manynovel Chapter 13 The 2 silver coins must be returned by 2 Lang
Chapter 13 The 2 silver coins must be returned by 2 Lang
“Do you want to listen to what you are saying?” the patriarch asked in disbelief, his eyes wide open.
Jiang Youzhen outside sneered. Since the village head had helped to make this happen, there was no need for her to go in.
She turned around and was about to call Jiang Fugui, but found that Jiang Fugui was standing not far behind her, with a complicated expression.
"Let's go! Express your opinion." Jiang Fugui's back bent instantly, and his face showed dejection.
Jiang Youzhen did not offer any comfort. After all, things had come to this point and there was no longer any fig leaf left.
As soon as Jiang Fugui entered the room, everyone looked at him.
"Fugui, your father said you wanted to split up the family, and he agreed. Did you guys agree before that he would give you 30 kilograms of black flour?"
As soon as the clan leader saw Jiang Fugui coming, he asked.
Jiang Fugui took a deep breath and looked at his father, who was now silent and didn't even look at him.
"Dad, is this what you mean? Do you really want to split up the family?"
The old man looked up at him and said, "Wasn't it your good son who proposed to divide the family? He didn't like our family anymore and wanted to live on his own. He was a man of integrity and didn't ask for anything but some food."
Everyone present was shocked and speechless by the old man. Wasn’t it the old man himself who suggested how much stuff to give to the second house?
Jiang Youzhen sneered, "Grandpa, I would like to ask for more! It's really scary to think about it. It's better to starve to death than to suffocate in a coffin.
I heard someone say that someone didn’t die, but woke up after being buried. No one came to save him, and before he died, he dug half a finger into the coffin board, which was one finger thick.
When everyone heard this, they felt physically unwell.
"Ahem! Let me repeat it! Jiang He meant that only your family would be given thirty kilograms of black flour, the bowls and chopsticks you eat from, and the house in the west wing where you live now.
The rest will not be divided, and the second wife will give the old couple 300 coins every month as retirement money."
The clan leader was really annoyed by this family's mess, and wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible. As for Erlang's loss, there was nothing he could do about it.
"The west wing is only for them to live in, not for them."
The old man was silent, but the old lady suddenly said.
"You can pick the vegetables in the backyard before the beginning of next spring. But you can't sell them. You can only pick them and eat them yourself."
The old man said this and glanced at Jiang Fugui. Perhaps he still felt a little guilty in his heart, so this could be considered compensation.
"We don't even have enough vegetables to eat in winter, and we have to dig wild vegetables. How can we have any extra?"
The old lady was dissatisfied, saying that the food would have to last all winter.
"Okay, we are all family, what's wrong with eating some vegetables?" The old man saw that everyone looked unhappy and quickly scolded the old lady.
"But you have to come and help during the busy farming season. You two brothers are scholars and can't carry anything. I am an old man and I really can't do it."
The old man suddenly made this request, shocking everyone again.
So he has no share of the food and still has to work?
Is this old man raising cattle? Cattle need to eat grass!
"Jiang He, please don't go too far. As his uncle, I can't stand it anymore. You want him to work without food? Are the other two sons useless?
I have studied for so many years but have not achieved anything. I might as well go down to the fields and tend the crops."
One of the elders had been holding back for a long time, but after hearing this he could no longer bear it and shouted out.
Jiang Youzhen glanced at him and thought that he was the only one with a kind heart who was willing to help.
He is the eighth in the human race, and everyone calls him Grandpa Eight.
"That can't be helped. I'm old. Besides, the eldest brother has to work in town. I can't afford to support him in school, so he has to make money on his own, right?
The fourth son is preparing to leave again, and someone has to do the job. If the family is divided, he is no longer my son?"
"Okay! Fugui, what do you think?"
The clan leader looked at Jiang Fugui with a grim face. This kid was the most honest, so he was the least liked by his parents.
Jiang Fugui's chest heaved violently, and his face was filled with disappointment and sadness that was hard to hide.
Jiang Youzhen originally wanted to confront the old man, but right now it was more important to divide the family, so he decided to do it first.
She knew that he was very uneasy, but at this point, he could not retreat.
Seeing that Jiang Fugui couldn't make up his mind, Jiang Youzhen decided to take drastic measures.
She came close to Jiang Fugui and said, "Dad, grandpa said that if we were to move out, we wouldn't have to eat the family's food. Uncle Eldest and Fourth Uncle need to study, and it would be a burden for them to support our family!"
Jiang Fugui couldn't help but tremble when he heard this, "Okay! Then I'll do as Dad wishes."
"Okay! Since your family has made up their mind, call the eldest son back tomorrow and write a deed of separation. Write it in black and white, and put your fingerprints on it."
The clan leader made the final decision. Since both parties wanted to divide the property, there was no need for him to stop them.
Thinking of the three hundred coins a month as a filial tribute, he looked at Jiang Fugui with sympathy and sighed.
Just as everyone was about to leave, the old man called them back.
"We've settled the division of the family, now let's talk about how to pay back the money to the Li family. Erlang definitely can't go, so how to pay back the money, we have to come up with a plan."
Everyone had a lot of questions in their minds, even Jiang Fugui was very surprised.
"Dad! Can't we just return the money?"
"Yes! It has to be returned! But the money was used by your eldest brother and fourth brother. Since they are going to be killed this year, the money has no purpose."
Jiang Fugui's head was buzzing for a moment, and he asked in a trembling voice: "How much did you use?"
"All, all have been used!" The old lady felt guilty, but after she said that, she felt righteous and her back was straight.
"Since you are unwilling to send Erlang over, then Erlang must return the silver."
Jiang Fugui felt dazed and his head was buzzing. Finally, his vision went dark and he fell backwards.
"Are you asleep again?"
When Doctor Liang was called again, he saw only a blurry figure lying on the bed.
Jiang Youzhen was speechless, "My dad fainted again."
"emmmm" Doctor Liang nodded and responded lightly, and Erya had automatically handed Jiang Fugui's wrist to Doctor Liang.
"I am so angry! I need some medicine to cool you down."
Jiang Youzhen hesitated to speak. Is this doctor really reliable?
"Three doses of medicine, one dose a day, boil three bowls of water into one bowl. Sixty cents in total, do you want to prescribe it?"
Shen was in a very difficult situation. She was afraid that her husband would get angry and something bad would happen to him, and she had no money to buy medicine.
She felt her body and found that she was clean, not even a penny rich.
Jiang Youzhen was a little angry. Couldn't this couple hide some private money on a daily basis?
What should I do? I don’t know if I can buy on credit.
"Doctor Liang, I..." Shen was very embarrassed.
"I'll pay first! Doctor Liang's eyesight is not good, so he can't go up the mountain to collect herbs. It costs money to buy herbs."
The head of the village sighed and took out sixty coins from his purse.
"Thank you, Li Zheng. Thank you very much! I will definitely return it to you when I have it!"
Shen cried with joy, and the three sisters came up to thank him and wanted to kneel down to him.
The village head naturally helped the four people up. Even if he had a heart of stone, he would soften his heart after seeing these things.