Standing together through thick and thin

The Shao Qin family was yelled at by the patriarch, and dared not say a word.

In this village, the patriarch can be regarded as the role of the superior, and the Shao Qin family dared not even say a word.

"Patriarch, patriarch, please help your siblings!" Lu Shi struggled to climb to the patriarch's feet and hugged his leg, "Patriarch, it should be a happy thing for a nephew to marry a wife, but we really don't have money , I don’t even have a house to live in, and I don’t have food to eat. Where can I get money for my younger siblings to marry their daughters-in-law? Patriarch, please do me a favor and help my younger siblings. Brother Yang has arrived to see his wife. My mother and son are three There is nothing you can do, just for the sake of being part of the Shao Clan, help Brother Yang!"

Patriarch Shao was a little surprised.

This woman, who had been silent all this time, dared to speak like this. She had always been a silent gourd before, and she did whatever others said, and she didn't even dare to resist.

It's just that, Shao Qin's son marrying a daughter-in-law has nothing to do with Lu's, what is she doing blindly?

Even if it's related, it's still a layer away. Is it necessary for Mrs. Lu to ask for help?

Looking at the Shao Qin family standing aside with their toes high and proud, not knowing what was wrong, afraid of him and not speaking, hesitating to speak, Patriarch Shao also understood a little bit.

When Shao Qin's family came to him, the three members of Lu's family knelt down and begged for help. Lu, who had never dared to resist before, had no choice but to resist.

"Lu Shi, you get up first, and Qiu Geer, Togeer, you all get up too, kneeling here, what do you look like? There are so many people watching, get up quickly, get up quickly, isn't this killing my life?" What's the matter, get up and talk first!"

Lu Shi nodded, wiped away tears, and stood up.

"Patriarch." Shaoqiu said, "I don't know what kind of difficulties my grandmother's family is facing, but my mother and I, as well as three other people, really can't give ten taels of silver to grandparents a month. When I came out, my second aunt was exhausted all day long. I really couldn’t stand it, but I had no choice but to watch. My heart was also suffering. I also asked the patriarch to help my grandparents and my second aunt. , show us the way.”

Shaoqiu did not shirk the matter of filial piety in his words. After all, the younger generation is obliged to honor the elders, so he will not shirk this responsibility. Instead, he asks the patriarch for help because he cannot be filial. After all, he is a younger generation. Li Cun couldn't lift his head up, but he was still a member of the Shao clan, and he was willing to honor his elders, so he could make people look up to him.

But he insisted on ten taels of silver, making it impossible for people to ignore it.

Ten taels of silver a month is really a big mouth for a lion.

Even though the patriarch who got involved in this trouble out of curiosity was very displeased, he still felt that the Shao family was really greedy. Ten taels of silver was about the same amount a year for a farming family. big.

What the Lu family did, everyone has eyes to watch, but the Shao Qin family in front of them is lazy, and the Shao Er family is as proud as a peacock because they have read a few books. , in his late thirties, his son has also become a child student, and he has not passed the examination of a scholar, nor does he have a serious job. Originally, he wanted him to teach the children in the village to read, but he still thought that the money was too small and the place was poor. to teach.

So in comparison, even if the Lu family is a little cautious, it seems much more pleasing to the eye than the Shao Qin family.

Patriarch Shao knelt down to help Shao Qiu up, and said kindly, "Good boy, get up and talk."

Patriarch Shao felt a little distressed when he saw Shao Qiu's skinny skin.

As the head of the clan, it was impossible for him to take care of the household affairs of every household, and he couldn't take care of it, so he turned a blind eye when he didn't ask him.

Now he doesn't care, after all, the Shao family is really going too far.

The tax collection in the county is divided according to the head, and each family of the Shao clan bears the tax by themselves. At the beginning, the Shao family was unwilling to pay the tax, but threw the Shao family Dalang to the battlefield instead. He didn't agree with it at all. , but Shao Jia Dalang's elm head didn't say anything, so he couldn't control it.

Now, this Lu family seems to be sober, and he dared to sue him. He didn't mind helping her, but patriarch Shao focused on Shao Qiu.

"Brother Qiu, tell me, what's going on here?"

Shao Qiu nodded, and told the situation again, including many details in his memory.

He not only said that his second aunt came to ask for money, but also that he was kicked out of the house because his mother was sick and unable to work. .

The people around sighed for a while, even though they knew that Shao Er's family didn't like Shao's family, they didn't expect to be able to do this.

Shao Ruide went to the battlefield and did not return for ten years, so he is probably dead. Mrs. Lu took good care of the Shao family, took care of the children, and never thought of remarrying. It can be seen that she is such a good daughter-in-law, but the Shao family is so ruthless. It's fine if you don't get treatment for your illness, and you are kicked out of the house, and you don't even have a place to live.

There was no such thatched cottage here before, but it was built here half a year ago when Mrs. Lu left Shao's house with her two children. At that time, everyone had some speculations in their hearts, but when they heard the truth, they still sighed.

"This Shao family's Erlang, you guys are going too far!"

"That's right, we all know the Shao family master, but this Shao Erlang is actually so heartless. If Shao Dalang didn't work from morning to night and work for him to study, would he be where he is today?"

"A group of things with heads and beasts, this book has been read into the dog's stomach."

"I saw that he could read a few words before, and I even asked him to write a letter. I didn't expect him to be such a person. He had made enough money and wanted him to teach my son how to read a few words. Now it seems , I dare not let my son follow him to learn how to read."

"There are not many literate people in the family. Going to the school in the town is not only far away, but also has a higher level of training. But even so, I never dare to let my son learn to read with Shao Erlang's family."