The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 128 Borrowing Money

Gu Chengyu recalled the elder brother-in-law, whose name was Wang Quanshou.There are only two brothers in the Wang family, and an older sister. When Gu Xi and the others came back on the second day of the Chinese New Year last time, they mentioned that the Wang family had split up, but the eldest brother-in-law was the second child, so the old couple lived with the eldest.Of course, when the family was divided, the eldest brother must have divided more. The eldest brother-in-law's family only divided two rooms, some living utensils, two acres of land, and five hundred Wen.

The eldest sister gave birth to two children. The eldest daughter is eight years old this year, and the younger son is five years old, the same age as him.The eldest sister and wife are honest, when the family was separated, the parents favored the eldest, they only gave this little thing, didn't say anything, and just separated the family silently.

That time, when he walked through the yard and went to the latrine, through the window set up in the west wing, he saw the eldest sister wiping tears at the second brother's place, and vaguely heard the eldest sister scolding brother-in-law Wang, wondering how much he did for his mother. plan.

I'm here today, I'm afraid it's because of corvee work, and there will be an official sent down to the village tomorrow, so Gu Xi can only come at night, thinking he came back to borrow money.In Gu Chengyu's impression, the eldest sister never searched for anything at her in-law's house.Although the presents brought back during the Chinese New Year are not considered good, just a bag of brown sugar and two catties of white flour, they are never taken along with food.well!Also a poor woman.

"Father!" Gu Xi looked at Papa Gu with some hesitation.

Papa Gu sighed, picked up the cigarette stick and lit it again.

Seeing that Papa Gu didn't ask, Gu Xi had no choice but to bite the bullet and bring it up. In fact, she was the one who didn't react just now when she came back. Now that she thinks about it, she knows why she came back.

"Father! The village chief told us today that we are going to serve corvée. Everyone knows that corvée is dangerous this time. The Wang family only has two sons, my father-in-law." Gu Xi said the words in his heart in one breath. Come out, after talking, I feel some tears in my eyes.

"He said, let the baby go to his father." Choking his throat, he finished the rest of the sentence.

Gu Chengyu had heard old Gu say before that when the households are separated, they usually only invite a few respected people and two clan elders in the village to write two separation documents, and at the same time invite Li Zheng and the village chief. After witnessing, the family tree will be re-divided when the ancestral hall is opened next time.However, they did not go to the government to file, because the taxation of the Dayan Dynasty was distributed according to households. Even if a family was divided on the genealogy, if it was not filed in the government, the government would regard it as one household.

Therefore, in order to pay less taxes and serve corvee, generally they will not go to the government to file.Of course, big families must be excluded, one is that they are not short of money, and the other is that property disputes will inevitably arise when the family is separated, so they must not be mixed together anymore.

Today, there are only two adult males in the Wang family, either the eldest or the second. The old couple of the Wang family are counting on the eldest son to provide for the elderly, so the second must be the only one.

After Gu Xi finished speaking, he raised his eyes to see that Papa Gu was looking at Hanyan, exhaling two puffs of smoke from time to time, but his brows were furrowed.

"Father! Can you lend us some money? Quanshou, he can't go! He is the pillar of the family. If he goes, if something goes wrong, how can we live without our orphans and widows?" Gu Xi at this moment The son's tears couldn't stop flowing down, she covered her mouth with her sleeve and whimpered.

Gu Chengyu listened, feeling a little heavy in his heart.If you can pay with silver, of course you can't risk your life.

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she couldn't help it anymore. She knew about the situation of Gu Xi's family. The money was said to be borrowed, but in fact it was more than enough, 18 taels!

"Xizi! You also know that you are all married girls. This old saying is good! A married girl is the water that is thrown out. If you marry into the old Wang's family, you are from the old Wang's family. You can't be without money. So, why don’t you go to your natal family to ask for it? You’ve seen it too. We are a big family, who doesn’t tighten their belts to live? That’s why I dug up ginseng some time ago and bought the land, otherwise, I'm afraid our family can't get enough money to pay taxes!"

Mrs. Lu already knew that there must be no good for Gu Xi to come so late, and she even planned to let the Gu family pay taxes for the old Wang family?
"Mom! I've been married for so many years, and I've never begged my natal family. Now, there's really nothing I can do. I can't watch the head of the family die, can I?" Gu Xi knew that it was eight taels of silver, which was indeed too much, but the front of the Gu family In those days, I sold ginseng and bought land, and now I want to build a house, so I must have some money left.

She looked at Papa Gu expectantly, hoping that Papa Gu would agree to her.

"Where's your son-in-law? Why didn't you come back with you?" Father Gu didn't agree first, but asked Wang Quanshou first.Logically speaking, for such an important matter as borrowing money, the husband and wife should come together to be sincere, but look, it was almost dark, and he asked Gu Xi, a woman, to run back to her mother's house to borrow money. ?

"The head of the house, I'm begging from my mother-in-law! I want my mother-in-law and the others to come out with some money to make up for it. I came back alone." Gu Xi thought that before returning to her mother's house, her mother-in-law was still insisting, even if she had no money or a penny. The family has already been assigned to them.

"Sister! How much money will your mother-in-law pay you?" Gu Chengyi asked anxiously from the side.

"Mother-in-law, she said that the family has no money, and there is no penny." Gu Xi had stopped crying at this moment, and sat numbly.At this moment, she has already made up her mind, if her father doesn't agree, she can't afford to kneel before Gu's parents until dawn, if she doesn't want money, what's the use of going back?

When He heard this, he was surprised. "What? Ouch! How can this one be so ruthless?"

As soon as the words came out, seeing everyone in the room looking at her, they laughed again.

Then, he clicked his tongue, "Sister! Let me tell you! Your family suffered a great loss when they separated! The house you were given was the two rooms you used to live in. Your old Wang family has seven acres of land, so why did you give it to me?" Did you share two acres? You only allocated five hundred wen, which is obviously a bully for you two! You don’t have many family members, so you can save some of the annual income from the seven acres of land, right? Besides, my brother-in-law and his eldest brother go to the town to do odd jobs every year, how can they only save such a small amount of money?"

He felt that the elder sister and his wife were a bit stupid. Although it would be great if they could be the masters of the family, they had to be rich!What's the use of being the master without money?This time, when I return to my natal family, I will borrow 18 taels of silver.snort!Didn't you hear the wind and know that the Gu family has money?
"Xizi! Logically speaking, if you and your son-in-law have problems, as long as your natal family has them, your father and your mother can't just look at them. But borrowing money is a big deal, so the son-in-law will let you come back and borrow it alone? So much money, is it okay?" It's a small amount, and you alone can make the final decision?" Gu Lao thought, the money must be borrowed today, and seeing the appearance of the eldest daughter, I am afraid that she will not leave unless she borrows the money.

(End of this chapter)