Chapter 234: Paying Debts with Work
Gao Fuquan saw that the child was crying pitifully, so he took him from Xu Xiucai's arms, and kicked Xu Xiucai with his foot while shaking and coaxing, "What are you doing in a daze, go in and ask, if you can catch your mother-in-law and recover the family's belongings, you still owe our Zhao family ten taels of silver." ”
Xu Xiucai struggled to get up, stumbled and ran into the courtyard, shouting in his mouth, "Peony, peony, you come out for me!" ”
Gao Fuquan, who was following him, almost fell under his feet when he heard the name, peony? What about the spoon that still holds the rice? This Xu Xiucai is really stupid to read, and he really deserves to break his fortune and family!
Through the two ebony corner doors in the first entry, in the small courtyard of the second entrance, there were two men in gray clothes and pants moving furniture from the main house, and a woman in blue put her hands on her waist, pointing twice from time to time, counting with a disgusted face, "This dead woman asked me for ten taels of silver, but she only left this pile of broken wooden utensils, and she should have given eight taels if she knew it." ”
One of the men hooked his head and persuaded in a low voice, "Okay, we can't be too greedy, ten taels of silver is not expensive to buy, if the news spreads, I don't know how many people rush to buy it." ”
The woman immediately raised her eyebrows, and was about to pinch the man's ear, and scolded, "I haven't cleaned you up yet, but you dare to argue, if you hadn't been lost by that little vixen, you should have given ten taels in one bite, I would definitely be able to buy it with eight taels of silver, and I spent two taels of silver in vain, which is enough to buy a good set of wooden utensils." ”
The man dodged and just asked for mercy, Xu Xiucai had already run to send it, and when he saw his suitcase, big cabinet, and even the desk scattered in the yard, he had red eyes, flew over, picked up two books with yellowish paper in one hand, and shouted loudly, "Who asked you to touch my book, I will go to the government to sue you for trespassing in the house, and you all put it down for me." ”
When the woman heard this, she turned her head suddenly, and realized that there was a living person in the courtyard, and she was not afraid, but shouted with a louder voice, "I want to ask who you are, this is my yard, my things, I can throw them away if I want." ”
She is obviously arrogant on weekdays, and as she spoke, she raised her foot and crushed a thick book next to her foot, which provoked Xu Xiucai to scream, and pounced, I don't know if he hated to beat the woman or grab the book, in short, it was a coincidence that he pounced on the woman, and the two immediately rolled into a ball, whether it was Gao Fuquan who was holding the child, or the two men in gray, they were stunned on the spot.
When the woman screamed like a pig, several people woke up, hurriedly went over and tore the two apart, the woman struggled forward like a madman, as if she was going to tear Xu Xiucai alive, "You prostitute thief, I'm going to kill you, in broad daylight, you actually dare to molest women from good families, there is no royal law, I don't live anymore..."
Gao Fuquan was so noisy that he had a headache, raised his eyes to look at the woman's bloody mouth and horizontal flesh, and secretly swallowed saliva, what kind of blind eyes do you have to be to flirt with such a woman.
The two men were also very angry, but they were not as out of shape as the woman, and when they saw that they did not alarm the neighbors, they persuaded, "Don't shout, don't shout, if you invite outsiders, you really can't tell." ”
Gao Fuquan also persuaded, "That's it, it's just a trip, it's just a coincidence." ”
What else did the woman have to say, Xu Xiucai had already hugged the book in her arms and reproached, "This is my house, where did you come from, and who let you in?" ”
The older man in gray frowned, and replied, "We bought this courtyard from a young woman for ten taels of silver, along with wooden utensils and other things. After speaking, he took out the deed from his arms and shook it, "The deed paper is in my hand, this can't be faked." ”
Xu Xiucai can't lie to himself anymore, it turns out that the ruthless woman really left him and the child and ran away, and sold their place of existence before leaving, how will he and the child live in the future, can he really beg?
"This yard is mine, how can she sell it as a woman?"
The man next to him, who had not spoken, was very impatient and scolded, "If you have a deed, you can sell it, we spent money and took the deed paper, and we are not afraid of this lawsuit even if it hits the government." ”
Xu Xiucai wanted to say anything more, Gao Fuquan had already stopped him, looked at those people and said, "I have nothing to do with this Xu Xiucai, he owes our lord money, I am here to collect debts, and now that it is like this, I am afraid that it will be ruined." Can you show me the deed, and I can go back to the master's house. ”
The man holding the deed thought about it, and handed it to him, Gao Fuquan looked at it carefully, and saw that it was an old deed paper, and there was no more handwriting, so he handed it back to the people and said, "This deed paper can only prove that you bought this yard, but it is not written on it, and the books and woodware in this yard are also owned by you. It's enough to buy a yard again. ”
The two men looked at each other and hesitated, but the woman jumped to her feet and shouted no, Gao Fuquan ignored her, only coaxed the choked child, waiting for the reply of the two men.
Sure enough, the word 'lawsuit' frightened the two men, they threw the box in their hands, and said, "Count us unlucky, you hurry up and transport all the things away, don't come back, this will be our yard from now on." ”
Xu Xiucai sat on the box with a dead face, holding a stack of manuscripts in his arms, and muttered, "This is my home, I'm not leaving, where am I going..."
Gao Fu was so angry that he kicked him hard, and when he got up and looked clearer, he scolded, "Hurry up and ask the coachman to help carry the cage, otherwise you won't even have a piece of clothing, and your book will be burned as firewood." ”
The last sentence really scared Xu Xiucai, he jumped up, rushed out, and quickly led the coachman in. The spoon has taken away all the things that are a little worth of money at home, but two boxes are empty, and they are directly loaded with books, which is also very suitable, tossing around inside and out, a total of four boxes, two chairs, and a square desk, all of which were moved into the car, Gao Fuquan sat on the wheel, Xu Xiucai was still reluctant to wander in the gate and refused to step out, and was thrown out by the angry woman, holding the collar, falling all over the dust, he took advantage of the numbness of half of his body, wow wow cried, as for his heart, he regretted marrying that'Loser spoon', or no one knows if there is nowhere to live after being confused.
The coachman was anxious to take over the job to earn wages, and he was impatient to wait, so he urged, Gao Fuquan was also helpless, got out of the car and carried Xu Xiucai to the back of the car, and scolded, "Manly man, even if you do a short-term job, you can live, what are you crying about, you don't want to kill yourself, it's a hundred, how can there be such a cheap thing, you still owe our master ten taels of silver, your son has not been raised yet?" ”
Xu Xiucai seemed to have just woken up from a big dream, snatched the child and held it in his arms, his subordinates were strong, the child was in pain, and he cried again, which made Gao Fuquan shake his head, got on the wheel again, and told the coachman to hurry.
The red horse lifted its hooves and ran forward with the carriage and a pair of weeping fathers and sons.
Ruixue woke up from a nap, saw that there was no one in the house, listened to the movement in the yard, frowned in the middle of the night, how could there be a child's cry, she got up and straightened her dress, brushed her slightly messy sideburns, and then got out of bed and pushed the door out.
In the yard, Cui Niang was holding a white fat child sitting on a wooden chair, Sister-in-law Wang sighed while scooping egg custard with a spoon and feeding it to the child's mouth, Caiyun Caiyue stood aside and shed tears, and kneeling not far away was Xu Xiucai, who had already been let go...
Ruixue blinked in confusion and asked aloud, "What's going on?" ”
Everyone turned around and saw that she was awake, Caiyun Caiyue immediately greeted her, helped her to sit on the cushioned chair, the two sisters had their lips trembling, they didn't know how to speak, Cui Niang pity the child in her arms was only one year old, so she was so hungry that she ate a bowl of egg custard, and thought of Rui Xue's kindness, so she came to the front and said, "The lady in Xu Xiucai's house secretly sold the yard, and all the valuable things were swept away, he and the child had nowhere to go, the child was hungry for most of the day, crying pitifully, my black son and his father, And he brought back their father and son. ”
Rui Xue saw that the child had big red eyes, looked around curiously, and there was a little bit of egg custard on his small mouth, which was very cute, and somehow suddenly remembered the child she was holding in her dream, as if it was also of this size, so white and cute, and her heart softened unconsciously, she reached out and took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped the corners of her mouth for him.
The boy didn't know if he smelled the aroma on the veil, the resemblance to his mother's body, or for some reason, suddenly stretched out his hands to ask Ruixue to hug him.
Cui Niang was afraid that he would fall to the ground, so she hurriedly leaned forward, and the child had already taken advantage of the situation to Rui Xue's arms, Rui Xue hurriedly picked him up, patted him gently, lowered her eyes and thought about it for a moment, and said, "This shop on the left and right, you are also taking care of the two of you on weekdays, if you have the heart to pity this child, leave their father and son, Xu Xiucai is a handyman, chopping wood and carrying water, guarding the pottery jar, and if he doesn't get paid for three years, he will pay the ten taels of silver he owes." ”
The woman's heart is soft, and she has more pity for the child, Cui Niang and Wang's sister-in-law had the intention to keep the child, but they were afraid that Ruixue would not agree, and they were worried in their hearts.
Caiyun Caiyue didn't care about the pain in her palms, knelt down and kowtowed for her brother to thank her, Ruixue helped them up, and saw that Xu Xiucai was also happy and wanted to get up, so she snorted coldly and added, "Senior management, if Xu Xiucai is a little lazy and slacking off, even if you drive him out, this child will stay in the shop, and he will be a member of our house when he grows up." ”
Xu Xiucai immediately wilted, Caiyun Caiyue was not worried, the two of them were going to follow Mrs. for a lifetime, and the younger brother would naturally have them to take care of him in the future, as for the shameless father, it was dispensable.
Zhao Fengnian had a few drinks with Lao Wang and the two officials in the front shop, thinking about Ruixue's nap, so he made an excuse to come back, and he heard this, and he didn't object, after all, the shop didn't suffer a loss if he paid off his debts with work.
Cui Niang and Gao Fuquan allocated the north house of the west wing of the courtyard to Xu Xiucai, so that he could take care of the pottery jar, and it was also the farthest away from the back door to prevent him from escaping. Ruixue coaxed the child to sleep, and handed it over to Wang's sister-in-law to send to the house to settle down, and the couple watched the child bite his fingers and sleep soundly from a distance, thinking in their hearts that in a few months, their child would be born, and it would be so cute, and the corners of their mouths were smiling.
Caiyun Caiyue sent a bowl of chicken soup and a plate of vegetarian buns, and Zhao Fengnian ate a few with Ruixue, and said, "It's dark in a while, and I have to go out." ”
Rui Xue was a little worried, so she put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said, "That Golden Building has some background, so you should be more cautious in your actions, in addition, although Boss Cao's gang is rude and arrogant, they can be regarded as doing things wholeheartedly, let's not treat others badly." ”
Zhao Fengnian nodded, personally filled half a bowl of chicken soup and handed it to her, seeing that she continued to drink, he said, "I threw away thirty taels of silver when I left, enough for all of them to share, these are trivial matters, don't worry about it, I'll come back after I deal with it, you just have to eat and sleep and take care of your body." ”
Rui Xue glared at him and said angrily, "Why, I think I'm verbose, if you weren't my child's father, I wouldn't bother to care about you." ”
Zhao Fengnian smiled happily, "If it weren't for the fear that you would be tired, if you just said a few days and nights, I wouldn't feel verbose." ”
Ruixue laughed too, "That's pretty much it. ”
She drank all the chicken soup, wiped her mouth, and said, "Shopkeeper, I think that silver is very important, but sometimes, if you want someone to do things for you, only give silver but can't, but also make people feel trusted and respected by you, and feel that you have seen their hard work, so that they will take the initiative to think about and plan for you." Of course, this is all a whimsical in my spare time, and I don't know if it's right? ”
(Thank you friends for your support and tips, hereby add a more, happy, I'm so happy!) )