Chapter III: Repayment of Debts
Mo Xiaoqi carried the child on her back with a strip of cloth, carrying the gold bracelet in her arms, and she was going to the town to exchange it for silver taels.
The gold bracelet was exchanged for twenty-three taels of silver, and she thought that if Zhao Hongyi was not able to help her block the An family, then she would take out twenty taels to pay off the debt.
The remaining three taels are enough for the family to barely support a while, but what about later? This is not a long-term solution.
Walking all the way down the street, she found that there were not many vendors selling goods on the street, and the things they sold were similar.
She had the idea of doing business in her heart, but what did she want to sell? For a while, she couldn't be sure. At this moment, I heard a woman's mocking voice.
"Yo, isn't this a young lady?"
Mo Xiaoqi looked up and found that the person standing in front of him was the maid of the An family. When she was sold into the An family, she bullied herself a lot.
"Oh, no, you've been dismissed. It's a good life, and the cold weather didn't freeze you to death. After the maid finished speaking, she laughed and trembled.
"So you're jealous of me? I can at least be suspended, but you are not even eligible to be suspended. It's just a tea girl. Mo Xiaoqi went back directly, she had already thought clearly, people are good and are bullied.
After being a weak woman for more than 20 years, she finally survived, and she could no longer be bullied.
"You! Sluts. The maid stared at the resolute woman in front of her in disbelief.
Is this really Mo Xiaoqi who only cries and cries in Anfu?
Just defeated? She was not reconciled.
The maid hid her doubtful gaze and turned to smile, "Mo Xiaoqi, you are so pitiful, you were sold by the prime minister and kicked out of the door by the eldest young master." Not to mention being a young lady of the An family, even the qualification to be a maid, the eldest young master doesn't want to give it to you. ”
"Smack!" A heavy slap fell directly on the maid's face, and the maid was unexpected, and she was hit squarely.
"Mo Xiaoqi, you are crazy, you dare to hit me!" The maid let out a sharp scream, covering her red and swollen half of her face and pointing at Mo Xiaoqi, who shook her hand indifferently.
"This slap is to tell you that I'm not easy to mess with." Mo Xiaoqi rubbed his hands, "Besides, although the An family kicked me out. But I finally regained my freedom, but your young master tore up the deed of sale in front of me. ”
"Hmph, the eldest young master, I don't like you to marry, have a baby, and have a miscarriage." The maid showed no weakness.
"It doesn't matter if you look at it or not, what matters is that I am a free body, and you are a slave." Mo Xiaoqi said slowly, poking at the key point of the maid.
Who wouldn't want to be free? This time, the maid was so angry that she couldn't speak for a long time with her frowns, so she turned around and ran into the restaurant next to her.
Before Mo Xiaoqi could go far, someone called out to her.
"Stop!"
Mo Xiaoqi followed the voice and looked high, and there was a person standing on the second floor of the "Anping Restaurant".
The man was wearing an indigo robe, with a handsome face with three points of banter and three points of disgust, it was An Yize, the eldest young master of the An family.
Bored, she turned around and was about to leave, what to say to that vicious man?
"Beat my maid, owe me money, and want to leave?" An Yize looked at the woman who pretended not to know him, and was very annoyed.
She should remember him and hate him, but why is she indifferent?
"Young Master An, I owe you money, I will find a way to pay it back. Hit your maid, that's what she should do. Mo Xiaoqi raised his voice and looked at An Yize fixedly.
The fearless Mo Xiaoqi made An Yize stunned, but the person downstairs had already left, and he didn't care about turning around and went downstairs to catch up.
Damn woman, how dare you ignore him!
"Is Young Master An going to ask for debts on the street?" Mo Xiaoqi was surrounded by the servants of the An family.
An Yize shook a gold-painted fan and only said, "Why not?" ”
Mo Xiaoqi touched the twenty-three taels of silver in her sleeve, she was very reluctant, she originally wanted to wait for Zhao Hongyi to see if he could help her.
But now it seems that if you don't take out the silver taels, you can't leave.
"Is Young Master An very short of these twenty taels of silver?" She suddenly sneered, any item An Yize was wearing, I am afraid that it would not be less than twenty taels.
"Of course there is no shortage." An Yize replied very naturally, but it was only twenty taels, and it was not enough to buy the fan in his hand.
Mo Xiaoqi was silent for a long time, determined not to pay back the money for the time being, "But I am very short." ”
"What does your lack of silver have to do with me? As long as I pay you back, even if it is a penny, as long as you owe me an family, you should pay it back. An Yize waved his hand, and the servants rushed forward.
"Wow...... Wow Wow Wow ......Wow
"Oh oh oh, baby doesn't cry." Mo Xiaoqi turned his head to coax the crying child, and the slaves who rushed up stopped their movements one by one.
"What are you waiting for? Get her! An Yize wrinkled his eyebrows and roared.
He had already regretted that he had divorced this woman that day, and he should have tortured her well.
"Stop!" Someone broke off with a bang!
It turned out to be the county government's fast catcher, and the fast catchers were automatically divided into two teams, and Zhao Hongyi walked over in the middle in an official uniform.
"Young Master An, on the streets of my Renshou County, bullying of women and children is not allowed." Zhao Hongyi smiled politely, it was not easy to tear his face in a short time.
"What? The prefectural magistrate is ready to stand up for her? An Yize's face was ugly, and he smiled reluctantly, "She is a cheap concubine in my family, and I am not a bully of women and children." ”
"Everyone in the county knows that she is no longer your home." Zhao Hongyi glared at An Yize.
Mo Xiaoqi was stripped naked and thrown out of the new house by An Yize on the wedding night, and everyone knows.
And she is also the only one of the brides married by the An family to survive.
The other four women who died, I don't know what happened!
The maiden family of the dead woman once went to the county government to beat drums and sound grievances, saying that her daughter was killed by An Jia.
But there was no evidence, and the matter was settled.
"But she owes me twenty taels of silver." An Yize waved the folding fan lightly to let the slave retreat, "It is always a matter of course to repay debts, my lord." ”
"Of course, it is natural to repay debts, but these twenty taels are not too much. How did I hear that the settlement is a loan shark. Zhao Hongyi did not back down, he was determined to protect Mo Xiaoqi.
"My dead Xianggong originally only owed the An family one tael of silver, but after a month, the profits rolled into twenty taels." Mo Xiaoqi finally put the child to sleep again, and then he spoke.
"Lending usury is a violation of the king's law, since it is a tael owed, then the official is in charge. Mo Xiaoqi, you should return the young master's silver! Zhao Hongyi held his head high, and there was a hint of majesty on Sven's face.
Mo Xiaoqi really took out a tael of silver from his sleeve, and Zhao Hongyi directly took the silver and handed it to An Yize.
"Adults are really the parents of the people! Since there are adults in charge, then I can't say much. One or two for one or two! An Yize thought about selling the county order to save face, and it would be beneficial in the future.
As for Mo Xiaoqi? Just let her go so easily? Of course not!
An Yize has his own plans in his heart.