Man Qin frowned and looked at Old Man Qin with disapproval.

Qin Lao Er clenched his fists angrily, veins popping out, "It's not us who think so, it's you who have already done it!"

"That's right! Now we are still begging the second wife like this. If she really makes it in the future, how good will she be? It would be better to support Dalang to study than to give him a few melons and dates. At least Dalang didn't ask for money from home when he went to the college entrance examination. When I think about the money I spent on my uncle, I feel so lost!"

Little Liu has seen through these two old guys.

In the past, the couple had some respect for the two elders.

Ever since Qin Mingsong and Qin Chi got married, things happened one after another in the family, and the most important thing was that there was a living example like Qin Chi as a comparison.

Before I knew it, I had become disappointed with my parents.