In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

He Huaian acted like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water: "Then let the four of them move back to Shiliu Village to eat, drink and live. The He family will not starve them to death. Ever since my eldest brother went to school, he has lived in the city and has never stayed with my father and mother to show filial piety. It's time for him to come back."

"You...you——" Old Mrs. He was so angry that she had a headache, "You just want to cause trouble. Third brother, what do you want?"

"Mother, didn't I tell you? Either big brother brings another 600 taels home. Otherwise, Wei will take out the account books from these years and reconcile the accounts. From now on, the whole family of the first branch will move back to Shiliu Village. Big brother will keep 10% of his salary, and the rest will be managed by the whole family. Wei will serve our parents, Daya will help with housework, and Erlang will do the same as Dalang."

He Huaian is not someone who is easy to mess with.

He has a son.

In the past, Wei and He Huaizhang were tolerated because He Huaizhang was a scholar and married the daughter of the county magistrate. Later, Wei's younger brother paid money to replace Wei's father's position.

The third wife has to rely on the first wife's support after she becomes successful.

However, after He Huaizhang became the teacher, not only did he fail to promote the third branch, he also made Dalang, who had been smart and clever since childhood, lose interest in studying and became dull. He now realized that it was probably because Wei did not want to fulfill their promise and did something to dampen Dalang's enthusiasm for studying, so that they would not have to fulfill their promise and spend money to support Dalang's studies.

Now, seeing that Huaijin and Huaibi are making great progress in their studies, and when they both pass the imperial examinations and become officials in the future, are you still afraid that these two younger brothers will not take care of the third room?

Especially the change of He Qiudi.

He Qiudi is rich.

She was willing to support her two nephews and send Dalang and Sanlang to school after the busy spring season was over.

He was not afraid of offending He Huaizhang at all.

Old Mrs. He knew that if she didn't give He Huaian a satisfactory answer today, he would not give up.

Although it was Wei who occupied the He family's grocery store and old house, Wei and He Huaizhang were husband and wife. If this matter were to become public, Huaizhang's future would be ruined.

This matter must be properly resolved.

Old Lady He refused: "This is impossible. Your eldest brother is an official. He cannot return to Shiliu Village, and I cannot manage his salary."

"If my fifth and sixth brothers pass the examination to become scholars in June, and pass the imperial examination in the autumn of next year, they will go to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination in the spring the year after. They will need to collect several hundred taels of silver to take the examinations in the autumn and spring. Where will the money come from and how will it be raised? When they become officials, their salaries will be controlled by themselves, and will not need to be managed by the He family?" He Huaian insisted.

Old Mrs. He looked solemn.

Not to mention the money to go to the capital to take the exam, even to take the exam for a scholar in Licheng, the provincial capital, or to take the exam for a juren in Kuncheng, the prefectural capital, one would have to save a large sum of money.

then.

When He Huaizhang went to Licheng to take part in the examination for the title of scholar, he spent thirty or forty taels of silver.

He went to the provincial capital to take the imperial examination twice, and each time cost more than one hundred taels.

If they pass the imperial examination and go to the capital to take the exam, I won't feel at ease unless I give them three or four hundred taels of silver for travel expenses.

It’s really that Ningyuan Prefecture is too far away from the capital.

Having spent so much money, if they passed the imperial examinations and had a bright future, Grandma He would certainly not be willing to just leave them alone and do whatever they wanted after becoming officials, without being able to control their income or be their home.

He Huaian knew what his mother was thinking, and he hit the nail on the head.

Mrs. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "I can ask your eldest brother for his salary, but asking them to move back to Pomegranate Village would be a bit too..."

"Mother, you have to think it over. If Wei doesn't come back, after the spring season is over, I will take Dalang and Sanlang to live in the city to study. Then I will live in the courtyard where my eldest brother lives now. Wei has occupied the grocery store for so many years, it's my and my second brother's turn. I won't ask for too much. My second brother and I have been in charge for as many years as Wei has."

He Huaian said nonchalantly.

He is not like He Huaiping, who has been obedient to Old Lady He since childhood.

In short.

When faced with injustice, he would make a fuss.

In the past, the He family could only look up to He Huaizhang, and he himself didn't like studying, so they had no choice but to give in to He Huaizhang.

After all, He Huaizhang is the He family's only hope to succeed.

But now the He family’s hope still lies in He Huaibi, He Huaijin, and He Qiudi.

You still want him to suffer such a great injustice? No way!

He is He Huaizhang's younger brother, not He Huaizhang's servant.

Old Lady He said in a dilemma: "But your sister-in-law is a daughter of an official family. If she comes back to Shiliu Village, will it be..."

"Miss Guan." He Huaian said stubbornly, "Wei County is surrounded by rocky mountains on three sides, and it is a barren land for exile. It's just an eighth-rank county magistrate who was donated. The Wei family at that time was not necessarily richer than the He family. Mother, you know whether Wei's dowry is a hundred taels. Don't make me expose all the bullshit in the past before you face this problem."

"Mother, you have more than one son, He Huaizhang. Our family was poor before, and your eldest brother was good at studying, so you favored him and wanted to send him away. It's understandable that you pinned your hopes on him. Now, is your eldest brother still the only hope of the He family? No, he is not. The fifth brother is as promising as the sixth brother."

"Besides, my eldest brother is unreliable. The facts are in front of us. After becoming an official, my eldest brother broke his promise. Can the He family still rely on him in the future? He can only suck the blood of the He family to support his own rise to prominence. He might even blame us for not giving him more money, not being able to donate money to him to become a county magistrate, and not being able to make him a prefect."

"He obviously has money, but he still wants you and father to pay for the fifth and sixth brothers' studies, embezzles the He family's ancestral property, and asks for money for food at home. No matter how lazy and playful I am, when it comes to making money for him, how could I lack him for a penny? I am heartbroken. Fifth and sixth brothers may not care now, but can you guarantee that they will not care for the rest of their lives?"

Hearing He Huaian scolding He Huaizhang, He Qiudi almost laughed out loud.

He Huaian spoke out all the thoughts that He Qiudi had not emphasized.

It's simply her mouthpiece.

He Huaiping is honest.

But He Huaian is not like that.

He is very smart and clever.

I just don't like reading.

In He Qingya's first life, after He Huaiping's death, the He family began to flee famine, and it was all thanks to his cleverness that the He family avoided many disasters.

Otherwise, when Yongning Prefecture suffered from severe drought for three years and then war and banditry, it would not be that only the second branch of the He family was killed, while the rest of the family escaped intact and settled down near the capital.

When Old Mrs. He was young, she earned money and always saved it, not wanting to spend it. It was he who insisted on buying a grocery store so that the family's money could make more money.

He was half responsible for the establishment of this grocery store.

So since this grocery store has been occupied by the Wei family for so many years, he is the one who resents the most in the family.

He was usually filial to Grandma He. Grandma He always believed that scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans should all be equal, and even if there was no money from farming, she would keep the land bought by the family, so he had to stay at home to help his parents with farm work.

Otherwise, he would have gone out to do business long ago.

Old Mrs. He looked sad: "Are you blaming me? Are you blaming your elder brother?"

He Huaian laughed in anger: "You are my mother, how can I blame you. But I still blame my eldest brother. We agreed that the He family would support him to be an official, and he would support his younger brothers and nephews to study. When Dalang was in the village with the old student, the old student said that he was smart, studious, and had the talent of my eldest brother and the fifth and sixth brothers. I handed Dalang over to him, but within a year, Dalang got tired of studying and refused to go to school anymore."

"And the youngest sister, she was so sensible when she was little. After living in the city for less than two months, Wei sent her back, saying that she was arrogant and domineering, and even... Anyway, I now suspect that Wei did it on purpose. She didn't want to spend money on the He family, so she slandered Dalang and the youngest sister. As for whether it was Big Brother who condoned her to do so, it all depends on what you think."

Seeing He Huaian's arrogant and cynical appearance, Old Mrs. He couldn't help but feel sad and started crying.

Compared to He Huaian's rebellion, she was actually more heartbroken by He Huaizhang's deception.

He Huaizhang is her sweetheart.

She didn't want to admit that He Huaizhang condoned Wei's actions and didn't dare to face the vicious He Huaizhang.

Just deceiving yourself.

But He Huaian broke the window paper, forcing her to face up to this extremely acute problem.