Fang Yun's mouth twitched. He realized that his parents in this life seemed to be a little dumb. It seemed that if he did not explain it clearly, they would not be able to react.
Fang Yun could only look at Fang Xiner in Madam Yang's arms and said,""Xin 'er, do you want the new clothes that Qian' er is wearing?”
In fact, from the moment Fang Qian 'er entered the room, Fang Xiner's eyes had never left the brand new jacket and skirt Fang Qian' er was wearing.
Fang Xiner nodded and said weakly,"Yes!"”
Her voice was very low, but everyone in the room heard her clearly.
At this moment, Madam Yang finally reacted.
She burst into tears and fell to her knees with a thud. Fang Yu followed suit.
"Father, Mother, Little Seven and Xin 'er are also your biological grandchildren!”
Old Master Fang was so angry that his beard trembled. He picked up his pipe and smoked Fang De.
"You bastard! Fourth Brother is your younger brother…"
Old Mrs. Luo saw that something was wrong and quickly rushed forward to stop him." Are you crazy? Why did you hit him?”
"Ask him what he did, and you'll know why I hit him!" Old Master Fang said angrily. Fourth Brother was his younger brother. How could he do such a thing?”
The old man pushed Luo aside and continued to wave his pipe at Fang De.
After a few hits, the brass pipe broke into two.
Old Master Fang's anger had not subsided and he was not prepared to stop.
"Then kill me too.”Luo screamed and rushed over, protecting his eldest son behind him.
Old Master Fang threw away the half-empty tobacco pipe in his hand and pointed at Luo. He snorted angrily and said,"It's all your fault!"
Luo Shi turned to look at his eldest son behind him and gave him a fierce look."Apologize to your father."
Fang De understood and knelt in front of Old Master Fang. He hugged Old Master Fang's leg and cried,"Father, I have no choice…It's been more than ten years, and my son hasn't even gotten a single official position.”
Madam Qian and Fang Yan also knelt in front of Old Master Fang and began to sob in low voices.
Grand Secretary Fang sighed and said to Fang Qin,""Second Brother, go and call Third Brother and his wife over.”
Then, he looked at Fang Yu and Madam Yang and said,""Get up! I've said it before. Even if our Fang family starved to death, we won't sell our daughters.”
"Yes." Fang Yu nodded and pulled Madam Yang up slowly.
" Father…" Fang De cried.
"Alright, I have my own decision on this matter." Old Master Fang sighed.”
Fang De immediately stopped crying.
Mrs. Qian and Fang Yan lowered their heads. The mother and daughter looked at each other without revealing any traces. They could see the hidden joy in each other's eyes.
Not long after,
After a while, Fang Cheng, the third son of the Fang family, and his wife, Li Shi, followed Fang Qin into the house.
"I'm afraid you all know more about Xiner than I do, so I won't say much.”
"Everyone in our family is here. Tell us how we can gather five hundred taels of silver.”
Old Master Fang's meaning was very obvious. Because the Fang family had not split up, the four brothers needed to think of a way to get the 500 taels of silver together.
"Father, where will we get the money? The money is in the hands of the two elders." Fang Cheng was an honest man and spoke straightforwardly.
Because there was no division, the Fang family's financial power was in the hands of the old couple.
The four Fang brothers did not even have a single son.
To them, five hundred taels of silver was undoubtedly a rather large sum. It was enough to make the Fang family bankrupt.
Actually, Old Master Fang was also aware of this, so he asked everyone to think of a way together.
To be honest, Old Master Fang could be considered a legendary figure among the older generation in the village.
When Fang Lie was four years old, his elder brother, who had only been married for a month, was killed by bandits when he went out to do business.
In less than two years, his parents passed away due to depression.
Fang Lie was raised by his elder brother's widow, his sister-in-law.
When he was older, he became an apprentice in a shop.
Because he was diligent and willing to endure hardships, he later became a shopkeeper.
After twenty years of hard work, Old Master Fang had also saved up a sum of silver.
No one expected that the middle-aged Fang Lie would resolutely give up his stable life, resign from his employer, and return to his hometown to buy a house.
As a shopkeeper for twenty years, he had long seen through it.
Everything is inferior, only reading is superior.
Fang Lie did his best to support his sons in their studies, hoping that they would one day be able to pass the examination and bring honor to their ancestors.
Perhaps the heavens paid off for those who worked hard. The eldest son of the Fang family was admitted to the scholar examination when he was in his early twenties.
One could imagine the joy in Grandfather Fang's heart. From then on, he supported his eldest son Fang De even more.
However, Fang De's good luck seemed to have run out, and he failed the next few provincial examinations.
Gradually, the hope of passing the imperial examinations was gone.
Fang Qin and Fang De studied at the same time, but he was undisciplined and spent a lot of money, but he did not even get a scholar.
As the number of people in the family increased, the output of the farmers was already unable to make ends meet.
At that time, every time Fang De went to the provincial examination, he had to sell his land to earn money.
After selling a few pieces of land, the Fang family's days quickly began to tighten.
When it came to Fang Cheng and Fang Yu, the family had no more money to provide for them. They could only barely recognize a few words in the village's private school before abandoning their pen and farming.
In fact, in Old Master Fang's heart, he had always thought that his eldest son, Fang De, was cut out for studying. One day, he would be able to pass the examination.
Since there was a chance to directly choose an official, he naturally would not let it go.
Anyway, he was an official. As long as he could bring honor to his ancestors, it could be considered as fulfilling one of Old Master Fang's dreams.
Fang De, Madam Qian, and Fang Yan had grasped Old Master Fang's weakness, which was why they were so bold.
"Old woman, how much money can we take out now?”Fang Lie looked at Old Lady Luo.
"It's not even thirty taels…" Luo hesitated for a moment.
30 taels…500 taels…What a despairing gap.
"I got the 500 taels of silver from He Jin Kang in advance. If you want to go back on your word, you have to pay him back immediately." Fang De said weakly.”
Old Master Fang took a few puffs from his pipe and said in a deep voice,"Of course, but we only have about 30 mu of land left…"
Sell land? This was incredible!
The second son, Fang Qin, immediately cried out," Father, how can we bear this silver? Whoever spends it will pay!"
Fang De also called out," Second Brother, we haven't split up yet. How can we split up our family?”
Madam Xu's eyes rolled and she smiled."Yan 'Er, aren't you in love with that Young Master Lu? Tell him to give me five hundred taels of silver first. This should be a drop in the bucket for him. Yan 'Er was a virgin girl, wasn't she worth five hundred taels of silver?”
Madam Xu's words were direct, and Fang Yan's face immediately turned red with embarrassment.
"Second Shen, Young Master Lu's family hasn't agreed to our marriage yet. If I ask for money from him again and his family finds out, they won't agree even more.”Fang Yan said.
"Tsk tsk, if Young Master Lu doesn't say it, who would know? Besides, this money is spent by your family. Don't just think about taking advantage of it.”Madam Xu retorted.
" You..." Fang Yan was so angry that she couldn't speak for a moment.
"My mother is right.”
Fang Qin continued with a smile,""Big brother, you are a scholar, so you have the official granary every year. Adding on the money you have from teaching in the private school, you should have a lot, right? But have you brought back a single cent from home all these years?”
"Although we didn't split up, you've been living in town for many years. Although there's no name for a split, there's a split in reality.”
"When you guys were enjoying life, did you ever think that your nephews at home couldn't even eat their fill? The few dollars you earned every year were all given to you to meet your friends for tea.”
"You always say that when you get elected and become an official, you'll let our brothers and nephews enjoy a good life with you. But after so many years, there's no good life.”
"If we waste the remaining few acres of land, your nephews won't even have a place to dig.”
Fang Qin's words evoked new and old hatred in the Xu family.
The First household had always been shrewd in their calculations. This time, they had asked her to speak up for Xin 'er, so they gave her and her daughter a set of clothes each.
In the end, he had to pay a huge debt of 500 taels. This was simply a loss to his grandmother's house.
Moreover, that vixen, Madam Qian, always wanted to send her away with sesame seeds and green beans. It was no different from sending a beggar away.
"Aiyo, this is really going to cost me my life.”At the thought of this, Madam Xu began to howl.
She clapped her hands loudly and wailed,
"You clearly have a way to get money, but you don't want to go. You have to squander all the land at home before you're willing, right?”
"Why don't you sell our mothers? Fang Yan is just a little girl. She's about to be splashed out. She's so precious and has golden branches and jade leaves. My Erlang and a few others are nothing.”
"That's right. Erlang and the others were raised by me outside. Even if they starved to death, they deserved it!”
Fang Yun was dumbfounded. He had seen people throw tantrums, but he had never seen someone throw tantrums like this.
" Yong 'er, Le' er, Han 'er, Lin' er…" Madam Xu called out a string of names.
Madam Xu had the most sons out of the four daughters-in-law. This was her greatest confidence in the Fang family.
"Where the hell did you guys go? Your mother is about to be forced to death by the first branch's family.”
"Your eldest son is already married and has children, and he has a scholar like Eldest Brother to support him. Of course, there's nothing to worry about.”
"Our eldest son is not young anymore. It's already time to talk about marriage, but he usually gives his money to your eldest son. Now, he doesn't even have a wife…"
Madam Xu's cries were so loud that Fang Yun suspected that the entire village could hear them.
Fang De and Madam Qian were even more speechless.
"Enough! Second daughter-in-law, what are you shouting for?"
Old Master Fang shouted," Who said we sold the land? I'm not selling the land!"
As soon as she said this, Madam Xu immediately shut her mouth.
"Father, if we don't sell the land, where can we borrow the money? From whom?"
"Oh right, why don't we borrow it from his aunt? I heard that her shop earns a lot of money every month.”Fang Qin said.
"Second Brother, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Old Mrs. Luo said sternly," How much can your elder sister earn from that small business? Let me tell you, don't disturb your sister, or I'll slap you.”
Fang Qin mumbled and stopped talking about borrowing money from his sister.
"His eldest aunt clearly has money, but mother doesn't allow her to borrow it. It would be better to send Yan 'Er to Young Master Lu, where she could easily get a few hundred taels of silver.”Madam Xu said.
Fang Yan glared at Madam Xu, her teeth itching with hatred.
However, at this moment, she did not dare to fall out with Madam Xu.
If Madam Xu was anxious and told them that they had bribed her with clothes to help the seller, Xiner, it would be quite bad.
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