"mother!"
"You're here! What's up? Are you hungry?"
Mrs. Li jogged into her eldest son's room.
"Second brother is gone?"
Li was taken aback. "You heard everything? That heartless man has forgotten his parents now that he has a wife. Now he only cares about Li and doesn't care about us anymore."
"Yes, I heard it all. Second brother has gained Third Uncle's favor, so he will definitely have a good life in the future. Mother, am I a useless son who can't let you enjoy the good life with me?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I know you're capable. When you're better, go to the county town and you'll definitely find a job, maybe even a better one than Erzhuzi's."
Don't you know what kind of person your third uncle is? Even if he gives Erzhu a job, it certainly won't be a good one, and we won't take it.
Dazhuzi lay on the kang and sneered. Looking for work? Mother made it sound so easy. It's so hard to find work in the county town. He had been there several times before but couldn't find a decent job. It'll be different after he recovers from his injury.
And his injuries—he will absolutely not let the Pan family and Pan clan off the hook; they will fight to the death.
“Mom, you and Dad should go to the county town to see my second brother in a couple of days. What is he doing? We need to know how much money he earns a month and where his family lives.”
The county town isn't small, so surely they can't not even know where he lives? If they look for him later, no one will be able to find him, especially not my third brother, who's always hanging around the county town.
Now that my second brother also lives in the county town, if he has nowhere to stay after finishing his work at night, he can stay at his second brother's house. His second brother's wife can also take care of him, cook for him, wash his clothes, and so on.
"A sister-in-law is like a mother. Since you don't live in the county town, they'll have to take care of you a lot."
If he wants to leave and live a quiet life on his own, he'll have to see if his brother allows it. He knows his third brother too well; as long as he's around, the second brother's family will never have peace. Not only will they never have peace, but they won't even be able to save any money.
He can even dig out money from a mouse hole. After being a thief for so many years, he's definitely got a knack for finding silver.
"You're right, I had completely forgotten about that!" Mrs. Li slapped her thigh several times, saying excitedly.
The old man is indeed clever; he managed to get the third son in order in no time.
"Eldest son, don't be sad. I believe in you. You will definitely be better than Erzhuzi in the future. Your second brother has been fooled by Guo Shi and is no longer on our side."
"Second brother is confused now, he'll regret it later." Ha, he's not on the same page as his wife, he doesn't think about his own family, do you expect him to be eaten and drained by you? Even a fool wouldn't do that.
"Son, rest well. Mother is going out to take care of things."
Da Zhuzi didn't speak, but sneered as he watched Li Shi's back. His mother was as naive as ever.
The second brother will never regret this in his life. He will definitely be difficult to deal with in the future. His parents are so stupid that he has nothing to say. They even got caught scheming against him. Can they be any more successful?
On the other side.
When Erzhuzi arrived at the shop in the county town, he first apologized to the shopkeeper, saying that he had to find a house to settle his wife and daughter first.
The shopkeeper didn't make things difficult for him, only telling him to settle things at home before coming back to work, and that it wouldn't be a problem if he was a day or two late. He even helped him find a middleman to help him find a place to live.
Erzhuzi and Guo were extremely grateful, even though they knew nothing about these matters.
"We just want to rent a cheap little courtyard, preferably a slightly larger one, so we can grow vegetables or something. It doesn't matter if it's a bit remote."
The middleman led them directly to the edge of the county town, where two courtyards were available for rent. They chose the larger one, and Guo planned to order a variety of dishes and raise some chickens to supplement their household income.
However, the house requires a minimum payment of six months' rent upfront, plus a deposit. The two of them didn't have enough money, so they could only pawn one of the bracelets.
"Middleman, thank you for your hard work today. You found such a nice courtyard for us."
Erzhuzi was satisfied with his new home in every way. The yard was nice, the walls were nice, and even the house itself was much newer than their previous home.
The rent is 700 cash for half a year, and 1.4 taels of silver for a year.
It wasn't cheap, but he could afford to rent it for the time being.
After the middleman left, the two began packing their luggage. Erzhuzi went to the shop, but the mule cart hadn't left yet; he still had a load of stuff waiting to be unloaded.
"Have you rented a place yet?"
"I've rented it, I've rented it. Could you please make another trip and help me bring my luggage?"
"No problem."
When they arrived home, Guo had already swept the entire house clean and wiped the furniture that had been there before spotless.
"Honey, just bring the things inside."
After finishing their work, both of them were very happy.
"Are you going to dig a hole tonight?"
"What's wrong?"
"I don't feel at ease with money in my hand. My eyelids keep twitching. I'll hide it in the backyard."
Erzhuzi: ...
So even after moving, you still have to hide money everywhere?
……………………
"Dad, everything is packed. We can leave the day after tomorrow. Go and tell Uncle."
Zhao Dashu was extremely unwilling; he didn't want to take two burdens with him.
"Okay, I'll go now, and say goodbye to your grandma while I'm at it."
He didn't want to go at all; he knew his mother would give him the cold shoulder again. He seemed to be very unpopular these days, feeling like he was offering his warm welcome to his mother but getting no response.
"Xiaoyu, your father is suffering."
“If you’re not suffering, then we are. Just think, if we give Grandma a kind look, she’ll beg to come with us. You can do it, just hang in there, you’ll get through this soon.”
"Alright, I'm going to suffer now. Honey, you have to remember how good I am to you, okay?"
"Stop babbling and get going."
Zhao Dashu had a long face. He had argued with his mother again a few days ago. The reason was simple: his mother started to have wild and unreliable thoughts again. Knowing that they were leaving, she started to act like a rogue and cause trouble.
According to Madam Huang, Ru Xin instigated this after returning home, telling her to make a scene with them and find a way to go to the prefectural city, saying that all the good doctors were in the prefectural city and that she would have a better life if she went with them.
Zhao Dashu couldn't understand why the Zhao family members used all their intelligence on their own people. One or two of them seemed to enjoy betraying their own comrades.
He hadn't seen that brat Ru Xin in ages. Couldn't they just keep to themselves? Why did she have to come and mess with him?
That brat is really wicked.
Now her father still wants to go with him, so how can you not be angry?
"Mother, I'm going back the day after tomorrow. I've come to say goodbye."
Old Sun turned her face away, refusing to acknowledge Zhao Dashu.
I told you, I was offering my warm welcome only to be met with indifference.
"Alright, since Mother needs to rest, I won't disturb her any longer. I'll be going now, see you next time I come back."
Old Mrs. Sun became anxious as soon as she saw that the person was about to leave, "When are you coming back next time?"
Oh, you actually paid attention to him?
His mother's personality was quite similar to his; they were both a bit masochistic.
"I don't know, I'll come back when it's time to come back."
Old Sun almost choked on his breath. Was he speaking human language?
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