Chapter 312: Where Did You Get So Much Money?

Xia Qiu saw Liu Chuxue to the main gate: "Be careful on the road."

Liu Chuxue nodded at her: "The Qiu family won't be at peace these few days; just stay in the room."

Xia Qiu understood her sister's meaning: "I know."

After watching her sister walk away, Xia Qiu returned to her room.

Qiu Shaofeng followed close behind into the room; the reason he had escorted her only to the main gate and not further was to leave some private time for his wife and sister-in-law.

Seeing him enter, Xia Qiu spoke: "With Liu Chuxue here before, I didn't dare ask; regarding the money for Shaofeng's wedding banquet, what did Father and the others say?"

Qiu Shaofeng was somewhat thirsty, but he didn't touch the cucumbers, tomatoes, and melons on the table; instead, he lifted the water in the cup and gulped it down in one go.

Wiping the water from the corner of his mouth with his hand, he then said: "These years, although Great-Grandmother managed the household, Mother also went up the mountain in autumn to gather mountain goods to exchange for money, but it likely won't be enough for Shaofeng's banquet; we'll have to find a decent family to borrow some more from."

Since she married in, her father-in-law and mother-in-law had truly treated her well; after a moment's thought, Xia Qiu said: "Shaofeng, how much is still short?"

Qiu Shaofeng smiled and sat opposite her: "Don't worry; Father will find a way."

Xia Qiu slapped the hand he reached out with: "I'm asking you a question!"

Seeing his wife was serious, Qiu Shaofeng put aside his joking thoughts, cleared his throat lightly: "I'm afraid we'll have to go out and borrow another thirty or forty yuan."

Xia Qiu stood up and went toward the cabinet, opened her dowry small dressing box, took out forty yuan from inside, turned around, and handed it to Qiu Shaofeng: "Take this money to Father; let him use it for a temporary advance first; once the wedding gifts are collected, just return it to me."

Qiu Shaofeng was stunned: "Where did you get so much money?"

Xia Qiu looked at the money in her hand: "It was stuffed to me by Liu Chuxue before; she said it was extra dowry money for the family to give me, telling me to keep it just in case."

"With the family in this situation now, don't let them go out and borrow; the money is easy to repay, but this debt of favor is hard to repay."

Qiu Shaofeng lowered his head, extended a finger, and rubbed his eyes, forcibly rubbing back the moisture about to overflow: "I'll call them over."

Having finished speaking, he quickly left the room; he was afraid that if he delayed even a step, he would lose his composure.

Qiu Mu was just preparing to go out to find people to borrow money when Qiu Shaofeng called out to stop her: "Mother, where is Father?"

Qiu Mu didn't notice Qiu Shaofeng's oddness; while continuing to walk out on her own, she replied: "In the room."

Qiu Shaofeng quickly called out: "Mother, don't go out yet; Xia Qiu has something to ask you."

Saying this, he walked toward the house where Father and Mother lived: "Father, come to our room for a moment; there's something to tell you."

Qiu Fu was just preparing to go out; hearing his eldest son's words, he asked: "What is it?"

His heart felt somewhat uneasy; he feared the eldest son and his wife had objections to lending money for the younger son's banquet, since it involved repayment.

After Qiu Mu entered the room: "What's wrong? Is there something?"

Qiu Shaofeng had adjusted his mood by now: "Xia Qiu feels sorry for you and doesn't want you to go out and beg people for loans; just a few days ago, my in-laws privately gave her an extra sum of dowry money; she said to lend it to the family first for Shaofeng's banquet, and once the wedding gifts are collected, she'll be repaid."

Qiu Fu and Qiu Mu exchanged a glance; they hadn't expected Xia Qiu to bring out her own dowry at this time, nor did they expect the in-laws to have added extra dowry.

Xia Qiu handed the forty yuan in her hand over: "Mother, take this money; it saves you from going out and borrowing door-to-door."

Qiu Mu was truly moved: "Xia Qiu, Mother won't stand on ceremony with you; after the day after tomorrow when the wedding gifts are collected, I'll return the money to you immediately; if it's not enough, later when the family has money, I'll return your money immediately."

Qiu Fu also spoke: "Eldest daughter-in-law, this time we truly thank you."

(End of this chapter)