Chapter 19: Making Friends (Part II)
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"Hmph, Brother Berao has a noble temperament, Liu is really not high, Brother Zheng, Brother Zhang, Liu is leaving!" Liu Pet is also a high-minded and arrogant person, where did he receive this kind of anger, and Li Zheng, who angrily scolded him, was much younger than him, so he was even more angry after hearing this, and left the private room with a flick of his sleeves after speaking.
Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing next to them wanted to stay, but they hesitated for a moment, and could only watch Liu Pet leave. Speaking of which, among the five, Liu Chong's age is second only to Zheng Jing, but he is a step behind Zheng Jing in terms of talent, and he was admitted to Xiucai with Zhou Zhong and Li Zheng last year.
It may also be because of the age gap that he is a little subconsciously jealous of Zhou Zhong and Li Zheng, who are nearly ten years younger than him, and they have some skirmishes with the two from time to time. Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing are also very shrewd people, and they also understand Liu Chong's thoughts very clearly, but they have been suffering from friendship for many years, so they are embarrassed to directly point out each other's shortcomings.
Liu Pet, who walked out of the private room, saw that Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing did not keep him, and the anger in his heart was even stronger, and he snorted angrily again, and walked down the stairs angrily, but when he just arrived at the hall downstairs, he heard someone in the hall shouting: "I see, the father and son of the Song family did such a thing, no wonder Zhou Gongzi would make such drastic measures!" ”
"The Song family is also shameless, and they actually used this method to persecute the Zhou family, if you want me to say, Zhou Gongzi's methods yesterday were quite light, and it is better to bankrupt the Song family!" A loud voice at the other table was shouting.
"The human heart is not ancient! People's hearts are not ancient! It's just that the Song family is shameless, how can Zhou Chong use such a means like them, it's a pity! What a pity! A few old scholars in the corner shook their heads and sighed, although they also felt that Zhou Chong's approach was inappropriate, but the feelings revealed in their tones were already biased towards Zhou Chong.
"Tsk~, that Miss Zhou is really strong, she can make such a move, she really doesn't let her eyebrows, such a good woman The Song family is unwilling to marry, it's just blind to the eyes of the Song family's father and son!" Another young man dressed as a scholar shook a fan and praised that he was not afraid of typhoid fever in such a cold weather.
Hearing the voice of the unanimous crusade against the Song family in the hall, what is Miss Zhou even praising you? Liu Chong couldn't help but wonder in his heart, when he went upstairs just now, although there were people in the hall who supported Zhou Chong, there were also many people who thought that Zhou Chong was doing too much, but it was only a moment's work, why did the discussion in the hall start to support Zhou Chong one-sidedly?
Thinking of this, Liu Chong felt strange in his heart, and deliberately listened carefully, wanting to know more about the grievances between Zhou Zhong and the Song family. But there are many people in the hall, this and that, although the discussion is one thing, but the focus of the discussion at each table is different, Liu Pet listened to the dizziness, and finally heard the key point of the matter after the last day.
It turned out that the reason why Zhou Chong had a conflict with the Song family was because the Song family had forced Zhou Chong to withdraw his sister's marriage to Song's second son in the name of forced debts. In this way, the whole thing has become the Song family's shamelessness first, yesterday Zhou Zhong just took the opportunity to retaliate, although the means are a little disgraceful, but it is also excusable.
"Hmph, the divorce is also deserved, the Song family is now in full swing, but your Zhou family has fallen all of a sudden, if you have self-knowledge, you should take the initiative to withdraw from the marriage, you have to be humiliated by others, you Zhou Zhong is still known as a prodigy, it is simply stupid!" Liu Pet walked out of the gate of Pinxiang Building, and said with a grim expression on his face. His jealousy of Zhou Chong has gone deep into his bones, even if the Zhou family is defeated now, he still can't listen to the slightest praise for Zhou Chong.
At the same time that Liu Pet left Pinxiang Building, in the private room of the Lanting Pavilion upstairs, Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing also learned from Li Zheng the reason for the conflict between Zhou Zhong and the Song family, only to see Zheng Jing slam the table, stand up with an angry face and say: "The Song family is really a shameless villain, Wenda's family has just fallen into trouble, as a family member, not only did not help in times of crisis, but also made such a downfall, and at the same time tarnished Miss Zhou's reputation, this shameless move, even if it is to kill the Song father and son, it is not an exaggeration!" ”
Zheng Jing is the most square, especially those who bully people, usually like to fight unevenly, and is very prestigious among the ordinary people of Songjiang Mansion. It is precisely because of this that he is also the most angry at the Song family's father and son forcing Zhou Chong to withdraw from the marriage, and the slightest doubt about Zhou Chong in his heart immediately disappeared.
Seeing Zheng Jing's reaction, Li Zheng also stood up at once and said, "Happy!" People like the father and son of the Song family, naturally they don't need to talk to them about morality, Wen Dacai only cheated the other party seventy taels, if it were me, I would have to pit the Song family for thousands of taels or tens of thousands of taels! ”
Seeing that the two close friends were jealous and hateful, Zhang Jing, who had always been kind-hearted, behaved very calmly, and asked Li Zheng: "Berao, is the news of the Song family's divorce confirmed, where did you hear it?" ”
"Absolutely sure, I spent ten big coins for this matter, and it was not easy to ask from a person's mouth, and not only do I know it, but many people have already gotten the news, and it has already spread in the hall downstairs." I saw Li Zheng sit down again and take a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said a little mysteriously, "In addition, when it comes to the divorce, there is a small episode in it, and you may not believe it when you say it." ”
"Oh, what episode?" It is inevitable that everyone has a gossip heart, such as Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing, although they are worried about the situation of their friend Zhou Chong, but now when they hear Li Zheng's words, they can't help but come over and ask.
"Hehe, didn't I say it just now, this news was bought from a person for ten big bucks, this person is actually a splash who lives near the Zhou Mansion, and he saw the Song family's retreat with his own eyes that day, if the two brothers want to hear it, we still have the old rules, ten cents are shared equally among three people, I ran such a long way before, so just two cents, and the rest of you each have four cents!" Li Zheng stretched out his hand and made a gesture of asking for money that everyone understands, don't look at him as a scholar, but he is the person who likes to be careful about money the most, even if it is a penny, he will not suffer.
If you think that Li Zheng is a poor talent who loves money like his life, then you are wrong, in fact, Li Zheng was also born in a rich family, and his family has tens of thousands of money, but their family's business is not in Songjiang, but concentrated in Suzhou and Hangzhou, so the local reputation in Songjiang is not very significant.
The Li family has been in business for generations, and when it came to Li Zheng's generation, it was not easy to produce such a scholar as Li Zheng. Li Zheng's father and uncles regard him as the hope of the family in their careers, and they are almost obedient to Li Zheng at ordinary times.
However, not lacking money does not mean that he does not care about money, Li Zheng may have been influenced by the Li family's business for generations, and his concept of money is different from that of ordinary readers, he believes that the money that should be spent cannot be less, but the money that should not be spent cannot be spent more. Brothers have to settle accounts with each other, let alone friends?
Zheng Jing and Zhang Guo have been friends with Li Zheng for many years, so they naturally know the stinky problem of this friend, and they also know that Li Zheng seems to be very buttoned, but if a friend is in trouble, he is definitely the most generous. For example, Zhou Chong's family was in trouble, some time ago they went to visit together, Li Zheng said that he wanted to pay off all the debts owed for Zhou Chong, but Zhou Chong refused to let him live or die, so the two almost quarreled.
I saw Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing look at each other, and they both saw a little helplessness in each other's eyes, and then the two took out their purses and counted out four coins and handed them to Li Zhengdao: "Here you go, can you talk about it now?" ”
Li Zheng smiled and counted the eight pennies, carefully put it in his arms and said: "Listen to the two brothers, the person who sold me the news is called Zhao Er, who is a splash near the Zhou Mansion, this person saw the Song father and son go to the Zhou Mansion to collect debts a few days ago, as for the conflict between the Song father and son in the mansion and Wenda, he doesn't know what happened, but the most wonderful scene he saw with his own eyes!" ”
Next, Li Zheng told the news that he spent ten yuan to buy it, but unfortunately he didn't know that what he bought with money was actually a story made up by Zhou Chong. Zhou Chong's original intention was not to let Zhao Er sell the news, he just made up a story, and then asked Zhao Er to spread the story, but he didn't expect Zhao Er to be very economical, and seeing that so many people were interested in the affairs of the Zhou Mansion, he actually started selling the news at a clear price, and Li Zheng was one of the people who was deceived.
According to Zhao Er's description, the Song family father and son went to the Zhou Mansion with gifts that day, and he happened to see it, originally he thought that the Song family father and son were coming to visit his in-laws, but he didn't expect that after a while, the Song family father and son were thrown out of the Zhou Mansion with gifts, and then Zhou Chong walked out of the door and reprimanded the other party with an angry face, the content of the reprimand was nothing more than the Song family's treachery, and he actually borrowed forced debts to withdraw from the marriage, it is really shameless, he Zhou Chong, as a scholar who knows the law of etiquette, will never agree to withdraw from the marriage!
Seeing that Zhou Chong was unwilling to withdraw from the marriage, the Song father and son were desperately entangled, and threatened with the debts owed to them by the Zhou family, but Zhou Chong was unmoved, and said that the Zhou family would definitely not pay off the debts, and would definitely pay off the debts within three days.
But the shamelessness of Song's father and son was far beyond everyone's imagination, and they had to pay off the debt on the spot, and they didn't give Zhou Chong time to prepare at all.
It is worth mentioning that when Zhao Er talked about his righteous and awe-inspiring stand-up, he would look at the scars on his body to Li Zheng and other deceived people, so as to increase the authenticity of his words. It's a pity that Li Zheng and the others didn't know what to do, the scars on Zhao Er's body were kicked out after being caught by Zhou Zhong last night.
But then the climax of the whole story finally arrived, just after the Song father and son beat Zhao Er, they still coerced Zhou Zhong to repay the money, otherwise he would have to withdraw from the marriage, and at this time, Miss Zhou, who was the biggest victim of the divorce, that is, Bang'er, suddenly walked out, and then took out the marriage book and tore it up in front of the Song father and son: "Can An , the daughter of the Zhou family, marry such a despicable and shameless person?" ”