Old Man Chi took out half of the silver and was about to stuff it into Old Man Li's arms!
Old Man Li didn't refuse!
He thanked her and took the money, then took out twenty taels of silver from it: "The things we just bought, the grain, and the food you ate on the way... Even close brothers should keep clear accounts, you can't refuse! I didn't refuse just now."
"You don't need this much, what are you doing?" Old Man Chi glared at him, his beard bristling.
The two families argued for a long time, and after much persuasion, they finally agreed to compromise.
Old Man Li gave the Chi family ten taels of silver.
Then Old Man Li said, "We will pay you back the twenty taels of silver you advanced before, as soon as we have saved up enough!"
The grandson's leg will cost another thirty taels of silver later.
The remaining ten taels of silver should be kept in case of emergency.
So the twenty taels of silver had to be owed to the Chi family for the time being.
"What are you saying? Shouldn't we also give you money to thank Le Shi for saving the eldest brother's wife?"
"What are you saying? Le Shi saved his own aunt! That's what he should do! As for Le Shi breaking his leg, that was something no one expected! How can we let you pay for it?"
It looked like the two old men were about to start fighting again.
After much persuasion from the women, they finally compromised again, with each family contributing half.
In this way, the Li family will only need to repay the Chi family ten taels of silver in the future.
Finally, everything was cleared up. Old Man Chi was exhausted. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and complained, "Tell me, talking to you is so tiring! I'm all sweaty from all this talking!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
After fleeing all the way, they finally settled down temporarily.
Although the future is uncertain, everyone is happy at this moment.
That's enough.
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