“Stop!”
A burly man burst out of a nearby field to block the carriage.
The coachman hastily pulled the reins and the carriage jerked to a halt. The three bodies of Master Gu inside the carriage almost crashed into the wall of the carriage.
“What’s going on?”
Master Gu asked out with a shout, and without waiting for the coachman to answer, the strong man in front of the carriage came over in three or two steps and was about to move towards the front of the carriage, which was blocked by the maid at the side of the car.
Looking at the beautiful maid, the strong man’s eyes flashed with amazement, and then he spoke anxiously, “Master Gu, I am Song Ming, Yue’er’s cousin uncle.”
“What do you want?”
Song Ming grinned with a mouthful of yellow teeth, “Master Gu, don’t be angry, I have a way to get my eldest aunt to agree to your family’s marriage proposal.”
“Let him come over.”
The maid stepped aside and lifted the curtain up, Master Gu sat firmly inside the carriage and surveyed him, “What is your solution?”
“This …… Master Gu need not concern yourself, you only need to tell me, my eldest aunt has agreed, how much benefit do you give me?”
“One hundred taels.”
Gu Yi stretched out a finger to make a promise.
Song Ming’s eyes instantly went wide, “One, one hundred taels!”
“What, too little? Then ……”
Before Gu Yi could put up his second finger, he was pushed down by Madam Gu’s hand.
Song Ming reluctantly turned his eyes back to where they were, fearing that they might backtrack, and hurriedly said, “We agreed, a hundred taels! Not a penny less when the time comes.”
“It has to be done within a month.”
Gu Yi added.
Song Ming slapped his chest together, “Don’t worry Young Master Gu, it won’t take a month, I’ll make sure my eldest aunt agrees.”
……
Song Gua’s panted as she caught up, seeing that the carriage had gone far away, and asked after her, “What about it, have they agreed?”
Song Ming had not yet recovered from the shock of one hundred taels and replied in a daze, “One, one hundred taels.”
“What one hundred ……”
Halfway through the question, Song Gua’s suddenly reacted and excitedly grabbed her son’s arm, “You mean, the Song family promised to pay one hundred taels after the deed is done?”
Song Ming’s head was nodding to the ground.
“My goodness.”
Song Gua’s legs felt weak, a hundred taels, how much silver did that have to be, could it all fill up her family’s house?
“Then why are you still standing there, why don’t you go and think of a way to convince them!”
Song Ming answered, pulled his legs out and ran towards the village.
Song Gua’s hastened to catch up, “Wait for me.”
……
“Yue’er, what’s going on?”
Song San Xiao had just closed the door behind him when Song Lin asked Song Wan Yue.
Song Wan Yue said in a light-hearted manner, “It’s nothing, it’s just that the Gu family sent a jade bracelet that day, just when father needed money, so Third Uncle and I went to the county to pawn it. They said that if we didn’t return it within three months, we would have to agree to a marriage.”
“Pawned, pawned how much silver?”
“Three hundred taels, spent one hundred and thirty taels, still have one hundred and seventy taels left.”
A silence fell over the courtyard.
It was a while before Song Lin limped towards the door, Xu thought he was going to the Gu family and hurried to follow, “Dangjia’s ……”
Song Lin had already reached the door, copied the broom that Song San Xiao had just put down and struck it at San Xiao, “How dare you take Yue’er to the pawn shop, see if I don’t beat you to death!”
He used so much strength that Song San Xiao was almost knocked down and hurriedly put his hands on his head and started to run all over the yard, “Big brother, I’m wrong, I’m wrong ……”
Song Lin was not willing to let him off lightly.
The courtyard was filled with the wailing of Song San Xiao.
Grandma Song came out of the house, her face calm, “Boss, stop!”
Song Lin stopped.
Grandma Song walked over, “Your leg hasn’t healed yet, be careful of hurting it again, I’ll do it!”
When Song Sanxiao heard that it was no good, he ran towards the door holding his head, just as he opened the door, Grandma Song’s broom fell down, Song Sanxiao took a hit, his body stumbled and hit the door, tears of pain came out of his eyes.
Song Ming came running from afar, just in time to see this scene, and hurriedly stopped, turned back and grabbed Song Gua’s who was running behind him and hid to the side.
“What’s wrong?”
Song Ming told her to look.
Seeing Grandma Song wielding a broom and chasing Song San Xiao out, Song Gua thought of the blows she had received that day and her body began to ache, hurriedly shrinking her body up and swallowing in horror, “I, we ……”
“Hush ……”
Song San Xiao stumbled out, kept running out a long way before she dared to stop, Grandma Song didn’t chase, stood at the door, “If you have the guts to run away, don’t come back, come back and see if I don’t beat you to death.”
Song Sanxiao was gasping for air and was very aggrieved.
He hadn’t started this, it was Yue’er’s idea, but no one in the family listened to him, they all blamed him.
Song Ming came up to him, “Third brother.”
Song San Xiao looked at him and ignored him.
“Aiyo, look, Eldest Auntie is too cruel, how can she do such a heavy hand to you?”
“What do you care?”
Song San Xiao disliked him and turned around to head out of the village.
Song Ming grabbed him by the shoulders, “Third brother, look at your bruises, where can you go? Come on, come to my brother’s house, let’s have a drink together.”
Song Ming’s virtues were clear to Song Sanxiao, who had never been interested in profit, and was now so enthusiastic about himself, probably because he had some bad ideas in mind.
Song Sanxiao shook his shoulders, originally did not want to go, but then thought, he was penniless, even if you go to the county may have to sleep on the streets, it is better to eat him first, to fill up the stomach first, even if you sleep on the street is fine.
He said, “What are you up to again?”
“Look at you, we’re cousins anyway, we’re connected by our bones, let’s go, my mother is here, let her fix us some good food.”
Song Sanxiao was reluctantly dragged along by him and called out to Song Gua, “Second Aunt.”
As soon as Song Ming made his move, Song Gua knew what he was up to. Thinking that a hundred taels of silver was waving at her not far away, Song Gua’s face turned into a smile, “Go, go, go, go, second aunt will cook you something delicious.”
Seeing her like this, Song Sanxiao’s heart was bursting and he was a bit afraid to go, “Or, I’d better ……”
“Let’s go, let’s go.”
Song Ming forcefully pulled the person towards his home.
Song Gua’s family scurried from house to house all day long, not cleaning up the house much, and Song Ming was also a lazy master of food and work, although he had also become a married man and had two children, but this problem had not changed, the family’s life was far worse than Song grandmother’s side. The house was far worse than that of his grandmother’s. It had three dilapidated rooms and no yard. Luckily, Song Ming’s daughter-in-law was a hard worker and opened up the front and back of the house to grow vegetables for the family to eat.
Song Ming dragged Song San Xiao into the house, and Song Gua went straight to the vegetable garden, picked a lot of vegetables, made them in a nimble manner and brought them into the house.
Song Ming took out half a jar of wine that he had treasured, “This is a reward from the proprietor when brother gave a hand last time, brother has never been able to drink it.”
