And this time it was because of Jiang Er.
Jiang Er was Madam Lu's youngest son, so it was inevitable that Madam Lu doted on him more. Furthermore, Jiang Er had neither a proper job nor a wife or children, so it was inevitable that Madam Lu would worry about his future and marriage.
Because Jiang Er had a reputation for being dissolute and unruly, it was not easy for Mrs. Lu to find a good marriage for him.
Now that Jiang Er finally has the ambition to make progress, and wants to buy a piece of forest to grow medicinal herbs, how could Mrs. Lu bear to refuse him?
She was eager for her youngest son to make progress quickly so that she could find a good marriage for him.
But Jia, the elder sister-in-law, refused to understand her younger brother-in-law and even came with her child to cry for five thousand taels of silver.
Mrs. Lu felt angry for a rare moment.
She frowned, her face displeased. "Xuan'er, I've always thought you were well-behaved and knew what was important. Even if you occasionally vented your anger, I let you do it. But this time, you've really disappointed me."
The family hasn't been divided yet. Cheng'er is the male heir of the family. What's wrong with him spending some money? He used the five thousand taels of silver to buy land, not to live a life of luxury. What are you angry about?
The more she spoke, the uglier her expression became, and the harsher her words became: "Could it be that in your eyes, Cheng'er is not worthy of spending the family's money?"
Jia gently wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief, then looked up at Madam Lu: "Mother, you have wronged me. I am not an unreasonable person. As the eldest sister-in-law, I naturally support my second brother in using the money to do his business.
But he used so much money from his family to buy a piece of woodland of little value. It was clearly nonsense!
There was a wasteland there. Most of the trees of some value had been cut down, leaving only some worthless small trees and weeds.
"My second brother actually spent a full thirty thousand taels of silver to buy it, and even said he wanted to grow medicinal herbs. How could he know anything about growing medicinal herbs? He just followed that unfilial son Xie Xiu and fooled around, and got tricked by someone!"
When Jiang Er heard that Jia had run to Madam Lu and was crying, he was so angry that he hurried over.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I reached the door, I heard what Jia said.
He was so angry that he threw open the thick curtain on the door that was used to block the wind, strode into the house, and glared at Jia Shi unhappily: "Sister-in-law, instead of writing poetry and painting in your own room, you come to mother to make trouble!
Xie Xiu was unwilling to continue recognizing the thief as his father for the sake of his biological mother. He would rather bear the stigma of being unfilial and ruin his future than sever his ties with Xie Yun.
Such a pure and filial person was actually regarded as an unfilial son in the eyes of his sister-in-law. Does his sister-in-law think that it is right for children to ignore their mother's tragic death and recognize the thief as their father for the sake of profit?
Could this be the Jia family's family education?"
Jia's expression immediately changed drastically: "How could I have ever meant that? I was just unhappy with my second brother's nonsense!"
Jiang Er sneered, "Yes, I did spend thirty thousand taels of silver to buy a piece of woodland. But so what? Of the thirty thousand taels of silver, I only withdrew five thousand taels from the public treasury. The remaining twenty-five thousand taels were all raised by me on my own, and had nothing to do with the public treasury."
If my sister-in-law is unhappy with me taking money from the public treasury, consider these five thousand taels of silver as a loan from me, and I will pay you back as soon as possible!
But from now on, that piece of woodland belongs to me alone and is not considered public property. Whether it is a loss or a profit, I will bear the consequences alone!
"You said that yourself!" Jia said immediately. "You can act recklessly, but there's a limit. You can't squander the family's money. You shouldn't ask your family to pay off the debts you borrowed."
Mrs. Lu became anxious when she heard this and opened her mouth to stop him, but Jiang Er spoke faster: "Sure!"
"You..." Madam Lu glared at her son with a look of dismay, "Cheng'er, stop messing around! Your sister-in-law was just speaking in anger, why did you take it so seriously?"
She wanted to get away with it. After all, Jiang Er had always been a scoundrel. Where could he earn so much money?
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