Chapter Forty-Nine: The Old Man of Jinshan
I didn't sleep all night, but the next day Li Zhang didn't look tired at all, firstly, it may be because he was growing his body, and his energy was already very strong, and secondly, the most important thing was that he figured out some things, so that he also had a clearer goal for the future.
After breakfast, Li Zhang didn't go out again, but told Douzi to buy something, and then opened the door with the ugly girl, but just after they opened the door, they saw that the door had been blocked by a mountain of meat.
"You're not going to buy braised pork for breakfast again, are you?" Seeing Jinshan outside the door, Li Zhang couldn't help laughing and said, compared to when he was sick two days ago, Jinshan's complexion is much better now, the most important thing is that the whole person seems to have lost a little weight, and I don't know if he lost weight because he was sick and couldn't eat, or because he was afraid of getting sick again, so he began to lose weight intentionally?
"Don't be kidding, last time I went back, my mother frightened me, and invited the most famous doctor in Tokyo to come, but this doctor prescribed a few taboos, including the prohibition of meat, and now my mother sends people to follow me every day, so I haven't seen meat for two days." I saw that Jin Shan was weak at this time, he was a real carnivore, and not eating meat was like an addict not being allowed to take drugs, which was worse for him than death.
"Then you still dare to come to my store?" Li Zhang looked at the various colors of braised pork stacked on the board in front of him and joked again, it was the first time he knew that there was an old lady in Jinshan, and he also found that by the carriage behind Jinshan, in addition to the coachman and thug that day, there was also an old mother with a serious expression, which was probably sent by the old lady of Jinshan.
"Zhi'en Tubao has always been taught to me by my mother, so I can only use this reason to come to you, even if you can't eat it, you can satisfy your cravings by looking at it a few times and smelling it." Jin Shan looked greedily at the braised meat on the board at this time, and his nose twitched a few times, but in the end, he closed his eyes ruthlessly, with a painful expression on his face.
Letting a meat-loving person stand in the meat pile and not letting him eat it is simply the biggest torture, so Li Zhang simply invited Jinshan to the backyard, after all, he is a guest at the door, and he can't keep letting people stand outside the door.
"Little Brother Li, if it weren't for you that day, I'm afraid my gold mountain would have become a dead mountain." I saw that after Jin Shan sat down, he immediately said to Li Zhang with a solemn face.
"You're welcome, I just happen to know some first aid methods, and it's those doctors who can really save you!" Li Zhang smiled modestly at the moment, he actually didn't like to have a relationship with people like Jin Shan before, but the world was unpredictable, and he didn't expect that he would save the other party's life.
"Little Brother Li, although I don't thank you for my kindness, I also brought something to show my heart, please accept it!" Jin Shan spoke again at this time.
However, Li Zhang glanced at the other party a little strangely when he heard this, because Jin Shan originally came empty-handed, just now he was still wondering how Jin Shan didn't even understand this little bit of etiquette, at least carrying a box of dim sum is also a mind, but the other party is empty-handed, of course, Li Zhang is not a person who cares about vulgar etiquette, but now listening to the meaning of Jin Shan's words, he seems to have prepared a gift, could it be that he put it in the carriage outside and didn't bring it in?
However, Li Zhang soon found that he had guessed wrong, only to see Jin Shan take out a small box from his arms and put it in front of Li Zhang, which made Li Zhang also a little strange, and when he opened the box, he found that there were two pieces of paper inside, and when he saw the content on the paper, Li Zhang's face couldn't help but sink.
These are two IOUs, the first is the usury that Li Yonghe owed to Jinshan Casino before, and finally Li Zhang talked about sixty-five yuan, which was paid off by ten yuan per month, and the second proportion is also Li Yonghe's IOU owed to Jinshan Casino, this time it is a little less, only twenty yuan, and the date is yesterday.
"It turns out that yesterday he took the family's money and went to you." Li Zhang looked at the second IOU, and sighed at the moment, originally he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, even if Li Yonghe took the money to eat and drink, or prostitution, he felt that it was better than gambling, but unfortunately the other party disappointed him again.
"In the past few days, in order to recuperate, I rarely go to the casino, until this morning I heard my subordinates talk about it, and I am really sorry for you, you saved my life, but you still let your father go to my casino and lose so much money." Jin Shan said with some guilt at this time.
"I can't blame you, after all, even if there is no Gold Mountain Casino, there may still be Silver Mountain Casino and Copper Mountain Casino, as long as he wants to gamble, he will always find a place!" Li Zhang shook his head lightly and said.
The people who open casinos are indeed hateful, but they can't put all the blame on them, it is precisely because there are too many gamblers, so there will be so many casinos, and the Great Song Dynasty is even more prevalent in gambling, up to the princes and nobles, down to the common people, large and small gambling games can be seen everywhere, even if the imperial court has banned gambling several times, but still can't stop this trend.
"Anyway, your father lost money in my casino, so give you back these IOUs as if he hadn't been to me!" At this time, Jin Shan pushed the IOU in front of Li Zhang again.
Li Zhang looked at the two IOUs in front of him, although he wanted to accept them, so that he would be debt-free and light, but he always felt that this was more like a charity, so he also felt a little uncomfortable, and finally reached out and pushed the IOU in front of Jin Shan and said: "No merit, I never thought of repaying you for saving you, I can accept other gifts you give me, but I won't accept the money!" ”
"Huh?" Jin Shan didn't expect Li Zhang to refuse to accept the IOU, which made him look at Li Zhang with a strange gaze, and after a long while, he spoke again, "This is more than eighty, are you sure you don't want it?" ”
"I have a shortcoming, it's not that the money I earn is not comfortable to spend, but if you are willing to buy a few catties of braised meat with these more than 80 yuan, we will pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other." Li Zhang's last words were half joking and half serious.
Jin Shan couldn't help but show a depressed expression when he heard Li Zhang's words, and after a while, he said speechlessly: "I can take out hundreds of thousands of dollars to do some good deeds, but I don't like to be wronged, after all, I'm already very fat, and I don't want people to call me stupid." ”
After the two finished speaking, they glanced at each other, and then they laughed in unison, because they both thought that the other party was a very interesting person, but after the joke, Jin Shan suddenly stared at Li Zhang with a very serious expression and said: "Little Brother Li, I don't like to owe favors, you saved my life, I have to repay this favor, otherwise I will feel uneasy!" ”
Hearing Jin Shan's words, Li Zhang's heart couldn't help but move, and he thought about it for a moment before he spoke: "If you really want to return my favor, I really want to ask you for help here." ”
"If you say anything, as long as I can do it, I will never shirk!" Jin Shan immediately said happily.
"You just said that you don't like to be wronged, but a few days ago I had to do a wrong, someone asked me to spend ninety times to redeem myself for an ordinary slave and maid......"
At that moment, Li Zhang smiled bitterly, and then went to Xu's Mansion to redeem Douzi's sister, and then was blackmailed by the Xu housekeeper, but Jin Shan said with a strange face after hearing it: "The Xu Mansion you are talking about, is it the Xu Mansion that lives in the north of Wuqi Temple?" ”
"Yes, I also met the young master of the Xu Mansion that day, his name is Xu Wen, you don't know each other, right?" Li Zhang's expression was a little strange when he saw Jin Shan, and he asked again with some feelings at the moment.
"Don't you know, that's my father-in-law's house, and the Xu Wen you said is my brother-in-law." Jin Shan was a little speechless again, and after a long time, it was his father-in-law's family who cheated Li Zhang, and now he felt that he owed Li Zhang more favors.
"You're still married?" Li Zhang looked Jin Shan up and down when he heard this, and said with a surprised expression on his face, although Jin Shan is very fat, he is actually not very old, probably in his twenties, of course, it is normal to get married at this age, but Li Zhang knows that with a body like Jin Shan, it may be very difficult to live a married life, so even if he gets married, I am afraid that his wife is about the same as a widow.
"What do you mean, can't I get married if I'm fat?" Jin Shan also understood something from Li Zhang's eyes, and said with some annoyance at the moment, no matter how fat he is, he is still a man, and men are always very sensitive to others questioning some aspect of their own things.
"This ...... Haha~" Li Zhang saw that the other party was angry, and smiled a little embarrassed at the moment, not knowing what to say? But it's not surprising to think about it, Jin Shan is rich and powerful, even if it is a combination of interests, there will be people who are willing to marry their daughter to him.
"I have long been unpleasant to the eyes of that Steward Xu, with a smiling expression on the surface, but behind the scenes, he only cares about making money for himself, but my father-in-law sees that he is an old man beside him, so he has not been driven away, and now he dares to pit you, I will ask someone to bring him, whatever you do!" Jin Shan didn't want to discuss his marriage with Li Zhang anymore, so he said again at the moment, but looking at his angry appearance, it was estimated that he had sprinkled the anger just now on the head of Steward Xu.
"There's no need to dispose of it, you just need to ask him to send Douzi's sister and the deed of sale, and I will give the money for redemption according to the market price!" Li Zhang is very generous, it's not that he doesn't hold grudges, it's just that he disdains to deal with villains like Steward Xu.
"Don't worry about it, it's on me!" Jin Shan patted his majestic chest and assured that Li Zhang could not care, but he couldn't ignore it, not to mention that he had long disliked that Steward Xu, and he just took advantage of this matter to clean up the other party!
After Jin Shan finished speaking, he turned around and left, Li Zhang thought that it would take him a while to bring Xiuxiu, but he didn't expect that it was only noon, but Jin Shan came with that Steward Xu, but the appearance of this Steward Xu had changed a "little", and he almost didn't recognize the other party at first.