Fangjia Hutong, outside Dong E's house.

The stewards of several shops stood at the door, followed by the little maids leading mules and donkeys, blocking half of the road tightly.

Jue Luo's said that when he came out of Dong E's mansion, he only came out with a jewelry box, how many things could be in it? Although when their ancestors and grandchildren first arrived here, Cao Hao sent a housekeeper to deliver rice and grain, but Jue Luo's family has always been strong, and he has already troubled the Cao family a lot, so he still has the face to continue to take advantage, so he politely refused.

The old man thought about selling a few pieces of jewelry, enough to cover the expenses, and kept the rest for his granddaughter to buy a dowry when the time came. Although Dong E's family is defeated, and it is becoming more and more difficult to find the right family, it is not good to let his granddaughter go out empty-handed.

Unexpectedly, a few days after leaving the prison of the Criminal Department, the old man became ill. I invited a few old doctors and prescribed a lot of medicines, but they never worked, so I could only use all kinds of good medicines.

It's really a blessing, and the misfortune is not a single line, and when it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival, all the money and grain shops are swarming here.

As those people thought, even if the old lady sues her son and grandson to death, she is not a member of the Dong E family, and naturally she has to pay off the debt.

Even if there are kind-hearted people among them, they know that there is no man to support the portal here, and only two grandchildren are left, which is pitiful. But in the end, it is the buyer and seller, sympathy is sympathy, silver is silver, and the capital of no one is blown by the wind.

felt that Luo's actions were square and he would not repay the debts, so he asked Shen De to settle the accounts for these shops.

Shen De is the son of Mama Shen, who is in his twenties this year, and is now in charge of some things when he goes out to buy.

Although Jue Luo handed over all the money from the sale of jewelry to Shen De and asked him to pay off the debts outside, where could he be?

Like a vegetable shop, an oil and salt shop, a fruit shop, a meat shop, or something, it's easy to say, from the first month to the time before the accident at Dong E's house, four months of hard work, some twenty or thirty taels, some seventy or eighty taels, can still be filled. Silk, jewelry, tea, and antiques are big heads, and there is silver to fill them up for a while.

Jue Luo's health was not good, and everyone didn't dare to tell her. Jinghui once went to her aunt's house, and Ilgen felt that Luo was unwilling for his niece to come forward to repay the bad debts of the Dong E family, after all, Kali still had his own daughter, where did he need his niece to repay the debt. What she meant was to take her niece and daughter to Fucha Mansion, so that she would not have to suffer and suffer poverty outside, and she had wronged herself.

Jinghui wants to guard her grandmother, how can she go to her aunt by herself? Ilgen felt that Luo couldn't persuade her, so he helped with a hundred taels of silver, but it was still a big hole.

Jinghui was so anxious that she couldn't do anything, thinking about selling her grandmother's remaining jewelry, but without her grandmother's approval, she didn't dare to make decisions easily, so she could only ask Shen De and Chang Gui to talk to the shop outside about the postponement.

The stewards of those shops also saw that Dong E's family lived in this small house, and only the old and the small were left, and I was afraid that there was no silver left. Afraid that their ancestors and grandchildren would run away, they sent people to watch here at night, looking for a little bit to recover.

After Cao Song found out, although he brought all the private houses that were collected on the jade dragon's side, found two pieces of ornaments and pawns, and scraped together two or three hundred taels of silver, he only paid back a fraction, and there were more than a thousand taels of accounts.

Today, when Cao Song arrived on horseback, he saw the mess in front of Dong E's house, and many neighbors on the road came out to point fingers, and he was very unhappy.

He reined in the reins, took two quick steps, and shouted, "Hey, what is this for, are there any rules?" ”

Those who often ask for accounts, because they have seen Cao Song come twice, can be regarded as recognizing him, and they know that he is the second master of the Cao family. Seeing that he was well-dressed, with large bags and small bags, and looked very generous, these stewards all smiled and flattered.

Cao Song turned over and dismounted, and Shen De had already stepped forward to take the reins of the horse.

In the past month that the ancestors and grandchildren of Dong E's family have moved here, Cao Song has not come ten times, but also eight times, mostly to help with some small favors. Shen De is about the same age as him, and he is not a living person.

Dong E's foreign debts, these words are all pressed in Cao Song's heart, like a mirror in his heart. He stood in the doorway, rolled up his sleeves, and looked at the people in front of him.

Well, there are four silk shops, jewelry shops, tea shops, and antique shops, and the four stewards here seem to be here.

When these stewards saw Cao Song's majestic and high-spirited appearance, they were all a little dazed. Although they dared to come to the door to ask for debts, they did not dare to reach out and move their fists, after all, the other party was a flag man.

Cao Song had already thought of a countermeasure when he came, turned his head to Shen De and said, "Please watch the tea in the front hall, you have something to explain!" ”

Seeing him like this, Shen De hesitated.

He also knew that the Dong E family had reached this point now, and relatives and friends avoided it, and the second master of the Cao family was really a warm-hearted and good person. Therefore, he said to the stewards: "A few of you, please watch the tea in the small front hall!" ”

Several stewards looked at each other, and Moshu handed over all those tonic herbs to Chang Gui, and followed behind Cao Song with a silver bag. This is the silver that Fang had just exchanged at the money bank, Cao Song put away twenty taels, and the remaining three hundred taels are here.

When he arrived at the front hall, Cao Song was very polite, sat in the center, pointed to a few chairs on both sides, and let the stewards sit down.

After a while, Shen De brought tea up. Cao Song picked up the teacup, drank it all in two or three sips, walked around for a long time, bought a lot of things, and sweated a lot.

Putting down the teacup, Cao Song looked at everyone, there was no smile on his face, and he said in an official tone: "Since a few stewards are from serious businessmen, they must know the "Great Qing Law". This killing the mother with a son is a heinous and righteous one. Which of these laws says that a mother-in-law is to pay the debt for the son of righteousness? ”

A few stewards also did not let go of this place because the other shops in front of them were going to give out money, and they had hope. Now, listening to Cao Song's meaning, seeing that he didn't plan to repay the debt, several people changed their faces.

A steward said with a smile: "Second Master Cao can't say that, even if the old lady doesn't have to pay off her son, isn't there still a nephew?" ”

I heard that Jinghui was mentioned. Cao Song was irritable for a while, his face was pale, he glanced at the man with a sneer, and said: "Raised by parents, since a few people have found here, the family of the Guogong Mansion should also know in their hearts, and there is a Kali daughter over there." This daughter is at ease, but she wants her niece to repay her debts, or let's go to the Yamen Appraisal Ceremony of the Bujun Capital! ”

A few people in charge are just bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, even if the Guogong Mansion is deserted, it is also the Guogong Mansion, where can they come to the door? There are only two women's families left here, and there are no men to support the door, so they dare to be so presumptuous.

Now, seeing that Cao Song's words are getting harder and harder, several stewards don't know how to pick up the stubble.

After being silent for a long time, one of the stewards said: "Second Master Cao, this is a matter of Dong E's family, since the old lady has said that she wants to return us, then you have no reason to stop it, yes or no?" ”

Cao Song snorted coldly, looked at everyone, and said, "I know that it is not easy for you to buy and sell people and have the capital to do business, so the old lady is so kind-hearted." Look at yourselves, a few days ago, you just paid back 20%, and in the past two days, the door has been blocked, you have to make people tired of crooked, if you don't pay it back, you are content, aren't you? ”

When several stewards saw that his tone was relaxed, they all smiled and flattered.

Cao Song was so noisy that he had a headache, slapped the table, and said, "Shut up!" ”

The room immediately fell silent, Cao Song glanced at everyone, and said, "Master has a way, if you want to, just do it; If I don't want to, then I'll let it go. If you dare to croak at the door again, then the master will directly ask someone to come over and accuse you of the crime of disturbing the people! At the end of the day, there was a bit of a chill on his face.

Several stewards also knew that if Mrs. Dong E didn't want to give this account, they wouldn't have a problem. Seeing Cao Song coming forward, he didn't dare to annoy him, so he said, "Second master, what do you say?" ”

Cao Song knocked on the table with his fingers and said, "A few days ago, the debts of several families and four families were repaid by twenty into two hundred and forty taels, and now there are eighty into nine hundred and sixty taels left, and now the master will repay you thirty into three hundred and sixty taels." The remaining fifty percent is three percent of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and two percent of the New Year's Festival plus money. Speaking of this, with a little impatience on his face, he said: "Okay, just write a receipt and get the silver; No, just hurry up and get out of here. Ye is still busy, and he has no time to accompany you to spend money. ”

Having said that, where are the few stewards who refuse to follow? Earlier, they all thought that they would not be able to collect three or four achievements, and the rest could only be bad debts, but now that it is like this, it is much better. Besides, Cao Song had already explained that they were not allowed to come to the door to make trouble again, and they were somewhat afraid.

Cao Song saw that everyone nodded, and felt a little proud, shouting that it was Shen De who took the pen and paper, counted the thirty percent of the silver in each store, and asked a few people to type the receipt and divide the bag of silver.

A few stewards gained something, nodded and walked away.

Cao Song took out the remaining twenty taels of silver from his sleeve and sent it to Shen De, and said, "You can collect these silver first, and use them as vegetable money, the old lady is sick, don't save on food, and don't miss that money." ”

Shen De didn't dare to accept it, and said, "Second master, where is this?" Our girl knows what to say. ”

Cao Songgan wanted to speak, but he heard someone at the door: "Since the second cousin sent it, then you can take it first." ”

When Cao Song heard this voice, his heart trembled, and he looked up, which one was not Jinghui?

Jing Hui was not fat, but now she is serving in front of Jue Luo's bed, and she is becoming more and more clear, her chin is pointed, and she looks very cute.

Cao Song stood up, glanced at it, hurriedly lowered his head, didn't dare to look at it again, only felt that his heart was "fluttering" and "fluttering" from his throat.

Jing Hui glanced at Cao Song, endured the sourness in her heart, squatted down, and said, "Thank you second cousin!" ”

Cao Song blushed slightly, a little at a loss, and squeaked: "Cousin, don't be polite, please get up quickly, it's just a gesture." ”

Jing Hui got up in response, glanced at Cao Song, and looked away again.

Although she had some hope in her heart earlier, time passed, and she knew the truth of being the right person, so she stopped thinking.

Seeing Jinghui enter the hall, Cao Song realized that it was rude for him to sit on the main seat, and he hurriedly stood sideways, but he didn't know what to say.

Jing Hui saw that he was only standing and did not squeak, so he said, "Second cousin, please take a seat!" ”

Cao Song listened to the words "second cousin", and only felt that his body was going to be soft, so he responded in a daze, and randomly found a chair to make.

Jing Hui didn't sit down immediately, took a palm-sized brocade box in her hand, thought about it for a while, and said, "Second cousin Gao Yi, Jing Hui is very grateful in my heart. It's just that I've bothered my second cousin a lot, and it's really hard to let my second cousin break the bank, ...... here" said, took two steps forward, sent the brocade box in his hand, and said: "There are two pieces of jewelry here, which are left by Eniang, Jinghui......"

In the brocade box, there is a Maitreya pendant of Hetian white jade, and a pair of white jade bracelets inlaid with gold and jade.

These two pieces of jewelry are not only the relics of Jinghui Eniang, but also the pendant that she has never left since she was a child. Jing Huishi didn't want to pawn or sell it, but it was not good to spend Cao Song's money in vain, so she loaded this and took it out.

Cao Song had already stood up, looked at the jewelry in the brocade box and was stunned, and listened to Jinghui say: "...... Jinghui has nothing to thank the second cousin, so these two pieces of jewelry will be given to the second cousin, and when the cousin-in-law enters the door, add makeup to the cousin-in-law! ”

When Cao Song heard her say this, he only felt panicked in his heart, making people breathless.

He raised his head in a panic, and saw that Jinghui's expression was indifferent, and his body exuded coldness and loneliness, and he only felt so distressed.

Unconsciously he reached out, pulled her wrist, and muttered, "Ugly girl! ”

This is the year before last, when everyone was in Yizhou, Cao Song was naughty and bullied Jinghui's nickname.

As if she had been pricked by a needle, Jinghui took two steps back, retracted her hand from Cao Song's hand, bit her lip, and said nothing...... * Xicheng, Caofu, Huaiyuan, Shangfang.

Zhao Jiashi sat in the hall, looked at the jade dragon kneeling on the ground, and said, "Say, where did the second master go?" Don't say you don't know, I heard about it, since the fox of the jade spider is gone, the second master has always loved you......"

(To be continued)