From then on, he not only had to live a life even worse than before, but also had to bear a huge debt of one hundred taels.
In addition to the seventy taels that were just given out, there are thirty taels left, of which twenty taels will be used to repair the house and purchase household items.
The ten taels were his tuition fees and money for writing materials for the coming year.
He thought that he would only earn fifty or sixty coins for each book he copied, which contained a hundred words.
One hundred taels is equivalent to one hundred thousand coins, which is equivalent to fifty coins for a book. He would have to copy two thousand books.
The number made his vision go black.
No, when he gets back, he has to get his father to take back the land he rented out so he can farm it himself.
If you really don't want to plant them, then just sell them; that way you can at least pay off some of your debts.
Another thing is that all the livestock that should be kept at home must be raised.
If the eldest sister-in-law wants to stay in this family, she can no longer just embroider handkerchiefs and ignore everything else, like before.
Get busy, get everyone busy for him.
When he bent down to borrow money from everyone, he promised that he would pay it all back within five years.
And in those five years, the first year alone, forty taels had to be repaid...
None of the Chi family members knew how Qi Mingyu had borrowed all that money.
Even if they knew, they would only say he deserved it.
After Chi Ye received the marriage certificate from Qi Mingyu in the yamen, he confirmed it again and again, and the name on it was indeed his aunt's.
And after confirming that the marriage certificate was exactly the same as the one he remembered, he tore it up.
When he came out, he saw that everyone was waiting there.
He quickly nodded to everyone: "Take it back, tear it up!"
Seeing this, Chi Dahu said to his two younger brothers, "Axiong and Abao, you take Aqing and the others back first."
I'll check if Xiaoyu has anything else to do. If not, I'll have my second and third sister-in-laws go home later.
Little Fish, it's fine to leave only your sister-in-law and Aden and his wife here.
"We'll come pick her and the baby up and take them home after she's finished her postpartum confinement!"
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded and dispersed.
Chi Qiao then handed all the silver to her second son.
“Aden, your father and I have some things to do. Take this back and give it to your aunt.”
Make it clear to your aunt which funds are for the child and which are compensation for her.
Chi Deng had never received so much silver in his life. In the past, even when he hunted a big animal, his older brother or father would accompany him to sell it.
So now, holding all that money, he looked at everyone as a thief on his way back.
Chi Qiao stood there, looking at his pathetic state, and couldn't help but shake her head.
Standing next to her, Chi Dahu felt that his wife had been acting strangely lately, as if she had become a different person.
He didn't say anything, but his gaze towards Chi Qiao was filled with inquiry.
Chi Qiao wasn't unaware of it; she simply chose to ignore it.
Seeing that everyone who was supposed to leave had already left, she finally said, "Let's go!"
Chi Dahu didn't ask where they were going, and just followed behind her until they entered a pawn shop.
He was a little puzzled as to what she was doing here, but being clever, he didn't say anything.
Chi Qiao walked to the window and saw the person inside fiddling with an abacus. Without even looking up, she tapped on the counter.
When the others looked up at her, they saw her take out a pink and white bracelet from her bosom and hand it to them.
What's the price range for this here?
The person using the abacus, seeing her attire, thought she was at most a piece of clothing or some kind of silver ornament, and intended to be casual and perfunctory.
To his surprise, it was a bracelet he had never seen before, and he hurriedly reached out and took it.
While he was studying, Chi Qiao began to fabricate a story: "This bracelet was passed down from my great-grandmother, and it is said to be an item from the royal family outside the capital."
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