Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Master Sun Er had been mentally prepared for Master Sun's anger, so he was not surprised at all when Master Sun told him to get out.

It was because he was mentally prepared that he asked Old Master Sun and Old Madam Sun to accompany him to the main house. Otherwise, if the main house got angry and wanted to drive him out, he would not be able to resist at all.

Now with Old Master Sun and Old Madam Sun mediating, things will be a little better.

For example, now, when Master Sun told him to get out, Old Master Sun and Old Madam Sun quickly stepped forward to reconcile them, saying, "It's true that he did something bad before, but now he knows he was wrong and has come to apologize to you in person. You also know how good your brother is. He has never apologized to anyone in his life. He can come to apologize to you in person, which shows that he is very sincere and really wants to change. Please forgive him this time."

It would have been better if Old Master Sun and Old Madam Sun hadn't said this. Once they said it, Old Master Sun and Madam Sun became even angrier. Madam Sun on the side sneered, "Oh my! He did something wrong and apologized to others, and he felt wronged?! He is an excellent person who has never apologized to anyone in his life, as if he is the only excellent one. Isn't my husband excellent? He is also a seventh-rank official now. When he does his job, his colleagues say he does a good job. Why haven't I heard that the second son does his job well and his colleagues praise him?"

Madam Sun's words of persuasion made Old Master Sun and Madam Sun feel embarrassed, but Old Master Sun's face immediately became ugly. He wanted to yell at her, "How did your husband get the seventh rank? Don't you know? That was earned by your daughter being a concubine in the palace, not by his excellence at all! And when others praise him, they also praise him because he is a relative of the emperor's wife!"
But he couldn't be so impulsive. Firstly, if he was so, today's reconciliation would not be possible, and he would not be able to send anyone into the palace to serve as a spy for Linlang. Secondly, his daughter had now entered the palace as a concubine, and in the future he would most likely rely on his daughter to gain favor and get promoted. Now if someone were to mock him for getting the official position thanks to his daughter, he was afraid that this would backfire in the future, so he didn't dare to say this.

So Master Sun Er bowed again and apologized, "Brother, sister-in-law, I really apologize sincerely. What do you want me to do to make you forgive me? Otherwise, how about this, I will return double the money that you gave me in the past, in exchange for your forgiveness? Do you think it's okay?"

After he apologized for the first time, it was much easier to apologize again. Besides, he had the idea of ​​dealing with Linlang in his mind. He just thought that once Linlang was dealt with, the eldest wife would have no support and would be in decline in the future. When he thought of that scene, Master Sun Er was motivated to apologize.

Master Sun Er felt that the first wife felt that he owed them money and was unhappy, so he proposed monetary compensation. He thought that the first wife had supported him for thirty years and it was not a lot of money, so he could still afford double compensation. As long as he paid the compensation and they reached a settlement, he would just consider it as paying for a settlement. Anyway, if the first wife was in trouble in the future, it would be worth it for him.

Unfortunately, Master Sun still disagreed with his words and sneered, "I have plenty of money now. I don't care about your compensation. You just owe me a favor for thirty years!"

He is not stupid. He has worked hard for 30 years. Now they are rich. If they just give him some money to send him away, what if the second wife tells others in the future that he has paid them twice the money and does not owe them anything? How can that be possible?

As long as he didn't take the money from the second wife, even if the second wife said in the future that they had to pay them double the amount of money as compensation, and the first wife didn't want to, he could still say that they didn't intend to pay at the beginning, but just drove them out. As a result, a few years later, his daughter became rich, and they were afraid, so they said they would pay double the compensation. But at that time, they already had a lot of money, and they didn't care about the money given by the second wife at all. They just wanted the second wife to owe them a favor for 30 years, so they didn't take it. With this explanation, I believe everyone can make their own judgment.

That was true. He had been working since he could remember. By the time Master Sun Er started to learn at the age of six or seven, he was already in his teens, which was considered a proper labor force in the countryside. He kept working until Master Sun Er was in his thirties and passed the imperial examination. He didn't stop only when he helped Master Sun Er for thirty years. And he wasn't the only one helping. His whole family helped. His sons and daughters, who were born later, also started working for the family since they were young. All the money they earned and saved was given to Master Sun Er. Master Sun Er now wants to send his whole family away with just a small amount of money. If it had been before when he had no money, he might have accepted it, but now, his family has plenty of money, and he won't ask for double the money at all. He just wants the second branch to owe them a favor.

Besides, the moneylenders in the countryside are very expensive. If the second wife really wants to repay the debt with the money borrowed from him, he will not say that he will repay it according to the interest of the moneylenders in the countryside. How can it be possible that the price will only double in thirty years? It may be more than thirty times. After all, compound interest is terrible. Master Sun Er still calculated himself and only wanted to pay him back twice the money. Even if he sent himself away, was he sending away a beggar? Until now, he still calculated like this. He is really not a person.

If it were his old self, he might not understand these things and think that it would be good enough if the second son gave him double the money. But after living in the capital for many years and serving as an official for several years, he understood these things. Master Sun Er probably still thought that he was a country bumpkin who was easy to be cheated and thought that double the money was a lot. But he has been in the capital for so many years that he knows that asking him to pay back thirty times the money owed him is definitely not too much.

After hearing what Master Sun Da said, Master Sun Er would have jumped up and cursed, either because he had something else to ask him to do.

But because he was still trying to reconcile with the eldest wife, and then hand over the person he found to Master Sun to send to the palace, so he naturally held back his anger and said in a gentle voice, "If you don't want money, then what do I have to do so that my eldest brother and sister-in-law can forgive me?"

Master Sun said unhappily, "It's impossible to forgive you, but as long as you listen to me and disappear from my sight, I won't cause you any trouble for what you did a few years ago."

The implication is that if Master Sun Er doesn't leave, it won't be a matter of unforgiveness, but a matter of planning to cause trouble for him.

Seeing their eldest son making things difficult for their youngest son, Old Master Sun and Old Lady Sun could not help but feel distressed. After all, they had loved Old Master Sun from a young age and invested so much effort in raising him. Apart from anything else, the sunk cost was quite high. It could be said that Old Master Sun and them had been through thick and thin together, so they did not want to see him having a bad life. This was also the reason why they tried their best to get the first and second wives to reconcile and to get the first wife to help Old Master Sun get promoted. (End of this chapter)