"Master, have you finished your meal in a hurry? It's not that you said that the food in Tianfulou at noon is too fragrant and the night should be lighter, and the lily porridge specially boiled for you, you said that if you don't eat the lilies, you will pick it out, you drink it, we have to hurry up! ”

"That's it, if you don't do business anymore, you can't make money, look at your little interest, two hundred taels will be happy like this, it's not enough to go to Luanfeng Pavilion to buy a bracelet."

Liangchen Meijing's complaining crit made Jiang Xue reflect on why she was so unproductive, but the good mood brought by a huge amount of money for no reason made Jiang Xue drink half a bowl of porridge with her round belly.

Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, picking up the needle and thread and sewing for a while, Jiang Xue suddenly felt excited, Chen Shenghong didn't think that he was too shabby to eat, and he gave her money because he was mistreated.

Perhaps in order to show her bearing and disgusting Jiang Xue, Sun Ruoyi, who was in charge of internal affairs on the first day, except for changing the subordinates in Jiang Xue's courtyard, treated Jiang Xue, the nominal housewife, with special preferential treatment in other aspects.

Especially the food, the table was full of fish and meat, Jiang Xue was tired of watching it, because of the beautiful scenery in the daytime and Jiang Xue ate it together in Tianfu Building, they all gave it to Ah Da and the four big men.

Jiang Xue shrugged her shoulders and continued to be busy with the work in her hands, alas, whatever, anyway, these two people are sorry for themselves, and it is not too much to collect some silver, Jiang Xue shrugged her shoulders and continued to be busy with the work in her hands, she boasted in front of Zhang Shuyu, but she couldn't slap herself in the face.

Jiang Xue was in a happy mood with a windfall, and Chen Shenghong was embarrassed to find that he accidentally gave Jiang Xue part of the gift money given by his colleagues, which he wanted to use to pay off the debts of the bank, but he gave it all, and it would be too bad to go again at this time.

No, Chen Shenghong, who was afraid of face, could only suffer this loss with the corners of his mouth twitching.

When she returned to Sun Ruoyi's courtyard, she had already changed her bed clothes and leaned on the couch waiting for her to come back, Chen Shenghong looked at her still flat lower abdomen, her eyes were soft and loving.

"Husband is back, how's it going? Can my sister admit it? ”

Sun Ruoyi saw that Chen Shenghong was back, and immediately sat up with the armrest, looking at him with hopeful eyes, Sun Ruoyi thought that she would splash dirty water on Feng Jiangxue like this, then Feng Jiangxue was bound to make a big fuss.

Men, I hate unreasonable shrews the most, Feng Jiangxue lost Chen Shenghong's love, what else to fight with himself? A lowly woman, who looks better than herself, occupies the position of the main wife, which makes Sun Ruoyi swallow this breath.

Chen Shenghong threw his robe on the shelf casually, wiped his face with the hot cotton handkerchief handed over by Jin Zhu, and said vaguely: "Where is she willing to admit it, I scolded her and cried, don't go to her when you are pregnant with a child, out of sight and out of mind, you can save the fetal gas." ”

Sun Ruoyi's eyes rolled, knowing that this was done, she was very proud in her heart, Feng Jiangxue, Feng Jiangxue, what are you going to fight with me, stood up and affectionately took Chen Shenghong to the bed to settle down.

The bright moon hung high and was quiet, the night was cool, the breeze passed through the corner of the curtain blown by the green yarn pasted on the window, Sun Ruoyi was pregnant and drowsy on the pillow, snoring slightly, and Chen Shenghong couldn't sleep because of hunger in his belly.

With the still bright moonlight, Chen Shenghong couldn't help but get up and go to the kitchen to find some food, a few plates of pastries, a pot of herbal tea was barely full, and his stomach came up as soon as he was full of sleepiness, Chen Shenghong yawned and walked back, and when he passed by the side room, he remembered that Sun Ruoyi's dowry was temporarily shelved in this room.

The sleepiness disappeared without a trace in an instant, Chen Shenghong was a new upstart and a wealthy man, there were not many rules in the house, there were only three or two small servants in the inner courtyard at night, and the bridal maid brought by Sun Ruoyi was only on duty in the suite of the dormitory.

Seeing that there was no one around, Chen Shenghong pushed open the closed door of the chamber with a divine spirit, and the boxes and boxes were all over the room, and Chen Shenghong, who was beating fast, stretched out his hand and looked at it, the title deed pavement, pearl and jade jewelry, no, these are not easy to get rid of, what he is looking for is, there is!

Chen Shenghong found a stack of thick silver tickets from a mahogany box carved with dragons and phoenixes, one hundred taels and five hundred taels one, roughly calculated as much as 20,000 taels, Sun Shangshu This dog thing is really a lot of greedy ink.

In addition to the two hundred taels of silver tickets that he accidentally gave to Feng Jiangxue, Chen Shenghong still had six hundred taels in his hand, all of which were given by his colleagues in order to appease him, which was not enough to pay off the debt.

Chen Shenghong listened carefully to the movement outside the house, and after making sure that there was no sound of people, he unconsciously held his breath and pulled out seven or eight sheets, totaling 1,500 taels of silver.

Carefully put it in his arms, put the stack of silver tickets back in place, closed the door and walked smoothly to the courtyard, Chen Shenghong found that he was sweating.

Married to her husband, Sun Ruoyi's is her own, what is there to be nervous about with her own money, besides, if it weren't for giving her a beautiful wedding, how could she be in debt? Chen Shenghong comforted himself like this, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps.

"Uncle, what are you doing standing in the yard if you don't rest?"

It's the voice of the gold bead!

Chen Shenghong's heart was about to rise to his throat, and the extreme nervousness made him stiff and unable to move, if he was found to have touched Sun Ruoyi's dowry, how could he save face?

Jin Zhu drank too much tea in the evening and was awakened, and hurriedly got up to go to the toilet, she clearly remembered that there was no one in the yard just now, and he shouldn't call his uncle, Jin Zhu took a few steps forward in confusion, and called out tentatively: "Uncle?" ”

"Ah, I didn't eat at night, I went to the kitchen to find something to eat, I saw that the moonlight was good, and I appreciated it."

Chen Shenghong still didn't turn around, his voice trembled slightly, if it was really discovered, he would even think about where the gold beads would be buried.

"That's it, why doesn't my uncle call me, I'll make a bowl of noodles for my uncle."

"Just take two mouthfuls at will, you've been waiting for a day, and you're tired, go and rest, and call you carefully."

"Yes."

Jin Zhu blessed her body and went back to the house to wait, her heart was moved, this uncle is really a good person, gentle and considerate, even so good to her subordinates, Miss is really married to the right person.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Chen Shenghong twisted his neck to see that the gold bead had indeed gone away, and then he inhaled as if a drowning man had been saved, and raised his hand to touch the silver ticket hidden in his chest, Chen Shenghong actually felt a little hot.

No, tomorrow we will have to use it to pay off the debt, and we can't wait for a moment.

Chen Shenghong stood in the courtyard for a long time before lying on the bed again, looking at the sweet Sun Ruoyi sleeping on the side, a faint shame lingered in Chen Shenghong's heart, he really couldn't sleep, and he was afraid of turning over and arguing with Sun Ruoyi, so he lay motionless until dawn.

Chen Shenghong's mind was full of hurried to spend the silver ticket in his arms, and sat down at the table after washing up absentmindedly, today's breakfast was extraordinarily rich, shrimp wonton noodles, fish maw stewed chicken noodles, vegetable risotto, water chestnut cake, silver silk egg rolls, etc., how are they staple foods?

Sun Ruoyi, who was dressing up on the side, paid close attention to Chen Shenghong's actions, and saw that he had a suspicious look on his face and sneered: "This morning, the cook came to report that he had lost a few plates of pastries, and I thought that there was a greedy thief in the house, who knew that this thief was Honglang." ”

"Honglang is so old, he still eats secretly, and in the future, let the cook often simmer some stewed soup on the fire, Honglang is hungry all night, let's eat more for breakfast."

Chen Shenghong's ears were red and he smiled embarrassedly, he would be very full, and he had no appetite at all, but in order to confirm the fact that he was indeed too hungry, he took out his hungry momentum, and devoured two large bowls of noodles and a basket of siu mai, almost bursting his belly.

Feeling that the food had reached his throat, Chen Shenghong hurriedly put on his official hat and said to Sun Ruoyi, and hurriedly went to the court.

As soon as he got out of a street and walked to the corner where there was no one, Chen Shenghong got off the horse and held on to the corner of the wall and spit out all the things he had just eaten, wiped the corners of his mouth, and the feeling of grievance in his heart lingered for a long time.

It was easy to survive to the next dynasty, Chen Shenghong refused the invitation of his colleagues, and left without looking back next time he would reunite with him, so Chen Shenghong didn't find that the person who greeted him with a smile just now was full of disdain at this time.

After changing out of his official uniform and deliberately taking a detour to Jinbao Qianzhuang, Chen Shenghong was eager to get back his IOU, and the handsome bookkeeper like a white-faced scholar smiled, and his slender fingers with distinct bones quickly played on the abacus for a while.

"You borrowed eight hundred taels of silver from us, and the initial interest was one hundred and twenty taels, and for twenty days, forty taels of silver were added every day, making a total of one thousand seven hundred and twenty taels of silver."

"What! You obviously said that it was four taels of silver a day, but how did it become forty taels! You are blackmail! ”

Chen Shenghong slapped the table angrily, he only had a total of two thousand one thousand taels of silver, and he still had to socialize, a table of banquets in Tianfulou cost nearly thirty taels of silver, and it was even more expensive to open a pot of good wine.

The money you took at your risk to pay off your debts is enough for a few meals, isn't it fatal!

Mr. Bookkeeper was still smiling, looking at his good-tempered appearance, he took out Chen Shenghong's IOU: "Sir, this is written in black and white, you can't cheat." ”

Chen Shenghong fixed his eyes and saw that it was really forty taels, and he also had his own signature and drawing, no, this is impossible, Chen Shenghong stretched out his hand to grab it, and the bookkeeper withdrew his hand and narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were still smiling.

"You're not the first one to try to do it in Qianzhuang, look around, what's the matter, are you these five big and three rough men raised here by Qianzhuang?"

In the past, Chen Shenghong retreated, but now he is Shangshu's son-in-law, and there are some forces behind him, so he doesn't pay attention to the threat of Mr. Bookkeeper.

"Hmph, do you know who I am?"

Chen Shenghong held his head high, with some untouchable meaning, and the bookkeeper did not raise his eyelids, grinding the ink leisurely, but the words he said made Chen Shenghong feel shocked.

"Chen Shenghong, Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, a five-grade official, both parents died, and he newly married Sun Ruoyi, the youngest daughter of Sun Pingding, the secretary of the ministry, and the silver borrowed was for the wedding and employment, is there anything else to add?"

"Do you think that moving out a book will forgive your debts? Oh, don't be naïve, how can you not have the background of the dynasty, and finally advise you, obediently repay the debt, we don't owe each other, otherwise, if other people know that you borrowed money to marry a wife, what will they think of you? ”