The family has suffered such a big change, and the aunt and a woman have long been gone, everything is decided by Han Xiufeng, the nephew, and the mother and son are hiding in the backyard crying. Hearing that Guan Zhutou was coming, it seemed that there was another backbone, so he didn't care about crying anymore, and hurriedly pulled his sister to wash the dishes, brush the pot, and make a fire to cook.

After lunch, the creditor did not come, but there were many neighbors who wanted to see the lively Han family. When knocking on the door, I made all kinds of excuses, and saw a servant lying under the yellow cypress tree, and they hid quickly one by one. The countrymen are afraid of seeing officials, and Han Xiufeng is not surprised when he sees it.

Although Guan Zhutou played the role of the door god, he didn't have the heart to be powerful, so he stood up with pain, sat on the soft cushion that the younger sister had just taken, and asked anxiously with the tea bowl: "Four babies, your idea is really feasible, can the shopkeeper Pan be so good at talking?" ”

"Whether it will work or not, we will find out immediately." Han Xiufeng took out a wooden box from the house and gently placed it on the stone bench.

The five generations of the pillar family are all struggling, and they often deal with the dead in this business, all of them are unlucky, and they are not treated anywhere, he has this self-knowledge, and the creditor is about to come to the door, so he simply squats in the corner alone.

Han Xiufeng didn't seem to be worried at all, set up the tea stool, and sat down, when there was a knock on the door outside.

"Is there anyone, nephew Zhixingxian, I'm your Uncle Pan!"

Zhixing is Han Xiufeng's word, which was taken by Han Yucai before his death, Pan shopkeeper studied in private school for a few years, and he was not even a child, but he has always regarded himself as a scholar.

Han Xiufeng walked over quickly and opened the door, on such a hot day, the shopkeeper Pan was actually wearing a gray cloth gown, a melon skin hat on his head, and a pair of black cloth double-beam fast boots on his feet. Behind him was a twenty-year-old descendant, wearing a jujube red silk arrow coat and holding a folding fan.

Pan Changsheng, the second son of the shopkeeper Pan, Han Xiufeng recognized it, smiled at him, and then turned around and bowed to the shopkeeper Pan: "Shopkeeper Pan, why did you come, Xiufeng has been waiting for a long time, please, please inside." ”

"Virtuous nephew is polite, then our father and son will be bothered." Guan Zhutou Pan shopkeeper is recognized, in fact, from the moment he entered the door, he stared at Guan Zhutou, the flat-headed people were afraid of officials, he had a big uncle and brother to support him and was not afraid, and he made a gesture from afar: "Guan Zhutou, you are a rare guest, what kind of wind blew you from the county government to the horse?" ”

"Come and put incense on my brother-in-law, and take a look at my younger brother and sister by the way."

"Yucai and I are like brothers, not brothers are better than brothers, just hired by Bishan Zhengtang as the master of Qian Gu but died young, it is really jealous of the talent, it hurts to think about it." Shopkeeper Pan bowed his hand to the spiritual position in the hall, with a sad face.

Han Xiufeng was not in the mood to see him fake compassion, and greeted: "Shopkeeper Pan, the deceased is gone, and the living are like this, let's get back to business." ”

"Don't be in a hurry, let me put incense on Brother Yucai first."

The shopkeeper Pan said that he took it in his mouth and hand, pretended to dust off the dust that was not there on his body at all, crossed the threshold and walked into the hall, picked up a stick of incense and lit it, inserted it into the incense burner in front of the spiritual seat, folded his hands and bowed deeply, and then made his second child kowtow with a solemn expression, and he really thought that their father and son were here to mourn.

Han Xiufeng had no choice but to pull a futon and kneel down to thank him.

"Virtuous nephew, please get up, no need to be polite," the shopkeeper Pan first returned the salute with a fist, took advantage of the situation to help Han Xiufeng, returned to the courtyard and sat opposite Guan Zhutou, and arched his hand again: "Guan Zhutou, we haven't seen each other for a long time, right?" It's rare for you to come on a horse, why don't you go to my cabinet and have a cup of tea? ”

"Shopkeeper Pan is polite, you can drink tea at any time, let's get down to business first." Guan Zhutou has been in the yamen for so many years, his face is expressionless, and he is not angry and arrogant.

Pan Changsheng, the elder of the Pan family, didn't dare to come to Guan Zhutou, and stood in the corner with the pillar and said in a strange voice: "The scribes, the head catchers and the servants are all here, it's a big battle." ”

"Brother Pan, what are you talking about," Han Xiufeng heard it clearly, and while beckoning the shopkeeper Pan to drink tea, he turned back and said: "Who doesn't know that I, Han Si, and my recently deceased second uncle are begging for a living in the Yamen, and most of the relatives and friends who come and go are naturally from the Yamen. What's more, it is natural to repay debts, and I, Han Si, have read the sage books for a few years, how can I not know this truth, and how can I do things that oppress people with power. ”

"The virtuous nephew understands the righteousness and is worthy of the Han family's thousand-mile horse. Changsheng, do you hear it, learn it! Shopkeeper Pan put down the tea bowl, looked at Han Xiufeng with a smile and said: "Virtuous nephew, Changsheng hasn't studied for a few days, he hasn't seen anything, in the end, blame me for teaching my son, you have a lot of adults, don't be angry with him." ”

"Shopkeeper Pan is serious, I know what to say, what to say, righteous and upright, and a person with a temperament."

"Don't boast, if you praise him, you don't know how thick the sky is."

"Okay, let's get down to business." Han Xiufeng didn't want to go around in circles anymore, put down the teapot and said sincerely: "Shopkeeper Pan, as I said just now, it is natural to repay debts, our Han family did not have it before, it will not be now, and it will not do anything like that in the future, but it is really not possible to take out so much money for a while, can you give us a few years of grace and allow us to pay it back slowly." ”

"Han Si, are you planning not to pay it back for a thousand years, and it will not be bad for ten thousand years?" Pan Changsheng, the second son of the shopkeeper Pan, asked angrily.

"Brother Pan, what are you talking about, who is willing to live with a lot of debts. If you have money, you will naturally pay it back, but now you have no money, Brother Pan, you are a strong man. ”

"Han Si, your family has your family's difficulties, and my family has my family's difficulties, if you ask for forgiveness one by one, then I can't open it with Xingdang?"

"Nephew, don't worry. Changsheng, you don't have to say a word. The shopkeeper Pan put down the tea bowl, looked up at the yard, and pretended to be helpless and said: "Virtuous nephew, Guan Zhutou, I am not as good as those wealthy pawnshops in the city, doing small business, you may not believe it, the silver turnover on the counter is only a few hundred taels, and it really can't be forgiven, otherwise this pawnshop that can't make a few dollars really can't be opened." ”

The son is aggressive, Lao Tzu pretends to be a good person, and the father and son make it clear that one sings red face and the other sings white.

Seeing a lot of this kind of matter, he said coldly: "Shopkeeper Pan, since there is not much silver turnover on the counter, why do you still lend so much silver to Yucai?" ”

"Didn't I say just now, I have the same brotherhood with Yucai, he finally climbed the high branch to go to Bishan with the eldest master to take office, I can only find ways to help him raise money." Shopkeeper Pan took out the IOU from his sleeve, and said vigorously: "Guan Zhutou, you have seen the world, you see, if it weren't for the same brotherhood, I could only count him as a profit?" ”

The interest is indeed not high, and it can even be called a conscience.

However, Han Xiufeng didn't think he had such good intentions, and glanced down at the IOU: "Shopkeeper Pan, my uncle pooled money to give the alternate magistrate to take office, and I only found out later about the 'master with a belly' for the short-lived county master, but I think in addition to what is written on the note, you and my uncle should have an agreement in private, right?" ”