At Zhang Cheng’s house.
Zhang Jin noticed how upset his parents were once he walked into the room.
“Dad, I just saw the Lu’s come into your room, what are they doing in our house?” Zhang Jin was curious.
“What else can they do, they want to borrow some money from us.” Zhang Cheng said.
Zhang Cheng’s wife raised her voice, she looked sideways at Zhang Cheng and said: “Not a single penny.”
Zhang Jin shook his head, he knew the Lu’s visit was not a good sign.
“They just want to borrow money, I’m sure they will return the money.” Zhang Cheng replied in a low voice.
His wife scowled and said: “They don’t need to borrow money from anyone, they have so much farmland, they can always sell the land! We are not rich ourselves, we are not in a position to lend them money!”
Zhang Cheng bowed his head and said: “They only borrowed the money because they are going to have a wedding ceremony.”
“Don’t listen to that nonsense, Lu Tong’s fiancé offered them 20 taels of silver as his engagement gift, remember, they also sold Lu Lin for 10 taels. They are rich, don’t worry about them!” Zhang Cheng’s wife said bitterly.
Zhang Cheng puffed on his pipe and said: “What do you mean by they sold Lu Lin?”
Zhang Cheng’s wife snorted: “I just called a spade a spade, Lu Lin is the only son in the Second Branch in that family, yet they still decided to marry him into Chen Xiao Mi’s family! That is ‘selling out‘ and you know it!”
Zhang Cheng sighed: “But Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi did very well.”
“That’s good karma for Lu Lin! Grandma Lu didn’t prepare anything for Lu Lin, Lu Lin was brought to Chen Xiao Mi’s house with two doorboards! But Grandma Lu dared to sneak into Chen Xiao Mi’s house and steal from them! I told you to stay away from them but you actually lent them money!”
“Father, how much did you lend?” Zhang Jin asked in surprise.
“Not much.”
Zhang Cheng’s wife gritted her teeth: “They wanted to borrow 5 taels! That bitch! I kept shooting your father warning glares, but he ignored me and lent them 2 taels! But Tang seemed like she thought 2 taels was too small!”
Zhang Jin’s heart jolted: ‘Chances are they’ll never pay us back!’
“Dad, you’ll grumble when I buy bread for my son, we’re not doing so well ourselves, why satisfy their arrogance when we can’t afford it?” Zhang Jin looked very upset.
Zhang Cheng felt so guilty that he was called out by his wife and son at the same time: “But… but I’m doing this for Lu Cheng Yu, I hope he can pass the imperial exam at the county level and bring glory to our village.”
Zhang Jin replied: “Over the past few years, Tang said that her son would pass the imperial exam at the county level every year. But did he?”
“Maybe things will change after his marriage, maybe his new wife will bring good luck.” Zhang Cheng said in a low voice.
Zhang Jin said in a serious tone: “Dad, I worked hard to make money and I asked you to keep the money for me because I am a filial son, but I will take my money back if you lend money to them again.”
Zhang Cheng felt so wronged, he was furious that no one in the family listened to him.
Zhang Jin turned around and said: “I’ll do the farm work now.” Before Zhang Cheng could further defend himself.
Grandma Lu asked Tang as soon as she set foot in the yard: “Do you have money already?”
Tang sighed: “Only 2 taels.”
Grandma Lu frowned: “Why is the village chief so poor now?”
“The Village Chief is nice, but his wife is giving me a hard time.”
Grandma Lu snorted: “That woman, so annoying, throwing her weight around like that!”
Tang sighed again: “I don’t think 2 taels is enough.”
“Looks like we’ll have to sell the farmland for money.”
Grandma Lu didn’t feel too heartbroken about this, she was getting older, and she had been overwhelmed with farm work since Lu Lin’s host mother passed away.
T/N: My lord what ungrateful people
