Zhao Kai went straight to his younger brother Zhao Shu's house and found that there had changed a lot.

The thatched huts, which were originally very sloppy, were fenced off by rammed earth walls. The thatched huts have also been renovated with rammed earth, and there are even special firewood and livestock houses, doubling the size of the houses compared to a few months ago.

Seeing Zhao Kai coming, Zhao Shu and his wife and concubine were very enthusiastic and hurriedly beckoned him to sit down and drink tea.

The brothers chatted a few words, and Zhao Kai was a little embarrassed. He thinks that debt collection is a thing that hurts his face and is not in line with his identity.

But there really wasn't a lot of money left, Zhao Kai still couldn't help but say: "Fifth brother, when will you be able to repay the money I lent you?" ”

Zhao Shu immediately began to cry poor, pointed to the newly renovated courtyard and said, "Third brother, the family has just started a house, how can I have the money to pay you back?" Look at this big courtyard, I borrowed money everywhere to build it. ”

"The Yu family is doing well, right?" Zhao Kai reminded.

Zhao Shu's wife is called Ren Ergu, and there are two concubines, named Yu Yingzhu and Yu Fangzi.

The two Yu are sisters and come from a merchant family. At the beginning, the Yu family had a relationship with money, and married two daughters to Zhao Shu one after another, and made the business more prosperous with the royal relationship.

Although the Yu family has no backer now, the family is also wealthy, and the imperial court no longer strictly restricts the royal family of the previous dynasty, so Zhao Shu immediately went to the Yu family to find the old man to fight the autumn wind.

Even, Zhao Shu also became the second shopkeeper of a shop in the Yu family.

Zhao Shu continued to cry poor: "In my father-in-law's house, I still owe dozens of yuan, where do I have the face to borrow money from the Yu family?" ”

Zhao Kai pointed to the yard of the farmhouse, frowned, and said: "This is the countryside, the place is very remote, it doesn't take dozens of times to build a house, right?" ”

Zhao Shu immediately shifted the focus and complained: "You don't raise the twenty-third brother, but now you still live in my house." He needs a lot of money to study, and he has to find a matchmaker to find a family business, and I have to bear the cost of money everywhere......"

"Didn't the twenty-third brother go to the bookstore to be an apprentice?" Zhao Kai interrupted.

Zhao Shu said: "Being an apprentice can't delay his studies, maybe the imperial court will allow him to take the imperial examination in the future." ”

Zhao Kai fell silent, he knew that his brother was talking nonsense, but it was inconvenient to expose it for the sake of his own face.

As for the twenty-third brother, he was the sibling of the two of them. has been raised by her biological mother Wang Guifei before, and finally turned fifteen years old this year, and she can no longer mix with women, so she turned to live in Zhao Shu's house.

After saying a few more words, Zhao Kai turned around and left.

If he can't wipe his face with his siblings, he will go to his half-brother, and he can talk better when he is forced to pay debts.

The sixth brother Zhao Qi is the most honest, you can let the sixth brother repay the money first!

Zhao Qi's house has also been repaired and expanded, but it still looks very shabby.

The brothers pulled for a while, and as soon as Zhao Kai opened his mouth to ask him to repay the money, his younger sister Tian Jingshu appeared instantly: "Boss, don't you want to be a persuading farmer?" Why don't you persuade the agricultural department to help today? ”

"Huh?" Zhao Qi had a question mark in his head.

Tian Jingshu straightened her face and stared at her husband.

Zhao Qi didn't dare to say anything, so he quickly got up and said, "Let's go, let's go, third brother, you sit first!" ”

This goods is running fast, not because of fear of repaying debts, but for fear of annoying his wife, and the two of them almost divorced this year.

"Sixth brother......" As soon as Zhao Kai shouted out, Zhao Qi had already rushed out of the gate and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Tian Jingshu smiled and asked, "What did my brother say just now?" ”

Zhao Kai said: "Recently, I have been a little short of money, and the money I borrowed before ......"

"Woooooo

Tian Jingshu was still laughing just now, and she cried in a blink of an eye: "Although the slave is not a famous family, his ancestors have also been generals of the forbidden army for generations. Poor my eldest brother, following Tong Guan Zhengliao's life and death is unknown. Poor my father, Prince Zhu was robbed by the mob when he entered the city, and was trampled to death by the mob at home. Pity my second brother, just because he has in-laws with the royal family of the previous dynasty, he wants to be a patrol shop in the new dynasty and is not treated by the government. Poor Uncle I...... Woo woo, the slave's life is so bitter, my Tian family has been affected by your Zhao family, and I am afraid that I will have to suffer poverty for several lifetimes and will not be able to turn over! ”

Zhao Kai was so crying by this brother and sister that his scalp was numb, so he had to say: "If you don't have money, you can pay it back after a while." ”

Tian Jingshu changed her crying to sobbing, and her face was full of pear blossoms: "Brother wants to stay at my house for dinner?" I don't have much gas at home, so I'll go back to two or two. My brother is a particular person, and he must not be used to eating meals without oil and water......"

"No, no, I have something to do." Zhao Kai hurriedly got up and didn't dare to say anything more.

Concubine Ma Wudie took the child out, looked at Zhao Kai's back and said, "Sister still has a way." ”

Tian Jingshu glanced at the concubine's room, and said: "We have no ability, we can't write poems or paint, we are still stupid and honest, we only know how to learn from the farmer to plow the fields." You're a singer again, and you can't do anything except play the piano and sing songs. If I don't spill, I don't know what to do with my family! ”

Ma Wudie lowered her head and looked at the ground, blaming herself: "Or ...... Why don't you go into the city and go to those tiles to find a living? ”

"You dare!"

Tian Jingshu angrily reprimanded: "Although my family has been an officer for generations, my uncle and grandfather have also been in the Jinshi, a pure and innocent family of poetry and books!" The head of the house is the nobles of the previous dynasty, how can you be allowed to do those shady livelihoods? You remember to me that you are not allowed to play the piano or sing at home, and you are honest in spinning and weaving, raising chickens and ducks. When I don't have time, you still have to teach your children to read! ”

"Yes, the concubine remembered!" Ma Wudie hurriedly bent down to be taught.

Waiting for the concubine to return to the kitchen to prepare chicken food, Tian Jingshu sat alone in front of the house in a daze, and the grievances in her heart welled up and cried silently.

Her husband is the most stupid and honest among Song Huizong's sons.

The imperial court relaxed the supervision of the royal family, and the other brothers were showing their talents, but Zhao Qi was still stupidly farming, and had completely become a farmer.

Tian Jingshu was angry that she didn't fight, and saw that her husband was farming well, so she forced her husband to be a persuading farmer.

Just this kind of thing, Zhao Qi is timid and afraid of having no confidence. Tian Jingshu relied on the divorce of Sprinkling, and finally forced her husband to write a letter to the emperor and apply for transfer to persuade the Agricultural Department to be an apprentice.

Fortunately, the emperor was merciful and agreed to the matter.

However, for the time being, he was not an informal agricultural officer, and only Zhao Qi was allowed to do miscellaneous work in the Agricultural Division, waiting to participate in the recruitment examination of the Agricultural Division.

……

Zhao Kai escaped from the sixth brother's house in embarrassment, stood in the field and began to think seriously.

Siblings can't ask for accounts, and it's not easy for those who are in difficulty at home to ask for accounts, so go to the house of the eighth, eleventh, and eighteenth brothers.

The sister of the three brothers is now the crown prince's concubine.

Even the eighteenth brother, who has just become an adult, also received a ploughing cow this year, three brothers and three ploughing oxen, and usually the prince's concubine secretly helps.

Zhao Kai made up his mind and walked quickly to the eighth brother's house.

Before he had gone far, he saw three younger brothers holding sticks and cursing at the door of the seventh brother's house.

"What's going on?" Zhao Kai said curiously.

When the eighth brother Zhao Yan saw Zhao Kai, he immediately said angrily: "I was just about to go to find the third brother, the Luo family turned their faces and denied people, and regretted the marriage of the eighteenth brother, and our three brothers plan to make trouble." The seventh brother didn't think about brotherhood, and he didn't agree to let him go with him to support the scene. The eldest brother has gone to Shandong, and the third brother is the largest here, so he asked the third brother to call all the brothers. ”

"What are you calling for?" Zhao Kai asked.

The eleventh Zhao Mo said: "Of course, our brothers work together to seek justice for the eighteenth brother, so that the Naluo family can fulfill the marriage contract and marry their daughter!" ”

Zhao Kai didn't want to cause trouble, so he persuaded: "It's just a marriage contract from the previous dynasty, anyway, the marriage hasn't been completed yet, so it's better to just forget it and find another family for the eighteenth brother." ”

The eighteenth Zhao Zhen said angrily: "Why just forget it? His Luo family has promised me his daughter, and he has been hired three times and six times, but now he has come to regret his marriage, where will I put my face in the future? ”

Zhao Kai persuaded hard: "I heard that there are two officials in the Luo family who are officials in the new dynasty, and it is better to have more than one thing." ”

"What if he has two sons who are officials? I also have two sisters as the prince's side concubines! Zhao Mo roared angrily.

Zhao Kai has completely forgotten that he is here to collect debts at this time, he is chic and happy on weekdays, but he is extremely afraid of the Ming Dynasty in his bones, for fear that his younger brothers will cause something, and persuaded hard: "I heard that the second mother of the Luo family looks extremely ugly, and I am the third brother, and I will find a more beautiful one for the eighteenth brother." ”

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "Third brother, don't coax, I have already quietly met Second Aunt Luo, not only is she not ugly, but she is still a big beauty." ”

"Uh......" Zhao Kai was speechless.

The three brothers went to the door next door again, wanting to pull the twelfth Zhao Zhi to support the scene.

Soon, Zhao Zhi's wife, Yan Shan, opened the courtyard door and timidly said with a blessing ceremony: "My husband is sick, but he doesn't dare to go out to blow the wind." ”

Zhao Yan sneered sarcastically: "This disease is really a coincidence!" ”

"It's also an eggless one." Zhao Mo scolded directly.

Zhao Kai had already given up collecting debts, and while the three brothers were talking to Yan Shan, he tiptoed back, planning to run to the city to avoid it first.

Zhao Zhen caught up violently and grabbed Zhao Kai's arm: "Why did the third brother leave?" ”

"I ...... I still have an urgent matter at home. Zhao Kai panicked.

Zhao Yan asked: "If there is something urgent, our brother will help you do it!" ”

Zhao Kai sighed helplessly: "Alas, it's not too urgent. ”

Zhao Kai was dragged by his three younger brothers, running door to door and knocking on the door, running several houses in a row, but no one was willing to help.

Zhao Yan suddenly said: "The ninth brother is good at shooting, and he is also good at martial arts, it is enough to have him." ”

"Yes, go find the ninth brother!" Zhao Kai echoed, he wanted to pull a few more pads.

Zhao Gou is much more shrewd than Zhao Kai, he is also good at painting and calligraphy, but he only creates one piece a month, and the price of his works has surpassed Zhao Kai.

Not only is this guy a little bit of martial arts, but Keju is also quite proficient, and he often goes to fight with the football clubs of the Yuanshe.

Occasionally, he went to a literary meeting, and wrote poems praising the Ming Dynasty every once in a while, and it was also quite popular among the Tokyo scholars.

The four brothers came to Zhao Gou's house, but Zhao Jiu was indeed not there, so they ran to the Keju field of the Yuanshe and grabbed Zhao Gou, who was playing football.

"Brothers, what is this going to do?" Zhao Gou said confusedly.

Zhao Kai grabbed Zhao Gou's wrist: "The eighteenth brother was repented of by the Luo family, and the ninth brother will go together to ask for justice!" ”

"This ...... It's not good. "Zhao Gou didn't want to get involved in this kind of at all.

Zhao Yan and Zhao Mo brothers framed Zhao Gou left and right, and forcibly dragged Zhao Gou to Luo's house.

Those guys from the football club, seeing that there was a bustle to see, followed them and ran to the Luo family, and shouted along the way: "The Luo family regrets the abolition of the king before marriage, everyone come and see!" ”

(End of chapter)