"And then? Did you give me the five hundred taels of silver? ”

Huang Ruiqing asked.

In fact, when he asked this sentence, he already had a bad premonition in his heart.

Old Man Huang shook his head.

"After a few months, the business of the shop began to return to its original level, and there was even a faint upward trend, and the strings that had been tight on the ancestor were loosened, and then I remembered the agreement with the middle-aged man."

It's just that Huang Renhu was born as a merchant, and he was lucky to get this shop, and he had a little money under his hands, but it was not a big amount, five hundred taels of silver, which was not easy for him to give.

"The man didn't say when he would give it to him, just wait, and when I save more money, I'll send it to him."

Huang Renhu thought so, so he put this matter down first, and worked harder to make money.

He had a sick and weak old mother, a wife who was a bad chaff, and a young child, and finally had some money on hand, so he naturally wanted to buy a spacious house, buy some comfortable cloth, buy fish, buy meat, and buy more refined rice grain, so as to improve the living conditions of his family.

Isn't working hard to earn money and seek wealth just to make a good life for your family?

Huang Renhu's idea is not wrong, with his efforts, he finally bought a big house worthy of his identity as a shopkeeper in the city, let the family wear silk and satin, wear gold and silver jewelry, invite the child to read to the husband, and buy some maids and servants to serve at home, serving a real rich family.

When others talk about the rich families in this city, they also have the name of his Huang family.

At this point, he can already be regarded as entering the rich circle of Qinghe.

At this time, two years had passed since he was instructed by the middle-aged man.

"Did he give the five hundred taels later? Two years later, can he still find the middle-aged man? ”

The one who opened the question was Huang Rui, the third young master of the Huang family, who had just reached the crown, wearing a white robe, holding a folding fan, and a little bookish.

Since Huang Renhu has made his family live a good life, five hundred taels is nothing to him, right?

Master Huang glanced at the third son and sighed.

"If I really gave it, I wouldn't have called the three of you brothers today."

As I said earlier, Huang Renhu dragged his family all the way, and finally lived in a big house and lived a good life. He is a person who attaches great importance to his family, so he is naturally very attentive to his mother and wife.

That day, Huang Renhu wanted to send someone to inquire if there was a broken Taoist temple on Luxiang Mountain outside the city, and whether there was a down-and-out middle-aged man in it, after all, two years have passed, and no one knows if that person is still there.

Huang Renhu had been busy running around before, and he had never told his family about it, and when he ordered his subordinates, his wife Huang happened to hear it, and Huang asked him the ins and outs of the matter, and stopped the subordinate who was about to go out.

"What's wrong?" Huang Renhu is a little unsure.

"Xianggong, listen to me."

Huang asked him three questions.

"The nobleman who gave us the shop at the beginning was saved by you who ran several streets and used your silver needle, right?"

"Being the shopkeeper of this shop, getting up early and being greedy for darkness, doing everything yourself, and maneuvering among all kinds of people, you are the one who goes through these hardships, right?"

"You've saved people, you've worked hard, you've got the wealth you have now, and you deserve it, right?"

Huang Renhu nodded, what Huang said was indeed the truth.

"If you deserve all this, why do you give five hundred taels of silver?"

Huang Renhu was a little confused, "I was instructed by that person, and I also agreed with him to give him five hundred taels, how can I break my promise?" ”

Huang shook his head, "This is not a question of five hundred taels of silver, but a question of how you got your wealth now." ”

"If you give him five hundred taels, is it equivalent to admitting that everything you have now is from him?"

"How much suffering you have suffered for all of this today, those of us close to us are naturally clear, but others don't know. This has to be spread, it turns out that the newly rich Huang family is only possible today by relying on a poor fortune teller, how should others view us? How do we gain a foothold in the circle of the rich? ”

Although the Huang family is considered to be a wealthy family, now it is just two branches in addition to the original shop, which is not enough to see in front of some big families in the city.

The Huang family already owed the family favor of the old man who was noble, and they went out on weekdays to be a dwarf, and if they wanted to be short of the down-and-out man, this was difficult for them to accept no matter what.

Huang saw that Huang Renhu was a little hesitant when he heard his words, and knew that his heart was loose, and said:

"Besides, our family has today, it is the noble old man in order to repay you for saving your life, and at the same time I also fell in love with your enthusiasm and steadfastness, this is not an accident that you saved him on the day you want to go out, but was instructed by someone to go for the sake of wealth, what do people think of you?"

Huang Renhu was shocked when he heard this, yes! If you want to let the noble old man know, won't you think that you have been deceived? Then he can still have good fruit to eat?

With the means of other people's status, it is not easy to beat yourself back to your original shape.

"But ......" Huang Renhu still hesitated, "This is what I agreed with him, and the man is down, maybe he is waiting for the five hundred taels to save his life......

"Xianggong, I'm afraid you're thinking about it."

The Huang family snorted: "Our Huang family is now in the city, can we be regarded as a figure with a head and a face?" ”

Huang Renhu nodded.

Huang Shi said again: "If these five hundred taels are very important to this man, why didn't he come to the door and get them himself?" ”

"Our Huang family's reputation in the city has also spread now, how did you get the shop, it's not a secret, it doesn't make sense that the man doesn't know, it's been two years since the agreement, and no one has come to you, doesn't this explain the problem?"

"That middle-aged man, it's not bad for these five hundred taels at all."

"Besides, you said it yourself, that's a master, and a casual word of guidance has made us live a rich life, can he still worry about this mere five hundred taels?"

Huang's words completely convinced Huang Renhu, no matter what the reason, Huang Renhu never mentioned the matter of the five hundred taels again.

It is even possible that because of some taboos in his heart, every time he goes out of the city, he will intentionally or unintentionally avoid the direction of Luxiang Mountain, and would rather take a detour than never get within half a mile of Luxiang Mountain.

In the days that followed, Huang Renhu still refused to slack off, and after all kinds of tempering, he gradually stopped being the shopkeeper himself, but hired other shopkeepers to work for him, and became the owner himself.

The Huang family is thriving and getting richer and richer, but no one knows that such wealth is like a high-rise building without foundation, no matter how high it is built, there will always be a time to fall.