Li Shi blinked, "Why are you saying this?"
"Weren’t you the one who agreed for to go to Prefecture City?"
Yun Jiao suddenly chid in from the side, "That was just to get you to sell your land."
Gu i snorted and didn’t refute.
Then she asked Li Shi, "How did you co back?"
Li Shi blinked again, "I spent all the silver, so I hired a carriage to co back. When I reached my mother’s house, your elder uncle gave the carriage fare."
She suddenly started crying again, "Waaa, the gold earrings your father gave are gone."
"There was no silver for food on the road, so I had to sell them."
Yun Jiao shook her head; she was amazed Li Shi managed to return unscathed, it truly was a miracle.
When they arrived ho, Li Xi parked the carriage in the yard and helped Li Shi down.
Yun Jiao and Gu Chuan got off the carriage, only then realizing there were other people at ho.
Second Uncle Li Zhu sat by the door, looking impatient. Upon seeing them arrive, he finally got up and went inside.
Yun Jiao entered the house and found a layer of dust on the furniture.
She found a rag and cleaned off a few chairs in the main room before sitting down with Gu Chuan.
Li Xi sat down and waved his hand, "Everyone’s busy, so I’ll be brief. Today’s eting is to discuss the matter of your mother’s retirent."
"What?" Yun Jiao questioned her hearing, as she distinctly rembered that her mother Li Shi was only thirty-four years old!
Li Xi glared at Yun Jiao, "Why are you so startled?"
"I an, each of you sisters should give your mother two taels of silver a year."
"I’ve checked, i Er married well, her husband’s family is well-off, and Yun Jiao can earn money on her own now. This amount of silver should be nothing to you."
Yun Jiao listened with a blank expression.
Gu i snorted, "Elder Uncle, where is this rule from? I have never heard of daughters supporting their parents. My mother isn’t without sons!"
"Besides, she’s only in her thirties now, why does she need retirent money?"
"Do tell, what kind of retirent is this?"
Li Shi sat behind Li Xi, holding a handkerchief to her face, her shoulders shaking as if she were crying.
Li Xi raised his eyebrows, "What’s wrong with being in your thirties? Your father is gone, if you don’t give retirent money, how is she supposed to survive?"
Yun Jiao couldn’t hold back, "Elder Uncle, shouldn’t we be discussing how to raise Gu Chuan? He’s only seven, is he supposed to earn silver to support himself?"
"My mother is in her thirties, she has hands and feet, she won’t starve."
Li Xi was montarily speechless, "Isn’t Gu Chuan raised by you? Why bother saying these pointless things."
Yun Jiao laughed in anger, "This is truly nonsense, I shouldn’t have co on this trip."
"As a married woman, who decided I should also be responsible for raising my brother?"
"I will raise Xiao Chuan, I willingly do it, but you can’t assu it’s my obligation!"
Yun Jiao pointed at Li Shi sitting far away, "Isn’t it a parent’s responsibility to raise their child?"
"Why push the responsibility to soone else?"
These two uncles are really peculiar, how co Li Shi, in her thirties, cannot support herself? Why should others look after her?"
Gu Chuan, sitting next to Yun Jiao, was on the verge of tears.
He heard more than he should have and understood his sister didn’t intend to support him anymore.
Yun Jiao realized she had gotten emotional, she patted Gu Chuan and took a few deep breaths before saying, "I will raise Xiao Chuan."
"However, about my mother’s retirent, I will not be involved."
"If you feel I’m doing wrong, just go ahead and report to the governnt. If the magistrate orders to give retirent silver, I will comply."
Yun Jiao after saying this, remained silent.
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