Chapter 24: The Crisis of the Zhuo Fu Family (Asking for Referral Votes and Investment)
After coming to Zhuo Fu's house, Wang Chong knew that this Zhuo family was a local landlord, similar to his last game.
However, this Zhuo Fu is not very authentic, not only to open casinos, but also to lend usury, Ji Yuan, in short, in addition to the formal industry, others are involved.
This guy is very harsh on his subordinates, and the subordinates in the family are forced by him to sell themselves with gambling debts, so he only needs to provide his subordinates with some food, which is equivalent to working for him for free, and the subordinates also gave him a nickname behind his back, called Zhuo Papi.
He has a lot of thugs in his hands, and if anyone is disobedient, he will be beaten, and the subordinates in the family dare not speak out.
Wang Zhong was arranged to work in the kitchen of Zhuo Mansion, and the work was not too tiring, every day was to help light the fire, and then to wash the clothes and sweep the floor.
Although I do a lot of work every day, it is not without benefits, that is, I am finally full, there is no big fish and meat, but there is enough food.
"I didn't expect me to end up here, and I don't know what happened to my mother."
Wang Zhong sighed and thought about what to do next.
It is impossible for him to stay here forever, with Zhuofu's temperament, even if he works until he reaches adulthood, I am afraid that he will not let go, and he will continue to squeeze him.
But at present, I am too young, and I am afraid that I will be arrested if I run home.
"Forget it, let's do it first, eat more food, and grow well."
Just as he was thinking about it, a maid came over and said, "Child, are you called Wang Xiaoyu?" ”
"Is there something wrong with my sister?"
"There's a woman at the back door, it's your mother, she asked me to call you."
"Thank you."
Wang Xiaoyu temporarily stopped the laundry in his hand and walked out.
"Son, you didn't suffer, did you?" Seeing Wang Zhong come out, Zhang Xiaohong hugged him excitedly, and her eyes were red.
"Mother, I'm fine, although I work for them, I eat a lot."
Wang revisited his mother's face, and his heart fluttered.
After he left last night, Wang Dayong beat Zhang Xiaohong all over his body, and now both eyes are swollen.
"Hey, it's all my mother's inability, don't worry, I'll find a way to take you out, and we'll leave here when the time comes."
"But where can I go, if I leave, I won't even have a place to live." Wang Zhong shook his head: "I'll live here first, you can be alone." ”
"Son......" Seeing Wang Zhong so sensible, Zhang Xiaohong cried all of a sudden: "Son, it's all your father, your father, what will we do in the future!" ”
"It's okay mother, I'll take care of myself."
After chatting for a while, the maid from before secretly ran out: "Hey, it's almost done, if the housekeeper comes down to check and finds you out, he will punish you, hurry up and follow me in." ”
This maid is a good person, Wang nodded emphatically: "I know the young lady." ”
Walking in with the maid, the maid asked, "Little child, why did Zhuo Papi arrest you?" ”
"My dad lost the bet, and I was sold here."
"Well, just like me." The maid lowered her head and said sadly: "But you are better than me, my father lost the bet, sold my mother to Yangchun Courtyard to pick up customers, and sold me here again." ”
"It's all a bunch of brutes!" Wang Zhong said resentfully.
"When I am eighteen years old, I will also be taken to Yangchun Courtyard to pick up customers, Zhuo Papi said, we still owe him a lot of money, a lot of money, I have to go over to pick up customers, and then he will let my mother go."
Speaking of sadness, the maid also cried: "I am now fifteen years old, and there are only three years left. ”
Wang clenched his fists and said angrily: "What kind of world is this, why are they not good people." ”
"Little child, my name is Yalan, what about you?"
"My name is Wang Xiaoyu, Sister Yalan, haven't you thought about leaving secretly?"
"Don't be stupid, just run away, where can you escape, I am a girl's house, and I am also living on the streets outside."
"You two, you're chatting when you're not working?"
At this time, a gloomy voice came from behind.
Wang Chong hurriedly turned around, and the person who spoke was the butler of the Zhuo family, named Zhang Laoben, who was in his fifties, with a fat head and big ears, and liked to bully his subordinates with fox and tiger power, and his subordinates dared to be angry with him.
"Steward Zhang, we were about to go to the kitchen, and there was no chat." Arran lowered his head and said in fear.
"Hmph, I've seen it all, and I said I didn't chat? And you. Zhang Laoben looked at Wang Chong, "You are a new slave named Xiaoyu, didn't you arrange for you to work in the kitchen, why did you run blindly?" ”
"I'll go to the bathroom." Wang Zhong responded.
"Yes, the little brother just came here and is not familiar with it yet, so I took him to recognize the way." Yalan hurriedly said.
"Nonsense, I saw you coming through the door with my own eyes, did you just want to run?"
Zhang Laoben snorted, picked up the bamboo board in his hand, and hit Wang Chong's arm with a split.
"Smack!" The two bamboo boards hit Wang Chong's hands were numb, and the immature little hands immediately became red and swollen.
Yalan hurriedly protected the king, so Zhang Laoben didn't continue to fight, after all, Yalan was going to be sold to Yangchun Courtyard in the future, and the guests wouldn't like it if he broke his body.
"Steward Zhang, we were wrong, just now Xiaoyu's mother came over, I took him to see him, I won't dare in the future." Arlan bowed his head and said.
"I knew that if I get out of the way, I'll hit the three bamboo boards, which can be regarded as a lesson for him."
Wang Zhong stared at Zhang Laoben expressionlessly, and said, "Sister Yalan, get out of the way, I will accept this lesson." ”
"This ......"
Yalan bit it, and finally reluctantly let go.
"Hehe, count you as acquaintances." Zhang Laoben picked up the bamboo board and called it.
This three-legged board, Wang Chong's right arm hurt for several days, but fortunately, Sister Yalan borrowed bruise medicine from a family member for him, which made Wang Chong feel better.
Two years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Wang Chong's thin body has grown a lot, and at the age of six, he is already helping with chopping wood and laundry at Zhuo's house.
Other family members said that after Wang Zhong was ten years old, he would go to some industries of the Zhuo family to work as helpers, such as coolies, serving tea and water in restaurants, in short, it was dark in this life.
Knowing this, Wang Chong secretly made up his mind to find an opportunity to leave early.
Zhang Xiaohong occasionally sneaks in to see Wang Zhong at night, and every time she brings a chicken leg.
According to what she said, in order to avoid Wang Dayong's debts, she doesn't go home now, she works at the Yuanlai Inn every day, and lives in the firewood room of the inn at night, as for Wang Dayong, there has been no news for a long time.
This year, Yalan has been sullen, and next year she will be sent to the Ji Hospital, and she can't be happy at all when she thinks of the dark life in the future.
"Xiaoyu, this is the new shoes I have made up for you these days, your child grows up fast, and the previous shoes have long since become ill-fitting."
Yalan gently touched Wang Chong's head, and suddenly cried: "Remember to come to see my sister in the future, my sister will miss you." ”
"Sister Yalan, you run, my mother is at the Yuanlai Inn, she knows you, you tell her about the situation, she takes you back to my country, they are not easy to catch you."
"It's useless, I'm resigned to my fate." Arran cried and shook her head.
Suddenly, there was a commotion at the door.
"On the orders of the governor, I hereby order to arrest Zhuo Fu from the imperial court, and all the cadres in the family will be taken down by me, and no one will be left!"