Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

Chapter 151 Shen Zhaodi

Hearing Shen Laonian's howling inside, the two people outside the house pricked up their ears.

What the hell is going on.

Since it was not convenient for Li Dahe to go in, Shen Shugen did not have so many concerns. He stood up, reached out to lift the door curtain and walked in.

"What happened to Lao Nier?"

Shen Laonian looked at Shen Shugen and said, "Brother Shugen, I am sorry to my Zhaodi. I am useless!"

"Stop howling, are you still a man? If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you crying and wailing? What have you done to Zhaodi?"

Then Shen Laonian began to talk about what had happened. Early this morning, his family's creditor invited him to his home for dinner. Normally, he should have paid back some debts before the New Year, but his family had no money, so he had no choice but to go when the creditor asked him to.

When they arrived at the creditor's house, the man did not mention the debt at all. Instead, he kept praising his eldest daughter for being beautiful, capable, and caring. He also kept praising his own son for being so good. His words implied that he wanted to marry the son.

Thinking about it, his daughter is 21 years old this year. If it weren't for the situation in his family, she should have gotten married long ago. But who would dare to marry her nowadays? Marrying one means dragging down a whole family. Now that there is someone willing to get married, Shen Laonian, who had drunk a few more glasses, agreed.

But after seeing the son of that family, Lao Nian'er's head immediately shook like a rattle. If he was a normal person, it would be fine, but that boy was a fool. No matter how poor his family was, he couldn't let his daughter marry a fool.

The creditor was not happy with this and said directly that either he had to agree to marry Zhaodi or pay back the money immediately.

It was because of this that Shen Laonian fell drunk on the side of the road, thinking that he might as well die.

"Fuck it, do you really think there's no one in our Shenjia Village? Let them try tomorrow and make sure they can't beat the shit out of them!" Shen Shugen couldn't sit still anymore and started cursing.

"Hey, it's only natural to pay back debts. We can choose not to get married, but what can we use to pay off the debt?" Shen Laonian rubbed his already messy hair.

Shen Zhaodi didn't say anything for a long time, and finally said, "Dad, don't worry, I'll marry!" The last sentence of "I'll marry" was said with tears in her voice.

Li Dahe heard everything in the outer room and thought that this girl was not bad. She could be so cruel as to marry a fool for the sake of her family. And he just saw that Chen Zhaodi was good-looking and had a good frame. She should be able to have children. She was just too thin. But it didn't matter. She would grow up soon if she ate a few more good meals.

Rather than marrying a fool and wasting your whole life, it’s better to marry Li Bowen. At least it’s much better than marrying a fool.

So he coughed heavily outside.

Shen Zhaodi and Shen Shugen in the inner room just remembered that there was someone sitting outside, and hurried out: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Brother Li, something happened at home and I forgot to greet you!"

"It's okay, it's okay. I heard what you said just now! Brother Shugen, please ask Brother Laonian to come out. I have a few words to say."

Shen Shugen was a little confused, but he still helped Shen Laonian out.

"Brother Laonian, let me introduce myself to you first. My name is Li Dahe and I am from Lijia Village," Li Dahe said with a smile.

"Thank you, Brother Dahe. If it weren't for you, I would have died outside, and these little ones wouldn't have survived!"

Li Dahe waved his hand: "I want to ask first, how much debt do you owe in total? Don't worry about what I mean, just tell me."

"It's less than 400 yuan. It's all the money my wife has lost from taking medicine and seeing a doctor on and off over the years!" Shen Laonian answered honestly.

Well, that's really a lot. Now a rural family can earn at most 150 yuan a year, and that's including the money earned from food and work points. The actual cash they get is no more than 3 or 40 yuan.

Based on their family’s situation and repayment ability, it will probably take them more than ten years to pay off the debt.

Li Dahe nodded: "I heard everything you said in the inner room just now. I also saw Zhaodi, she is a good girl. As this is our first meeting, my words may be a little presumptuous, but please listen to me!"

The three of them nodded and motioned for Li Dahe to continue.

"The situation in our family is like this. My father gave birth to three brothers. The eldest is a worker in the city, the second went to join the revolution and is now unknown whether he is alive or dead. I am the third brother. Well, it's strange to say that among the three brothers, we only had one son in addition to four girls. So after much discussion at home, we thought about letting him take care of all three households.

I think Zhaodi is a good girl and want her to meet my nephew. I will help pay off your family’s debts first. If it works out, we can get married and this money will be used as a betrothal gift. If it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t matter. Just treat the money as a loan from me. I don’t want any interest. Just pay me back within ten years. What do you think?

Don't worry, my nephew is doing well. He is working in the city and is a cadre now!"

For a moment, everyone in the room was silent. To be honest, 400 yuan was enough to marry ten or twenty wives, let alone one. The reason why Li Dahe was willing to pay so much was that, on the one hand, he didn't want to see a good girl jump into the fire pit, and on the other hand, it was really hard to find someone who was willing to accept three wives when one person had to support three households.

Yu Li was married with a marriage certificate, while Chen Qiao married in as a widow, and her father was her stepfather.

The most important thing is that both of them are good-looking. Li Dahe is thinking of marrying another woman to Li Bowen, and she cannot be worse than Chen Qiao and Yu Li. It is really hard to find such women, and now he has finally met one, so he wants to fight for her.

No one in the room spoke, and the scene fell into an awkward situation for a while. Finally, Li Dahe patted his thigh and said, "Okay, let's do this. I'm leaving first. I'll bring the money to you tomorrow morning to return it to the owner, and then you can just write me an IOU."

After saying that, he ignored the people in the room, walked out of the door, jumped on the mule cart, waved the whip and drove away.

Shen Shugen in the room was a little angry. This man was obviously taking advantage of the situation: "Laonian, what are you thinking? Why don't you just refuse him outright? Everyone knows what "one family, three households" means. If Zhaodi marries him, she will have to share a man with other women."

Lao Nian'er lived up to his name. He could not say a word even after being beaten with three sticks. It took him a long time to speak: "I don't know what to do. I don't want Zhaodi to get married, but there is no money at home. What can I give back to her when the account master comes to my house tomorrow?"

Shen Shugen opened his mouth but couldn't say anything. Yes, the debt collector is here, what can he use to pay back? Without the money, does that mean Zhaodi will have to marry a fool? If you don't marry, who in the village will be willing to raise so much money for him? It is obvious that he cannot pay it back in a short time.

He was willing to lend it to Lao Nian, but let alone 400 yuan, it would be difficult for him to take out 40 yuan now, and Li Dahe wanted to take out real money to help Lao Nian's family.

In the end, he could only sigh, keep his mouth shut, and look at Laonian'er and his daughter, waiting for them to make their own decision.