Chapter 39: Borrowing Money
"Did he stop you to ask about the bezoar again?" Zhou Huaian turned around and followed her to ask.
Yang Chunyan said "hmm" and continued to move forward without stopping for a moment.
"Youngest!" Xu Erchun nudged Zhou Huaian and pointed at the basket on Yang Chunyan's back.
Zhou Huaian understood immediately and stepped forward to grab the backpack, "Chunyan, give me the backpack, I'll carry it!"
Yang Chunyan nodded, "Okay! You take it." Free labor, if you don't use it, it will go to waste.
Zhou Huaian carried the backpack and helped her put it down. He squatted down and put the backpack straps on his shoulders. He found that he had to use some strength to carry the backpack. "Oh my god~ It's so heavy, no wonder you can't grow taller!"
Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him: "..." You're not even as strong as a woman!
Xu Erchun laughed and said, "It seems like all women are like this. When my mother goes to cut grass, she won't come home unless she has her basket stuffed tightly and piled up piles of grass."
Zhou Yiding: "My little sister is the same. Every time I ask her to cut less, she won't listen and always asks me to help her."
Zhou Huaian looked at the two in surprise, "You guys are still helping to carry grass?"
Zhou Yiding rolled his eyes at him and said, "You think everyone is as lucky as you! You have three older brothers and an older sister, and there are people to do all the heavy and light work for you!"
Xu Erchun joked: "Youngest, you are so lucky, just like the pigs you feed at home!"
Zhou Huaian pulled the straps, turned around and kicked over, "Climb! Fatty pigs will be butchered during the New Year!"
Xu Erchun dodged and said, "Haha, I didn't kick you..."
Zhou Huaian pointed at him and said, "I will settle the score with you after I put down my backpack."
Yang Chunyan watched the three people walking forward with laughter from behind, and thought of her past life. After Zhou Yiding got married, her husband retired early and asked him to take over. Later, the income of the forest farm became worse and worse, so he returned home to plant fruit trees and grapes...
After Xu Erchun got married and separated from her family, she became a different person. She even went to the agricultural technology station to learn how to grow mushrooms. Life at home was getting better and better. Only she and Zhou Huaian...
Zhou Yiding and Xu Erchun lived at the foot of a hill near the main road, and they went back to their respective homes after arriving. Yang Chunyan and Zhou Huaian lived near the foot of the mountain, and they continued to walk back.
Zhou Huaian looked back at Yang Chunyan and said, "Why did you come out in such a bright sun?"
"I was thinking about some things that I couldn't figure out at home, so I decided to go out for a walk, so I just came out with my backpack on my back."
"Have you figured it out?"
"Let's go dig herbs tomorrow and take my sister-in-law and the others with us!"
Zhou Huaian stopped and looked at her, "It's so troublesome to take them with us. It's not convenient for the two of us to talk to each other."
"Just think about it. The old man and the eldest brother went to the mountain to look for wood for building the house, clay for burning bricks and tiles, and they also went to the river to sift sand and carry stones for laying the foundation. All these require the help of the eldest brother."
Yang Chunyan paused and whispered, "Let's take them to collect herbs. First, we can have money to repair the house, and second, we can repay the favors of Big Brother and his friends. I think it's okay to take them along, but I'm worried about how to divide the money after selling them."
Zhou Huaian looked back at Yang Chunyan, "I have nothing to say about my eldest brother and eldest sister-in-law. My second sister-in-law is not bad either. Although my second brother is cunning and stingy, he is better than the brothers of Cai Ermei's family. My third brother is just a reckless person. My third sister-in-law is not a bad person, but she is too competitive.
If we take them along, it's not worth it to split the money equally. If we don't take them along, people will gossip about us. How about this, you take care of them for a few months and give them some of the money. When we split up, they will know some herbs, and we can work on our own!"
Yang Chunyan didn't expect that the confused man actually knew the temperaments of his brothers and sisters-in-law. "Go back and talk to them!"
"I'll tell you what I say!"
"Hurry up and go back to pick out the weeds from the flowers, wash them and dry them in the sun."
"There's no mud on half of the flower, why wash it?"
"Have you forgotten? Doctor Xiao Wang asked us to dry it and send it over. People pick up the medicine and cook it for themselves. It's so dirty if they don't wash it clean!"
"Oh!" Zhou Huaian thought of the corn incident. "Erchun said our corn might have been stolen by Ye Laoer, and Yiding is going to patrol the mountains for his old man. If we want to cut down trees, it's best to go in the next few days."
"Go back and tell them." Yang Chunyan knew what kind of person Ye Laoer was. If he really stole the corn, the Zhou family would have to blame themselves for the bad luck.
As the couple walked to the door, they saw their sixth aunt, who lived in Fangtian Brigade, walking towards them from the direction of their eldest uncle's house. "Youngest, is your mother home?"
"Yes!" Zhou Huaian frowned and looked at her, "Aunt, what do you want to do with my mother?"
The sixth aunt had only one son, who was spoiled by the two elders. He indulged in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. Whenever she came to the house, she either came to borrow money or food. All the relatives were afraid of her.
Zhou Huaian looked at his sixth aunt whose hair had turned completely white and felt that his son was the real prodigal and debt collector, while people like him were just a little lazy.
"I have something to talk to your mother about." Sixth Aunt glanced at the couple and quickly walked into the Zhou family.
Zhou Huaian looked at Yang Chunyan and said loudly, "Yan'er, look, our family paid so much money to the old bear, but no one came to ask about it. As soon as someone spread the rumor that we got the bezoar, everyone came to our house one after another."
After hearing this, Sixth Aunt paused for a moment, but still walked inside.
Zhou Huaian and Yang Chunyan followed into the yard, "Mom, Sixth Aunt is here to see you."
Mother Zhou came out of the kitchen and frowned slightly when she saw Sixth Aunt. She smiled politely and said, "Sixth Aunt, how come you have time to come to my house today?"
The Sixth Aunt glanced at Zhou's mother and asked, "Where is your Dasong?"
Mother Zhou casually handed her a bamboo chair and said, "I went up the mountain with the eldest brother."
After the Sixth Aunt sat down, she looked at Zhou's mother and said straight to the point: "Gui Lan, I heard that your family has become rich, so I came to borrow some money from you."
"Sixth Miss, look at this, such a big family is squeezed together, and there is not even a place to live. The money that I saved with great difficulty has been squandered by the youngest child. I was thinking of borrowing some money from relatives to build two thatched houses for the children and separate them out!"
Zhou Huaian, who was helping Yang Chunyan arrange half of the flowers on the steps, was speechless: "..."
No wonder I have a bad reputation, good things have nothing to do with me, and all the bad things are pushed onto me!
The Sixth Aunt looked at her with a sad face, "Gui Lan, I don't want you to borrow too much, three to five hundred will be enough..."
Three or five hundred, can you really afford it?
Mother Zhou spread her hands and said, "Sixth Miss, my family really has no money. Let alone three or five hundred, we can't even take out three or five yuan. You know that my family is poor."
She was very glad that she had made the decision. The rumor had only been going on for a day or two. First, her uncle came to borrow money, and now even her sixth sister came to her. If the news of getting the bezoar was leaked out, I'm afraid that relatives who never interacted with her would come to her.
As the saying goes, help in emergencies but not in poverty. Miss Liu has a son who is addicted to eating, drinking, gambling, whoring and stealing. Even if the family has a mountain of gold, it will not be enough for him to squander!
Instead of lending her the money to pay off her gambling debts, it would be better to buy a few pounds of meat at home to feed the kids.
When Zhou's mother thought about this, she suddenly realized that her youngest son still had some good points. At least he didn't gamble and didn't do any sneaky things!
(End of this chapter)
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