An eight-year-old kid emptied his scumbag father's warehouse and followed his grandparents into

Jing Yongsheng ignored their words. He suddenly saw Jing Yongcheng sitting on the oilcloth with a rosy face, no longer the dead look he had before. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised and a little apprehensive. For the first time in his life, he didn't say anything bad or try to force himself on others. Instead, he sat down next to Jing Yongcheng and pushed Jing Changning aside.

Jing Changning: ...

Then, pulling out his signature amber pipe, Jing Yongsheng shamelessly played the emotional card: "Brother, we're all family, and we're not here to pick a fight on purpose. But...but...you guys should have some sense. If we hadn't rushed to help you last night, how could such a big thing have happened? After all, thirteen lives were lost. You can't just ignore it."

As she said this, she wiped her hands on his old face, but could not squeeze out a single tear. It was so fake that she felt embarrassed. Anyway, she just wanted to stick to it.

Jing Yongcheng didn't indulge him. Instead, he moved aside, keeping an arm's length away from him, and retorted in a voice even more subdued than his own: "Brother, we in the General's Mansion have always respected you, but what you've been saying all this time is really unpleasant. What do you mean by helping us to avoid disaster? Didn't you grab that big bunk bed yourselves? We didn't force you to live there!

Besides, our tents are well-maintained and have kept us out of the wind and rain for so many days. Even if you hadn't come to rob us, we wouldn't have to sleep in that smelly and dark bunk bed, and the fire wouldn't have burned us. If you hadn't come to rob us, we probably wouldn't have lost those two big tents and so many things.

Also, think back to last night, when the fire started, wasn't it Dalang and Changning who knocked on the door to wake you up? Otherwise, you would still be sleeping like dead pigs, not knowing when to wake up. Don't be ungrateful, or more than thirteen people will die. I'm afraid you won't even see the sun today."

After saying this, Jing Yongcheng pushed Jing Changning beside him and urged him anxiously, "Didn't they say the officials were going to the county town today? Why don't you pay them to buy two more tents? Are you still expecting the old patriarch to compensate us? I think the first snow will come soon. If you don't be more careful, you may die at any time."

In fact, there is still oilcloth in the space, but I just made a raincoat, and now two tents have been burned, so it is not easy to take it out.

Jing Chunxi could tell that his grandfather's words were a subtle veiled attack, and even made the old man understand that it was actually because of them that the damage was caused to the General's Mansion. He almost told them to pay for the tent.

But my grandfather was also reminding each of their families to pay attention to the weather in the future, because when he said this, his voice suddenly rose, so that people from the other two families could hear it.

As expected, the gossiping women from Second Uncle's household quickly snapped out of their trance and chimed in, gathering together to mutter a few words. Daqing's wife, also the head of the household, consulted with her parents-in-law, took out some silver, and walked over, heading straight for Jing Changning. "We really can't skimp on this silver. Third Uncle, you're quite familiar with the officials, so I'd like to trouble you to buy us two tents." She handed over a twenty-liang silver note, which still had some left over for two tents. They'd had enough of resting in the open air and knew that if it really rained or snowed, saving this money wouldn't do them any good, as it would cost even more if they got sick.

Jing Yongjian was still helping out and said loudly, "Changning, we can't let all the losses happen to you. You should also deduct the money you use to bribe the officials from us. Don't save it for us."

My second uncle was very open and sensible. He made his attitude clear and had no intention of taking advantage of others.

Second uncle's wife started to yell, "What are you saving? You have to spend everything you need to spend. Daqing family, give them another ten taels of silver and ask them to help buy some more coarse grains. We don't know where else to buy them along the way. I'm afraid you'll save money but lose your life."

Hearing their words and thinking about the upcoming weather, Jing Yongqiang couldn't sit still anymore. He came over himself and took out 20 taels of silver: "We'll buy two tents too, and the rest will be used to buy some coarse grains. Thank you for your help, Changning."

Naturally, they didn't dare spend all their money, so they could only scrape by the slivers of their teeth. After saying that, seeing there was no seat for him, he sat down on the floor beside the tarpaulin, showing no intention of leaving immediately.

Seeing this situation, Jing Yongsheng knew that he was in the wrong, and he also knew that no one would help him ask for compensation from the General's Mansion. However, since the words had been spoken, he could neither leave nor sit, and the situation was a bit awkward.

Jing Yongjian also sat over, patted Jing Yongsheng on the shoulder, and acted as a peacemaker: "Hey, you're old and you're not naive. You should grow up a little bit. Don't be so impulsive and always think about taking advantage of others. No one owes anyone anything now. Look, at least your son and grandson are still here. Saving your own life is the most important thing. As long as you have the green mountains, you will not have to worry about the firewood."

Second uncle's wife really couldn't stand this relative of hers. Now she wouldn't even look at him, but she also said loudly to him: "I don't believe that your money is less than ours. Now that Datou's grandmother is gone, and he has lost several wives, if you don't make some arrangements, you may not live to see Lingnan.

Don't you think about this: if they were well-fed and well-clothed like us, with multiple quilts to sleep on, wouldn't your sons and daughters-in-law have fought over that big bunk bed last night? Otherwise, wouldn't the whole family be able to live well? You can't blame anyone for saving money but losing your life!

I think you are crazy about money."

Jing Yongsheng stopped talking and sulked with his head down.

Although Jing Yongqiang looked down on this elder brother, they were still brothers after all. Seeing that Jing Yongning had accepted their money, he knew that he would definitely help, so he felt a little relieved and did not return it immediately.

Instead, he walked up to Jing Yongsheng and said, "Brother, why don't you go ask Master Liu what their rules are for the dead? At least we have to bury my sister-in-law and the others. If you need any help, just let us know and we'll always lend a hand."

Jing Changning couldn't help but remind them at this time, "Do you want to buy tents, clothes, bedding, etc.? The money for the arrangements will be paid by our general, and the rest of the expenses will be settled between brothers.

If you don't need me to come forward, you can go find the officials yourself later. If you go too late, they will probably leave. You can see this forest. It will take more than ten days to walk. If you don't have anything to save your life, you will probably think your life is too long. "The voice was cold and he was not polite to this elder at all.

Everyone got up early because of this matter. By then, it was almost daylight and time for breakfast. If they didn't go there soon, the officials would have left. It was a journey of hundreds of miles, and even if they were riding horses, it would still take the officials a long time.

After Jing Yongning finished speaking, he patted his butt and stood up, wanting to leave. He didn't want to indulge this kind of person. It was already a kindness that he didn't have to pay for the bribe, and he would not pay the rest of the money.

These heartless people still want to blackmail them. I don’t know who gave them the face to think that the General’s Mansion is really easy to bully.