Grandma Xie looked at Liu Ruolan coldly: "Thirty taels of silver is not thirty copper coins. Aren't you afraid of biting your hands when you hold it?"
Liu Ruolan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that her mother-in-law was asking her to hand over the money voluntarily, otherwise she would have to wait for her to rub him the wrong way.
Xie Laosan is still here. I really didn’t expect that if the patriarch stepped forward, his mother-in-law would be able to ask for the money again.
"Auntie, the money was originally awarded to the second sister-in-law by the county magistrate. Forget about the other money. Do you also want to take this kind of money that wants to ruin the reputation of the second sister-in-law?"
No matter how you hear this, something feels wrong.
Grandma Xie was so angry that she had a mouthful of phlegm and coughed for a long time.
Grandpa Xie felt that his face had been completely humiliated from last night to now. He had just picked up a few points, and now he was about to be torn off by this old woman.
It’s simply hard to carry!
"Okay, that money is for the second son's wife, and none of you can worry about it anymore."
Grandma Xie coughed for a while and is now recovering.
"Okay, if you don't pay it, you won't pay it. But until next year, don't think about paying for the second son's education."
Grandpa Xie stared, this old woman was clearly going against him on purpose!
If the money for the second son's education cannot be paid out of public funds, wouldn't it be equivalent to taking back the thirty taels in disguise?
After all, she still only knows money. When did this old woman's vision become so narrow!
Grandpa Xie still didn't say anything too harsh in front of the juniors, but his attitude was still very tough.
"That's enough! The second child can do whatever he wants to do with his studies. Everything should come out of the public house. Don't think that the second brother is taking advantage of the other two houses. Don't forget that the second brother also has tax-free land. The quota will be enough for their family of three this year. You all should listen carefully, if anyone dares to take money from the second house again, then get out of the Xie family!"
Gao's figure trembled, knowing that her father-in-law was really angry.
Liu Ruolan went back with the money, and Xie Rongzhao stood carefully next to her, holding her legs with his little hands, hoping that with his company, Aniang would feel better.
In fact, Liu Ruolan's mood was extremely complicated.
On the one hand, I was happy because the stigma on myself had been wiped away, but on the other hand, I was worried because of my mother-in-law's attitude.
Thinking about her father-in-law's attitude today, she felt a little more confident, but thinking that Xie Laosan mentioned that only her sister-in-law had been out yesterday morning, she felt a little uneasy.
She indeed lost a purse.
I didn't think much about it at first, I just thought that I accidentally dropped it, or I just put it around and couldn't find it.
Unexpectedly, it fell into the hands of the man named Hu San.
But it was true that nothing was found last night. Could it be that she had wrongly accused Mr. Gao?
Later in the afternoon, Xie Rongzhao slept for nearly an hour, and when he woke up, he went to find Xie Rongen.
"Fourth brother, shall we go up the mountain?"
Xie Rongen held her hand: "Want to eat meat?"
Xie Rongzhao shook his head: "My veil seems to have been left on the mountain. I want to find it back."
Xie Rongen's expression froze. It had already been a night, and there was always wind on the mountain. A light and fluttering handkerchief. Are you sure you can still find it?
Xie Rongen wanted to persuade this cousin, but when he lowered his head to meet her bright eyes, he swallowed his words again.
"Okay, fourth brother will take you up the mountain."
Xie Rongzhao had indeed lost a piece of handkerchief, but he was not worried about it, because the handkerchief was clean. Liu Ruolan originally wanted her to use it to practice her skills, but she was too lazy and never touched the needlework.
The two went up the mountain and went round and round to the place where she had been yesterday.
"Fourth brother, can you go over there and help me take a look?"
"Okay, don't go too far, just call me if you need anything."
Xie Rongzhao grew up at the foot of the mountain, and this was not her first time going up the mountain, so Xie Rongen was still very relieved about her.
Xie Rongzhao walked seven or eight steps, tilted his head and looked at the weeds in front of him that were crushed to the waist. This place had been severely stepped on before. Was it a fall?
She walked a few more steps down the slope, groping slowly until she saw a familiar purse.
Xie Rongzhao's mouth opened slightly, and his mind quickly went through the words Hu San said last night, and he was already thinking about it.
This purse must have been in Hu San's hands before, but for some reason, it ended up here.
"Only the aunt went out yesterday morning, so it must be the aunt who took out this purse?"
Xie Rongzhao pursed his lips tightly. He originally thought that Mr. Gao was just a greedy and stingy person, but he never expected that he had become so bad that he could harm his family!
This Xie family is really no different from a tiger or wolf den.
Xie Rongzhao carefully put the purse into his arms. Seeing nothing else of value, he turned back to find his fourth brother.
When the brother and sister went down the mountain, Xie Rongen happily carried two pheasants and met Goudan and Widow Wang.
Xie Rongzhao stopped. Before she saw the Widow Wang, she had not been suspicious. Now that she saw the person again, she thought that it was the Widow Wang who led them to that location yesterday.
The location where she found the purse was not far from where Aniang was hunting pigweed.
If he hadn't picked up a money bag and went down the mountain early, then what happened to A Niang and Hu San would really be unclear.
Xie Rongzhao is not really only five years old, so he can naturally connect these things together.
Widow Wang was probably a little guilty. When she first saw Xie Rongzhao, her eyes were a bit evasive, but after seeing the prey in Xie Rongen's hands, there was a touch of greed in her eyes.
It's a pity that Xie Laosan was not with them. Xie Rongen was not the kind of poor and generous master.
Besides, in his opinion, his sister had hunted this thing, and it was his sister who had the final say on how to deal with it.
After Xie Rongzhao and Widow Wang missed each other by twenty or thirty steps, they turned around and shouted at Goudan.
Goudan thought he was going to give him meat, so he ran over happily.
"Do you want some candy?"
Goudan nodded, no meat, sugar will do.
"Then tell me, who came to your house to look for your grandma the day before yesterday and yesterday?"
Goudan and Xie Rongzhao are about the same height. When the two little kids stand together, Xie Rongzhao's aura is obviously stronger.
"Brother Hui went to my house, it seems like yesterday morning."
"Then what did they say, do you know?"
Goudan scratched his head: "I didn't pay attention. I seemed to have heard them mention pigweed and going up the mountain. I don't know about the rest."
Xie Rongzhao's eyes turned cold. They were indeed colluding in this matter!
"Give you candy. What I just asked you, don't tell anyone, especially your mother-in-law, otherwise she will spank you, and I will never give you candy again in the future."
(End of chapter)
