The creditors all gathered around, but they were all afraid of the little squirrel with sharp claws on Zuo Shaoyang's shoulder, so they didn't dare to approach, and stretched out their hands to look at him.

Zuo Shaoyang sighed in his heart, it is really the uncle who owes the debt, and it is the grandson who wants the debt, not only among modern businessmen, but also in ancient times, looking at Zuo Gui's father: "Dad, or, pay off the debts of these people first, they also have difficulties." ”

All the creditors nodded together, full of joy and said: "Xiaolangzhong is really a good person, pay us back first!" ”

This is simply a pie falling from the sky, Zuo Gui's eyes were wet with joy, and he nodded frequently: "Okay, okay!" Pay them back, pay them back first. ”

Zuo Shaoyang arched his hand to the creditors and said: "Everyone, thank you for lending us when we are in trouble in Guizhitang, we are by no means a debtor who has money and does not repay it, now that we have money, we will definitely repay you first." All of them brought IOUs, right? Come one by one. Repay the money according to the IOU......"

All the creditors took out the IOU together, held it in the air and dangled it, and they all shouted: "Pay me back first!" ”

"Don't worry, the money we owe you in Guizhitang is a total of three thousand two hundred wen, and now there are more than three thousand four hundred wen, which is enough to pay you back. Don't worry, you can pay it ......back."

"Wait! I can't pay them back with this money, and I have to pay my debt first!" Zhao Sanniang's voice came from her ears, Zhao Sanniang was afraid of the little squirrel on Zuo Shaoyang's shoulder, she didn't dare to argue just now, but now she saw that Zuo Shaoyang did not use the little squirrel as a threatening weapon, but was honest and reasonable, and when she heard that he was going to return the money to others, she suddenly became anxious and shouted.

Zuo Shaoyang turned his head to look at him: "Third aunt, didn't you say just now, I have already signed a contract with Hengchang Pharmaceutical Company, and the processing fee for three months can pay off your rent." We rent your room to open a pharmacy, and if you can run a monk and can't run the temple, your rent will be given to you. ”

"That's not good, Da Lang, but the time we agreed to repay the debt is the fifteenth day of the first month! Not three months! These rents are the rent you have been in arrears over the years, and they should have been repaid years ago, my Sanniang has a good heart, and I have a good eye to delay you to the fifteenth day of the first month, the debt is not a year, this is the last day of the New Year, and it can not be delayed for a moment, and on the fifteenth day, it must be paid in full! So, I'm afraid you won't be able to wait for the processing fees you earn in three months. Now that you've got the money, you'll have to pay my rent first. You occupy my house and open a pharmacy, so naturally you will pay me rent first. All other debts have to be postponed! ”

Zhao Sanniang looked around, saw the yamen scribes at a glance, and Hou Pu with a smile on his face, took two steps forward, and said to Zuo Shaoyang: "You just said that you want to be reasonable, let's be reasonable!" She pointed to Hou Pu and a few people with her hand, and said, "There are people from the yamen, they understand the king's law, and they say with their conscience that the rent must be paid first, isn't that reasonable?" ”

Although the Tang Law did not stipulate such details, the usual practice of the yamen in dealing with such cases was that the rent had priority and should be paid before other ordinary debts. Hou Pu and several of the scribes were all veterans of the Yamen, so they naturally knew this, and they glanced at each other, and they all lowered their heads and kept silent.

This look was obviously acquiescing, Zhao Sanniang was very proud, she was never scared when she fought with her mouth, and said to Zuo Shaoyang with her face up: "Da Lang, the third aunt is also a reasonable person, the rent must be paid first, and after paying my rent, there is nothing left to pay off their debts." It's non-negotiable! ”

Zuo Shaoyang naturally didn't know what the Tang Dynasty Yamen was doing, but he had already seen this result from Hou Pu's expressions, and he was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Third aunt, can you discuss, even if all the money is repaid to you, it is still not enough, can you pay them back first, and I will pay you back later, even if you give some interest." ”

"I don't want interest, I'm not lending, what interest do I want!" Zhao Sanniang sneered, "I want rent, and the debt is not more than a year, this is the rule, I also said everything, and the people who know my Sanniang in the entire Shijing County also know, if I can't collect this money on the fifteenth day of the first month, what face will I have to meet people in the future?" ”

"By the fifteenth, we will think of returning your ......"

"No! Fifteen said that it was the deadline, not that day to pay it back, now there is money, of course pay it back now! ”

"Sanniang, you just wait a few more days, we promise to pay off your money on the fifteenth day......"

"You promise? What guarantee do you have to earn 4,000 wen in these few days? ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled bitterly, this is not bad, it is only a few days away from the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I wish the medicine cabinet is never on credit, he is willing to advance to himself for a month's processing fee is already an exception, the medicinal material warehouse has not yet appeared, so he will first advance two taels of silver to himself, and then he has to open his mouth to borrow four taels of silver, the amount is so large, not only is it difficult to speak, because it is unknown whether the concocted medicinal materials are easy to sell, and it is not clear whether the warehouse for storing medicinal materials is effective, and they know that they Guizhitang is in debt, in this case, lend another four taels of silver to himself, No one would agree to it. His Hengchang Pharmacy is not a lot of money, and there is no place to put it.

Liang laughed on the side: "Sanniang, it's really not good, don't we still have medicinal herbs and furniture in our hall......?" ”

"Zuo's family, I'm not afraid of you being annoyed by a word, I'm not rare with these medicinal materials, it's not worth much! I want cash! - By the way, you can cash out the medicinal herbs and furniture to pay off their debts, anyway, now that you have the money to pay off your debts, you have to be the first to repay me, otherwise, if I ......, I will go to the yamen to sue you! ”

Lenders and other creditors said, "We don't want medicinal herbs!" ”

"I've seen their medicinal herbs, but they're not worth much!"

"The furniture is also shabby and worthless!"

"Forget it, it's not a way to fight like this, just go to the yamen!"

A woman wiped tears from her tears in despair and said, "If you go to the yamen, you will go to the yamen!" If the official lord watched my orphans and widows starve to death, and didn't award the money to me, but to her Zhao Sanniang, I ......, and I would hang him in Guizhitang with a rope! I can't live anyway, woo woo woo ......"

There was chaos in the lobby.

Zuo Gui's family also panicked when they saw this. There is so much money, and if you repay these creditors, you can't pay back Sanniang's, but Sanniang doesn't let her pay her house money first. Twice froze. Both sides have to go to the yamen, it is a very shameful thing to fight a lawsuit in ancient times, especially to be sued to the yamen, ancient civil cases are often dealt with by criminal means, in addition to losing money and courtesy, but also often considered by the yamen to be a mischief and punished for beating the board, and even locked in shackles under the flagpole to show the public for more than a month. If things get to this point, although it is not yet to the point of being shackled to show the public, the pharmacy will definitely have a discredited reputation, and it will be opened in the future.

At this moment, I heard someone outside the lobby shouting, "Wait! Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw Ni Er and Ni Er of Huimin Hall smiling proudly, and walked over with square steps, "I have a way to make Guizhitang earn five thousand wen immediately, which is enough to pay off all your debts!" ”

Zhao Sanniang and the others all stared at him.

Ni Er took out a silver ingot from his arms, and the silver was shining: "Oh, this is five taels of silver." Zuo Langzhong, still the last time, sold me the prescription for the cure of stroke for five taels. Isn't there money to pay off your debts? Hehe, or are we Huimin Hall, okay? Helping the poor and helping you a lot, you don't have to thank me, just kowtow, just do it. Hey, hey, hey."

Zuo Gui's eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire, staring at Ni Er, and said word by word: "You! You're taking advantage of people's danger! ”

"Yo! Zuo Langzhong, you have said this, good! I don't take advantage of others, can't I go? Just wait for them to drag you to the yamen and embarrass you! Ni Er said, sneered a few times, and turned around to leave with his hands behind his back.

Zhao Sanniang said hurriedly: "Wait! What did you just say? Do you pay five taels of silver to buy a recipe for Huimin Hall? ”

"Yes, you can see it too, and the white flowers and silver are here. He was stunned and regarded my kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, and said that I was in danger, so I had to go, you should grind your teeth with him slowly. ”

The big man who lent the loan, the old woman and others all rushed up and surrounded Ni Er: "You wait first, let's persuade Zuo Langzhong." Don't go, wait! ”

"Okay, I'd better talk. I'll wait for you. Ni Er turned around, clasped his hands on his shoulders, and looked at them with a smile.

A group of creditors surrounded Zuo Gui and his wife, and they talked nonsense, or threatened loudly, or begged bitterly, or burst into tears, both soft and hard, just to let Zuo Gui sell his son to get money to repay the debt.

Liang had already run out of ideas, looked at Zuo Gui and said, "Master......, what do you think can be done?" ”

Zuo Gui naturally knew the important surname of this party, and he really felt that he had lost five taels of silver, but he didn't care about anything else about burning his eyebrows, and looked at Zuo Shaoyang: "Zhong'er, what do you mean?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang doesn't pay much attention to this recipe, there are still a lot of such recipes in his stomach, and it doesn't hurt to sell one, but Huimin Tang Ni Er spoke too ugly, and he also asked for thanks, as if it was not a sale, but a charity. It seems that Huimintang not only wants to buy this recipe at a low price this time, but also wants to take the opportunity to humiliate Guizhitang in exchange for face, if it is sold to him like this, then Guizhitang's face will be lost. There are so many people out there watching.

Just now in the tea shop, the medicine cabinet once said that if you are in urgent need of money, you can consider selling him the recipe for concocting aconitum and other flavored medicines for ten taels of silver, but now there is no way, it can only be so, I would rather sell the recipe for concocting aconitum to the medicine cabinet cheaply, than be angry with Ni Er.

Thinking of this, Zuo Shaoyang said loudly: "Can you wait a while, and I will immediately raise money to pay you back?" ”

The old woman said coldly, "Who believes you?" Want the golden cicada to come out of its shell, right? If you could raise money, would you have to wait until now? It's serious to sell the recipe to Huimin Tang early to get the money to pay us back! ”

"I'm telling the truth!" Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly said, "A few days ago, I treated rheumatism and cold paralysis for the old shopkeeper of Huimin Hall, and he was very happy and willing to pay 10,000 yuan to buy my prescription." I'll go to him, sell him the recipe, and I'll have the money to pay you back!" ”

Several creditors looked at each other, not knowing whether to trust him or not.

(To be continued)