The old woman, limping, walked back to Fangjia Village crying all the way.
She was completely disoriented, and by the time she came to her senses, she had already arrived at Fang Qing's house.
Fang Qing and her family of four were having dinner at that moment.
With improved living conditions, the dishes on the dinner table are prepared in a variety of ways.
When the old woman walked in and saw their happy scene, she burst into tears.
"Da Niu, you absolutely have to save Er You this time!"
Fang Daniu didn't want to get involved, but when he heard the old woman say that Fang Er had gambled away all the family's money, his expression turned serious.
"Isn't this all because you spoiled him, Mom? You never let him do any chores, big or small, and you let him spend all the money in the house however he wanted. Now that there's a problem, what's the use of crying? Once he gets involved with that stuff, he's addicted, and I can't save him."
Hearing Fang Daniu's scolding, the old woman wiped away her tears again.
"What can we do then? Are we just going to watch him continue like this? Wouldn't that completely ruin him?"
"He deserved it!"
The old woman just kept crying. After that, Fang Daniu stopped talking. The family continued eating, but the old woman couldn't sit still and left.
The old woman thought Fang Eryou would behave himself after losing his money, but who knew that a few days later, a group of people tied Fang Eryou up and came to her house.
It was the gambling den that came to collect money, saying that Fang Eryou owed them ten taels of silver.
Ten taels of silver was an eternity for the old woman.
It was too late for her to cry or curse anymore; Fang Er pretended to be stupid after being thrown to the ground.
Fang Er's wife, upon hearing the commotion, ran away.
"We...we don't have any money."
"No money? No problem, we'll just cut off his hands!"
“No, my son is a scholar. How can he read and write if he loses his hands?”
"Then pay up!"
Seeing the old woman only crying, Fang Er became anxious.
"Mother, find my brother. He's so rich, what's wrong with him giving me ten taels of silver?"
"You still have the nerve to mention your brother? Your brother said he won't care about you."
"Impossible, I'm his only brother. If he doesn't care about me, who will?"
Upon hearing that they could get money, the people at the gambling den disregarded their family connections and dragged Fang Eryou to Fang Daniu's house.
Fang Daniu's face darkened with anger when he learned of their arrival.
"You worthless wretch, how can you face your ancestors?"
Fang Er had no regard for his ancestors and crawled towards Fang Daniu with snot and tears streaming down his face.
"Brother, you have to save me. No one else can save me but you."
Fang Daniu kicked him away.
"Get lost. I'll pay it off for you today, but you'll still go gambling tomorrow. I might as well have someone chop off your hands."
"Brother! How could you be so heartless? I'm your own brother!"
"You're my own son, but I won't care about you today!"
Upon hearing that they wouldn't get their money back, the people at the gambling den grabbed the axe on their shoulders and prepared to chop off Fang Eryou's hand.
The old woman turned pale with fright.
"No, please don't do it."
She knelt down before the group of people.
Fang Daniu felt displeased and went over to lift the old woman up.
"Da Niu, please help him, just this once."
At this moment, Fang Daniu couldn't bear it anymore.
Fang Qing stood in the corner, protected by Zhao Shi'an, watching Fang Daniu struggle. She knew he would soften his heart.
“It’s impossible for me to pay my second uncle’s money for nothing. Our family’s money didn’t grow on trees. How about this, we’ll use my grandmother’s house and land as collateral. If we can’t pay it off within three years, we’ll get the house and land.”
The house and land were the old woman's bottom line, and she shook her head as soon as she heard that.
"no……"
"If that doesn't work, then you can just watch my second uncle have his hands broken. By the way, gentlemen, if you're going to make a move, please do it in the bamboo grove behind the house. Don't make a mess of our house."
The people at the gambling den exchanged glances, then pulled Fang Eryou away. The old woman couldn't hold back any longer.
"Fine! You can mortgage the house and land to him, now you have to save him!"
Fang Daniu had Zhao Shian write a mortgage certificate, then went inside and took ten taels of silver.
The people at the gambling den took the money, tore up the IOU, and left.
Fang Er breathed a sigh of relief and got up to run, but Fang Daniu stopped him.
"Where do you think you're going? I'm going to break your legs today!"
"Fang Daniu, how dare you!" Fang Eryou turned hostile and called Fang Daniu by his name.
"Why wouldn't I dare? If I don't teach you a lesson today, your life is over!"
As he spoke, Fang Daniu grabbed Fang Eryou and threw him into the yard.
Fang Daniu closed the door and picked up a stick as thick as an arm from the corner of the wall.
Fang Er was terrified and quickly begged for mercy.
But Fang Daniu was in a fit of rage, and no one dared to step forward to stop him.
The old woman inexplicably saw the shadow of the dead man in Fang Daniu.
For a moment she was also afraid, how could she protect Fang Eryou?
Fang Eryou was picked up by Fang Daniu and thrown back like a chick. This time, before Fang Eryou could run away, a stick hit him on the leg.
Fang Eryou's cries of pain echoed throughout the courtyard.
The old woman was so frightened that she fell to the ground with a thud, and Zhao was too scared to look.
Fang Qing was also surprised.
Unexpectedly, Fang Daniu actually made a move against Fang Er.
Zhao Shi'an thought Fang Qing was frightened, so he grabbed her hand and pulled her behind him.
"I'll break one of your legs today. If you still dare to gamble, you'll lose both of your legs!"
Despite the dead of winter, Fang Eryou was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat.
"Fang Daniu!"
"What are you yelling for? From now on, behave yourself, do you hear me?"
As he spoke, Fang Daniu raised the stick in his hand, and Fang Er cursed twice.
"Okay, I understand!"
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