flstandardbreds Chapter 171 Boss Li is back
Chapter 171 Boss Li is back
Although Old Man Li was unhappy when he heard this, he still believed what Su said. With Su's personality, he would never lie or cheat. He angrily threw his sleeves and walked away.
"Dad, why did you leave?" Li Laosi hurriedly chased after him.
"What else can I do if I don't leave? Am I going to embarrass myself here?" Old man Li said angrily. He never thought that there would be a day when he would have to bow his head like the second and third brothers. He was so humble, but still didn't borrow a penny.
If it really doesn't work, let Lanlan take out some for emergency use and return it to her later when she has it.
Things got to this point, and because he favored his youngest son and grandson, Old Man Li never thought of letting them work.
It was noon when he got home and the mother-in-law had already prepared the meal. Li Laosi was so hungry that when he saw the multi-grain pancakes and wild vegetable soup, he immediately lost his desire to eat.
Who can eat this every day? Old man Li's face was not good, but the current conditions at home, what else can he do but eat it? He subconsciously looked at Zhao Lanlan beside him, it seemed that he had to borrow some from her.
Lying on the bed at night, Old Man Li hugged Zhao Lanlan, while Zhao Lanlan turned her back to him, trying to smell less of the old man smell on him.
After thinking for a long time, Old Man Li couldn't help but speak: "Lanlan, you see, there have been some changes in your family recently. All the money has been confiscated. Normal expenses are a problem. How about you take out some money first to deal with the emergency, and I will return it to you later."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Lanlan, who was originally drowsy, immediately perked up: "Chunsheng, if I hadn't been quick-witted and hid the silver outside the window that day, all of it would have been taken away by the yamen runners, so this silver is mine."
"I know it's yours. I haven't told anyone about this. I'm just lending it to you. When I have it in the future, I will definitely return it to you double." Old man Li still didn't give up. He really had nowhere else to borrow from. After Liu and the others came back, he found that the way the villagers looked at their family had changed, and some even gloated.
Zhao Lanlan quickly calculated the pros and cons in her mind. Although Li Dajiang was in prison now, he had not yet been tried. Perhaps there was still a chance to overturn the verdict. If she took out money to help out now, his family would be grateful to her and her life would be much better in the future.
If Li Dajiang was convicted, she would not lose anything. Now she had more than one hundred taels of silver in her hand, and taking out two taels of silver would be just a drop in the bucket.
After thinking this through, Zhao Lanlan smiled and said, "Chunsheng, I know the situation at home. I have the same idea. Why don't you take out two taels of silver and buy some rice and flour? Now is different from the past. We have a big family, so we must save some food and expenses."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." Hearing her say this, Old Man Li liked his little wife even more. She was sensible and took the overall situation into consideration. It was worth his love for her. At the same time, he resented Li Lao Er and Li Lao San even more in his heart, saying that they were both ungrateful people.
After breakfast the next day, Zhao Lanlan packed up the nice clothes she had bought before and Old Man Li's clothes into a bundle and said, "Chunsheng, I've thought about it. Now that our family needs money, we should sell these clothes first, and the clothes of the old woman as well. We can keep them at home to have another mouth to feed."
Seeing what Zhao Lanlan said, Old Man Li thought about it and realized that they couldn't even get enough food to eat, so how could they support servants? He nodded continuously and called Jiang to go with her.
Jiang was still somewhat unwilling. If the mother-in-law was sold, wouldn't she and Liu still have to do all the housework in the future? Zhao Lanlan wouldn't do anything, and there were so many people to take care of. But since old man Li had given the order, she had no choice.
When he arrived at the county town, he sold his wife first. He spent ten taels of silver to buy her, but only got eight taels of silver from her. He then took his clothes to the pawnshop, and such good clothes were pawned for three taels of silver.
The two went to the grain store to buy rice, flour and oil. Zhao Lanlan was reluctant to spend money and only bought old rice and flour, and only enough for two days. The whole family was living off the savings at home, and they still wanted her to support them? It was impossible. If it weren't for the fact that Li Dajiang had not been tried yet, she would not have paid a penny.
Seeing that they had only bought so little, Jiang thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "Mom, aren't these a little too little?"
Zhao Lanlan rolled her eyes at her and looked her up and down: "Jiang, aren't you pregnant? It's been so many days, why is your belly still not showing? You did it to get that old woman to buy maid clothes, right?"
Jiang was stunned. She had forgotten about this matter. She looked slightly embarrassed and smiled awkwardly: "It's all in the past. Why bring it up again?"
"Hmph, I'm not Old Lady Li. It's none of my business whether you're pregnant or not. Your wife has been sold anyway, so you just need to work hard from now on." Zhao Lanlan snorted coldly and left first.
On the morning of the fourth day after Liu came back, Old Man Li had not been sleeping well because he was worried, so he got up early and went out for a walk. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a beggar lying at the door. He was disheveled, with tattered clothes, and lying there motionless.
He was already in a bad mood, and this happened so early in the morning. He didn't want him to die at his doorstep, that would be so unlucky. He quickly called Li Laosi and asked him to throw the man out, the farther the better.
Li Laosi looked at the beggar on the ground with disgust, not knowing where to start. He grabbed the beggar's belt around his waist with one hand and the clothes around his neck with the other hand, lifted him up, and wanted to throw him out.
Suddenly, I could vaguely hear the beggar's voice, weak and feeble, but with great effort: "Fourth brother, it's me."
Li Laosi's hands suddenly froze. He looked at the person in his hands in disbelief, quickly laid him down, and reached out to pull the hair off his face. It turned out to be his elder brother Li Dajiang whom he had not seen for many days.
"Hurry up and carry your eldest brother home." When Old Man Li saw this, he couldn't believe it. How could his good son become like this?
When they got him home, Liu washed him and changed him into clean clothes. Li Dajiang wolfed down four steamed buns before he finally felt like he was alive again.
"Master, why are you like this?" Liu asked with concern.
"Oh, someone plotted against me." Thinking back to the past, Li Dajiang sighed deeply.
"Who is it, master? Who plotted against you?" Liu was shocked. She had not seen Li Dajiang once since he was arrested, and she had always been rejected when asking for help, so she had no idea what had happened.