[251] The consequences are beginning to appear
() After the Hu family went to Ruyi Village to make a fuss, this time the people in the village who didn't know about their family and the Liu family also knew about it, and the surprise must be indispensable, but it was more of a disgust and anger at the Hu family's insatiable greed.
They know that there are many people who like Ruyizhuang in all aspects of good conditions, and they try their best to marry in or stuff people in, but marrying in itself is already a great thing, and they want to marry and want to use this to kill two birds with one stone, so greedy is really rare! Even if you have this kind of idea in your heart, you won't really say it, and you're afraid that you won't be greedy enough to get the last good thing, just like the current Hu family.
After the Hu family returned home in Ruyizhuang, the first to suffer was Hu Yun, who concealed the true content of the conversation with Liu Yan three days ago.
If she hadn't told Hu Dafu and He that Liu Yan had made it clear that he would not marry their family, they would not have lost such a big person, let alone think that Ruyizhuang would not charge them money for dinner in front of Liu Yan, Hu Hai had a good face, and he was ridiculed in front of so many people, how could Hu Dafu bear it? After going home, he questioned Hu Yun, and after asking about the real situation three days ago, he was so angry that he beat Hu Yun directly!
None of the others in the Hu family stopped her, only He reminded her not to slap her face, don't make trouble, just because Hu Yun's concealment made their family owe money, which also made her very angry, so she also felt that it was also appropriate to beat Hu Yun, otherwise it would be difficult to eliminate the anger in her heart!
Hu Yun was still crying and begging for mercy at first, but later saw that her father had no intention of stopping at all, so she could only hold her head and silently shed tears and hummed.
It was easy to wait for Hu Dafu to vent, and Hu Yun was also beaten to the point that half of his life was lost and he was lying on the ground humming, and the Hu family began to worry about repaying the debt within three days.
It is said that the general living standard of people in the city is higher than that of the people in the villages and towns, and unless the people in ordinary small villages are particularly poor, it is not too difficult to save one or two taels of silver in their hands, and the Hu family still lives in the city, and Hu Dafu and the He family are both income-earners, and it should not be difficult to get more than one or two pieces of silver.
It's no wonder that the Hu family is too good-looking! It's too hasty! The relatives of the Liu family just verbally had a meaning with each other, and the bride price was only roughly confirmed verbally, and the matchmaker was not invited to testify, that is to say, it was only in an unconfirmed state, but their family was full of thought that this matter was a certainty, and there would be no mistakes, and the result of thinking that they would be able to live a good life right away was ...... They went to their homes to buy a lot of New Year's goods, or things that were not New Year's goods and purely wanted to improve their lives.
They felt that anyway, it wouldn't be long before the Liu family's bride price money was paid, and they would be able to have at least fifty taels of silver, and now it would be nothing to spend a few taels of silver! Buy more things to have more face in front of the neighbors, so that the neighbors believe that their family is about to marry Ruyizhuang, and it won't be long before they move out of this small alley surrounded by ordinary people who live a tight life!
Under the trend of this kind of thinking, they are so ruthless in buying things, they buy a bunch of messy things, and they spend almost all the money left in the family, leaving aside the three or four hundred wen they brought with them before, there are only more than six hundred wen left in the family! As for the dowry money prepared for Hu Yun or something, they had thought about preparing it at all, anyway, the Liu family, who is related to Ruyi Zhuang and works in the village, is not bad at all, they originally planned to let Hu Yun only take some clothes from home, in order not to be too shabby when they got married, but they also made a new set of clothes for Hu Yun, and they used a piece of cloth that Liu Yan brought to their family before they had not talked to Liu Yan earlier.
But now, Hu Yun doesn't expect to have the opportunity to wear new clothes, in order to repay the food money, this dress has to be sold for money!
If their family had saved more than 600 yuan according to the previous spending method, they would have been able to spend a month or two, but now they can't save it! In three days, they will have to pay back one or two and eight hundred dollars! It's still more than a tael off! It is estimated that the new clothes can only be sold for one or two hundred yuan at most, and the fabric is still of the highest quality, but only such a dress can not solve the debt.
This can make the Hu family choke enough, and they are looking forward to the New Year, but they must avoid being sent to the official board in order to repay their debts, and find a way to sell the New Year's goods that have not been used again! And this process, naturally, there is no way to escape the eyes of the neighbors, once discovered, it is inevitable that they will know that they are on a business trip with Ruyizhuang.
The He family had not taken benefits from them on the grounds that they would help the neighbors in the future, but now they knew that their family could not marry the relatives of the Ruyi Zhuang family, so they had to come to her to get everything back.
In disguise, their family's 'debt' is much more than a tael of silver! As long as they thought that they would have to face the 'debt collectors' in the next few days or even longer, and that the few things in the house would be emptied, Hu Dafu and He only felt that there was darkness in front of them, chagrin, regret, and all kinds of feelings came up one by one, and then as expected, the couple broke out into a violent quarrel and began to complain about each other.
Hu Dafu was angry that He took too many benefits from his neighbors, and He scolded Hu Dafu for buying so many things at home in order to save face, even if they sold things now, it would definitely not be worth the money they bought back, if they didn't buy these things, there would be a lot of money left in the family, and there would be a surplus after paying back the food money, and after complaining to each other, they scolded Hu Yun, who was beaten all over the body, and couldn't catch Liu Yan's heart, and dared to fool them, if it weren't for her, they wouldn't have to spend so much money in vain to pay off the debt, Hu Hai's work was blown, Hu Xue can't get married, it's all Hu Yun's fault!
Even Hu Hai and Hu Xue followed suit and scolded Hu Yun! Even if Zhang Luo had to go to Ruyizhuang to eat, it was the four of them who didn't even take Hu Yun with him when he went, and let her take her ten-year-old son at home, and they were the ones who ate more than two taels of silver into their stomachs, and they were the ones who wanted to take advantage of more, but under the anger, these faults were all relied on
But all these faults fell on Hu Yun, and Hu Yun ...... was beaten and scolded, she was both aggrieved and angry, she didn't dare to scold her father and brother and sister in turn, but she couldn't help but resent why Liu Yan wanted to go back on her word, she obviously said that she would marry her, but she repented, causing her to be beaten and scolded, and making her family debt......
Or, poor people must have something to hate, although Hu Yun is not bad in nature compared to the rest of the Hu family, nor is he very greedy, but he has a common shortcoming, he will never find mistakes in himself, he will only rely on others for every mistake, and think that he is the most innocent.
They don't want to think about it, how innocent is Liu Yan, who really suffered from the unjustified disaster and didn't do anything wrong?
No matter how the Hu family complains and abuses each other, they are angry, the money that should be repaid always has to be repaid, and after scolding, they have to honestly sell valuable things in the house to save money, as the rumors in the city spread, even if they secretly sell things at home every time, but the neighbors who got the news still knew that the matter between the Hu family and Ruyizhuang had collapsed the next day, and they rushed to the door to ask for the words to get back the things and money given to the He family.
At this time, the debts to be repaid by the Hu family have increased again, from one tael of silver to nearly three taels! But among the three taels of silver, only Ruyizhuang's debts must be paid off within three days, and the rest of the Hu family did not think of replacing it immediately, and the He family even began to play tricks again, saying that the neighbors were willing to give them something, why should they go back, and they wanted to pay off all the excess debts.
But might the neighbors be willing? He is very spicy, but other people's mother-in-law is not a fuel-efficient lamp, as long as the Hu family does not return the things to them, don't think about a day of peace, the Hu family has only one family, but the surrounding neighbors have five or six families sent things to the Hu family, several families from morning to night sent people to scold the He family, to ensure that they have to be conservative and destroyed at all times, when to return the things and when to finish, if they have not returned, then see you in the yamen!
This is also because these people heard about Ruyizhuang's practice and competed to follow suit, although they were also more afraid to go to the Yamen, but this time the Hu family and Ruyizhuang faced each other, and they all believed that the Yamen would definitely help them get things back.
The Hu family was afraid of being sent to the official so they were in a hurry to save money to pay off the debt, and even the neighbors moved out of the golden signboard of the yamen, which made the Hu family angry enough, but they had no choice but to promise to return their things to the best of their ability.
Fortunately, although the neighbors are very disdainful of the Hu family's approach to Ruyizhuang, after all, they have lived next to each other for decades, and they will not really give them a few days to pay back like Ruyizhuang, no one knows the living situation of the Hu family better than them, and knows that if they are really too anxious to pay it back, it will force the Hu family to be anxious, and it is one thing that the things will not come back at that time, in case the Hu family does something dangerous to them again, it will not be good.
However, the IOUs that should be played still have to be made, lest the limelight pass and the He family will have to repay the debt.
The Hu family has a total of six IOUs, and every day against a few IOUs, Hu Dafu's two families are indispensable to quarrel, and Hu Yun is even more indispensable.
He was angry and also went out to preach bad things about Ruyizhuang, saying that this time Ruyizhuang was not authentic, ruined the innocence of their daughters but defaulted on the debt, and coaxed them to eat an expensive meal and forced them to make an IOU, which is clearly a typical example of rich people oppressing the people!
The words were quite sharp and seemed to resonate with people, but unfortunately she said this a little too late, the guests in the open room present that day had already spread the truth to the city, and now everyone who heard about the Hu family knew what happened in Ruyizhuang that day, and even the arrogant words that their family said were ridiculous.
He stood up and said the nonsense that those who have a little brain will not believe, and then compared it with the real situation, which made people more and more aware of the family's temperament, this cheeky is really thick! Turn black and white eyes upside down without blinking!
If their family just wants to marry their daughter, they won't be despised by the rest of the city, but the key is that their family is too greedy! Not only does he want to marry his daughter, but he also wants to put Ruyi Zhuang's housekeeper Xuanshen on the plate! I also want to stuff an illiterate son to Ruyizhuang as a steward!
I won't mention the latter for now, it's a joke! But Hu Xue's desire to put Xuan Shen on the plate shocked many people and made them angry!
It has long been said that there are many women who want to marry him in the city who are eyeing Xuanshen, who likes him or his status as the big housekeeper of Ruyi Village, and wants to be a wife, and there are even people who are willing to be concubines.
There are many people who make up their minds, but none of them really succeed, in this kind of situation that is barely standing on the same starting line, suddenly a woman dares to say that it is the daughter-in-law of Xuanshen who has not passed the door, and it is not a matter of causing public anger in minutes? Not to mention that this woman is not a young lady from a big family or a real sweetheart of Xuanshen, but purely the daughter of an ordinary family who wants to climb high branches and live a good life!
looks pretty good, but there is no merit at all except for a face, so why do you want to marry Xuanshen with this virtue?
There is no need for Ruyizhuang to do anything deliberately, just secretly emphasize and publicize Hu Xue's delusions about Xuanshen, which is enough to make Hu Xue's life fall into dire straits.
After the Hu family easily paid off the debts of Ruyizhuang and appeased the neighbors, they ushered in a large number of women who did not like Hu Xue, and basically everyone was a little born who was not offended by the Hu family, maybe the daughter of a merchant, or the daughter of a landlord's concubine, no matter how poor she was, she was also a maid of a large family, in short, there was no poor and white poor little girl who had no identity like Hu Xue.
These women who are thoughtful about Xuanshen will find at least two or three people in the Hu family every day, and they will judge Hu Xuepin's head and sneer,
cynicism, warning threats, and all kinds of means, anyway, Hu Xue was hit worthless from beginning to end!
At first, Hu Xue could refute it, but as more and more people sarcastically mocked her and humiliated her with the same words, and then saw that the women who found fault were all dressed better than her, and their appearance was no worse than her, the original confidence in herself was hit to the slightest, and even she began to wonder if she was really that bad?
Hu Xue, who grew up being held by the children of the neighborhood, could not accept such a result, as the troublemakers continued to appear, her whole person began to become dark, and even in order to prove that she was still attractive, she hid from her father and mother to hook a man outside and sacrifice her innocence! After that, not only did he not feel ashamed, but he also regained some self-confidence, feeling that he was still attractive, and that Xuan Shen didn't look down on her doesn't mean that she is not good enough, it's just that Xuan Shen didn't find her good for a while.
As long as she is given a chance to serve Xuanshen, she promises that she will definitely be fascinated by Xuanshen, and she will not marry.
This kind of thought suddenly came out of Hu Xue at the moment when she gave up her innocent body, and once it emerged, there was no way to eliminate it, and she also hypnotized herself to make herself believe that this was the case, and if she was given a chance, she would be able to get the Xuanshen and the entire Ruyi Village!
But she is also worried that her means of serving people are not good enough, and she can't fully attract the attention of Xuanshen with her figure and face alone, and this idea is the rhetoric used by those who come to find trouble when they sarcastically mock her, because people who like Xuanshen are not all good women, even the pillars in the famous kilns in the city also have this heart, and the other party is naturally best at the joy of bedding, and men are most likely to be fascinated by women, which is also in this aspect.
Unconsciously distorted by a group of Xuan Shen admirers, Hu Xue really engraved this idea in her mind, in order to practice kung fu that is no worse than that pillar, she began to look for her ministers under her skirt everywhere without her father and mother, in order not to work in vain, it is impossible for those stinky men to get her body at any cost, and it is naturally indispensable to collect fees, in just a few days, Hu Xue relied on lying under different men, and earned enough money for their Hu family to pay off those debts that were not much.
It's just that she didn't take out the money to her parents, it was all earned by herself, why should she take it out for money? She is also ready to use the money she earns to buy some business for herself.
Each of those admirers of Xuanshen does not say that they wear gold and silver, but the clothes on their bodies are much better than her, she firmly believes that those women look better than her mainly because they have more clothes than her, Hu Xue never thought that those people's family backgrounds are better than her, she has no way to compare these things with others, in her opinion, as long as she has money, is she worried that she can't dress herself up beautifully?
Those women don't all rely on their families, but she earns it on her own! She was much more capable than the women.
In a sense, she is indeed more capable of 'doing' than those women from good families, and she doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with making money like this, and she doesn't feel that she is not worthy of going to Xuanshen in the future.
Judging from her distorted thoughts a long time ago, if she can practice that aspect of kung fu perfectly, Xuanshen will definitely be able to enjoy it very much in the future, why is she not worthy of him? Instead, I would like to die in her bed to be happy!
Hu Xue's changes, the Hu family may not have noticed it at first, but as Hu Xue wears new clothes and wears a headdress on his head that he has never seen before, how can the Hu family not see it at all?
On this day, when Hu Xue wanted to go out to meet with one of her ministers under the skirt, she was stopped at the door by her father and eldest brother, Hu Yun was not high in the Hu family because of the matter of Ruyizhuang, and now it is even lower to the dust, and it is not her part to stop Hu Xue, but she also stood aside and looked at Hu Xue worriedly.
When He Shi sharply asked her where she came from and what she was doing when she went out every day these days, Hu Xue, who didn't feel that what she was doing was wrong, didn't plan to hide it, and directly told her what she was busy with in the past few days.
The Hu family thought that maybe Hu Xue inadvertently fell in love with the son of a wealthy family, and the line was bought by that son, but they never thought that Hu Xue was actually doing that kind of thing, selling her body in exchange for money, what difference does this Yao sister make?
The first to get mad was Hu Dafu, with an old face that was red and trembling with anger, and angrily pointed at Hu Xue's nose and scolded: "Do you know what you're doing!" It's ridiculous! Insulting to the family! How can this be, you, you-! ”
He didn't expect that his second daughter would lose her innocence quietly, she also planned to find a way to marry her more or less to earn some bride price money to solve the debts of the neighbors, and also ease the embarrassing living conditions of the family, now that this innocent body is gone, which family is willing to marry such a water-based poplar woman back as a daughter-in-law!
"Of course I know what I'm doing, don't I just make money on my own." Hu Xue was not afraid of her father's abuse at all, but stroked her long hair, and said disappreciably: "I didn't steal or rob, where is it ridiculous, how can I insult the family?" Don't those stinky men just like beautiful women, and Xuanshen is definitely no exception, as long as I practice the kung fu of serving men, Xuanshen will fall under my pomegranate skirt sooner or later! I haven't lost yet! ”
Hu Dafu and He were a little dumbfounded, they didn't expect that she hadn't given up on marrying the big housekeeper of Ruyizhuang, but so many women from good families were willing to marry Xuanshen's family, and Hu Xue didn't even have a clean body, how could she marry? At best, you can be a concubine for someone else, right? It depends on whether people dislike her for being dirty......
However, the couple didn't say this in front of Hu Xue, He's eyes flashed, and he suddenly asked Hu Xue: "How much money have you earned in the past few days?" "Looking at the clothes on my body and the hairpin on my head, it will only cost a few hundred yuan.
A few hundred dollars.
Hu Dafu, who was originally angry, also suddenly remembered that there were several IOUs left at home, although the anger in his chest was still desperately surging up, but looking at Hu Xue's line, another thought came out unexpectedly, and after hearing his mother-in-law's question, he immediately understood that the other party and himself thought of one place, although he subconsciously frowned, but he did not stop it.
"Not much." Hu Xue pretended not to care, but in fact, her eyes were full of smugness: "It's just more than five taels of silver." ”
"Five taels!?" Hu Hai was the first to exclaim, and blurted out reflexively: "What about the money?" ”
Hu Xue glared at him, "Of course it's in my hands." ”
"Don't you know that your family is in debt now! Now that you've earned money, why not help your family pay it back! Buying so much mess of stuff! Hu Dafu scolded again.
Hu Xue was also annoyed, "Why should I take out the money I earned to pay off my family's debts!" It's not my fault that I have so many debts at home! ”
"You, you are also a member of our Hu family! If the family owes something, of course, it is also obliged to find a way to repay it together! You've eaten us and worn ours since you were a child, and now you're just asking you to help your family pay back some money!? He Shi looked dissatisfied, "Didn't you say that you earned more than five taels, and the family doesn't owe much now, less than two taels, and I don't want yours, can't I just take two taels?" Aren't you still earning? ”
"Isn't it less than two or two!" Hu Xue's face is not good-looking, she has to find at least five or six men for two taels of silver, and she can only earn it after being busy for more than two days! Two taels of silver is enough for her to buy several more hairpins and two or three new dresses! Why take it out to the neighbors who are gossiping at their house all day long!?
"Do you want to take it or not!" Hu Dafu said angrily: "I didn't let you take out all the money you earned, and took out part of it to pay off your debts, so you don't need to take it after paying off your debts?" ”
"I don't care." Hu Xue bit it and didn't let go, "Anyway, it's all my hard-earned money, and I won't take out a penny!" ”
He Shi's eyes rolled, he thought about it, pulled Hu Dafu, and said to Hu Xue: "Xue'er, you just listen to your father's words, take out two taels of silver and quickly pay off the family's debts, do you want people at both ends of the family to come over and point their noses and scold us for three days?" Maybe if you don't pay back the money quickly, people will not only talk but also get started, and if you accidentally hurt you, how can you continue to make money? "Making money from skin appearance, I'm most afraid of my face being hurt, right?
Sure enough, Hu Xue's face showed a little wavering, and Hu Dafu also noticed that he was more direct than He's, and understood that his daughter would definitely not want to stop making money after tasting the sweetness, so he simply threatened: "If you don't take out the money to pay off the debt, I will lock you in the house, so as not to embarrass you when you go out!" When the time comes, you won't be able to earn a penny, see what you can do with the money you hide! ”
"Daddy! How can you do that! Hu Xue was so angry that her eyes were about to erupt with fire.
But Hu Hai also fanned the flames on the side and persuaded: "Xue'er, you listen to your father's words, anyway, you will definitely be able to make more money in the future, but don't lose a big one because of a small loss, isn't it just two taels of silver, and when you earn ten taels or twenty taels in the future, do you still care about these two taels?" If you don't take two taels of silver today, you will miss out on more money in the future. ”
Hu Dafu and He's first thought now is to find a way to replace the family's debts, but he pondered that in the future, with this second sister making money from her body, even if they can't put Ruyizhuang, it seems that it is not too difficult for the family to live a good life!
If they can get two taels of silver today, they will use the same method another day, and they won't worry about not being able to get more money from Hu Xue!
In the face of the persecution of her family, Hu Xue's lungs were about to explode, but Hu Dafu's threat really made her unable to ignore, and it also hit her weakness, she made money for the first time in her life, and she made so much, Hu Xue really couldn't give up such a good way to make money, and she also knew that if she didn't take the money, her father would indeed do something to lock her up and not let her go out.
Hu Xue took several deep breaths, and began to hesitate whether she really wanted to take two taels of silver out, but if she really took it out, she was unwilling, and her eyes flickered inadvertently when she saw Hu Yun, who had been standing in the corner with a very low sense of zài, with a distressed expression of looking at her sister who made a mistake, and her heart was tired for a while, but soon an idea came out, and Hu Xue's eyes lit up instantly.
"Dad, mother, in fact, you don't have to force me to take the money." Hu Xue's tone suddenly became brisk, and there was a malicious light flashing in her eyes.
Hu Dafu and He didn't hear the weirdness in her tone for a while, they just thought that she was still unwilling to give money, and her face was pulled down, she didn't do anything that could be on the table, once others knew, their family's face was gone, and she didn't expect to marry a good family in the future, but if she could keep making money, even if she couldn't marry well, it was nothing, as long as she could make their family live well.
Anyway, isn't the most fundamental reason for wanting her to marry well to improve her life, if she can make money but is not willing to use it for their family, then why do they let her ruin the reputation of their whole family by herself and be poked in the back when she goes out?
"Do you have to lock you up before you let go?" Hu Dafu shouted angrily with a black face.
Hu Xue smiled unhurriedly, looked at Hu Yun meaningfully, and said leisurely: "Of course not, Dad, it's not that I don't want to take the money, but that our family doesn't seem to blame me for being like this, right?" owed so many debts and was gossiped about, in the final analysis, wasn't it all because my sister failed to marry Liu Yan, and she didn't tell us the news of the Liu family's repentance in time? She is the one who should be most responsible for the debts in her family. ”
The Hu family was stunned, and reflexively looked at Hu Yun in the corner.
Of course, they knew that the qiē in the family was caused by Hu Yun, and because of this
Because of this, Hu Yun has been beaten by Hu Dafu several times these days, and the whole person has lost weight, and his face is indescribably haggard, but so what? The matter has come out, what else can I do except beat her up when I am angry? You can't really kill someone, can you? Anyway, it's also their own child.
Hu Xue said slowly word by word: "Didn't Liu Yan's sister say before that my sister wanted to repay her father's kindness for raising her, and said that if she wanted to repay her kindness, she could go to the kiln to sell herself to pay back?" ”
The Hu family's eyes widened suddenly, and Hu Yun was even more shocked that her whole body was shocked, and she looked at her sister in disbelief, unable to believe that she actually said that she wanted her to sell herself!?
Although Hu Hai is muddy and wants to take advantage of Hu Xue, but that is also Hu Xue herself who took the initiative to make money by this method, since she is willing, it is nothing for him, who wants to be a brother, to take advantage of it, but Hu Yunke is still innocent, although her reputation is not very good now, but she can still marry in the future, do you still want her to do the same thing as Hu Xue?
"You, what nonsense are you talking about! Even if you do that kind of thing yourself, you still have to let your sister do it too!? You still want her to sell herself!? Hu Dafu roared angrily, "Don't you think it's shameful enough to have you!" ”
Hu Yun even had tears running down her cheeks, covering her mouth and looking at Hu Xue sadly, "Xue'er, you, how did you become like this......"
Hu Xue pursed her lips disdainfully, and snorted: "I just made an analogy, and I didn't say that I really let my sister sell my body, I don't sell my body now, but I can't make money if I want to, although my sister doesn't look as good as me, but this soft and weak appearance can arouse the love of men more, maybe the market will be better than me and earn more." ”
Hu Dafu wanted to continue scolding, but Hu Xue hurriedly said again: "Dad, don't say anything shameful or not, anyway, our family's reputation is not much better now, don't you know what people outside say?" It's all up to this, it doesn't matter what reputation is not, some money is earned, isn't it better than anything to live a good life? I wanted to marry the Liu family before, didn't it just to be able to get on Ruyizhuang, in order to make more money and live a good life? Now, you have a ready-made way to make money in front of you, and you still don't want to? ”
Hu Dafu opened his mouth several times, but he didn't know what to say, his anger was still not gone, and he felt unbearable for his daughter to do such an unseemly thing, but what Hu Xue said was indeed true, they did everything possible to rely on the Liu family, nothing more than to make more money, if they didn't have a relationship with Ruyizhuang, they could make money, not only to solve that debt, but also gradually become a small rich family.
Think about it, Hu Xue earned five taels of silver in just a few days, which is basically one or two taels of silver a day, don't expect to have so much every day, even if there are only a few hundred dollars a day, there can be ten taels of silver a month, if there are more Hu Yun, it will be twenty taels, which is dozens of times more than the money he and He Shi worked!
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