It was snowing lightly, and Xia Qianqian and her fellow villagers were eating melon seeds while waiting for Jiang Ming's family to come and give them money. But, it was already noon, and why was there no one there
"The Jiang family wouldn't want to default on their debt, would they?"
"Impossible! If Jiang Ming defaults on this, he will be exiled!"
"Then why don't you come and pay?"
"have no idea… "
Xia Qianqian was not afraid that Jiang Ming would default on his debt, but she still wanted to go to town to buy a quilt and was anxiously waiting for the money.
Just then, Liu Bing came running over and said, "The Jiang family is selling the house!"
“Sell the house!”
Everyone was shocked.
"Yes, the Jiang family has been going door to door in the village asking if anyone wants to buy a house. He said he wanted to sell the house to pay back the debt." Liu Bing said.
Xia Qianqian sneered: "He is deliberately playing the victim, right? Where will they live if they sell the house in the middle of winter?"
"Go to Baihe Village and seek refuge with his father-in-law."
Aunt Liu said, "Qianqian, don't you want to build a house? Why don't you buy the Jiang family's?"
This is a good idea, faster than building a new house. Xia Qianqian's eyes turned slyly and asked Liu Bing: "How much does he want to sell it for?"
"Twenty-five taels." Liu Bing said.
Xia Qianqian had only seen the exterior of the Jiang family's house, but not the inside, so she pressed the issue, "Is the Jiang family's house worth twenty-five taels?"
"It's worth it. The Jiang family's house was built ten years ago and is quite new. There is a yard in the front and back, and three rooms." Liu Bing said.
Xia Qianqian was even more excited. With a ready-made house, she wouldn't have to worry about this winter!
"Qianqian, just buy it! He doesn't have the money to compensate you anyway, so just use the house as collateral." Uncle Liu also agreed.
Xia Qianqian went back to discuss it with Qin. Qin was also happy to do so: "If they really don't have the money to compensate, we can just buy the house."
"good."
But Xia Qianqian thought twenty-five taels was too expensive, and she had to pay five taels of silver! She walked out and said in a cold voice, "Twenty-five taels is too expensive, let him sell it to someone else!"
…
Yangliu Village has a small population, with only about 40 households in total. Everyone has a house. Jiang asked around, but no one was willing to buy his house. He was very worried and discussed with Jiang's mother: "What should we do? We can't sell the house."
"I don't know." Mother Jiang shrank her neck and shivered with cold.
"Or, ask your brother to borrow again?" said Jiang's father.
The two had a fight last night and both were bruised and battered.
Jiang's mother's face darkened immediately: "Do you think it's possible? They haven't paid back the money they borrowed last time, and they're going again this time? Besides, where can they get twenty taels of silver?"
"Oh, what should we do?" Father Jiang was worried.
Mother Jiang stood in the snow and thought for a while, then said, "How about we just use our house to pay off the debt? Xia Qianqian still lives in a thatched house, which is very leaky. Maybe she would be willing to buy our house."
At this point, he could only ask shamelessly. Father Jiang rubbed his hands, stamped his feet, and headed for the thatched house.
I didn’t expect the Xia family to be so lively today, the yard was full of people!
Even Jiang's father was embarrassed to go in!
"Come in!" Jiang's mother pushed him from behind.
Father Jiang smiled shyly and said, "So many villagers are here. I'd like to ask if anyone wants to buy a house. I'm selling my house for only twenty-five taels of silver."
No one paid any attention to him.
Father Jiang had no choice but to look at Xia Qianqian awkwardly: "Xia Qianqian, your thatched house is very cold in winter, why don't you buy a house? My house has lime walls, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is comfortable to live in."
(End of this chapter)