Chapter 21 Angry Debt Collection Outside the King
On the second day, Luo Sanye slept until the sun was three poles before waking up. As soon as I woke up, I touched the empty pillow and sat up suddenly. He looked out of the sun-scorched window, blinked vigorously, shook his head, put on his clothes, and walked downstairs in three or two steps.
As soon as I walked up the stairs, I heard the voice of Grandma Luo San, and my heart was half settled.
"You just said that this new county master is the nephew of Wang Yuanwai?" Grandma Luo San knocked melon seeds, and at this time she was sitting at the door with the innkeeper and chatting in the sun.
"Not really." The proprietress spit out two pieces of melon seed skin and smacked her lips. "This family surnamed Wang is not a thing. You go to these ten miles and eight towns and ask, who doesn't know them. The old ones are not serious, and they don't die when they are old. The small ones don't go on the road, and they are proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling. At the end of last year, he forcibly accepted the daughter of Lao Li's family in Nancun as a concubine, and gave Lao Li two hangings of money to occupy the girl's body. But within two days, he was beaten out by their original wife. It was cold and snowy, and the girl wore a single dress. Later, I contracted typhoid fever and went before the beginning of spring. ”
The proprietress shook her head regretfully, and said hatefully, "This family is not a thing." Two years ago, I heard that the situation was not good, and the big guy clapped his hands and applauded. Who would have thought, there was green smoke on the ancestral grave recently, and his nephew suddenly won the list last year, and he was put back to be the county master this year. This god is really eyeless. ”
Grandma Luo San pondered for a moment and asked, "Then what kind of person is his nephew?" It is said that the reader should not go all the way with them. ”
The proprietress shook her head and grabbed another handful of melon seeds, "I don't know about this." I just heard that his nephew has no father since he was a child, and it is not easy for his mother to pull him alone. It stands to reason that he is a sensible child. But so what, if his uncle wants to rely on his majesty and be a blessing, he can't say anything. In recent days, it has become more and more arrogant. ”
As she was talking, Grandma Luo San turned around and happened to see Luo Sanye going downstairs, and said with a smile, "Yo, the third master is awake?" Hungry or not? Craving something? ”
The proprietress dusted off the melon seed shells on her body, stood up, and said with a smile, "The millet porridge boiled in the morning is still warm on the stove, so I'll go and bring it to the master." Prepare two more side dishes for you. Luckily? ”
Luo Sanye nodded, "Feel free to eat, I'm not very hungry." As he spoke, he walked up to the third grandmother, pulled over the bench, sat on it on the back, put his chin on the back of the chair, and asked, "What time is it?" When did you wake up? ”
Grandma Luo San grabbed a handful of melon seeds and handed them to him, and said with a smile, "It's almost noon." I got up when the rooster crowed, and I couldn't bear to disturb your dreams when I saw the third master sleeping sweetly. ”
Luo Sanye took the melon seeds, touched the back of his head and laughed twice. Listen to her again, "Luo Wang drank the medicine and woke up in the middle of the night last night." Early this morning, the doctor came to see again, and said that it was nothing serious, and that the blood in his head was scattered, but he had to recuperate for some time when he went back. After a pause, he said, "I've inquired, this Wang Yuan's family lives in the front Zhuangzi, about three or four miles, let's go and have a look after lunch." Let's see if we can finish the bill and rush back early. ”
Luo Sanye nodded and said seriously, "Okay." I'm going to tell Dashi that they're all ready. If you don't pay the bill, you'll die. The master was not happy in his heart, so he beat him up, and it was good to have this evil breath. ”
Grandma Luo San couldn't hold back, covered her mouth, and burst out laughing.
After lunch, everyone boarded the carriage, and the three carriages lined up in a row and rushed to the Zhuangzi outside the king.
This royal family, in the words of later generations, is about a "nouveau riche". The threshold of the royal mansion is repaired very high, two big stone lions squatted in front of the door, and a pair of couplets are pasted on the vermilion gate, and two lines of words are written on it: Fortune is the head of the prosperous house, and the wealth is wide into the prosperous family. The horizontal batch reads: Fortune and treasure.
Grandma Luo San looked at it and couldn't help but smile on her lips, she was really a businessman. Luo Ji's two buddies went to knock on the door and gave their names, saying that Luo Sanye, who was from the Luo Ji firm in the capital, came to find Master Wang. The servant hurried to Tongyu, but after a while, he ran back and said with a smile, "Our master said that he is not at home today." Everyone, please come back. ”
Luo Sanye scolded, "This old thing! What is not good to learn, learn to shrink the head of the turtle! As he spoke, he looked at Grandma Luo San, "People won't even let us in." What to do? Hit it directly? ”
Grandma Luo San smiled, "It's easy to do." With that, he got out of the car and beckoned the family members. led them to the door, and said to the little servant, "You go and tell your master Wang again, Luo Ji's third master and third grandmother have brought someone here, don't come to the account today, but don't plan to leave." He has to take care of our food and our shelter. So saying, he sat down on the steps in front of the door.
The little guy was hesitating. At this time, a lady with a vegetable basket happened to walk by. Grandma Luo San greeted with a smile, "Auntie, go grocery shopping?" ”
The eldest lady was stunned for a moment, nodded hurriedly, and said, "Hey, hey, exactly." He looked at their formation again and wondered, "What is Madame doing?" ”
Grandma Luo San smiled, "We are from the capital, and Wang Yuanwai owes us more than 8,000 taels of silver, and we are collecting debts!" ”
The eldest lady looked suddenly enlightened and nodded, "I owe so much!" Eighty thousand taels! ”
At this time, an old man dragging a cart of peaches happened to pass by. The third grandmother greeted, "Uncle, sell peaches!" ”
The old man smiled kindly, "Yes, this year's peaches are good, do you want a pound of madam?" How can there be so many of you sitting at the door? ”
Grandma Luo San smiled and said, "We are from the capital, and Wang Yuanwai owes us more than 8,000 taels of silver, and we collect debts!" ”
The eldest lady shook her head and smacked her tongue and said, "I thought the Wang family was a rich and noble family." It turns out that we owe so much silver. Gee. It's not more than three generations rich. ”
The old man opened his mouth wide and sighed, "What? Eighty thousand taels? Gee. The Wang family raised a loser. One generation is not as good as the next. ”
As he was talking, two more middle-aged men with hoes who had just returned from the field passed by. Seeing so many people around, they also came over to join in the fun and said, "What's the matter?" ”
The eldest lady hurriedly explained, "This is someone from the capital!" Wang Yuanwai owes tens of thousands of taels of silver! People are here to collect debts! ”
The old man added, "Their family's losers are too unlucky, and all their property has been ruined......"
The middle-aged man stammered, "I see...... I owe so much ...... When I was working at Mr. Li's house two days ago, I saw that they had hired Mr. Li's family and wanted to marry Mr. Li. I have to tell Master Li to go, I can't hurt their daughter. This family is married to a fire pit. ”
The other person nodded and said, "Master Li treats you well, you have to tell them." Tsk, I owe tens of thousands of taels. This has to be the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month......"
When the little guy from Wang Yuanwai's family heard this, he only felt a toothache...... Hurriedly ran in to find his master.