Wealthy beyond measure, yet you call me a sister-supporting-brother demon?

Meanwhile, Ma Xiaohu had already informed Li Yong's parents.

Li Yong's father was Old Man Li, the same Old Man Li who had his eye on Er Niu's wife Zhao Zhihua's big buttocks. Li Yong was his late-life son.

Old Man Li grabbed Ma Xiaohu's hand. "What did you say? Li Yong is going to be arrested and thrown in jail? Didn't he go out to eat with Wang Damao? Tell me about it."

Ma Xiaohu told Old Man Li everything.

"That heartless, rotten-ass Wang Damao! Damn it, he said he'd treat us, but in the end he made me, Li Yong, pay! What a piece of trash!"

"No, not a single penny! Wang Damao has to pay for it! This is not how things are done."

Ma Xiaohu scratched his head. "Uncle, if we don't pay the money before dark today, Li Yong will have to go to jail."

"Damn it! Where am I supposed to get six taels of silver right now? I have to borrow it right away! This money has to come from Wang Fugui's family! I'll go to their house every day from now on to ask for it."

Chen Tong's family was in a similar situation, extremely poor. They only had two taels of silver in their savings, and had to borrow the remaining four taels.

It was Ma Xiaohu who informed Chen Tong's family, and Chen Tong's father, Chen Changshou, cursed them even more harshly.

"I curse the Wang family's ancestors for eight generations!"

"What a despicable, smoking piece of trash!"

"I'm not done with Wang Fugui yet! What kind of heartless, rotten-assed brat did he raise!"

……

It has an extremely high grass content.

Chen Tong's father knows how to curse.

Meanwhile, the Yuan family was in a warm and cozy atmosphere, with Yuan Sheng happily discussing the repayment of the money with his parents.

"Previously, in order to bring you good luck, our family borrowed one tael and eight mace of silver from your Grandma Zhang's family, two taels and six mace from your Uncle Sun, two taels from your eldest uncle, ten taels from your eldest sister's husband, six hundred mace from your second sister, five hundred mace from your third sister, one tael from your fourth sister, and five hundred mace from your fifth sister."

The company started with a debt of nineteen taels of silver!

Yuan Sheng nodded. "Yes, Dad, Mom, let's pay back the village's money today. Tomorrow I'll prepare the money for my older sisters and my eldest uncle." Except for his eldest sister, Yuan Pan'er, the other sisters all married far away, dozens of miles away from the village behind the mountain.

As for the eight taels of silver from his eldest sister, Yuansheng wanted to return it later, hoping that his sister and brother-in-law could divide the family property. If they did, given their honest nature, they might not get anything. These eight taels of silver were at least a safety net.

Yuansheng sold five taels of silver and 1,300 cash today. He ate 160 cash for breakfast and has five taels of silver and 1,140 cash left.

Yuansheng set aside one tael of silver and three hundred and ten cash to pay Butcher Li, leaving more than enough for Grandma Zhang and Uncle Sun.

"Dad, do you want me to go with you to pay back the money?"

"No need, I'll go with your mother."

"By the way, Yuanbao, your Grandma Zhang and your Uncle Sun have been so helpful to us, do you want me to send them some braised dishes?" Sheng Guihua asked.

Yuan Laifu took a puff of his pipe. "Let's not send them yet. Let's keep a low profile about making braised meat."

Yuan Sheng thought so too, "Mother, let's send two catties of rice to each of Uncle Sun and the others."

"Okay." Sheng Guihua was very happy; her son had a grateful heart.

Yuan Laifu and Sheng Guihua took the silver and rice and went to Sun Qingyou's house.

Sun Qingyou runs a small shop, and he and Yuan Laifu are childhood friends.

The two were born in the same year, both forty-six years old, and both were born in the Year of the Dog.

Sun Qingyou was born in June, and Yuan Laifu was born in August. Sun Qingyou was two months older than Yuan Laifu, but Yuan Laifu looked at least ten years older than him.

"Laifu, sister-in-law, what brings you here?" Sun Qingyou greeted his childhood friend warmly.

"Qingyou, I've come to pay my debts."

Sun Qingyou was a little angry. "Why are you in such a hurry? I heard you borrowed a lot of money to bring good luck to Yuanbao. Pay back the others first, and then pay me back last."

"Look at you, you've gotten so skinny, and you're still working like a donkey. If you ask me, you should let Yuanbao come with you to work in the fields!"

Sun Qing felt a pang of sympathy when he saw his childhood friend, who had aged and become thin.

“Brother Qingyou, Yuanbao’er has become sensible. I’ll be able to enjoy life from now on. Look, this money was earned by Yuanbao’er.”

Has Yuanbao'er become sensible?

Did Yuanbao earn the money?

How can it be!

“You said he was sensible? He even came to my shop to buy tea yesterday. What do we country folk do? I told him not to buy it, but he made excuses, saying that I had guests at your house.” Sun Qingyou was very dissatisfied with his childhood friend’s son. He was lazy, good-for-nothing, and had no skills except for a silver tongue.

The reason my childhood friend is so thin and old is largely due to his immature son.

"Don't rush to return my money. But if he suddenly brings back so much money, you should ask him carefully whether he got it by cheating or swindling. Otherwise, he might cause even bigger trouble and you'll have to clean up his mess."

"Laifu, Guihua, I'm not trying to criticize you, but Yuanbao'er has become like this because you two spoiled him." After saying that, Sun Qingyou sighed.

Sun Qingyou said this about Yuansheng, but Yuan Laifu wasn't angry at all. His son Yuanbao used to be so bad that not only his old friend suspected him, but he had also suspected him before.

The childhood friend was right to scold him; they really spoiled Yuanbao too much. But Yuanbao was as good-looking as a New Year's picture doll since he was little, and he spoke so sweetly, how could they bear not to pamper him?

Fortunately, my son is more sensible now.

“Brother Qingyou, he really earned this money. He went through a near-death experience this time and has become much more sensible. Yesterday he bought that tea to make tea eggs, and he sold several taels of it using that recipe.”

"Really?"

“Really, look at this rice. He asked me to bring it to thank his Uncle Sun.” As he spoke, Yuan Laifu and Sheng Guihua opened the cloth bag containing the rice.

Sun Qingyou was still worried. "I think you should ask him properly, so you don't get fooled and cause even bigger trouble."

Yuan Laifu laughed, "Brother Qingyou, if you don't believe Yuanbao, you don't believe me either. I went with him to see Manager Cao of Donglaishun, and I saw Manager Cao pay the money with my own eyes."

Sun Qingyou was completely relieved. He assumed Yuan Laifu was talking about the recipe for selling tea eggs, so he didn't ask any further questions.

Sun Qingyou was genuinely happy for his childhood friend, Yuanbao'er, who had finally become sensible. However, he still advised, "Brother Laifu, let him go to work in the fields when he needs to. Don't be like an old donkey and do everything yourself. You need to teach your son too."

"Don't worry, brother."

After Yuan Laifu and Sheng Guihua left, Sun Qingyou sighed, clearly still harboring doubts about Yuan Sheng's improvement.

The two then went to Grandma Zhang's house. Grandma Zhang's husband, who also had the surname Zhang, had passed away. Fortunately, her three sons were filial and hardworking, and her daughter Zhang Shufen and son-in-law treated her very well. Grandma Zhang was living a good life.

The three daughters-in-law were not happy about lending money to the Yuan family for a wedding to bring them good fortune. They didn't know when the Yuan family would be able to repay such a large sum of money.

But they couldn't make a decision; Old Mrs. Zhang and her husband wanted to borrow money.

They had watched Yuansheng grow up since he was a child, and he was practically their own nephew. How could they bear to watch him die?

Zhang's eldest daughter-in-law was cooking when she saw Yuan Laifu and Sheng Guihua arrive.