Old man Zhao turned his head and looked at his eldest son carefully, wanting to see if he had any heart.
He thought he was going to the county town to buy meat, chopping it and grinding it bit by bit.
"Five taels, I'll lend you the last of your silver. Hey, even if your family starves to death, don't come to me to borrow money. I don't have any more."
"Dad, five taels is not enough to buy furniture, rent a house, and buy food. I have to calculate carefully to get eight taels."
"Five taels, that's all, don't give up."
"Yes, yes! If you know how to do it, ask your second brother to get it. I will rent a house tomorrow."
Old man Zhao nodded.
"Dad, Xiaohong is gone, why don't you bring the money over? It's so inconvenient to spend it in the hands of the third brother."
"It's safe with him. Besides, we have no other money to spend except what you ask us for."
Zhao Dawen was embarrassed. What nonsense was his father saying?
Seeing that he was standing there, she asked, "Anything else?"
"Dad, can you help me plant some of our land? You know I'm poor and don't have money to hire laborers. At most, I can give you 20% of the harvest. We are family and we should help each other when it's time."
"Brother, what you said is not so simple. We should help when we need to. That's true. But we also need to see how to help, whether we can help, and who we should help.
Our family, in addition to our own land, also has our parents' land, which is no longer viable to farm, so we really don't have the ability to farm my eldest brother's land.
How about this, since the third brother didn't get any land, he and his wife are both capable, so the eldest brother can ask him for help."
Zhao Dawen stopped talking. The third brother ignored him when he saw him. How could he talk to him?
The second son of a bitch is not a big shot. Will he die if he works a few more acres of land?
Old man Zhao thought Zhao Dayong's idea was very clever, and the third brother's family could do it. Now that life has passed and their bodies are better, they must be better at work. Since they have nothing to do anyway, it doesn't seem to matter if they help the eldest brother to plant a few acres of land.
"Old Two is right, Old One, come with me to find Old Three. I haven't been out for a few months, and it's time for me to go out for a walk."
"Okay." What else can he say if his father is willing to help? He will definitely listen to his orders. If the third brother is willing, he can save a lot of money.
In this situation, no one wants to rent the land. Even if you work hard for half a day, you may not even earn enough rent.
The father and son walked out of the yard, one in front and one behind.
Zhao Dayong sneered. His father still couldn't recognize the truth. Third brother, will you listen to him now? Will he be controlled by him? Once he gets rejected, he will feel at ease.
"Old Third," Old Man Zhao took a sip of the water brought by Song, and then took another look at the furnishings in Zhao Dashu's main room, and sighed deeply. He lived such a stingy life, and was unwilling to help his brothers at all. In the end, it was because he did not teach Old Third a lesson, which made him go further and further astray.
"Isn't this snow? What are your plans?"
Of course, I study hard and make progress every day. My daughter wrote these big words herself and posted them on the wall of the study at home.
"Eat, drink, have fun, and do whatever you want."
Old man Zhao choked, what a useless bastard. Zhao Xiaoyu covered her mouth and laughed.
Zhao Dawen was so envious. Wasn't this the life he had been pursuing for half his life? Why could the third child live like this now?
"People still have to work. How about this? I'll find you a job."
"Dad, tell me." We have to find out what his purpose is.
"You have no land, and you have three laborers who are wasting their time. Your eldest brother has a few acres of land, but he has to go to the county town to teach. No one in the family is free. How about letting your family farm this land?"
"Oh, so all of them are mine?"
Zhao Dashu said this lightly, and the old man choked again. Damn it, how can he be so shameless? Even the tenant farmers dare not say this.
"If there is any success in the field, I will give you 20% of it."
"father!"
Old man Zhao waved his hand, signaling Zhao Dawen to shut up. If he didn't give any concessions, the third old man would definitely not agree.
"How about this, I'll buy a few acres of land and make 20% of my money. Big brother, stop teaching me and go home to farm."
What nonsense are you talking about, you bastard! His hand is holding a pen, not a hoe!
Zhao Dawen felt humiliated.
"father!"
"If you have any, come find daddy. Big brother, are you still breastfeeding?"
Zhao Dawen was angry and wanted to hit someone, but he couldn't. His face turned blue and red, and he looked at Zhao Dashu with eyes full of resentment.
"Third brother, he is your eldest brother!"
"I am also your biological son! Dad, how much more noble is Zhao Dawen than me? Why can he just hold a book? And why should he throw his mess to me?
If there is no one to farm the land, then hire someone to farm it or rent it out. If neither works, then just sell the land.”
"What the hell are you talking about? Can the land be sold?"
"Isn't it because of my elder brother that I can't sell my father? Didn't I sell two acres?"
"If you really don't want to help the eldest brother, it doesn't mean that I won't pay you. My dear brother, third brother, please treat it as a request from your father. Help your eldest brother once, okay?"
"No. Dad, I'm telling you the truth. No matter now or in the future, I will never work in the fields again. Don't even think about giving me 20% of the income. Even if you give me all of it, I won't care.
Dad, do you think I need that little thing? That little bit of money? Giving you a year's worth of food is more than that, right? You are not my dependents.
Big brother, don't try to control me in the future. I have a bad temper and I act impulsively. Sometimes, I can't control my fists. We three brothers have our own families, so we can only take care of each other in the future. "
Zhao Dawen was so angry that his body was shaking. He swallowed the word "Dad" from his lips.
I wanted to leave immediately, but I saw that my father didn't move.
Old man Zhao had never thought that Zhao Dashu would be so unkind. He thought that he was willing to support him and his wife just to show them his kindness.
He thought that every time she came to him, she would be obedient and listen to him.
"You really don't want to help your elder brother farm, or..."
"I really don't want to. I really don't need the little harvest from the fields." So what if he is rich? They have no right to be jealous.
"In that case, I won't force you. Third brother, since you don't need money, why don't you hire some laborers to do the work on your eldest brother's farm? Also, can your mother and I give you some money as a tribute? These are tough years and our family really doesn't have much income."
Zhao Dawen's eyes lit up and he hired laborers for him, but he didn't want to pay him. This was fine, he could save 20% of the money.
"Dad, do you think what you said is appropriate? Is Big Brother my father? Or my son? It's none of my business whether there are people planting on his land or not.
And you, if you feel that the food is not enough, I will not give it to you in the future. If you want more, go to your second brother. I wonder how much money the scholar gave you for your retirement? I am the youngest, and I gave you 200 coins. He should have more than me, right? "
Old man Zhao was speechless after being confronted.
Zhao Dawen couldn't sit still any longer. What the hell was this bastard saying? He was his father? His son?
He should not have come yesterday. He just brought disgrace upon himself by coming.
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