GBP Chapter 142 The Old Lady's Sky Collapsed
Chapter 142 The Old Lady's Sky Collapsed
When the eldest girl saw her mother falling backwards, she hurried forward to support Xu.
Liu noticed that something was wrong with Xu, so she took two steps forward and helped the big girl to help Xu sit on a chair nearby.
Xu's face turned pale, and the big girl kept comforting her. After a long time, Xu's face turned a little red.
"Oh my God! What kind of trouble did this second brother get into to owe such a huge sum of money? This is more than a thousand taels, not just a thousand coins!"
Just as Xu's face began to show some color, she let out a heart-wrenching cry.
Old Madam Guo had been lying in bed for a few days and finally woke up. With the help of her maid Ping'er, she was ready to come out for some fresh air.
As luck would have it, as soon as I walked out of the room and came to the backyard, I heard Xu's heart-wrenching cries.
Ye Xiaowen and Dalang, who were in the east room of the backyard, also heard Xu's crying. Ye Xiaowen was injured and could not move, so Dalang ran out of the east room and saw the maid Ping'er supporting the old lady in the yard.
The old lady and Dalang both realized that they were not hallucinating, so Dalang hurriedly helped the old lady walk towards the front hall.
When they arrived at the front hall, they saw that Xu's face was pale. Da Niu was constantly helping Xu to calm down, while Liu and Silang stood aside, at a loss.
"Why are you howling? I'm not dead yet!"
When the old lady saw this, she knew that the two sisters-in-law might have had some quarrel, so she shouted angrily.
"Mom, this life is unbearable!"
Xu slumped in the chair, shaking her head and speaking with a weak voice.
When Liu heard what Xu said, she quickly turned her face away. Seeing this, the old lady cast a questioning look at the big girl.
While the big girl kept comforting Xu, she told her what had just happened.
When the old lady heard the big girl say this, she felt a surge of blood rushing to her head and she staggered and was about to fall to the ground.
Dalang and the maid Ping'er hurriedly helped the old lady sit down on the chair.
Everyone in the hall looked at the old lady anxiously. Mrs. Xu hadn't caught her breath yet and couldn't get up for a while. Mrs. Liu stood not far away but didn't dare to get close. Silang still didn't fully understand the situation. Seeing that his mother had an anxious look on her face but was standing still, he didn't dare to move forward.
That day, Tang Laizi came to the door with two gangsters while the family in the old house was having lunch. Seeing this, Ye Xiaowu quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and pulled Tang Laizi to the yard. No one in the old house paid much attention to it and continued eating.
But soon, Ye Xiaowu and Tang Laizi were heard arguing, and Erlang and Silang from the second room ran out. Liu also followed them out after finishing the food in her bowl.
Soon, Erlang was heard arguing loudly with Tang Laizi and others. After a few words, the third master of the second house started fighting with Tang Laizi and others.
Hearing the sound of fighting in the yard, Ye Xiaowen and Dalang hurriedly put down their bowls and chopsticks and ran to the yard, where they saw several people from the second room and Tang Laizi's gang fighting. Ye Xiaowen and Dalang hurried over to try to separate the two sides.
The two sides were already fighting blood-thirsty, so there was no way Ye Xiaowen and Dalang, who had hardly done any farm work, could pull them apart. The two sides just didn't care about anything and kept fighting, and Ye Xiaowen and Dalang became innocent victims.
During the fight between several people, Ye Xiaowen was thrown out and fell to the ground, unable to move. Dalang saw his father lying motionless on the ground, so he ran over from the fighting crowd and saw that Dalang's face was covered with bruises.
When the old lady and Xu's mother and daughter arrived at the yard, they saw Ye Xiaowen being thrown out, and they were so scared that they hurried over to check.
When Liu saw her husband and son fighting with others, she didn't know what to do for a moment and just stood by and worried.
At this moment, Erlang grabbed a wooden stick from somewhere, picked up the stick and hit Tang Laizi with it. Then, Tang Laizi let out a shrill scream.
Tang Laizi was hit on the head by Erlang, his face was covered in blood, and he fell to the ground.
Everyone was very scared. The two thugs who followed Tang Laizi quickly carried Tang Laizi out.
Not long after, someone brought officials to the door and arrested Ye Xiaowu and Erlang.
The old lady guessed at the time that the second son had probably borrowed money from someone, and this person came to collect the debt, but she never expected that the second son actually owed more than 1,200 taels.
The old lady felt like the sky was falling. Although the Ye family seemed to be glamorous on the surface in this village, only the old lady knew the actual situation.
Ever since the old man quit his job as a shopkeeper in the county town, the family's income has depended on the rent from the more than 100 acres of land. A few years ago, when Sanlang was studying for exams, the old man was very supportive, so a lot of money was spent.
The third brother's sickly body cannot be stopped from taking medicine, and the money spent on medicine over the years is also a considerable expense.
The second son had caused a lot of trouble over the years, and the old lady had no idea how many times she had given him trouble in private. Just like the last time with the gold hairpin incident, in order to appease Xu, the old lady took out all her dowry from the bottom of the box and gave it to Xu, and only then was the gold hairpin incident settled.
After the old man passed away, a considerable amount of money was spent to give him a grand funeral.
The living expenses of this large family are another continuous expenditure. Now there is less than one hundred taels of silver in the family account.
When the old lady heard the eldest girl say in a clear voice that the second son owed more than 1,200 taels, she felt as if the sky had fallen down on her. How could she fill such a huge hole? No wonder the eldest daughter-in-law, Xu, was so angry that she collapsed on the chair.
"Mom, early this morning, Silang and I followed Sanlang to the county government office. Xiaowu and Erlang were locked up in the prison with a thin layer of straw on the ground. It's freezing cold now, and Xiaowu couldn't sleep all night these past few days. Erlang, a strong child, has become thinner. Mom, you have to think of a way to save them!"
Seeing that the old lady's face had become a little redder, as if she was lost in her own thoughts, Liu fell to her knees with a plop, and pulled Silang beside her to kneel down as well. Then she pleaded to the old lady in a tearful voice.
"You are a woman from a broken family. You don't know how to persuade your man and discipline your son. Why are you crying to me here?"
Hearing Liu's crying and begging, the old lady felt as if someone was grabbing her heart. How could she just stand by and watch her children and grandchildren die without helping? While scolding Liu, the old lady's mind was working fast, thinking about how to raise money.
The second son and his father had caused such a big mess that the old lady could no longer cover it up this time. She examined the situation of everyone in the family, took into account Xu and Liu's families and her own daughter who was married to the county town, but she was not sure she could raise such a large sum of money.
Just when the old lady was extremely anxious, the figure of Ye Changyan suddenly appeared in her mind. The old lady had to admit that Sanlang was now the most capable person in the entire Ye family.
It seems that I can only go to Sanlang for help.