Master Qiao escaped alive, and he is thankful that he is very content. But the old lady even scolded and complained that the reason why he didn't keep the official was not enough money, which made Master Qiao's heart more or less strange.

It's just that I know that relatives are just relatives, and Shen Cangken's appearance is already a big favor, and it's too greedy to talk about anything else.

He was ashamed in front of his old mother and his brothers' family, and he also thought that because of his own sake, the family had lost all his money, and there were three thousand taels of fine silver that needed to be collected within a limited time, and the family would be broken.

The Qiao family started from the great-grandfather of Master Qiao, and it is already the fourth generation of Master Qiao's generation, but the grade was not high before, and the Qiao family has been on the decline in recent years, and has also sold a lot of public and middle industries, and the remaining industries are limited

Unexpectedly, he was involved in a lawsuit before the emperor, and his life was at stake, and the old lady and the eldest lady both held on to their private rooms and refused to pay for the money.

Master Qiao's heart was immediately angry, but he was not so confused that he thought that he could keep his official position by scattering the silver, but thought that the Qiao family did not pay the silver, so he must have spent money on the Shen family if he came out safely.

The Shen family's help this time is benevolent and righteous, and they may not be willing to go back a second time.

The Qiao family asked for help like this, it was too much. Is Shen Cang good-tempered? Is Xu lenient? After this incident, the Shen family is afraid that they will avoid the Qiao family in the future.

Master Qiao sat on the chair, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Second brother, you can't take advantage of this cheapness."

"Yes, unless you don't count on the Shen family anymore, you should still inquire about how much silver was used, and it should be used as a supplement." Second Master Qiao is more reasonable, and of course he also thought of the powerful relationship, so he nodded and agreed.

The world is hot and cold, the Qiao family is an old family in the capital, and there are more than a dozen old in-laws, but for more than a month, the Qiao family has been like a plague, for fear of implicating them. Compared with them, the Shen family, who has always been lukewarm to the Qiao family, seems too righteous.

The two brothers glanced at each other, each thoughtful.

The second master Qiao thinks about the public middle school industry, and if he sells it, he will sell it, otherwise it will not be possible to divide the house evenly when the family is really divided, and most of it will be classified as a sacrificial field and distributed to the long house.

Mr. Qiao thought of Mrs. Qiao and Mrs. Qiao's private house, since the floating wealth was still there, there was no need to sell the ancestral property. Otherwise, when he went underground, he would not have the face to see the ancestors of the Qiao family.

In the end, Mr. Qiao is the head of the family, if he wants to make arrangements, the sick Mrs. Qiao will become "deaf" and "blind".

Which "loyal servant" and "loyal maid" dare to talk more?

When Mrs. Qiao, who was sick, noticed the movement, Mrs. Qiao's private gold, silver, and two boxes of antique ornaments in the treasury had been secretly transported to the main room.

Mrs. Qiao hurriedly returned to the main room, sent the maidservants and mother-in-law down, and said to Master Qiao with a little eagerness: "Why did the master move the old lady's private room?" The old lady is going to be annoyed."

Master Qiao sneered: "Three thousand fines, ordered to be delivered within ten days, I don't make up the silver, do I have to go to prison again?" ”

Mrs. Qiao tugged at the handkerchief and said, "Isn't it possible to make up ideas?" Not so much. ”

"How? There are only a few dozen taels left on the books, will there be silver falling from the sky? Master Qiao frowned

Mrs. Qiao was speechless for a while, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Let's move around first, and when the silver from the third uncle's side arrives, it's not too late to pay it back." ”

Since Master Qiao was arrested by Jinyiwei, Mrs. Qiao asked the second master to send a letter to the third master.

Master Qiao San is in a foreign position, and he can justifiably get the shortage of oil and water, but in the past few years, except for the New Year's gift and birthday gift, he has not seen the silver sent to the capital over there.

The Qiao family has not yet been separated, and it stands to reason that the brothers' income should go to the public middle school, and there is no reason to embezzle it privately. Although it was the third master who was the official, it was the family's silver that was spent for the third master's lack at the beginning.

Taking advantage of this official incident, Mrs. Qiao was trying to squeeze some silver out of the third master's hands.

In other words, Mrs. Qiao is so "shrewd", and Master Qiao is only happy, after all, he is used to being a hands-off shopkeeper, but now he only feels cold.

"Far water can't solve the near fire, and look at the eyes, I'm afraid these private rooms are not enough, do you still have silver over there?" Master Qiao asked coldly.

Mrs. Qiao shook her head and said, "I originally had nine hundred taels there, but a new shop was added during the Dragon Boat Festival, and the remaining two hundred taels of silver were taken away by the fifth brother." ”

Qiao Yongde Yuan tried to fall first, and the blow was very heavy. It just so happened that this year was the 40th birthday of the third master, and Qiao Yongshan wanted to go south to pay homage to his father, so Qiao Yongde followed his cousin to relax.

Master Qiao didn't suspect that his wife was lying, and there were several shops and private properties that Mrs. Qiao had added in her name over the years, all of which were slowly added in this way.

He drooped his face, even if Mrs. Qiao had objections, she didn't speak again, watching Master Qiao call the account room, and counted the old lady's gold and silver, a total of two thousand taels of tickets, seven hundred taels of silver, and one hundred and thirty taels of gold.

When Mrs. Qiao saw it, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay, it's more than three thousand." ”

Master Qiao shook his head and said, "It's not enough," and asked someone to carry the two boxes of antiques and treasures

Mrs. Qiao looked puzzled and said, "Master, could it be that the fine is more than three thousand taels?" ”

Master Qiao said with his hands behind his back: "There is also the Shen family's side."

Mrs. Qiao didn't squeak, Mrs. Qiao didn't pay the money before, and her husband was naturally bleeding from the Shen family if he could come out. Although she felt that it was inappropriate, she could pretend to be confused for her husband, but she didn't expect him to think about returning the Shen family's money.

Although she is reluctant in her heart, she also knows the severity.

After her husband's resignation, the Qiao family was in turmoil, and she couldn't do without the protection of the Shen family.

Two boxes of antiques and treasures, as a sworn friend, a total of 2,500 taels of silver.

So he made up six thousand five hundred taels of silver.

Among them, 3,000 taels of silver needed to be kept for the payment of fines, and 500 taels of silver were given to the second master and the eldest wife to make up for the previous misappropriation, and the remaining 3,000 taels of silver were exchanged for Zhuang tickets.

After discussing with Second Master Qiao, Master Qiao left one thousand taels of them, and went to Shen's house on the same day with two thousand taels of tickets for the occasional need among writers.

Shen Cang was not surprised by the Qiao family's door-to-door thanks, but he really didn't expect the Qiao family to think about returning the silver.

The Qiao family has been in decline over the years, and they have taken advantage of the Shen family in these years.

Before, only the second master of Qiao's side sent 1,500 taels of silver over with shame on his face, and then there was no movement.

But since it is a lawsuit that leads to heaven, how can it be solved with 1,500 taels of silver? But Qiao's family pretended to be deaf and dumb, and Shen Cang was impatient to talk to them, so he just suffered a dumb loss.

Unexpectedly, now there is a turning point.

Brothers, settle accounts, not to mention that the two families are cousins.

Shen Cang didn't want to accept the money here, and he had to bear the suspicion of "encroachment from it" over there, so he immediately called the chief butler over.

Master Qiao was able to get out of official affairs, and the big housekeeper took Shen Cang's name card and ran outside, and the specific amount of money was accounted for.

On a certain day, he received 1,500 taels of tickets from Master Qiao San, and on a certain day, he paid a few hundred taels to a certain yamen, and read them out with a pen.

When Master Qiao heard the beginning, his face was surprised, and he looked at Second Master Qiao.

Second Master Qiao was listening carefully to the expenses behind, and by the end of July, he had already paid four thousand taels of silver. But Master Qiao only came out after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the days behind him were indispensable for throwing money.

The chief housekeeper continued to read, and Shen Cang said: "That's it, don't read the rest." ”

Master Qiao didn't understand the key yet, so he only stared at the 1,500 taels at the beginning and asked, "Second brother, why is it 1,500 taels?" Didn't you say that the family made up a thousand taels at that time? ”

Second Master Qiao coughed uncomfortably and said, "I made up another five hundred taels." ”

Master Qiao looked at his younger brother, his eyes were full of gratitude, if it weren't for the Shen family, he would have tears in his eyes.

At the moment of life and death, the biological mother and the wife of the knot are holding the private room, but the younger brother can help raise five hundred taels of silver.

Five hundred taels is not a large amount for Mrs. Qiao and Mrs. Qiao, but it is not a small number for the second master, who has always been guarded by his mother and sister-in-law.

Second Master Qiao was uncomfortable by his brother, and turned to Shen Cang and said, "Cousin, let's figure it out, let's go home and make up the insufficient silver." ”

Shen Cang waved his hand and said: "No need, it's not a business, Ding is Ding Mao is Mao, even if you call me a cousin, what if I spend a few silver?" ”

Only then did Master Qiao understand that the silver he brought was not enough, and he said, "I still have some silver at home, and I will send it to my cousin when I go back." ”

Shen Cang used to be very displeased with this cousin of Master Qiao, but now that he knows how to be grateful, he always feels that he has not contributed in vain. As for the cheap cousin Second Master Qiao, it is not easy to do this for his brother-in-law.

The three brothers of the Shen family have a good relationship, and Shen Cang is also willing to see others being close to each other.

The Qiao family is only a medium-sized family, and the fine of three thousand taels plus the two thousand taels of silver in front of him, and the previous one thousand five hundred taels add up to more than six thousand taels of silver. Even if you have money in your family, you are not rich.

The Shen family is not short of money, although it has spent some money for the Qiao family this time, it is not necessary for the Qiao family to smash the pot and sell iron to make up for it.

Shen Cang is a character of "people respect me for a foot, I respect people for a foot", Qiao's family knows how to be grateful, and his previous anger is almost gone.

Because the third old lady and Mrs. Qiao are siblings, and the cousins are several years old, they often play with each other when they are young. However, the relationship between the two families was estranged later, and it has only gradually drifted apart in the past 30 years.

The mediocre Master Qiao was dismissed and became white, Shen Cang was a second-grade Beijing official, and the two cousins were worlds apart, but inexplicably they were a little less alienated than in the past.

Shen Cang looked at Master Qiao, and said with hatred: "In the future, you will also have a snack, don't live in a daze."

Although Master Qiao was indeed involved in the case, out of the 26,500 taels of the project money that was embezzled, Master Qiao only got 500 taels, which was only a fraction, but he was burdened with more than the system, and in the final analysis, he was still fooled.

Master Qiao said ashamedly: "No, I won't have that opportunity to make mistakes in the future, isn't it ......"

Shen Cang said: "In a scholarly family like ours, it is fundamental for children to study, if you are idle in the future, you will be able to supervise your children and grandchildren to study, nothing else matters."

The nephews and nephews of the Qiao family are seven, with three sons in the long house, two sons and one concubine; two rooms, one concubine and two concubines, the eldest two died young, and only one concubine was still young; Three rooms and one sister-in-law.

Among these brothers, except for the seventh brother, the son of the second master Qiao, who was enlightened, he also saw something, and the remaining five only the fifth brother and the sixth brother were studying, and the two older brothers were not reading materials, and they threw away the books without even passing the county exam.

Now that Master Qiao has a few grandsons, Shen Cang mentioned this with Master Qiao, but he also didn't want the Qiao family to decline. Otherwise, the children will not be able to support the portal, and it will be Shen Zhou who will be affected in the future

Master Qiao didn't think of Shen Zhou, he only felt that his cousin was bitter, sincerely admonished, and responded very gratefully: "I know the truth, this is how my life is, but the children and grandchildren are looking forward to becoming talents, and when they go back, they will start to urge them to study, and they will definitely give their children and grandchildren out......"