Chapter 13: Sister and Brother
After Gao sent Cen Erniang away, he hurriedly glanced at the pieces of paper that Cen Erniang handed over to her, confirmed that it was basically correct, and burned it. Seeing that those pieces of paper were burned to ashes, the depression in Gao's heart was only slightly discharged.
Cen Erniang said that she didn't want to leave the Cen family, so she was reminded of the situation. The matter of banishing a family of five in the second room needs to be done as much as possible, otherwise it will change later.
But those elders in the clan still need a lot of silver. Now, she had no money in her hand. There are still two or three Zhuangzi left, which are also left for their own retirement, and they can't move. The eldest daughter-in-law, Feng, has more money than her, and it is estimated that there are only one or two Zhuangzi and two small shops left, and she has to feed so many people in the big house, so she will definitely not be able to come up with extra money.
It seems that she has to find her brother to think of ideas for her. Gao instructed Mama Zhao to go to Lotus Alley in person and invite the third master of high school.
As a result, as soon as Mama Zhao arrived at the gate of Tinglan Courtyard, Zhao Erzhu, the porter, led the senior high school master who was dressed in an ochre-colored gold silk robe and full of wealth and nobility with a smile on his face, and walked through a red plum that bloomed extremely vigorously towards Tinglan Courtyard.
Mama Zhao was overjoyed when she saw the third master, and immediately sent her nephew Zhao Erzhu and personally led the third master to the conservatory in the flower hall.
Gao was depressed these days and had trouble sleeping at night. During the day, after lunch, I will crook on the couch in the conservatory of the flower hall to recuperate.
Gao was also happy to see his brother. In the past few days, she has been tossed by Cen Erniang and her face is haggard, worried and uneasy, the whole person seems to have aged three or five years old, and even the gray hair on her temples has increased a lot. When she saw the senior master, she ordered Mama Zhao to dismiss the maids in the conservatory, and go outside to guard them in person, so as not to let people disturb them.
When only their siblings were left in the conservatory, Gao told the senior master with tears in her eyes about what she had suffered in the past few days. While complaining, she scolded Cen Erniang and Cen Erye, and complained that Uncle Cen was not doing his job, and Feng treated her as a mother-in-law insincerely.
The third master of high school is ten years younger than Gao's, and now he has just passed the age of confusion, he was born without a mother, and he was pulled by Gao's since he was a child, and he is extremely close to Gao.
Listening to Gao's complaints, seeing his sister a lot older again, he hated the second room and the family so much, and the eldest nephew and eldest nephew and daughter-in-law who were already disdainful of him were even more displeasing to him.
The family in the second room has been nesting in Xifu all day long, and he can't settle accounts with them for a while. But his eldest nephew, who is not angry, lingers all day long in Flower Street, Willow Lane, wine shops and gambling houses, and catches a quasi-child.
The third master of high school understood in his heart that although the Gao family complained about the eldest son and daughter-in-law, he did not really hate them in his heart, but he was very partial to the two of them, otherwise Uncle Cen would not have been as stubborn as he had been for more than 20 years. Except for recruiting cats and dogs, causing trouble, and losing everywhere, he will never do anything else. He silently planned in his heart, and when he left the gate of Cen's house for a while, he would go to the brothers of the Green Gang he knew, put on Uncle Cen's black bag, beat him, make his sister angry, and educate his eldest nephew by the way, so that he would run out less and cause trouble, and reduce some troubles for his sister.
Gao complained for more than an hour, and the words that were frustrated in her heart trembled, and finally remembered the matter, she said to the third master: "By the way, Cheng Yu, I am looking for you today, I have something to do, please help." ”
"What?" Seeing Gao's solemn and embarrassed face, the third senior lord said, "Eldest sister, you just say it." We sisters and brothers, you don't need to be polite. ”
Gao pondered for a moment, "That's the ......" and told the third master of high school about her difficulties, she mainly wanted to ask the third master to get some silver for her.
Those elders in the Cen family have a very high vision, and they don't have enough silver, they don't pay attention to you at all, she wants to dredge those clan elders, and she will ask for seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver.
That's not a small amount.
Gao also knew that although his younger brother had been out of business for many years, he had partnered with a few friends to do business because he couldn't study, and he had a lot of money, but he only had 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver a year, and he and his family spent a lot of money, so he basically couldn't save any money all year round. Let him take eighty thousand taels of silver, that is absolutely impossible.
Gao's main thing is to ask the third master to follow the path of his friends, even if it is to take the "water money" of high interest, he will prepare the silver for her, let her take care of the elders in the good clan, and get rid of the family in the second room as soon as possible.
The third master of high school listened to Gao's words and felt a little unbelievable. How could the three juniors in the second room be willing to invite themselves out of the clan and leave the comfort of the Cen family? He asked the Gao family again and again if he was really sure that those juniors would leave the Cen family.
Gao just nodded, "The words of inviting yourself out of the clan were said by Cen Erniang's little fox herself, and she also promised me that as long as I helped their family leave the Cen family safely, she would hand over the Yang Er couple who killed that day into my hands." ”
"How can she be credulous about what a girl who has not yet reached her feet said?" The third master looked at Gao disapprovingly, "Eldest sister, don't be coaxed by that little girl!" Now we should focus on finding Yang Er's two people......"
"Yang Er and his wife, I sent someone to search the West Mansion a long time ago, but I didn't find them." Gao said: "Those two were hidden by Cen Erniang, Hong'an Mansion is so big, where can we find it?" Yes, you know a lot of friends who can help. But I can't wait! ”
"Cheng Yu, you don't know, when I heard Cen Erniang say that their family was going to leave the Cen family, how happy they were! Over the years, I and Xifu have been in a serious house, but we have been pressed under the second room of the concubine, you don't know how aggrieved I am! What do people outside say about Dafang and me, you don't know when I do? Because of this, I don't like to go out all these years, for fear of listening to something that pokes my heart. ”
"Now, I just want to do my best to get rid of the plague god who is pressing on my head! It's just a dozen or two hundred thousand taels of silver, and I can afford this loss! When the second room family is driven out, the property that originally belonged to the second room will fall into my hands. In the future, your dead brother-in-law's money will not be all mine and my children and grandchildren! ”
"Cheng Yu, I have made up my mind, you don't have to say more." Gao Shi held the hand of the third master of high school and said earnestly: "You only said, are you willing to help my sister with this?" ”
"Eldest sister, your business is my business. Of course I do! "The third master of high school is out all the year round, generous, the most righteous, Gao is still his sister-in-law like a mother, not to mention that Gao asked him to help borrow tens of thousands of taels of silver, even if Gao wants him to help kill people, he will not frown!
"I'd better get the money early tomorrow morning." Gao looked at the senior master gratefully, "Cheng Yu, wait for this matter, sister, I have the family property in Xifu, and I will definitely thank you again!" ”
"Big sister!" The third high school master said unhappily: "I am willing to do things for you, where do I need to thank you!" Since you are in a hurry, I will go to my friends to scrape together the money, and send you the money as much as possible. ”
"Good!"
Gao's face was full of red light to see the third master of high school leave, only to feel that the clouds hovering above her head these days had dissipated, and she was even more grateful to this younger brother in her heart.