Liang Nian was frightened, “No, no, three hundred taels, three hundred taels…” They currently can’t come up with three hundred taels of silver. Jiang Yan didn’t force them to pay, but she had them write a promissory note stating that they would repay her three taels of silver each month, with triple the amount if they defaulted.
Leaving their house.
Liang Yuxin spoke up discontentedly, “Dad, why are you so easy to talk to? You…”
“Are you still not beaten enough?”
Liang Nian’s voice was deeper than ever, his face as cold as if it were about to freeze over.
Liang Yuxin dared not make a sound.
Frustrated, Liang Nian still raised his hand and hit her a few times, “How could I have such a foolish daughter? Because of you, we owe an extra hundred taels of silver! Do you know how long it takes to earn a hundred taels!”
Liang Yuxin whispered, “Dad, don’t we still have Sister? Let her help us.”
Right!
Liang Nian immediately went to Su Jixiang’s house to find Liang Yumei.
Liang Yumei refused to see them and had Wang Xiuzhen send them away.
What made Liang Nian even angrier was yet to come.
Liang Yushu and Liang Yulin came home and directly told him that they wouldn’t use their earnings to repay the debt.
Which meant.
From now on, he would have to repay the three taels of silver each month himself.
Liang Nian immediately started cursing them, “How could I have such heartless sons? You are too ungrateful!”
“Have we ever been ungrateful? We haven’t even been able to marry yet, and people are laughing at us!”
Liang Yushu retorted.
“Indeed.”
Liang Yulin agreed. He, being the elder brother, often acted more like the younger one, usually letting Liang Yushu take the lead.
Liang Yushu suggested, “You earn so much money every month, and there’s still the little sister. Let her work, or better yet, marry her off. It would help support the family.”
He now loathed Liang Yuxin, fearing she would ruin their good job.
Liang Nian took Liang Yushu’s words to heart but didn’t act on them immediately. The next day, he took Liang Yuxin to town to find work.
After searching around.
