Chapter 54: Warm and Cold
Messing around? What the hell is it messing with?
For so many days, no one was allowed to visit, no one was allowed to ask questions, and no court was allowed to hold a trial. The silver was sprinkled in it like rain, but in exchange for the official who copied Zhao Langzhong's house.
Qiao An's eyebrows were hidden, but he patted his aunt's hand comfortingly: "Don't worry, my son is measured." ”
"That shop...... Aunt Wang still wants to redeem the shop, the little silver stored at home has already been vacated in the past two days, if you don't redeem the shop, don't say that you will spend money to find a way, even it will be difficult to eat and wear in the future.
"Zhao Langzhong is not here, and there is no doctor in our family who can sit in the hall. At the beginning, the official came to the door in full view of everyone, and recently others don't know what their conjecture is about our family, even if they open a shop, I'm afraid that no one will come to the door. ”
Aunt Wang sighed, paused for a long time and handed the key to Qiao Ping: "Let's cash it out, as long as your father and Zhao Langzhong are good, we can close it today, and we can open it again in the future." ”
Qiao Ping took the key, but he held it tightly in the palm of his hand, and he pinched the key so that he broke the palm of his hand and had no intention of letting go.
"Don't redeem it."
Qiao An pursed her lips and thought for a while, and then firmly held her eldest brother's hand: "Don't redeem it, I have another way." ”
"What's the method?" A room full of people turned their heads to look at Jo Ann, their eyes full of hope.
Qiao An didn't answer, he turned to the kitchen and brought a plate of miscellaneous grains, beckoning everyone to eat: "As long as the sky hasn't stepped on yet, we have to take care of ourselves first, don't worry, let's eat." ”
A few small ones wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, so they moved to the table and sat down. Qiao Ping and Xia Na glanced at each other, and also went to the table to sit down to eat.
Only Aunt Wang, the worry on her face was a little more, and she looked at Qiao An with a pair of eyes, and asked, "What kind of method is it, you say." ”
Qiao An took a nest for Aunt Wang, and pushed the pickles in front of her: "I just remembered that the Guo family inherited Uncle Zhao's kindness, didn't his family have a high-ranking master?" If the Guo family is willing to say a word for us, let alone An Zhiyuan, even his father An Zhifu has to weigh it first, right? ”
In fact, he knew better than anyone else that the Guo family had given a lot of rewards to the Qiao family, not to mention the rewards and care given to Zhao Langzhong and star fruit. The big family does this, which is the meaning of the two clears. They will never feel that they owe much to others, and they will not wade into troubled waters easily.
Officials, after all, they have to protect each other!
When Aunt Wang heard that this was such a method, she was greatly relieved. She glanced at her son appreciatively, and her expression relaxed: "Speaking of which, the Guo family is still a famous family of great kindness. Usually always give rice porridge, and when encountering injustice, he is willing to come forward to uphold justice. Last time, our family cured Mrs. Guo's illness, and the reward was richer than that of the other family. ”
"Since my mother also said so, let's slow down the matter of the shop." Qiao An gave Aunt Wang a chopstick pickle and persuaded her to eat more.
He looked at the pickles on his plate, but he couldn't eat them.
As soon as he saw pickles, he thought of star fruit. Thinking of her bright eyes and a shallow smile, static Yanyan, his heart was bitter and astringent, and it was not a taste at all.
If the Qiao family is really defeated, where does he still have the face to let her wait for him, and where can he bear the heart to drag her down?
"You eat it too!" Aunt Wang gave Qiao An a chopstick dish and said with a smile: "Although it is a pickled dish, the taste is not bad." Where did I buy this, I'll bring some back tomorrow. ”
Qiao Jin wanted to talk, but Qiao Xiu hurriedly plugged his mouth with a nest head: "There are still two jars at home, and you can buy them after eating." ”
After eating, Qiao Xiu cated into Qiao An's house: "Second brother, Sister Carambola has been here, but my mother didn't let her in." ”
Qiao An reached out to the bookshelf to get "Zhou Xingtong", and when she heard the words, her hand to take the book was stunned, but after a while, it returned to normal: "It's okay, our family is like this, why bother to bother others." ”
He sat down at the table and read carefully, and instructed Qiao Xiu: "If you want to be idle, accompany A-Niang more, she has not experienced any ups and downs in her life for decades, and there has been such a big change in the family suddenly, I am afraid that she will not be able to stand it." ”
"I know, I've been unraveling A-Niang these days." Qiao Xiu replied obediently, took out a bag of silver from her arms, and handed it to Qiao An in embarrassment: "This is what Sister Carambola forced into me, saying that there are ten taels of silver in it that should be returned to you." ”
I've already repaid five taels, where do I still owe him ten taels? Even if it's a profit, it's not such a high profit, is it?
Qiao An took the silver, and her heart was even more unpleasant.
He gave the silver to the star fruit, and he really didn't plan to let her pay it back, but now......
Thinking about the weight, Qiao An felt that it was not much, and poured it out and counted it, and Qiao An looked at Qiao Xiu puzzled: "Thirty-eight taels?" ”
"Sister Carambola said a lot, let us take it first, and then return it to her when we have enough money. Her family is now in the pickle business, and it is not difficult to come up with this money. ”
These words can deceive Qiao Xiu, but they can't deceive Qiao An.
Yang Chunxiao treated him as a brother and didn't hide anything from him at all. Before the big family continued to buy and sell, his family only had a dozen taels of money left from selling pickles, and a few days ago he received an order, and the deposit was collected for a total of forty taels of silver, which was all up, fifty taels of silver.
There must be investment in doing business, and the Yang family and a large family also have to spend. fifty taels, and thirty-eight taels were sent to his family......
Joan pinched the money bag, and her nose couldn't help but sour.
These days, he has had enough of cynicism, enough of turning his face and being ruthless, and seeing all the cold people's hearts......
These days, A-Niang also went to relatives and friends to ask for help, my grandfather gave five taels of silver, and several uncles excused themselves not to be at home, and the aunts opened their mouths to be bitter. After this experience, A-Niang was cold-hearted. ”
Qiao Xiu looked at Qiao An eagerly: "Even if the Yang family really turns over, this silver money is not something that Sister Carambola can use at will." She was able to bring so much money, and she thought that she had used a lot of effort to grind Aunt Yang. ”
"Got it, you go out to accompany your mother, I'll read a book for a while."
Qiao Xiu didn't move, and looked at Qiao An stubbornly: "Second brother, you go and talk about A-Niang." Sister Carambola came three times today, and A-Niang looked at others with disgust, and said that they were broom stars, so we suffered a disaster after following her. I can't stand this, how uncomfortable it should be for Sister Carambola to listen to. ”
Jo Ann listened, her heart tightening. But should he really persuade A-Niang to let the star fruit get involved again?
"You go out, I'll talk to A-Niang when I have a chance."
Qiao Xiu looked at Qiao An deadly, but Qiao An had already collected her heart to read, no matter how she looked at it, she didn't pay attention to her anymore, even if she pleaded again, he ignored it, just like the whole person was melted into the book.
When Qiao Xiu stomped out, Qiao An put down the book, grabbed the money bag given by the star fruit and pinched it again and again.
If it weren't for the danger of what I'm about to do, I'll be guarding you, protecting you, and pestering you. Star fruit, thank you, and, sorry!
Carambola took out the picture book locked at the bottom of the box again, she stroked the line of words written on the first page of Qiao An, and muttered again: "I wish to win the heart of one person, and the white head will not be separated." ”
"Joan, you have to be good, your family has to be good!"
During the day, she persuaded Xia Na to be upright and strong. But in the dead of night, she was tossing and turning while lying on the bed.
She is responsible for the disaster of the Qiao family.
If she hadn't taken care of the matter, Joan wouldn't have known about Xana's situation; If she hadn't lost her temper with Qiao An, Qiao Ping, who had already chosen to escape and get drunk and dreamed of death, would definitely not be able to let go.
Seeing Xia Na dying, she couldn't bear it; But what about the Qiao family? Master and Uncle Qiao are squatting in the prison and the road ahead is unknown, so she won't be punished by star fruit?
Star fruit tossed and turned pancakes on the bed, and her lower lip was bitten by herself.
No matter what others think of the Qiao family or how they hide from the Qiao family, star fruit rushes into it with one mind.
Aunt Wang didn't want to see her, but Qiao Xiu and Xia Na were kind to her. They secretly opened the back door for her, and the star fruit slipped in to help dry the medicine and help cook, and seeing that the Qiao family had any small difficulties, she secretly tried her best to solve them.
There were many times, and Aunt Wang also noticed it, she also picked it up first, but after a long time, she was tired, so she went by star fruit.
On this day, Aunt Wang sent the prepared medicine to a familiar shop, but she carried it back intact.
Seeing that she was depressed, Carambola handed over a bowl of sugar water: "Auntie, why don't we reopen the shop." Everyone on the left and right is idle, and there is something to do when they open a shop. ”
Aunt Wang took the water and took a sip gently: "The little guys are all scattered, and Zhao Langzhong is not here, how did the shop come?" Even if it is opened, with the current reputation of the Qiao family, where will anyone come to the door? ”
"And us!" Carambola squatted over to help Aunt Wang pinch her legs: "You can see ordinary minor diseases, I have been learning with you and Zhao Lang for so long, and I have some experience in walking the streets and alleys to see people's diseases these days." The two of us sat in the hall, and most of the symptoms could be seen.
Qiao Xiu can help catch medicine, Xiana can read and write and keep the account room, and Qiao Jin has not officially gone to school, so why don't you run to two heavens first? ”
Aunt Wang sipped the sugar water and thought intently about the words of star fruit.
Seeing that there was room for action, star fruit made persistent efforts: "We have not treated people to death, so we can't talk about ruining the reputation of medical ethics; Even if my master and Uncle Qiao were arrested, the government did not give an explanation, and it could not be said that they were corrupt, and they should be pointed out by Qianfu.
Let's open the door first, straighten our backs and live, there will always be people coming to the door. ”
Aunt Wang put the bowl on the table and let out a long sigh: "Then let's open it, it's like this on the left and right, how bad can it be?" Someone comes to the door, we earn two meals, and if no one comes to the door, it is as if the shop has never been opened. ”
In the afternoon of the same day, the star fruit took everyone to tidy up the shop. Qiao Xiu counted the medicines in front of the archive, and frowned when she found the ginseng: "Mother, why is there more than ten ginseng missing in fifteen years?" Have you and my brother come to fetch it? ”
"Nope!" Aunt Wang was wiping the table, and when she heard that she had lost the rag and went to see the ginseng, she counted and counted according to the archive, but the number was still wrong: "One or two are counted, eighteen are too ......"
Don't look at the mountain ginseng that is only more than ten years, one is also worth three or four taels of silver, and these dozen or so can be worth half a shop's Chinese medicinal materials.
Aunt Wang thought back and forth, and thought that on the day of the accident, she just asked Erya to take the ginseng out to dry, and just opened the lock and went to the door. Later, the little ones left one after another, and no one approached the medicine cabinet......
Erya!
Erya was proud at this time, she never dreamed that with the Qiao family's suffering, she Erya would be able to climb the high branches. Guarding in front of Miss Zhou, her waist was straighter than usual.
She diligently poured a glass of water for Miss Zhou, and gave an idea to Miss Zhou, who was anxious and worried: "Qiao An is a hard bone, and she was hooked by star fruit. If you don't make a way to make the Qiao family suffer a big disaster and cut off his life, he refuses to enter the Zhou family as a staff member, let alone use it for you, Miss. ”
Miss Zhou sneered and crushed the moon flower in her hand, and raised her eyebrows slightly: Qiao's family, just star fruit......
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