Song Dingxiang [Completed]

C27. Quarrel.

Chapter 27

"No money," Song Yulan said, sewing the child's clothes without looking up, rejecting Xu Dashan.

Xu Dashan seemed a bit annoyed, pacing back and forth on the ground for two rounds, saying, "This is serious business."

Song Yulan snorted and said, "What serious business? I understand if you want to give gifts, but why do you need money from me? Shouldn't the money for gifts come from the family?"

Xu Dashan patiently said, "You know our family doesn't have much money. Now that someone from the Xu family has become a Jinshi and will be an official in the future, it's important to make connections now so they will remember us in the future."

Song Yulan laughed and said, "Even our close relatives are too numerous to visit. Even if you give gifts, will they take care of you? And do they really need your money now? Those officials and landlords have been giving gifts to them for a long time. How much do you plan to give? Ten taels? Twenty taels? Xu Dashan, I can tell you, I won't give you a single penny."

"Song Yulan, you!" Xu Dashan seemed frustrated and said angrily, "It's only been three years since we got married, why have you changed so much? When I wanted to start a business and asked your family for twenty taels, they made it difficult. But this is a big deal now!"

"Xu Dashan, whoever has changed, I haven't changed. Are you here to argue with me today?" Song Yulan threw the child's clothes aside, glanced at her son sitting on the kang with big round eyes looking around, and said, "Fine, let's argue. Let's go argue in front of our parents."

"Who, who said I want to argue with you?" Xu Dashan tried to avoid the confrontation.

"It's you, asking me for money, right? I've made it clear, I won't give you anything. If you want to ask someone else, go ahead. I won't give you a penny." Song Yulan hugged her son, patted him, and then put him down on the floor, smiling, "Da Bao, go, go play with Heizi, from next door."

Da Bao looked at Xu Dashan, then at Song Yulan, made a soft sound, and ran off on his little legs.

Seeing his son leave, Xu Dashan felt helpless and shouted, "Song Yulan, what do you mean by this? Who are you acting weird in front of? Are we Xu family indebted to you?"

Song Yulan looked at Xu Dashan with a smile that was not a smile and said, "I'm acting weird? Fine, since you said that, let's go argue in front of our parents today." She then got off the kang bed, put on her shoes, and walked out, saying, "Your Xu family owes my sister and me. I've thought about it for a few days, tsk tsk..."

She walked quickly, came out of the east room and went straight to the main room, smiling as she entered, "Father, Mother, I heard you want to go give gifts to the Xu Qiang family and asked Dashan to ask me for money?"

Xu Qiang's parents were discussing this matter, although they had five sets of clothes, they were still surnamed Xu, and now that someone from the Xu family had passed the Jinshi exam, it was an opportunity for them to rise. As long as they established good relationships, they would definitely have a bright future.

Currently, they only had ten taels of silver in hand, and they felt it wasn't enough to buy anything, so they asked Xu Dashan to ask Song Yulan for money. Even though they said that, being called out like this by their daughter-in-law made the two old people feel a bit embarrassed.

Wang shi smiled and said, "What are you talking about? Asking for money or not asking for money... we're all family..."

Song Yulan also laughed. She sat on the chair near the window and said, "Just now Dashan and I were both anxious. He said that when he wanted to start a business, he asked my family for money, and they didn't give it, making things difficult for him. I don't think things should be put this way. Now, you want to give gifts to Xu Qiang's family and are asking me for money... Father, Mother, when I got married, I brought twenty taels of silver as dowry. I've basically used that money to buy things for this family over the years. Now you want money from me, where should I find it?"