After a moment of silence, Liu Tielang said in a heavy tone, "I can see how heavy the burden on the family is. Taozi is currently being raised in our home, but don't forget that she stopped going to school before she was twelve. She is the boss at home and outside. Even if she becomes a servant to a capitalist, she can support herself."
"Her grandmother was heartbroken and didn't want to give her away, so she brought her home. After taking care of her for half a year, her grandmother fell ill. She missed Taozi and didn't want to send her away. Later, her grandmother passed away, and we sent her away twice, but the Xu family had no place for her."
"Don't blame your eldest sister. She is the eldest in the family. Among you five sisters, the family owes her the most. We chose to let her marry in our own village because we thought she could help the family. In the early years, she was only slightly better off than Afang. Now that Afang has risen, she has the worst life among you sisters."
Liu Tielang doesn't want the siblings to fall out over money.
After thinking for a while, he said with a hint of complaint, "Your third brother-in-law asked you to follow him to work as a peddler, but you didn't want to. The second brother's family is doing well."
Li Fengmei knew that these words were spoken to her, because when Qiao Youcai came to find Liu Guobing, she heard that she would have to put up a lot of capital herself, and she was afraid of losing it. Moreover, since it was a speculative business, she always felt it was unsafe, so she opposed Liu Guobing to do it.
However, when the second brother's family heard about this, they gritted their teeth, sold the two pigs in the family, and mortgaged all their assets to buy a house and goods with Qiao Youcai.
Outsiders don’t know, but their relatives know something. Anyway, the second child’s family seems to be doing quite well. Both children are wearing new clothes, and they often have snacks, and the house has also been bought with some new things.
Even the second son's wife had said early on that she would make a new cotton-padded jacket for Liu Tielang during the New Year.
Li Fengmei's tone was sour, "Dad, it's not that we don't want to do it, but this is the situation at home. The second brother's family even sold the two pigs at home. Don't you know what the situation is at our family? Xiaojian's wife just gave birth and her milk is not enough. The people below are studying. There are so many mouths to feed at home. How can we have spare money to start a business?"
"If you have money, you need to prepare more than a hundred dollars. Just two glass cabinets for selling goods will cost twenty dollars, not to mention the cost of picking up the goods. Where can we get this money?
In the past year, Afang and my second sister did give us some help, but it was mostly food items, more than a hundred yuan, which we really didn’t have.
I tried to talk to Youcai about this at the beginning. I told him that our family didn't have that much money and asked if he could give us the goods to sell first. He disagreed and said that he could guide us and give us connections, but he couldn't advance us money. It wouldn't be good for him to only help some of our relatives and not others.
But this requires borrowing money, and who knows what will happen in the future? If you lose money, what do you do with the debt? This is more than a hundred! We work so hard for a year and we're lucky enough not to starve, because we have no money left. ”
Actually, although the family is not poor, they can still take out the 50 yuan. Last time, Liu Axia also revealed that if Liu Guobing wants to do business with her, she is willing to lend 20 yuan, and let Li Fengmei borrow 20 yuan from her parents' home. Later, the Qiao family can delay the payment for the goods and it will be almost enough. But Li Fengmei is unwilling to do so. She thinks the risk is too great. The 50 yuan is all the family's assets and cannot be wasted. Besides, she cannot not pay back the money borrowed from her parents' home. If she loses it, it will be her own money.
After a moment of silence, Li Fengmei cautiously probed, "Dad, why don't we talk to Afang? You see, Taozi has gone to work in the city, Axia has a job, and even Lao Er has joined them. They should help us out. Give us the containers of goods on credit first, and then give them to her when we make money."
She wanted to make money, but she didn't want to invest money or take risks.
Liu Tielang carefully lit his pipe, took a deep breath, lowered his head and thought for a while before speaking.
"You also said that Taozi also relies on the Qiao family for support, Axia also relies on the Qiao family, and the second family also relies on the Qiao family. Afang's life is better than yours, but she can't stand everyone throwing themselves at her.
She has already helped our Liu family enough. No matter how much more she asks, it will be difficult for Afang to do anything in front of Youcai.
Youcai is right. The Qiao family has more relatives than just our Liu family. If you want them to advance the money, then what about asking your eldest brother-in-law, the Xu family, for help? What's more, does the Qiao family have other relatives? His eldest sister-in-law also has her own family, so it wouldn't be good to help one and not the other. ”
Li Fengmei's eyes flashed with despair, "Then what do you say we should do?"
Liu Tieluo knocked the ash off his pipe and said, "My dear, I'm going to the city to look for peaches."
"I'll ask her to find a way to get the money. I'll consider it as a token of my gratitude for raising me for so many years."
Li Fengmei's eyes were full of joy. "I see, Dad, you should talk to her carefully. If it weren't for us, she would have been given away long ago. The Xu family didn't want her, and it was mom who couldn't bear to let her go that brought her here. The food she ate when she grew up was all saved by our family. She can give the Xu family 200 yuan a year, so why can't she give more than 100 yuan to help the family? Don't forget your roots!"
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