Chapter 328 A family dies tragically

Tao Daben sat on the bow of the boat and sighed!

After Tao Erben tied the cable on the dock, he jumped on the bow and said, "Brother, don't be anxious! There is no end to the road!"

Tao Daben shook his head and said: "Brother, the money we earn every month is not enough to repay the interest. The principal is increasing every month. If we continue like this, it will be a desperate road!"

Tao Erben thought that his life at home was quite happy, but all the changes happened in the past few months. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's all because of the stupid Japanese devils!"

Tao Daben's family of four, two brothers, father and mother, live in the suburbs of Chongqing. The family owns a sailboat and they live a peaceful life by ferrying people and hauling goods. In addition to making a living as a family, the money earned by the sailboat can also earn a little.

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In the 27th year of the Republic of China, a large number of people happened to be moved, and the factory was relocated from Wuhan. The demand for shipping suddenly increased a lot. Seizing this opportunity, Tao Daben and Erben worked day and night to sail the ship.

, accumulated fifteen or six hundred yuan. The family married Tao Daben and was about to renovate the wooden house at home into a two-story brick building.

The Tao family went to the Zhang family next door to find a wife for Tao Erben. Because the house was not enough, they planned to let Erben marry his new daughter-in-law after the new house was built.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese plane came to bomb. By chance, an aerial bomb fell on the Zhang family next door to the Tao family's house and exploded. All the Zhang family members were killed, the houses of three families were flattened, and a fire broke out. The two elders were killed.

He and Erben’s unmarried daughter-in-law were all burned to death. Not only that, they also burned all the eight to nine hundred yuan saved at home!

Daben's daughter-in-law went back to her parents' home and escaped the disaster.

When the two brothers Da Ben and Er Ben learned about the situation and went home, they were dumbfounded. With tears in their eyes, they reluctantly dug out their father and mother from the ashes, with only half of their bodies left.

During the burial, the brothers had no money, so they had to temporarily borrow a loan shark of 600 yuan from an "old ghost" to bury their parents and their fiancée.

According to normal circumstances, the money earned every month can not only repay the interest of 60 yuan, but also part of the principal. In this way, if you pay it back slowly, you will be able to pay it off one day.

However, since then, the motor and sailboats have either been requisitioned by the military and police for free, or they have been inspected, detained, and fined. The money earned every month is much less than usual.

In this way, not only does the principal of the usury loan not decrease, but money is borrowed every month to repay the interest, so the principal keeps increasing.

As soon as the brothers got anxious, they started to do side jobs in transportation. As long as they could earn more money, they would do it even if it was illegal! In this way, they were caught, detained, and fined more often. The loan shark's principal kept growing.

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The house at home was not built, so Tao Daben had to take his daughter-in-law to live on the boat. The family's food and drink expenses were high. At the same time, because there were women on the boat, some money-making jobs could not be taken on, and the money was even less.

This is why Tao Daben sighed.

Just when Tao Daben and Tao Erben were speechless, two men in their twenties, one tall and one short, came up from the pier.

The tall man asked Tao Daben: "Can your boat be sold?"

Tao Erben was so impatient that he couldn't hear the word "selling a boat"? He immediately stepped forward and cursed: "Get out! I am the ancestral boss of the boat, what kind of boat are you selling!"

Tao Daben had never thought about selling the boat in the past. However, when he thought that selling the boat could pay off the usury loan and have thousands of yuan extra, he could build a house, marry his second brother, and use the remaining money.

It is better to use the money to do business than to multiply profits like this. He immediately stood up, stopped his brother, and asked: "What price are you willing to pay for my boat?"

Tao Daben's sailboat is almost exactly the same as Yu Zecheng's boat. However, the price of the boat has increased now. The normal price is about more than 1,000 oceans. It costs more than 4,000 yuan to convert into French currency.

The tall man stretched out a hand and pressed his big finger into the palm of his hand: four thousand yuan!

Tao Daben had never thought about selling a boat, but today he decided to give it a try. He said: "Five thousand yuan! If you want to buy it, I will sell it! If it is lower than this price, there is no need to negotiate."

In Tao Daben's opinion, if he can sell it for five thousand yuan, he will get all the money. If he can't sell it, it doesn't matter.

The tall man and the short man looked at each other for a while, and he said, "Will you pay the transfer fee?"

At that time, Chongqing had very strict management of ships, and a 5% transfer fee was required to transfer the ownership. In addition, the buyer had to register at the Inspection Office and Wharf Inspection Office.

Tao Daben calculated the accounts and found out that the transfer fee was only 250 yuan. He sold the boat and paid off the loan shark for 750 yuan, and still had 4,000 yuan left. It cost him 1,000 yuan to build a house and marry his brother a wife.

Spend one thousand yuan. This will leave two thousand yuan, which is more than enough to open a store. He said: "Okay! Deal!"

Tao Daben and Tao Erben took the two guys, one tall and one short, to the dock and asked someone to write two sales contracts.

The short man paid a 30% deposit, and the four of them went to the dock inspection office of the inspection office to register together.

After the registration was completed, the short man paid the remaining 3,500 yuan to Tao Daben.

In this way, the entire purchase and sale transaction was completed. The four people returned to the ship to handle the handover.

Although Tao Daben was a little reluctant to give up, he felt a lot more relaxed when he thought that he would be freed from the troubles of loan sharking and would no longer look at the fierce face of the bald old man. He said to Erben, who was also reluctant to part with him: "Brother! We

After paying off the loan shark, the first thing to do is to build a house; the second thing is to marry you a wife; then our family of four will open a shop and do business, so as not to be adrift on the ship!"

When Tao Erben heard that his brother was going to marry him a wife, a smile immediately appeared on his face. He said, "By then, we will not be a family of four, but a family of five!"

"Yes! Yes! That's five!" Tao Daben was very happy! Because his wife was pregnant. When the house was built, she wouldn't have given birth yet!

When handing over the sailboat, Tao Daben's wife had already moved the quilts and daily necessities on the boat to the deck. She saw that there was a pair of chopsticks and two bowls in the cabin, so she entered the cabin again.

At this time, the short man shouted in the cabin: "Tao Daben, Erben, why is there leakage in your cabin?"

Tao Daben and Erben were moving things from the deck to the bottom of the ship.

"Impossible...is it possible?" Tao Daben lost confidence as he said this. Because the person who bought the boat had already paid, is it necessary to lie to himself?

Tao Daben jumped out of the cabin. He was immediately shocked! His wife was lying in the cabin and fell to the ground, but her face was facing the sky, her face was gray, there were bloodshot eyes at the corners of her mouth, and her eyes were motionless! He immediately jumped on

He went up and shouted: "Daughter-in-law! Wife-in-law! What's wrong with you?"
Chapter completed!