When Chen Zichang heard someone shouting his name, he trembled all over, as if he didn't hear standing beside Mrs. Chen like a door god and bowing his head and saying nothing.

Old Man Chen's eyes were sharp, and he found Chen Zichang's little Jiujiu at a glance, and sighed in his heart, I am afraid that there will be trouble outside.

Seeing that the house was quiet and no one came out, the visitor walked to the eaves of the upper house, cleared his throat, and changed his name again: "Is this Chen Xiucai's house?" ”

Chen Xueru heard that someone was looking for her father and came out of the north wing, and before she could speak, Li came out of the upper room.

Old Man Chen, Old Lady Chen, and Zhao breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, it seemed that they were looking for Chen Xiucai.

"Oh, Lao Gao, why are you here, what are you looking for our house master? Sit in the fast house. "Li saw a big black man under the eaves, wearing a straight jacket, who is not the old Gao of Lijiazhuang?

This Lao Gao is a loan shark on the Li family's mother's house, what is he looking for Chen Xiucai to do, he usually doesn't have any friendship, and he wants to let him enter the North Wing while saying hello with the doubts in his heart. Since the separation, the guests of the big house are no longer allowed to enter the upper room.

"Yuntian's sister, Xiucai lady, don't be busy." Lao Gao treated the Li family very politely, "I just asked if there was no one in Chen Zichang's family, I guess I found the wrong door, and I had the courage to ask Chen Xiucai, and sure enough, I called you out, sister." Didn't you say you broke up? Finding Chen Xiucai's door is equivalent to finding his brother Chen Zichang's door, dare to ask where Chen Zichang lives? ”

Lao Gao didn't say what to do with Chen Xiucai, but stood under the eaves and set up a family routine for the Li family, it seems that he knows the Chen family very well, and even knows about the separation of the family.

When Li heard that Lao Gao was not here to find Chen Xiucai, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then his heart chuckled again. Last time, the eldest sister-in-law said that Chen Zichang borrowed usury, I am afraid it is true.

Li hesitated for a moment, everyone came to the door, and it was not a way to avoid it.

The people in the room heard the conversation between Li and Lao Gao, and their reactions were different.

Lao Gao is quite famous in Shili and Eight Towns, and he is the master of loan sharks.

The second child, Chen Zichang, has something to do with such a person, and Mrs. Chen is full of worries that her son has been deceived. Old man Chen smokes a cigarette pouch. Frowning, he stared at Chen Zi for a long time. Zhao forgot to cry, pulled the veil tightly, and his face turned pale. Chen Zigui stood behind Zhang with evasive eyes, and Zhang looked at Zhao with a gloating expression.

At this time, everyone seemed to have forgotten the fight between Zhao and Zhang just now, and the absurd things that Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui had done.

Li opened the curtain in the upper room and shouted: "Dad, Lao Gao of Lijiazhuang is looking for the second brother." ”

Old Man Chen's gaze at Chen Zichang became sharper.

Chen Zichang was in a hurry and said, "I don't know any old Gao." "You will go into the inner chamber.

"Stop!" Old Man Chen snorted, and Chen Zichang stood obediently.

"Oops. Elder Brother Zi. "Lao Gao has entered the upper room uninvited.

The person who came was a guest, and the old man Chen hurriedly put on a smiling face, beckoned the Li family to give up his seat to make tea, and glanced at everyone in the house, which meant that the ugliness of the family should not be spread out and the meat rotted in his own pot.

Lao Gao thanked him and sat down, smiling all over his face, as if he didn't care about what Chen Zichang said just now that he didn't know him.

"Uncle Chen, I'm a rough man. If you have something to say, just say it. "Lao Gao got straight to the point.

At this time, Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui both changed color.

Li is a simple person, and at this time, he saw the expressions of Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui. I still wondered why the fourth brother was so nervous about what he was doing.

"Lao Gao, since you are here, let's talk in the house." Chen Zichang smiled reluctantly and interrupted what Lao Gao was about to say next.

"Lao Gao, you head back home. Go and sit in my room. Chen Zigui crossed Chen Zichang and made a gesture to Lao Gao.

Old Man Chen smoked a cigarette, and in his dream, he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.

"Go to my house." Chen Zichang shook off Chen Zigui's hand.

"Come to my house." Chen Zigui was overheated with enthusiasm.

The people in the room looked at each other. At this time, the Zhang family and the Zhao family forgot about the discord between them, and glanced at each other in confusion.

Faced with the passion and arguments of the two brothers. Lao Gao treated it indifferently, neither planned to let Chen Zichang into the house, nor did he plan to let Chen Zigui go, he sat calmly on the chair, but his face was facing Old Man Chen.

When Old Man Chen was young, he followed the horse team to the north and south, and he was also a person who had seen a certain scene, and he guessed eight or nine points in his heart by looking at Lao Gao's expression.

"Second, fourth, you sit down first and listen to what Lao Gao has to say." Old Man Chen puffed out a puff of cigarette.

The house was filled with the lingering smell of spicy smoke.

Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui glared at each other, their buttocks fell on the kang, and Da Dan hurriedly went over and sat between the two, afraid that the words would be wrong, and the two of them were doing it.

"Tell me what's going on? Old Man Chen took a sharp puff of his cigarette and coughed a few times.

"Uncle Chen, I won't hide it from you......" Lao Gao said slowly.

"Brother Gao, let's talk about the two of us in the house, so I won't trouble my father." Chen Zichang interrupted Lao Gao's words again.

"Yes, yes" Chen Zigui seemed to forget the unhappiness just now, and nodded in agreement with Chen Zichang.

"There's no place for you two to interject." Old Man Chen shook his cigarette pouch suddenly.

Lao Gao still looks indifferent.

"Your second son, Chen Zichang, borrowed a hundred taels of loan sharks from me a month ago, and this is not the time coming," Lao Gao said with a smile.

"What?" As soon as Old Man Chen heard the word "usury", the cigarette pouch in his hand fell to the ground, and he almost fainted with anger.

"You, you rebel?" Old Man Chen's voice trembled when he pointed at Chen Zichang, the cigarette pouch in his hand fell to the ground, and he picked up the teacup on the table and threw it at Chen Zichang, and the tea rolled down Chen Zichang's clothes.

"Daddy." Chen Zichang knelt on the ground with a frightened "plop".

Lao Gao seemed to be used to seeing this kind of scene, and there was a sarcastic smile in his eyes.

Mrs. Chen's hands also trembled, the second child often spends her money, she turned a blind eye, she didn't expect this rebel to have a big appetite to borrow usury.

"A loan shark of a hundred taels of silver?" Zhang couldn't help but scream, "Second brother is really capable, the money in the public can't fill your mouth." Pour it into the pot outside. ”

Zhao twisted the handkerchief in his hand and closed his eyes.

Old Man Chen regained his composure, this is not the time to crusade against his second son.

Now that the "big ear hole" has come to the door, it can't be solved by scolding the second son. "Big two hole" refers to the person who puts money, that is, Lao Gao.

"Lao Gao, I'm a farmer. I don't know anything about loan sharks. Tell me, my second child borrowed a hundred taels of silver from you, how is this profit calculated? "It's rare for Old Man Chen to be so calm in this situation.

Lao Gao had a bright smile on his face.

"I have here the deed of your second son, and he borrowed a donkey to roll for a period of one month. According to the rules of the industry, the monthly interest rate of acquaintances is generally two cents, and the monthly interest rate is generally five cents if the first loan is returned, although your second son is the first to borrow, because he is Chen Xiucai's younger brother, I will calculate the interest of acquaintances for him as two cents. Lao Gao took out a deed paper from his arms and handed it to Old Man Chen. Look at it, it's written clearly in black and white, the day before yesterday was the date to repay the money, Chen Zichang said that the grace period was two days, and today it was returned, I didn't see him come to the door until now, so I simply didn't work for him to walk and came directly to your house. ”

Old Man Chen's face changed a few times, and he took the deed paper. A few glances. He was illiterate, looked up at Lao Gao and said, "I can't read." My eldest son is a showman, let the eldest child see it. ”

As he spoke, he handed the deed paper to Li, but Li hesitated and did not take it.

"It's okay, no one can see it. There are black and white letters, as well as Chen Zi's handprint. Lao Gao had a lovely smile on his face, as if he was not here to collect debts. Instead, they came to borrow money.

"Daddy, big brother is lying in bed. I look like the second brother with this handprint, if you don't let Xue Ru come and see what is written on this deed paper, the children in the big house are literate. Zhang diligently leaned over to Old Man Chen and snatched the deed paper. Walked under the eaves and shouted to the north wing, "Xueru, Xueru, your mother called you." ”

It was too late for Li to stop it.

Xue Ru entered the upper room, and Old Man Chen motioned for her to read the deed paper, and when Xue Ru read "Principal plus two hundred and twenty taels", Old Man Chen's face turned white.

Mrs. Chen's eyes widened, let alone two hundred and twenty taels, she might not even be able to take out twenty taels of money at the bottom of the box.

Chen Zigui's heart rose to his throat, and he didn't know if Lao Gao would poke out the matter of borrowing usury, after all, the one-month deadline had not yet arrived.

After Xue Ru finished reading, she saw the reaction of everyone in the room, and looked at Li at a loss, Li gave her a comforting look, and she took a breath and sat down next to Li.

"Uncle Chen, I call Xiucai a girl, we must all be related to each other, so the more than three days of profit will not be counted. Can you pay it back today, you can give me a word, there are still people waiting for me to borrow money, and I still have to rely on this money to lend out. Lao Gao took the deed paper with both hands and said with a smile.

Everyone was silent for a while, two hundred and twenty taels of silver, even if they sold land and houses, they might not be able to make up so much.

Zhang's broke out: "With so much money, where to get it together, second brother, you can kill a large family by yourself." ”

The Li family thought that Zhang's reaction was normal, after all, they did not split up, and according to Mrs. Chen's temperament, this debt would definitely fall on each of them. I don't know, the second elder will also pull the big house into it, if only Xue Jiao and Qi An were here at this time, these two children have more ideas than themselves.

Chen Zichang shrugged his shoulders, knelt under Old Man Chen's feet and didn't dare to get up, Zhao had already held the handkerchief and held Xue Miao's hand and cried.

Cai's hearing the wind also entered the upper room with a big belly.

"Third sister-in-law, it's amazing, the second brother sold our family and borrowed usury, how can our family afford it." When Zhang saw Cai's coming in, he was afraid that Cai's wouldn't know, so he quickly pulled it out, and pointed at Xue Miao and shouted, "Second sister-in-law, this thing was made by the second brother, I think if you can't get it, you will sell Xue Miao." ”

Xue Miao was already speechless in fright at this time.

The facts are in front of her, Mrs. Chen still doesn't believe that Chen Zichang will do such a thing, she feels that Chen Zichang has been deceived by someone, and can't help but say to Lao Gao: "How can my second child do such a bad thing, he must be deceived." ”

Lao Gao smiled and said: "Aunt Chen, I am a witness here in black and white, your granddaughter didn't read it out just now, and the witness is still your family, Wang Baozhu." ”

When Mrs. Chen heard her nephew's name, she almost fainted and was held up by Li.

"I suffered a thousand cuts, my second son was beaten last time, and this time I coaxed my second son to borrow usury, and I did something with a black heart." Old Mrs. Chen scolded in front of Lao Gao.

Since the last time Chen Zichang and Wang Baozhu went to Fireworks Alley together and were beaten, Mrs. Chen thought that Chen Zichang was instigated by Wang Baozhu, and she never went to her mother's door, nor did she let her sister-in-law and nephew go to Chen's door. Unexpectedly, Chen Zichang and Wang Baozhu got mixed up again, and made a fuss about this loan, Mrs. Chen's angry blood coagulated, and suddenly thought that Wang Jing lived in Dafang's house, so she shook off the Li family who helped her and scolded: "A litter of black-hearted dogs, is it that you Dafang saw that my second son was jealous, and made a bad heart, and took advantage of Jinghao to hook up with Wang Baozhu's subordinate, and joined forces to deceive the second child." ”

Li smiled bitterly, scolded by Mrs. Chen, if she defended herself here, there would be no peace.

Chen Qiping saw that Li was involved, so he quickly picked up the cigarette pouch from the ground and stuffed it with tobacco and handed it to Old Man Chen.

"What's the matter with this big house?" Mrs. Chen presided over justice and scolded Chen Zichang, "This rebel does such a thing, and it also involves others." (To be continued......)