Zhou Zhong heard the crying in the courtyard, especially the crying of the eldest sister and the younger sister, he was also startled, hurriedly rushed into the small courtyard, pushed open the door of the main hall and took a look, and found that there were only Aunt Wang, Bang'er and Duo'er in the room, and the mother was crying there, as for Aunt Zhao and the two Aunt Han, they were nowhere to be seen.

"Auntie, what are you crying about, Aunt Zhao?" Zhou Zhong asked a little strangely. Originally, he thought that the family was like a few days ago, and a few small ruffians saw that the Zhou family was defeated, so they wanted to take advantage of a few aunts, but they were all beaten away by Zhou Chong, but he didn't expect this to be the case after coming in.

Aunt Wang, who was crying bitterly, saw Zhou Zhong coming in, and as if she had found the backbone, she ran over and grabbed his sleeve, crying and crying: "Chong'er, Aunt Zhao and Aunt Han ran away with their private money, and even Aunt Zhao didn't even want Duo'er, let's ...... What should we do? ”

"Oh, run away, run away, Duo'er come to Big Brother!" Unexpectedly, after Zhou Chong heard the news, he didn't seem surprised, but walked over very calmly, hugged Duo'er, who was crying like a little tearful person, in his arms, and comforted him softly.

In fact, as early as after the news of Zhou Chong's cheap dad being shipwrecked, he had already expected this situation, Aunt Zhao and the two Aunt Han are not like Aunt Wang, they are still young, and their looks are quite beautiful, plus they are all concubines, so there is no need to accompany the Zhou family to die, and even after that, the three of them have been secretly selling some property, packing up and preparing to leave the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Chong also saw it, the reason why he proposed to let several aunts sell gold and silver jewelry is actually to force the three of them away as soon as possible.

Sure enough, Zhou Chong just proposed to let them take out their private money to tide over the difficulties, but the three affectionate women immediately fled with their private money, especially Aunt Zhao, who has always been shrewd, and she was ruthless and didn't even want her own daughter. Poor Duo'er is only four years old, so she has no father and no mother, which makes Zhou Zhong have more pity and responsibility for Duo'er who is crying in his arms.

But children are children after all, especially only four-year-old Duo'er, she may not know what her mother's departure means to her, so after crying tired, plus the bracelet next to her also stepped forward to comfort, so little Lori quickly stopped crying, and her sister took her to play.

"Auntie, bring the account books at home, and let me see how many foreign debts are still unpaid?" Zhou Zhong smiled and said, most of the foreign debts owed by the family have been repaid, and there is not much left, but now it is winter, and people are also waiting for the money for the New Year, so these people are also urging the debts more tightly.

"Hmm!" Aunt Wang wiped her tears and agreed, turned around and took the account book.

Aunt Wang is just in her early thirties this year, she was originally a maid in the house, Zhou Chong lost her mother since she was a child, and Aunt Wang was responsible for taking care of Zhou Chong's maid, and later was accepted as a concubine by Zhou Chong's father and gave birth to a bracelet. Aunt Wang's appearance is not very beautiful, but her skin is very white, the so-called white covers three ugly, and her previous life was worry-free, so she looks younger than her actual age. It's just that during this period of time, the death of Zhou Chong's father and the foreign debts owed by the family made this young woman very worried, and she felt much older in just a few days.

Zhou Zhong opened the account book and looked at it, and found that there were only three debts left on the books, and the amount owed by each was not very large, two two hundred taels, one two hundred and fifty taels, adding up to a total of six hundred and fifty taels.

"The rockery was sold for three hundred and sixty taels, so there is still a difference of two hundred and ninety taels." Although Zhou Zhong is optimistic, he can't help but feel a little troubled now. Two hundred and ninety taels does not seem to be much, but in fact, it is not, for ordinary people, this is simply a huge amount of money, you must know that an ordinary family, it is enough to spend three or four taels a year, but Zhou Chong's current situation is not as good as ordinary people, except for an empty mansion, he has almost nothing.

Looking at Zhou Chong's troubled appearance, a trace of hesitation flashed on Aunt Wang's face next to her, but she still stared at the queen, turned around and entered the back room, and quickly took out a small bag, gently put it on the table and said: "Chong'er, some of the private money I have saved over the years here was originally intended to be a dowry for Bang'er, since the family is in a hurry to repay the debt now, Chong'er, you can use it first!" ”

Aunt Wang said, gently opened the small bag, only to see that there were fifty taels, one thirty taels of silver tickets, and some scattered silver, together barely to ninety taels, although only enough to pay off the debt of a fraction, but it is all Aunt Wang's savings.

However, Zhou Chong stood up all of a sudden, looked at Aunt Wang with some embarrassment and said, "Auntie, since these are the dowries you prepared for your eldest sister, then don't move, I'll just think of a way!" ”

I saw that Aunt Wang insisted: "You don't have to shirk Chong'er, I also know the situation at home, there is really nothing valuable to sell, and this house was also mortgaged to the lord Wang, although with the relationship between our two families, the Wang family should not take back the house, but everything has a case, and you sell the things in the house, these things are originally the decoration of the house, and it stands to reason that they are also mortgaged to the Wang family, in case this matter reaches the ears of the lord Wang, it is not very good." ”

Aunt Wang's name is Wang Lun, and he also has an identity, that is, Zhou Chong's future father-in-law, Zhou Chong and Wang Lun's daughter have been engaged since childhood, and they originally planned to get married this year, but unfortunately God made people, first Zhou Chongsheng was seriously ill, and then encountered the bankruptcy of the Zhou family, and now Zhou Chong is even difficult to support his family, let alone get married.

In fact, really speaking, the house under Zhou Chong's feet is not his own, he had already been mortgaged to Wang Lun by his father, and now the goods are gone, this house should have belonged to the Wang family, but Wang Lun is a scholar, and the relationship between the two families is unusual, so he has already sent someone to say that let Zhou Chong's family live in peace of mind, and he will not take back this house.

Zhou Chong thought about it after hearing this, and also felt that what Aunt Wang said made sense, so he had to accept her private money and said: "Okay, then I will use this money first, and when I earn money in the future, I will make up for my aunt!" ”

"Our family has been known as a prodigy since he was a child, and he will definitely be able to revive the family business, don't say if he makes up for it or not, Bang'er and Duo'er are your sisters, the so-called eldest brother is the father, and when they get married, you can't hide if you want to." Aunt Wang said with a smile on her face, in her opinion, Zhou Chong became a talent at a young age, and now although the family business has failed, as long as they grit their teeth and persevere, and wait until Zhou Chong is promoted in the exam, then everything that is lost now will come back again.

For Aunt Wang's thoughts, Zhou Chong can also guess a few points, but he smiled bitterly in his heart, if he is still the original Zhou Chong, it is indeed very likely that he will study hard at home for a few years as Aunt Wang hopes, but unfortunately he is no longer the original Zhou Chong, there is no Four Books and Five Classics in his stomach, although he has also received more than ten years of education, but it is obviously useless to put it in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty.

"Young Master! Master! The debt collector is coming! At this moment, a panting voice shouted, and then a round figure rolled in from the door of the hall, the round fat face was covered with sweat, and the hot white gas came out of the top of the head, it seemed that the journey was not light.

"Steward Xu, you see that you are so old, and it is not once or twice that debt collectors have come to the house, are you so anxious?" Zhou Zhong saw the person who came clearly, and said a little helplessly.

Came in is the old housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion, speaking of which the old housekeeper is also very pitiful, he used to be a scholar, but unfortunately he didn't even get into the show, people in their thirties were poor and sick, and almost died on the street, fortunately he was rescued by Zhou Chong's father, and then he worked in the Zhou Mansion, and he did it for more than ten years, and slowly became the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion, because his surname was Xu, and Zhou Chong's father did not let him change his surname, plus he was old, and the people in the house generally called him Xu Bo or Xu Steward.

Steward Xu is now in his fifties, his appearance is very rich, with a round head, round belly, short hands and short feet, and a white beard.

Steward Xu has never had a family, and he has no children or daughters, and the Zhou Mansion has a great kindness to him, so he has long regarded the Zhou Mansion as his home. Before Zhou Chong sent his subordinates to leave the mansion, Steward Xu swore on the spot that he was a person from the Zhou Mansion in life and a ghost in the Zhou Mansion in death, even if Zhou Chong drove him away with a big stick, he would not leave. Others praised the housekeeper for his loyalty, but Zhou Zhong suspected that the fat old man was worried that no one would support him after he went out, so he stayed in the mansion and didn't leave, so he could still stutter in the mansion.

Seeing that Zhou Zhong still looked calm, Steward Xu was even more anxious, first glanced at Aunt Wang, and then said: "Young master, this time it was the Song family who came to collect debts, and it was Master Song who brought the second young master of the Song family to collect debts." ”

"The Song family?" Zhou Chong was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't understand what Steward Xu meant, and couldn't help but look at Aunt Wang with some doubts. It's just that what Zhou Chong didn't expect was that when Aunt Wang heard that it was the Song family, her face was pale, and her whole person was trembling and unstable, and it seemed that she might fall down at any time.

This made Zhou Chong startled, and hurriedly stood up to support her, and finally let Aunt Wang sit down on a chair, Zhou Chong asked puzzledly: "Auntie, what's wrong with you, isn't the Song family a creditor, is there anything special?" ”

Seeing that Zhou Chong still didn't understand, Steward Xu couldn't help but say, "Young Master, the Song family is the future husband of the eldest lady?" ”

Zhou Chong suddenly remembered when he heard this, he remembered that Bang'er seemed to be engaged to a family surnamed Song, and it was estimated that it should be the one who came to ask for debts, but what made him a little unclear was that although relatives were relatives, the debts still had to be repaid, if he remembered correctly, the Song family still took the initiative to ask for debts for the first time, which shows that the other party still cares about a little family affection, why is Aunt Wang so nervous?

(PS: The code word code is too engrossed.,I almost forgot to upload it.,I'm really sorry.,In addition, the new book asks for tickets and clicks!) )