In the small courtyard of the Hong family in Jingzhao Mansion, the Hong Fu family of eight was eating around a large round table.

When Wang Chongyang dismissed the domestic servants, he gave each person a sum of property. Hong Fu's father, Hong Anren, got a small courtyard and a little silver.

At that time, Ke Hong had already died, and Hong Anren was only a teenager.

When he was young, he suddenly had a huge amount of money, and he couldn't control it, so he spent all day drinking, spending extravagantly, and he wiped out the silver and the silver in a few clicks.

In the end, I had to find a job to get by.

Later, Hong Anren became a parent, and he gave birth to Hong Fu, an only son.

Hong Fu grew up in a poor family, learned the lessons of his father, and after getting married, he wanted to have more sons, and when his son grew up, he could honor himself.

Hong Fu gave birth to a total of five sons and two daughters. The eldest and third are married, but they have not yet given birth to children. The second and fourth are daughters, and in order to reduce the burden on the family, they married early.

"Dad, you said that we won't wait for the seventh child to start eating, won't it be good? The boss looked at the family moving chopsticks and hesitated.

"Whether you eat or not, when the seventh will come back, it's not for sure, you have to do the work later, if he doesn't come back, you will go hungry." ”

A woman with slightly shaved cheekbones at the table said that it was the eldest daughter-in-law.

When the boss heard this, he didn't speak, but resignedly picked up the rice bowl and began to pick up the rice.

The woman hated the iron and steel, glanced at her man, and whispered to Hong Fu, "Dad, you said that the seventh child didn't bring back a penny during this time, will he hide it?" ”

Hong Fu frowned, pondered for a moment, and replied, "When the seventh brother comes back, I'll ask him well."

Keep an eye on him, and tell me if you find him hiding money.

He is a child, and he can't control the money, so he might as well take it out and subsidize the family for a few of you. ”

When several people at the table heard this, they immediately smiled. Only Hong Fu's wife persuaded him, "Daddy, Lao Qi has given us enough money on weekdays."

It's as good as his brothers combined, even if he really saves some money, it's nothing. ”

Hong Fu slammed the bowl on the table and yelled, "You are a woman, you know a fart." He took the money to eat and drink well, is our family hungry and cold?

The fifth and sixth children have not yet married, and you also know how much dowry is needed to become a marriage, and this money has to be used to let his two brothers marry daughters-in-law first.

Also, the eldest and the third have been married for so long, and they don't have their own house, which is like a word. ”

The family is silent, and although the eldest is not very willing to rely on his younger brother, he does need a house now.

The same goes for the second child.

As for the fifth and sixth children, they are also afraid of speaking for Hong Qi, which will lead to no money for marrying a daughter-in-law in the future.

Seeing that no one spoke for Hong Qi, Hong's mother looked at Hong Fu in fear, and said cautiously, "But the money that Lao Qi earns is all money with a bad conscience."

Daddy, otherwise, let the seventh go and find a job in a down-to-earth manner. ”

Hong Fu's face darkened, "How can the money for doing the work be enough for our family."

Except for the eldest brother, none of his brothers have decent jobs.

Don't you want to hug your grandson anymore?

Shut up, I'll be upset when I hear you talk, eat. ”

And they all ate in silence.

At noon when the sun is scorching, the wind does not blow, and the birds do not call.

The Hong family, who had just finished eating, suddenly heard a lively scene outside the courtyard.

"The people inside are all getting out of here. A family member shouted at the Hong family's courtyard.

Behind him is a rich son, and Hong Qi, who was pressed to the ground by several family members and couldn't move.

"Old Seven!" The Hong family all walked out, and when Hong's mother saw her son who was lying on the ground, she instinctively shouted, and was about to rush over, but was stopped by the two daughters-in-law.

Hong Fu smiled and arched his hand, "This son, what do you mean by this, is it that my unsuccessful son collided with you." ”

The rich boy snorted lightly, "This kid sold me a jade pendant last month, saying that it was Dongying's evil jade, and he sold me a full eighty taels."

Yesterday I let the shopkeeper of my pawnshop slap my eyes, good guy, it turned out to be just a piece of waste jade, worth a few dollars at most.

The deception has deceived the head of this son, what do you say, is it private, or is it an official. ”

"If you are private, you will return the eighty taels of silver. Hong Fu said with a painful face.

The rich boy took out the jade pendant, spread it in the palm of his hand, and pointed at the jade pendant with the other hand and said, "Eighty taels?"

This son wore such a piece of broken jade for a month.

He sells things, and he sells fakes, at least he has to pay three for one fake. ”

When Hong Fu heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Two hundred and forty taels, our family can't take it out, and ask the son to raise his noble hand." ”

"You can't take it out, right, call me, and then take it to the official. ”

A group of family members began to punch and kick Hong Qi on the ground.

"I didn't expect this seventh member of the Hong family to be such a person. ”

"There are few good goods in their Hong family, only one of the boss of the Hong family has serious work, and the others are pickled goods. ”

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Listening to the gossip of the villagers around him, Hong Fu's eyes turned cold.

"Don't fight, don't fight, we'll give money. Hong Mu said urgently.

"Smack"

Hong Fu gave Hong's mother a slap and shouted, "I want to give it to you, I don't have any money, this beast is doing some indiscriminate things behind our backs, and my Hong family doesn't have him."

You get the hell out of here. ”

After that, he grabbed Hong's mother by the collar and dragged her back to the small courtyard.

"Dad, mother, brother, help me. ”

Several brothers hesitated, but they didn't want to stand here and be poked in the backbone by the villagers, so they went back one after another.

"You don't go in yet, and you don't have the money to help him. The boss's daughter-in-law twisted the meat on the boss's waist, and then dragged the boss back who had stopped still.

Seeing that his family didn't care about him, Hong Qi's heart sank, and he stopped struggling, and let his family members beat him.

The rich boy waved his hand and motioned for the family to stop.

Then he squatted down and said to Hong Qi, "You have to think about it, you will go to the government later, according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, you will die."

My son also inquired, you sold so many fake jade pendants, why do you have a few hundred taels.

Why, you really want money and don't want to die. ”

Hong Qi grinned in pain, and said bitterly, "I gave all the money to my father." ”

The rich boy shook his head and said, "Stained, your father's heart is ruthless enough, forget it, your life is not worth a few dollars."

This son sees that you have a bit of brains, it is better to sign a deed of sale, do things for me in the future, and when your debts are repaid, I will repay you the deed of sale.

But after all, you have to pay back two hundred and forty taels, and the interest will be calculated separately. ”

Hong Qi nodded, and thought that the family would rather die for the sake of money, and tears couldn't help but flow.

The rich son greeted, and the two family members carried Hong Qi and went to the mansion.

In the small courtyard of the Hong family, Hong's mother knelt on the ground and begged Hong Anren, "Daddy, you can take out the money to save the seventh child."

I remember the money that Lao Qi gave you in the past two years, a total of four hundred and eighty taels.

Why do you have three hundred taels on you now? ”

Hong Fu sighed and said in a deep voice, "Old Seven, this incident happened, and he will definitely never be able to do this in the future."

In the future, it is not up to us to raise it.

If he is rescued, he will be poked in the back by his neighbors every day.

With this money to save him, it is better to give him a few brothers to use for a small business.

As for Lao Qi, he can't die at this point, at most he will sell himself to pay off his debts, maybe he will find a good family, which is better than following us.

This money should be used as a return to our parenting grace.

In the future, we will break off with him. ”

Several children chimed in and persuaded Hong's mother.

Hong's mother has been a peasant girl since she was a child, and she doesn't understand the law, so she thinks that Hong Qi is really fine when she goes to the government, so she no longer pleads.

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After a while, Hong Qi was taken to a mansion, the Hou Mansion.

This rich son's name is Hou Dequan, and he is the young master of the Hou Mansion.

His father is the owner of this Hou Mansion, and he was born to the former Prime Minister Hou Baoliang and his maidservant.

Considering the harmony of the family, Hou Baoliang assigned the illegitimate son to Jingzhao Mansion as a counselor.

In the study, Hong Qi knelt on the ground and pressed his handprint on a deed of sale.

Hou Dequan picked up the deed of sale, nodded and said, "Hong Qi, you will be a member of my Hou Mansion in the future, and when you pay back the money, I will return the deed of sale to you."

This is the shopkeeper of the king, who specializes in taking care of the dental business of the Hou Mansion, and will go to Kaifeng Mansion to establish a dental shop in a few days.

Now there is a shortage of manpower, so you will follow the shopkeeper to Kaifeng Mansion, and the shopkeeper will discuss with you in detail when the salary comes. ”

Hong Qi's eyes were blank, he looked at Hou Dequan, then at the shopkeeper Wang, and nodded.

"This son is not unkind, you are allowed to go home these days.

Individual. ”

Hou Dequan put the deed of sale into the cabinet and locked it.

"Thank you, Childe. ”

Hong Qi thanked him with a little gratitude, and then was taken down by the housekeeper to wash up and change out of the dirty clothes that had been torn on his body.

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