"Oh?"

The shopkeeper of the cloth shop didn't seem surprised by the middle-aged man's words, he gently rubbed the round ruby ring on his index finger a few times, and then said slowly: "Have you forgotten the oath you made when you joined?" ”

"What oath?"

The rich middle-aged man laughed when he heard this: "Big shopkeeper, when is that old yellow calendar?" How many more can you remember?

And, speaking of all these years, I'm also worthy of you, right? In which year will I not pay a huge amount of money to pay it? To be able to do what I do, is it enough to be benevolent and righteous? Hmph, don't think I don't know, those who defected directly are not doing well now? ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, his hands trembled, and then he suddenly raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man with a crazy face: "Do you think you are doing the right thing?" Have you forgotten how you went from a grocery store guy to the rich man you are today? ”

The middle-aged man smiled, the fat all over his body was trembling, only a pair of eyes were still cold: "I haven't forgotten!" Yes, you were the ones who made me marry that woman in the first place! But after so many years, the money I gave me is enough to repay you a thousand, ten thousand times! Well, that woman is dead now, too! I'm tired too, and I don't want to be a marionette in your hands anymore! The big shopkeeper! Please come back! ”

The face of the shopkeeper twitched a few times, and he raised his hand, wanting to point at the middle-aged man, but in the end, he lowered his arm in vain and sighed: "That's it, I'm not here to persuade you this time!" This time, I just told you one thing, Juzi, he's coming! ”

"Huh?"

Suddenly, when he heard the word moment, the middle-aged man's face instantly changed color! From the previous resentment, anger! It turned into shock, fear! Or there is a bit of relief that has finally come.

"You, do it yourself."

With a sigh at the end, the shopkeeper of the cloth shop left with his body bent over, not even interested in looking back again.

Behind him, a middle-aged man sitting on a wide bearded bed stared at his back, his bloated chest rising and falling violently with wheezing.

"Master, do you want us to take him?"

Behind him, a cold voice came quietly, but it was a few black-clothed nurses who came out of nowhere.

The middle-aged man didn't look back at the few people behind him, sat on the Hu bed, took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "No! What's the use of killing him at this time? Go, go and gather all of you back now, starting today, the Zhu family will close the door! ”

Boss Zhu, a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou, suddenly fell ill!

The news that I couldn't see the wind, the water, and the people soon spread throughout Yangzhou early the next morning.

Some people who don't believe in this even went to the gate of Zhu's Mansion to find out.

But when I arrived, I found out that as the rumors said, the gate of the Zhu family was locked, and even the lanterns that had been burned in front of the door were not packed up and sent home, and the huge courtyard was as silent as death.

And that's just one of them.

Soon, the grocery stores in Yangzhou City also closed one after another, so that many people who planned to go out to buy things were empty, and they had to spit a few mouthfuls of hatred at the closed shops.

Xiao Han only knew Zhu Bajie, not Boss Zhu, and he didn't need to buy things like a grocery store, so he didn't care about this matter at all.

I woke up early in the morning and had a sore back!

Don't think about it, this is because he is afraid that he will not be honest when he sleeps and hurt Xue Pan's stomach, so he slept very unsteadily all night.

Rubbing his eyes, he comforted Steward Lu, who felt that he had lost money by buying land, and after a hurried breakfast, he told Xiaodong to set up a car, and he wanted to go to Qili Village with Ziyi to see the land.

"When I arrived at the Hou Ye, there was ...... in front of me"

The carriage was shouted and stopped slowly, Ziyi jumped out of the carriage, and was just about to point to the front to speak, when he suddenly felt that something was wrong!

The land she bought yesterday, why are there so many people today?

"Ziyi, who are these people?"

Xiao Han also got out of the car at this time, looked at the villagers in the distance who were bending over in the field and didn't know what to do, and looked at Ziyi in wonder.

Didn't they say they had already bought this land? So why are these people on his turf?

Could it be that these people are going to go back on their word? Sold the land, and then ran back to take advantage?

This thing is really not uncommon in later generations, borrowing other people's money without changing it, and there are many people who occupy other people's places and don't let them!

Not to mention Xiao Han, Ziyi also looked at those people with a surprised face at this time.

She opened her mouth, and she was about to say something, but an old man with a big hat in the distance suddenly saw this side, waved his hand vigorously here, and then trotted all the way over.

"Oh, the girl came so early? This is ...... Your father-in-law, right? Rude faux pas! ”

Running in front of Xue Pan by stepping on the messy grass, Liu Laohan, who was tired and a little out of breath, laughed! Then as he spoke, he looked Xiao Han up and down, that look like an old man looking at his uncle!

Ziyi was instantly embarrassed by the old man's word Xianggong, and the appearance of the strong woman was gone, the little girl stomped her foot lightly, bit her lip and said, "Mr. Liu, you, what are you talking nonsense!" ”

"Oh? Did the old man say the wrong thing? ”

Liu Laohan has lived for so long, and he has also lived to become a human spirit, and when he saw the appearance of purple clothes, he immediately knew that he was thinking badly, so he quickly smiled and apologized to the two.

Xiao Han is not as thin-skinned as Ziyi, in other words, his skin is absolutely thick enough to prevent arrows, not to mention being regarded as a prince in purple, even if there are a few more, it is not a problem...... Ahem, the premise is that Xue Pan is not there!

Gently bowed to Liu Laohan, Xiao Han didn't mention the matter of the illness just now, lightly pointed at the villagers, and asked the old man: "The younger generation has seen the old man, but I don't know what those people are doing?" ”

"Oh, you said they?"

Liu Laohan was very satisfied with Xiao Han, who was well-mannered, smiled, raised his chin and nodded at those people: "Didn't the girl buy this land yesterday!"

The old man came back last night to take a look, and felt that this land had been barren for a while, and the grass was almost overgrown, so it couldn't be delivered to others like this!

So early this morning, I mobilized the people in the village to work together to clean up and make people look good. ”

"Oh? So that's it! ”

When Xiao Han heard this, his heart immediately felt awe-inspiring, and at the same time, he felt a little ashamed of his careful thinking just now.

I don't know why, I've been in Datang for so long, but many times, when I look at things, I still look at things like the exquisite egoism of later generations, and I always think badly about people.

This way of thinking is almost incompatible with the etiquette system of the Tang Dynasty, and whenever he sees the nobility of others, he can always bring out his insignificance.

Perhaps, Mr. Lu Xun's "small under the leather robe" may be talking about people like him.