Chapter 393 Asking For
Mrs. Hu was not satisfied with the yard at all, and said in an open voice, "It's not good here. After all, we are also landlords now, we still have a shop, and we are still relatives of the General's Mansion. We live here among the poor, don't say I have lost the face of the master, and also the face of Mr. Chu.”
It was already noon, and Chen Shi invited them to have dinner in a small restaurant and then went to see Chen Ming's house.
This house is relatively close to Houbei Street. It is only more than a quarter of an hour's walk to Chen Shi's home and more than a quarter of an hour's walk to Wang Cheng's home. It is located between the two families. If he buys it, Mr. Wang will also be happy.
The house is relatively new, with a total of three entrances, the inverted seat, the screen wall, the main courtyard, the side room, the back room, and there are rockery stones in the yard...
The price is not low either, costing five hundred and eighty taels of silver. After talking about the sky-high price for a long time, the lowest price was five hundred and thirty taels.
Chen Ming likes it very much, but the price is a bit expensive.
When he was hesitating, Mrs. Hu covered her face with a handkerchief and started crying. He said, "Look at the head of the family, you worked so hard to provide for your brothers, and now they are all prosperous and live in such a good house. But what about us? We can't even afford to live in that slum... Don't you say that good people have it?" Is it a good reward? Why don't you open your eyes..." He cried to Chen Ming and Chen Shi, "Second uncle, third uncle, why don't you touch your chest and think about it, how did you live such a good life? If I were not the head of the family to go back to farm for you to study, would you have such a good life? Now that you are better off, it’s time for you to help your brother. Ah Fu bought his uncle a big yard in a good road, so he should live like this. Buy us one…”
Mrs. Chen also felt sorry for her eldest son, but felt that Mrs. Hu should not bring Chen Afu out to make a case. The old lady is now wiser and knows that Ah Fu is not a blood relative of hers, so it will not be easy to coax him over if she offends him. Unlike Chen Ming and Chen Shi, no matter what, the bones are broken and the tendons are connected.
She scolded, "What are you talking about? Why don't good people get rewarded? The second and third sons have been working hard on you, and Ah Fu has helped us enough. You bought so much land, and now you are If we want to buy a house in Fucheng, aren't they the ones who helped us?" Chen Ye also scolded Mrs. Hu, "You bitches, if you continue to act so careless, go back to the countryside. We now have more than 100 acres of land in the town. There is also a shop and a share in the restaurant. The second brother, the third brother, and Ah Fu all helped.”
Then he said to Chen Ming and Chen Shi, "Don't listen to your sister-in-law, I will remember your kindness."
Chen Ming didn't dare to buy this house anymore and said, "This house is good, but I don't have that much money on hand. Forget it, I can't afford it. Let's go and save more money to buy it later."
Chen Ye didn't even want to buy a house after seeing Chen Ming, so he didn't need to be a city dweller. He said, "Then I will wait a little longer and save more money before buying it again."
On the way home, the old lady thought to herself that the second child must be able to afford this house. He was just frightened by Hu's crying and didn't dare to buy it.
The old lady felt that it was not easy for the second child to save the one hundred taels of money for a private house, and the second bedroom was really given to the older one, so it was not easy for the second child to pay more. After returning home, I have to let the third child come out with more.
The third child's life is really easy now. He has shares in the restaurant and Lu Chuan shares. He is the top shopkeeper and gets monthly silver, and Ayu is the second shopkeeper of a big restaurant in Beijing and gets monthly money. They are so wealthy that if they support their elder brother with four or fifty taels of silver, the eldest brother can buy a house in a better location. Only the second oldest can buy if the eldest brother buys it.
By then, all three sons will have properties in Fucheng. Not to mention Xiangluo Village, even the entire town will not be able to find one.
The palms and backs of her hands were full of flesh. She hoped that her three sons would live happily together and have a good life. Especially since the second and third children were doing well, she felt even more sorry for the eldest brother who had done the most for the family.
After returning home, she called Chen Shi into the room where she lived and told Chen Ming about secretly giving the boss a hundred taels of private money. Then he said, "If your life is better, then give your elder brother another forty or fifty taels of silver and let them buy a better yard in Fucheng."
Chen Shi didn't expect that my mother would let him pay so much money, and said, "Mom, I earn more than my eldest brother, but I have more places to spend my money. Now I have tight money, let alone taking money behind Mrs. Zhang's back. Even the family’s savings are not that much.”
The old lady didn’t believe it and said unhappily, “The richer you are, the stingier you become. In the past, you were so poor that you still repaired the house for your elder brother’s family, but now that you are the boss, you can’t even part with forty or fifty taels of silver. I don’t just care about your brother and ignore you, I think it was not easy for your eldest brother to raise you, and you should support them when your life is better. "
Chen Shi became a little angry and said, "Don't I give my eldest brother's family enough money? I lent them a loan to build the yard, and last year I gave them another seventy taels of silver. My family's life is no better than that of my second brother's family. Second brother and his family don't have much money." A lot of money was spent, and Ah Fu often helped me, but I couldn't do it. My son was older, I was going to marry my daughter this year, and I still hadn't repaid the debt from my father-in-law's family. All my savings had been spent. , Now I don’t even have any money to pay for it, so I’m still thinking of borrowing some from Ah Fu when the restaurant pays dividends, and then I can pay her back.”
Old Mrs. Chen was startled and cursed, "What? You emptied all your money and gave it to Aman to take to your in-laws' house? You are stupid. The old Yang family has a lot of money, and they still need you to throw money into it? How big is that? Hand, how could you empty your house to buy a dowry for Aman? It must be Mrs. Zhang who instigated you to do this. I want to talk to her."
Chen Shi said angrily, "You, an old man, also said that you should give as much as you can. Why do you keep asking for money from your brothers for your eldest brother? My second brother and I have given a lot, and my eldest brother is not short of money. He has bought so much land this year. You love your son, and I love my daughter. I can borrow money to build a house for my eldest brother and let them be landlords, so why can't I borrow money to marry my daughter?"
At this point, the old lady knew that if she continued to ask for money, it would definitely affect the relationship between the brothers. If the second and third sons were really angry, the eldest son would suffer.
So she took a breath and said, "Okay, I won't say anything, and you don't get angry. You did help your eldest brother a lot in the past. I just wanted my sons to be city dwellers, so I asked for this. Your eldest brother doesn't know what I said. Forget it, don't give it, just pretend that I didn't say anything."
Then she kept wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
Chen Shi saw his mother crying and heard Mrs. Hu's loud voice in the yard. He thought for a moment and said through gritted teeth, "Mom, I will give another 20 taels of silver to my eldest brother. My family really has no money, so I have to borrow 20 taels of silver from the restaurant and pay it back after the dividends are distributed at the end of the year. You talk to my eldest brother and sister-in-law and buy the house on Houxi Street. The money is enough to renovate the yard and buy furniture. They can live in the city without spending a penny. It is convenient to go in and out of the city, and things are much cheaper there..."