Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 245 The poor suddenly become rich
Hearing what his third brother said, Qu Shaoyang was stunned. "Why can't our family survive? Is there a disaster or something?"

Qu Jiang sighed and told Qu Shaoyang the whole story.

At the beginning of last spring, Qu Shaoyang went back to his hometown to visit his relatives. Before leaving, he not only gave money to his family, but also left his carriage behind.

With the horse-drawn carriage, transportation became convenient, so the Qu brothers transported the seafood they caught from fishing to distant places to sell.

As a result, life at home became much better.

Qu Laokou and Chen began to arrange marriages for several boys in their family.

Qu He is the second oldest, so he must come first.

With the introduction of a matchmaker, Qu Jiang met the girl from a family in the neighboring Xujiazhuang.

You know what, that girl is pretty and pretty.

It is said that he is very capable. He has a pair of scissors on the kang and a shovel on the stove. He can pick up and put down anything.

Qu He fell in love with the girl at first sight and was determined to marry her.

But the Xu family, relying on the girl's good looks, put forward many conditions.

The betrothal gift alone would cost thirty taels of silver, not to mention the clothes, jewelry, and various gifts given to the woman when the engagement is made. If you add it all up, I'm afraid it would cost forty taels of silver.

Nowadays, who can afford so much money to marry a wife?

Old Qu was a stingy person, so how could he be willing to spend a lot of money to find a wife for his son? So he said no, and would look for another one.

But Qu He refused to do anything and insisted on marrying the girl from the Xu family. He even insisted that if his parents did not agree, he would remain a bachelor for the rest of his life.

Qu Laokouer couldn't persuade his son, so in the end he had no choice but to agree.

So he spent a lot of money to arrange a marriage for his son.

I thought that after getting engaged, I could just find an auspicious day to hold the wedding banquet.

Who would have thought that on the wedding day, the Xu family would start to make trouble again, with all kinds of demands, such as money for the mother's departure, money for the dowry, money for the sedan chair, etc.

The Qu family paid out a lot of silver and other things, and at least they managed to marry a new bride.

The Qu family has three dilapidated houses, where Qu Laokouer and his wife and the third and fifth sons live. The Qu Hai and Qu Jiang families live in the new house on the west side.

As a result, there would be no place for marriage in Qujiang.

Qu Laokouer discussed the matter with his third son, saying that the second son had spent too much money on marrying a wife and the family could not cope with it for the time being.

It’s better to wait and build the house first, and then talk to Qu Jiang about finding a wife.

Qu Jiang was honest, and what his father said made sense, so he agreed.

In this way, Qu Laokou took out the remaining money in the family, marked out a piece of land to the west of the eldest and second sons' houses, and built a new house.

There was only so much money at home, and it was almost enough to build a new house.

Qu Jiang’s marriage can only be postponed until he saves enough money.

Qu Jiang had no objection to this. After all, the family built the house for him and Lao Wu to get married.

Since all the money in the family has been spent, what else can we do but wait?
I thought that I would have to save money for at least another year or two before I could find a wife for Qu Jiang.

During the Chinese New Year, Xingjia and Xingye sent a lot of things to the Qu family, including fifty taels of silver.

That was Qu Shaoyang's gift to his parents and for his family to use during the New Year.

Now, the family was happy, and Qu Jiang also felt that he had a chance to get married.

Who would have thought that before Mr. and Mrs. Qu Laokouer could find a matchmaker, Qu Hai and Qu He's wives started quarreling.

Ever since Qu He got married, the two sisters-in-law have disliked each other and have been quarreling all the time.

This time it was even more serious. They just went straight to the point of physical combat. On New Year's Day, the two of them started fighting, and the fight spread from their home to the street.

After all this commotion, the two families' families were not happy and came to the house to make a fuss, insisting on dividing the family property. The two families demanded that the first and second sons each get a new house, and in addition to these, they also wanted to divide the family's land, carriages, money, etc.

Qu Laokouer naturally refused, but the two families were numerous and unreasonable. They clamored that if they did not agree to divide the family, they would take their daughters back and find other families.

How could Qu Hai and Qu He bear to give up the wife they had married with great difficulty?
Besides, they both had their own plans.

Anyway, they have all married and started their own families, so who would be willing to contribute to the family and help their younger brother find a wife?

Qu Laokouer and Chen are both honest people, how could they have so many cunning tricks?

As soon as they heard that their daughter-in-law's parents were going to take her away, they became confused.

Finally, with the persuasion of the elders in the village, they agreed to divide the family.

The new house was given to the eldest and second sons, one each. The land and the carriage could not be divided. Then the two families were given some money for settling in, and the house was divided in this way.

The newly built house, which was intended to be the house for Qu Jiang to marry, became his second brother's house. Qu Jiang felt very indignant.

Qu Laokouer could only comfort the third brother and said that if it didn't work out, they could get married in the west room of the old house first.

I will wait until I have saved enough money to build two houses for Qujiang.

What could Qu Jiang do? He could only agree, and his family began to arrange for him to marry a wife.

I never expected that while we were looking for a matchmaker, Qu Fu would cause trouble again.

Qu Fu got together with a girl named Jiang from the same village and even got her pregnant.

This time, the Jiang family came and made a big fuss, forcing the Qu family to give an explanation.

What explanation can the Qu family give? They can only marry her off as soon as possible.

Then, Qu Laokouer was blackmailed by the Jiang family again, and the money that Qu Shaoyang sent back was gone.

"I've figured it out. The third child is just a nobody and has nothing.

Over the years, I have been working hard at home. I do whatever my parents ask me to do, and anything that others don't want to do is thrown to me.

As a result, I am the only one who is disliked by my parents, and no good things happen to me."

Honest people also have temper, but they just haven’t been pushed to that point.

Qu Jiang had a lot of grievances in his heart, so he could only come to his brother to confide them.

"So, you left home and came to the Northeast?" Qu Shaoyang couldn't help but sigh after hearing what his third brother said.

He shouldn't have given so much money to his family. If there was no money, the family could still get by together even if they were poor.

Now, the poor people have suddenly become rich and they don’t know how to show off. They are all playing tricks and their families are broken up.

"Well, I don't have much future at home anyway, and I don't know if I'll be able to get married in my next life.

I might as well follow your example and come to the Northeast to try my luck. At least I can live a worry-free life for a few days." Qu Jiang nodded and said.

Qu Shaoyang looked at his third brother's miserable appearance and didn't know what to say.

“Okay, now that you’re here, let’s settle down first.

There are a lot of things to do at home, you should follow me and gain experience for a while, and then I will arrange some work for you."

My dear brother, he came here with all his heart, how can Qu Shaoyang just ignore him? Since he is here, he should just make the best of it.

Brothers, no matter what, you have to give each other a hand.

Fortunately, it was the third brother who came. If the eldest or second brother had come, Qu Shaoyang would not have dared to keep them. At most, he would have given them some money and sent them away.

So, Qu Shaoyang asked the Xing family to settle Qu Jiang in the guest room, and asked Chen Xiuyun to find some clothes, shoes and so on.

Qu Jiang's body shape is similar to Qu Shaoyang's, and some of Qu Shaoyang's clothes are not old, so he gave them to Qu Jiang first to replace his tattered clothes.

(End of this chapter)