Hua'er and Duo'er are both children of the Hou family, and they have parents and brothers at home.
The two of them were still young, so they just followed their cousin out. The parents actually cared about them very much, but they were all the children of the current generation. Even if the family gave birth to children, they were somewhat respectable, but they didn't have the qualifications to be picky in front of the master's family. , Besides, with the cousin’s status, being able to serve her is a good job that can’t be found even with a lantern.
Seeing that the New Year is approaching, it snowed all night.
Qin Laowen came back from the house and brushed off the snow on his body. As soon as he entered the house, he heard his eldest daughter crying in the hall.
He paused and sighed. What he was most worried about was the two little girls who followed his cousin to Zhuangzi. Unexpectedly, the little girls didn't cause any trouble, but the eldest brother who had been married for several years did. People have headaches.
After hesitating for a moment, Qin Laowen shook his head, went back to the room, pulled open the pillow, took out a clay jar, weighed it, and frowned.
The couple had saved quite a lot of money over the years, but all of it was used up when their son got married. They owed debts in the past two years and just paid them back last year.
Qin Laowen took out a bunch of money from the pottery jar, gathered it together and counted it. There were two coins in total, and dozens of scattered coins.
The eldest daughter in the room was still crying: "That bastard who killed a thousand swords, why didn't he sell himself? My poor Sister Wen, she is only six years old. Mother, I can't live without my daughter. I want to kill her." That bastard!"
In the room, the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried.
Qin Laowang threw the pipe on the table to the ground angrily, and said angrily: "Stop howling, hurry up, and think of ways to raise money. Didn't that old lady named Xue say that she would give up five taels of silver?" The child is back? I have more than two taels here. If you use your mother's bits and pieces of jewelry as a pawn, you can still get one or two taels. Didn't you get two taels of silver when you got married? Press the bottom of the box, where is the money?"
"woo woo woo woo!"
Where is the money?
"I let my man who killed a thousand swords steal away to gamble!"
Qin Laowen was so angry that his chest felt clogged. He was afraid that if he got angry again, his family would be even worse. He said helplessly: "Let's go and find your brother and see how much he can bring out."
The granddaughter was still in their hands, so the old couple didn't dare to delay, so they took their daughter straight to their son's house.
Since their youngest son got married, the old couple took out all their savings and borrowed some from relatives. They bought a small grocery store for them on Houfu Street and begged Mr. Hou to let him go. For nothing else, just to have grandchildren in the future and to take the imperial examination.
Their son Douda can hardly read a lot of Chinese characters. They have no hope, but their grandson can always count on something.
The so-called seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister, although they are not respectable servants in the Hou Mansion, but after working for a lifetime, and being born in the same family, they still have half of face in front of the Marquis and the old lady. With this Point, if my son goes out, he won't be too upset.
Speaking of which, it was even easier for this grandson to take the imperial examination than for a poor family.
Qin Laowen, his wife, and their eldest daughter had just entered their son's house when Hua'er and Duo'er arrived at the door.
The two girls looked at the door of their home, with joy on their faces.
Just now, they went to the Hou Mansion first, and their cousin told them that before going home, they needed to pay homage to their old master first. The cousin even joked, saying that the old lady was the most generous person, and you miss her. The elderly will not let you suffer.
Sure enough, when the old lady heard that they were going home to visit relatives, she asked Grandma Liu to dig out a lot of old clothes and ask them to take them to their parents and relatives.
Although they may look like old clothes, they are the old lady's old clothes.
Just the red fox fur crane cloak, no matter how old it is, can be pawned for sixty or seventy taels of silver from even the stingiest pawn shop.
Hua'er and Duo'er didn't dislike the old lady's old clothes at all.
"Hua'er, Duo'er, why are you back? Oh, go and see, your parents, your eldest sister, and your sister-in-law are fighting!"
Two sisters: "..."
Huaerduoer rushed to their brother's house and were all shocked when they saw their sister-in-law grabbing their eldest brother's hair and roaring: "If you dare to take this money, I will never be done with you. Let me tell you Qin Zhuzhu, when you We didn't have enough money to open a shop, so my mother lent us the dowry money she had saved at the bottom of her bank account, and we agreed that we would have to pay it back this year, and there was no need to discuss this matter."
The little Xin who spoke had an ugly face. She looked at her parents-in-law and eldest sister-in-law without any compromise, "Mom and dad, it's not that I'm unfilial, it's that my mother urgently needs this money to treat her illness and save her life. Doctor Hou from Qingde Hall told her , my mother has to take ginseng for a month, not counting other medicines, and she needs money urgently."
"This money is life-saving money. Qin Zhuzhu, you can't lose your conscience and only care about your sister's daughter and not my mother!"
Just in front of the grocery store on Houfu Street, a family of young and old were crying and howling louder than the last. Qin Laowen scolded and persuaded, saying that he would not care about others borrowing the money and would not ask the young couple to borrow it. He couldn't stop cursing.
Hua'er and Duo'er were shocked and turned pale - did their family owe a huge debt? One hundred taels? One thousand taels? Could it be ten thousand taels! !
How could you be in debt? Could it be that he was involved in gambling?
"My mother needs at least six taels of silver to take these medicines. This is far from enough at home. I really can't use it to supplement my sister-in-law!"
"My daughter, what should I do with my daughter? We have to collect these five taels of silver before tomorrow. Now we are still short of two taels, let alone two taels, just one point short. Mrs. Xue is going to sell her to, to— —”
Hua'er, Duo'er: "..."
Duo'er didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Stop crying, we've been making trouble for a long time and only need a few taels!"
Hua'er untied her heavy purse and took out a handful of silver melon seeds, silver peanuts, and silver beans. Although they were not big, this handful was about seven or eight taels.
Duo'er directly stuffed the bundle in her arms before letting go: "Well, the old lady rewarded me for it. Dad, you have good eyesight. Let's see how much silver it is worth."
Qin Laowen: "..."
The heavy fox skin crane cloak, the ermine skin cloak, in addition to these, there are those sapphire blue robes and bright moon white short coats. The prices are not low. They are said to be old, but they look like 90% new. Not the kind of tattered clothes that have been soaked in water many times.
Hua'er gave the money to her sister and sister-in-law, and said calmly: "Pay it back slowly as you have the money."
After saying that, he sent them to do their own things quickly and dragged his parents home.
They only took one day off, and they had to rush back. The other sisters also wanted to go home before the New Year, so they didn't want to waste too much time.
Hua'er and Duo'er had suppressed their words and were filled with excitement. Lao Qin's family kept the lights on for most of the night, and from time to time they heard low voices that they couldn't suppress.
On this night, Mu Qingyun, the cousin of the Hou family, almost replaced the portrait of Mr. Guan that had been passed down for three generations in the old Qin family.
Mu Qingyun: "...Ah sneeze!" (End of this chapter)
