Suddenly, they heard a commotion outside, and Zhen Yue hurried outside to see what was going on. It had been a long time since the front of their house was so lively.

As soon as I went out, I heard Mrs. Zhang asking Qiao Er how much money his family had borrowed.

"Mrs. Zhang, you want to know so much because you have money to lend me, right? My family owes a lot of silver, and I don't want to borrow too much. Just lend me five taels."

When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she immediately exclaimed, "Pah!" "Zhen, are you dreaming? Five taels? Why don't you go and rob?" If her family had five taels, she could eat meat every day.

Zhen Yue said as if it was a matter of course, "If five taels doesn't work, three taels will do. Then three taels. Everyone else can lend me one or half a tael. If we all work together, we can definitely help me pay back our family's money."

"No, why? Why should we pay back the money you borrowed? I don't have any money. I'm leaving first." Mrs. Zhou twisted her butt and ran away quickly.

The others also asked, "Why?"

Zhen Yue: "We are from the same village. Shouldn't people from the same village help each other? Right, Mrs. Zhang?" Zhen Yue looked at Mrs. Zhang and stretched out her hand to her, "Three taels of silver, thank you."

Mrs. Zhang took two steps back and said, "I've never seen such a shameless person. I don't have any money. I have to go back to cook and leave first." Why does Zhen always ask them for money every time she comes? She should avoid her in the future. She's still paying three taels? Not even a penny.

Zhen Yue looked at the others and said, "Me neither, I'm leaving now."

"Neither do I nor do I."

They all ran away, and finally only Granny Yan was left. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhen, don't borrow money anymore. It's so hard to pay back the loan. Pay the loan back and work hard on the land, otherwise what will happen to your son in the future? Listen to me, work hard to pay back the loan now, nothing else matters."

"If you need it, I can lend you a few dozen coins at most, but no more."

Zhen Yue didn't expect there was such a good person? She didn't expect that everyone actually thought that their family had borrowed money at high interest, and Zhen Yue didn't clarify.

"You don't need it, go back. Dad, get the tiles into the yard quickly."

"it is good."

On the other side, at the Lin family, Ma had been secretly watching Zhen Yue. She vaguely heard something about usury. She snorted, thinking about the Qiao family borrowing money at usury. Zhen would definitely have a hard time in the future.

But it’s been a while, and the debt collector hasn’t come yet?

After the tiles were taken off the donkey cart, Qiao Er told everyone what they had said on the way. "Everyone seems to think that our family has borrowed money from a high-interest loan and owes a lot of money to others."

Qiao Chen was washing vegetables. When she heard about the loan sharking, she immediately wiped her hands and came over. "How is that possible? Who would dare to borrow money at that kind of loan sharking? I don't know who spread the rumor."

Zhen Yue: "Let them guess whatever they want. It's just right this way. No one will come to us to borrow money. Anyway, if outsiders ask, just say we owe a lot of money. As for how much, just say you don't know."

"Okay, sister-in-law."

"Okay, let's get the tiles first."

After two or three days, the tiles were finally fixed, and the room looked much better. Unexpectedly, it rained that night when it was fixed. Listening to the sound of rain hitting the roof tiles, Zhen Yue thought it was not bad, so she turned over and fell asleep again.

Qiao Chao at the side also opened his eyes, listened to the sound of rain for a while and fell asleep. This was the first time it rained and he no longer had to get up to collect water in a basin.

Early in the morning, little Achu started crying. After Zhen Yue changed his diaper and fed him, he did not fall asleep. She sat under the eaves and watched the heavy rain outside. The sky was very dark today and it looked like the rain might continue all day.

After having breakfast, Qiao Dashan frowned at the rain and said, "It's raining too heavily. I'll go to the fields to check. I'm afraid the seeds will be knocked out." He put on his straw raincoat and walked out of the house.

Qiao Chao was also worried when he saw the heavy rain. He finally had a stable income and didn't have to go hunting all day, so he couldn't let anything go wrong with the vegetable garden.

"I'm going too." Qiao Chao picked up the straw raincoat beside him, put it on, and walked into the heavy rain.

It was difficult to work because of the heavy rain, so Mrs. Qiao Chen and Mrs. Qian were both mending clothes in the house. Because of the rain, the weather was a little chilly, and Zhen Yue finally returned to the room with the child in her arms.

The three little girls were also playing with stones in the house. Qiao San did not go to the teacher today and just stayed in the room reading.

Qiao Er was fixing some wooden boards, trying to build a donkey shed, otherwise the donkey would have nowhere to hide in the heavy rain.

Zhen Yue thought about it and went to Qiao San's door, "Third brother."

Qiao San looked up and saw that it was Zhen Yue and stood up immediately, "Sister-in-law."

Zhen Yue: "Your elder brother has been teaching me how to read. Do you have any books here for me to read?"

Qiao San was shocked for a moment, "Sister-in-law, can you read now?"

Zhen Yue: "Just a little bit. Let me have a look at the book. If I don't understand something, I'll ask your elder brother. Don't worry, I won't damage your book."

There are only two or three books at home. If one is damaged, I have no money to buy a new one. These books are very valuable, costing several taels of silver each.

"Okay, sister-in-law, I'll give you a copy of the Thousand Character Classic."

Zhen Yue: "That's fine."

She just happened to come here to learn to read. The characters here are still a little different from those before she traveled through time, but she could actually guess the meaning of many characters by just guessing.

On the other side, Qiao Chen and Qian were chatting, "Here is a piece of cloth. It's just enough to make a small piece of clothing for my eldest grandson. The rest can be used to make a pair of socks for the three children. It looks like the weather will get cold soon."

Qian: "Fortunately, the tiles were just fixed yesterday, so the quilt was not wet by the rain last night."

Qiao Chenshi: "Me too, I didn't even get up, I slept so well."

Qian: "Fortunately, my sister-in-law said a few days ago that we should repair the house. Otherwise, I might not have been able to sleep last night." Whenever it rains, the room gets wet. It's okay when it's hot, but if it's cold, it's already much better if I don't get sick.

Life is getting better and better now. Qian looked outside and saw that she didn't have to do any work today because of the heavy rain. But in the past, she would have to go out to work even if it rained heavily.

On the other side, Qiao Chao and Qiao Dashan looked at the fields and picked a few cabbages to take home. He remembered that Zhen said in the morning that she wanted to eat pickled cabbage.

On the way back, Qiao Chao saw a figure walking slowly with a basket in his hand. He was not even wearing a straw raincoat.

After a while, the man seemed to fall down.

Qiao Chao walked over and found that it was a woman. After thinking about it, he helped the person up. When he helped the person up, he saw that the woman seemed to have many scars on her hands.

But this had nothing to do with Qiao Chao. He helped the man up and left.

The man seemed to say thank you to him in a very low voice, but Qiao Chao did not respond.

Qiao Dashan on the side said, "That person just now seemed to be the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Zhang."

After so many days, Qiao Chao also understood the temperaments of some people in the village. For example, Mrs. Zhang was said to like to abuse her daughter-in-law. No wonder the man just now had so many scars on his hands, and he was not even wearing a straw raincoat. The basket in his hand seemed to contain wild vegetables?

Going out to look for wild vegetables on a rainy day?

Later, Lin Zhenniang looked at Qiao Chao who was walking away and said in a voice that only she could hear: "Zhen is so lucky."

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