Lian Shouren entertained them with a meal and told them to wait a bit longer. He would try to raise more money tomorrow.
"I'm anxious, but if Big Brother hasn't raised enough money, I don't have any other way either," he said.
After a night's sleep, early the next morning, Lian Shouli and Lian Shouyi went to look for Lian Shouren again.
"...it turned out that Big Brother had already left the house. Big Brother's butler said that Big Brother and Lady Gu had gone out early in the morning to raise money and told me and Second Brother to wait at home and not go anywhere. I thought that gathering over a thousand taels of silver wouldn't be easy, and I wouldn't be able to help, so I could only wait. I also thought about how anxious Dad must be at home, so I asked the butler if he could find someone to send a message home. The butler said Big Brother had everything arranged and told me not to worry," he said.
As Lian Shouli spoke, he let out a long sigh.