"Girl, my mother has an idea...... "Dai Shi straightened her dress.

"Mother, say it." Lan Ping replied.

"If I marry you to Tangwei to pay off the debt, would you like to?"

"This ...... Let me think about it. It's just that I don't want to leave my mother and sister-in-law too soon......"

"Son, you are sixteen years old, and you are old enough to get married. At present, the fortune of the family is not good, and only by marrying the Zhu family, the large amount of silver we owe to the Zhu family can be ......"

"Mother, don't say it, I understand what you mean, you are asking me to go to the Zhujia family to be a concubine, right?"

"Well, child, it's a last resort to make this decision for my mother."

"Mother, didn't you push me into the fire pit when you asked me to be a concubine in a big family?"

"The young grandmother in the Zhu family compound has not given birth, this is an excellent opportunity, and others can't ask for it. After you get married, as long as you give birth to a son, you will definitely enjoy endless blessings. ”

"Mother, I want to be the main room, so I don't want to be a partial room."

"Okay, let's put this aside for now, you go and prepare dinner, get a few more dishes, and remember to make a little more hearty."

"yes, I see." Lan Ping followed behind Dai and went to the hall together, saying as he walked, "Mother, I'll go get a snake, and I'll cook it tonight to entertain guests." ”

"Okay. Be careful when slaughtering snakes, and if you can't get busy, you can call your sister-in-law to help. ”

"Mother, it's only one table of people's food, and it's enough for me alone. Sister-in-law, she can't move easily, forget it. ”

As soon as the mother and daughter arrived in the hall, they saw that seven or eight people came to the Zhu family, and Dai couldn't help but be stunned: This posture is really big, even the housekeeper and the young grandmother are here, heh, I have to deal with it carefully.

"Good luck to the staff, what kind of wind blows you?" Dai gave a salute to Mr. Bisheng.

"It wasn't the wind blowing, it was the four of them who carried me step by step." The old man Bisheng said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes." Dai Shi bowed slightly, she knew that she had said the wrong thing, "Zhu Yuanwai, it's really unfortunate, my family Wen Jing is far away in Luchuan, this will not come back yet, the silver we borrowed ......"

"Brother and daughter-in-law, let's not talk about the silver first. I'm here today mainly to see you, how are you doing? ”

"Thank you for your concern, life is okay, and I can barely get by."

"Brother and daughter-in-law, it's not been a day or two since our two families have been dating, if there is any difficulty, don't be embarrassed to speak."

"Shibo, I'll go cook for you. I haven't ......eaten for half a month," Lan Ping carried a cloth bag containing a cobra, standing beside Dai and smiling.

"The child is talking nonsense, and he goes." Without waiting for her daughter to say the word "pork", Dai quickly pushed Lan Ping and urged her to leave quickly.

"Shibo, I'm cooking." Lan Ping realized that he almost missed his mouth, and after speaking, he ran in the direction of the kitchen.

"Brother and sister, just now Lan Ping said that he hadn't eaten snake meat for half a month, or pork?" Old man Bisheng asked with a smile.

"Snake meat, snake meat." Dai replied hurriedly, "I haven't eaten snake meat for a long time, we." ”

"Oh, that's good." Bi Sheng nodded slightly, "Yinyue, you go to the kitchen to help Miss Lanping." ”

"yes, okay." Silver Moon got up and went to the kitchen.

"Qibao, you guys go wait outside, I'll call you again if there's something." Bi Sheng said to a few more of his attendants.

"Yes, host." The housekeeper Qibao took the others and hurriedly walked out.

After the support of Yinyue and the sedan chair man, the old man Bisheng took out the IOU note and spread it on the table: "Brother and daughter-in-law, the term of the loan expires today, I will come over today to take a look." ”

"Brother, you are a good person, you want to support my family, and you have lent us a large sum of money five times, but the Gong family's qi is exhausted, and no matter what you do, it is not smooth. You see that the business in Chongqing has gone wrong again......" Dai took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to the old man Bisheng.

The old man Bisheng took the letter, from top to bottom, from right to left, line by line carefully read it, the letter was exactly the same as what the opening room said, sure enough, the Gong family's shop in Xiushan, Chong'an suffered a catastrophe, which was undoubtedly worse for Gong Wenjing, whose business had just improved.

In the past two years, the Zhu family has lent a lot of money to the Gong family! Added up, the interest is almost 20,000 taels, but I only see the investment, but I don't see the profit. It doesn't matter if you haven't received a penny of interest, but now that the Gong family has landed in such a field, it is unknown whether the principal can be recovered.

If you continue to lend them silver, it will be a waste, and the Zhu family will have to go in, but if you don't save them when you die, you can't help it. Hey, if I don't save the Gong family and the crisis this time, they will go bankrupt, what should I do?

While reading the letter, the old man Bisheng pondered the problem of whether to continue to help the Gong family, which gave him a headache. Holding a letter in his hand, he didn't speak for a long time. Because he doesn't know what to say to Dai's, the male protagonist is not at home, and it is even more inappropriate to collect debts from the woman's family.

"Brother, what are you thinking?" Dai Shi saw that the old man Bisheng had been silent, and finally spoke.

"Didn't think about anything. Brother and sister, when did you receive this letter? Bi Sheng asked, pointing to the letterhead.

"Yesterday, the waiters of Langshi Fort brought it back."

"This letter has been gone for more than 20 days from Xiushan to Sidu, I don't know if Brother Wen Jing still has any silver available?"

"Dad, don't you stand and talk without back pain? In black and white, the letter was clearly written, penniless, and he borrowed money to survive. Kai Room interjected.

"Son, your father and I will be sitting and talking...... It's none of your business, go aside. Bi Sheng gave the room a blank look.

"Dad, then I'll go to the kitchen and help me get food." Kai said as he walked to the kitchen.

"Go, go. Looking at you, I am upset, I can't pass the examination three times, and my old face makes you lose everything. Old Man Bisheng raised his hand.

"Brother, he didn't get into the opening room this time?" Dai asked rhetorically.

"Hey, don't mention him, every time he goes, he is full of confidence, but the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment." Old Man Bisheng sighed and said, "If he is admitted, unless the ancestral tomb is smoking, it will be almost the same." ”

"Brother, don't be angry, Yilu is really hard to say. The east side is not bright, but the west side is bright. If you can't be an official, you can do something else. In my opinion, Qi's brain is quite smart, and it may be a good material for doing business. Dai comforted the old man Bisheng and said.