Back in Lujia Town, it was already dark. In winter, it always gets dark earlier.

Ruan Huizhen sat in the carriage, thinking about what business the extra thousand oceans were going to do in the future, after all, he couldn't sit on the empty side. Although there is space in hand, you can't always get something for nothing, and you can live on space.

Ruan Huizhen is a down-to-earth person, even if she had space in her hands and didn't worry about eating and drinking in her previous life, she didn't stop working because of this, but like everyone else, she studied hard, worked, and relied on her own labor to get what she wanted.

Fortunately, at that time, it was relatively easy for a woman to survive in society, and she mixed quite well. Even now, she only uses space at this critical moment when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and as for making a fortune just by relying on space, she has never thought about it that way. After all, she was worried that if she lost space one day, she would become a waste.

Just thinking about it makes me feel terrible

"Get out, before the year is over, you will come to ask for debts, you are going to force people to death."

As soon as the carriage arrived at the door, Ruan Huizhen heard the noise outside, this business was very familiar, it was Mrs. Lu's voice.

She was shocked, got out of the carriage, and saw that there was indeed a circle of people at the door. Ruan Huizhen hurriedly squeezed through the crowd and saw Mrs. Lu sitting on the threshold crying.

"Mother!" Ruan Huizhen screamed and hurriedly went over to help Mrs. Lu.

Seeing that her daughter-in-law was back, Mrs. Lu finally found the same backbone, "Huizhen, this beast can't wait for a day, so I'll make trouble today." What do you say about this, this is to force our mother to death. Canwen, why hasn't Canwen come back yet. ”

The more the old lady shouted, the more worried she became.

Other people who watched the excitement were also a little unbearable. But at this time, everyone is unable to protect themselves, and every family is in difficulty, so no one wants to care about these things of the Lu family. After all, the Lu family was a big family at the beginning, and they deserved to suffer a little crime, so they couldn't have a good life and be given by their family.

Lu Laosan and Lu Chonghai snorted and laughed on the side, "I am a creditor, and you don't care when you come to ask for a debt." Don't scare people with death, I don't eat this. He took a puff of dry tobacco and said, "You have to take the money today, if you don't take it, you will get out of here, and use this house to pay off the debt." ”

In fact, if he hadn't been busy making connections here and there these days, he would have come to ask for debts a long time ago. He didn't want Lu Canwen to have a chance to turn over, so he got the house in his hands earlier, and in the future, his room would really ride on the head of Lu Chongming's room. Instead, let the ancestors see what kind of wreckage they chose their direct descendants.

"You brute." Mrs. Lu scolded and scolded with just one sentence, Lu Chonghai didn't care at all now, and looked at her coldly, "Give the money after scolding, or you will pack up and leave."

Ruan Huizhen glanced up at him, "Third uncle, I heard my mother-in-law say that she owes a total of three thousand oceans, isn't it?" ”

"Yes." Lu Chonghai replied indifferently, and he didn't think they could come out yet.

Ruan Huizhen said, "Third uncle, since you are here to ask for debts today, can you bring an IOU?" At the beginning, my mother didn't just write an IOU for you, who knows if it has been repaid by you. ”

Lu Chonghai was blocked by a niece and daughter-in-law at an age, and suddenly glared angrily, "You girl, you dare to talk to your elders like this, how did the Lu family teach her daughter-in-law, it's really ruined!" ”

Mrs. Lu shouted angrily, "My daughter-in-law, it's not your turn to preach." It's good to remind you, you came to ask for a debt, but you brought the IOU I wrote to you at the beginning? Without an IOU, what debt are you asking for?! ”

Lu Chonghai saw that his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law still had this energy, and sneered on his face, "If you want an IOU, I'll let people go back and get it." What should you do if you can't get the money when it comes? ”

"It's our business to pay if we don't take it, and it's your business to get an IOU or not. You can take it out first. Ruan Huizhen didn't say it clearly. lest this man be a scoundrel, and when the time comes, he will sit on the ground and raise the price, and it will be troublesome to get a usury and roll the interest.

Lu Chonghai snorted coldly and instructed the people who followed him, "Go and call Mrs. to bring all the IOUs, we are going to settle the debt here today." ”

The attendant hurriedly hunched his waist and ran away.

Seeing this, Ruan Huizhen ignored him anymore, helped Mrs. Lu to sit down, and went to the carriage to carry the ocean over, the heavy broken sack couldn't stand up straight. She simply put it on the ground and dragged it to the door, and finally dragged it over, already sweating. He gave the coachman two copper dollars for the fare, and sent the man away.

Everyone on the side saw her so busy, and they were all curious about what she had in her pocket. It's so heavy, it can't be the ocean. This doesn't look like ah, how can Dayang be in such a broken bag. And what is the situation of the Lu family, the people in the town also know that it is a problem to be able to come up with three oceans now.

Lu Chonghai also thought so in his heart, so he didn't care about anything in his pocket. Who knows where this is a rag that was picked up from.

He stood at the door, his eyes swept the courtyard inside, thinking that this would be his own house in the future, and when the time came, he would repair it himself, and it would be beautiful to live in the future.

This is the Lu family's compound.

The Lu family was not far from Lu Chonghai's house, and it was less than a quarter of an hour, and the entourage followed a chubby woman. The woman glanced at Mrs. Lu, toed high, and took out a stack of IOUs from her sleeve. "See, this is the IOU you wrote yourself, don't look like denial."

Ruan Huizhen walked over, "I'll take a look." If we don't see it clearly, we won't recognize it. ”

The third woman smiled contemptuously, took out the IOU in her hand, and didn't let Ruan Huizhen take it in her hand, "Look at it, but don't do it." Otherwise, I will take you to the officials. ”

Ruan Huizhen didn't give her a look, and looked straight at the IOU, which added up to three thousand oceans.

She helped the old lady to look at the handwriting on it, "Mother, did you write it at the beginning?" ”

"yes." Mrs. Lu nodded, very melancholy in her heart, remembering the grievances when she wrote the IOU, and the humiliation of being forced to pay debts now, and her heart came from sadness.

This should be the only IOU written by the Lu family.

She is really ashamed of the ancestors of the Lu family.

The IOU was confirmed, and Ruan Huizhen didn't delay much, opened the sack, revealing a white silver dollar from inside.

"Ahh

Everyone exclaimed in surprise and wiped their eyes, as if it was hard to believe what they saw. It's actually a silver dollar!

Mrs. Lu was also very excited, after all, after she saw Ruan Huizhen come back just now, she was not sure how much money she had exchanged for to come back, and she had no confidence in her heart. Now that he saw that he had a silver dollar, he suddenly felt full of confidence, and said to Lu Chonghai, who was also stunned, "Don't you want the ocean, you count by yourself, it's enough for three thousand, leave the IOU and get out quickly, our Lu family's mansion doesn't welcome you ungrateful brute!" ”

Lu Chonghai didn't expect that the Lu family would really take out so much ocean at this time, and he was surprised and annoyed. I thought that this house was about to arrive, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen at the last moment.

He hated the past, and asked Mrs. Lu San to count the number together.

It was the first time for the others to see such a large pile of silver dollars piled on the ground, and their eyes were hot, and they were reluctant to leave.

After waiting for a long time, I finally counted it. Under the supervision of so many people, Lu Chonghai had no choice but to stiffen his neck and admit that it was indeed three thousand oceans.

Ruan Huizhen walked over and stretched out her hand towards Mrs. Lu San, "Give us an IOU." ”

Mrs. Lu San was reluctant and glanced at Lu Chonghai. Lu Chonghai didn't say anything.

Ruan Huizhen knew that these two people didn't want to be kind, and sneered, "Now so many villagers and elders have seen it, you come to ask for debts, and we will repay the money according to the amount, what do you mean by not wanting money now, are you here to entertain people?" ”

Lu Chonghai's face was mixed, and he felt very uncomfortable. But now I can only pinch my nose and admit it. "Give it to her!"

"Humph!" Mrs. Lu snorted angrily, threw the IOU over, and turned around to ask people to put away the silver dollar, ready to carry it home.

When Mrs. Lu saw that the IOU had finally arrived, the big stone in her heart fell, tears fell on her face, and she said loudly, "In the future, it will be okay for our two families, don't come to the door again." He said to Ruan Huizhen again, "Huizhen, let's go into the house." ”

"Hey," Ruan Huizhen took the IOU into his pocket. He helped the old lady into the house.

As soon as the two of them entered the house, the vermilion door of the Lu family slammed shut. Other people who watched the excitement also dispersed.

"Phew-" Lu Chonghai spat and led his family away with his hands behind his back. After so many years, he finally encountered such an opportunity, and he turned yellow, he couldn't figure it out.

After entering the house, Mrs. Lu's mood had calmed down, and she naturally asked some questions about Ruan Huizhen's trip to the county seat.

Ruan Huizhen said that her experience of selling ginseng was full of twists and turns, "Hey, fortunately, three ginseng pieces were finally sold for 3,200 oceans." ”

"Huizhen, it's still a loss." Mrs. Lu is knowledgeable in her heart, and she knows that this ginseng will not only sell for more than 3,000 oceans. But there is no hope for the daughter-in-law, after all, the daughter-in-law has never been to the county seat, and she has never sold such a valuable thing, so it is reasonable to be underpriced.

Ruan Huizhen sighed and said, "I also know that I have lost, but I can't do it." Time is pressing, and I'm just a woman. If Canwen goes to sell, he may be able to sell it at a high price, but he can ......"

Meaning, if your son is at home, he won't lose, but he's not at home. I'm a woman, what can I do if I lose?

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she really didn't talk about it again. Anyway, now that this thing has been done, the house can be saved.

Ruan Huizhen hurriedly took the opportunity to mention it and changed the deed. Mrs. Lu was silent for a while, although she was unwilling, she didn't repay the debt, turned around and went to the room to take out the deed of the old mansion, gave it to Ruan Huizhen with trembling hands, and instructed, "Huizhen, in the future, this will be exchanged back." When Canwen gets the money back, we'll get it back. "The old lady is now a little worried that the Ruan family will feel sorry for the heirloom and will not want to return it at that time.

Ruan Huizhen said, "Don't worry, mother, I won't pay the bill." "It's going to be changed, it's just a matter of adding a string attached.

Thinking about the deed, and Ruan Huizhen also wanted to do some business, he was ready to go to the county seat again the next day.

Since going to the county seat once, Ruan Huizhen has felt more and more that the town has no future for development.

At dinner in the evening, Ruan Huizhen told Mrs. Lu about her thoughts. Mrs. Lu said, "There are still two hundred oceans here, if you use it slowly, we can eat it." Just wait for Canwen to come back. ”

"Mother, you are also from here, it's not okay to sit and eat empty. Let's earn more, and we can live a better life in the future. ”

"But you haven't done business either." Mrs. Lu still doesn't believe in her daughter-in-law's ability. I lost money selling ginseng.

Ruan Huizhen said with a smile, "It's not a big business, selling some steamed buns will always be done, you can rest assured, you won't be hungry anyway." And I've been walking around these days, and I'm familiar with these small businesses. I was originally going to keep these two hundred oceans for Huixian, but thinking that we still have to eat and drink, we can't guard the gold and silver mountains, it's better to do business, make money, and then be able to return them to Huixian, and we don't have to starve and freeze. ”

When Mrs. Lu heard Ruan Huizhen say these words, she remembered that these two hundred oceans were still the money from the Ruan family's ginseng sales, and she only said that she would repay the debt, and these two hundred oceans naturally belonged to the Ruan family. Thinking about it like this, I can't help but blush. Just now, she was thinking that this extra money could be used as living expenses for the two of them.

She sighed, "Okay, you have an idea." He looked up at his daughter-in-law, who looked different from before, and said with emotion, "Huizhen, you have changed a lot." Remember when you used to be scared to even go out. I don't dare to talk to others. ”

Ruan Huizhen was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly, "Mother, I almost starved to death once, if I don't change it, won't I starve to death again." They are all people who have gone through life and death, and naturally they can't be the same as before. ”

Regardless of whether the old lady believed this reason or not, Ruan Huizhen decided to use this as an excuse to explain her changes.

Anyway, no one starved to death and came back to life like her, who knows if people will change. When I heard more, I naturally believed it.

On the second day, Ruan Huizhen got up early in the morning, made a nest, cooked porridge, and boiled an egg by herself. "Mother, I'll go to the county seat to do errands later, I left the food in the pot, and you can eat it hot at noon." I try to get back before dark. ”

Mrs. Lu now feels more and more that she doesn't know her daughter-in-law, and she naturally can't control what her daughter-in-law wants to do, so she said, "You can go busily, just pay attention on the road." ”

At this time, she can only be glad that her daughter-in-law is indeed not as deferential as before, but she is still filial to her mother-in-law. And outside the house, there is someone who can hold it up.

At Shanghai Railway Station, Lu Canwen was saying goodbye to Lin Xiuran at this time.

As the weather warmed up, the couple had rented a small courtyard not far from home, and after tidying up, they were ready to go back to their hometown to pick up their mother to Shanghai for the elderly.

The road is far away, and Lin Xiuran is always reluctant in her heart. Especially when I thought of a woman at home who was marrying Ming Media, I was even more worried, "Canwen, I'm waiting for you in Shanghai, you have to come back quickly." ”

Lu Canwen raised his head and smiled slightly, his face full of gentleness, "Don't worry, after finishing the business, I will come back as much as I can." You also have to take good care of yourself. ”

"Hmm."

Looking at Lu Canwen's doting expression, Lin Xiuran breathed a sigh of relief. What if I take that person over, I won't live together at that time anyway, I just think of it as a servant who takes care of the old lady.

Anyway, Canwen also said that it was what the old lady liked, not what he liked. It was just a gift from him to his mother.

It's just a gift......