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Chapter 152 How shameless can the old lady be?

"Uncle is so good to Third Aunt. Since it's Uncle's decision, we can't object. But you also know that my family just built a yard, and we don't have much spare money. We can only take out three taels of silver, and the rest depends on Uncle and Fourth Uncle. I didn't expect that the family has saved a lot over the years, so we are so confident."

Jiang Youzhen answered before Jiang Fugui did. If that's the case, wouldn't it be 240 or 50 taels? They're willing to pay the silver? They must want to rip off their family.

The old lady heard this and said, "Three taels of silver? How do you send away beggars? Two hundred taels of silver, and you only give three taels? Is that reasonable? You live in a big house with blue bricks and tiles, a big yard, eat white flour buns, pork and fish, and wear good clothes. How can you bear to watch your third aunt suffer?"

Jiang Youzhen asked in confusion, "Is begging so profitable now? Three taels of silver is not enough? I'm tempted by what you said. I'm going to beg tomorrow."

Third aunt suffers? What does it have to do with her that Third aunt suffers? She was not very good to the original owner's family before, and never took care of the second wife. Now she is clearly asking for money from the second wife. Who owes her money?

The old lady choked. "No, that's not what I meant. How could that be what I meant? I meant..."

"Mother means that your family must have more than three taels of silver. Second brother! After all, you are the master of this family. You can't always hide behind Erlang. Tell me! What are you going to do? How much do you want to pay? I know you have it."

Jiang Haiqing glanced at Jiang Youzhen as he spoke. He was just trying to stir up trouble. Erlang was always the first to take the lead in everything. As the pillar of the second house, the second son always let his own children get ahead. After a long time, how could he not have some complaints?

This time Jiang Youzhen didn't say anything, but she had actually thought about this issue. She couldn't always be by Jiang Fugui's side, so it depended on how Jiang Fugui handled it this time!

Jiang Fugui thought about it. Erlang had given the family 800 taels of silver, but most of it had been spent on building a yard and buying land, as well as preparing dowries for the two daughters. Yesterday, he had asked Shen, and after deducting the silver needed to build a house and buy land, there were only about 20 taels left to spend.

But he also had to buy things needed for farming, and it would also cost a lot of money for the family, so he was immediately in a dilemma.

Besides, the silver was given by Erlang, so of course she has the right to dispose of it.

Jiang Fugui sighed deeply, "It's all because of my incompetence as the second brother. I only have ten taels at most. How about it? Less?"

He felt a little guilty because he wanted to save some for the family, and he still had more than ten taels left. The rest was earned by Erlang, and he was embarrassed to look at Erlang even if he was given ten taels.

"Ten taels? What can ten taels buy? It can only buy one acre of land." The old lady was very disappointed. Isn't this too little?

"Second brother, I'm not criticizing you. I saw you looking for Chen Yazi the other day. I saw you guys going to look at some land. You even went to Hejia Village next to the town. The land you looked at was 21 acres. You said you don't have money? Why would you look at some land if you don't have money?"

Jiang Youzhen looked up at Jiang Haiqing. This guy was actually following him? Chen Yazi had said before that there was a large piece of land in Hejia Village, 21 acres. Jiang Fugui thought that Sanya's marriage was about to be settled, and the young man was from the town. Hejia Village was very close to the town, so he could buy some land for his dowry. So he followed Chen Yazi to see it.

The land in Hejia Village is good land, and Jiang Fugui plans to buy it. Now he is waiting for the owner to come back and handle the red deed here, but he didn't expect Jiang Haiqing to know about it.

It seems that Jiang Haiqing must have tried every means to find out his family's financial situation, whether it is building a yard or buying land, he must have set his sights on his own family.

"Second brother, I heard someone say that you were going to settle on that piece of land. You even have the money to buy 21 acres of land, how can you justify giving your sister 10 taels of silver? Before, you said you didn't have money to lend me for the exam, I don't blame you, but you still refuse to help my third sister, then I am not happy. I didn't expect you to be so selfish and disregard the relationship between brothers."

Jiang Haiqing pointed at Jiang Fugui, shook his head and sighed, "Second brother! I am so disappointed in you!"

"What? Second brother can afford to buy more than 20 acres of land? Second brother, where did you get so much money? It must be more than 100 taels. Does your family have any money-making business now? Tell us about it so that we brothers can benefit from it. You can't be the only one to get rich, right?"

Jiang Hailin was shocked. He didn't expect his second brother to be so powerful now. More than 20 acres of land, he bought it as soon as he said it.

The rest of the Jiang family was also very surprised. Mrs. Luo gritted her teeth, wondering how she could make the second family rich? Mrs. Chen's eyes flickered, full of surprise and calculation.

"Wow, wow, wow... Why is my life so miserable! Since my parents don't want to take care of me, I can only take the baby and hang myself in front of the Lu family's door." Jiang Yue's mother was crying and extremely surprised at the same time. This time, she was even more determined to get the silver.

Jiang Fugui's face flushed, "Brother! Third sister, this is what I planned to buy for San Ya as a dowry, it's not mine."

"A little girl wants so much dowry? She is so beautiful. Her third aunt is about to hang herself, can't she focus on her third aunt first? And you are the head of the family, isn't the silver yours? Don't you have the final say? You let the women and children in the family control you, are you still a man? Don't you have the power to be the head of the family?"

The old lady immediately hugged Jiang Yue Niang and called her her beloved daughter, and she was very disappointed with Jiang Fugui!

Jiang Youzhen felt that the old lady's thinking process was different from others, and her double standards were terrible. Her own daughter could have so much dowry, but her granddaughter could not. What she said was surprising.

"Grandma, you also said that dowry is important, so is my sister's dowry not important? If my third sister gets married without a dowry, will her in-laws treat her well? What if she is kicked out of the house like my third aunt?"

"It's her own fault that she didn't have the ability to win over the hearts of her husband and mother-in-law. Wasn't it her fault that she was divorced and sent home?" The old lady's righteous look made Jiang Youzhen really unable to complain. This person really couldn't understand what people said, so it was useless for her to say more.

The other people in the room were shocked by the old lady's shamelessness. They thought they were shameless enough, but they didn't expect that the most amazing thing was here!

"Ahem!" Jiang Haiqing coughed lightly, "Sanya's dowry is also important, but I'll give it to her aunt first, and give it to her later. When I pass the exam and become a scholar, will my niece still be bullied? By then, her husband's family will just worship her."

It's really shameless! Jiang Youzhen shook his head, "I don't agree!"

"Second brother, you have to make your own decision. Don't buy the 21 acres of land for now. Let your sister handle it first." The old man finally came to his senses from his astonishment and made the final decision.

"I've told you that I don't agree. If any of you touch my sister's dowry, I will call a troupe to rehearse a play about this matter and publicize it in all the major villages. Once it's sung, it will make our Jiang family famous." Jiang Youzhen sneered.

"You!" The old man's hands were shaking as he pointed at Jiang Youzhen.