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Chapter 169: Chapter 171 Borrowing Some Silver_1
"Isn’t that good? By then we can buy some more land."
After he said this, Tan Zhongzhong dragged Li Clan back to their room. It was almost time for the birth, and she was still wandering outside. If she tripped and fell, not only would they lose the child, but the silver coins would be wasted as well.
If he didn’t have those twenty taels, he’d have to go out and do odd jobs!
After a while, Tan Zhenghong got out of bed stealthily.
Qiao Duo’er opened her eyes to glance at him, then closed them again. She felt completely drained and didn’t even want to move a finger.
Tan Zhenghong was busy in the courtyard, and Tan Zhongzhong just came out to fetch water.
Seeing how briskly Tan Zhenghong moved, he truly believed that Tan Zhenghong was healed. The last time the Xiao Family visited, Tan Zhenghong clearly had difficulty walking.
"Fourth Boss, your leg’s okay now?"
Tan Zhenghong nodded: "It’s already healed."
"Since you’ve made so much silver, you could lend me some. Your nephew is about to be born, and I still haven’t figured out the silver for the full month celebration."
Tan Zhongzhong said with a sarcastic tone.
Tan Zhengyuan just gave him a glance, then started cooking rice on his own.
At this hour, his wife must be starving.
Tan Zhongzhong pursed his lips in disdain and continued: "Big brother doesn’t have your skill, you still made money even with a broken leg, and our parents don’t feel sorry for me. My wife and I are barely getting by. You have the silver at home doing nothing, so what’s wrong with borrowing some between brothers?"
Tan Zhenghong only wanted to punch his shamelessly extreme third brother.
When Tan Zhongzhong spoke of borrowing, it always went one way, with no return. This much Tan Zhenghong knew well.
Back then, he had struggled to save a sum of money, and Tan Zhongzhong came to borrow it, claiming his wife was about to give birth and he was short of cash.
Not thinking too much, he lent it to him, but when he asked Tan Zhongzhong to repay it later, not only did he not pay back, he also told their mother about Tan Zhenghong hiding his private savings.
Since then, he had never managed to save any private money again, because his mother kept an even tighter hold on the finances.
"Tan Zhenghong, I’m your brother after all. What’s with your attitude?"
Tan Zhongzhong raised his voice a bit.
Tan Zhenghong calmly said: "The relationship severance book has already been written."
Tan Zhongzhong gritted his teeth, he had indeed forgotten that detail, but he still wanted to get some money out of the third branch.
"You’re the capable one, Fourth, even severing ties with your own parents. I’m just wretched, and can only think about it in this life."
Tan Zhongzhong was as good at making snide remarks as any woman.
Little Wang Clan happened to be passing by and chimed in: "Fourth Boss, no matter what, your parents gave birth to you. They still have to pay for your family’s braised meat. You’re really heartless!"
Tan Zhenghong replied with annoyance: "Isn’t it all thanks to you?"
The idea of framing Qiao Duo for an affair with Sun Erhu must have been hers, and now she was biting like a mad dog.
She really had some nerve!
Thinking about that incident made Little Wang Clan’s heart fill with even more hatred. That fool Qiao Duo had made her lose face!
And even now, when she went out, people still whispered behind her back!
Tan Zhongzhong gleefully said: "Second sister-in-law, many people say you’re a troublemaker. If not for the bad water in your belly, the Tan Family probably wouldn’t have divided."
The division had favored the second branch greatly, a fact he would remember for a lifetime.
Little Wang Clan clenched her fists, but knowing Tan Zhongzhong’s temperament, she could only walk briskly towards the main room.
After driving away Little Wang Clan with his words, Tan Zhongzhong returned to the topic at hand: "Fourth Boss, let’s settle it then, you have to lend me a few taels of silver to tide me over until I have money to repay you."
