After inquiring about Zhao Anren's family, Li Zhang quickly said goodbye, but according to the one-legged old man, Zhao Anren's father Zhao Da had long passed away. Three of the four brothers and three sisters did not live to adulthood. Among them, Zhao Anren's second brother died in the war, the fourth brother died due to illness, and another sister did not live to adulthood. The remaining two sisters were already married.

When Li Zhang learned about the above situation, he couldn't help but sigh. This is the case in this era. The number of children born does not mean that they can survive, especially the premature death rate of children. Although it has not been counted, it is absolutely scary. Zhao Anren's family is a microcosm of the ordinary family of the Song Dynasty. In fact, let alone ordinary people, even the children of the emperor often die prematurely. For example, Zhao Heng and Zhao Zhen and his son were deeply harmed.

After knowing the situation at Zhao Anren's family, Li Zhang immediately said goodbye to Zhao Anjie and his son. However, when he left, he also left some money for Zhao Anjie and his son. The amount was not large, only ten cents, and it was his private investment. The main reason was that the amount of money given by Zhao Anren was worth hundreds of cents, which could not be broken at all.

At the same time, in a small yard southwest of Hejian Prefecture City, Zhao Andong sat next to him with a frown. His wife Xu was crying secretly. The two married sisters were also back. In addition, his fourth brother Zhao Anli, it can be said that it is rare that the four of them were gathered so together, but now everyone has a sad expression on their faces.

On the hospital bed next to Zhao Andong's brother and sister, an old lady with white hair was lying there, with no blood on her wrinkled face, and she groaned in pain from her thin lips from time to time. Although the children next to her were eager to share the pain for the old mother, they were powerless.

"Brother, the Chu family is a large family, and they are also a local family. There are people who know each other on the official side. Now our store has been blocked. If it really doesn't work, we might as well just sell the store and go back to Zhaojia Village to avoid being angry with such people here!" At this time, the tall Zhao Anli was the first to speak. Although his name contains the word "Li", he is actually impulsive and irritable. He caused trouble for his family when he was young. He has only been much more restrained after getting married and having children in recent years.

"No, our mother took our family and worked hard to get the store down. You can't give up easily no matter what!" Zhao Andong shook his head very resolutely at this time.

In order to escape the war, the Zhao family fled from Leshou County to Hejian Prefecture. At that time, Zhao Andong and others were still young and relied on their father to work hard to help people unload goods. The mother also had a good hand and could only gain a foothold in Hejian Prefecture.

Later, his father passed away. Zhao Andong's mother, the old lady lying on the hospital bed, took the burden of the family and weaved the cloth day and night with her two daughters. Zhao Andong's brothers sold it everywhere, and then they gradually gained some savings and bought a store to make a living by selling cloth. It can be said that this store is the hard work of their family for decades and their lifeblood. The whole family relies on this store to live, so Zhao Andong naturally is reluctant to give up this store.

"If it really doesn't work, why not marry Sanniang?" At this moment, Zhao Andong's wife next to her wiped her tears and suggested in a low voice, but when she said these words, she also showed a heartache expression.

The Zhao family's cloth shop was originally well-managed, at least there was no problem in supporting the family. Mrs. Zhao had long since no need to weave cloth himself. The cloth shop mainly collected cloth from other places and sold it in Hejian Mansion. However, some time ago, some major events happened to the Zhao family's cloth shop.

The Zhao family's cloth store is not large in size, mainly selling linen cloth. The price of silk is too high, so they can't afford it. However, some time ago, Zhao Andong found a way from a friend and bought a batch of very cheap cotton cloth from the capital. The cloth is thick and wear-resistant, and it is comfortable to wear on it. As a result, it was loved by the people of Hejian Prefecture and the sales were very popular. The Zhao family's cloth store also became famous and its income increased several times.

This was originally a good thing, but the Zhao family didn't know that opportunities were often accompanied by risks. The Zhao family cloth store was not eyeing at first, so no one paid attention to it. Now that the business is so good, it naturally aroused the jealousy of others. For example, the local Chu family first came to buy their store, but Zhao Andong was naturally unwilling to do so. As a result, the Chu family used the power behind it and actually blocked the Zhao family cloth store.

What's worse is that Zhao Andong's third daughter is just fifteen years old this year and is quite beautiful. After seeing this, the eldest master of the Chu family actually wanted to force Sanniang to take Sanniang as his concubine. Zhao Andong naturally didn't want to. As a result, the Chu family made a statement, either giving them a low-priced store or sending Sanniang to their mansion, otherwise their Zhao family would not want to stay in Hejian Mansion again.

Faced with the bullying of the Chu family, the old lady Zhao, who had always been strong, fell ill in anger. Zhao Andong also called her younger brother and sister to discuss, but their Zhao family was poor, and the husband's family of two sisters was also a small family, so she couldn't help at all, so now the whole family is almost worried.

"No, even if the store is sold, you can't let Sanniang be a concubine for the Chu family!" Zhao Andong refused without hesitation about his wife's proposal, because he knew that although the Chu family said that as long as Sanniang was married, they would not want their store again, but Zhao Andong had been in the business world for many years, so he naturally knew that as long as his daughter married, the Chu family would definitely use this relationship to force the cloth store. Even if the cloth store still had the Zhao family's sign on the surface, it would actually belong to the Chu family.

"Brother is right, sister-in-law, don't think so. The Chu family is just a group of hungry wolves who eat people and don't spit bones. If Sanniang is sent over, it will be really a sheep that way. Our Sanniang cannot suffer that hardship!" At this time, Zhao Andong's younger sister said that she married a small clerk in the Hejian Prefecture Office. Although she had no power and could not help, she could inquire about a lot of useful information and knew the evil deeds of the Chu family than other people in the family.

"Auntie, I'm not afraid, send me over. Maybe the Chu family will really keep their promises, and our family will be saved by then!" At this moment, a pretty girl rushed in and shouted. She had been eavesdropping outside the window for a while, and he also knew about the family's affairs recently. For the sake of the safety of her family, she would be willing to jump into the fire pit.

"What are you doing when you say that you are? Get out quickly!" Although Zhao Andong felt sorry for his daughter, he was used to being strict and scolded him sternly. However, just as Zhao Andong finished speaking, he suddenly heard the old lady Zhao on the hospital bed moaning, and then he slowly opened his eyes...

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