Xia Xiūcái rolled away, he rolled back to the front yard of his own home. Xia Zhì also didn't speak, just followed behind Xia Xiūcái's back. Xiao Shùér looked at Dàqīng with eager eyes, although he was extremely reluctant, he still chose to follow Xia Zhì.

  Tian Shi was sitting in the main room selecting scallions. This season, it's just the right time to eat tender young scallions. Returning from her mother's home, Tian Shi was extremely happy. Moreover, tomorrow Xia Xiucai would be returning to the prefectural city, so Tian Shi planned to use the few kilograms of white flour they had at home to make a batch of scallion-filled dumplings.

  No meat, but finely chopped scallions with a bit of dried shrimp skin make for a delicious dumpling filling as well.

  As soon as she heard the sound of the back door curtain, Tian Shi knew it was Xia Xiuzai returning by the sound of his footsteps. She smiled and raised her head: "You're back!" Her eyes fell on Xia Xiuzai's face, although he was smiling, but Tian Shi immediately knew something was wrong.

  Tian's smile on her face suddenly solidified, and she asked Xia Xiuzai: "What happened?"

  Xia Xiuzai let out a sigh and sat down on a small stool beside Tian Shi.

  "Did Grandfather say something?!" Tian's face turned gloomy and he put down the wine and dishes in his hand.

  Xia Zhi quietly entered the house, carefully picking up the scallions that Tian Shi had not finished sorting. Then, she also took a small stool and sat down not far from Tian Shi and Xia Xiucan, starting to quietly sort the scallions.

  The little tree followed his sister into the house. He didn't say a word to his parents, but instead squatted down beside his sister and pretended to help her pick scallions.

  The Tian family was full of eyes and ears, and Xia Lao Yezi said something to Xia Xiuzai that made him so worried. He didn't care about the siblings anymore. Xia Xiuzai sighed twice, knowing he couldn't hide it from the Tian family, so he told them what Xia Lao Yezi had just said.

  His grandfather was the same, how could we sell our houses and land, sell our sons and daughters! Xia Xiuzai said.

  Tian's face immediately turned red with rage.

  She first scolded Xia Xiuzai, thinking that Xia Xiuzai couldn't keep the secret in her heart and told Lao Ye about the matter of giving money to her nephew's wedding in the backyard. "I told you, don't mention this to the people in the backyard. How could you not hold it in for a moment and blurt everything out? Are you dissatisfied with our family's life being too easy or what?! Or is it that you're unwilling to pay the money, so you tell Father, hoping he'll intervene?! You came up with this idea, why didn't you say it at the time?! You're playing both sides, Xia Yunhai, treating me and the people of our Lao Tian family like monkeys!"

  Xia Xiuzai hastily waved his hand, indicating it wasn't him who said it. However, he couldn't bring himself to expose his youngest son, even though he was the only suspect. After being scolded by Tian Shi, Xia Xiuzai could only weakly defend himself, "......I don't know how you found out, old master, it really wasn't me who said it."

  "It's not you who said it, then who else could have?" As he spoke, Tian glanced at Xia Shu.

  Xia Shu had his back to the Tian family and was picking scallions with Xia Zhi. The little figure looked as obedient as could be.

  Tian's expression was contemplative, her emotions were not in sync, but for now, she couldn't be bothered to settle scores with Xia Shu.

  "The old man takes me for what kind of person? I spend a penny and he's heartbroken, always suspecting that I'm taking the family property back to my mother's house. Doesn't he see how much family property he has? A poor scholar! And yet he's afraid I'll sell the house, sell the land, sell our son, sell our daughter - isn't this all because he can't bear it?"

  Xia Xiuzai didn't dare speak and could only accompany with a smile.

  The Tian family surprisingly stopped scolding. It turned out that she was very clear in her heart, Old Man Xia had already said that he wanted to drive Xia Xiuzai away from the house and cut off his inheritance, so she really couldn't touch the ancestral property and Xia Zhi.

  If Xia Xiuzai were to leave the household, her husband's official position would be immediately revoked and the academy's errands could not be kept. The whole family would also be despised by the people around them, making it impossible for them to stand on their own, let alone save money for her natal family again.

  After venting her anger, Mrs. Tian's face was still gloomy, but her tone was much calmer when she spoke again. She discussed with Xia Xiuzai how to save the 200 taels for Dabao's marriage.

  "I'll go find Mountain Zhang and have a good talk with him. He should be able to advance me one or two years' worth of salary."

  "Even if it's two years, that's just forty-eight taels."

  "I'll go borrow the rest."

  "Eldest sister's shop has been doing quite well for the past two years, both of them are able to save money, at least they can lend us one hundred and twenty." Tian Shi said immediately.

  Xia Xiuzai hesitated for a moment and didn't say that Old Man Xia forbade him from borrowing money from his elder sister.

  "It's probably difficult with just one hundred taels. We can't always ask Dajie for money, she has to make a living too. I think we should find some wealthy students and borrow some..."

  Tian's family then raised an eyebrow: "It's your dad who doesn't let you borrow money from your older sister, right? I knew it! He doesn't care about his own son, but he's biased towards that good-for-nothing daughter of his. What's that saying again? Where there's a stepmother, there's a stepfather. Your older sister is living a rich life, and borrowing her money, we're not like we won't pay it back! If our own family doesn't help each other out, who can we still count on?"

  Xia Xiuzai slightly furrowed his brow: "Elder sister's business is also a small one."

  Tian's wife smiled and glanced at Xia Xiuzai: "Does good brother know that he is heartbroken for his sister? I, as a daughter-in-law, am an outsider!"

  "I'll go borrow money, don't you worry about it!" Xia Xiuzai's voice was still gentle, but his face had completely lost its smile.

  Tian's family had a moment of silence, staring at Xia Xiuzai. Xia Xiuzai also didn't speak.

  "How much money can you borrow?" Tian Shi stopped mentioning Da Mei's matter, "Before the Dragon Boat Festival, we have to send a sum of money to his grandparents, and we should take care of Da Bao's matter as soon as possible."

  "About 50 taels, I'll advance a year's salary first, and then find two students to borrow a few dozen taels to meet the urgent need." Then he sighed again, "If it's until the end of the year, it will be more leisurely."

  "Can't wait until the end of the year." Mr. Tian thought for a moment, more than a month's time, fifty taels was still too little. "Want two hundred taels, must first come up with half."

  This was also the result of her private discussion with Tian Lao and Wang Shi in Kao Shan Tun. At that time, she thought that silver money was not enough, so she first pawned her own land.

  The field that was pawned, they can redeem it back when they have money. But just now Xia Xiuzai conveyed Xia Lao's words and cut off this road. Tian Shi knew that in Xia Lao's view, pawning the land is no different from selling it out.

  This stubborn and nosy old man! Tian's heart was secretly resentful, but this time he really didn't dare to make decisions on his own turf.

  "One hundred and twenty taels is too difficult." Xia Xiuzai didn't know what Tian Shi was thinking in her heart, but he thought for a while and sighed.

  Tian's family was heartless, for the sake of her niece, she had to force Xia Xiuzai. "There is no other way, I can only go and work for others!" Xia Xiuzai would never bear to let her do labor. She said this, still wanting to force Xia Xiuzai to go to her elder sister's house to borrow money.

  One hundred and twenty taels, Eldest Sister's family can definitely afford it. If they don't lend it, then so be it. Eldest Sister was only a few years old when she came to the Xia family, but the Xia family raised her and even gave her a dowry to marry off with great fanfare. Eldest Sister lived well, and the old master and mistress in the backyard never asked her for money.

  They borrowed money from their elder sister, which they would have to pay back later. Even if the elder sister's family couldn't afford it, she could borrow from someone else. The number of wealthy people known to her is more than theirs! Why not go and borrow?

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