Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 453 - 413: Weeping Bitterly

Li Mingtan stared at the thirty-three taels of silver, lost in thought.

At this moment, he was not sure whether spending the thousands of taels earned from selling the bookstore to secure a seventh-rank position at the Hanlin Academy was worth it.

Too much thinking is futile, Li Mingtan directly packed the money bag and held it in his hand ready to leave.

"Old Fourth, can’t you leave some money for your mother?" Old Lady Li was almost in tears.

Her son actually sided with his wife, cutting off her crossing fee, she was too heartbroken!

Li Mingtan put on his shoes, stood stunned at the edge of the bed, and at that moment, he didn’t know what he should do, whether to let Wu’s keep the money or let his mother take it?

After pondering for a while, Li Mingtan finally threw the money bag onto the bed, "Mother, from today onwards, you will manage the household again? Later, go to the pharmacy to get medicine for my father, and fill up the rice jar at home!"

Old Lady Li swiftly grabbed her money bag back, "I’m not going to manage the household, everything is expensive in the Capital, I can’t manage this poor household!"

Managing the household means she has to take out her own money for everyone’s use, and this whole family alone eats a lot daily, she is unwilling to manage a household with deficits!

Li Mingtan’s eyes briefly closed, after a moment, he slowly opened them, as if he made up his mind, he said, "Let’s split the family! Such a large family, my salary simply can’t sustain!"

Old Lady Li was shocked and widened her eyes, "Old Fourth, what do you mean by this? Did Wu’s pillow talk move you? Are you going to drive your parents and brothers away?"

Li Mingtan’s face turned cold, "It’s exactly as you understand, split the family, each of our four households live separately, if you’re willing to join me, you can, but my brothers, I can no longer support them."

"Then where do you want them to go?" Old Man Li roared, "The house and land at home were all sold just to secure this seventh-rank position for you, your brothers all came to rely on you, are you really going to drive your brothers and nephews out onto the street?"

Li Mingtan felt he was about to collapse, he roared, "Relying on me? What ability do I have for you dozens of people to depend on me? Let me make it clear today, I can’t support this, these past three years I’ve already tried, if it continues like this, Wu’s and I will have debts and uncountable favors."

"Splitting the family is not possible, splitting the family means your brothers have no place to live either, tomorrow, have your brothers go to the dock to carry loads and earn some money, it can cover some meal money, do you think that’s feasible?"

Li Mingtan nodded reluctantly, before Wu’s suggested that the brothers go to the dock to carry loads, but his mother always said that the brothers of a seventh-rank official doing such work would be looked down upon, and refused to let them carry loads no matter what.

"That’s all we can do!" Faced with his closest kin, Li Mingtan was helpless.

"By the way, didn’t Wu’s say her father could arrange a government official’s job for your brothers? Tomorrow, let Wu’s go back to her family to ask, see if it can be done soon, her father is the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, arranging a few government official positions is just a matter of words, right?" Old Lady Li said as she quickly tucked her money bag into her bosom, afraid Li Mingtan would take it all away again.

Li Mingtan said with resentment, "Afterwards, don’t mention Wu’s family in front of me, even without them, can’t the Li family survive?"

Old Lady Li was embarrassed by her youngest son’s bad temper, muttered, "Won’t mention, won’t mention..."

Old Man Li also said, "This illness of mine relies on care, those medicines cost two taels of silver a set, there’s no need, I won’t take them anymore!"

Before, thinking the medicine contained ginseng and whatnot, all nourishing, not taking would be a waste, Old Man Li lay on the bed pretending not to be well, now that Wu’s can’t get money from her family, he no longer pretends.

"Father, you still need to take the medicine, if you become bedridden, then I’m an unfilial son." Li Mingtan suddenly squatted on the ground, silently weeping. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Ah..." Seeing her son cry, Old Lady Li instantly felt distressed, quickly got off the bed to assist her son, "Son, don’t cry, you’re forty years old, how can you start crying suddenly?

It’s all because of Wu’s, can’t give birth, can’t support the family, back then if we hadn’t known her family had money and influence in the Capital, your father and I wouldn’t have sold the house and land."

Li Mingtan stood up, sighed deeply, "Mother, back then when Hui Niang was kept, I promised Wu’s to keep the child and release the mother, later you insisted on keeping Hui Niang, I didn’t forcefully sell her.

Now... the family is in difficulty, let’s sell Hui Niang, this way the family can be more relaxed."

Li Mingtan’s words made Old Lady Li unable to accept, "How can we sell Hui Niang? Hui Niang is the biological mother of your child, in my opinion, Wu’s can’t get money from her family, doesn’t help you, why not divorce Wu’s, it’ll save us a mouth to feed."

Li Mingtan shook off Old Lady Li’s hold on his arm, angrily said, "Mother, do you believe if I divorce Wu’s today, I’ll be expelled from the Hanlin Academy tomorrow?"

Wu’s, he’s not letting go, not to mention he and Wu’s are childhood spouses, deeply connected emotionally, just considering Wu’s family being prominent, he couldn’t divorce Wu’s and choose an illiterate sold woman as the Li family matron.

"Ah?" Old Lady Li really didn’t believe it, "Wu’s family has such power?"

"Old woman, you’re confused, Wu’s father is the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, that ministry is in charge of appointing officials." Old Man Li glared at his wife.

Seeing Wu’s couldn’t be divorced, Old Lady Li again said, "But you can’t sell Hui Niang, Hui Niang is Chang Ge’er’s biological mother, and she’s very filial to us, often massages my shoulder and legs without a word, she’s a hundred times more filial than Wu’s."

Li Mingtan seemed to have made up his mind, "Mother, Hui Niang must be sold, and sold far away, from now on Chang Ge’er’s mother is Wu’s, no one else!"

"But... Chang Ge’er isn’t close to Wu’s either..."

Li Mingtan interrupted his mother, "Then let Wu’s take care, with time he’ll get close, Chang Ge’er is only three, barely remembers things, he’ll be close to whoever raises him."

Seeing Li Mingtan’s firm attitude, Old Lady Li helplessly closed her mouth.

Thinking she’d call Hui Niang to plead with her son later, maybe there’d be a turn for the better.

The person by the bedside, said sell and plan to sell, how did her son suddenly become so ruthless?

What kind of mind fogging soup did Wu’s give her son?

Before Old Lady Li could inform Hui Niang, Hui Niang suddenly burst in from outside, fell with a thud, kneeling at Li Mingtan’s feet.

"Master, I beg you don’t sell me, I can eat less from now on, make only one set of clothes a year, no, I don’t need to make clothes, I can wear my sister’s leftovers..." Hui Niang tearfully begged Li Mingtan.