readytorunbook Chapter 127 Shen Xiaochuan Doesn't Want to Be a Bachelor!
Chapter 127 Shen Xiaochuan Doesn't Want to Be a Bachelor!
"Okay, great."
Mrs. Liu nodded vigorously with joy, smiling even more happily than when she first separated from the family and moved out.
She felt that although she had endured several years of hardship at the hands of her stepmother after marrying her husband, he was a stable man who never swore or hit anyone. He was capable but not domineering, and now that he had money, he treated her better and better. She felt that she had not married the wrong person!
While one family of four was busy moving into their new home, the Shen family was living a miserable life.
Mr. Shen was burdened by hundreds of taels of IOUs, and whether from worry or anger, he had been bedridden for several days.
In the evening, after preparing dinner, Mrs. Sun sat in the courtyard waiting for her sons to come home.
Song and her daughter worked day and night on their embroidery, hoping to earn more money so that her husband could leave Juxian Restaurant sooner.
The room was dimly lit, and the mother and daughter had many red needle marks on their fingers from being poked. So they moved to the yard to embroider instead of hiding inside.
"what……"
Shen Yinxiu gasped in surprise, her finger trembled, and she was pricked again. A drop of blood immediately oozed from the needle prick, and the pain made her face turn pale.
Madam Song hurriedly put down her embroidery to help check, "Yinxiu, let your mother take a look, oh... you're bleeding! How could you be so careless? What if the fabric gets stained with blood and they won't accept it?"
Shen Yinxiu had always been resentful of her mother's embroidery work. Now, with the family owing Juxian Restaurant more than 500 taels of silver, she was forced to work alongside her mother. Her fingers were covered in needle marks, and she could barely hold the needle anymore. She felt extremely wronged, and what would she do if her mother blamed her for the blood staining the cloth?
Her mother only cared about the embroidery and didn't care about her at all. She suddenly exploded and threw the embroidery on the ground.
"What should I do? What should I do? I'll just stop embroidering. I'm only seven years old, and I'll be eight after the New Year. Why should I have to work like an adult, working day and night?"
She poured out all the words she had kept inside for so long, then covered her face with her hands and burst into tears.
Song immediately picked up the embroidery and examined it carefully, afraid that if it was torn or soiled, it would be impossible to exchange it for money. Seeing her daughter crying so pitifully, she paused for a moment and then couldn't help but let her own tears fall down her cheeks.
"Yinxiu, if we don't embroider more, your father will have to work for the restaurant for the rest of his life. Can you bear that?"
Although Shen Yinxiu was not very old, she was also very smart. She immediately pointed out, "Grandma caused the trouble, so why should Dad bear the responsibility? With the money we earn from embroidery, even if we don't eat, drink, or sleep every day, we still won't be able to raise enough money. Whoever owes money should pay it back. I've had enough!"
Sitting under the tree, Ms. Sun listened to her granddaughter's accusations and, feeling guilty, dared not utter a sound.
Now that the sons are forced to work at the restaurant to pay off debts, the two daughters-in-law have naturally become the pillars of the family, and the only source of income depends on them.
Madam Sun dared not provoke her two daughters-in-law again.
Seeing her grandmother, who usually grumbled and cursed, with her head down and not daring to speak, Shen Yinxiu felt a surge of resentment welling up inside her, and her courage grew.
So she stood up abruptly, pointed at Sun Shi and said, "Grandma, you've done such a stupid thing, ruining all your sons. Are you just going to stay at home like a coward, not helping or doing anything?"
Sun felt humiliated and resentful after doing something so wrong, especially since even her granddaughter dared to scold her. She finally snapped.
"You dare to criticize me, you brat? I've always treated you well. I'm your grandma, how dare you talk like that? Didn't I do this for the sake of our whole family? What's wrong? When you heard it was a good opportunity to make money and enjoy life, you all supported me. Now that things have gone wrong, you all come to criticize me. You think you're worthy of my accusations?"
"Yes, yes, I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy to criticize you as an elder, so I won't help you earn money anymore. If you're so capable, go and embroider with my mother!"
After saying that, she turned around and went back into the house, slamming the door shut with a loud bang that almost knocked the door frame off.
Unable to contain herself, Mrs. Sun retorted, which angered her granddaughter so much that she went back to her room and refused to embroider. Mrs. Sun was dumbfounded.
Song, who was also holding her anger in her heart, looked very ugly. "Mother, Yinxiu is right. You were the one who caused this. You can't just expect your son and daughter-in-law to take the blame for you. You have to find a way to resolve this."
Mrs. Sun looked shocked and said, "I'm so old, what can I do? Aren't you forcing me to die?"
"If Jinzhu doesn't bring the money back, you still have your family. Go back to your family and borrow money!"
Sun was so angry that her lips trembled. She pointed at Song and said, "You, you, you... you also have a family, why don't you go back to your family to borrow money?"
Song glared at her mother-in-law and sneered, "You caused trouble, but you make your sons take the blame, and you even want your daughter-in-law to go back to her parents' home to borrow money? You're dreaming! Let me tell you, if you don't go back to your parents' home to borrow money tomorrow, then I will, and I'm not coming back!"
As soon as Shen Jiangchuan and his brothers entered the gate, they overheard their wife and mother's conversation and immediately panicked.
He immediately ran to his wife's side, grabbing her tightly and saying anxiously, "Mingyue, you can't go back to your parents' home. If you go back, what will happen to Yinxiu and Changyan? What will happen to me?"
Feeling distressed, Song immediately punched her husband and cried while complaining to him.
"Waaah... It's all your fault, it's all your fault. Ever since I married into this family, things have gotten worse every day. Now look what's happened, the family is in dire straits. What are we supposed to do?"
Let alone the two younger brothers, even when the children are all grown up, finding them spouses is difficult!
It seems unlikely that the Shen family will be able to recover within three generations!
When the youngest son heard that his second sister-in-law was having trouble even finding a spouse, he suddenly thought of the problem of remaining a bachelor.
Yes, with such a large debt, who would dare marry their daughter into the Shen family?
Do not!
He didn't want to remain a bachelor, because being a bachelor would make him a laughingstock in the whole village. He would be pointed at and gossiped about whenever he went out, with a bunch of people talking behind his back.
He can't afford to lose that person!
So he quickly ran into the house and pulled his father, who had been sick for several days, out of the house, his voice still trembling with tears.
"Dad, I don't want to be a bachelor anymore, and I don't want to work at the restaurant to pay off my debts. How about we ask my older brother to help us pay off our debts?"
Mr. Shen's steps were unsteady, his body was weak and feeble, and his face was ashen.
"I've already severed ties with him, why would I still beg him? From now on, I, Shen Yunting, will never beg anyone else!"
Shen Xiaochuan immediately said, "Father, that letter of severance you wrote in a fit of anger is completely invalid. Now is not the time to act impulsively. We should bow our heads when necessary. As long as we persuade our elder brother to help us pay back the money, what does it matter if we say a few nice words and suffer some grievances?"
The third brother, Shen Haichuan, quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, it's all our fault for being too blunt in the past. We should be more lenient from now on. As long as he can help us pay back the money, it's not hard to say a few nice words. We can't turn down money."
Mr. Shen lowered his eyes and snorted coldly, "Jinzhu's family is rich, but she doesn't even reply to a single letter. She won't even help you brothers, let alone your own sisters. The eldest brother is separated from you by a blood relationship, so it's no wonder he'd be willing to help you!"
He's already written a letter severing ties with his family, but the eldest son isn't afraid at all. In fact, the other family might be eager to sever ties with him!