Chapter 129: Borrowing Money Requires an IOU
"Everyone has a hard time, come in and sit and rest."
Gaomen Compound, everyone has never been to such a house, for a while feel that the novelty is very strange, no matter where to touch, take a look, even the thatched house next to the west wing has been visited, provoked the courtyard of the small maids, maids laughed.
Xiao Man, who was leading the way in front, couldn't help but purse his lips and smiled, although these people are all relatives in the village who can't fight with him, but everyone's attitude is like heaven and earth compared to when Zhang Xiuqin came.
When he arrived in the main hall, seeing that five or six people were cramped and had no place to sit in the open space, Xiao Man ordered Xiao Man to bring a few more chairs.
"Xiaoman, you don't have to be so busy, don't you see that you have a blanket on the ground? I'll just sit here! As she spoke, the woman sat down on the ground, and even showed a very pleasant expression, which caused everyone to laugh again.
Xiao Man also couldn't cry or laugh, "Auntie, this ground is very dirty, you get up quickly, the chair will be moved over in a while." ”
The woman slapped her thigh exaggeratedly, "It's still dirty!" Xiaoman, have you forgotten those old women in our village, when they have nothing to do in winter, aren't they all sitting on the ground and talking nonsense? Besides, I'm not a precious dress, what do I pay attention to! It's nice for me to sit like this! ”
As she spoke, the woman patted the blanket on which she was sitting, without the slightest intention of getting up.
Seeing this, the maids waiting in the house already smiled and bent over, and the laughter like silver bells came and went, and the atmosphere in the room was very cheerful.
Wang Qi stood in the most corner, and when he saw this, he secretly pursed the corners of his lips, and then raised a faint smile.
I think it's Shopkeeper Xia's heart, how could such a group of people bully Shopkeeper Su? In his opinion, this group of people was more amusing than the storytellers in the teahouse, and more amusing than those who performed under the overpass.
However, since Shopkeeper Xia has orders, he might as well watch it for a while, so that he can go back to his life later.
Laughing and laughing, Xiao Man still couldn't help but persuade: "Auntie, you better get up quickly, save a while and stumble over a girl, and accidentally spill your tea." ”
As he spoke, the maid also brought a chair, and the woman got up, patted the dirt on her body, and sat down on the chair obediently.
The little girls put the tea cup by cup in front of everyone, and they wanted to stay here and continue to watch the excitement, but these people already occupied most of the place in the house, plus Xiaoman, Pearl and others, the house could no longer accommodate them.
No, these people had to retreat and secretly stand at the door to watch the excitement.
Xiao Man has always been accustomed to conniving at his subordinates, so even if he saw it, he didn't say anything, and let them go.
Everyone sat down, drank tea, and finally got down to business.
"Xiaoman, we're going to your shop today. Ooh! That's called a grandeur, and you hire so many guys, Xiaoman, you are really amazing, you can do such a big business in Beijing, you must be able to make a lot of money, right? “
Xiao Man's face did not change, and he still had a smile, "Auntie said that it was funny, this house in Shangjing is very expensive, and I spent a lot of money just to buy this shop, and this shop is still a joint venture between me and others, and I don't make a lot of money myself." ”
This is the truth, she and Xia Wanrou opened a shop together, in addition to paying the guys every month, they also cut off some losses, and then split the income in half, the net profit that can fall into her hands is not much at all, compared with the life of the court, it is simply heaven and earth.
It's just that the semicolon has also opened during these days, the business is better, and the money in her hands is more than before, plus her own and Lu Li's monthly salary, Lu Fu can have a large amount of income every month.
"Ouch, Xiaoman, you should be humble! Everyone in our village knows that you gave Zhang Xiuqin's mother-in-law a lot of money last time! If she hadn't deliberately flaunted to us, we wouldn't have known! The woman's eyebrows fluttered.
Hearing this, Su Xiaoman smiled gently, "Aunt Zhang took care of my father hard, and Xiaoling said that her man wants to do business and has no capital, so I lent her money." ”
The woman pursed her lips, ignoring the fact that there were so many people present, and was disgusted: "Xiaoman, I said that you are just too soft-hearted, how did Su Xiaoling's mother and daughter bully you at the beginning, did you forget everything?" How can I still lend them money? ”
As soon as she finished speaking, a woman sitting next to the woman poked her sleeve and told her to stop talking.
These things are known to the whole village, and the people present naturally know everything, but there are so many maids in the house, if there is a loudspeaker to say it, wouldn't it hurt Xiaoman's face?
This woman is very arrogant, where do she want to get this, if it is not reminded by others, I am afraid that she will offend Xiaoman completely, and when the time comes, she still wants to borrow money, then I am afraid it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky!
The woman, who realized her mistake, slapped herself twice on the mouth, then got up busily, smiled, and regretted; "Xiaoman, don't think about it, I'm open-mouthed, don't be angry."
"It's nothing, what the eldest aunt said is the truth, and I have nothing to be angry about." Su Xiaoman was still smiling softly, and he didn't seem to be annoyed by this.
Seeing this, the woman immediately laughed again, "I'll just say, Xiaoman is the smartest and kindest, how can he be angry because of this little thing." By the way, I haven't finished talking about that just now, Xiaoman, their mother and daughter are the most scoundrels, in case they don't pay back the money by then, then what should you do? ”
This sounds like he cares about Xiaoman, but in fact, he is still exploring the truth.
They and their group came to borrow money, but no one dares to borrow money straight to the point, so there must be a foreshadowing, and then find out what kind of borrowing method this money is.
"Xiaoling signed the IOU and pressed her handprint, if she doesn't pay it back at that time, I will go to the Shangguan Mansion to theorize." Xiao Man said with a smile on his face.
As soon as these words came out, most of the people in the room fell silent, and they all looked at each other, thinking about whether they should mention borrowing money again.
Everyone is an ordinary farmer, a year of hard work but to earn a few dollars of silver, when the harvest is good, at most a few taels, this time they came all the way to find Su Xiaoman, they all feel that Xiaoman, such a general's wife, the life can not be nourished, presumably even if she plucks a hair, it is thicker than everyone's thighs.
Therefore, when it was said that it was borrowing money, everyone just came to ask for money with a shy face, and they didn't think about paying it back at all.
But now, this method is not working, because Su Xiaoman has to sign an IOU for lending money to his family, so wouldn't it be even more ......
Seeing that everyone's faces changed suddenly, Xiao Man smiled with satisfaction, and immediately said: "I have ordered someone to clean up the houses in the backyard, everyone has a good rest tonight, since they have come to Beijing, then everyone must have a good walk around and play in the next few days." ”
"But I'm pregnant, and I can't move, so I can only let my subordinates lead everyone, in order to apologize, everyone's food, drink and entertainment expenses are all from me, everyone just have fun and have fun."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces instantly brightened again.
Anyway, it's not really impossible to open the pot at home, even if you don't borrow money, you can get by, not to mention that it's rare to come to Beijing, Xiaoman said that she can have fun these days, she will pay, where are these people unhappy, and they are happy.
There are even those who are clever and flattering, talking and talking about the child in Xiaoman's belly, and for a while everyone began to guess whether the child was a man or a woman, and the main hall was full of laughter.
Wang Qi, who had been in the corner, was completely relieved when he saw this, he quietly walked to Xiao Man's side, respectfully said goodbye, turned around and hurried to Manrou Ready-to-Wear Workshop.
At this time, Shopkeeper Xia was anxiously waiting in the store, and she had to hurry back, saving her from worrying in vain.
As Wang Qi imagined, when she returned to the store, Xia Wanrou was waiting at the door with an anxious face, seeing that he was back, the other party's frowning brows finally unfolded.
Wang Qi hurriedly trotted over, and before he had time to drink saliva to moisten his throat, he hurriedly told Xia Wanrou what he had seen and heard.
Speaking of funny things, Wang Qi also personally imitated the woman's posture and expression, which caused the guests and guys in the store to laugh one after another, and Xia Wanrou, who had been worried for so long, not only relaxed her frowning brows when she saw this.
Subsequently, Wang Qi also told Su Xiaoman about quietly dispelling everyone's idea of borrowing money, and since then, Xia Wanrou has been completely relieved.
It seems that these people are not the same as Su Xiaoling's mother and daughter, no matter what, they are all from Xiaoman's same village, since Xiaoman said that she would be entertained well, then she naturally can't be idle.
However, there are still a bunch of things waiting for her to deal with in the store, and there are still many problems with Xiaoman's new Zhang Luo's semicolon that have not been solved, so many things are pressing on Xia Wanrou, she has to solve them before she can go back.
In this way, she was busy until the evening, Xia Wanrou reluctantly handled some affairs, she was worried about Xiaoman, and she prepared the carriage early to go back.
There was no time to go back to the Wei Mansion, Xia Wanrou went directly to the inner house of the Lu Mansion, and as soon as she arrived in the courtyard, she heard the laughter in the main hall from a distance.
Xia Wanrou was curious, and wanted to find a little girl to ask, but today I don't know what happened in this courtyard, from the moment she came in to the present, no one has been seen.
"Madam, why don't we go in and have a look?" Ruby proposed.
Xia Wanrou nodded, straightened her hair casually, and walked quickly towards the main hall.
When she arrived at the door, Xia Wanrou knew why there was no one in the courtyard.
Whether it was a little girl or a girl, or a grandmother cooking in the backyard, they all came to the door of the main hall at this time, blocking the place tightly, she stood on the outside, and couldn't see the scenery inside.
What's going on inside?