Chapter 177 Brilliance of Ancestors
As these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room tensed suddenly.
Even Lady Jiang couldn’t help but lift her head to look at Wang Laozhu.
Wang Yongzhu only touched his forehead and knew this matter wouldn’t just fade away. Once Wang Yongan really took action, with just a few words, he managed to coax Wang Laozhu, who had already been disappointed in him, back to his side, convincing him so thoroughly as if he were under some spell.
If it were a trivial matter, Old Granny Zhang, seeing the head of the family flare up like this, would have just silently accepted it.
But today’s issue was about the livelihood of more than a dozen people in the Wang Family; she couldn’t care less about others, but she had to consider her own elder daughter! If they sold the land to gather money for the second son to buy an official position—
The second son, following that County Official to other places, hinted that the ones who would accompany him were the elderly couple from the Qian Family, not his own people.
Who knew where the second son would go? What if the journey was far? What then?
Who could guarantee that once the second son had money in hand, he would return it to the family? Even in the county town, after so many years of not paying family dues, would he send silver back home once even farther away?
Daydreaming, right?
What would she and her elder daughter do then? How would this whole family get by? Wait to starve to death?
After gulping down a couple of drinks, he couldn’t even remember his own name.