Ch 9 Reason for Separation

 The Murongs have been sinners. The men joined the army to protect the frontier, and the women planted the army fields with the locals.

Because he is a sinner, he naturally has no income. The government only provides two meals a day. My father and brothers still pay the travel expenses for the trip back by collecting medicines and selling them.

They got one hundred and fifty taels of silver.

My father wanted to borrow money from his former colleagues, but when they recognized him, they avoided him like a snake.

When the family was depressed, the eldest brother and the second brother happened to see a Tongxu Agency recruiting escorts. If selected, one person could pay fifty taels of silver in advance, and the two went to sign up without hesitation.

Fortunately, God blessed them. They did not give up martial arts on the frontier; they were successfully selected and got one hundred taels of silver as they wished.

As for the remaining fifty taels, A-Niang summoned the courage to recommend herself to the Ruyi Embroidery Village. She studied Xiang Xiu since she was a child, and she was most confident in her embroidery skills, which was indeed the case. She took the initiative to say she would work for the Embroidery Village. Three years, but Xiu Zhuang must pay her fifty taels of silver in advance.

Xiu Zhuang's shopkeeper began to think she was a lunatic and wanted to drive her away. Still, after A-Niang knelt and kowtowed and broke her head, she saw her unconscious daughter and knew that they were tough, so she hugged and tried—the idea of ​​​​striving made A-Niang embroider a handkerchief.

This test made the shopkeeper's eyes shine, and she signed an agreement on the spot and paid them fifty taels of silver in advance.

One hundred and fifty taels of ginseng money is enough.

It's just that the family hadn't separated yet when they got the money. Mrs. Liu, the grandmother, felt they had just returned to the capital. They needed money everywhere and didn't even have a place to stay. How could they spend so much money to save someone who was about to die? Money-losing thing? If you are unlucky, both people and money will likely be empty.

So, after collecting the money, Liu suddenly asks her father to give up saving her and lets him use the money to find an excellent place to live so that she can live a good life and enjoy happiness, which is the most important thing.

Father naturally didn't listen; he took the money and went to the pharmacy without hesitation to get medicine.

Although Liu wanted to get angry—after all, she was on the street, and many soldiers were patrolling around—she was concerned about her face, so she temporarily let it go.

After taking the medicine, he was worried about where to settle down when he met Lizheng from Lihua Village. Seeing they were pitiful, he asked them to go to Lihua Village.

They thought that medicine had replaced silver, but Liu Shi gave up the idea.

Unexpectedly, Liu used the dilapidated house as an excuse to make a fuss and asked her father to return the medicine and find a better place for her. She is old and living in such a house is a crime!

The father naturally refused, and the mother and son broke into a fierce quarrel. The mother said that he was unfilial and threatened to separate the son and his family.

Murong Qi, also known as her father's younger brother, had a lot of heart and mind. He told Liu Shi that he secretly overheard the conversation between his eldest brother and sister-in-law, saying that the eldest brother's hand was injured and that he was afraid that he would not be able to practice medicine in the future.

Moreover, the eldest brother will spend a lot of money to find the three missing sons in the future. They don't know how much money will be needed to cure Murong Lingran's illness. The body of the eldest brother's family is probably about to become their burden.

After listening to the younger son's words, Liu Shi felt this was the truth.

She has always disliked her eldest son. Now that he can disobey her for his daughter, he can't give her the money he earned in the future.