Chapter 2

Qian burst into tears and gasped. He opened the box, took out a box from the bottom, and opened it to show his little son and daughter the money inside.

There are strings of money inside. It's very heavy. There are only two small pieces of silver. It's still the rest of the house.

He saved only copper money. Seeing the money, Qian couldn't help wiping his tears.

She calculated the money again and again. It was still only nine dangles, and the two pieces of silver would add up to one or two.

Qian also took out the money box in the bedside table. There was money for daily use. During this time, it was just in time for the autumn harvest. The third and fourth went to the White House to help the workers. They came back with the money. She didn't count the money she handed in and put it in the cabinet to save.

But this part of the money is not much. There are also several strings in it, one string for a hundred words and one hanging for ten strings.

They were really unlucky. There were only six strings of money in the box, and there were twenty or thirty Wen loose money left at the bottom of the box.

Qian looked at his daughter and his little son. When he heard the louder and louder screams outside, he got up and gave all the money to his little son to carry out. He helped the little girl out by hand.

Seeing his mother coming out with the money box in her arms, Zhou sirang was so relieved that he could hardly help crying.

Man Bao can see clearly and is very angry with his fourth brother.

There are also gamblers in the village. His son lost the bet six months ago at his uncle's house, the third family in the past. He came back with the people from the casino and sold his wife and children for credit.

Their big girl niece is two years older than her and is a good friend with her, so she remembers that gambling is a deadly thing. She doesn't know whether it will kill herself, but it will kill her relatives.

At that time, my father and mother taught my brothers and ordered them not to gamble. Unexpectedly, it was their turn now.

Man Baoqi, however, rushed forward, stretched out his foot, stepped on thurro's foot, and stepped on his face.

Zhou Silang shouted, "Yaomei, Yaomei, don't step on me, I, I know I'm wrong!"

Qian didn't stop him, but said to his husband, "there's not enough money, there's still a gap of four or two and a half."

Old man Zhou frowned bitterly, while Qian looked at his three daughters-in-law and said, "take out how much you have in each family. Your fourth brother borrowed it from you and let him return it later."

Xiao Qian, Feng and he went to see their husbands. Seeing their ugly faces and nodding, they took their children back to the house to get the money.

The Zhou family is not separated. All the money they earn must be handed over to the public, and all the food and drink are from the public. Little Qian and old Zhou said a long time ago that they want to separate their families. Unless they die, they have to wait until all the children get married.

But Qian also knows that married sons are different from those who don't. They have to have some money.

So her hands have been very loose. She collects all the harvest in the field, but she only receives 60% of the money earned by other ways, and the remaining 40% is collected by each family.

For example, in the big room, little Qian has a job as a school cook. She earns at least 100 Wen a month. Except for 60 Wen, she pays the rest by herself.

Another example is er Fang. When he went to Baidi master's house to help him in his early years, he secretly learned some carpentry skills. He can also make tengzhu. When he makes something in his spare time, he can get it to the market for a little money.

Another example is Sanfang. The third man doesn't hesitate to work. The steward of the White House likes to use him most. He is called him whenever he has a job, so he can earn some money.

As for the remaining three little sons, the fourth need not expect. They are lying on the ground. The fifth and sixth are not old enough. If they have some money, they are either coaxed by their mother or coaxed by their sister. Otherwise, they ask the second brother to buy sugar in the market. Even if they search all their clothes, they may not find two Wen.

Qian won't search them.

The daughter-in-law of the three families quickly took out her own private house money and collected it. It was not enough. There was still two strings of money left.

Qian looked at the head of the family and his sons.

Little Qian couldn't bear it first. He directly sat down on the ground, patted his legs and said, "Mom, it's really gone. We took out the money for buying cakes for the Mid Autumn Festival prepared for his mother's family. This is to break the family!"

Qian was so angry that he patted her. "Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet. I'm still afraid of these two hundred Wen after the disaster?"

Man Bao thought and ran back to the main house. He found a silver lock from his baby box and took it out to Qian, "Mom, use my one."

Qian's face changed greatly. He immediately grabbed the silver lock and put it in his arms. He said angrily, "this thing can't be given. This is... This is what my father and mother beat you. The Taoist said that your life is expensive and you have to have something to press. This is to press your life."

Old man Zhou also said, "you can't give it."

The thug smiled angrily. "Closing a long-life lock is heavier than your son's life. I said, do you give it or not? We have to go back to the county. Are you responsible for the food and accommodation for the night?"

The thugs behind him immediately moved and began to turn and tap around in the yard, "it's natural to give money quickly and repay debts."

The people in the casino never come to the door. How could Zhou Dalang allow them to look for their home and stop them in a hurry.

Zhou Erlang and Wednesday Lang didn't escort Thursday Lang, so they hurried to help eldest brother.

On Friday Lang and Zhou LIULANG also came forward with their brothers. Of course, the villagers in Qili Village could not see that the villagers were bullied, and they also came forward to pull.

Not to mention, the thugs also saw so many brothers in the gamblers' house for the first time. They didn't dare to go too far when they saw the villagers surround them. They just meant that you pushed me and I pushed you, but their anger still couldn't help rising.

The village head sighed and stopped everyone and said, "OK, there's still a gap of two hundred Wen. Uncle Jin, I'll lend it to you first and remember me later."

Then let his son go home and get the money.

In this way, the money gathered from the East and West was filled with boxes. Except for the two small silver pieces, they were all copper plates. The thugs did not dislike it. After counting directly, they stuffed the copper money into the bag and carried it.

But at last he threw away the silver pieces and said, "this silver can be exchanged for more than that. You should also know that in the bank, this one or two silver can now be exchanged for twelve strings of money, so..."

Zhou Dalang directly came forward and kicked thurlang. He asked, "are you gambling on copper or silver?"

"Copper, it's copper."

Zhou Dalang beat him with his fist and asked angrily, "is it copper, is it copper?"

Zhou Silang's face was black and blue, and his nose was bleeding. He wailed, "it's copper, it's copper."

Zhou Dalang kept punching and punching on his face. Tieqing asked, "is it copper, is it copper?"

Zhou Silang cried to his father and mother, "it's copper. Brother, it's copper. They lied to you. They lied to you."

When the thugs saw that Zhou Dalang spared no effort, Zhou Silang was beaten like this. They couldn't help but chat up, put away the silver pieces, nodded and said, "OK, just copper."

Then he turned and left.

Zhou Erlang stood in front of them and asked, "where's the receipt?"

The thug turned his mouth, gave him the loan receipt, patted him on the shoulder and said, "people like you can't afford it. You'd better watch your brother closely, otherwise you may have less luck next time. In this world, there are many families who have broken down and died because of gambling. "

The brothers of the Zhou family are not good at looking at Zhou Lang.

Zhou sirang curled up on the ground and saw his brothers' eyes. He buried his head and didn't even dare to cry too loudly.

The thugs finally left.

Old man Zhou and his eldest son laughed and sent the villagers away, thanking them for their help, especially the village head, who repeatedly said that they would invite him to dinner sometime.

When the man was sent away, old man Zhou asked Zhou Xiaoliu to close the door, turned around, picked up the shoulder pole and continued to smoke his son.

Qian was afraid of being frightened by his little girl and brought her back to the house in advance, but the effect was not great, because the child stepped off his shoes, climbed into his bed, lay on the window and looked out, watching her father beat her fourth brother with relish.

Qian's health was poor. After all this trouble, he was sad and tired. He didn't stop his daughter-in-law and asked his three daughter-in-law to cook something in the kitchen. From the morning to now, they haven't eaten a grain of rice. Adults can stand it, but several children can't.

When the arrangement was made, he called the little girl over, took the silver lock to her and said, "didn't you want to take it off? This is for your parents to kill you. Don't take it off in the future, you know? "

Man Bao said awkwardly, "it's uncomfortable to wear it."

Qian thought and said, "you can not wear it at night, but you must wear it during the day."

Man Bao reluctantly replied. Seeing her mother's sad face, he asked, "mother, what about the fourth brother?"

"No matter who he is, let your father beat him. It's only a few years before he learns to gamble and break his house. He deserves to be killed."

Man Bao said, "if you kill me, it's better to kill the people in the casino. We've saved money."

Qian choked and said, "you child, your mouth is like your father. You are not forgiving at all."

"Eh, is my father so clever?"

Qian didn't answer her question, but said, "you have to fight. If you don't fight, you won't have a long memory. If you commit it again in the future, how much money can you give him at home?"

"The fourth brother remembers whether to eat or fight. It's no use beating him disabled unless he breaks his leg and makes him unable to walk."

"That won't work. We'll have to raise him in the future," Qian sighed and shouted out of the window for fear that old Zhou would break his son. "All right, if you're disabled, you'll have to pay for medicine. But there's no money at home."

The crackling outside slowly disappeared. Old man Zhou hated iron and steel and stared at the son. After kicking him, he asked the boss and the second to drag the man back to the room.

Man Bao said to her mother in the house, "Mom, I have a good idea. I can punish him without spending money at home."

"What idea?"

"Let the fourth brother open up the wasteland, and then let him plant things on the wasteland and return the money to his family and his brothers and sisters. He owes his family and his brothers and sisters fifteen liang of silver."

Qian wondered, "open up wasteland? How can you think of opening up wasteland? "

Man Bao said, "didn't the elder brother of the village head say that the Yamen asked us to open up wasteland. All the land opened is ours. We don't collect taxes for the first three years."