Chapter 41: Lessons (Three Watches for Pink Tickets)
Xiao Xiangsheng realized that Long Xiangye had been sick in bed for several days, no wonder he had never seen her come to visit him.
"Alas, your mother...... In the future, you must remember that you are the head of the family, and you have to make your own decisions about everything. On your mother's side, if you say the right thing, you will listen. No, you don't hear it. You have to know that if you, the head of the family, have no opinions, this family will not be able to support it at all. Xiao Xiangsheng grabbed Xiao Shiji and said a lot to him, as if he had confessed his last words.
Xiao Shiji felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he didn't think about it so much.
After returning from prison, Xiao Shiji began to sell the remaining wealth of the Xiao family. First, the shops on the bright side were all transferred to the Du family, and then the shops in the secret gave all the property rights to the Du family. The mansions and granges inside and outside Chang'an City were all sold to outsiders, and the cash was recovered, and the Jingzhao Yin Mansion was continued.
It's just that almost half a month has passed, and Jing Zhaoyin has no intention of releasing people, and the Xiao family's wealth has been almost tossed.
It's easy to lose, but it's hard to start.
Xiao Shiji looked at the family wealth that his father earned back, and he was tossed away by himself, and his heart was also very bitter. But if they don't, their family's lives may not be saved.
Without Xiao Xiangsheng by his side, their family's money is the root and seedling of trouble.
Besides, he has already sent his own shop to the Du family. As long as their father comes out one day, their Xiao family will be able to make a comeback.
But Xiao Shiji did not wait for the day when Xiao Xiang was born.
Xiao Xiangsheng was in prison and learned from a cell boss who sympathized with him. Jing Zhaoyin saw that no matter how he tortured him, he couldn't get any news, so he planned to arrest the whole family of their Xiao family and threaten him with the lives of the whole family. It depends on whether he values the two prisoners, or his own family.
Xiao Xiangsheng learned the news, sat in prison all night, and the next day made up his mind, after making a lot of noise in the prison, he argued with the cell boss who rushed in, threw himself on their Pu knife, and died in the center.
Xiao Xiang died in life. Jing Zhaoyin knew that the clues of the Dao were completely broken. Angry for a while, he ordered someone to raid the Xiao family and confiscate all the Xiao family's property.
Xiao Shi was prepared early to transfer the family's money and belongings. Cheap sale of cheap sale. Maids, mothers-in-law and nurses. What has been sold a long time ago is sold, and what is dismissed is dismissed, except for the big mansion they live in. There is no other visible wealth.
Long Xiangye's illness was about to be cured, but Zhilu Dao said that his husband had died in prison, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell ill on the bed again.
When Xiao Xiangsheng's mother-in-law Gu Shi got the news, she couldn't breathe, and there was no maid and mother-in-law around to take care of her, so she actually died of phlegm.
When the officials who came in to raid the house saw that the old man was forced to death, they restrained themselves a little and ordered Xiao Shi and his family to go out, and this house was confiscated by Jing Zhaoyin.
The Xiao family was kicked out of the mansion and lived in a small courtyard that was temporarily rented.
The aftermath of the old lady Gu was still handled by Fang Yuniang. Long Xiangye has been sick in bed and has to rely on people to serve.
The Xiao family has undergone a drastic change, and Xiao Shiji seems to have grown up overnight.
Dad is gone, grandma is dead, mother is seriously ill, there are two little brothers and sisters at home, and the burden of the family is on him.
"Big brother, I'm hungry." Siu Shi and his three-year-old brother Siu Tai Ji bit a thumb in their mouths, looked at Siu Shi Ji with tears in their eyes, and pulled at the placket of his clothes with the other hand and shouted.
Xiao Shiji sighed, he was also hungry. But when my mother was sick, they asked the doctor to boil medicine, and they actually spent almost all the silver at hand. There were also people watching them in secret, and he did not dare to take the money that his family had hidden elsewhere.
Fortunately, the former caregivers of their family, grateful for the kindness of his father Xiao Xiangsheng, took good care of their family, and often came to deliver rice and noodles, as well as home-grown vegetables. Life is still passable, but it is impossible to have the same fine clothes and food as before.
"Brother and brother, your brothers and sisters are hungry, why don't you cook for them?" Long Xiangye half-leaned on the bed weakly and ordered, "Also, today you go to your second uncle's house, ask him for some money, and go to the market to cut a few catties of meat and come back." Your brother is still young, he is growing his body, and he eats cabbage every day, and he doesn't grow tall. Your sister used to have to drink milk, but now how can she afford to drink it? You go buy some eggs, and then ask your neighbor if there's a place to sell cow's or goat's milk, and buy her some. ”
Xiao Shiji responded first, and then said, "I'll go to Du's house to borrow some silver." The second uncle, mother, is a father without this brother. If only he didn't fall into the ground, and still expect him to help us? ”
Xiao Ruisheng was there, Xiao Shiji went once, but not only did he not borrow a penny, but he was humiliated by Xiao Ruisheng and driven out.
It's really Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.
Xiao Xiangsheng's younger brother Xiao Ruisheng walked in swaggeringly, wearing a fine bamboo cloth gown, a large folding fan sprinkled with gold in his hand, his face was oily, as if he had just come out of the restaurant, carrying a pack of flax cakes that had just come out of the pot, and said to Xiao Taiji, who was staring at him: "Take it and eat it." The little rabbit cub knows that he is greedy. ”
Xiao Taiji pounced, snatched the flax cake from Xiao Ruisheng's hand, ignored the steaming hot mouth, and stuffed it into his mouth to eat.
"Big brother...... Do you eat or not...... There is meat filling in it...... "Xiao Taiji devoured it, but he hadn't forgotten his eldest brother Xiao Shiji.
Xiao Shiji sighed and touched Xiao Taiji's head, "Eat slowly, it's all yours, don't worry." Then he looked at Xiao Ruisheng, "Second uncle, you came to my house, what's the matter?" ”
Xiao Ruisheng smiled, closed the gold-sprinkled folding fan in his hand, and said, "Brother He'er, let's stop talking darkly." Your second uncle and I are here today to divide the family property. ”
Xiao Shiji knew that Xiao Ruisheng came to the door and said lightly: "Where do we have any family wealth?" The second uncle thinks he heard it wrong, right? - Even the yard where we live now is rented, does the second uncle want to share half of our rent? ”
Xiao Ruisheng was annoyed and angry by Xiao Shiji's ridicule, pointed at Xiao Shiji's forehead with a folding fan and said loudly: "You kid, don't pretend to be stupid with Lao Tzu!" - My dead brother has always been a cunning rabbit! He didn't hide the silver anywhere else, I'll cut off the head for you!" I advise you to quickly take it out and add five to me, and divide it into one point. If you don't, I'll sue Jing Zhaoyin right now to see if you're good or Jing Zhaoyin is good! ”
These words are simply heart-wrenching.
Who in Chang'an City doesn't know the way, Xiao Xiangsheng, a big salt merchant, died in Jing Zhaoyin's prison. The order to arrest him was also issued by Jing Zhaoyin. Even his home was copied by Jing Zhaoyin's order.
Their Xiao family has a grudge against Jing Zhaoyin at all!
Xiao Shiji was furious, his hands were clenched into fists, his joints clicked, but he couldn't say a word in his mouth.
A clear and childlike female voice came in, "It's really strange that there are many things every year, especially this year." I've seen shameless, but I've never seen such a shameless one! When Uncle Xiao was alive, he never treated you well. When he died, you didn't say that you helped him take care of your nephews and nieces, but you also came to the well and took the food from the mouths of orphans and widows. Are you still not human? - and brother, hit him! "The one who came in was the six-year-old Du Hengshuang, followed by Ou Yangniang, the little maid, and the Du family's guard Qian Bo.
As soon as Xiao Shiji saw these people coming, he immediately felt that he had the courage and backing, flew forward, knocked Xiao Ruisheng to the ground with one head, and then rode on top of him, holding his two arms with one hand, and clenching his fist with the other, and hammering him heavily in the face.
Although Xiao Ruisheng is much older than Xiao Shiji, he was born weak, he was hungry at home when he was a child, he never had enough to eat, and his body has not been very strong. Second, he is greedy for flowers and lustful, likes to sleep in flowers and willows, and his body has long been hollowed out.
Although Xiao Shiji was only nine years old, he was invited by Xiao Xiangsheng to teach kung fu by the master of fists and feet and the master of riding and archery since he was a child.
Xiao Ruisheng screamed like a pig, and the subordinates he brought hurriedly rushed in, but were stopped by Qian Bo at the door, and quietly, one person and one kick, kicked them all outside the door and lay down.
For a while, Xiao Ruisheng screamed again and again in the small courtyard, and the subordinates brought by Xiao Ruisheng outside the courtyard screamed again and again, and the cries of the master and servant reflected each other, which caused the surrounding people to come out to probe their brains.
Du Hengshuang glanced at his little maid Zhihua.
That little girl is one year older than Du Hengshuang, and she is also sharp-toothed, and she is quite close to Du Hengshuang.
Seeing the color of the eldest lady, Zhihua hurriedly turned around and walked out, standing at the door of the small courtyard rented by the Xiao family, and said crisply: "As a younger brother, not to mention taking care of your nephew and helping your widow and sister-in-law, you actually brought someone over to beat and rob, and I can't wait to force my brother's family to death." This kind of person is really not as good as a pig and a dog, and he deserves to be killed! ”
It turned out that it was a matter of brothers fighting for property. Everyone has seen a lot, but the Xiao family is already poor, and this younger brother does not let go of the eldest brother's widow and orphan, which is too much.
The two most despicable things of the three sects and nine streams of the Great Zhou Dynasty, one is to dig up the grave of the household, and the other is to shoot the widow's door, which is not a good thing.
For a while, the neighbors were extremely disgusted by the people brought by Xiao Ruisheng, and some people even stepped forward and spat directly on the entourage who was beaten on the ground and sighed with a sigh.
Xiao Ruisheng finally pushed Xiao Shiji away, got up from the ground, and limped: "Xiao Shiji, you wait!" ”
"What are you waiting for?! - Chamber, call me! I'll beat him up and see how dare he bully his brother! Du Hengshuang's willow eyebrows were upside down, really annoyed. In addition to her father Du Xiancheng, what she cares about most is her brother. Dare to threaten her brother in front of her, it's really impatient!
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Third, I ask for pink tickets. (To be continued.) )