Chapter 154: Usury
It's been a lively year.
Compared with the people of Fangjia Village, the Lu family is full of lights, this is the first year that Lu Jian'an and the Xu family spent in Fengshan County.
The family also has a good income.
Naturally, I want to live a nourishing life.
The New Year's goods have been prepared for a long time.
Mama Li took the servants of the family to clean up inside and out.
Look brand-new.
There are red lanterns hanging outside the gate of the Lu family.
In order to prepare for the New Year's food, the backyard is full of fragrance.
I didn't fire for the whole New Year.
Before the festival, Xu Mengshan had nothing to do, mainly because Xu Yuan's family lived in the village, in front of the house and behind the house, Xu Mengshan went home for the New Year, but he could come over to help at any time.
At the end of the month.
Xu Mengshan drove the ox cart and sent Lu Jian'an and the Xu family to give the Xu family a gift.
Anyway.
It's always Xu's maiden family.
The number of rites is still coming.
Lu Jian'an prepared two catties of pork, two fish, two jars of old wine, and various snacks, and Xu came to the door.
When I came to the gate of Xu's house, I saw that the gate was closed, and I didn't even have the joy of the New Year.
On the contrary, there is gloom everywhere.
Xu Mengshan went up and knocked on the door.
"Open the door! Open the door, Fauber, I'm Shanzi. ”
All three of them were strange in their hearts.
After a long time, Xu Fu came to open the door.
When he saw Xu Mengshan, his face breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Mengshan who watched it was puzzled.
"Fauber, what's going on? What are you doing behind closed doors in the New Year? ”
Xu Fu glanced at Lu Jian'an and Xu Shi behind him, sighed, and told Xu Mengshan in a low voice what happened.
It turned out that in the past few days, loan sharks have come to the door every day.
The door of the Xu family is closed because he is afraid that people will make trouble.
Old lady, the old man was so frightened that he hid in the backyard and didn't dare to come out.
Xu Cheng, the third uncle of the Xu family, somehow borrowed three hundred taels of silver to seal money, and now the profit has rolled to eight hundred taels.
People who ask for debts come to the door.
Xu Cheng hid and disappeared, and the people of the Xu family couldn't find Xu Cheng at all, and he was blocked by the debtor at the door, making trouble every day.
Lu Jian said with peace of mind, Xu Cheng also deserved it.
Thinking about their family's things, that book should be what Xu Cheng wanted.
The drunkard does not mean to drink.
It's a pity.
If it was really Lu Jian'an, maybe this book would have fulfilled Xu Cheng.
The problem is that she's not.
Fortunately, the space left her this book.
Otherwise, the plot doesn't explain what the origin of this book is.
Of course, Lu Jian'an guessed that it should have something to do with the Fang family.
Father Lu is nothing more than a preserved.
I'm afraid that's how the killing came.
Lu Jian'an has reason to suspect that Lu's father's death may not be a simple mountain bandit.
The three of them entered the backyard, and the old man Xu in the house was already sick with anger, and now he was lying on the kang in the house, with a wet towel on his head, and Mrs. Xu was sitting on the side watching the old man wipe his tears.
The room smells of medicine.
"My third child, I don't know where to suffer now, old man, what can I do now?"
Which of the loan sharks has no means, borrowed Yinzi money, which one is not a tossed family ruined, and Mrs. Xu still doesn't understand why the third child borrowed Yinzi money.
The old man snorted twice, but didn't speak, probably because he couldn't speak.
Xu Shi and Lu Jian'an picked up the curtain and came in.
"Father and mother, An'er and I have come to see you."
Xu's memory is about his father and mother.
As soon as they saw the old man's sick and crooked appearance, he had long forgotten how the Xu family persecuted them.
Hurried to the front.
When Mrs. Xu saw Xu, she cried loudly.
"My son, you're back, you don't know that our family won't be able to survive."
Mrs. Xu was forced to get angry by loan sharks in the past two days, but they said that if they couldn't find Xu Cheng, they would take their house.
Xu Cheng gave the Xu family's deed to others.
The old lady didn't know when Xu Cheng took the family's title deed.
Anyway, now people are justified.
As soon as the old man fell, there was no backbone in the family.
The old lady sent Xu Fu to find the second child Xu Quan to come back, but the second child looked at the old man, invited a doctor, prescribed some medicine, didn't say anything, and left again.
The old lady is in a hurry.
This is not about to send Xu Fu to Fangjia Village to find Xu Yuan back to discuss.
If something big happens at home, how can you ignore it.
As a result, Xu Shi returned.
The old lady can not be sad from the heart.
Xu looked at the sadness of the old lady crying, and also shed tears.
Lu Jian'an went up to the old lady, and the old man greeted him.
"Grandpa Ann, grandmother Ann, grandfather is in better health now?"
glanced at the old man, it seemed that in addition to his pale face, it was not too serious, probably because he fell ill in a hurry, which should not be a big deal.
The old man sat up with support and leaned back on the quilt.
Xu was busy supporting the old man.
"Brother An'er is here, it's okay, people are old, don't do anything, you sit down!"
The spirit looks bad.
Mrs. Xu grabbed Xu's hand and didn't let go, and finally saw a daughter, and the old lady was full of grievances.
"Grandfather, you still have to be relieved, no matter what the matter is, you still have to find the third uncle back, what is going on, you must always ask clearly."
Lu Jian'an didn't want to be nosy, but he was a relative after all, so he couldn't help but say something reassuring.
When the old lady heard this, she seemed to see hope.
"Brother An, what you say is reasonable, your third uncle may not be scared now, he has not experienced such a thing, he must have been deceived, my poor third brother, I don't know where to suffer now, I definitely don't have to eat or drink."
The old man snorted heavily.
"You also said that such a rebel might as well be dead, even the deed of the family was stolen out and charged, and you still protect him, I tell you that you spoil him, look at what he dares to do such a bold thing now, what else he doesn't dare to do!"
The old man coughed angrily.
Mrs. Xu was not happy when she heard this, "Don't talk about me, I am used to the third child, but who said that the third child is a Wenqu star, and who said that the third child is the seed of reading and the lintel of the Xu family?" If you hadn't said that, you would have said that I could be so biased towards the third child.
Now you say I'm used to him, so why didn't you say it in the first place? Now that I think about it, I will push it on me, you say that I am a woman's family, what can I understand, you are the pillar, what do you say, I don't know how to do it! ”
It's really not the old lady who is used to being a child.
The old man also poured all his hopes into Xu Cheng at the beginning.
Now that Xu Cheng ran away so irresponsibly, how could the old man not be heartbroken.
The old man was so angry by the old lady's words that he couldn't breathe when he coughed, clutching his chest, his face crimson.
Xu hurriedly gave the old man a smooth back.
"Dad, don't be angry, you can't get back the third brother if you're angry, it's important to get people back quickly, have you notified my eldest brother and second brother?"
Old Mrs. Xu gritted her teeth, "All of them are white-eyed wolves, Xu Fu went to inform them early this morning, your eldest brother and second brother said that they would come immediately, but now they can't see a shadow, isn't it that they all saw that their families were in trouble and hid far away, they really fed them in vain."
It's really unfilial. ”
At this time, the old lady is still picky.