Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 420 - 233 Borrowing Money_3

Chapter 420: Chapter 233 Borrowing Money_3

In the evening, several ruffians from Green Willow Village somehow found out that Li Shuanzi had a substantial amount of "huge funds" on hand. They had Li Shuanzi’s second brother, Li Zhuzi, coax him out, and together, they won all twenty taels of silver from him.

Qian Mandua cried and made a fuss, refusing to hand over the silver.

The ruffians were also audacious, refusing to leave the Li household, threatening to take her son, Li Ahcai, out and sell him.

Grandma Li said, "Your maternal family is wealthy, with so much farmland and lotus ponds. Just let them hand over another twenty taels of silver."

Qian Mandua cried, "The Dessert House at my maternal family has lost a lot of money, and I heard that they won’t even get a share of the profits this year. They’ve already given me twenty taels of silver, and my brother has also been conscripted, for which he also paid twenty taels of silver. Where would they find extra money to give me now?"

Grandma Li then suggested, "Your maternal family’s third uncle is quite wealthy; everyone says his family has as much silver as the water in the Hong River, impossible to spend it all. You should borrow from his family. I refuse to believe that a blood uncle would stand by and watch his nephew-in-law go to the battlefield to die. Wouldn’t the villagers then scorn him for his lack of backbone?"

So Qian Mandua returned to her family to discuss this matter, actually considering asking Qian Ergui to help her borrow money from Guiyuan and Qian Sangui.

At first, Qian Ergui was reluctant to help, cursing, "You never bother to maintain a good relationship with others, especially your mother, whose mouth smells like a stone in an outhouse. Now that you have offended everyone, I’m too ashamed to borrow silver. I know when you say borrow, you actually mean take."

Lady Tang and Qian Mandua again cried and pleaded, and Qian Ergui started to waver. Qian Manhe firmly forbade Qian Ergui from going, saying their uncle was in poor health and could get upset if the conversation took a bad turn. Now that the uncle was different from before, with a son of the fifth rank, upsetting him could land them in jail...

While they argued, De Wa had already quietly gone out to find Old man Qian. Only after Old man Qian came did he send Qian Mandua away and scold Qian Ergui and Lady Tang, and even included Qian Manhe in the scolding. He called Qian Mandua a bottomless pit and decreed that they should never give her even a penny in the future.

Old man Qian sighed, "Ah, one should marry a virtuous wife. How did the second son end up marrying that troublemaker, Lady Tang? Even his daughter was not brought up well, getting caught by Li Shuanzi at a young age and married off to the Li family. It’s known in all the nearby villages that the Li family is lazy and gluttonous, a family that has one mouth to feed two..."

Qian Dagui also said, "Now the second brother is getting more foolish with age, just letting that mother and daughter cause trouble. Mother Duo’s in-laws are even more shameless, now setting their sights on the third brother’s house."

Old woman Qian remarked, "The second son is truly foolish; we all know his family still has over a hundred taels of silver. They’re too stingy to take it out, and yet they have the audacity to ask from the third. Whatever his wife says goes; his ears are softer than pigskin. Utterly useless." She finished and, still angry, stamped her cane.

Qian Sangui sneered, "That Li family thinks I’m an easy mark, and the second brother too..." He was too embarrassed to finish his sentence.

Lady Wang chuckled, "My family has already paid twenty taels of silver to my eldest brother, so Manchuan doesn’t need to join the army. We have to thank our third uncle for that. If it wasn’t for you taking the head of the household and Manchuan to do business, purchasing lotus ponds, where would we have found the money? Manchuan would have had to suffer at the frontier..." She then opened a bundle she brought with her, giggled, and said, "One should never forget one’s benefactors. Thank you, third uncle. I especially had the Wife of Manchuan make you a thick cotton robe with fluffy new cotton, and also a pair of thousand-layer sole cotton shoes. We know you don’t lack these things, but it’s our way of showing gratitude."

The cotton robe and shoes were made of silk, finely crafted, and they were even embroidered with the character for fortune.

Lady Wu accepted them with a smile, saying, "Thank you, Sister-in-law, for your thoughtfulness."

Old man Qian also nodded in satisfaction, saying, "When the family is harmonious, everything will prosper. The eldest son’s wife mustn’t do anything foolish again."

Lady Wang blushed and laughed, "Dad, why do you keep harping on the past? I’ve long known my mistake, and I won’t do it again."

Qian Sangui was delighted and invited them to stay for dinner at Guiyuan.

A few days later, Old man Qian came to say that the list of conscripts had been reported. With no money, Li Shuanzi had no choice but to become a soldier, and hence the Li family grew to hate the Qian family, spreading words everywhere that the Qian family recognized only money, not kinship. Qian Mandua even came to cry at the second household a few times.

It was also said that Fan Erhei would have to join the army.

Lady Wu cursed, "That unscrupulous scumbag, may he die out there and not come back."

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