Chapter 223 - 223 This Is A Great Filial Son
223 This Is A Great Filial Son
As expected, after Mo Ruyue said this, Constable Wang immediately replied, “Of course I have to point it out in front of everyone, or else how am I going to go back and report to the first master?”
When he said this, he narrowed his eyes and stared at the money bag in Mo Ruyue’s hand. He said thoughtfully, “Could it be that there’s not enough money in here?”
Even Qn Shi looked at Qin Xu suspiciously. She felt that something was wrong. The key to the family’s money box had always been with her, and every month, the second branch’s expenses were strictly controlled. Where did they get the money to gather these ten taels of silver?
Originally, she was worried that Qin Xu had to sell the land in the family to be able to take out the money. Now that she saw him in such a tight spot, could it be that he really couldn’t take out the money and was just pretending to be fat?
“Lady Qin, please count the fine silver now.”
When Constable Wang saw that Qin Xu didn’t say anything, He understood what was going on. He immediately turned around and asked Mo Ruyue to count the fine silver.
“Constable Wang, Sister-in-law, there’s enough money inside, but there’s a small problem with it.”
Qin Xu quickly explained and conveniently pushed out Qin Qingyuan, who had been standing with the Wang family.
“Sister-in-law, you know that Qingyuan was bitten by a poisonous snake. Also, Madam Wang was too tired to take care of Qin Qingyuan, so she accidentally fainted and broke her head. When our family came to you for consultation and medicine, we spent a lot of money.”
“I had enough money at first. All the adults and children need to take medicine to recuperate, so I’m just short of a little bit.”
Qin Xu stretched out his little finger and gestured with it.
“Why are you explaining so much? If it’s not enough, it’s not enough. Who cares about your reasons?”
Someone in the crowd sneered, and the crowd that had stopped talking began to clamor again.
“I was wondering how confident this guy was when he came just now, as if he wouldn’t let go of anyone who bullied his mother. It turns out that he’s just a wax spear head that looks like silver. He’s just pretending to be something he isn’t! ”
“That’s right. If I remember correctly, it’s still a few days behind the official date. How could he not gather enough? I think he’s trying to renege on his debt!”
“This is about how long i’ll be in jail, and this is something that can be discussed?”
As the discussions drilled into their ears, not only Qin Xu couldn’t keep a straight face, but even Madam Wang and her two children lowered their heads deeply, wishing they could find a hole to hide in.
Qin Shi looked at her son in a daze, as if she suddenly didn’t know him. She never thought that her second son really didn’t gather the fine silver and didn’t risk his life to save her as she had expected.
“No, no, you’ve all misunderstood. i’m not trying to renege on my debt! The main thing is, the main thing is that my mother has the power to control the family, and the key to the money box is in her hands, so even if I have money, I can’t get it!”
“I was thinking that I could take advantage of this day to ask my mother for the key to open the money box. Then I could immediately pay all the fine silver!”
As soon as Qin Xu’s voice fell, Qin Shi seemed to come to life again. She immediately covered her waist with one hand and scolded loudly, “Second Son, this is mother’s money! you’re actually thinking of doing this?”
“Mother, isn’t this a temporary measure? Let’s not talk about the trouble you caused, it’s not appropriate to put the fine on you. Right now, I’m just short of a few taels of silver for you to make up for it temporarily. How about this, I’ll write you an IOU and pay you back in the future, is that okay?”
Qin Xu’s words seemed to make some sense, but Qin Shi did not think so.
“I think you want to take my key so that you can control my money box in the future, and no one can stop you from spending money, right? Second Son, don’t think I don’t know that you’ve got a huge debt outside again. You’ve almost sold all the chickens, ducks, pigs, and dogs in the house to pay off your debt!”
“No, no, I don’t agree, I definitely don’t agree!”
In a moment of desperation, Qin Shi had dug out all of Qin Xu’s secrets. Right now, all she could think about was to protect the key to her money box and couldn’t care about anything else.
“Mother, you’re still thinking about these things at a time like this? Isn’t this also to make up for your fine silver? You didn’t use it on me. Can’t I return the key to you later?”
Qin Xu didn’t expect that Qin Shi would expose him in front of so many people. He couldn’t keep his face and couldn’t help but roar in anger.
The mother and son had turned against each other on the street, and there was no trace of the “kind mother and filial son” from earlier.
On the other side, Mo Ruyue had already counted the money in the bag. Taking advantage of the gap between the mother and son’s quarrel, she said, “I’m still short of six taels of silver. Who’s going to give me more?”
“How many taels are you short of?”
Someone asked in surprise.
“Six taels.”
Mo Ruyue replied clearly. This time, everyone looked at Qin Xu with a strange gaze.
“Six taels? From what he said just now, we were thinking that we were only short of two or three taels, but it’s actually six taels? Why didn’t he just ask for ten taels?”
Someone said disdainfully, and the people beside him immediately echoed.
“That’s right, it’s not even half of the fine. He still wants to use his mother’s retirement money to supplement it. Tsk, tsk, what a filial son!”
“I saw that his wife and child’s faces did not look good, so they must have been injured. But why is this man’s face glowing? He doesn’t look tired at all? ”
Someone noticed another point and immediately shouted loudly, Drawing everyone’s attention back to Qin Xu.
Qin Xu didn’t expect the situation to take such a sharp turn for the worse, and he had indeed overlooked this point. these days, he had been living comfortably in the city’s inns. as for where the money came from?
Qin Shi had guessed it right. He had secretly sold two acres of land at home and got nearly three taels of silver, which was enough for him to spend during this period of time. Moreover, he only cared about his own happiness and did not take a single copper coin home.
As for the four taels of silver now, he had sold the last two pigs in his house and shamelessly asked for two taels of silver from the village. He said that he would return it immediately after he got the key to the Qin family’s money box.
In this way, he had not taken anything from himself. He had only managed to gather four taels of silver by secretly selling things at home. In the end, he still had to give the change to Madam Qin. However, this was not the end.
Once the key to the Qin clan was in his hands, he could forget about leaving the things inside.
Qin Xu estimated that his mother’s retirement money could still be a few dozen taels. After all, in addition to the military pay, Qin Ming also sent home jewelries and utensils, which were worth a lot of money if they were sold.
The jewelry was originally for his ex-sister-in-law, but unfortunately, that woman had a short life. When she gave birth to Qin Qingwan, she was unable to recover from blood loss. That jewelry then fell into his mother’s hands, and he had never seen it again.
Qin Xu had already calculated all of this. Anyway, he was “borrowing” it now, and his mother still had to stay in prison for half a year. After half a year, he could just make up for the deficit.