Zhang family.
Zhang Cheng walked into the room and saw the old man sitting on the kang smoking a cigarette, and the old lady sitting beside him with a displeased look on his face.
"Father, I saw people from the Lu family coming. What are the Lu family doing here?" Zhang Cheng asked.
"What else can we do? It's not that the Lu family has no money, so they came to us."
"No." The old lady raised her voice and gave Zhang Cheng a glance as she spoke.
When Zhang Jin saw people from the Lu family, he felt that the situation was not good. Now that he heard it, it was really not good. Zhang Cheng said sullenly: "Isn't this borrowing money? It's not that I won't pay it back."
The old lady said unhappily: "Repay, when will you pay back? The Lu family has so much land. If you are really short of money, just sell a few more mu and go out. You will use your swollen face to make yourself fat, and the family will hardly be able to eat. Now, you still need to use money to subsidize that family, who are you living with?"
Zhang Cheng glanced at the old lady and said, "Isn't the Lu family planning a marriage, and money is tight?"
"The Lu family is not short of money. Lu Tong's husband's family paid twenty taels of betrothal gift. They sold Lu Lin before and exchanged it for ten taels of silver. There is a lot of money, and you need it." The old lady said a little contemptuously. .
Zhang Cheng smoked a cigarette and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Why did you sell Lu Lin?"
The old lady said dissatisfiedly: "Why didn't you sell it? Letting the only heir left by the second house into the family, so that there will be no future, shouldn't it be sold?"
Zhang Cheng sighed and said, "Aren't Lu Lin and Chen Xiaomi doing well now?"
"That's Lu Lin's own luck. Before, a door panel was lifted out. That old godly woman of the Wang family took her out and went to Chen Xiaomi's to steal money. Don't be ashamed. You don't want to be ashamed of such a family." Stay away, and rush to give them money." The old lady said disdainfully.
"Father, how much money did you borrow?" Zhang Jin asked.
"Not much money."
The old lady said sullenly: "Those shameless people are asking for five taels of silver. We really think we are rich people. Just ignore such shameless people. Your father just borrowed two taels of silver from others. I think Tang's attitude is that he thinks he has too little money."
Zhang Jin couldn't help but twitched when he heard the two taels of silver, thinking: I'm afraid it won't be easy to get back the two taels of silver that I lent out.
Zhang Jin looked at Zhang Cheng and said, "Father, your grandson can't even bear to eat a steamed stuffed bun, and the family is not particularly well-off, so don't take care of the Lu family's affairs."
Being scolded by his wife and son together, Zhang Jin was a little bit embarrassed, "I also hope that there will be a scholar in the village? If there is a scholar in the village, the reputation of our entire village will be improved."
Zhang Jin said unhappily: "Then it also depends on Lu Chengyu that he can be admitted as a scholar!" Before that, Tang made a guarantee with others that Lu Chengyu could be admitted as a scholar this time. .
"It will be different when we meet the lady from a big family in the town." Zhang Cheng said awkwardly.
Zhang Jin glanced at Zhang Cheng and said, "Father, I didn't work so hard for you to subsidize the family. If you continue to do this, I will keep the money myself."
Hearing Zhang Jin's words, Zhang Cheng couldn't help being angry, feeling that his family didn't understand his painstaking efforts.
Without waiting for Zhang Cheng to get angry, Zhang Jin turned around, said, "I'm off to work!" and left.
Seeing Tang's return, Mrs. Wang immediately leaned over and asked, "Have you borrowed any money?"
Tang sighed and said, "I only got two taels of silver."
Upon hearing Tang's words, Mrs. Wang's face suddenly became a little displeased, "Only two or two, Mr. Lizheng is getting more and more stingy."
Tang said a little depressed: "Li Zheng is still easy to talk to, but Li Zheng's wife is not so easy to talk to."
Wang snorted in displeasure, and said, "That woman always likes to point fingers at Li Zheng's affairs, it's really annoying."
Tang sighed and said, "I only borrowed two taels of silver, I'm afraid it's not enough!"
Wang said sullenly, "Then let's sell the land."
Without the labor force of the second house, the family's land could not be planted at all. The land cannot be cultivated, and the Wang family has to go to the land. After all, the Wang family is getting old and can't handle the land farming. Therefore, the Wang family is not particularly reluctant to sell the land.