The housekeeper and Chu Renmeng walked out of the back room, and when they saw that Shi Langzhong's face was not good, and he forcibly suppressed the bad premonition in his heart, he heard Shi Langzhong say: "The old lady's health is fine for the time being, but just now I called for the old lady's pulse, and I vaguely felt that the old lady's blood was surging, and there was an occasional sign of stroke." ”

"Lang Zhong, what should I do then?" The butler asked.

Shi Langzhong said: "I'll prescribe a few pairs of medicines first, whether the old lady can wake up or not depends on the will of God." ”

The housekeeper led Shi Langzhong to prescribe medicine, there were only two old men and Chu Renmeng left in the house, Chu Renmeng only felt a deep sense of powerlessness, the noise outside the door intensified, Chu Renmeng lifted the curtain and walked outside the house, a few small servants were looking in the courtyard, Chu Renmeng said: "What's the matter?" ”

The little guy said, "Miss, it's the person who asks for the account who rushed in." ”

Chu Renmeng frowned, "What about the second master?" ”

The little guy said: "I don't know where the second master went." ”

As he was talking, a little guy hurriedly ran into the courtyard and said to Chu Renmeng: "Miss, go and take a look, it's not good, they're going to smash things." ”

Chu Renmeng said: "Say it well, who wants to smash things?" The little guy was out of breath and panted into a bellows, "I'm here to ask for an account." ”

"Let's go ahead."

The little guy led Chu Renmeng all the way to the front hall, at this time the front yard was already in a mess of porridge, Chu Renmeng watched from afar, a group of people stood in the front yard and pointed fingers, noisy and noisy, and the entourage who followed behind also took sticks, this posture!

The family members of the Chu family all hid aside, not daring to step forward, Chu Renmeng took a deep breath, stepped forward, and said to the bustling crowd: "Who is presumptuous in Chu Mansion, don't you know that this is Xiangguo Mansion?" ”

The crowd that was originally noisy was originally here for the second master, but when I saw such a fat girl walking out of the Chu Mansion, I was curious who this person was? Some people in the crowd have already recognized this as the granddaughter of the Chu Mansion and the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Someone said: "Let's come to find the second master and hand over the second master." ”

Chu Renmeng said: "The second master is not in the mansion, if you want to find him, you can go outside to find him." ”

Someone immediately chimed in, "The second master doesn't dare to show his face anymore, when will the silver taels owed to me be repaid." ”

Chu Renmeng said: "Who are you?" The man said: "I am the shopkeeper in Kyoto, and the second master owes us more than a few thousand taels of silver." ”

When Chu Renmeng heard about it, he knew that this was a gambling house, and then it seemed that there were typical bustards dressed among the people who wanted to pay the account, and secretly scolded this second master in his heart for harming people, and now the Chu family has lost its momentum a little, and they have all poured up.

When the man saw that she didn't speak, he thought she was scared, and said sarcastically: "The yellow-haired girl is a girl, how can she be the master of this Chu Mansion, and let the old lady give us an explanation, otherwise we will stay here today and not leave." ”

Saying that, all the creditors were sitting on the ground, trying to fight a protracted war, Chu Renmeng quietly asked the little guy next to him, "What about the second master, what about the others?" ”

The little guy said: "I've looked everywhere, maybe I heard the wind early in the morning and hid out." ”

Chu Renmeng thought to herself, this bastard, ran away by herself, leaving a mess for us, and then looked at these creditors in front of her one by one, sitting cross-legged, planning to stay permanently, and instructed the little guy next to him, "Go and get some snacks for these old men to eat tea and something." ”

The little guy didn't react, "Ah, Miss? ”

Chu Renmeng said: "Go ahead." ”

The little guy had to reluctantly run away, and Chu Renmeng said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the little girl still has important things to do, so I won't accompany you, you can wait here as much as you like." ”

When these people saw that Chu Renmeng was leaving, they hurriedly said, "I advise you to hand over the second master as soon as possible." ”

Chu Renmeng sneered, "I don't know where the second master went, besides, the second master is such a big person, how can I be able to move around." ”

These people listened to it and reasoned, thinking that the little girl had no ability, and they didn't stop her, Chu Renmeng found out the situation, and knew that these people would not die if they didn't see the second master, but she didn't have the heart to deal with everyone now, and grandpa's condition was important.

When I went back to the backyard, I was bumping into the oncoming housekeeper, and the housekeeper said, "Miss, the old lady is awake, go and take a look." ”

Chu Renmeng was overjoyed, and trotted to the old lady's room, and saw his mother, the third lady and the third lady's son standing aside, this was the first time Chu Renmeng saw this younger brother, and he was sobbing quietly.

The room was deserted, only a few women were sobbing around the old lady, Chu Renmeng stepped forward, the old lady beat his spirits and asked, "Are the people outside gone?" ”

Chu Renmeng said: "Grandpa, that group of people claimed that they wouldn't leave if they didn't see the second uncle." ”

Old Lady Chu sighed, "That's it." That's it. I didn't expect our Chu family to be scattered like this, it is natural to repay the debt, Meng Meng, you let the housekeeper assist you, the Chu family's clothing shop and the land rewarded by the saint will be put out, make up for the debt owed by your second uncle, and the remaining silver will be divided into two points with the old and young of the family, and go to the future. As soon as these words came out, the ladies were even more sad and cried, Chu Renmeng knew that he couldn't cry at this time, he had to take on the heavy responsibility, and nodded heavily, "Grandpa, don't worry, I will definitely do it." ”

The old lady Chu took the medicine, a little groggy, and fell asleep after a while, the female dependents withdrew, and several people stood outside the door, all worried, the only male grandson of the Chu family, Chu Renling, pulled the corner of the third lady's clothes, and said pitifully: "Mother, will we live on the streets?" The third lady touched the little head of the human spirit, "No, there will be no mother." ”

The human spirit nodded with wide eyes. The housekeeper didn't expect that the defeat of the Chu family would stand listlessly on the side overnight.

Chu Renmeng said: "Uncle housekeeper, if you go and release the news, just say that the old lady will resign and return to his hometown, and the shops and fields in Kyoto will be transferred, and see if anyone will take over." ”

The housekeeper answered, and went to get busy, the third lady looked at Chu Renmeng, do you really want to sell it?

"If you don't sell it, you can't get through this difficult situation if you don't sell it." The third lady was speechless, and said silently for a long time: "I still have some jewelry, if you need it, you can pawn it to subsidize the family." ”

Chu Renmeng said: "Third aunt, it's not enough yet. He turned his head and said to his mother, "The second uncle and the third uncle are hiding now, and the second aunt will probably not come back." It is estimated that the Chu family's house will not be able to live, and before the emperor takes it back, we must find a place to stay. ”