Unlimited supplies: Bringing space to the supermarket to keep the right minister

Chapter 415 Throw the problem to him
Just because brothers like Li Mingtan rely on Li Mingtan and rely on Li Mingtan, now the Wu family is getting more and more displeased with Li Mingtan. Sometimes when Li Mingtan comes to her place at night to settle down, she will get angry and drive Li Mingtan to Hui Niang's house. Then I tossed and turned alone until dawn.

Mrs. Wu continued, "At the end of last year, your big brother Li got back the 40 taels of entitlement. At first, he thought it would save money, and the family had savings. Then, your big brother Li tried to make big money Fang’s third grandson and his third nephew went to the academy to study, saying that the child is quite smart, and he is a material for studying. Who would have thought that the plan would not change quickly. In the first month, my father-in-law fell and injured his tailbone. Two taels of silver, and within a few days, the 40 taels were emptied.

Alas, after taking the medicine, the money was gone, but the old man’s illness didn’t improve, but I had to continue taking the medicine. I had no choice but to go back to my mother’s house and borrow 20 taels. It’s just 20 taels, and it’s almost gone now. . "

"Sister-in-law, does my elder brother Li know about you going back to your mother's house to borrow money?" Yu Xiaolian asked.

Mrs. Wu shook her head, "I didn't tell him, he was born from a poor family, he was quite excluded in the Hanlin Academy, and he came back from business every day, with drooping eyes, I thought about it so I shouldn't bother him , In fact, it's not easy for him." As Wu Shi spoke, he suddenly burst into tears, and in order not to lose his composure in front of Yu Xiaolian, he quickly took out his handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes.

Yu Xiaolian sighed, "My silly sister-in-law, women are not ruthless and their positions are unstable, you are just too soft-hearted.

You borrowed money from your natal family, none of them pretended not to know, they enjoyed your contribution with peace of mind, but they didn't think of you at all. If you are willing to listen to me, I will give you an idea. Do what I said. "

There was still a cry in Wu's voice, "You have also seen my mother-in-law's attitude towards me just now, I have had enough of this kind of life, sister, if you have any good ideas, please tell me, I will Listen to you!"

In fact, in Wu's heart, she didn't have much hope for Yu Xiaolian's idea, because she had already consulted with her natal sisters and sisters about this matter, and everyone expressed their helplessness.

Yu Xiaolian simply pushed the small kang table, leaned in front of Mrs. Wu, and expressed her thoughts.

After hearing this, Wu said with some hesitation, "Wouldn't it be putting Mingtan's face on the ground by doing this?"

Then wouldn't the two of them have a rift in the future?

"My elder brother Li has no face, and you didn't let him lose it, but he wanted to lose it himself? Who made him willing to slap his face and pretend to be fat!"

In fact, Yu Xiaolian looked down on a man like Li Mingtan who ate soft food. He said that his daughter-in-law was not allowed to go back to her natal family to borrow money. In fact, she didn't want the Wu family to make this matter public. Wouldn't he care about how much money the family had? do you know?Where did your father get the money for his follow-up medicine?In fact, Li Mingtan is pretending to be confused while pretending to understand, and eats soft food hard!

"I'm afraid that if this happens, our husband and wife will be divorced!" Although they can no longer find the feeling they used to have between them now, Wu Shi doesn't want to really tear their faces apart.

"Sister-in-law, you and Brother Li have been husband and wife for so many years, Brother Li will not be divorced from you because of this.

If he is really divorced from you because of this, then you have really seen him clearly. "

Yu Xiaolian's words seemed to have opened up Wu's two veins of Ren and Du, and Wu suddenly realized, "Yes, you are right, if he is really divorced from me, then I don't have to worry about the old relationship. Guarding this big family, living such a troubled life, it is better to live the rest of my life by myself, I don't care whether the Li family has enough to eat or not, and whether they are warm or not!"

"Sister-in-law, you're right if you think so. In fact, when I tell you this, I always feel a little shallow, but seeing how miserable you are now, I can't help but persuade you!" Anyway, Li Mingtan's little sister The concubine has already been taken back, why should the eldest lady go back to her mother's house to borrow money?
If you can support it, you will support it, if you can't support it, you will sell it. Whoever bullies you is honest and soft-hearted!
"Good boy, I actually know that you are looking at the friendship between me and your mother, I know it all."

After Yu Xiaolian left, Mrs. Wu went to the living room and found that all the things Yu Xiaolian brought had disappeared, so she went to the study and asked Li Mingtan.

Li Mingtan said casually, "Mother may have taken her to her room. Father is not in good health. The cakes that Yu Xiaolian brought are easy to digest. Don't argue with mother, let them eat!"

The Wu family was so surprised that Li Mingtan's words threw her upside down, "It's as if I haven't eaten any good pastries. Every time I go back to my mother's house, I can eat these pastries casually. Since your mother wants to eat them, you can keep them." Feed her well.

However, I have something to tell you, the family has no money, your father’s medicine is gone, today is only the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, and there are 20 days before your salary, what do you think? "

"Aren't you always in charge of these things? Don't bother me with these things!" Li Mingtan buried his head in the book as if avoiding.

"I care, I care. It's just that the money I borrowed from my mother's family a few days ago has been spent. I'm too embarrassed to borrow it again. You are the head of the family. Can you think of a way?"

In the past, in order to let Li Mingtan concentrate on the errands of the Imperial Academy, the Wu family never mentioned these things to you, let alone talk about the family's lack of money to talk to Li Mingtan in the open.

Now after hearing Yu Xiaolian's words, she directly threw the question to Li Mingtan. Seeing Li Mingtan's embarrassed appearance, Wu Shi felt a little bit of pleasure in her heart.

Two words, vent your anger!

Li Mingtan clenched his fingers holding the book, pretending to be surprised and asked, "When did you go back to your mother's house to borrow money again? How much did you borrow? Didn't you not be allowed to go back to your mother's house to borrow money?"

"Li Mingtan, you and I pretend to be ignorant, don't you? Don't you know how many medicines your father will be able to get with the salary you received at the end of the year?

Starting from the sixth day of the first lunar month, your father will take medicine for two taels of silver a day, don't you know?
Last year, I borrowed 120 taels of silver from my natal family. My aunt was very displeased with me when I went back a few days ago. I will not talk to my family again. You can figure out how to spend in the future! "

Although Wu is the concubine of the family, she is very popular with her father, so there is no such thing as a concubine embarrassing her. Wu said this because he listened to Yu Xiaolian and planned to throw all the problems to Li Mingtan and let him Headache to go.

"120 taels? Why are there so many?" Li Mingtan's surprise was not feigned. He thought that the Wu family had borrowed at most a few dozen taels of silver from his natal family, but he didn't expect to have borrowed more than 100 taels of silver.

"You don't know how expensive firewood is if you are not in charge of the family..."

Mrs. Wu told Li Mingtan about the family's expenses in detail, from rent, to food, to clothing, to the monthly purchase of firewood and Li Mingtan's money for pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

Li Mingtan was silent.

After a while, Li Mingtan said, "How about I borrow some from my colleagues in the Imperial Academy tomorrow?"

Mrs. Wu turned around, "That would be great, otherwise this big family won't make it to the end of the month, by the way, I forgot to tell you, our rice tank is about to bottom out, if we eat dry , it is estimated that it can be eaten for two days, and if it is thin, it is estimated that it can be eaten for five or six days."

After Mrs. Wu finished speaking, she stepped out of Li Mingtan's study without waiting for Li Mingtan to say anything else. She was afraid that he would soften his heart when he saw Li Mingtan's frustrated look, so she simply didn't look at Li Mingtan's expression.

Li Mingtan felt a splitting headache, and the feeling of powerlessness and frustration made him feel that he was a particularly incompetent person.

Li Mingtan pondered for a while, then walked into his old lady's room helplessly, asking him to ask his colleagues to borrow money, that was impossible, he couldn't afford to lose that person, originally his colleagues always kept behind their backs, making fun of him as a He can't afford to lose that person who eats soft food.

Originally thought that when he proposed to borrow money from his colleagues, Wu would not agree, and would settle the matter silently as before, but he didn't want Wu to go all out and let him lose this person.

There is no way, Li Mingtan thinks that his old mother must have some private money in her hands. After all, the money he opened the bookstore in those years has been used to subsidize the family. Before leaving Taohua Village, his mother sold the house and land for dozens of taels. There should be.

Mrs. Li was sitting on the kang eating the cakes brought by Yu Xiaolian, when she saw her youngest son come in, she asked him to come on the kang to eat together.

Li Mingtan took off his shoes and sat on the heated kang, only to feel that the heated kang was hot and hot. Thinking of the money that Mrs. Wu said to buy firewood, Li Mingtan hesitated and said, "Mother, it's already the beginning of spring, why is this kang still alive?" It's so hot?"

How could Mrs. Li have thought that her son loved the firewood money, so she said without thinking, "Your father and I are willing to sleep on the hot kang, it's only before noon, and we have to burn it again next night!"

Li Mingtan's lips trembled twice, he didn't tell his mother to save some firewood, a bundle of firewood is only five cents, so what if you can't save?

"Mother, do you have any money? If you have any, why don't you take it out and get medicine for my father?" Li Mingtan finally opened his mouth.

Mrs. Li paused as she ate the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and said in surprise, "What?"

"Did you ask your wife for money to buy medicine just now, but she refused to give it? This Wu family really turned against her. I'll go find her!"

As Mrs. Li said, she put back the half-bitten sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and was about to put on her shoes to question Mrs. Wu, but was stopped by Li Mingtan.

"Mother, don't look for her, it's useless to look for her, the family has no money!"

"No money? If she has no money, let her go to her natal family to borrow it. Why should she spend my money?" It is absolutely impossible for Mrs. Li to spend her money for crossing the river.

Li Mingtan said with a sad face, "Mother, you also know that Wu is a concubine. She always goes back to borrow money, and she has already bored her aunt. Her aunt refuses to lend her any more money!"

"This Mrs. Guan is too stingy. Didn't you say that the Guan family is a big family in the capital? How can you be so small with a few dozen taels of silver?"

Mrs. Li sat back angrily, turned her eyes, and had another idea, "Doesn't Mrs. Wu still have her sister? Last time I went to sit in her sister's room. The room is not as beautiful as that regular one." What's wrong with Mrs. Shi, I guess a random vase can sell for dozens of taels, why don't you ask Mrs. Wu to go back and beg her little lady?"

Li Mingtan said helplessly, "Mother, even if a set of tea sets were made in the concubine's house of the big family, they had to be reported to the big lady in charge, and only after the big lady agreed, could a new set be taken out of the warehouse to make up for it." Well, the things in Mrs. Wu's niece's house are not for her to sell casually!"

Wu Shi had told Li Mingtan about her previous life before, so Li Mingtan knew about it.

"What? Cooperating with those things is just for show? Isn't that what Wu's wife said? Tsk tsk... This concubine is really aggrieved!" Mrs. Li was very surprised, thanks to her I used to think that being a concubine of a rich family is better than being a wife of a peasant family, but co-authors and concubines have no right to speak!

"Then...then her little mother has no private money? Can't she?" Mrs. Li still refused to give up.

Wanting her to take out the money for crossing the river is more uncomfortable than cutting her flesh.

Li Mingtan saw his mother like this, so he stopped discussing with her mother about Wu's natal family, and said directly to his father at the end of the Kang, "Father, how much money do you two have?"

Father Li was called out suddenly, so he didn't choke on the pastry. He patted his chest in a hurry, "Your mother and I don't have any money. When you go to the Hanlin Academy, give gifts to that adult, me and Your mother gave you all her savings, and your mother and I have nothing left!"

Mrs. Li secretly gave his wife an appreciative look, yes, we can't take out the money, we have to let Mrs. Wu find a way to do it, she can't have children, and she can't take care of the livelihood of the whole family, then we What does Lao Li's family want her for?
Li Mingtan got a little angry, and raised his voice and said, "At that time, I only took 50 taels of silver in your hands. Didn't our land sell for 48 taels, and the house also sold for 23 taels, a total of 71 taels, plus what you had before You also have savings in your hand, how can you have no money?"

Father Li trembled from his son's sudden anger, glanced at his wife, lowered his head and remained silent.

Mrs. Li hurriedly said, "Fourth, your father and I are getting older, we need to save some money for crossing the river, we can't give it all to you, we have already given you 50 taels, you can't leave me and your father Have all your hard-earned money been squeezed dry?
Besides, the money from the sale of the land is also shared by your three brothers and those nephews. I can't give it all to you alone. "

Li Mingtan said in frustration, "Take it as if I borrowed it from you, take it out!"

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li looked at each other, and finally they had no choice but to unlock the small brass lock on the kang cabinet, opened the cabinet door, and took out a black purse from inside.

Mrs. Li just wanted to block it with her body and take out the 20 tael silver note, but Li Mingtan snatched it away.

Li Mingtan opened his purse, counted the money, and found that his parents hadn't saved much money over the years, and was immediately disappointed.

"Only 33 taels?" In the past, he used to take back half of his book shop income every month and save it for his mother. He thought his mother would have to save at least a few dozen taels of silver, but he couldn't go to sell the house and land. His mother didn't save any money at all.

(End of this chapter)