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The money has been given away, and there is no use saying anything at this time.
Now he just regretted it. If he had guessed that the rebels would leave on their own, he would never have agreed to give the rebels five hundred taels of silver.
"It's useless. People have gone to the rebel camp and can't even find out such a thing. What's the use of you? How could your elder brother be deceived by the rebels." He also felt sorry for Yinzi. The head of the Cui family scolded Cui Guang a few times.
The eldest son of Cui on the side looked very proud in front of Cui Guang.
"Since Dad said that the eldest brother did better, why didn't you let him go before, but I, the person you are dissatisfied with, went to the rebel camp." Cui Guang spoke up to argue for himself.
Originally, he took the risk of being killed when he went to the rebel camp. Now that the rebels were preparing to leave, all the faults were his own, and he was very dissatisfied.
Obviously he did all the hard work, but the person who got the praise in the end was the eldest brother who did nothing.
"How dare you talk back!" The head of the Cui family raised his foot and kicked Cui Guang in the calf.
The unprepared Cui Guang was staggered by the kick. If he didn't like to wield swords and sticks, he almost fell to the ground.
Cui Guang, who steadied himself, said with an ugly face: "Dad, you are too partial to my elder brother. Do you know that the child is very scared in the rebel camp, and his head may be killed by the moody rebel leader at any time."
"Second brother, how can you talk to dad like this? You have always been a good parent. It is unfilial for you to talk back to dad. Please apologize to dad quickly." Cui's eldest son looked like his eldest brother was lecturing his younger brother.
After hearing this, Cui Guang turned to look at his elder brother who was fanning the wind and lighting the fire, and said angrily: "Don't pretend to be a good person here. If you hadn't often fanned the wind in my father's ears, how could he treat me like this?"
"Second brother, you are angry. As an elder brother, I can understand, but why are you blaming me? I am doing it for your own good." Cui's eldest son said with an aggrieved look.
"Bah, stop pretending to be a good person."
Cui Guang spat in the direction of Cui's eldest son.
"Get out of here, your eldest brother is doing this for your own good, you loser." The head of the Cui family raised his finger and pointed at the door, cursing Cui Guang.
Cui Guang glared at Cui's eldest son hatefully, turned around and left without saying a word.
Bang!
When he walked out of the house, he slammed the door hard with his hand.
"Brother Cui, calm down. Although my eldest nephew failed to discover the rebels' intentions, he was able to go to the rebel camp alone to meet the rebel leader, which shows his courage. You are just young at the moment. You can wait until you are a few years older. "The head of the Wang family spoke to comfort the Cui family leader.
The panting Cui family leader waved his hand and said: "Let's not talk about him. This time, your family and I each lost five hundred taels of silver. It is all my fault for my unfulfilled son. So, let's take care of the Wang family's five hundred taels of silver." I don’t want it anymore, I will ask the tenants of Xiao Songji to make up for the five hundred taels of silver.”
"No, no, no, I must give you these 500 taels of silver. How can you let Brother Cui help you?" The head of the Wang family insisted on giving the 500 taels of silver.
The head of the Cui family said: "Brother Wang is out of touch when he says this. Your family and I live in Xiaosongji together, and we are family friends. How can we ruin the friendship between the two families for a mere few hundred taels of silver?"
He insisted on not wanting the Wang family's money.
"Because the two families are family friends, this money must be given. Okay, don't refuse. If you refuse again, I will get angry." The head of the Wang family said pretending to be angry.
If the Cui family really didn't want the five hundred taels of silver, they wouldn't accept the money from the Wang family.
Both of them understood that their goal was not the five hundred taels of silver, but an opportunity to accept the money openly and openly from the people in Xiao Songji.
Because the money scraped off the people of Xiaosongji must be more than these five hundred taels of silver.
The Wang family insisted on giving the five hundred taels of silver, and the two families could only add two to one to make five, and together they would equally share the money that would be obtained from the people of Xiaosongji in the future.
It was slowly getting dark.
The heads of the Wang family have already returned to the Wang family, and the head of the Cui family is having dinner in the side hall.
The table was full of delicious food, but the Cui family was the only one eating.
Although Cui's eldest son is also here, he can only stand aside and wait for the Cui family leader to eat.
The head of the Cui family hopes that the descendants of the family will study more, gain fame and develop the Cui family in the future.
The Cui family only needs one person to suppress the Wang family in Xiaosongji. It is not difficult to even annex the Wang family.
That's why he doesn't like his second son who can only wield a sword and stick, but prefers his eldest son who is willing to study.
"Father, try this dish. My son asked the chef to stew it in advance." Cui's eldest son picked up a spoon, scooped out a spoonful of soup from the porcelain basin and poured it into a small bowl.
Holding the bowl of soup in both hands, he carefully placed it in front of the Cui family head.
The head of the Cui family picked up the porcelain spoon in the soup bowl, took a sip of the soup, nodded and said: "You have worked hard, it tastes good. Sit down and eat with your father!"
"The elders are here, there is no way for the younger generation to sit down. It is better to let the children wait for you, father, to eat. After you, father, have eaten, the children are eating." Cui's eldest son picked up the father's dish and picked up the dishes for the Cui family head.
The head of the Cui family sighed and said: "If your second brother is half as sensible as you, he won't have to worry so much as a father. He is such a worry-free person."
"Father must not be so angry because of the second brother. I don't think the second brother is angry with you on purpose. Maybe he is feeling uncomfortable because his father asked him to go to the rebels and refused to let the eldest son, my son, go. But it doesn't matter. After his father has finished eating, the child will personally go over and persuade his second brother to come over and apologize to his father." Cui's eldest son said while picking up food for the Cui family head.
The head of the Cui family said with a dark face: "There is no need to persuade him. He is such an adult and knows nothing. I have lost face in front of the Wang family. I have really embarrassed the Cui family."
The son stood up to his father in front of outsiders, which made him, who always valued Confucian filial piety, very dissatisfied with Cui Guang's behavior.
Under the night, the fire of torches lit up the Tiger Flag camp outside Xiao Songji Tu Fort.
Cui Guang, who left home, has been guarding the west side of the fort wall.
Although he knew that the rebels were leaving, he couldn't feel at ease if he didn't see the rebels leaving outside Xiao Songji with his own eyes.
"Second Young Master, the rebels outside don't want to leave. There are torches everywhere, and there must be many people in the camp." The servant of the Cui family said beside Cui Guang.
Cui Guang, who was leaning against the fort wall and eating food from the food box, said: "I saw the rebels leaving the camp with my own eyes. Is it possible that I could have seen it wrong."
"Master, you can't be mistaken." The servant of the Cui family boasted at first, and then said, "But there are many people in the rebel camp, and they don't look like they are leaving."
Hearing this, Cui Guang raised his sleeves and wiped the oil stains on his mouth, and said disapprovingly: "There are so many rebels, leaving a force and leaving tomorrow is not new."
