The next morning, Zhou Jiang's family had a simple morning meal in the main room.
There was a plate of pickles and a pot of porridge on the table that could reflect the figure, and the atmosphere was a bit dull.
Zhou Jiang took a handful of pickles with chopsticks, hesitated for a moment, and finally said to Mrs. Zhou: "Sister, you know the situation at home. We really can't afford five taels of silver."
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou's face darkened and she felt unhappy inside. She kept cursing Zhou Jiang's family for being stingy.
She suppressed the dissatisfaction in her heart, but tears welled up in her eyes, and then she cried loudly, "Dajiang, it's the eldest sister's fault. The eldest sister shouldn't have wronged you. The eldest sister also knows that you don't have the final say in this family. , you are in trouble too."
She was wiping her tears as she spoke, "I told you not to lend you money. I'm too old to die. It's just that I'm divorced. I have ruined the marriages of several younger members of my family. I hope you don’t hate me.”
Zhou Jiang felt a little shaken when he saw her crying so sadly.
Mr. Ma, his sons, daughters-in-law, and even his grandchildren all stared at him with burning eyes.
He looked like he would be in trouble if he agreed to borrow money.
He looked at the faces of everyone in the family and said, "Sister, it's not that we don't want to help you, it's just that our family can't afford so much money. As you know, our family's life is very tight. It’s really hard to do anything.”
Mrs. Zhou cried even more when she heard this, “Dajiang, I really don’t want to borrow your money. I'm not happy with you. I'm still suffering, so it's better to die!"
Zhou Jiang was a little overwhelmed by her crying, but he also knew that his family had no money, but he didn't know what to say. .
Zhou Gu held his forehead and said, "Auntie, it's not that we won't lend you money, it's just that we don't have that much money at home."
Zhou Gu didn't say anything. After saying that, he saw Mrs. Zhou opening her mouth to say something. His mouth was faster than Mrs. Zhou's, "Auntie, after dinner, I'll call a few uncles to come home. Then we'll discuss it together and see if we can get it together."
Only then did Mrs. Zhou swallow the words that came to her lips, lowered her head and continued to eat while crying.
She lowered her head and thought to herself that she had forgotten this a long time ago, otherwise she would have had to say more amounts.
Zhou Jiang looked at her and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this was finally a step back.
After eating, Zhou Gu’s eldest son Zhou Feng quickly went to the homes of Mrs. Zhou’s three remaining brothers to call for help.
Not long after, Mrs. Zhou’s second brother Zhou He, third brother Zhou Hu, and fourth brother Zhou Hai arrived one after another.
Their wives also came together.
Everyone sat down in the main room, Zhou Jiang explained what happenedQu Mai said it again.
The second eldest brother, Zhou He, spoke first: "Brother, it's not that we don't want to help the eldest sister, but our family's life is not easy. Five taels of silver is not a small amount."
Old man The Sanzhou Sanhu couple said nothing. Anyway, it was well known that they were very poor. They couldn't afford even five coppers, let alone five taels of silver.
Old Zhou Zhouhai frowned. He did not expect that Mrs. Zhou would be so shameless, pulling several younger brothers to collect money for her.
"Brother, my family doesn't have a penny." He said it bluntly, and then he got up and left.
"Hey, Fourth Brother, don't leave in a hurry. Sit down." Zhou Jiang stopped him hurriedly, "Isn't this the case? I know you don't have a good relationship with the eldest sister, eldest sister. I couldn't forgive you before, but this matter..."
"Brother, don't say anything. Since you know that I have a bad relationship with eldest sister, you shouldn't let Datou call me." Zhou Haileng. He said coldly, "I came here today mainly for your sake, and secondly because I want to tell eldest sister that I will not pay for this."
Who knows if Mrs. Zhou is doing this? I came here to cheat money, after all, I came to the houses of several younger brothers to enjoy the autumn breeze.
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou was filled with anger, but her face was filled with grievances and tears.
She cried and shouted: "Dajiang, look at this, I told you not to borrow your money, but you have to call them all here. I am already an old man. Forget it. I'm just worried about damaging the reputation of the younger generations of your family."
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Mrs. Zhou didn’t want to borrow money one by one, and she didn’t want the other three brothers to come. It was all Zhou Jiang’s own decision.
Seeing this, Mrs. Chen, Zhou Hai’s daughter-in-law, spat: “Sister, I told you not to pretend like this. If you are really worried about the children of your mother’s family, you shouldn’t do that. Waiting for something embarrassing."
As soon as Mrs. Zhou left yesterday afternoon, she immediately called her second son Zhou Shun and asked him to borrow an ox cart and go to Guhuai Village to find out what happened.
Following his mother's instructions, Zhou Shun borrowed the village chief's ox cart and rushed to Guhuai Village.
Not even in the village, just at the entrance of the village.
Zhou Shun was shocked when several women recognized him.
"Are you the child of Mrs. Zhou's fourth brother's family? Are you the eldest or the second?" One of the women stopped him and asked.
"Auntie, how did you know?" Zhou Shun asked doubtfully.
"Hey, your aunt and I, even though I am old, have a very good memory. I have met thousands of people, and there is no one I cannot remember."
The mother-in-law first praised herself, and then replied with a smile amidst Zhou Shun's flattery: "Your father came to the village a few years ago, and I remember his appearance. You and your father are almost carved from the same mold.Yes, I recognized it right away, that’s right. "
Zhou Shun quickly praised: "Auntie, your memory is really amazing! "
After hearing this, the women couldn't help laughing.
After laughing, the old woman continued to ask: "Boy, why did you come to the village? thing? Are you looking for your aunt? "
Zhou Shun muttered in his heart, wondering how he could let outsiders know about this.
The mother-in-law was not angry when she saw that he didn't speak.
"You are here because of your aunt, right? "
Zhou Shun instantly showed a surprised expression of "How did you know?" Seeing this, the women laughed again.
"Your aunt's business is in the village. Who here doesn’t know? "
Everyone has been talking about this in the past few days.
Although the houses in the village are far apart, they happened to be spotted by Chen Sigou, who was idle in the village that day. .
Chen Sigou is a miserable child. He has lost his parents since he was a child, and he has no relatives within five years.
The people in the village regard him as pitiful, and his employer gives him no mercy. He had a piece of rice, and Xijia gave him a piece of cake, which made him grow up.
However, he had no land and no skills, so he had nothing to do and continued to beg for food from house to house. < /p>
When he passed by Mrs. Zhou's house that day, he didn't expect to get anything to eat. He just planned to go to the next house.
But he happened to witness Old Man Chen driving Mrs. Zhou out of the house.
No, as soon as he arrived at the next house, he told the story. Then, something went wrong, the hen laying eggs turned into a child laying eggs.
Zhou Shun gradually pieced together the truth of the matter from the words of the mothers, and secretly sighed that he had to go home as soon as possible. Inform his parents.
He continued to chat with the ladies, then left quickly and drove the bullock cart home at night.