27 Men died for wealth
Chen Biyun was trained by his father, and when he went out, he was not annoyed, and said to the little maid Xiaolian, "I am happy today, take out the rose brine brought from the capital, that thing is the best for the skin, but unfortunately I don't bring much." ”
"Miss's born flowers and moon appearance are not as good as those vulgar people, but with the nourishment of the rose brine seeds, it is even more icing on the cake." Xiaolian was busy patting her ass, although the words were a little indecent, the meaning was roughly in place. Chen Biyun, who praised her, was so proud that she poked her forehead with her finger, "Just your poor mouth, hurry up and go with you." ”
Shopkeeper Chen got up early in the morning, and he had to go there in person after thinking about this matter, and when he saw Xi'en, he had a clear understanding in his heart, so he could find a way to save people. Lao Tian drove the carriage and waited outside the gate of Chen's house, and the shopkeeper Chen, Mrs. Chen, and Yan Rui were outside the main gate with a stake-like pestle, looking forward to it, but there was no shadow of the second master.
"Yanrui, go and see what your second uncle is busy with, please come out quickly." Shopkeeper Chen was quite impatient.
Yan Rui was waiting anxiously, and he couldn't wait for this sentence, so he pulled his legs and ran to the backyard.
Mrs. Chen shouted, "You are in a hurry, so I'd better go." ”
Although the shopkeeper Chen felt that his wife's departure seemed to be a bit too much, but at this juncture, when he was employing people, not to mention his attitude towards the second child, she would go.
"The eldest lady is here, and the second master and the lady are in the room." The maid Xiaocui helped to open the curtain and let Mrs. Chen enter the door.
"Why is my sister-in-law here, please sit down quickly, Cui'er will serve tea." The second lady hurriedly got up and gave a warm reception.
Mrs. Chen was anxious, and her words were not easy to bring out, so she stood patiently and said, "Second master, your brother is waiting for you to enter the city together, if you take care of it, go out quickly." ”
Seeing his sister-in-law's urging, Second Master Chen coughed and said solemnly, "Exactly, I've been waiting for a long time, so I'll go into the city." ”
Mrs. Chen was overjoyed, secretly reciting the Buddha, praying that today's affairs could be completed smoothly, and that she would be safe and sound.
But Second Master Chen stood still, and after a while, he asked again, "I wonder if the eldest brother can prepare things?" ”
Mrs. Chen hurriedly said, "The ready-made carriage is waiting at the main gate." ”
Second Master Chen shook his head again and again, waved his hand and said, "I don't blame you, you have too few things to do and don't understand this rule." "There was a pause," but the people know that there is a saying called 'the entrance of the yamen is open to the south, and there is no reason to come in without money', my sister-in-law must have heard of it, right? ”
"This is natural, I brought silver, you are still here to knock your teeth, be careful to delay things, you look good!" Shopkeeper Chen stepped into the door and said coldly.
Second Master Chen was frightened, Old Man Chen died early, the eldest brother is like a father, he has always been afraid of this eldest brother.
"How much silver did the eldest brother bring?"
"One hundred taels, it's enough to take care of the county government's doormen and jailers, and then wrap a seal for the county magistrate, I know this in my heart."
Second Master Chen shook his head again and again and said, "The eldest brother must still be the old man who had an accident more than ten years ago, it was all the old yellow calendar, and now there are no hundreds or thousands of taels, don't think about it." ”
Shopkeeper Chen was so shocked that his eyes almost fell to the ground, "This, this, where to find so much silver?" ”
Second Master Chen secretly pondered in his heart, "Don't pretend to be stupid with me, the few new shops in the Chen family don't have a few hundred taels of silver in and out of the day." Unless you don't want to save that little Hanako. ”
"Master, the silver is earned only after gratitude, we can't be greedy for money and ignore human life!" Mrs. Chen began to cry again as she spoke.
"It's not that I don't want to save her, it's just that the only cash she had was allowed to take to the shop of Panma's house in the city that day, and now it is not easy to raise such a large amount of silver at once." Shopkeeper Chen had no idea for a while, his hand holding the table trembled slightly, and the person was also depressed.
Second Master Chen was also afraid of scaring his brother and sister-in-law out of illness, and said, "Then try to take as much as possible, Heng Zhi is also my eldest niece, I, who is an uncle, can't see death without help, and I have to ask the county master for personal favors after selling this old face." ”
Shopkeeper Chen hurriedly went out and asked Yanrui to withdraw all the cash on the counter, and he was busy back and forth, and finally managed to make up enough six hundred taels in the evening. This also includes two hundred taels of silver sent by the Li family.
Li Molin had already circled the Chen family's mansion nine times this day, and those who didn't know thought that the young master of the Li family was crazy. He only looked at those strange eyes, and some didn't, "Make poems, write poems." Pointing ahead, there were a few spring flowers poking their heads out of the corner, and the yellow petals were blooming.
"Miss, then Master Liu is here again." Xiaolian came in and whispered to Chen Biyun.
"What did you say, didn't you ask for silver again?" Chen Biyun has just finished using the sugar water of the rose brine, looking at herself in the mirror, handsome eyes and eyebrows, bright eyes and bright teeth, the more she looks at it, the more she feels that she is a unique beauty in the world.
"He only walked far away, but he didn't get close to the door, I don't know what the idea was."
"You're too worried, maybe people are just passing by." Chen Biyun reproached. But being a thief is weak-hearted, suspicious and suspicious, so as not to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster, and after a while, he said, "Take my red agate bracelet and let him go farther, if he comes again, there will be no such good thing, and when the time comes, my father will arrest him and bring it to the government to punish the crime." ”
As the twilight fell, the people had already returned home, and the gourd was gradually quieting down. The early summer breeze gently blew the newly grown young leaves, and Li Molin hid in a bush, slapping the mosquitoes that harassed him from time to time. "Okay, you old Liutou, I have been busy for a day, look at the day you kowtow and call the master!" I secretly scolded Master Liu several times in my heart, but I didn't dare to blink my eyes.
Xiaolian slipped out of the yard while it was dark, and Master Liu greeted her happily, "Miss Xiaolian, I know that you are the most pitiful and weak person, and my old man has not had a full meal for a few days." Master Liu slowly leaned over with a shy face.
Xiaolian snorted coldly, "You are too dissatisfied, you have said good things a long time ago, and now you regret it, aren't you afraid that my master will find someone to arrest you?" ”
"It's not something that Miss asked me to do, how can Second Master Chen be involved?" Lao Liu was startled, and his outstretched hand retracted. Second Master Chen is an official, the people don't fight with officials, Master Liu knows in his heart that he doesn't dare to provoke this stubble.
"No matter who asked you to do it, you are not allowed to appear in front of the Chen family's house in the future." Xiaolian reached out and handed over a box.
Master Liu was annoyed that he had come in vain, but he had an unexpected joy, so he hurriedly took it over and thanked him again and again, "Thank you for me, Lord and Miss, I'll go now, go far." After saying that, there was no one in the smoke.
Xiaolian looked left and right to see that there was no one, and then turned back to the courtyard.
Li Molin jumped out, patted the fallen leaves on his body, and rubbed the bag on his head, "It's hard to regret that since you think about it, there is really something wrong." ”