"Borrow? Second sister-in-law, don't you think you're ridiculous? Your family needs to borrow money to buy a house? It's just a few taels of silver, do you really need to borrow?"
Don't treat everyone like fools; sometimes being too smart can be annoying. Second sister-in-law, let's be frank, I don't believe you when you say you have no money.
I'm telling you honestly, if you don't want to buy it, then don't. I've been more than kind to you, so it's best not to push your luck.
Li's face was very ugly; when had she ever been humiliated like this?
He could only suppress his anger, appease Wang, and tell her to go back first, promising to deliver the silver before dark.
"I'll trust my second sister-in-law one last time. I have no money tonight, but we'll meet at the clan chief's house tomorrow."
The two parted ways. Li was so anxious that she stamped her feet. Her family had only talked about borrowing money, so where would her brother and sister-in-law get the money to lend her? Even if they did, they wouldn't use it themselves.
The only solution now is...
He rushed home in a hurry to find Zhao Dayong.
"Old man, old man, you have to think of a way quickly! The village chief said the old house can be sold for thirteen taels of silver. We have to give the eldest brother's family six and a half taels. If we don't give it to them today, the eldest sister-in-law will turn against us and the old house will belong to them!"
"You need to think of something quickly! Where are we going to get the money? We only have half the silver we have. What are we going to do? We can't lose the old house!"
Li panicked, completely panicked.
Now we can only rely on Zhao Dayong and ask him to help us come up with a solution.
At the crucial moment, she lost her composure.
Zhao Dayong was squatting on the threshold, puffing on his pipe, his brows furrowed tightly. He didn't even lift his eyelids when he heard Li's incoherent shouting.
"Now you're panicking? Where were you all this time?" He tapped his pipe on a stone, sending up a few sparks. "I entrusted all my earnings to you, and this is how you run the household? Now that something's happened, you're helpless and come to me?"
He was furious; he wouldn't even take his own medicine, saving every penny. And his wife? Behind his back, she secretly gave the money to their son, bit by bit.
Needless to say, the third brother spends whatever he's given, and he's definitely broke now. The eldest brother certainly hasn't spent a single penny, but he won't take any out either.
In the end, all the debts still went to those two old folks—they were so foolish!
Li was so anxious that tears were about to well up in her eyes again. "You need to think of something quickly! Just one day! My sister-in-law is only giving us one day!"
"How about we just give up the old house?"
"No way!" Li screamed. "If we don't have Dazhu, where will he live? How will the brothers divide the property?"
Zhao Dayong was just saying that in anger. He couldn't possibly give up the old house. His eldest son had finally managed to get rid of him, and he absolutely couldn't come back.
"Old man..."
Zhao Dayong sighed heavily, squatted back down, and silently took a few more puffs of his cigarette. His face looked particularly weathered in the swirling smoke.
"Li Chunhua, sometimes I really regret marrying you back then."
Li was stunned. The old man used to say that he was lucky to have her, and that the best thing he ever did in his life was to marry her.
Look at the state of our family you've managed!
No matter how much they argued, the matter still needed to be dealt with. Zhao Dayong stubbed out his cigarette and got up.
I'm going out for a bit.
Li nodded, her eyes filled with expectation; she knew the old man was going out to borrow money.
Zhao Dayong walked out with a hunched back. Li looked at his back, opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything. She just felt a tightness in her chest, a feeling of bitterness and unease.
She knew where the old man had gone, how embarrassing it was for him to ask Zhao Dashu for money, and how difficult it was for him to ask.
For so many years, the old man had been holding his breath, wanting to prove that even if he wasn't as good as his third son, he could still take care of the family and live a decent life.
Tears blurred my vision, and I sighed deeply in helplessness.
They still couldn't do it in the end, and they still had to beg the third son. Not to mention being successful, they couldn't even take care of their family.
When Zhao Dayong arrived, Zhao Dashu was playing chess with Grandpa Qian.
"Second Brother, what brings you here at this hour?"
With so many things happening at home yesterday, my proud second brother shouldn't want to see me these days.
"There's something I want to tell you."
Grandpa Qian was very perceptive. "You brothers are chatting, and the two children have been playing outside for quite a while. I'll go check on them."
Zhao Dayong greatly envied Zhao Dashu, not because he was rich and powerful, but because of the atmosphere in his family.
Look how harmonious this family is. Whether it's the two sons-in-law or the two daughters, they get along extremely well.
Despite the family's vast wealth, there was no sign of Lihua and Xiaoyu arguing heatedly over money, nor of Xiao Lei and Qian Youfu fighting amongst themselves.
Song and her third son had a very good relationship. Their children were all obedient and filial, and even Xiaoyu's two children were well-behaved and sensible.
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