Chapter 156: The Old Man Meets

Shen Muqing was stunned. 【】(Hand hitting)

How did Xiao Sa know that he had sent Ying Fan to inquire about him?

She looked up in surprise and saw Xiao Sa's overly burning gaze.

Shen Muqing was stunned again.

There is a sense of expectation and expectation in the eyes that cannot be misunderstood!

What was he hoping for?

What to expect?

The thought flashed, and the bottom of my heart turned into a storm...... Something can't help but break out of the cocoon from the bottom of my heart...... Scared her......

But before she had time to think about it, Xiao Sa had already stepped forward and asked aggressively, "You sent a personal maid to inquire about our family...... Why? ”

The difference in height was so obvious at this moment, and the sense of oppression made Shen Muqing feel his weakness in front of Xiao Sa for the first time.

"No, nothing!" She heard her voice hastily and bewildered, "Nothing. I saw you at the mouth of the alley of Yiwen Tea Shop that day, as if I was very unhappy, and I was still wearing coarse cloth clothes, and I didn't bring a small servant or an entourage ......" At this point, she suddenly felt a little empty.

"Xiao Sa, we're friends, right?"

There was some confusion.

Xiao Sa was stunned, then nodded.

Shen Muqing laughed slightly: "Friends should help each other, right?" What the hell happened to you? Can you tell me about it? Maybe there's something I can help with? ”

A smile bloomed under Xiao Sa's eyes, and then this smile gradually overflowed from the bottom of his eyes and fell on the corners of his eyebrows and mouth.

"You thought something had happened to me, that's why you went to me?"

His voice was soft, like the wind blowing through the treetops. It's soft, but with a hint of caution.

"Mu Qing, do you think something happened to me. What's the matter, that's why you're in a hurry to find me! ”

Xiao Sa asked her again.

Unlike the first time when he was uncertain, this time, the interrogative sentence came out of his mouth. Speaking it turned into an affirmative sentence - and as he said it, his demeanor also became calm and gentle, and there was a faint confidence that made him appear mature and steady.

Shen Muqing suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Sa's attitude made her feel familiar and safe.

Polite, confident and introverted, neither overly intimate nor harmonious. People are excessively alienated...... It's like a better male colleague in her previous company. It will help you in times of difficulty within a certain range, and comfort you in a certain range when you are frustrated...... The distance from being more than friends and less than lovers made her feel at ease.

Time makes all things change.

After all, the two haven't seen each other for almost three years.

When he was a teenager, he had a faint feeling, maybe Xiao Sa would have forgotten it early, or he would have taken it. As a shy thing, I pressed it in my heart - I was still a married woman at that time!

Shen Muqing was relieved.

I'm too suspicious!

Xiao Sa's gaze. It's very bright when you come, and it's very sharp when you look at people when you're a teenager...... What's more, he's grown up now.

She smiled: "Of course I'm worried that something will happen to you, so I asked?" ”

Xiao Sa looked at the delicate and lovely face and smiled slightly.

Mu Qing had a very keen intuition...... This intuition allows her to judge right and wrong in her actions. It's like being in a carriage - she doesn't say anything herself, she makes a decision by feeling...... Although it made him heartbroken, it was the most correct decision to calm down and think about it.

There is also in the Yakuo Temple.

With so many people coming and going, she just found herself......

Xiao Sa's smile deepened, and there was doting in his eyes that even he didn't know.

"Nothing happened to me." He smiled, "Something happened to my third brother!" ”

When Shen Muqing heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"I thought something had happened to you?" After speaking, her heart that had just fallen was hanging high again, "What happened to your third brother?" Why would you want to sell a yard? Also, how are you in Kyoto? ”

Xiao Sa laughed, his attitude unprecedentedly gentle.

"In the spring of this year, the third brother received a batch of porcelain and shipped it to Quanzhou, and Xiao Cheng, oh, it is my eldest brother, and the two are ready to do maritime business together. Who knew that the ship came back with a tsunami...... Lost in blood. Seeing that it is in Layue, the family is about to close the account...... He helped me, and I wanted to help him. ”

It's a good thing that brothers can help each other, so it's natural to support them!

Shen Muqing nodded: "How much is the difference?" ”

Xiao Sa was stunned.

"I still have some savings in my hand," Shen Muqing said with a smile, "I will lend it to you." When your third brother comes to his senses, it's the same if you pay me back. Businessmen, there are always times when there are losses and profits! ”

Xiao Sa's eyes flashed, and he said in a low voice: "Forget it!" It's too much......"

Shen Zhen is in prison, thanks to his help to run back and forth. Think of it as repaying this love debt!

"Everyone gathers firewood, the flame is high!" Shen Muqing smiled, "Tell me, I'll do what I can to help!" ”

Xiao Sa was expressionless, looking at her in a daze, and did not make a sound.

"Don't tell me you're not bad for money!" It's always hard to ask someone to borrow money. Shen Muqing said in a chivalrous tone, "Otherwise, you wouldn't have gone to sell the yard?" ”

Xiao Sa stared at her deeply, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "It's about two or three hundred thousand taels of silver!" ”

Xiao Sa's smile had a flying taste, and Shen Muqing felt warm in his heart every time he saw it.

So she said a little absentmindedly: "Why is there so much silver?" What kind of porcelain did he collect? Even the new pink porcelain from the official kiln is not so expensive to load two boats? ”

Xiao Sa looked at her in surprise.

Is there any other story in this that I don't know?

Shen Muqing's eyes were full of suspicion.

Xiao Sa's face was solemn, and he hurriedly said: "If you want to explain this matter clearly, you have to start from the beginning." ”

Shen Muqing sat on the Taishi chair next to her - she realized that she didn't know when, there was no one in the room.

She pouted and poured herself a cup of tea.

Xiao Sa smiled and sat on the Taishi chair next to Shen Muqing.

"Although our family is rich, we are very strict on weekdays. Children who do not have a family, whether they are concubines, although the expenses for food, clothing, and education are all in the public middle school, there is also a certain limit. What you can use is the monthly money of five taels per month, and then the red envelopes you get during the New Year's holidays. If you don't have enough, either find a way to earn it yourself, or save some. Except for a few people, such as my fifth brother, the foreign family is the largest landlord in Linfen, and there are a lot of red envelopes every year, and everyone else has no money in their hands. If you want to do business, you have to borrow an IOU from your grandfather, and pay back three points of annual interest. ”

Shen Muqing's eyes widened.

"Your grandfather, you're amazing, isn't he? Come up with this solution? ”

Xiao Sa laughed: "It's very powerful." Our family only became rich in the hands of my grandfather, who was a rich man. ”

Shen Muqing nodded.

Xiao Sa continued: "After I came out, the third brother in the second room and the fifth brother in the third room stood out among the brothers. When the third brother borrowed capital from his grandfather to do this business, his grandfather didn't agree at all, and the second uncle saw that this business was very profitable, and he was doing business with Xiao Cheng, so he privately transferred a sum of money to him, wanting him to make some private money, so that he could fight with the fifth brother in the future. If it is only the loss of porcelain, it will be more than 100,000 taels. Later, when something happened, none of the people who boarded the ship came back, but the resettlement fee had to be paid on the spot. This money was borrowed from a loan shark in Quanzhou...... The third brother never dared to tell his family, for fear that the second uncle would find out and be in a hurry, and that the fifth brother would find out and stab his grandfather. As a result, it was profitable, and finally it reached 240,000 ......"

Shen Muqing thought of Xiao Sa's fact that he didn't dare to ask someone to tutor him in private......

"You're all ducks......" she muttered quietly.

"What?" Xiao Sa's eyes widened.

The sixteen-year-old boy in red is back!

Shen Muqing couldn't help but purse his lips and smiled: "What is not a duck?" In order to swim in the water beautifully and naturally, the soles of each foot are desperately paddled in the water...... What is not like a duck? ”

Xiao Sa was speechless.

Shen Muqing laughed a few times, and said with a straight face, "Then how much silver are you going to lend to your third brother?" ”

"Why do you have to borrow 200,000 yuan?" Xiao Sa said abruptly.

Out of the blue?

Shen Muqing was very surprised.

Xiao Sa explained: "The third brother's family is a shopkeeper of our family, and he doesn't dare to open his mouth to the other brothers, Xiao Cheng's family has sold everything that can be sold, and he has made up 50,000 taels ......."

Shen Muqing nodded: "Then how much do you have in your hands now?" ”

Xiao Sa hesitated: "I made up 170,000 taels...... I still have the courtyard of Cypress Hutong in my hand, some antiques, calligraphy and paintings......"

Shen Muqing interrupted him: "In other words, there are still 30,000 taels missing?" ”

Xiao Sa's eyes flashed, and he shook his head and said, "I have already agreed with the guarantor yesterday to sell him three thousand taels of silver...... There are still 27,000 taels left. ”

"The yard has already been agreed with someone?" Shen Muqing said in surprise, "So fast? ”

Xiao Sa nodded: "That place is against the petrochemical bridge, and the three departments and six courtyards are nearby......"

Also! Houses in that area are often priceless. As long as someone comes out to sell the house, someone will buy it immediately!

"And where do you live?" Shen Muqing said with concern.

"I'll go back to Gansu soon," Xiao Sa said with a smile, "This time I went back to Kyoto to urge Lord Zeng to pay for the army, and to give gifts for the New Year." ”

"It's a good mix!" Shen Muqing said with a smile, "Being able to help send New Year's gifts seems to be very appreciated by Lord Zeng." Have you been promoted? ”

"It's better to do everything!" Xiao Sa was young in the end, and there was a little smugness on his seemingly calm face, "But it's all about being promoted to the fifth grade." ”

"Zhengwupin, not bad!" Although Shen Muqing felt a little surprised, he felt that it was a reasonable thing.

Xiao Sa has always been clever and strategic.

"So-so!" Xiao Sa's expression seemed casual, but in fact, he said with a little pride, "Compared with the above, it is more than enough!" ”

Shen Muqing breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him like this.

Good job!

"By the way, speaking of which, I came to see you because I had something to ask you!" Xiao Sa suddenly changed his words.

"Please!" Shen Muqing was a little surprised.

Xiao Sa smiled and said, "I want you to introduce me to Lord Shen." ”

"Sir?" Shen Muqing opened his mouth and stammered.

"Hmm!" Xiao Sa said with a straight face, "I have been in Gansu for the past few years, and it has been difficult for the military salary of the military department to be in place. Every time in October, I would go to Beijing to deal with the officials of the household department for this matter......"

(Wrote four drafts...... I don't know if it's clear or not...... (*^__^*) hee hee ...... I'm going to get an injection later, so I don't know if I can write another chapter...... ）