Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 226 Pay Off Debt
"Oh, there was another person before, so do you remember what he looked like?" Liu Man'er looked at Ye Tianchen and teased.

These flowers and plants were all found by Ye Yuan from the mountains, and she picked them together with him. Now these flowers are blooming vigorously, but no one has disappeared.

Liu Man'er thinks that these flowers and plants are also very spiritual things. In her previous life, her neighbor's grandmother raised a rose bush. For some years, it bloomed brilliantly every year, but then the old grandmother died, and the flowers she raised also died. up.

"Tall and big, I forgot what he looks like." Ye Tianchen scratched his head, still thinking desperately, but after all, he was too young to remember.

Liu Man'er smiled slightly and said, "Didn't I tell you before, that's your father?"

"Oh, it's Daddy, why hasn't Daddy come back yet?" Ye Tianchen raised his face and asked in puzzlement.

"He's defending the country outside, and he can't come back yet. When you grow up, he will come back." Liu Man'er coaxed.

"Oh." Ye Tianchen nodded, and didn't get entangled in this issue, anyway, he wasn't very impressed with Ye Yuan, and was soon attracted by a flying butterfly.

"Butterfly, butterfly." He yelled, and ran to chase the butterfly. Liu Man'er looked at his running away figure and shook her head helplessly. When she lowered her head, Rou Rou in her arms fell asleep unknowingly. .

He carried Rourou to the concubine's couch in the study, found a wrap to cover her up, and Liu Man'er also sat in the study to rest for a while.

This study room is her remodeled living room. There are a few imperial concubine couches outside, with blankets and pillows made by her, which are soft and comfortable.

Because Aunt Han's family often came over to do cleaning, but it was clean.

It's just that Liu Man'er didn't dare to sit for a long time. She was not a hardworking person. If she sat in such a comfortable place all the time, she was worried that she would be greedy for comfort, so after sitting for a while, she stood up again and walked out of the room. He took out a pair of scissors and went around pruning the flower branches.

In fact, there is nothing to prune these flowers. They just grow wantonly like this, which seems to be very good, but she still prunes some branches and leaves, and inserts them in the ground. As long as they survive, she can have another flower .

After eating at noon, some guests came to the house. They were all familiar neighbors, such as Aunt Chunhua, and some used to work in Liu Man'er's small workshop. I heard that Liu Man'er came home and wanted to Ask Liu Man'er if her small handicraft workshop is not open yet, and if she needs to recruit people.

To be honest, Liu Man'er had been thinking about opening her small handicraft workshop before, but she never had the time. What's more, her printing now is more profitable than opening this small handicraft workshop, and those she made in the past There are already many imitations of the gadgets, and they are a bit outdated. If she opens them again, she will have to think of a lot of new tricks, so she didn't answer them for a while.

On the other hand, Mrs. Fang, seeing that Liu Man'er didn't answer, changed the topic, and it was good for everyone to chat about family affairs.

Liu Man'er was not familiar with these aunts, so after saying a few words, she got up to feed the children and left the hall.Seeing Liu Man'er leaving, the aunts all pulled Fang and asked her how she felt living in the county town, what the county town was like, and whether it was very prosperous.

Because they all knew that the Ye family owed money to Landlord Wang, so they inquired with Fang Shi again, and the money she owed was not paid back. I'm envious, but when I think of her owed usury, I feel a little gloating.

Some people care about her on the surface, but in their hearts they always hope that she will pay off her debts and live a miserable life of being a slave, and they always talk about it:

"I'm talking about my sister. Although you have food and clothing, you are living a pretty good life, but what about the end of the year? Don't look at Wang Landlord who is smiling on weekdays. In fact, he is very cruel. If you don't If you pay off your debts, he doesn't care who you are, let alone your son is a scholar or a general, even if your son is the king of heaven, he will not show affection."

"Yes, I heard that once upon a time there was a family that owed debts to the landlord Wang, and the whole house was sold off by the landlord Wang, and the women in that family were even sold to dirty places like brothels. Don't you think it's pitiful? Poor."

"Okay, don't talk about it, it's all other people's private affairs." Aunt Chunhua heard them getting further and further away, and said: "You still don't know, but it doesn't mean that others don't know, and you can't stop your mouths even if you eat what."

"I'm doing this for the sake of my sister. If it were someone else, I wouldn't say these things. You think so?" Aunt Osmanthus, the old neighbor of Liu Man'er's family, said while eating the cakes Fang bought from the county: " Well, this pastry is quite good, it should be quite expensive, you are in debt, and you are still so wasteful, this is really a good life and getting used to it."

If Liu Man'er was still here, she might get angry and drive out these sarcastic people.

Fang frowned slightly when she heard these people's words. Although she was no longer worried about these debts, she was still a little unhappy when she heard them say this, and said, "Thanks to everyone, we can already pay off these debts." Cleared up, don't talk about what will happen when the landlord Wang comes to ask for debts at the end of the year, even if he comes now, I am not afraid."

"That's right, you know that their pastries are expensive, so why don't you still eat them like this?" Aunt Chunhua couldn't help but said.

"Oh, let's talk about it casually. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Anyway, they owe so much money. What if we eat more?" Aunt Osmanthus said while eating.

Fang's frown deepened. She didn't know when these people had become like this. Maybe they were used to it.Recently, she went to the county town for a few months and stayed away from these gossips. Now that she came home, she only found these women who preached gossip and gossip all day long to be annoying, but she couldn't like it any more.

"Oh, come here uninvited, come here uninvited." Just as the group of women were enjoying their meal, a voice came from afar.

Fang's probe looked, and it was Landlord Wang who had arrived.

Aunt Han followed behind Landlord Wang and called out, "Mistress, old lady, Landlord Wang is here."

"Listen, what about the old lady, tsk tsk tsk, Ruyi, your life is really satisfying."

Aunt Osmanthus started nagging again. She had conflicts with Liu Man'er before, but now that she heard that Fang's family had come back, she came over eagerly to see if there was any advantage, but she took advantage of it, and she still acted good and ate her. , the mouth is not forgiving.

"Of course, my mother has enough food and clothing now, isn't life what she wants?" Liu Man'er heard the yelling of Landlord Wang, and walked out with the child in her arms. He happened to hear Aunt Osmanthus's voice, and couldn't help but sarcastically One sentence, said: "Although it is said that I borrowed some money thanks to the landlord Wang, but I believe that not everyone can borrow the money from the landlord Wang. Landlord Wang, what do you think?"

"Of course." Landlord Wang entered the room with a big belly. Aunt Han asked him to sit down and served him tea. He took a sip and said with a smile: "I absolutely believe in the reputation of the Ye family, of course If you all want to ask me to borrow money, you can do it, and it’s fine to borrow money.”

"Two or eight taels, ah, you are really generous, Landlord Wang." Aunt Osmanthus and other women hurriedly flattered, "I wonder how much the Ye family borrowed from you? I heard it was 1000 taels."

"En." Landlord Wang nodded, and didn't really want to talk nonsense with these women.

Some winking women stood up and wanted to say goodbye to Mrs. Fang and leave, but some people seemed to be nailed to the buttocks and refused to leave because they wanted to watch the excitement.

They all know the purpose of this landlord king, isn't it just to press the bill, this is a good show, and they all want to see if the Ye family can pay off the money, it's 1000 taels of silver, Let's see how Ye Liu's idiot will end up!

Liu Man'er knew the purpose of Landlord Wang's visit. Although he kept saying that he trusted the Ye family, but if he really trusted, he would not come here as soon as he came back by himself. After all, he was still afraid that Liu Man'er would really leave. Returned.

"I came here today for no other purpose, just to come and sit casually." Landlord Wang said with a smile, "The other thing is that I said to pay off the debt at the end of the year, and now a quarter of a year has passed, if you can , give me a quarter first."

"If you brought the IOU, it doesn't matter if I return all of it to you." Liu Man'er said as she handed the child to Fang, and took out a large stack of banknotes from her arms.

Those women who were planning to leave saw that Liu Man'er and Landlord Wang didn't shy away from them, and they were also curious, so they simply sat down too.

These women have never seen so much money, and seeing the money now, their eyes are red.

Landlord Wang was a little surprised to see Liu Man'er handing over the money so readily. It's only been a few months. Could it be that Ye Liu's family has made a lot of money outside?Or is her dead husband back again?
"It's okay, I brought the IOU, but if it's inconvenient, just pay 500 taels first." Landlord Wang said with a smile.

"No need, just pay it all back." Liu Man'er said, "I lent you 1000 taels of silver last October, and now it's only been half a year. According to the IOU, I'll just pay you back 500 taels."

"This, I'm afraid it's a little unreasonable." Landlord Wang said leisurely.

"Unreasonable?" Liu Man'er looked into Landlord Wang's eyes with a cold light, "Landlord Wang, what do you think is unreasonable?"

Her voice was extremely cold, Landlord Wang cursed secretly in his heart, after thinking about it, he felt that the other 500 taels of interest would be fine, after all, the time had not come yet.

What's more, she earned 500 taels of silver in just half a year, so she should be content. No matter what, she was able to get enough silver in a short period of time, which is enough to show her ability. cost-effective.

(End of this chapter)