latelenovela Chapter 174: Not Borrowing (Minor Revision)
Chapter 174: Not Borrowing (Minor Revision)
"If I don't agree with what you said, I won't feel sorry for you even if you break your legs kneeling here. Come in and tell me what you want first." Li Taohua said calmly.
Tang Caiyun choked up.
Twin sisters Deng Shaoyao and Deng Furong helped Tang Caiyun up.
"Mom, get up first!"
Qin Huiyin glanced at Tang Luwu and gestured to the side.
Tang Luwu went over and said, "Aunt, my two sisters, it's cold outside. Come in and have a cup of hot water first."
Qin Huiyin went into the kitchen, scooped water to wash the pot, and then lit the fire after the water seeped out.
Tang Luwu came in and saw her cooking. She asked, "Yinyin, what are you going to cook?"
"Sugar-water eggs." Qin Huiyin said, "They must be hungry after all the journey. Cook something for them."
Tang Luwu took out the eggs, washed the bowl again, and waited for the water to boil.
"What are they saying over there?" Qin Huiyin pursed her lips towards the main hall.
Tang Luwu came over and sat in front of the stove with Qin Huiyin. She broke off a dry branch next to her and stuffed it into the stove. She lowered her voice and said, "Borrow some money."
"How many?"
"Twelve taels."
"Ten taels right away?" Qin Huiyin was surprised. "An average family wouldn't even need one tael of silver in a year. Ten taels of silver is no small sum."
"My aunt's in-laws' family has over a dozen people living together, and they haven't split up. The eldest branch of the family sent people to repair the dam this time, and my uncle-in-law is the second oldest. Last time my aunt was sick, my uncle-in-law didn't want to see a doctor, so my cousin came to ask my parents for help. The doctor said if they had been a step later, my aunt would have died. Maybe because my parents were so generous last time, the Deng family knows we're not short of money, so they're trying to force my aunt to borrow money. They say it's a loan, but with the Deng family's shameless style, it's like throwing meat buns at a dog, and there's no return."
"Sister Luwu, you've improved a lot!" Qin Huiyin said, "Not only can you analyze their family's situation, but you can also predict future developments."
Tang Luwu said embarrassedly: "Is it not nice of me to say this?"
"No, that's it. When something happens, we should not only look at the cause and the current situation, but also predict what will happen next." Qin Huiyin said, "Have you been to the Deng family?"
"No." Tang Luwu shook her head. "Life wasn't easy for us before. We couldn't even take care of ourselves, let alone how others were doing."
There was crying sound coming from the main room.
Qin Huiyin and Tang Luwu looked at each other, then quietly moved over and listened to the conversation in the next room.
"Sister-in-law, I really have no other choice." Tang Caiyun cried, "I know if it weren't for you, I would have died long ago. You are my lifesaver. I should remember your kindness instead of making things difficult for you."
"Since you know, why come?" Li Taohua said indifferently.
"I... I can live like a ghost, but these two girls are my life. Sister-in-law, can you take them in and let them do odd jobs here? Let them be your slaves and servants?"
"We're just ordinary country folk. What would the villagers think of us if we let our relatives' daughters serve as our slaves?" Li Taohua was so angry that she laughed. "If you really care about these two girls, you should have stood up earlier. Now you have two options: one is to go back and separate from the family, and the other is to divorce and take the daughters with you."
Without waiting for Tang Caiyun to speak, Li Taohua continued, "But there's no point in dividing the family. Not only do you have a wicked mother-in-law, but you also have a worthless man. Not only does he beat his wife and daughters, he also gambles. If this continues, I'm afraid your two daughters will become his gambling chips."
"No, this is his own daughter." Tang Caiyun shook her head.
"I've seen men who love their wives dearly become addicted to gambling and then give their women away as playthings. I've also seen a loving father who became addicted to gambling and then sent his daughter to a brothel. Your man is neither loving nor a loving father, and he's capable of even more. But good words won't persuade a man who's seeking death. If you're still so devoted to him, then go back. Your parents' home isn't a tool for you to curry favor with your in-laws."
"sister in law……"
"I saved you last time not out of kindness, but because your daughter fell into the river and climbed up again, covered in mud, to ask for our help. I thought of my daughter, and my heart softened, so I ran with her. You don't know much about me, but you can go to the village later to ask about me, Li Taohua. I've never been a kind person."
Seeing Li Taohua's firm attitude, Tang Caiyun gave up.
Deng Shaoyao pulled Deng Furong to kneel down.
"You sisters are making such a fuss too?" Li Taohua's eyes flashed with impatience.
"Aunt, you are the smartest woman we have ever met. Please give me some advice and find a way to survive for us sisters." Deng Shaoyao kowtowed.
Li Taohua's eyes were full of surprise. She looked at Deng Shaoyao again and found that the little girl had bright eyes and was quite heroic.
Look at Deng Furong next to her. Although she looks exactly like Deng Shaoyao, her eyes are evasive, she is timid and has no opinion. She has a completely different personality from Deng Shaoyao.
"There's no place for you sisters in your home. The last time I went to your house, I saw you sisters sleeping on the floor in the kitchen. Do you still want to live like this?"
"I don't want to," Deng Shaoyao said, "but we are girls and still young. We really don't know how to get out of this kind of family."
"Peony..." Tang Caiyun said tremblingly, "Are you going to get rid of this family and don't want your mother anymore?"
Deng Shaoyao looked at Tang Caiyun and said, "Aunt is right. If we continue to stay at home, we will sooner or later become my father's gambling stake. Mother, you either leave that home with us, or we will be unfilial."
"No, your father will beat us to death." Tang Caiyun trembled.
"Then just beat him to death. As long as he is not killed, I will take Furong away." Deng Shaoyao said.
"A man like your father bullies the weak and fears the strong. Who do you think he wouldn't dare to mess with?"
"People who are more arrogant than him, taller than him, richer, and more powerful..." Deng Shaoyao said, "But how can I approach such people?"
"When I passed by the county government office that day, I saw a job recruitment notice posted at the gate. It seemed that the county government office was short of maids to clean the house, and they could sign a working contract. If you can enter the county government office, you will be working for the county master, and your father would not dare to make a move on you even if he was crazy." Qin Huiyin lay at the door and said to the people inside.
"You dare to make a sound while eavesdropping?" Li Taohua scolded.
Qin Huiyin stuck out her tongue: "You guys didn't close the door and talked, it's not like we can't listen to what you said, we are listening openly."
Deng Shaoyao and Deng Furong looked at the bright and lively Qin Huiyin, and then glanced at Tang Luwu, who looked much more rosy with her new clothes and hair accessories, and their hearts were filled with envy.
They were all women, so why did they have to live such a hard life? Since their parents didn't know how to cherish them, they should change their own fate and live like human beings.