Peasant girls seek happiness

Chapter 54
When the Cheng family saw Yang knelt down, they moved away in fright, and when they heard Yang say that they would return the money, their moods were different.

But even Qu Shi, who agreed in his heart, said repeatedly: "My sister-in-law is wrong, this is collected by the family, how can you pay it back!"

If the sister-in-law is asked to return it, then their second room is the one who signed the paperwork, so they have to pay it back, right?
The old lady looked at them very relieved. Usually, the daughters-in-law had their own thoughts, but when something really happened, they didn't push each other, but were considerate of each other, which made her feel that the daughters-in-law did not marry wrong.

Qu's words were almost said at the same time as Chu Qi, everyone looked at Qu's and then at Chu Qi.

Both of these are surprising.

The old lady first pointed at Mrs. Yang: "Hurry up and help your sister-in-law up." Then she reproached: "Chu Qi is right, the money was collected by our Cheng family, so naturally our Cheng family will pay it back."

She looked around, and said earnestly: "You all remember, the Cheng family borrowed this money, and the Cheng family will pay it back in the future. It doesn't matter which house it is!"

Everyone hurriedly responded, and the old lady asked Yun Hui: "Look, how much is the difference?"

Just as they were talking, Cheng Ercheng and the five brothers also came back. They brought back 120 taels of silver for selling the shop. They were a little surprised to see the pile of money piled up on the kang, so they put the silver they brought back over, and handed over the contract. To the old lady: "Mother, where did you get so much money? In addition to these, Yunhui, quickly count how much money is left?"

The old lady handed the deed to Chu Qi: "Read it to grandma."

It was also the first time for Chuqi to see the sales contract. Although it was for selling a shop, she read it to her grandma. The old lady only noticed the "130 taels" and was a little surprised, "Didn't it say 120 taels?"

Cheng Er said with a smile: "How about saying that our family has a good in-law! This shop was bought by the Chen family."

The Chen family?Chen Juren?

Cheng Er nodded, "It's Chen Ju's family. It was Da Lang who came forward and said that his father told us when he was about to come to Beijing. He didn't worry about our family and asked him to help if something happened. When he heard that we were selling a shop, he told his mother I want to take over. No, I gave an extra ten taels!"

Is this a return on the few taels of silver they invested in the first place?
Everyone's mood is a little delicate.

Cheng Er hesitated and said: "Mom, I want to bring Jiaojiao back. She should have been brought back long ago, and I will give her grandpa and uncle a ride."

Just accepted the benefits from others, and no one could say no to it, but Chu Qi didn't care about that, "No! It's a year, how long is it? I can't just bully us like this after my father died. !"

When she said that, Cheng Er couldn't talk to Jiaojiao again, but he still explained to her: "How could your second uncle bully you? It's Chen Dalang. I've asked you many times. This time I deliberately..."

"Return the more than ten taels of money to him!" Cheng Chuqi didn't even think about it, "Now he can't raise this condition!"

Choking on Cheng Er's words, he smiled wryly after a while and said, "Chu Qi, you girl, don't be so aggressive, Da Lang doesn't mean that."

"It's fine if you don't have one!" Cheng Chuqi said lightly: "As soon as my father left, Second Uncle said that he wanted to bring Cheng Jiaojiao back, so it's inevitable that we won't let us think too much."

Cheng Er didn't mention this matter, and Cheng Chuqi didn't target him any more, and he and Yunhui Yunxiu counted the money together.

All three breathed a sigh of relief.

Adding all the copper coins turned out to be 390 taels of silver.

Just add another ten taels of silver.

The old lady's sister, the old lady Zhang came to the door with her son: "You are all too busy these days, so I didn't say anything."

She motioned to her son, "You also know that sister and I are not as good as you, so take the ten taels of silver."

Seeing that everyone in the Cheng family was looking at her, she couldn't help explaining: "The family doesn't have much cash..."

Before she finished speaking, the old lady grabbed her hand: "Sister~ You came too timely, hurry up, Yunhui, come and kowtow to your aunt and uncle."

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly stopped her son, "What is this for..."

When the money was enough, the old lady locked it in the cabinet and told her sons: "When the day after tomorrow comes, let your younger brothers join you! Find a few more people to help to be witnesses, and the settlement will be clear, so as not to run into that unreasonable Yes, there will be more ruins in the future."

Cheng Er and the others agreed to come out, and only the old lady and sister were left in the house.

The old lady asked: "Sister, you gave out so much money, your daughter-in-law didn't show you face!"

"She dares! Has she forgotten how you helped the family when the family was in trouble?" Mrs. Zhang waved her hand: "Don't worry, I have the final say on this family. Your nephew also listens to me!"

What the old lady Zhang didn't say was that the family had a quarrel because of this matter, but she suppressed it. Her son first thought that the money was too much, but after hearing what his mother said, he felt that the Cheng family would not be defeated, so he agreed.

The old lady knew her sister well, she didn't say anything, she just held her hand tightly, but she kept this friendship in her heart.

Back in the room, Yang patted Chu Qi's head and said angrily, "You child!"

Chu Qi felt that what she said in her heart was not good, so she hugged her arm and acted like a baby: "Mother, I'm in a hurry. If you say that, what if my second aunt and the others agree?"

Yang Shi sighed: "We should pay it back."

Chuqi felt that his previous idea was correct.

Yang really thought so.

She let go of her hands and pouted: "Then you should say that this document was signed by my second uncle, and my father still doesn't agree with it, so it should be returned by my second uncle?"

"How can you think like this? Your second uncle went out to represent the Cheng family, your father, your grandfather..."

"But the money was collected by the Cheng family..."

"But what your father took away was also used by your father and the others."

"It's also because my father can be admitted to Jinshi, so that the whole family can be honored!"

Anyway, neither of the two could convince the other, Cheng Chuqi was a little angry, and felt that his mother was a little pedantic and stubborn.

Yang is also a little angry, feeling that her daughter is stubborn and has no family affection, and feels that she is too spoiled for her.

But it really needs to be strictly controlled. She looked at her thin appearance, and thought of the hardships she had to travel through mountains and rivers, but she was reluctant to part with it.

When they got home after the round grave, those people were already waiting at Cheng's house.

Those who stayed at home were the sons of Village Chief Wang and Mrs. Zhang.

Seeing the Cheng family brothers happily take out the money, those people breathed a sigh of relief.

The Cheng family invited village head Wang, the village chief who lived in Xiaowei village, Taoist Zhang, and a county government official as witnesses.

Chu Qi reminded Yun Hui: "Let them hand over the documents in their hands."

It's not that she has a small heart, but that she can't expect these people.

What if the document in hand is lost or damaged, and someone comes back with the document to ask for it?
Facing the crowd of adults, Yun Hui had the courage to speak out loudly, but the leader said displeasedly: "Why bother? I didn't bring the paperwork..."

Chu Qi raised her chin: "Of course I can't give you the money without documents!"

The man was taken aback: "You little girl, what did you say? I didn't take the paperwork, so it's mine..."

Chu Qi sneered: "But the land deed is in my father's name."

The man was furious, and several people on their side hurriedly stopped him: "Brothers, the niece of the Cheng family is right, you need to get the paperwork."

Otherwise, will you have to pay for your empty teeth?

The man snorted, looked at the attendants who followed, and the man bowed hurriedly: "Master, when we came, my wife handed over the paperwork to the younger one, and the younger one forgot it for a while."

Cheng Chuqi sneered, "Look, don't come back and say what might happen in the future!"
Everyone was very dissatisfied when they looked at that master Zhu, and even those who were with him shook their heads secretly.

After issuing the documents and taking the money, Cheng Si burned the returned documents signed by Cheng Er, "Guys, we've done what happened before, so we won't keep the big guys." Someone clasped their fists: "I'm offended, I'm offended."

Everyone was ashamed when they left, only Master Zhu gave Chu Qi a cold look, and walked away with his entourage.

When everyone left, Liu Li was waiting for them to have lunch, and when they went to the ox cart to send them away, not only did they give gifts, but each of them also wrapped a red envelope of [-] Wen as a thank you gift. The Cheng family finally breathed a sigh of relief. .

The land was saved, and the foundation of their Cheng family was not lost.

The old lady pointed at Cheng Er, "You stay, and the rest of you should do whatever you want!"

When everyone retreated, Cheng Er approached with a smile and asked, "Mom, what's the matter?"

The old lady asked with a stern face: "If there is no reminder from the seventh day of the lunar new year, will you not take back the paperwork and pay the money? Have you been walking outside for nothing all these years? You are not as good as a little girl."

Cheng Er rubbed his nose and said with embarrassment: "Mom, didn't I think so much about it! I thought that after receiving the money and writing the paperwork, it would be safe."

The old lady cut off his words: "At the beginning you signed the document and said it was safe."

Cheng Er blushed, and the old lady sighed: "Second brother, you have to remember this time, nothing in this world is absolutely safe."

Cheng Er was reprimanded, and when he returned to the room, he saw that Qu Shi was talking to Xiaofang, and he was a little upset.

"What time is it, why don't you go home quickly? You're in a hurry without seeing my uncle."

Cheng Xiaofang didn't know what choking medicine her father had taken, but it was getting late, so she said goodbye to her grandmother and others and hurried back to the county.

Qu Shi asked: "Did mother teach you?" Otherwise, the nose is not the nose and the face is not the face.

Cheng Er questioned her: "Who asked you to take so much money? Doesn't it show that you are rich?"

Qu Shi was dumbfounded by his scolding, "I didn't take all of it..."

"You still want to take them all?"

Qu's was also furious, "Cheng Er, are you sick? Are you still scolding me at this time? Could it be possible to use five or six taels to make your brothers and sisters laugh at you?"

She looked at her man suspiciously: "Why do I think there's something wrong with you?"

Cheng Er didn't dare to look her in the eyes, "There's something wrong with you!" He took off his shoes and lay on his back on the kang, "Aren't you afraid that they will suspect how we have so much money?"

Qu Shi didn't take it seriously: "Then why is there any doubt? Every family has produced a lot of young and old, why are you suspicious?"

But she didn't know that Mrs. Niu in the third room was talking about it with Cheng San.

"You said that Second Sister-in-law is such a stingy person, but she actually took out so much money all at once. I really don't know how much money Second Brother has made from the family over the years!"

Cheng San didn't like to listen, "What nonsense are you talking about! How much has the second brother done for the family these years? It's ugly if you say it."

Niu curled his lips: "What's that ugly? The second brother has contributed a lot, so it's possible that you and the fourth brother didn't contribute? Who takes care of the land at home? Even my father said that everyone has their own use! Besides Yes, I told you, and I didn’t go out and say it!”

Cheng San stopped talking, and Niu pinched him angrily, "Look at you! You don't like to hear about your brother!"

The fourth room, Cheng Si, was cleaning the kang and preparing to lay the kang, and said to the daughter-in-law who was doing needlework: "It's dark under the lamp, don't do it now. I have shoes to wear, why do you do so much?"

Fan responded and put down the work in hand, "How can you have too many shoes! I'll make you two more pairs of cotton shoes. If you really want to go out to work, there will be a replacement for your shoes if they get wet."

Cheng Si paused, and said with some guilt: "How do you know I'm going out to work?"

Fan sneered at him: "I don't know you yet! Now that the family has no money left, you really don't care about it?"

Cheng Si said twice: "It's still my wife who understands me!" He said with a sigh: "The eldest brother is gone, Yunxiu can't study, and the second brother wants to stop him from reading. Then Yunhui and the family The younger ones have to provide for them well. If they don’t want to be admitted to Juren like the older brothers, they must at least be a scholar.”

With the title of a scholar and the land at home, he will not have to worry about food and clothing in the future, and he doesn't have to be afraid of being bullied.

Fan opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.

She thought to herself: She doesn't even have a son, so is it possible that they will spend their whole lives working as cows and horses before supporting the two sons of the elder brother's family?
Wufang is easy. Cheng Wuzheng discussed with Fu Shi: "Tomorrow, I will go to the county town with Liulang to look for any work. I can save one or two taels of silver by working for a whole winter. At least I have to earn money." Enough for several children to study."

Fu was worried about his health: "Let's take care of him at home! Our land is not for sale, so it's not too late for a month or two."

"Don't worry, I've eaten a lot in the past few days, and I've made up for it. I'm strong!"

In Dafang, Mrs. Yang is embroidering, Yunhui is studying, and she also needs to embroider handkerchiefs on the first day of junior high school, and she is whispering to Xue Yuniang on the seventh day of junior high school.

"Your family is really nice! Although there are such and such things on weekdays, but when something goes wrong, everyone is working together. Just focus on this, and your family will get better and better in the future."

Cheng Chuqi felt that she was encouraging herself, but she also thought the same way, "Yeah! I used to look down on my second uncle and aunt, but now I see that they all have good points. No one is perfect, I used to be Just look at their mistakes."

Xue Yunniang's feet were almost grown. If there was no accident in the Cheng family, she should have left long ago, but if something happened to the Cheng family, she didn't leave, but stayed to help them with their work.

After Cheng's family affairs were over, she proposed to leave.

Chu Qi was a little apologetic, "You want to go to the border? The border is still hundreds of miles away from here. My family is like this, so I can't let my sixth uncle take you there."

"No, no, I'll go by myself."

Chu Qi shook his head: "The further north you go, the colder it gets, and the less people live there, it's not safe! I can't let you go! You can stay at my house first, and when the spring is warmer next year, I'll let my sixth uncle take you there. "

Xue Yunniang refused, "It's not easy for your sixth uncle to go so far next year. Or..."

"But next year I will be able to make money, and then I will build a caravan for you. Now I have no money, and even if I have money, few caravans will go to the border in this cold weather."

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