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

Chapter 131

"Coming!" Gu Chengyu heard that it was Gu Chengyi's voice, and that's right, the elder brother lived in the back room in the east wing, so he must have been slow to react to the front.

Gu Chengyu heard Gu Chengyi stepping forward to open the door, and Uncle Gu's voice came from the front yard.

Well, Gu Chengyu can be sure that this is really for borrowing money.

"Uncle! Why are you here? My father and the others just fell asleep." Gu Chengyi put the latch on the door from behind, and it was a little strange, why did Uncle Gu come back at this moment.

"Changqing, did you fall asleep?" Uncle Gu stood in the yard and didn't enter the main room. It's time to sleep now, but the sister-in-law is still in the room!It must be so inconvenient, so I just yelled in the yard.

"Hey! Brother! Come in, we're not asleep yet!" Father Gu saw that Mrs. Lu had already put on her clothes and brushed her hair again. Seeing that she was almost done, she shouted to Uncle Gu in the yard.

"Then I'm coming in!" Uncle Gu knew it was convenient to get in.

Father Gu stepped forward and opened the door of the main room, and Uncle Gu stepped in afterward.

"Brother!" Lu Shi called out, Uncle Gu came now, Lu Shi had a bad premonition.

"Ah! Brother and sister aren't asleep yet? Is Xiaobao asleep?" In fact, Uncle Gu was a little embarrassed to come here so late, and he didn't think about what he said, just asked a few casually.Gu Chengyu wanted to laugh a little.If your younger siblings are asleep, can your uncle still enter the house?
Gu Chengyu fell asleep just now, so of course he can't be awake now.

Papa Gu also seemed to feel that the elder brother was a little uncomfortable, so he took over the conversation and said, "Xiaobao has fallen asleep, and I have to get up early to study tomorrow. The little baby sleeps a lot, and fell asleep early!"

"Hey! Good! Changqing! You also know about the corvee that we are talking about today. Have you already prepared your family's money?" Uncle Gu decided to say it directly, because he felt uncomfortable staying in the house.

"It's already prepared. This time it's very dangerous. We can't ask their brothers to go again. They might die." When Old Gu heard Uncle Gu mention this topic, he already had an idea in his mind.

"That's right! This job of repairing the river embankment will not kill some people. This time, Brother Hua failed to pass the examination as a scholar, and my family can't be exempted from tax. We still have to go to the corvee, otherwise we have to pay money." Actually, Even if Gu Wanhua had passed the county examination, it would take a few days before the examination for talent, and the corvee was just a matter of these few days, and it was too late in the first place.

Seeing that it was getting late, Old Gu didn't want to hang around with Uncle Gu anymore, "Brother, are you not getting enough money?"

Uncle Gu was too embarrassed to mention it at first, but now seeing that Old Man Gu mentioned it, he nodded hurriedly.

"That's right! Originally, if the money that Brother Hua went to the county to test was kept, the money would still be enough. Now, it is still two or two taels short. Can you still make it up here? After a while, I will ask the boss to return the money. you."

"What did the elder brother say? Although there is not much money in the family, two taels can still be used." Seeing that the elder brother has already mentioned this point, Gu Laodi definitely can't do it without borrowing it, not to mention, it's just By borrowing two taels of silver, the eldest nephew has a lot of money every month, and he will be able to pay it back in a few months, so he is not worried.

"His mother, give elder brother two liang of silver!" Father Gu turned his head and ordered Mrs. Lu to give Uncle Gu some silver.

"No, no need! Just give it to me tomorrow!" Uncle Gu also knows that the valuables of the farmers are all placed in the cabinet next to the kangqin or kang. Changqing asked his wife to take the money, and he sat here What an inconvenience.

"Brother, let's go there today! I'm afraid I won't be home early tomorrow morning." Father Gu signaled Lu Shi, who was still sitting still, to get the money quickly.

Although Mrs. Lu was unhappy, she also knew that with Uncle Gu's character, she would repay the money she borrowed as soon as possible, so she didn't say anything.So, he picked up the key on his body, opened the double lock, and touched the money box.He didn't open the money box either, only a gap was exposed, he reached in, found out two taels of silver, and re-locked the money box.

Uncle Gu was a little uncomfortable at the side, and he didn't look there.

"An official will come down tomorrow. If you don't stay at home, where are you going?" Uncle Gu asked suspiciously when he suddenly heard that Father Gu was going out tomorrow morning.

"Isn't this Xizi's return? It is said that her parents-in-law sent her son-in-law to serve in corvee, and Xizi couldn't make up the money, so she went back to her mother's house. Before you came, Xizi went back to the East Wing to sleep with the elders."

Father Gu felt a little worried when he thought of this.well!Another 18 taels of silver were missing.When the family had no money before, they never saw so many expenses at home!Nowadays, the money is earned more, but it seems that the money spent is also more. During this period of time, the money spent by the family is more than the family earned in a lifetime.

"Xizi is coming back at this time? Where's the niece and son-in-law? Didn't follow?" Uncle Gu also expected that Gu Xi would come back at this time, and he was probably here to borrow money.

"He said he was leaving the house to beg his mother! He refused to come over." Father Gu was angry when his son-in-law refused to even lend money.Moreover, it was getting dark, and even let his eldest daughter go back to her mother's house by herself. Is this something a man can do?
"What did you say? If you want to borrow money, why doesn't he come by himself? What's the matter with letting Xizi come back alone?" Uncle Gu really didn't like the behavior of this niece and son-in-law.

Then he thought about it, "Then do you want to borrow it or not?" Uncle Gu raised his eyes and looked at Father Gu.

"I'm afraid I can't do it without borrowing it, and my in-laws won't give me a penny."

"Then this is looking at your family's money! Some time ago, it was rumored that your family has money, wouldn't they know? Otherwise, why would you be so unsympathetic to his second child?" Uncle Gu is also a smart man. Although the Wang family favors the eldest, they can't just watch the second child go to die, can they?
"So tomorrow morning, I have to go to Wang's house, and I'm going to ask my in-laws, do you still want this son?" Father Gu got a little angry when he said that, unexpectedly, the honest son-in-law would also learn to play tricks .

"It's fine if you know it in your heart, but you have to think clearly, there are many in-laws in your family. If the time comes, if they all come to borrow, what will you do?" Seeing that Old Gu didn't directly agree, Uncle Gu also knew that Old Gu had something in his heart. After thinking about it, I let go of my heart.

Lying on the bed and hearing the conversation between the two, Gu Chengyu thought that there would be more people coming to borrow money tomorrow.At that time, I'm afraid not only relatives, but even people from the village will come to visit.It really echoed that sentence, "No one asks you if you are poor in the busy city, but you have distant relatives in the mountains when you are rich."

Uncle Gu took the money handed over by his younger brother and put it in his arms. "It's getting late, you guys should rest earlier too! I'm going back too, go back and tell your sister-in-law early, so she won't worry!" It's so late, it's not convenient to stay, and besides, the mother-in-law at home is still busy. Waiting for the letter!
(End of this chapter)