My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

“Mother, Jingyi has stopped taking his medicine. The doctor said that it will cost at least ten taels of silver for his leg to recover. I really have no other choice, so after thinking it over, I came to ask you for help.”

"It's only ten taels of silver, not much. I'll pay you back after Jingyi recovers and sells the hunted goods."

"No delays!"

Yang Fenglan raised her hand and swore an oath.

"How much do you want? Ten taels of silver?" Wang Guihua asked in surprise.

"Lend me ten taels of silver first," Yang Fenglan said.

"Borrow first? Does that mean if ten taels isn't enough, we'll have to borrow more?"

“If it’s not enough, we’ll definitely have to borrow more, sister-in-law. This medicine can’t be stopped. I really don’t have any money left. I can only beg my mother to have mercy and save my Jingyi.”

Yang Fenglan clung to Wang's leg, heartbroken and grieving as if her parents-in-law had died.

“Mother, I have no other choice but to ask this question. If Jingyi can’t continue his treatment and doesn’t get better, his life will be over.”

“He’s only seventeen, so young, and he’s only just gotten married and doesn’t even have children yet. Mother, I just want to give Qingshan an heir.”

Yang Fenglan was afraid that her neighbors wouldn't hear her and no one would come to watch the play, so she started to wail.

Completely unaware, Shen Yu and a group of people surrounded them.

Wang's face darkened, and she kicked Yang Fenglan away forcefully. "Shut up! What are you crying for!"

"Mother, I didn't want to either, but Jingyi is so pitiful... Waaah..."

To make her crying more convincing, Yang Fenglan gritted her teeth, pinched her thigh hard, and pretended to yawn twice. Finally, she managed to squeeze out two tears.

"Mother, I don't need much, just ten taels of silver. As long as it saves Jingyi's life, I'll do anything you ask."

"No money, get up!" Wang tried to pull her up.

Yang Fenglan refused and continued to kneel on the ground, pleading, "If you don't have ten taels, five taels will do, Mother, please."

Not even five taels!

"Then, the two taels of silver?" Yang Fenglan asked tentatively.

Actually, she came here with a gambling mentality.

Over the years, the Zhou family has never provided any assistance to the original owner of the house and her son. She bet that the family would not spend a single penny on them.

Sure enough, Wang also said she didn't have two taels of silver.

“Mother, how could you not even have two taels of silver? My elder brother works as an accountant in the county, and he earns more than one tael of silver a month.”

“You often tell me that you eat bran and wild vegetables every day and live such a frugal life, how could you not save two taels of silver?”

"Mother, are you saying this on purpose because you don't want to lend me money?"

Yang Fenglan looked at Wang Shi in disbelief, her voice trembling.

Wang simply didn't want to lend money.

They said they would pay back the money after Zhou Jingyi went into the mountains to hunt and earn money, but who knew how long it would take for his leg to heal?

Who knows if his leg will ever get better?

In other words, once this money is lent out, it may never be returned.

Over the years, if it weren't for Zhou Jingyi's hunting subsidies, Yang would have earned only a few copper coins from working for others.

Want to marry a daughter-in-law? That's wishful thinking.

"No, no, I don't even have two coins, let alone two taels of silver. Go find another way." Wang pushed Yang Fenglan away.

"Mother, please..."

"Didn't you listen when I told you? Do I look like I'm worth two taels of silver? If all else fails, you can take me to buy medicine!"

When Wang found the gate crowded with people, she cursed and chased them all out, then slammed the gate shut.

She can keep her own door closed, but she can't keep other people's eyes closed.

To watch the spectacle, everyone moved stones to climb the wall.

Before long, a ring of heads appeared on the Zhou family's wall.

Those who were too short to reach the wall would climb trees; in short, they wouldn't rest until they saw the Zhou family's lively scene.