NOVEL WEB Chapter 32
Chapter 32: Forcing Silver
Chapter 32 Forcing Silver
Chen shi glanced around and said decisively: “I’m putting my words here today, either get the money or split up the family, you can decide!”
“Otherwise I will go to the county seat to find Saburo!”
Gu Yunjiao’s mouth moved, and she wanted to say something to add fuel to the fire, when she heard Old Master Jiang’s voice again, “Old lady, take the money!”
“Take the money now!”
The old man was angry, and Zhou didn’t dare not to listen. She got up and gave Chen a fierce look, as if she was not going to get money, but her life.
After a while, Mr. Zhou came out and took a silver ingot of ten taels and slammed it on the table heavily.
Gu Yunjiao was very disappointed. Why did the Zhou family compromise? Just hold on, how good it is to split up.
Mrs Yang and Mrs Liu stared at the silver ingot.
Chen looked at the eyes of the two of them, and her heart was beating. She quickly reached out and took the money, “I’ll pay it back.”
Yang couldn’t help muttering, “My Erlang is eighteen, I have already found a money matchmaker, but don’t be optimistic about the marriage, but have no money for the betrothal gift.”
Chou’s anger finally found a vent, and roared along with the spittle at Yang, “Idiot, eat your food, you don’t speak, no one will think you are dumb!”
Gu Yunjiao hurriedly picked up her rice bowl and moved back, fearing that the spit star would splash into her bowl.
Chen came back shortly after, sat down and continued to eat.
After dinner, Mrs. Chen and Gu Yunjiao packed up the dishes and entered the kitchen. Mrs. Chen took out an IOU from her arms and handed it to Gu Yunjiao, “You can read, and you can help my mother to see if this IOU is right.”
Gu Yunjiao glanced at it and nodded, “Mother, that’s right.”
Chen shi threw the IOUs into the stove and burned them, and she explained to Gu Yunjiao, “It’s not that I don’t believe his family, it’s that I’ve heard such a thing before, saying that whoever paid back the money, they gave him fake IOUs, and he went back again. If he is illiterate, take it seriously, and then someone else asks him to pay back the money with an IOU.”
Gu Yunjiao nodded, “Mother is right to be cautious.”
As she washed the dishes, she said to Mrs Chen, “Mother, there is nothing to do in the fields now. I plan to go to the county town tomorrow.”
She wanted to buy an iron pot, and also wanted to buy some meat, to see if she could hide in the back mountain and eat it herself.
Chen’s doubts: “Tomorrow is not at the fair, what are you doing in the county seat?”
Gu Yunjiao paused, she forgot that in ancient times, commerce and transportation were extremely underdeveloped. If there were no fairs, there would not be many people on the streets in the county town, and the goods would be limited.
Only when they go to the market, people from Shili Baxiang sell their own local products or buy things, and the county town is a little popular.
Especially on big fairs, people from villages dozens of miles away will flock to the county seat, which is really a lively event.
A small episode for ten days, a large episode once a month, and tomorrow is neither a small episode nor a large episode.
Gu Yunjiao smiled, “I forgot.”
“Then wait until the fair.”
It’s been a few days since the big fair. It’s better to wait a few days. Now that the autumn harvest is over, it’s the slack season, which is often the busiest time.
Just to see if there is anything new to buy.
Gu Yunjiao was thinking when she suddenly saw a thin little girl appearing at the kitchen door, looking at her timidly.
Chen raised his eyebrows, “Yingzi, why are you here? Is there something wrong?”
The little girl was very thin, and her eyes became more and more large. She nodded timidly.
(end of this chapter)