Chapter IX Paying Off Debts

Yanagi Fuchu.

Mother Liu hugged her little daughter tightly, bowed her head and said nothing. Opposite her, there stood thirty or forty creditors.

Since yesterday, these creditors have come to the door, and now they are eating and living in Liufu. Seeing that the hours passed bit by bit, and there was anything to say, the person sent by Zhao Xuan squinted at her little daughter, looking at how much gold the little girl could be worth.

Liufu is now in tatters, and even the servants who still have some ability have been taken away by Liu Jing, and there are only a few servants at home. Now at the gate of Liufu, there is no door to guard, and when Liu Jing and his party arrived, it was unimpeded.

Before entering the hall, Liu Jing heard a rough voice shouting, "Liu, it seems that your son will not come back...... Grandma's, I scared that little boy, phew! How can a mere child really have the ability to earn so much money in three months? ”

As soon as the voice fell, another middle-aged man's voice also came, "Liu, your eldest son said that he wanted us to give you three months, and now the three months have arrived." Back then, Lao Liu was a benevolent and righteous person, but no matter how benevolent and righteous he was, we brothers couldn't skip eating, so let's do it, the old man will give you another half an hour, and if your son doesn't come back tonight, you will move out. This house was mortgaged to the old man. ”

"Liu, I think when you first arrived in Yanghe, you also wore gold and silver, and the scenery was infinite. I still have a family to support, and your husband owes a debt, you can pay it with some gold and silver. ”

"Liu, where did your second daughter go?"

"This is not bad, although it is a little smaller, it can be sold for a good price after a few years." As the last sentence of the last sentence landed, Liu Xuan seemed to be pulled up by someone. The little girl cried out loud, "Mother, mother...... Second sister, second sister, save me, save Xuan'er! Accompanied by Liu Xuan's cry, there was also Liu Mu's angry scream, "Don't go too far! Xuan'er ...... Let go of Xuan'er for me! ”

In the midst of this chaos, suddenly, there was a sven sneer with anger at the door, "You are really benevolent......

The sound was extremely crisp, and it was very loud in the midst of this commotion. The crowd that was shouting and pulling involuntarily turned their heads at the same time. - When they turned around, they saw a handsome young man in a green robe, standing on the steps like a jade tree in the wind, with an angry face, and several servants of the Liufu who were following closely behind this young man and glaring angrily at them.

Whether it is Liu Wenjing or these servants of Liufu, they are all dusty servants, with a tired and haggard look.

never expected that Liu Wenjing would rush back at this time, all the creditors were shocked, and the middle-aged fat man who was pulling Liu Xuan couldn't help but let go, letting the little girl cry and throw herself back into her mother's arms.

In the silence, Liu Wenjing's face was blue, he strode into the hall, came to Liu's mother, he flicked his robe and knelt on the ground, and after knocking heavily on her, Liu Wenjing called in a trembling voice: "Mother, the child is late to come back." ”

Mother Liu didn't seem to be sure that the person kneeling in front of her was really her own child until now. She touched Liu Wenjing's face with trembling hands, and after stroking it for a while, she came back to her soul and couldn't help hugging Liu Wenjing's shoulders and crying loudly......

Seeing that Liu's mother was crying non-stop, the creditors on one side were a little impatient. After Liu Wenjing glanced at them, he took out a handkerchief and gently wiped away his mother's tears, and said in a low voice: "Mother, your son has come home after earning money, you can rest assured." After that, she pulled aside and there were tears in her eyes, but her big black eyes were looking at her third sister. After sending the little girl into her mother's arms, Liu Wenjing stood up.

He turned around, waved towards the creditors, and said in a hoarse voice: "Gentlemen, Liu is fortunate not to be dishonored. ”

As soon as he said this, all the creditors were overjoyed.

Amidst their cheers, Liu Jing turned to Zhao Xuan's subordinates and said slowly: "Liu Mou returned for a day late, I don't know if Zhao Jun is dissatisfied?" ”

Zhao Xuan's subordinates grinned, showing a mouthful of yellow teeth and salivating at the heavy burden at Liu Wenjing's feet, swallowed his saliva, rubbed his hands and said: "This, it is said that it is three months, and if you arrive one day late, the lord of my family will naturally ......be dissatisfied."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Jing closed her eyes tiredly, and she said coldly: "Sure enough, it was said by Wu Gong...... Gentlemen, do you think that a certain kid Liu can really earn so much gold in three months? This gold of mine was given to me by an old friend of my father. Now that old friend is also a strong party, he said in the bonus, maybe someone will be insatiable. Speaking of this, she suddenly opened her big eyes, stared at the big man with cold eyes, and said coldly: "Please also tell Zhao Xuan that my father only borrowed 200 gold from him at the beginning, and agreed to return it in a year, and when he returns, he needs 250 gold...... From the time my father borrowed the gold to this moment, but it was only eight months, Zhao Jun forced our Liufu to pay back a thousand gold and was not satisfied, did he still want to make trouble for the delay of this day? ”

She sneered: "There is a saying that if you are a man, you will see each other in the future...... It seems that Zhao Jun doesn't want to meet the people of my Liufu anymore! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Jing no longer looked at the big man, but closed her eyes with a cold face.

The master of the big man didn't tell him to ask for more, and what he said just now was just his own opinion. At this moment, seeing Liu Jing's tough and bad attitude, I thought that according to normal circumstances, this Liu Jing was a genius, and she couldn't earn more than a thousand gold in three months, but I was afraid that this gold was really taken from her old friend...... The more he thought about it, the more weak he became.

Turning his head, he saw that all the creditors were looking at him with disdain, and the big man rubbed his hands and thought: The second child always says that this rabbit does not eat the grass by the nest. But I will be soft today, lest these people spread the news of the day and ruin the reputation of my lord!

Thinking of this, he grinned and said, "Why is the eldest man of the Liu family so angry? What did I just say? I didn't say anything, did I? Okay, okay, come back with a thousand gold, and I'm going back to dinner!" ”

Seeing that he was soft, Liu Jing nodded immediately, and said in a dumb voice: "Uncle Wang, Uncle Wu, you put the IOUs up, and I will make them clear one by one." ”

"Yes." After the response, Uncle Wang took the IOU and sang: "Chun Yu Xia Village Wu Chang, ten taels of gold, one cent of rest-" Hearing Uncle Wang's singing, Liu Jing took out ten taels of gold from the burden and put some scattered five-baht coins on a few. She first read the IOU carefully, and only after comparing it was correct did she push the ten taels of gold to Wu Chang who was happy, and then calculated the interest with Wu Chang again, and then pushed the five baht money over, and after Wu Chang confirmed that it was correct, she tore up the IOU.

In Uncle Wang's singing again and again, Liu's mother sat aside, she was crying and swollen for a while, looking at her daughter with dizzy eyes, looking at her obviously thin and darkened side face, looking at the firmness between her eyebrows, looking at her when she calculated the interest, the fast and never made a mistake, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, bloomed a smile, and thought happily: When she was a child, I always blamed her for being too smart...... Now, I'm so glad I have such a smart daughter to rely on.

And beside Liu's mother, Liu Xuan also looked at Liu Jing with wide black eyes, and after a while, she approached her mother with a small mouth, and said happily: "Mother, the eldest brother is the most powerful, I like him so much." After a pause, the little girl's voice was lowered, and she murmured aggrievedly: "But I still think that the eldest brother is similar to the second sister." ”

This time, it took Liu Jing nearly three hours to pay off all the debts with interest.

As the last IOU was torn apart, and the last creditor said goodbye and left, the servants of the Liufu let out a cheer at the same time, and they laughed and gathered around Liu Jing. Mother Liu was also smiling, she waved away everyone again and again, and said with a smile: "You have something to ask tomorrow." In a blink of an eye, she ordered Liu Jing again: "Child, you come in with your mother." ”

Mother Liu took her daughter back to the bedroom and sat down, stroking Liu Jing's hair, and before she asked her about the hard work of the way, Mother Liu sighed when she thought of it just now, "Child, did you really pay back a thousand gold to Zhao Xuan?" Didn't you take the man with your words? Can't you give a little less? Under the words, there is a hint of flesh pain.

Liu's mother was also rich and wealthy, and she was even more knowledgeable, but the relatively poor life in the past few years still made her miss the two hundred and fifty gold into one thousand taels of gold.

Liu Jing meekly knelt in front of her mother's knees, feeling her mother's gentle touch. She said in a low voice: "That Zhao Xuan has looked for his father several times, and his daughter has been lucky enough to see him." The man, with triangular eyes and a pointed nose and no flesh, was a vicious and treacherous man. This kind of person, my daughter is worried that if we don't do things so that he has nothing to say and no reason to find, he will not stop to embarrass us. 's father is now in prison, and Liu Wenjing is a real sister-in-law. Mother, I don't dare to deal with him. ”

When Liu Mu heard this, her heart also ached. She hugged Liu Jing tightly, choked up and said, "It's my mother's incompetence that tired my Jing'er." ”

Liu Jing shook her head and smiled mischievously: "Mother, you don't know what to do, the child went out this time, only to find that the world outside is so wide." And the child rejoices in dealing with people from all walks of life. ”

She said she was happy, but Liu's mother didn't believe it. A sister-in-law is burdened with such a big pressure from the family, and she is not a god, how can she rejoice as if nothing happened. Everything is just a daughter comforting herself.

Thinking of this, Mother Liu didn't want to feel sorry for herself anymore and increase the burden on her daughter. She hugged Liu Jing and said hoarsely, "Child, tell me about your experience this time." ”

"Well, this time, we are rushing directly to Liyang. As soon as she arrived at Liyang ......, "From Liu Jing's mouth, her incident this time was very smooth. After explaining the matter in a few sentences and not mentioning the difficulties encountered, Liu Jing's eyes were a little drowsy. Rubbing her face against her mother's knee, she said in a daze: "Mother, I'm so sleepy......" As soon as the words fell, she yawned, and when Liu's mother thought of the vague words in her words, and wanted to ask clearly, she looked down and saw her daughter leaning on her lap and falling asleep.

This time, Liu Jing escaped death and successfully solved the crisis at home, and the whole person was relaxed to the extreme, so she didn't even take a bath and cleanse herself, so she fell asleep in a daze.

She slept for a whole day and a night. When Liu Jing collapsed refreshed, Liu's mother also learned the details from Uncle Wu. Almost as soon as she woke up, Liu's mother hurriedly walked in and called to Liu Jing: "Jing'er, I heard that those swingers beat your idea?" You've offended a murderer? ”