Chapter 22: Overboard
It turned out that Liu Zhuangtou's son was infected with gambling a few years ago, and borrowed about 200 taels of silver from the gambling house several times, who knew that the 200 taels of silver were rolled on the donkey, and the profit rose to 3,000 taels, and the people in the gambling house ran to Liu Zhuangtou's house to ask for accounts, and if he didn't pay back the money, he would cut off one of his son's arms, and Liu Zhuangtou took out all his savings of 500 taels.
The thugs of the gambling house knew some of the origins of this Liu Zhuangtou, and they didn't dare to push it too hard, only saying that he would pay back five hundred taels a year, and two would be cleared in ten years. also said that this is already the end of benevolence and righteousness, and it is natural to repay debts.
Besides, the black and white letters were indeed his son's handprints, and they could not be denied.
This Liu Zhuangtou has no choice but to repay the money honestly, and this is the fourth year.
But Liu Zhuangtou said: "I have never collected the rent of high tenants, and I still collect two out of ten, but I have only deducted people's wages and the income from the Zhuangzi." ”
After the Xue steward came, he found that the master rarely came, and there was a lot of oil and water in this Zhuangzi, and he also wanted a piece of the pie. So he discussed with Liu Zhuangtou that it was better to increase the rent, and the two of them would be divided into fifty, but Liu Zhuangtou refused and said: "I will find a way to make up for the money I am greedy for, but I will never be sorry for my eldest brother's heart." ”
That Xue steward naturally held a grudge and waited for an opportunity to take revenge, who knew that soon the master would come, this was a good opportunity to bring down Liu Zhuangtou, he must seize it, and even found some people to pretend to be tenants.
But things didn't go in the direction he wanted, and at this time, both of them were in the flower hall, and Steward Xue was also embarrassed.
In the end, Steward Xue said: "Xue is ashamed, so he should leave and leave." ”
Pei Shaoyu said: "Steward Xue doesn't need to be in such a hurry, my brother is about to arrive, and Zhuangzi can't leave you." ”
Steward Xue looked proud after hearing this.
Shao Yu took Cui'er back to the attic, and Cui'er asked: "That Steward Xue thinks very highly of himself, obviously he is just a settler, but he looks like a scholar, pretending to be disgusting. Why didn't the girl let him go, and said that Zhuangzi couldn't leave him, you see his smug appearance. ”
Shao Yu smiled slightly: "How many years has Steward Xue been here?" ”
Cui'er looked puzzled and said, "He said, I've been in Zhuangzi for four years, why does the girl ask like that?" ”
Shao Yu smiled again: "Then Liu Zhuangtou's son started to get addicted to gambling a few years ago?" ”
Cui'er suddenly said brightly: "The slave understands what the girl means, or the girl thinks thoughtfully." ”
In the evening, Pei Shaoli and He Yunzhi rode to Zhuangzi together, and Shaoyu's heart fell into his stomach.
Pei Shaoli and He Yunzhi went their separate ways after arriving, Pei Shaoli went to find Na Xue, and He Yunzhi went to Liu Zhuangtou.
He Yunzhi looked at the IOU written by the gambling house, and after reading it, he actually smiled and said, "Liu Zhuangtou, you can't read, right?" ”
Liu Zhuangtou nodded and said, "Is there anything wrong with this IOU?" ”
He Yunzhidao: "The problem is big, this IOU says that it only takes two months to repay three hundred taels with interest, but later on, when I saw that you were illiterate, the lion opened his mouth and said it was three thousand taels." ”
Liu Zhuangtou said: "But I showed this IOU to Steward Xue, and he didn't tell me that there was a problem." I see, he must have gotten the benefits out of it. ”
He Yunzhi said: "Liu Zhuangtou takes your son, let's go meet this Xue steward." ”
Anyway, Pei Shaoli stopped Steward Xue, who was walking out in a hurry, and said, "Where is Steward Xue going?" ”
Steward Xue looked at the young man, the jade tree was in the wind, handsome, and the moon-white straight skirt was cut just right, and he walked slowly, elegant and calm, and his demeanor was really compelling.
Steward Xue stammered a little and asked, "Who are you?" How will you know me? ”
Pei Shaoli smiled indifferently and said: "The young dart head in the Xia Mighty Dart Bureau is also the owner of this village, Pei Shaoli." ”
Steward Xue immediately smiled: "It turned out that the master was here, and he was disrespectful." ”
Pei Shaoli said again: "Steward Xue, come with me to the flower hall, Liu Zhuangtou should also arrive." ”
Who knew that Steward Xue suddenly made a move, his fingers were bent into eagle claws, and he instantly attacked Pei Shaoli's life, Pei Shaoli did not flinch, reached out and grabbed his wrist with a little internal force, only to hear a click, and then heard Steward Xue's howl.
Pei Shaoli came to the flower hall with Steward Xue, and He Yunzhi and Liu Zhuangtou father and son had already arrived.
As soon as Liu Zhuangtou saw Steward Xue, he immediately asked: "Xue Cheng, how can you be so ungrateful, I think that when you had no way out, I recommended you to my eldest brother to be the steward of this Zhuangzi." ”
Who knew that the Xue steward said: "My Xue skills are not as good as others, and I am willing to bow to the wind, and I have nothing to say." If you want to ...... back then, forget it, don't mention the year, if you want to kill, you have to listen to it. ”
Several thugs of the gambling house, the boss and the manager Xue were taken to the nearby county office overnight, and Shao Yu didn't inquire about the future, only listened to the maid and the maid chatting that the gambling house was closed, and Liu Zhuangtou's money was also returned.
The days on Zhuangzi passed so quickly, I have lived for five or six days in a blink of an eye, it has just rained on this day, and the air is filled with the fragrance of lotus flowers, take a deep breath, and refresh people's hearts.
Monroe's mood looks very good, and the whole person looks even brighter. The three of them enjoyed the outside scenery by the window, the sky was like a wash, the air was fresh, and the lotus flowers in the lotus pond were beautiful.
Meng Luo said: "Yueniang, let's go rowing and pick lotus flowers, it must be very interesting." ”
When Lu Luo heard this, he also said: "Okay, I want to go too, let's go now." ”
Said to go, the three of them went down the attic and went straight to the lotus pond, and found a mother-in-law to support the boat, Shao Yu was afraid of the water, did not dare to get on the boat, and waited for them in the pavilion.
Green pothos and Monroe sat on the boat together, and the two of them picked lotus flowers for a while, and picked lotus flowers for a while, and they were not happy to be busy.
At this time, Green Pothos saw that there was a colorful butterfly on the stamen of a red lotus very close to her, and she hurriedly made a silent gesture to Monroe, she wanted to catch the butterfly.
Who knew that the pothos fluttered the butterfly too violently, and it was on the boat again, she pounced to the right, and the boat fell to the right violently. Seeing that the pothos was about to fall into the water, the mother-in-law who was holding the boat was in a hurry and grabbed the pothos.
But this kind of two-pointed boat is very easy to overturn, this side pulled the green pothos, but the other side of the dream Luo was unstable, plopped into the lotus pond, as soon as the dream fell into the lotus pond, the whole boat lost balance, the woman and the pothos also fell into the lotus pond together.
Shao Yu saw clearly here, and hurriedly ran over, but after running two steps, he thought that he couldn't swim, so he quickly turned back and called someone, and then he happened to see his brother Pei Shaoli.
hurriedly said loudly: "Brother, it's not good, Sister Mengluo fell into the lotus pond, go and save people." ”
Pei Shaoli rushed over with an arrow step, the green pothos had been rescued by the mother-in-law and was swimming to the shore, but Mengluo was still fluttering in the water, and had choked several mouthfuls of water, Pei Shaoli rushed into it and picked up Mengluo, at this time, Mengluo didn't care whether men and women could kiss or not, and suddenly hugged Pei Shaoli's neck and kept coughing.
Shao Yu saw it, and hurriedly took his mother-in-law and pothos to leave first. At this time, Pei Shaoli was busy ashore with Mengluo, so he put Mengluo down, and couldn't help but blush.
It turned out that the clothes were thin in summer, and the whole body was soaked, and Monroe's convex and concave figure was unobstructed, which was even more attractive than not wearing it.
Monroe was also flushed at this moment, lowered her head, and was ashamed of herself.
Pei Shaoli hurriedly took off his coat and wrung out the water and draped it on Mengluo's body. Only then did he take her to avoid the subordinates and went directly to the back door of Shaoyu's courtyard.
Meng Luo blushed and entered the courtyard with her clothes on, and her maid poetry and painting hurriedly greeted her.